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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-09


 heavy and has constantly been in- .creasing the last few years, and that 1t will be possible to send a part of that business over the line of the Ontario between those two points and by so doing increase the efficiency of the service and at the same time re- lieve congestion on that part of the West Shore.
 In it's petition the Central also points out that the coal traffic of the Ontario furnishes approximately 60 percent of it's freight traffic and that while the Central >has branches extending into the bituminous re- gions of Pennsylvania it has none which reach the anthracite districts. The New York Central also filed an application for permission to buy the New York & Harlem railroad The price to be paid for. the stock of this road is $35O share When the New York, Ontario and Western road was purchased by the New Haven road seven years ago ii was explained that 1t would mean a great deal to New England for the New Haven to control a coal road which tapped the anthracite region.
 It is assumed in railroad circles that this road was used as a pawn in the game by which the New Haven has secured either control of or ia vorable relations with the New Eng land roads controlled by the Central
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-09
SEES A LOSS
 OF $80o,00O Wall Street Figures That's New Haven's Loss on Ontario
 and Western Sale

The New York Central road has completed it's deal for the purchase of the New York. Ontario and West ern Railroad company from the New York, New Haven and Hartford, and yesterday the Central announced to the public service commission of New York the terms of the purchase.
 The New Haven road owns 291,6OO shares of the Ontario & Western. For these shares it paid SIS, ,1A0 900 or $45 per share in 1904. The Gen. tral is to pay the New Haven the sum of $13,10S,3 397.62 in debenture bonds for this stock for slightly less than $45 a share. This represents a cash shrinkage of $15,6O2.3S in the New Haven roads investment.
 In Wall street it was figured yes- terday that if the bonds used to pay for Ontario and Western stock were of the same character as the out standing thirty-year debentures the Central would pay would have a mar ket value of SIP, 1893, or about $S00,- 900 less than the New Haven paid for the stock in 1904.
 The debenture bonds which the Gen. tral will issue in payment for the Ontario and Western, will be of the 50 year kind and will carry a yearly interest of $583332
 In it's application for permission to issue these bonds the Central says that the business now being done by the Central over the West Shore be- tween Oneida and Cornwall is very
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-09
YALE PRoGREssNENEss VERSUS HARVARD REACTION

Yale University is to sound the college keynote in the cause of Peace. In preparation for a arecent mass meeting, the Yale News publish ed statistics showing the enormous cost of maintaining a fleet and other equipment for defense.
 "The proposed White Mountain Forest Reserve,'' said the News, '.con- taining 250,000,o acres of burned over and unproduetive land, could be purchased and plapned for the cost of one battleship. The cost of one battleship would build a mac adam road of approved structure be- tween New York and Chicago. An investment of three-fourtns of the cost of battleship used in construc- ton of irrigation works in Salt Riv- CT Valley, Arizona, will reclaim 24.- GOO acres, provide homes for 5000 families, and increase the value of taxable property not less than $24,- 000, ,o00."
 fThis shows said the News. ."that In this supposed era of peace the cost Of maintaining an armed peace is steadily advancing year by year,"
 A Daniel come to judgmenti Oh wise young editor. how much more elder art. thou than thy years! This activity is certain to be productive of great and lasting good.
 If the 5000 odd students who are matriculated in Yale can be taught the iniquity, cruelty, foolishness, and hor- rible expense of war and preparations for war. their time in college will not have been spent in vain-whatever else they may or may not learn.
 If they can gain a clear idea of the futility and waste of this hideous survival of barbarism-if they wlll exert themselves in their future ca pacfty as writers, lecturers, divines, Professional men, men whose ideas are worthy of the respectful attention of their fellows-the leaven will work, and the seeds will be sown, the harvest from which in years to come
 twill bring honor and glory to their Alma Mater, and the. respect and fra
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-09

HOW THE WOMEN OF LOS ANGELES GAVE
 SETBACK TO SOCIALISTS AND PROHIBITIONIST!

