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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-09
ATTORNEY BENT MOVES
 FOR STOCK APPRAISAL
But Motion Is Denied By Judge HOl- comb on Ground That It Must
 Come Before Court.

Hartford, Aug sJudge Marcus H. Holcomb was at the county building all day yesterday, ready to take up matters that were proper to come be- fore judge of the Superior court in chambers, but as some of the mat ters on which lawyers wanted to be heard were more properly court mat ters, rather than chamber matters. Judge Holcomb did not hear them and they will have to wait until the Su- perior court opens in October.
 William w, Bent, Representative from Bridgeport in the Legislature, wanted to have Judge Molcomb ap- point an appraiser to value certain stock, as provided under Section 2S of the act relating to corporations, pass ed by the Legislature in 1903, but the act specifically says that an appoint ment such as MT. Bent wanted made should be made by the court, and not by a judge of the court. The basis of the motion which Mir Bent made is a receivershfp which is pending in the Superior court in Fairfield county. Section 28 of the act provides that when V. a. stockholder or stockholders holding not less than One-tenth of the whole amount of stock of corpora tion shall petition for it's dissolution and the appointment of a receiver, any other stockholder or stockholders
  alton of the stock held by the peti- tioner, by an appraiser to be appoint ed by "the court.''' "The court'' may appoint an appraiser who shall give a hearing to sthe parties in interest, and determine the value of the stock. and after the appraisal is filed with the clerk of the court, the petitioner for the appraisal must notify the clerk if he elects to buy the stock of the stockholder or stockh olders who petf- tioned for the receiver, and if he so elects he shall deposit the amount of the appraisal with the clerk. If the petitioner for the receiver and the dis solution of the corporation, is not will ing to transfer his stock and take the money, his petition for a receiver shall forthwith be dismissed. As the act clearly says that such action should be by the Superior court instead of by a judge of the court, Judge Hol- comb decided that the matter will have to come before the regular ses- sion of the Superior court in Fairfield county.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-09
REMARKABLE
 BATTLESHIP VOYAGES.

Washington, Aug. 9.-Once more the Navy Department is calling at tention to the record br reaking per formance of the battleship Delaware. the finest vessel in the U. s. Navy In the opinion of navy officer, she has demonstrated a new remarkable efficiency, endurance and sea-keeplng qualities, superior to anything ever accomplished in any navy of the world.
 The Delaware on it's visit to the coronation naval review, left New York on June with 2,479 tons of coal. and 2s2 tons of fuel oil. She 16, and at Spithead, the scene of the review, June 19. She left Spithead on June 23, and arrived at Boston, July g.
 While abroad. she took on no fuel, engineering supplies, or stores or any kind with the exception of fresh wa ter, and on reaching Boston she had in her bunkers 607 tons of coal and Is tons of fuel oil. Her average speed for the whole trip was 11.S5 knots.
 That is, after crossing the Atlantic twice, in a period Of one month and five days, the Delaware still had suf- ficient fuel to steam 1,500 miles.
 Just previous to her departure from Boston, the Delaware returned from a cruise of 17,50O miles, the last leg of which was 4,S00 miles. On her arrival in port, with only a few hours notice, she was sent out on full power speed and endurance test, without opportunity to examine her machinery. On this test she aver aged higher than her contract speed of 21 knots.
 Navy officers also believe. the per- formance of the Delaware demon strates the superiority of the recipro- eating engine over the turbine, for general service on battleships. It is probable that for the next few years, at least, no turbines will be installed in the new warships to be built.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-09
'OINkEY" FARE BILL
 GETS VETO MESSAGE
Governor Baldwin, Says the Question
 is One For Utilities Commission.

