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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-16

This newspaper has received from the New Haven Railroad a copy of an editorial reprinted from the Railway Age Gazette, upon which we are in- vited to make appropriate comment. The article is printed upon this page under the title. 'The Eastern Engine mems Wage Controversy"
 1t is an argument for compulsory arbitration of wage disputes, and ln effect a suggestion that the interstate commerce commission ought to fix waRes as it now fixes railroad rates
 That is the railroads assert that be- cause the government fixes rates 1t should also fix wages. This might be true. and would be, if the govern ment owned and operated the rail- roads.
 But while the railroads are in pri- vate ownership 1t cannot be shown that rate making and wage fixing are equally the duty of the government.
 A railroad exists by charter. Is an arm of the government, employs the sovereign power of eminent domain that it may continue to exist. is affect ed with a public use and is obliged to furnish service at reasonable rates.
 The governments power over rates is based upon the duty of the rail- roads to make reasonable rates. The government does not, strictly speak ing, make rates, but makes the rail- roads rates reasonable, if they are not. A reasonable rate is at present beyond the reach of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
 The enginemen who work for the railroads have no charter for that purpose, they are not common car rfers, and they are entitled to work. or to refrain from working, unless they receive compensation satisfactory to them.
 AS against the railroads, artificial creatures. the government can enforce the rates 1t makes, but the govern ment cannot enforce a wage scale it might make for striking enginemen, because 1t has no way of compelling those enginemen to work for those wages if they will not.
 Government. employees may strike if they desire, and there is no govern meuts on earth that can make them ,wofk. if fhey do not wish to.
 It appears therefore that rate mak- ing is a natural function Of the gov ernment, and that wage making is not, excepting of course the right of a gov- ernment to establish a minimum wage which employers must pay, upon the theory that the health and we'll be- ing of the state requires that it's cit izens shall not enjoy a standard of subsistence less than a certain stand ard.
 Yet, doubtless. as a moral force, wage judgments made by govern ment tribunal would be of great util- ity. though such judgments could fin no way be made mandatory, or oblig- atory upon the wage earners to com pei them to labor.
 It is true that the public interest is directly and deeply concerned. Wag-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-16
Fairfield County News
shelton's New Industry

Shelton is soon to have a new in- dustry. as factory TOT the accommo- dation of a concern to manufacture rattan and splint baskets will be commenced at once. The new indus try will manufacture rattan and splint baskets and also barrels of various descriptions, thus affording a market for large quantities of native woods, elm, ash and other kinds of indigenous woods being used in quan- titles. The new concern will employ about fifty hands.
 Chauffeur Gets Six Months
 John J. Maloney. employed at Lakes garage in Danbury. was sem
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-16

tenced to six months in jail Tuesday for taking a machine from the garage without permission. The machine skidded and was partly wrecked against a curb.
 Boy Drowned Russell Thatcher. the younger son of Marsh Thatcher of Rowayten was drowned Monday while playing on the Yacht club house boat The boy was but four years of age.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-16

membership of six and a half mill lions; the Presbyterian Church in Can ada, with constituency of nearly 600, 900, about half of whom are mem bers, and eighty other denominations on the five continents other than North America, with constituency estimated at 25.OOO.00
 One of the important matters before the general assembly convened today at Louisville is the report on the Presbyterian shorter catechism. adapt ed to present-day vocabulary. The catechism has stood unchanged TOT over two centuries. The committee on catechism revision has been four years amending it. The changes will be made public at the general assem- bly,. but it Is known that the revis- ion contains no amendments to ooc- trines. Modern phraseotogy has been substituted for the archaic Worolng, in order that the catechlsm may pc intelligible to the young.
 Today is Ascension Day in the church calendar, the day on which Christians commemorate the ascenslon of Christ In France the day will be observed by the aviators. The choice of Ascension Day as the fete patronale of tie bird-men Is not a joke based on pun, but quite in accordance with medieval precedents. Masons and brickIayers of France have for centuries counted Ascension Day their patron feast, for the quaint reason that to build houses they must ascend ladders. For precisely the opposite reason French miners also enjoy a holiday today. In commenting on the choice of a day by the bfrdmen a Paris paper recommends Elijah, who ascended in a fiery chariot, as the natural patron saint of the flyers. The International Sunshine Society opens its fourteenth annual meeting today in Rochester. The society, formed by Mrs. Cynthia Westover AL den in 1896, now has members all e-.A,. ta,a I1nifed States and Canada
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-16
Uhr g. M. Rfan Unnu1at1]. EnahIiahr1 1H51.
THE DEMONSTRATION OF ALUMINIUM COOKING UTENSILS CONTINUES
 THE WEEK OUT.