had a chance to vote for or against a Socialist ticket-or any other radi- cal ticket. Their vote always has been overwhelmingly against, just as it was in Los Angeles.
 .Delusion' No. 2:-That woman .suf~ frage means the annihilation of the liquor business.
 Our first contention, that woman kind is by nature conservative, is a refutation of thissto begin with. But it is undoubtedly true that wom en who suffer the most and gain the least through the liquor traffic will in the course of time line up solid ly against it. At present their con servative instinct prevents them. The first real test of this question came in Los Angeles when a. prohibition amendment was defeated by three D one, largely through the efforts of the women. The Women's Political organization formed to work for suf- frage, and afterward continued for the education of the newly enfran- chised women, declared strongly against the prohibition ordinance and have passed it overwhelmingly had they chosen, but they defeated it in stead.
 It is a peculiar fact that for years the most ardent and consistent advo- cates of women suffrage have been the Socialists, who are everywhere the first to suffer by it. It is unques- tionably true that everywhere that women get the ballots, the Socialists and other radical movements get a "set back" This is just exactly what the conservative elements among the opponents of woman suffrage did not expect. The consequent result of the enlightenment afforded them by the Los Angeles and other elections throughout the country will probab- ly be realignment of the conserva- tive forces in favor of woman suf- frage which will receive decided inn petus as the result.
 The Socialists are between t'the devil and the deep blue sea-" for we- man suffrage is an inherent part of their policy and they cannot go back on this principle, even if they would. It is probable however, that they look to the future and hope to more than regain their lost ground in ensuing years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-09

ternal affection of The Race
 It was we'll done! To take this ad- vanced stand in the face of accepted tradition, to declare boldly not only for the abolition of war, but for dis Farmament-it is pioneer in university thought.
 All honor and credit, to these bright young men, from whose eyes have fallen the scales of age-old GUS tom; that custom which doth make towards of us all-which freezes the well springs of altruistic endeavor, and chokes out sympathy for the REAL VICTIM OF WAR-THE WORKING MAN-whose class, &C., cording to the official report of Pres ident Taft, furnished the preponder- ating majority of the corpses and cripples, and who ultimately defray most of the expense of conducting wars.
 But gaze on that picture, and then on this. While Yale is inaugurating her splendid Peace Movement, liar vary University is forming among it's wealthier students most exclusive cavalcade of troglodytes on horse back, patterned somewhat after the English Crack" cavalry troop. It is ostensibly for the purpose of slf- fording its members an excuse for in- dulging in social rides. The actual plan, however, is to cultivate miIitar- ism-to ape the parasitic activities of the royal loafers of Europe, who toll not, neither do they spin, but yet are objects of adorable interest to that hair brained feminine contingent who worship with more or less abandon as frequent horrible scandals which shake even Thrones-attest.
 It is entirely unnecessary to sax that the Harvard troop will attract much affectionate attention, and tha. these millet-brained Centaurs will be the observed of all observers. me troop will also be an object lesson in the picturesque and romantic pano- ply of ~militarism in perpetuating the War Spirit. Far be It from the in- tent of the writer to charge them with even remotely contemplating going to war" themselves. They have too much sense for THAT par. ticular foolishness. But they will undoubtedly work their insidious psy. chological effect on the minds of the susceptible public.
 We snesest that these young mer
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-09

When the4 women of Los Angeles marched to the polls on Tuesday last they delivered smashing blow 10 something more than the Socialist city ticket in that town; they anni- Inflated two common delusions very widely cherished concerning woman suffrage and its possible effect on this country, The lesson was all the more efectiye through the fgreat pub lie attention. focusseaa on the city of Los Angeles at this particular time.
 Delusion Mo-. 1:-That women are mighty and radical. and that woman suffrage means the immediate enact ment of Socialistic and other radical measurea s>
 Probably this is the most cherish ed belief of the opponents of woman suffrage and it is. based on a great misunderstanding. Keen students of human nature know that womankind embodies all that is conservative in the human race; no better proof ot this fact could be found than in the fact that the most bitter opposition to woman suffrage comes from the very sex it is Intended to benefit.
 But the question goes deeper than that It is one of primitive instinct A woman is by nature intensely con servative. Every college professor of psychology, every student of history, can verify this fact. But the popular impression. gathered from externals, is quite the reverse. We unthinkingly argue in our own minds that the sex which delights in gaudy and showy attire Is the radical. sex. The argu- ment would be quite correct if such attire were a modern invention. But the fact is that the. desire to be sl attired is one of the most primi- tive of instincts and that woman. is most conservative who most readily yields to it. It is the direct .descen- dent of the primaeval. The woma II who insists upon dressing herself to look her worst and attract the least attention is the radical woman and how many of them are there?
 To the surprise of the minimizing then, the first use that woman makes of the ballot is to entrench conser- vatiye measures and defeat radical ones.a nThtz siss sher F natural instinct It's practical application is shown in every election where women have
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-09

