The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-11
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 Geneva, June 11.-About the only country in Europe that is free from international complications, ,Switzer- land, finds plenty of time to devote to the domestic uplift For instance, in the street cars the following signs have recently been posted: Do not smoke; do not spit; have small change ready; pay your fare prompt ly; speak clearly when naming your destination; do not move until the conductor summons you do not cross your legs or otherwise impede the pas sage. Conductors are under orders. to stratghten out any legs they find crossed.
 Fines for various infractions of the law are placarded everywhere thus: For throwing rubbish on the pave ment, francs; for ill-treating dog, 3 francs; for walking on the grass, 2 1-2 francs.
 On application to the police stations citizens may be provided with neatly printed tags, with blanks to be filled out with their names and addresses, and reading: "If I am found in con- dition which renders me incapable of going home alone, kindly conduct me to the above address
 Budapest, June LA bill increasing the salaries of government employees who are fathers of families, and de- signed to meet the present high cost of living, has been introduced in the Hungarian parliament by the minis- try. By it's terms all civil servants, including railway employes, are di- yided into two classes. Those of the upper class will receive an allowance of $40 year for one child, $S0 for two children, and $125 for three or more, half of these amounts being g1v- en to the lower class. The bill, ii en- acted. will involve an additional ex- penditure of more than $5,0OO,000 a year.
 Bucharest, June 1.-The .Roumanian press is greatly worked up over a case somewhat resembling that of Miss Malecka, the young English wo- man recently condemned to Siberia;
 A young Russian named Carp, who had served several years in the army at Manchuria, deserted and came to Roumania to live. He was located by the Russian secret police and his ex- tradition sought on the pretext that he had forged his mothers name to check. Carp alleges that he has not been in the place where the of- fense is said to have been committed, for twelve years, and contends that the charge was trumped up in order to get him into Russia ana there pun ish him for desertion. The newspapers are calling upon the government to inform Russia that Roumania is not a Russian province.
 Belgrade, June 11.-A sentence of IS years hard labor has been inflicted upon Kikola Lazarevitch, of Yagedina for suffocating his wife, who. he said had exasperated him beyond endur- ance through her love of tobacco, which she regularly flched from his pockets. Moreover she 1rritated him by her contention that she had as much right to his pipe as to his roof. Helingfors, June 11.-Finnish wom- en have succeeded in getting through Parliament bill which gives them the right to appear as counsel before the courts Other measures recently passed make women eligible for pro fessorships in the university and for promotion in the railway service as high as traffic manages. Dr. Thekla Hutlin has introduced a bill, which ap- pears likely to pass, removing the dis qualification of sex in all departments of the government. :: London, June 1.-The King of Siam
 
 monarchs of more enlightened nations which, however, is not likely to be fOllowed-in directing that his proper ty be taxed the same as that of any private individual.
 Apart from the official side" says His Majesty Maha Vajiravudh, in an official communication to his ministers of the interior and local government, T consider myself as being on the same footing as any ordinary person. The people in general who own land ed or house property have to pay tax es in proportion to their holdings. The property which I possess is consider able; and if the government would like to have a share of the income therefrom I shall be both willing and glad to part with the same as a con- tribution towards the maintenance of the state and nation like any other individual
 Accordingly, henceforth, I request you to levy taxes on all landed and house property which are considered my personal possessions in the same manner as they are levied upon those of the general public"
 Milan, June 11.-An ingenious, if rep rehensible, scheme to obtain stamps of rare value, has been divulged by one of the delegates at the Milan Congress of Philatelists, who admits that his collection contains two of the kind in question.
 A trader of Jibouti, French East Af- rica, engages natives to commit a minor offense the penalty for which is a, fine of fifty francs, or imprison- ment by default The native serves his sentence and on leaving prison re- ceives a document bearing a stamp of the value Of the fine, which he sells to the dealer for a nominal sum, the latter disposing of it to a collector at ten times the amount. Obliterated French colonial stamps of 50 francs denomination are highly prized by phil lateliSts.
 Rome, June 1.-The young girls of Bergamo are holding public meetings and collecting money from door to door in order to supply the Italian Ar my with new flying machine
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