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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-07
SENATOR JUDSON'S SPEECH

Senator Judson must be given credit for strong presentation of the merits of the public utilities bill as reported by the minority of the Judiciary committee, headed by him. self. He also brought much addi- tional information regarding the vicious character of the majority bill, especially in that portion of his re- marks which catalogued some of the statutes that will be repealed if the bill becomes a law. In their effort to repeal all mandates in public ser vice charters granted in the past by the General Assembly the cunning corporation lawyers" who drafted the majority bill, were more impu- dent than cunning. And in attempt ing to repeal every statute relating to rates and service of railroads, adopted during twenty years, they furnished an excellent means by which to estimate their own calibre and that of their employers, as well as a clue to the estimation in which the freemen of Connecticut are held by the men who have been given, free of charge, grants worth mill lions by ductile, complaisant, or cor rupt legislators.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-07
THE END OF DIAZ.

Ever since the beginning of the present instruction, Senor Madero and the other leaders of the revolt have maintained that the resignation of President Diaz was an absolute necessity before any real reforms could be assured to the people. While General Diaz is in power, said Ma dero in his manifesto issued on May 6, "all laws will be fictitious. and all promises tricks of war; Time and time again important and dignifed leaders of thought in the republic have brought to the attention of the aged President this feeling that he should step aside. Last September
 on the attainment of his eightieth birthday, and the centenary of the re- public, Porfirio Diaz was the idol of the Mexican people. Recently there has been wide opposition to his rule. and it is plain that there could not have been any lasting peace in the country until the tyrant, as the Mex ican popular hero had come to be called, had been overthrown. Up to a few weeks ago, Diaz steadily refus. ed even to consider the idea of resig. nation. The revolution, he maintain ed, was scattered and headIess. and should he step aside, there was no one strong enough to restore order. q came into the city of Mexico fighting;
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-07

I will leave it accompanied by bull lets" There are many in the re- public who have believed it would De disastrous for Diaz to retire. Most of the conservative elements, however apparently believe that Diaz, having first declined, made a mistake in nav ing himself elected to the presidency for the seventh time, and still great CT mistake in forcing Ramon Corral, an exceedingly unpopular man, upon the republic as Vice-President. Early last month the aged statesman issued a manifesto promising to resign the office of President as soon as peace was restored We do not want man. ifestos.'' said Madero, when this news was brought to him, "we want reslg- nations Porfirio Diaz belongs to the past. He has kept himself, or has been kept. ignorant of the extent Of the disaffection in his country. Ihe Diaz who remade and built up Mexico no longer exists. and it is to be regret ted, for the judgment of history upon his life and achievements, that last autumn he did not persist in his de- termination to refuse seventh re- eIection.-From The Progress of the World" in the American Review or Reviews for June.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-07
MUNICIPAL LIGHTINGPLANT

Mayor Buckingham's recommenda- ton to the Council to take steps for the establishment of municipal lighting and power plant is meeting with general approval. Business men have Iong known that the use of cur rent to private consumers seldom reaches a maximum under private control, which means large profits and small sales. And the use of cur- rent for power is correspondingly re- stricted and for the same reasons Before the question can be brought to issue much more than a year must elapse, under the most favor able circumstances. so that there will be abundant time for argument and debate and none of the points in volved need go without their share of considera ton.
 There must be approval by two succeeding boards of common council in two succeeding years and ratifica- ton by the freeman at the polls be- fore the plant can be established.
 l. is to be hoped that every citizen will investigate for himself in order that he may thoroughly understand tho wisdom of the mayors prograa snd rne penet,s that will cons "a Bridgeport by the establishment of a municipal lighting and power plant
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-07
WOMEN COMPLAIN OF
 HIGH TROLLEY CAR STEPS

The women of Bridgeport are righteously opposed to the unneces- sarily high steps. or running boards, attached to trolley cars. operated on the lines of the Connecticut Company, in this city during the summer months. Various associations of wo- men have complained in vain of the hardships of these steps and are now about to make strong representations to the officers of the company. If these gentlemen have as good judg- ment as it is their duty to have they will take heed and furnish a remedy. The public service corportions of Connecticut have about all the pub lie indignation they can take care of, without needlessly aggravating their women patrons by providing cars which cannot be properly boarded without a ladder.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-07
SAFEGUARDS FOR MARRIAGE.