take their William James out into the open spaces and learn that there are numberless opportunities for youth of courage and spirit to serve their country-which is the world, not a little geographically bounded province-without versing themselves in the art of the hired murderer the human brute, who, ignorantly or otherwise, stands ready to shed inno- cent blood.
 They might promulgate the unan- swerable argument of universal with drawal of credits to warning nations flor it is fact that If the financial powers of the world could be coaxed, bullied, persuaded, brow-beaten, or forced to refuse loans to nations in arms, War would fall of its own weight.
 They might also coin with. profit the thought of the editor of the Yale News, and perfect themselves for re- clamation and conservation service in reforesting denuded timber lands, draining swamps, and stamping out mosquitoes. They might increase our supply of food fish; build sanitary tenements, with ample air and ligh. facilities, calculated to rent for an amount which a working man could afford to pay.
 They might learn. the scientific utilization of night-soil, and thereby refertilize our phosphate wasted lands. gaf
 They might plan gigantic irrigation systems, water-power plants, abba toirs, and cold storage ware houses.
 They might develop the science of commerce-which consists in sending goods from where they are produced to where they are needed.
 They might secure a United States merchant marine-wrest from a para sitic monopoly the freight and passen- ger carrying business which of right belongs to us-and thereby put an end to the stifiing freight discrimina- ton against our goods in foreign mar kets.
 They might fight for the multiple tracking and installation of safety de- vices on our American railroads-tne champion slaughter houses of the world-whose horrible casualty lists cause INTELLIGENT nations to gasp
 They might battle valiantly for ad- equate tenement, factory, and fire in spection laws, and make it part of their concern to see that these laws were enforced.
 Tn thousand ways they could de- velop into human beings with great-hearted desire to help instead of hinder, lift up, instead of drag down. and be credit to their col lege, instead of Constituting them selves a fostering sore upon the body social-already. suffering from a tsu- perfluity of the jingo spirit.
 oIs Yale to stand alone ;n its pro- gresslve position as an active worker in the cause. of peace-v-or are our un- iversities to form a phalanx- and-as Alexander's legions swept the world move resistlessly to end the horror of War, and refuse further tribute to Mars bedraggled sister, Armed Peace :?
 Think this over, college men of America, and ask your conscience for guidance as to with which cause you will pledge your manhood's bond
 With all confidence in your spirit of fairplay, we beleieve that when you familiarize yourselves with the facts of the matter, your voice will be un- animous for the glorious cause of In- ternational Peace.
 Line up. boys.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-09
CLINTON PASTOR RECEIVES CALL TO NORWALK CHURCH

Especial from United sPress.)
 Norwalk, Dec. S.-A call has been extended to Rev. Ernest F. McGregor, of Clinton, Conn, to take charge of the Norwalk Congregational Church, the .pastorate of which has been va cant since last February, when Rev. George Drew Egbert accepted a call to the First. Congregational Church, of Flushing l.. I.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-09
A Nice Gift for a Chilly Body

A Lambs Wool Quilt. It is as light in weight as down. and who has used one little realizes the luxury and comfort of of these wool erings.
 Size 72 84 inches ready for the covering, which may be of sateen, silk, siSoline.
 SAYS and $500. Wash Goods Section.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-09
Uhr D. M. Rran Onntpatt11.
 Eatahliahrn 1H57.
The Wash Goods Section have Dainty
 Materials in Holiday Boxes.