THE WEEK OUT.
 We cannot announce what is going to be cooked. We do not know, it is always pleasant surprisa We do know, however. that matter what of preparations burned on, or cooked too much the saucepan emanates from the trial good new.
 Remember to get of those handy "Sets of B. After this week fear the price will not be the same
 Kettle, qts. $1.1O.
 Saucepan qt. size
 Lip Saucepans from 1S to 5 ais zJ .e :. . Covered Kettles 4 to IA dts s1 o0 m Rice Boilers to 3 ots s1 40 mn Odorless Kettles S500 - Pancake Gr1ddles, require grease, $225 up. In this large display and demonstration there is no article required by the cook that not represented Though prices to be large, it should be rernem- bered that Aluminium Ware lasts lifetime.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-03
.TIrNE. 10

Samuel D. Warmer, Nice-presldehl
and general manager Of the Lehigh Val
lev Coal Company. has been selected as
the new president Of the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation Company. 10 succeed the
late w a. Lathrop. The voting trustees
Of the company will elect Mr.. Warmer
to this office at the meeting Of the board
OF Tuesday, and he will assume the new
duties Immediately.
Mr. Warmer is one Of the leading
mining engineers Of the country. He is
a graduate of Amherst and Of Lehigh
University and while at the latter in
stitution. several years ago, achieved
considerable reputation as football
player. He is president Of the Lehigh
Alumni, and because of his ability as a
mining engineer was named TO sit on the
board of consultation which considered
the differences between the anthracite
operators and the miners.
"Old Company Lehigh." as the Lehigh
Coal and Navigation Company is termed
in the trade. is one of the wealthiest in
the business. Its capital is nearly ST.
100000 and it has a funded debt Of more
than S2ODO,OO. Its net earnings last
year were more than $l,JO0,OJO. 1t is
an Independent concern.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-03
Thermometer REACHES IS
Much Hotter in Streets than in
Whitehall Aerie.

The people of this little community VINO
enjoyed yesterday most were those VINO
slept late. BY great good fortune, or In
the mercy Of heaven. according as how you
lok at il. it was Sunday, and the great ma
jority of the city's inhabitants couiu'
Otherwise this story might mold the place
of honor on the first page and read IKE
real tragedy instead of only literary one
Five years ago the thermometer dropped
as low as IS degrees on June ?. Yesterday
try as il might land it really began TO Try
very early i'm the morning., it couldn't
struggle below the 81 degree mark. Iha'
fact set reformers thinking that there must
be a weather trust, too, which was Keep
ing the temperature way above the nor
NAL They hustled out soon after dawn 10
make speeches on the street corners about
the outrage, but il didn't DO any good. by
$3.50 i'm the afternoon the mercury stood a.
s6 degrees at the top Of the whitehall
Ruilding. proverbially tho coolest place in
town
The climb started at 400 a. M dccoruih5
to the weather man. BY o'clock "heh
energetic people were beginning TO SIT up
and notice things, it had @ept up TO 20
degrees. At $3.50. Professor Scdrr asserted
the drop began but up To- a late nour last
night no Jury could be found unpreJudiced
enough to admit his evidence Most oil lhe
talesmeu called united in the opinion tha'
the mercury was lowering around the W
degree point as late as . O'Clock.
The end of the dinner hour fouhd the
temperature at ~ degrees. I'm the estilha-
ton of the Whitehall thermometer. ana d!
midnight il had dropped to y. y solemn
promise was extracted from the prophet
that to-day would bc appreciaoly cooler'
not only twenty-siX stories in the ar out
also i'm the narrow streets. where most Vi
the city's population spends its day.
When the thousands that sought the
beaches and the parks on the city out
skirts returned to the centre of things idst
night they were treated to a slight ALE
Walton of the situation IN the shape of
gentle rain. II didn't last very long. how
ever. and could hardly be said TO have
proved the godsenJ which 1t promised
TO be.
The weather man said that indications
pointed 70 showers during the next forty
eight hours in the South Atlantic and Gulf
states and along the north border from
Minnesota TO Maine. But that doesn't III
cludc little old New York. and II looks like
another scorcher unless to-day disproves
the theory that the weather man Is always
wrong.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-03
HOT WAVE HITS MENAGERlE
Monkeys Fight Over "Bathtub'
and Hose Soothes Elephants,

