The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-25

actions, the city's Chief Executive
 has given notice that he intends to
 take the matter to the courts if nec-
 essary. By it's frank admission that
 it's only reason for withholding it's
 consent to the listing of the city's se-
 curities on the Exchange is it's anil
 mus to the favortd bank-note com
 pany, it's officers have inadvertently
 furnished to those who hold that the
 Exchange is nothing more than e
 Rling institution, proof of their
 contention that the intrinsic value of
 a stock has nothing to do with it's ad-
 mission or rejection and that its list
 ing by the Exchange is no guarantee
 of it's merit. Coincident with the de-
 velopment of this muss. which it is
 expected will lead to legislative ac-
 tfon for the State, regulation of the
 Exchange, the premature exposure of
 the effort of the financial interests of
 The Street to get control of the most
 widely circulated magazines of the
 country, and the acquisition of the
 largest periodical distributing agency
 of the United States through which it
 hopes to exercise censorship over
 some of the muckrakers, has added
 to its worries. This exposure has
 served to turn the spotlight on the
 so-called financial departments in
 augurated of late by number of the
 magazines. AS if this were not
 ChouSh. 1uS OlTGGC Has been Odlk0Q
 in its plans to merge the independent
 telephone companies of the country
 with the Bell system, which it had
 looked to provide it with soft pick
 ings for the next twelve months This
 altruistic plan which would have
 brought under a single control all the
 lines of land communication in the
 United States with the exception of
 the telepost automatic lines, was nip
 ped in the bud by Attorney General
 Wickersham, reinforced by several of
 the stronger independent companies
 which declined to surrender their in-
 dependence. Forsooth, Wall Street
 feels there Is more truth than poetry
 in the old adage: Troubles never
 come singly.''
 Talk of future trouble with Japan is
 all bosh, nonsense and clap-trap, says Tokusuke Sahara, Japanese editor of
 the Shanghai Mercury, who is gath
 ering experience in western journal
 ism in Gotham. The Mikado's realm
 he says, must no longer be regarded
 as a boy among the nations of the earth and patted patronizingly on the head as if it was still toddling around in knickerbockers.
 T do not think he says. there will ever be war between the United States and Japan. Nobody thinks so Why should it be? The criticism of my country is due, I think, to a resent ment by some nations of the fact that Japan is not any more just a lit tie boy patted on the head. I have read articles in the Outlook on the Japanese situation. calling for the op- en door in Manchuria, others saying that Japanese emigrants must never be permitted to come to the United States. This is not consistent. Am erica is doing very good business in Q 1nI1 11y-in Tv,Niy 11e- all the railway supply to Japan
 The gray stone mansion at 66O Park Avenue. called by some t'The House
 of Mystery" where. for ten years Charles T. Yerkes maintained in lux
 ury his ward Miss Emily B.. Grigs by, is to be sold. Miss Grigsby will
 make her future home in London. The | interior of the house. which Yerkes. who was deeply interested in the youngs woman. deeded to her in 1898, is furnished with Oriental splendor. The rugs. tapestries and mar bles represent a lavish outlay. In the entrance hall, with it's staircase car peted in sage green velvet, are two huge Oriental lamps, and the back wall is covered with costly Turkish tapestries. To the left of the entrance | is the drawing room, artistically fur nished in tan and gold. Tn this
 room is golden piano and golden chairs, lamps and candelabra. The dining room to the left is. furnished | in old oak and red. About the plate | rail are silver plates of high value. All will be sold.
 Upstairs is vast chamber, luxur- | iously appointed. Few have seen it. Behind one of the massive walls of the house is an elevator shaft, running ! from this room to place behind se- l cret panels in the basement floor. One who knew the trick could push the panels aside, enter the car, close the panels, ride to the only outlet of the shaft and enter the upper room.