The House received late yesterday afternoon a veto from Governor Bald win Of the bill prohibiting charge in excess of cents over the regular rate for fares paid on, the dinkey trains between Hartford and New Britain and on the Berlin branch. Governor Baldwin helda that the new utilities commission is better qualified to deal with it than the General Assembly. The. text of his message follows:- To the Honorable House of Represen- r I return without my approval House Bill No. 788, being "An Act Concern ing Railroad Fares
 Under the general common law of the land, it is proper for a railroad company to make an extra charge for transportation against passengers who nave failed to purchase ticket before boarding the train, or even to forbid any intending passenger to enter a train without a ticket. The bill here with returned limits any such charge to cents, and provides that on col lecting 1t, rebate check shall be issued entitling the holderf to recover the sum so paid from the railroad
 This measure concerns one of the details of the management of railroad business. It seems a proper subject of a rule, rather than of a statute. We now have a public utilities com mission. with ample powers to lay down rules or to revise rules made by the railroad companies. in such a way that the interests of the travelling public will be intelligently and thor oughly guarded at all points.
 It seems to me that the views of public policy which led to the crea- tion of this commission call for the reference to it of all points of detail that may be raised as to the proper management of the business of pub- lie service companies. It can get at the facts in any matter much more readily than the General Assembly, and is in better position to ascertain what may best do justice to each par ty in interest in any particular case. It can also better calculate the prob able effects of any order which may be asked at it's hands. and so more certainly avoid what might prove a boomerang and ultimately injure the very persons whom it was designed to protect. It is obvious that such might be the result of the enactment of the bill now under considerat ton, by leading to curtailment of train service, or an advance in local com mutation rates.
 For reasons of this nature, the Gen. eral Assembly has during the present session rejected severale bills to reg ulate the amount demandable for rail- road fares between particular points; preferring to leave such questions to the determination of the public util- ities commission. It seems to me that the same considerations call for simi- lar action in respect to the resolution herewith returned.
 SIMEON E. BALDWIN,
 Governor.
 Hartford August 8. 1911.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-09
COST OF BIRD SLAUGHTER.

The more we kill, the more we must kin. if we are to maintain tI1a:
 balance which Nature seems to have
 ordained as necessary. Some few years ago we were amusing ourselves W making targets and pot-pies out lof our song birds; today we are anulhg ourselves spending millions Mta10hg the' insects which the song A0o1r wonh have destroyed. if we legAs GEazuvsd the song birds.
 0uR, <nAsmuoh abused crow. which An cs.aegskimate prey of anyone fw1iDtem get within gunshot, is found ~nEnteBtlfie investigation, devoid of - 1onA.. ..Aosbe the good friend rath- 1Of3gn,theyf foe of the stubborn farm ~fI1ps shaakas him. A careful exa- alneo ON me stomaohs of hun eep,s<scyuws :disciosed the fact that folk4A, graAn of corn a crow eats A bsds. perhaps thousands of de- aon1l3ve .1useces. and dozsns of field bui5oesandfeaher pests; in other words, yy o1Bt &x0 Seks6S 4S 6 tSAA4<zA4f p4 1CO fer. . .3armer-to pay for 50 valuable ed3ay.
 ' E66zy our killing propensities are growing slightly more scientific; we as4- sndeavoring to conserve the fast dfAppeaf1ng races of useful birds and are wxsfngswar on the destructive in- UeUt, pegts.
 Hpropos of the Swat the fly'' c&mpuasn. ''Swat the butterfly" is an
 eQulU valuable program.r The soft
 beerted but thoushtless mortal who
 sees in butterfly a pretty creature
 wfngng it's innocent way about the world and harmfng no one. must give
 way before the scientist who sees in
 every butterfly the teeming parent of
 . myriad of cateRpillars, immensely
 expensive scourges of plant life, and
 as ugly and revolting as their pro-
 genitors are handsome.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-09
SUPERVENING NEGLIGENCE.

That is an interesting question rais- expert i n railroad matters, as to whether the proximate cause of the wreck of the Federal Express was not due to a switch that lay beyond the crossover, which the coroner found the primary cause of the catas- trophe. MT. Day. in his article and diagram. printed in this newspaper draws many facts from the physical state of the wrecked. train to support his contention that the derailment be- gan at the switch. The presence of the switch so close to the crossover at a dangerous point increased the chance of disaster and opens the way to the thought that there may be many similar death traps on the rail- roads of the country.
 MT. Days theory, if sustained by the courts. would modify in an im- portant way the relations of plain tiffs in actions for civil damages As stunning that the switch was the proxi- mate cause of the disaster it might be that the widow of the dead en- gineer Curtis, could make a recovery. for in Connecticut the courts have held again and again that the last cause of the catastrophe is to be held responsible for it. This view has mostly operated against plaintiff em- ployes, or other injured persons, since it amounts to a declaration that, even if the accident would not have hap pened except for the negligence of the employer, yet if the emp1oye had a chance to avert it. and did not, he could not recover damages. But the operation in such a case as the wreck
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-09
CENTRALIzING FARM VALUES.

The reports of farm statistics for the North Atiautic States, which are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut, are not altogether gratifying. The number of small farms has increased, which is a wholesome thing, but the same sin ister tendencies appear to be operat- ing to reduce the number of owned farms. For census purposes farms are divided into two groups, those in the hands of owners and those in the hands of tenants. In the ten years since 1900 the percentage of farms operated by owners has decreased by four per cent. and thef percentage of farms operated 1by tenants has in- creased. There is also an apparent decrease in the percentage of farms operated by owners that are free from debt The census presents no statis- tics of mortgage on farms operated by tenants. n. A ag7-ffzstis
 The returns from the country at large will doubtless show similar con ditfons. Taken together with the re- turns upon the ownership of homes, which are not yet extant for 1910, it is expected that the operation of the forces which are steadily centralizing property will there also be visible
 As relates to both homes and farms, the census of 1900 indicated that, as compared with the previous census period, the number of "owned" farms had decrea sed and the number Of ten ant farms, increased. Also that the number of owned farms under mortgage. had increased " sTf1ey same was true of homes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-09
HOTEL KAATERSKILL

In the Catsk1H MOuntafns-E1evatfo 5000 Feet-The Rejuvenation of
 This Famous Resort
 The first time this hotel has been leased. MT Louis Frenke1, for 14 years proprietor of the Hotel Albert. has leased this hotel, and has reno vated and put it in first class condi- ton. Climate and location unequa1ed in either Europe or America Up to date Garage. Boating, Fishing, Golf. Tennis. Excellent accommodation for Conventions. Assembly rooma seating 1000 persons. Symphony Or- chestra. Special Attractions and In< ducements for the Younger Set.
 HARRISON S. DOWNS, Manager Booking Office, Berkeley Lyceunn. 11
 West 44th St.
 HOTEL KAATERSKILL
 KaaterslxfE. F. O. v. F.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-09

of the Federal Express under the as- sumed circumstances would operate In favor of plaintiff ,employe, for, assuming that the train had made the
 crossover. and was derailed at the switch, this would be supervening negligence and would apparently take precedence over any prior negligence of the engineer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-09
REGISTRARS NOTICE.
:5e MIDDLE STREET

The Registrars of Voters will be in session at their office, Room g, City Hall, State street, from Friday, Au- gust 4th to Saturday, August 18th, inclusive, Sunday excepted) from 12 O clock noon until o'clock in the afternoon for the purpose of enroll ing those electors who may desire to participate in the primaries to be held after August, 1911.
 The Registrars will retain the names of those electors heretofore ap- bearing on the primary list, unless requested to transfer or erase same.
 JAMES H. ROONEY,
 WILLIAM LOUNSBURY,
 General Registrars of Voters. A L7d*
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-09
AS WELL AND AS MUCH

No merchant ever failed if he advertised as WELL and as MUCH as he could
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-09

East Northfie1d. Mass-'Don't talk theology all night said Chairman Moody to the delegates at the North field Conference. Religious dissipa- tion may be just as bad as any other form of excess.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-09
UNDAUNTED BY WRECK.

Capt. John Weller. of the motor boat Romania which was wrecked while attempting to cross the Atlantic ocean recently is undaunted by the failure of his first attempt and will try again. He has managed to save the Made in Bridgeport" engines of his first craft and will install these in the second boat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-09
herein he spent his college days.

wherein he spent his college days.
 Senator Mclean put forth his claim for Hartford, and kept out of the dis cussion except to remark that it was impossible for the President to be in all the three places at once, and that, of course, let out New Haven and Bridgeport.
 The decision in favor of Hartford was rendered because it was thought the President would thus meet a greater number of people of the State.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-09

Buy Nugget at Carey's, Harrison Park after a dance. P 31 S*
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-09

Hartford. August, 8, 1911.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-30
ORGANIZATION Of A
KENTUCKY SOCIETY
Meeting to Perfect it viii be Held
Next Wednesday.

At a recent meeting of the Ken
tuckians held to consider the ques-
ton of having a Kentucky Day picnic
and forming a permanent society il
was decided to appoint suitable COM
mittces and proceed with the arrange
ments
The following committees were Sc
Iected: Grounds and date-John r.
Norton. chairman. Claude :. Berry
man. Walter F. BraWner. Joe Bush.
Marion W. Brock, Mesa Rev. r. L.
CreaL Tempe. Program G. Evans.
chairman, Rev. :. Crutchfield. l. :.
Mansfield. Chas Woolfe. Tempe Re
shments-Newland Jones, chair
man, Mrs II. V Warren, Mrs. Eliza
beth Goebel. - c. Hedgcr, J. G.
Brooks. Dan Boles. Buckeye Per
manont standardization l.
Vaughn. chairman, Chas. Arnold. F. \.
Hilderbran, Danes Daniel of Wicken-
burg. Ben Ferguson, Mesa, J r.
Douglas. Scottsdale
These several committees are re
qu,sted 10 meet at the board of trade
rooms at p. m. Wednesday, the Bird
Of MAY, TO perfect further arrange
ments
Arizona republican., 1911-04-30
ADJUSTMENTS
COILS EUM.

Beginning with return engage
mcEt of the Passion Play" lecture
ana pictures tomorrow evening. and
with another entirely new comedy
bill opening TUESDAY evening, this
promises to be a week 90 big things
1T the Coliseum
The lecture of Mr.. NJ l.. Stewart
Oh the Passion Play. and the ex-
ccilCnt moving pictures which illus
tIatc his talk, made such a tremcn-
dous hit at the Coliseum Thursday
and Friday nights that hundreds of
requests for their repetition were re-
ceivcd. Though ne was already book
ed many weeks ahead, Mr. Stewart
finally consented to cancel one of his
advance engagements and show here
one more night. Both lecture and
pictures will be repeated at both
shows Monday evening
All three Of the teams to open
Tuesday evening are comedy teams.
The list is headed by Ryno * Emer-
son. who do singing. dancing and
dialogue. Manager Reeves has every
reason 10 believe that they are one OF
the clcYerest teams he has ever book
ed for his house.
Coburn q Pearson were booked for
last week. originally. but the demand
for them was. so great out on the
coast that they were practically
forced to remain another week at one
Of the biz Los Angeles houses. Down
in Higginsville' is the name Of their
Arizona republican., 1911-04-30

caves in the ground. so here an in
sect and an animal both have the
same shaped foreIegs and shovel-like
hands and claws.
One hundred and fifty-twO miles of
the government railway lines in Vic
toria, Australia, have been relaid dur
ing the years 190S-1919 with American
rails, 142 miles of S0-pound rails, and
10 miles of 100-pound rails.
1t has been known thousands of
years that the dreaded deadly cobra,
whose bite invariably and almost in
stantly causes death. may be easily
paralyzed and tranced by a very
slight finger squeeze around the back
of it's fearful neck.
Tacoma. Wash. has an anti-treat-
ing ordinance. aimed especially DIT the
American habit which finds express
sion in Let's have another" The
new municipal law was carried by a
heavy majority in a recent referendum
and is now operative.
attracted an overflow congregation
by announcing that he would preach
about a family scandal There was
a church full Of disappointment when
the sermon was begun. for the
preacher talked about the temptation
of Eve by the serpent
Until within recent years there had
Arizona republican., 1911-04-30

sketch. Guess what it's like. Can't
be anything in the world but rural
comedy sketch. and if all accounts
are true il is indeed a winner
Williams & Wright complete the
list. They do singing and dancing.
also spring a few OF the latest jokes
direct from Broadway. Taking every
thing into consideration. the bill looks
like a crackerjack. This is the time
~ the year when everyone wants TO
be amused without having to do "a
bit of thinking or even wondering
and purely comedy bill such as this
ought to please.
There was u complete change of
pictures at the Coliseum last night
The clever teams now playing there
changed their. acts somewhat, until il
was practically a new show
Arizona republican., 1911-04-30
MAJES TIC.

The Girl and the Gambler" will
succeed The Deserter"- at the Ma
jestic tonight Manager Carpenter Of
the National Stock company saws that
This is one Of the best mclodramas
in the repertoire of his troupe. 1t
has no pretentiOns to being a prob
lem play or anything like that, but
is just a good, old-fashioned melo-
drama, with plenty Of excitement and
lots Of humOr. The scene is laid in
Nevada. while the characters are min
ers. gamblers and-girls All the old
favorites of the company will be seen
in appropriate roles.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-30

been ascertained no trustworthy way
of finding out the age of fish. 1t has
been shown that mere size does not
indicate age. Reibisch, Heincke and
others have discovered that many of
the bones. scales and otOliths OF
fishes have annual age rings, re-
sembling those in tree trunks.
In France, by the cultivation of
luminous marine microbes in a liquid
medium contained in little glass YES
sells. there have been produced some
of the most curious lamps imaginable
If a few of these living lamps are
arranged about a bust in a dark
room. the bust is made plainly visible
and photographs may be taken of it.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-30
is 1T HUMOROUS?

We should like to be able to tell
this story without getting mushy
therefore We prefer to run it as a
humorous tale. 1t is true
A couple of kids-a little boy and
little girl-were playing in the
street out in Newton the other day.
They quarreled and the boy struck
the girl in the face. Then a passer-
by intcrfered.
There, there" he soothed, awk-
wardly. 1t doesn't hurt so much
now, does it? Better stop crying"
Il amt c-c-cryin' because it hurts. g
Arizona republican., 1911-04-30
CONCENTRATES

Postoffices were first established in
1854
An eagle can live % days without
food.
The royal coach of England was
built $50 years ago for the coronation
of George III. and weighs three tons.
The capital invested in German rail-
roads is about $50 an inhabitant. and
about s156 in the United States.
Moles and mole cricket have the
same problem to negotiate in cutting
Arizona republican., 1911-04-30
The NEXT STEP

The wabbly old lush trembled into
the bar and whispered to the bar
tender to set out a drop of schnapps.
1t was eight in the morning and
the customer seemed to think an
apology was due.
'I-er-was out a bit late, you
know" he said, and I thought that
little smile this morning would
The neck of the bottle beat a
tattoo against the glass as the pain
full pouring process went forward.
"A little smiie?- sneered the bar
tender. Look out, fellow-yOu've
got a whole horse laugh already.
Don't go into Mysteries"
Arizona republican., 1911-04-30
Unconstitutional Punishment.

The horrors of the revolution in
Mexico are just beginning to be und-
erstood. To disturb a general at his
keno game is both cruel and unusual.
Omaha Bee
Arizona republican., 1911-04-30

sobbed the little one. I'm cryin'
because Jimmy ran away after he
hit me. an wouldn't come back an
let me forgive him.
Make your own fable with the
appropriate moral Girls will be
girls, won't they? Thank GOd.-Ex
Arizona republican., 1911-04-30
TYPEWRITER, $500.

Oliver typewriter for sale at Hinck-
ley's News & Stationery store. 1876 n.
Center. Slightly used A bargain. 4.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-30
DON'T FORGET

Don't forget that Hinckley's News &
Stationery store is selling good pen
nants cheap this week. 1876 y. Center
IL
Arizona republican., 1911-04-30
MAY Dol DANCE

by the escort team T. F. B. at MeIozer
hall, Tuesday. May eth. Admission
S1.0O DIS
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08

idcnt Cleveland's first term. and at its
close returned to newspaper work in In
dana. In July. 1909 during Public Print
eY Palmer'S second administration. he
was reappointed and assigned to the old
fifth division. subsequently in the re-
arrangement of tn" working force Mr..
Pursel was assigned to the monotype
section, wherein his last earthly work
was performed Mr.. PurSel served three
and Onehalf years in the war and par
ticipated in many battles. and of him it
H. of record that he was never wounded.
sick, furloughed. COmrade PurSel
was member of Gen. Rawlins Post No
!. Department of the Potomac; also OF
the Union Veteran Legion, No So. and
the Government Printing Office Veteran
Club. He was Il bTother-in-law of Gen.
NJ. ID. Manson. who was at one time
lieutenant governor of Indiana. and also
Il member of Congress. He is survived
BY daughter. sister, and John l..
Pursel. a half-brother. His many friends
in this city and elsewhere will learn
with deep regret of the death of this
quiet. unassuminS, and kindly-disposed
person. The remains. accompanied by
the bereaved daughter, were taken to his
Indiana home for interment