The hot wave hit the Central Park
menagerie with a vengeance yesterday and
caused no end of excitement. To start the
ball rolling. one of the Klondike owls
threw a ft." and was brought ont of It
only through heroic treatment.
As the dav wore along Paddy" Keenan,.
keeper Of the monkey house, found all the
simians trying 10 battle in the small pans
I'm their cages. which hold the drinking
water. Four or five monkeys tried 10 get
into pan which was not large enough 10
battle one in which started a scrap, that
ended only when Keenan, removed the pan
altogether for few hours
Bill SNYDER head keeper Of the
menaserie. found the elephants Hattie and
Jewel suffering from the heat. so he parad-
ed them out into the ward back OF their
house and played hose on them. both in
side and out SNYDER has them trained so
he can do such a remarkable feat. When
he has thoroughly cooled them off outside
he makes the pachyderms open their
mouths. and then he let's the hose squirt
its stream inside until those large beasts
resemble pretentous nstatoriums.
The hlppos. known as the Murphys de-
spite the letter 10 Mayor Gaynor from
citizen. were under water all dav.
Snyder finds sweeping the elephants Of
every morning such a tedious lob he IS
going TO ask for a second hand vacuum
cleaner TO do that work in the future
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-03
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Official Record and Observation-Disclosures.
June 2-The disturbance that was north OF the
Great Lakes Saturday night is now pressing
down the St Lawrence Valley. and another dis
turbance has moved from the Northwest Can
adam provinces 70 Minnesota. These disturb
ances have caused local rains in North Dakota
Minnesota the region Of the Great Lakes the
Ohio Valley and the interior OF the middle At
lantic states. Local rains are also reported
from the Gulf and south Atlantic states over
all other portions Of the country the weather
remained falr. 80, .s.,,
in the middle Atlantic and New England states
and warm weather continues over the west
plateau region and California pr 1i1 o
have fallen the lake region ana INC ONO
Valley and have risen over the plains states.
The indications are that there VIII ne sHoM
ors during the next forty-eight hours III wv, ,he
south Atlantic and Gulf states ana alons tne
north border from Minnesota east to Maine IN IN
AN portions of the country the weather VIII
remain fair Monday and Tuesday a.,
Temperatures viii be somewhat lower Mon ,
dsv I'm thc middle Atlantic and New England
states and will rise In the ONO Nahey anu
south portion OF the lake region II VIII DC
cooler I'm the Northwestern states 90
The winds along the New England COAST VIII
be moderate southwest and west MIDDLE Atlan
tic coast light 10 moderate southwest souih
Atlantic coast and east Gulf coast hght' VAR
able; west Gulf coast. moderate east ana SOUTH
cas-. on the lower lakes. moderate Southwest
upper lakes moderate southwest and west. with
squalls. ,.
ports Will have moderate southwest and VS. We,
winds and overcast weather to the Grand Banks
Forecast for special Localities. west
crn Pennsylvania and Western New York, fair
and warmer to day: Tuesday. unsettled. noder-
Al, southwest winds
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-03
RUSH FOR COAL DISCOUNT
Householders Take Advantage Of
Thirty Cents Off.

The fact that the June discount of 20
cents a ton on domestic anthracite was I'm
effect on Saturday caused brisk orders of
coal in these sizes. and much greater de-
mand is expected to-day. when it Will be
more generally known that the discount
may be had Dealers said that, while the
demand for coal is Increasing. there is
little or no freshly mined coal in the mar
ket, and it will be the end Of this week
before il comes in freely.
Most Of those persons who want domestic
anthracite In quantities are householders
who are going to leave the city with their
families for the summer They want to fill
their cellars before they 80, as 1t is slower
work 10 get coal loaded in the fall than
in the summer. They also want the June
discount of 30 cents a ton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-03
ISAYS FIVE loops" BEAT HIM
Boys Head Laid Open, Father to
See Gaynor About It.