That there should be more restric- tions thrown about the marriage re- lation is the firm opinion of most stu- dents of the subject. A very point ed remark is contained in the report of the Vice Commission of Chicago. a, book to which we shall probably re- fer more at length later. The report says:
 An application for a license of any kind whether it be to construct a house, run a push-cart, peddle shoe strings, or keep a dog. must be ac- companied with evidences that the applicants are responsibi- and reliable agents But for marriage license. one person, unattended and unknown and. as far as one can know, an epf- leptic, degenerate, or who has in his blood a loathsome venereal disease may pass his name through a window with that of a similarly questionable female. likewise unknown and be granted the divine right to perpetuate his kind in turn. thereby placing a burden and blight on society and the community for generations to come.
 Not all agree on the methods. but as public opinion is educated to the need for some modification of our present rules, there will come about
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-07
THE REPEAL CLAUSE

The value of a newspaper when II is fearlessly devoted to the public veal is seldom more graphically il- lustrated than was the case, yester- day. in the Senate, when Senator Mahan, the leader of the majority ot the committee on judiciary, charged with the fortunes of the majority utilities bill, offered an amendment eliminating the repeal clauses which, embodied into a statute, would work financial injury to the people of Con- necticut, of gigantic, though unesti- mated amount.
 It is gratifying to realize that there are things that not even a Connecti- cut senate will do to oblige the rail- roads, and other gentry of monopoly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-07
NEW. YORK ATTORNEY
 TAKES LAW INTO OWN HANDS, PUNISHING CLERK

Port Chester. June 7.-Indignant ov- CT an insult which his ten year old daughter claimed she had been sub> jected to by a grocery clerk in a store to which she had been sent by her mother Noah Loder, Jr., a promin- ent resident of Greenwich, and a law yer with a New York practice, took the law into his own hands and proceed ed to inf1ict reinstatement on the lad, on Saturday evening. The prompt ar- rival of a policeman on the scene put a sudden end to the affair, and Mr. Loder and Albert Goldner, the grocery clerk were both arrested. When the case was called this morning. on re- quest of MT. Loder, it was adjourned for a week.
 From the story learned by the po- lice, it appears that on Saturday af- ternoon, Mary Elizabeth, the little daughter of the Loders, was sent to the store conducted by Jacob Green berg, under the name of the Green- wich Grocery Company, on Greenwich avenue, Greenwich. Albert Goldner, lad about seventeen years old, proceed ed to wait on her. On the pretext Of showing her some kittens in the rear of the store, the lad took occasion to insult her.
 When she went home she told her mother, and when her father came home from business in the city, he was told thestory. He very natural ly became highly indignant, and start ed forthwith for the grocery. There he took young Goldner to task for his alleged ungentlemanly conduct, and then began to infiict punishment upon him. The timely arrival of Pa trolman Flannigan changed things considerably. and when he emerged from the grocery, he had MT Loder and the grocery clerk in custody.
 George Boles went on the bond of each for their appearance in the Bor- ough Court, this morning. The charge against MT. Loder was assault and that against Goldner was breach of the peace. The adjournment of week, asked for by MT. Loder, was granted by Judge Burnes
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-07
West's Idea Of
 Real Democracy
Congressman Kent Declares it is Just Old Town Meeting
 on Big Scale
ATTITUDE TO JAPANESE
No Animosity, Just Determination to Avert Any Possible. Race
 Problem

Congressman William Kent, a Yale man of the class of 1887, who repre- sents in Congress that district of Cal ifornia which includes Sacramento. the capital, is at present in New Haven and made some interesting remarks to a JournalCourier representative yes terday on the political situation and the race question that exists in his home State.
 Congressman Kent put a somewhat new phase on the matter of Japanese exclusion which is So strongly insist ed upon by the people of the sunset State when he declared that in his opinion the sentiment was not one Of prejudice or animosity against the Japanese people but simply another race problem and the people of the Pacific coast do not want a race prob lem. It is a white mans country, he declared. He spoke of the south be- ing retarded in it's progress by it's race problem and said that the avoid ance of a similar race problem was what the west sought. The feeling was friendly but determined. The feeling exists, he declared. not only against the Japanese but also against the people of other oriental races such IS the Hindus
 The Japanese, he said, are not on the increase on the coast and he felt that Japan has been keeping it's end of the agreement. He also declared that the feeling towards the nation of Japan was altogether a friendly one. The position of the westerners he considered a position of pure req son.
 Speaking of the political situation Congressman Kent thought that the west represented a more progressive idea of Democratic government in the broad sense of the word, than the East. The idea of the West is not new, he said but simply a develop ment and application to the twentieth century of the old New England town meeting idea. It is the old idea on a grand scale such as is necessary for twentieth century government.
 The people, he said, believed that this true form of Democracy could be brought through the direct nomina- tion system. fortified by the initia tive and referendum and the recall. They believe in placing the responsi- bility where it can be located and then having in their power to get at those responsible.
 The attitude towards the constitu- tion of the State is a rather modern one. They feel that it is an instru- ment which should be capable of easy amendment and it is constantly being amended. They have a feeling that it is something that they could get on just as we'll without and there is no sacred reverence for the document
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-07
SAL ARIES 0E POSTMASTERS
 READJUSTED
Changes, Effective July 1, Show Increases For Large Number of Towns in Connecticut

Washington, June 7.-The readjust- ment of salaries of postmasters ap- pointed by the President in cities annual receipts, was before the post office department, to-day, and shows the increases to be general In a small percentage of cases the salaries are decreased. The changes are ef- fective July l in part as follows:
 Bedford. Mass, s1.50O to s1,700; Lynn, Mass, sS,6O0 to s3.7OO; Augusta, Me, s35O0 to s3,60O; Biddeford, Me, 3D. 500 to sS500.
 Connecticut towns: Bridgewater, s1,- 900 to s2,10O: Colchester, $500 to s1,- 500: Cos Cob, S1,60O to $1.7OO; Darien s1 400 to s1,5O0; Derby, $2,600 to s27O0; Georgetown, s1,10O to s1,200; Guilford, s1,7OO to s1,SOO; Hazardville. SLIGO to s1.2oo: Kensington, s1,5Oo to s,16oo; g. 200 to s2.30o; Mystic, s2,20o to s2.- 300; New Hartford, $500 to s1,4OO; Newtown. $500 to s1.4O0; Mantle. s1.- 300 to s1,400; Noank, SLIGO to S1,200; Noroton Heights. $1. 100 to s1,20O Oak vile, s1,4GO to s1,500; Plainville s2,O00 to g, 100; Pomfret Center, s1,200 to ST. 300; Riverside, s1,4OO to s1,500: Salis- to 1,200; Salbrook s1,3O0 to s1.400; Sey- mour S2.200 to s2,300; Simsbury 1,500 to S1600:s South Glastonbury S1 900 to s1 300; Southington S1,900 to to s2,O0O; South Manchester, s240o to s2500; Thomaston, s1.SO0 to s1,9O0; Torring- ton, $2,SO0 to s2,90O; Unionville s1,7OO to s1.S00; Washington, $500 to s14Oo; Washington Depot. $1,000 to s1,1O0; Windsor, $500 to s1,60O.
 Decreases: Baltic. s1.300 to $1,200; Clinton, S2,0o0 to s1,900; Clintonville s1, TOO to- s1,60O: East Berlin, s1 900 to fourth class; East Hampton. S1 900 to s1,S00; Essex, s1,SOO to sI,7OO; Fair field, $500 to s1.S00; Glastonbury, s2, 900 to $500; Shelton. s2,3OO to s2,-. POO; Vast Hartford s1.700 to $1, ,5O0; Westerfield, s1, 400 to $1, 300.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-07

ably reported by Senator Stiles Jud- son (RepD and Representative Ly- man T. Tingier, (Dem), a minority of the Judiciary committee. The splendid victory won for the people of Connecticut in the Senate yester- comprehended at this time It's bene- ficial effects will be felt and known as the days come and go. There isn't the slightest doubt but that the Hsslss will follow the Senate in the VJos Ga yesterday and then the bill goes to Governor Baldwin. That it will receive his approval is a fore gone conclusion as practically every change made in the minority bill was either at the recommendation of the governor or with his knowledge and affirmation. The lobby made a hard fight but it was apparent some days ago that it had tackled the biggest job in it's career. The force of pubic opinion was arrayed in favor of regula tion bill with teeth in it. The minority bill is conceded to be a first rate start in the right direction. The majority report was wicked; its spOn- sors evidently saw the light yesterday for before the debate opened there was introduced by Senator Mahan an amendment which would have robbed the measure of some of it's terrors.
 It is understood that when Senator Mahan had his attention called to the viciousness of that feature of the ma jority report which deprived com munities of valuable rights now guar anteed them under the charters of existing utility corporations he de- clined to support the measure unless that clause was stricken out. It was a. good days work and every senator who supported the minority bill is to be congratulated and deserves we'll of his~ s~constituents. No one who knows the truth will attempt to deny, that every influence which the special in- terests could exert was brought to bear upon senators to defeat the report. Every public utility in the state was opposed to it and for weeks'it has been her 9 lded about that when the "boys" got in their fine work they would make short shrift of the Judson bill so-caled. But the boys will be forgiven, probably; they little realized when they trimmed their sails and made ready for the big killing what force they had to contend with. While they pretended to be confident of the outcome if the truth were known none knew better than the boys themselves that the jig was up.
 To the credit of Fairfield county be it said that every senator hailing from within it's confines staid true for the minority bill Senators Me Neil, Paddock and Bartlett are each deserving of the plaudits of their for their vote. They will have no cause to regret their action of yesterday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-07

RHEUMATISM CURED IN A DAY
 pr. Detchon's Relief for Rheumat- ism and Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days. Its action upon the sys- tenn is remarkable and mysterious. It removes at once the cause and the disease immediately disappears. The first dose greatly benefits. 75 cents and s1. Sold by Curtis Pharmacy
 Druggist 1149 Main St. G2s3 t.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-07
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
 RALLY IN SOUTHPORT

A large number of members of the Christian Endeavor bodies in this city journeyed to Southport last evening to attend the rally in that town The Fairfield society won the banner for the largest percentage of members present. The Kings Highway church of this city was second and the East End Baptist church third
 The Rev. J. J. Dunlop of Hartford who has been long associated in Chris tian Endeavor work, delivered a stir ring address on the aims and accom- plishments of the workers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-07
UhR a. m. &rah Gnmpany.
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COTTONS, SENSIBLE AND ATTRA CTIVE JACQUARD STRIPES FINE AND DURABLE WEAVE, WHITE GROUNDS, AND WOVEN JAG GUARD FIGURE WHICH GIVES THE APPEARANCE OF A BROCADE
 DESIRABLE FOR SUMMER PAJAMAs, 25 CT. VAL UE, SPECIAL AT 19 CTS.
 JAPANESE CREPES, PIONEERED AND BORDERED DESIGNS FOR KIMONOS AND ANY OTHER USE FOR WHICH CREPE CLOTH IS SUITABLE. 1T CTS. Only personal inspection will give any idea of the beauty and variety of colorn and design shown in these p Crepes The floral in all shades from paest blue pink lavender purple and which tangle of flowers birds and but terflies.
 very large
 Goods Section lower floor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-07
ART SECTION 4 ATTRACTIONS

ART SECTION 4 ATTRA CZIONS STAMPED DESIGNS IN MARQUISETTE WAISTS, READY TO EMBROIDER. THESE ARE THE SIMPLE KIMONO WAISTS WHICH ARE EASILY MADE IN ONE OR TWO SEAMS, AND THE DESIGNS ARE FECTIVE.
 CHILDRENS ROMPERS, PINK OR BLUE CHAM BRAY, ALL MADE, EXCEPT FOR THE EMBROIDERY, WHICH CONSISTS OF LITTLE ESCALLOPS AND OTHER SMALL AND NEAT DESIGNS ON NECK YOKE AND SLEEVES.
 70 CTS
 WHITE LAWN PILLOWSLIPS genuine bargains. Two styles both embroidered with ruffes Very dainty and 1ivingrooms
 Value $1.oo for 50
 Value SIPS for 75 SWEET GRASS BASKETS, for carrying pickup sewing fancy work Flat round baskets szes pretty and fragrant that anyone will trump carry 
 69 cts, $1.25 and $1.79,
 Art Section, third floor. TWELVE HUNDRED PIECES OF JEWELRY, brooch and collar pins mostly with imitation turquoise lap lazuli amethysts, jade with worth 25 each and
 10 each a quick sale HAVE YOU TRIED THE TEA ROOM ICE CREAM YET?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-07
NOTABLE VICTORY FOR
 PEOPLE IN THE SENATE

It is gratifying to note that the three senators from BridgepCrt fol- lowed the suggestion of Governor Simeon Baldwin and gave their SUD- -nrt to the public utilities bill favor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-07

xsrawa-Ailerican campers in AL gonquin Park will no longer be per mitted to fly the American flag as the provincial government has decreed that only the British flag may be dis played
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-08-12
MILLIONAIRE'S
SON KIDNAPPED

tby tnhee Tfess f>wsed Wire-)
QUEBEC. Aug. 12.--CsrcfuIiy
concealed for months, news Of the
alleged kidnapping Of John King
Stack ~, eIght-yesr-oId son OF
Richard L. Stack, muItfu,illionsire
lunbermsn Of escsnsbs, Mich, was
furnished here today. together with
the report that the boy 10 believed
to be concealed In . convent near
here.
A letter. signed W." was re-
eeived this morning by Chief OF Pc
hce Young. In which the writer says
. boy named Stack had been
placed In convent. He said that
Q gang OF men. desiring to hold the
child for $4,000 ransom, took the
boy from his home, and the wife OF
one OF them placed him In the con
vent, telling the mother superior
that he was her child.
A dispatch from st. Louis, how.
over, states that relatives OF the
boy kidnapped him. following a fam
lily quarrel.
Stack has been married twice
His former wife married real
estate man in Los Angeles, and was
on her honeymoon In Mexico when
she learned of the child's dlsap.
pearance. For weeks she has EN-.
ployed detectives In search Gov.
ering the country.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-08-12
"AROUND-T WORLD"
MAN DUE TOMORROW

the London newspaper man who
made sshour visit 20 tho United
States last spring and managed TO
see Broadway. tho New York sub
vays and run over 10 Washington
City TO say -howdy" 70 President
Taft
Jassrsehfnldt left Paris on July
IL and went from there 10 Moscow:
thence across siberia on the Man.
chnrian railway. down into China.
TO Japan and on 10 Vancouver Prom
here he goes 10 Montreal. thence to
Portland. Maine. where he will
catch fast steamer for Liverpool
The rest 10 easy, The prior world
record IL 81 days
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-08-12
LARGE NUMBER OF
SUICIDES m NAVY

NEW YORK. Aug. f..--1he mum.
Der Of United States naval officers
who have committed suicide. suffer.
I'D mental hrcakdowns or disappear
ed suddenly within the last year or
two has become so large that off.
eiala at the Brooklyn navy yard viii
recommend the appointment Of a
board TO inquire into possible
causes. II In stated that within the
last ~ months 20 commissioned
officers on active duty have either
committed suicide or disappeared.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-08-12
ELEANOR SEARS TO
WED VANDERBILT

NEWPORT. X. +. Aug. TT NC
engagement Of Eleanor Sears and
Harold q. Vanderbilt will be an
nounced At a dinner to be given
Miss Sears by vsnderbIlts mother.
Mrs. o. ". r. Belmont. next Thurs
day. according to reports here to-
day.
Vanderbilt. who In a younger
brother OF VIM. X. Vanderbilt. IT..
and the Duchess Of Marlborough.
has paid the eccentric young sports
woman marked attention for sew
eral years, and rumor says that an
engagement has existed for some
time.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-08-12
MAN, rs,
SUICIDES

Suffering from rheumatism With
out any hope Of ever being relieved,
10 thought to have been the motive
o. William 1iaze. ts32 t3th av.. corn
hitting suicide yesterday afternoon.
We shot himself through the head
with . revolver.
Blaze. who was 10 years Of agc.
lived At the home of his son. to-
gefhcr with his wife and two daugh.
tiers. He was cigar maker and
had lived In the city since 1889.
His daughter Augusta had left
the home yesterday afternoon about
8 O'Clock and when she returned
she found her father dead.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-08-12

NEW YORK. Aug. 12.--Following
the death OF Frank Walsh today
In a Jersey City hospital. the police
declare that Samuel Brown, cashier
Of the Long Lock Milling company.
had confessed that he had employ
ed Walsh TO blow open the safe In
his office and destroy two ledgers,
which. he said, would show that he
was about $500 short In his ac-
counts.
Walsh's eyes were blown out and
his body was charrcd from the eff
fects OF overlooking the safe with
The police have arrested Brown
and r. J. Timmins, who, they say.
Brown mentioned az having sug.
gested the employment of Walsh
TO dynamite the safe when Brown
found the combination had been
changed after his shortage was sus-
pccted.