The sensible gift, house dress, waist of of the novelties in Cotton Dress Goods Ma terias for gowns intended for gifts will be packed in Christmas box and tied with ribbon.
 These the Popular Fabrics: Argentines, Pongees Voies, Jacquards, Foulards
 and Marquisettes. Of silk and cotton and suitable for dancing frocks dn gowns, boudoir gowns and kimonos
 $I5o to $5.oo. Percales Chambrays Ginghams and Madras, in boxes,
 $1.oo to $3oo. For those who like heavier and warmer materials is an immense line of Cotton Poplins, Repps, and Himalaya Cloths.
 Wash Goods Section, lower floor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-09
OLD GLORY MUST FLY OVER CITY HALL EVERY DAY,
 SAYS ABERDEEN SELECTNIAN.

Special from United Press)
 Meriden, Dec. 9.-The Star Spang- led Banner must fly from the flag staff of city hall every day in the year. according to the edict of First Selectman George Miller. Heretofore. the flag has been displayed only on holidays.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-09
DOLLAR A DAY
 PENSION BILL WOULD
 ADD $45,OOO, ,OOO TO ROLL

Especial from United Press.)
 Washington, Dec. 9.-The Sherwood Dollar a day pension bill, which would add $46,OO0 to the pension roll was taken up in the House, yester- day when Representative Adair (Dem., Ind.), spoke in favor of it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-09

Boston-"Three cheers for Old Glory" shouted Captain John Lake man, 70, veteran of the Civil war, at a veterans banquet, and fell dead. The excitement killed him.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
FOUR AEROPLANES
BOUGHT FOR ARMY
Two Aviation Camps Planned
at San Antonio.

Orders were issued yesterday from the
War Department assigning the army Of
ficers who were under training at the
Curtiss school at San Diego, to proceed
to the maneuver division at San Antonio
W. Beck, John c. Walker, jr., and
George E. NJ. Kelly. Their duties will be
aviation work, in connection with the
maneuver division"
The aeroplane purchased from Glenn
H. Curtiss will be shipped from Wash
ington shortly, and will arrive in San
Antonio on March 20. The machine is
now on exhibition at an aerial and motor
truck show being held here. A heavier
than-air machine has also been pur-
chased from the Wright brothers. 1t
will arrive at the maneuver division about
the same time.
Two more aeroplanes will shortly be
purchased. The type. or types, have not
yet been decided upon. II they are not
required on the Mexican border they will
be used at College Park for instructing
officers.
1t is probable that additional officers
will be assigned to aid Lieut.. B. D.
Foulois in the operation of the Wright
aeroplane. II is possible that Lieut..
Frank P. Lahm, of the Seventh Cavalry,
who is now in attendance at the Mounted
Service School at Fort Riley, Kans., may
be temporarily assigned to this work.
There will be two aviation camps estab-
lished at the maneuver division, one for
the Curtiss machine and the other for the
Wright aeroplane. An additional hangar
is to be provided on the aviation field at
San Antonio.
Aviator ]. A. McCurdy is in Washington
and is getting the Curtiss eight-cylinder
war machine ready for use.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
TROOPS READY TO START
FOR THE MEXICAN BORDER
Insurrecton Spreading in Hitherto Unaffected Dis.
.. tricts in Chihuahua.

San Antonio, March 14-Orders direct
ing the movement of large part of the
divisional army now assembled under the
command of Gen. william H. Carter, to
the Mexican border in the vicinity OF
Eagle Pass and FL Paso. may be issued
within the next three or four days. These
orders will follow Immediately upon a
fresh outbreak of the Mexican insurrec-
ton in the hitherto unaffected districts
south of the Rio Grande, which is known
by Gen. Carter and the Chief of Staff at
Washington to be but awaiting the signal
for hostilities.
A telephone message received here to-
day from Eagle Pass conveys the in
formation given there by an American
who has just made his way through the
newly affected district that 1000 revolu-
tionists, most of whom are striking coal
miners, are armed and waiting for the
sign that means assault on the federal
garrisons. A spread OF the revolution
idea beyond all bounds delimitated In the
censored dispatches from Mexico and the
imminence Of the call of the town Of
Chihuahua are two details given by this
American.
From one authoritative source it was
learned here this afternoon that Gen.
Carter and a limited number OF his stan
officers are thoroughly conversantH with
this menacing situation in the eastern
and northern districts of Chihuahua and
before the first regiment of mobilization
arrived at the camp grounds at Fort Sam
Houston last Friday. Gen. J. w. Duncan.
commander OF the Department of Texas.
had been apprised of much that has to-
dax appeared for the first time and by
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
LA TOILETTE GATHERING
INFORMATION ON MEXICO

Friends Of Senator La Toilette, of Wis
cousin, deny that he is preparing to lead
an onslaught on the administration s
Mexican policy at the very outset of the
extra session of Congress. The Senator
from Wisconsin has been collecting some
information and the Senator's attitude is
said to be one of inquiry.
He is eager to be shown where it was
necessary to take the action that has
been taken in mobilizing troops and pa
trolling the waters adjacent to Mexico
with war ships. Information has come to
the Senator that certain financial inter
ests are responsible for the demonstra-
ton, and this has put him on his inquiry.
It is said by those friends Of Mr.. La
Toilette who enjoy his confidence that he
has decided upon no definite action, but
is seeking information in various ways,
and that one of his representatives or
close personal friends has gone to Mexico
to study conditions and report to the
Senator.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
MEDITATIONS.

Stood in the sweet soft cleaning alone by the pasture bars
and there, with deep emotion gazed the glowing and
my bosom filled with yearnng for better and higher things
and wished that my soul might journey up there its shining
wings To the of panetS To follow the starry
track Then bag of sand from airsp fell and broke
back stood the frozen and thought of the poned
that ouneyed along beneath shut out from the
lights CLEAN. How much like existence mused is
this rivers flow! Shut from the of sunshine, and doomed
to the dark below How like this suen river concealed
from Natures smiles" Then stepped in unseen
hole drowned dozen styles. Whenever l pause
ponder problems the SOUL caasrophes happen
put deep in the hole And shall question
and the heavens dumb I'll kick up my heels and gambo
and take things Just they WALT MASON.
by GeaEsM ttbw AdanS)
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15

Asserting that the lesson already
taught by the military maneuvers
is that unless we have a larger
army and improved conditions in
Cur military department it will be
useless for the United States to at
tempt to maintain the Monroe doc
trine, Frederic L. Huidekoper, of
this city, and a well-known military
expert, contributes to The Wash
ington Herald some interesting
views upon the present situation.
MUST ACCEPT THE ALTERNATIVE.
As a close observer Of the war game
in Texas, Frederic Louis Huidekoper, of
this city, gave expression to some in
teresting views yesterday. Mr.. Huide-
koper is the author Of a recent frank but
highly intelligent criticism of the United
States army, which was widely published
as well as given space in the Congress
sionaI Record by Representative NC
Lachlan, of California, and he has given
careful study to military matters.
While still deprecating what he terms
the ridiculoUsly small size of the army
and its inconsistent makeup and dispo-
sition, Mr.. Huidekoper gladly gives credit
to the commanders for what he terms as
able a concentration as could be effected
under all the circumstances. He points
out, however, that there is much to rem
dy in the military system, and ventures
the assertion that not only these things
will be proven graphically in the forth
coming maneuvers, but through the whole
undertaking the American people will be
brought face to face with the fact that
eventually they must prepare themselves
to police the western hemisphere or back
down on the Monroe doctrine
If Conditions Are Not Bettered,
Under all the conditions with which
the army has to contend, the concentra-
ton, in my opinion, was quite we'll ef-
fected." said Mr.. Huidekoper. This,
hoewver, does not alter the fact that con-
ditiOns should be greatly bettered. If
they are not bettered, the Monroe doc
trine must go. 1t will be shown that
the time has come for the people to de-
eide through their representatives in Con-