After Angelo Forlenza, sixteen years oio'
of No. 3Sl Second avenue, had gone last
night to Bellevue Hospital where Dr.
Richman took five stitches in a laceratloh
of the head, the lad went to the East ia
street police station with his father' Jo-
seph, who conducts fruit store at NO. z4o
East 22d street. and told Captain Frank ).
Morris he had been beaten and kicked by
five policemen. The captain said he would
line up his men this morning and let the
boy pick out his assailants. The laos
father said he would lay the matter before
Mayor Gaynor.
According to the boy, he and seVerai
were standing at Second ave-
nue. and 22d street, when five patrolmen In
plain clothes came along and two OF them
grabbed him and struck him in the race
A third. the boy says struck him on the
head with the butt end Of revolver,
knocking him down.
Several women heard the boys screams
and appeared on the scene and became
hysterical, according to the young COM
plainant, and one of the patrolmen told his
they had better get away. the
corner where the alleged assault took place
Is only half block from the station house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-03
ARRESTED AFTER q YEARS
Man Wanted for Murder of Wife
Held in Arkansas.

Michael Schultz. murderer Of wife, ar
rested here, ana have him at Osceola,
Ark +. l.. Young, Constable" read tel
egram received at Police Headquarters adj
dressed to Police Commissioner James c.
Cropsey" last night.
The records were looked up, and 1T was
found that on September 81, 1908. Fannie
Schultz, of No. 1853 Eldridge street, was
found murdered by stabbing in room at
No. 105 Forsyth street. Detective Hooker.
of the Eldridge street station, was as
signed to the case. and at that time a cir
cular was sent out TO the police through
out the country describing the murder
and asking for the arrest Of Michael
Schultz, husband Of the woman, pick
pocket and general thief, alias Isaac
Schultz, wanted for the murder"
Lieutenant Funston sent a telegram to
Young asking that the man be held until
a detective arrived there from this city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-03
SLOWER SCOLDS POLICE
AT FIRST PARK CONCERT
Interrupts Programme TO Com
plain of -"DlSgraCe-
fuI," He Tells $4,000.
ANNOUNCES SEASONS PLANS
Police Clear Aisles, and Kalten-
born Begins Anew, Though
Persons in Rear Complain
of Donkey Solo.

Before an audience of fifteen thousand or
more persons on the Mall in Centrai I i ~
Yesterday afternoon, Park Commissioners
Slower severely scored the park police i"r
not maintaining order at the first concert
of the season. and suddenly brought IL 10
a STOP nor would he allow the programme
TO be continued until the police had clearer
the aisles of dense body of persons
The first number Of the programme hau
been played by the Frank KaltenDorn Ut
chestra. and the leader was about 10 pesH'
the second number, when in the rear ol inc
crowd Mr.. Stover was seen vainly houiue'
ing amid "a solid wall Of persons tFSlne
10 get to the bandstand. Finally ho
squeezed his way through, and then rushed
no 10 the leaders platform and shouted
This concert will not go on until order
is maintained. 1t is disgraceful! Where Is
the CAPTAIN? If he is not here. then want
to see his representative.
The Commissioner stood hopping his ,ore-
head. awaiting an answer, but none came
eNcept i'm the sudden activity OF the do"ei'
patrolmen al hand, who began driving the
peonle out Of the aisles as fast as possible
All the time Mr.. Slower stood facing the
audience ana GIVING "i"ci' ~
Of the aiees. When there had been a
noticeable improvement made he declared :
This is the ffty-third annual cohcel
season. and It seems TO me the ponce shoul"
have learned in that length of time 10 nave
some fxed method Of regulating the crowds'
But there is no such method in evidence
to-day. Next Sunday. however, there VIII
be. and am sorry there has been any such
lack 81 regulation to-day
He WAS cheered by the audience.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-03
COAL PRICE INQUIRY
STARTED BY THE j. S.
Secret Service Agents Confer
with Government Attorneys in
Pennsylvania About Advance.
FULL FACTS TO BE SHOWN
Representative Difenderfer Sure
Congress Will Order Investi-
CATION Through Bureau
of Labor, Too.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Philadelphia, June I'm preparation
for thorough inquiry into the unprece-
dented high price of coal. secret service
agents of the Department of Justice to-
day conferred with United States Attor-
ney ]. Whitaker Thompson, of this CITY,
and other United States attorneys In the
anthracite regions
AS a direct result of the action of the
producing operators in simultaneously
declaring an advance in the wholesale
prices. the investigation is being started
by the government. That it will go deep
was the declaration made here to-day by
Representative Robert L. Difenderier'
who has introduced a resolution IN the
House directing the Secretary of Com
merce and Labor. through the Bureau OF
Labor. 10 conduct the investigation. This
resolution charges that the advance III
tn. wages of the miners will be approx
matelv $4,000 O0 and that the operators
intend to charge the public about $lo'-
100000 more for coal.
Mr.. Difenderfer said to-day:
Il was careful before introducing the
resolution TO find that it would have
support 1t will not he shelved or die n
committee / expect il TO be reported
back TO the House in the near future
Before the winter sets in the probe VIII
probably we well under way.
This is a highly proper Investigation
The coal companies use such things vas
advances in the wages of miners TO raise
prices 10 the consumer. ] have lived III
the coal regions and l know something
about the subject.
Charles T. Neil. commissioner 81
Labor, can be depended upon TO conduct
thorough investigation. If he gets
after the opera tors he will get to the
bottom of things. | am certain, and the
probe will be for the benefit of all the
people
Coal prices in this city are now at tho
level of those charged last winter, aud
the wholesale prices asked by the op9t-
ators are the same as in January. Egg
anthracite is So ~ ton; stove. 81; nus
81 -. and pea. 81 The cost Of coal 20
dealers now compared with year ago
i; as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-03
THE PRINT CLOTH MARKET
Trading Quiet and Prices Show a
Downward Tendency.

FAN River. Mass June 2 (SpeciaD.-rhe
New England cloth markets experienced
quiet trading last week. and 1t Is conceded
that the sales did not exceed 10000 pieces.
Buyers showed little interest and conse"
nuentIy prices manifested "A downward ten
dency. II is reported that 27-inch, 6ix6O,
90 wards 10 the pound. sold at 3i2 cents a
ward last week. but the quality Of the
goods is thought not TO be Of the highest
standard: local millmen and brokers are
asking 35s cents "A yard for TINS STYLE but
Il can be stated that 3 9-l6 cents yard is
the accepted price.
The call for narrow goods has been light,
with occasional demand for odd counts or
2j-inch goods The wide end or the market
ruled firm last week and there was mod
crate call for H-inch Asks, 60 and Al
inch 44xi0, 7.25. but agents and buyers were
not united on price and only limited bust
ness was done. There was little activity In
sateens and twills. but mills have obtained
good business In these lines and the con-
tracts will not expire till early fall.
The cotton yarn markets were quiet and
little business was closed. There Is some
demand for lower counts. but mills are not
vet i'm a position To deliver the stock In
volume wanted. The raw cotton market
fuctuated "A little last week. The curtail-
ment was increased last week, owing To
Memorial Day, and the weekly production
was naturally reduced.
Fine goods mills are still running only
part OF their machinery. The week closed
with the demand for goods reduced. with
prices showing signs of weakening. The
following are the quotations.: &-inch, elk
G., S7s cents; 2s-inch. 6ix6o, SA cents; q
inch. GixGo, 9-l5 cents T-inch, SsxJ6, Liz
cents; 27-nch. 5sx52. . l5-l6 cents; Ssi2-inch.
CixCl, 5,s cents. S3-inch, Gsx72 %. cents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-03
STOCK AND BOND RECORD
Transactions During May Com
pared with Previous Periods.

The record for the month OF May in sales
OF stocks and bonds on the New York Stock
Exchange shows falling off as compared
with April. but an increase In volume over
1911. The smallest days trading during
the month was May %, only 1880 shares
being sold. The heaviest days transac-
lions were recorded on May 10. when 942,-
900 shares changed ownership.
The largest days business in bonds was
on the 18th, total value of S3,422. 900 /;
the smallest day was May 81. total OF ST.
$685. 900.
The months total sales compare as fol-
lows with previous months and with May
in other years: