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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-13
COMMUTERS DEMAND
LOWER RATES QUICKLY
Westchester Contingent Has
Paid Out S2.000,000 Extra
in Fares.
CASE DRAGS 10 MONTHS
New Jersey Travellers in Mean
time Have Won Their Case
and Enjoy Reduction in
Communication Rates.
Communication Rates.

More than g Oc.0o in increased rates has
been paid by the WcstCheSter County com
muters on the New York Central and the
New York. New Haven & Hartford rail
roads since July I. 1910
When the suit Of the commuters against
the railroads was brought in 1910. immedi-
atflv after the rates had been increased
Frank W. Stevens chairman of the Public
Service Commission Of the I'd District, sale
10 saw no reason why a decision should
not 30 handed down before the fall of 1910
And to facilitate the case he and the rest
Of TIC commission gave up their vacations
in order TO hear the side of the commuters
But II was not until last week. almost
eighteen months after the railroads had
completed their case. that the commuters
presented their brief Tho delay, which
cost them about slGo.10 a month was due
IN large measure. according To some
commuters 10 the elaborate manner with
which their counsel Joseph Wood. OF
Mount Vernon. presented their case. They
are tired Of the delay.
Mr.. Wood was appointed To represent the
commuters by Manor Edwin y. ffske of
Mount Vernon, where the largest number
of commuters live. 1t Is possible that MI.
Wood Was busy the better part of tn" time
preparing IN" hr"i' "in'h contains -
RACES OF printed matter dF'rdN'"e '''
words 20 tn" pdE" lie attended the "aSe-
-an game at tho Polo Grounds on Satur-
day hut his Spous"r, Mayor ftsk". gave II
a. his opinion that the delay was que
largely 10 the Puuljc Service 'ommsSl'h'
The commission, Sal0 Mayor fl>Re
has done what il usually doe I'D sd'h
cases-takcn its time IN hcaTlh- e hu'
W can't blame all the delay "n 'h' io'
VIC asked for Adjournment 'o'i'' "'
times" The Mayor could not explain why
II Was that the commuters IN New Jersey
had the rates reduced within year after
their suits against the railroads had been
started. while the New York commuters
are still PAYING the iucrcase-N"o'" d
month
1t was ,a Iuu, y last that the Inter
state Commerce Commission. i'm ;ne case Of
the committees of Metuchcn and Ne"
Brunswick against TIL, Lchign Valley Ran
road. ordered the rates reduced and Wdd'
d request. almost tdutamount to an order
that the other New jersey railroads con
TOWN 10 the lower schedule established
The request" Was regarded as an order by
Ga, New Jersey roads. WuiCd reduced the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-13
MISS OUIMBY BACK HOME
Modest About Her Flight Across
English Channel.

Miss Harriet Qumby. IN" nfst American
woman to hy across the Ehshsh 'hahI'i'
arrived here yesterday on the Hamburg
American liner Amerika. She brought over
a 7O-horsepower Bleriot monoplane which
Will carry passengers. and with II she eX-
pects 20 make flights at Mineola. Miss
Ouimby said she made twenty Nights In
Furope and in two weeks earned S.OD.
She seemed to attach no Importance Ia
her distinction Of being the first American
woman To fly from Dover to Calais. declar-
ing that il was as easy to handle an aero
plane as 1t was to dhN an automobile.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-13
AERO SHOW ARMY-NAVY DAY
General James Allen and Military
Aviators Will Attend.

lbs hoen designated as Arm, and
xavy na>. at the aero show at the Sew
f--,,,d CENTRAL Palace. and on" OF the fore
mos, -, those who will visit the exhibit -
I,o,ara, LANES Alien. chief signal oihcer OF
49,, r,,i,od states army, who viii represent
49,, VA department. Accompanying him
atm M. several army aviat"rs. Including
r,l,,,.rar, Nuliny and Lieutenant Arnold.
=, IS expected that during Inc We" III" Inv
dozen or more government alim'h N"'
com. ,p from Washington y" MNf''' VIZ
Latest designs iu a"rop.an"N.
Coroncnting on the progress made b.! u"
,.,,, f., aviation. General Allen Sd'd 'aN'
,ioh, H.. was of TN" belief that the sum
,,.r of 1912 would see som" flying that
,,.,,,,d Guido the remarkable performances
,,.e,,v .ar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-13
STRIKERS MEET IN WOODS
Paterson Police Refuse to Per
nit Gatherings in Halls.

Paterson, \. i. MAY IL Barred from
holding meetings in any hall in this city
tho Industrial Workers Of the World held
a mass meeting to-day in the woods az
TIaledon. outside the jurisdiction Of the
city police officials ABOUT two thousand
perSons attended the meeting Nothing
Of a sensa tiOnal character WAS said or
done at the meeting
The organizers Of the Industrial Work
ers of the World will no longer he per-
mitted to hold meetings in this city.
Chief Bimson refused to permit the pro
prietor Of Turn Hall To rent his place for
a proposed Industrial Workers of the
World meeting on Friday last. and any
owner Of hall who rents it for such "A
purpose may expect to have his license
revoked.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-13
ASK FIRE BUREAU PROBE
Politics in Appointments. Say
Realty Men and Citizens Union.
APPEAL TO THE ALDERMEN
Civil Service Reform Charges as
to Naming of Prevention In
spectors Repeated.

Those who charge that at least seventy
five Of the eighty-nine inspectors recently
appointed TO the Bureau Of Fire Proven
ton obtained their places because Of their
political affiliations have requested the
Board OF Aldermen to conduct an investi-
cation of the whole matter
The investigation is requested in a letter
jointly signed by the committee on safety.
the Allied Real Estate Interests and the
Citizens Union. The letter reaus.
May II. 1872
Hon john Purroy Mitchell. President Board
OF Aldermen, New York city.
Dear sir: We urge upon your honorable
body that under the powers conferred upon
the Board of Aldermen by Section - of the
greater New York Charter an invcstiRa-
ton be made Of the appointments in the
Bureau OF Fire Prevention and the char
actcr Of work performed by that bureau.
The correspondence between the Mayor
and the Civil Service Reform Association
had disclosed sufficient facts, in our opin-
ion. TO make 1t the plain duty Of tho Board
Of Aldermen to investigate. Without such
an Official inquiry the fun facts cannot De
brought out. Very truly yours,
JOHN A. KINGSBURY.
Acting chairman. Committee on SAFETY.
ALLAN ROBINSON,
President Allied Real Estate interests.
WILLIAM JAY SCHIEFFELIN,
Chairman. Citizens Union.
It - the plan Of the men behind the
proposed investigation 10 show that FIRE
commissioner Johnson has assumed pow
ers that have not only thrust the Bureau
Of Fire Pro,ention into politics. but inc
entire Fire department. from the newest
probationary fireman to the Fire Chief
This is because the Iiooy law took tho
power Of transfer and promotion out Of
the hands Of the Fire chief and placed
il with the Commissioner. it Is pointed
out
An Investigation Of the whole affair is
sorely needed" said Allan Robinson last
uight. "Poltics should not enter into a
department which has To do with TN" saw
ing Of life and the preserving OF property.
"Tlc most competent men I'm a." city
should have been appointed 10 the Bureau
of Fire Prevention. This could have been
done hv appointing frcm"u who hay" had
experience i'm lighting fires and whose
qualifications were demonstrated when
they passed the civil service examination.
instead Of appointing men "h" har" no
qualifications
prominent builder. Who feared that
the publication Of his name would result
in uuplcaSautu"ss with the city authorl-
tics and for that reason requested mat
u.S name be not used said
"'ommiseinu"r Iohusons tactics Vii
practically 'top building ~ New York
civ. H." has assumed powers that ar"
arbitrary and unjust. powers that haN"
no basis in any existing law. And what
builder D.. going 10 put up building
which. when erected. mas b." subject &"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-13

schools which have been Transferred irop
the Catholic church To thr S'N'itu'u ~
t,uc I did this for the reason that tn"
Commissioner mad ISSUED Tn" order after
consulting with the secretary Of a." lhte-
r.or and without awaiting MS conclusions
The propriety OF the order mas now Decn
made rho subject Of an open. fee discus
sion by all the parties ~ interest, ana ne
decision of the Secretary Of the Interior
" IN soon bc handed down.
saw nothing OF the merits Of the con-
troversy. except that the order reversed
condition which has existed for years ana
affected thirty or forty teachers VINO as
INNS had been long before my time ~ =
,.,,6ra,ed in the service of the govern,
roa pI' and who would be in eject expelled
from that scrvc" by the order shouIn Y
prevail They we're therctorn 'ntltISa 1T ~
ftll hearing. Nlbi"Hn ~ 40
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-13
SUGAR SUIT DELAY ENDED
Action for Dissolution Goes to
Trial Tomorrow.
SPECIAL EXAMINER NAMED
Time Limit Put on Both ProseCu.
ton and Defence and Court
Will Pass Directly on Case.

The long delayed trial Of the govern
mrnts suit in equity for the dissolution of
the American Sugar Refining Company
and its subsidiaries. known the sugar
trust. will begin tomorrow morning In
Room 47 in the Federal Building before
Wilson Il. Brice as special examiner.
In appointing Nj. Rrcc and ordering
that tho hearings begin this week the
judges Of The United states Circuit Court
Of Appeals, who under the expedition act
viii pass directly upon the case on the
testimony gathered before Mr. Bricc al
lowed sixty days To the government for
the Introduction Of its evidence. l05 days
TO the defence for answering testimony
and thirty days each for rehuttal
should all of the time. approximately
seven months. be consumed, the printed
record Of testimony could not be submit
ted to the Judge, until January or per
haps February. 1919. and no decision could
possibly be expected until the spring OF
1918. With an appeal 10 the Supreme
Court Of the United States. the case may
lot reach it's final settlement until 1914
at the earliest
The plan of the government, il was indl-
Gated. was 20 start in with the period Of
the inception of the trust and TO call Wit
rcss"S in such an order as to bring out
clearly. step by step. the changing con-
tIol of the American Sugar Refining Com
pany. which at ono time. il is charged.
controlled 9S per cent of the sugar trade.
Henry \. Wise. United states Attorney,
viii give much Of his attention to the
case. though James j; KNAPP, on" of his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-13
BETTING ON BRYAN
Some Pittsburg Democrats ThlnH
He Will Be Nominee.
rRy Telegraph 10 The ~


Pittsburgh, May 12-Small wagers nave
been made here that william j. Bryan VIII
mo the next Democratic nominee. The bet
ting was made on the strength Of an all
legged conversation Bryan is SAID 10 haNs
had with some of his supporters "hile IN
this city last Sunday. He is said to have
mad. the remark that, while either VIII
son or Clark would suit him as candidates.
no did not believe either would secure the
necessary two-thirds vote.
Joseph Howley. candidate for RepreSent-
ative-at-large on the Democratic ticket,
asked Bryan 10 permit him TO present his
name before the Harrisburg convention.
BRYAN declared such AN act would he
mistake
Guy +. Campbell. Of the Bryan League
OF Allegheny County, is recruiting 100 Dem
ocrats TO go 10 Baltimore and carry ban.
ners in a parade with the legend, Bryan
Only
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-13
FETE sTIRS IRISH SOCIETIES
Protest Against Celebrating 100 Years
of Truce with England.

Resolutions protesting against the enact
icrnt Of the Root amendment to tine Inn
migration bill. now before the House OF
Representatives, 1T Washington. and In OPP
Iosition 10 the enactment of the pending
nIl appropriatinS $500, 900 for celebration
~ the anniversary "f one hundred Years Of
.-a"" with England, were adopted at II
meeting Of delegates Of the United irish
american Society Of New York last n.Sht'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-13

SUNDAYS NETWORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United States
for So so a year.
The Calumet news., 1912-07-13
TWO TITANIC REPORTS.

After heapInp an manner Of abuse
and ridicule ON Senator William Alden
Smith Of Michigan, and his commit
tees Investigation Of the Titanic dis
aster the London newspapers have
now been confronted with the uu-
pleasant duty Of publishing from the
British commission. headed by Lord
Mersey. a report which in an essen
tials is a paraphrase Of the Smith re-
port to the Senate This tribute to the
justice and wisdom cf the Ame-ican
Investigation and report is welcome
unwillngly though it is paid. It is
comforting to our national pride 10
learn that Lord Mcrsev with his Brit
iah commission has arrived at pracu-
callv the same findings that Senator
Smiths committee reached.
The Calumet news., 1912-07-13
SAYS AMERICA
Is ON DECLINE
BUT NOTED GERMAN THINKS
RETRoeRADE MOVEMENT
MAY BE STOPPED.

Berlin, July 10. The United States
has reached its period of decline. IL
announced by Baron H. Won Barns
kow, widely Travelled German. who
contributes 10 the 'RcichsbOtc." a
Berlin newspaper. an article sum
mariZing impressions he gained on the
latest Of his many visits 10 America.
Articles of this nature are not infre-
quent in the German press. but ordin-
arily tney are written with such a.
manifest animus that they deserve me-
notice. Baron Won Barnekow. on the
contrary, writes IN a matter of fact
way, without a trace Of anti-American
feeling, and appears genuinely glad 20
be able to see some hope that the de-
cline may be arrested.
That this decline has begun. writes
the baron. must be observed by any
person who visits America after an
absence Of a few years The change |
for the worse has been very rapid |
The scenes that have attended the Re
publican campaign for the presidential /
nomination are hut one Indication OF |
The Calumet news., 1912-07-13
ON 4 STABLE BASIS.

The Copper Producers statement
showed a decrease Cor June Of more
than Eve million pounds. Gradually
the metal is getting on a more stable
basis. Gradually the people are begin
ming TO realize that rumors about i'm
mense stocks of copper being hidden
away by the producers or speculatory
are mere tommyrot The fact remains
that with the Improvement in the steel
and other industries the use Of copper
is becoming more general and the de-
nand is certain TO grow That it Will
keep pace with the production Is the
BELIEF Of those best Informed, and this
is the wish cf an whose interests lie
directly or Indirectly with the indus
try.
The Calumet news., 1912-07-13
A NEW scAPEeoAT.

In the good old days. whenever a
boy or youth committed some pecu-
liarly noticeable piece of depravity, II
was the fashion TO point out that his
wrong was the fruit Of too close q
reading of dime novels" The al
ventures OF the heroes OF these literary
productions, many Of whom were horse
thieves. read agents and similarly val
liable members OF society, Il was held.
had influenced the tender mind Of the
victim until he fel, impelled by =
sacred duty to emulate their exploits.
Today. with the new achievements Of
science TO assist him, the errant youth
has found new scapegoat in the
moving picture theater. An rs year
old youth recently arrested for highway
robbery has set up the defersc that
his imagination was perverted by OBJ
serving the exploits of footbad pie
mred forth In the movies"
Now. while there is a very general
agreement to the effect that pictures
having for their subject the glorifica
tion of criminal enterprise should be
sternly forbidden in the moving pic
ture theaters there is decided alb
surdlty in the idea that boy almost |
of voting age should have been led
from the path of rectitude 10y such an
exhibition. At his age nc certainly
is able to distinguish between right
and wrong ana the mere fact that
criminal was the hero of a picture
lrama could hardly have led him astray
had he possessed any foundation OF
principle to begin with.
The dime novel is a bad thing and
he lurid melodrama. whether pic
ured or presented by living actors
which glorifes crime should he sup
ressed. But when they are offered as
capegoats by boys whose real rea-
on for wrong doing is their own ''cus-
edness," the defense should be ac.
epted at considerable less than its
ace value 4.
The Calumet news., 1912-07-13
DRIVEN OUT oe srArr

Ringing Bros nave procured size
for winter quarters for their circus i'm
Illinois. not Oar from Chcago. and they
eSpect 10 abandon their present quar-
ters a. Baraboo, wis, where they have
maintained their shows between sen
sons ever since they went into tho
business. Dislike of the operations Of
the recently enacted income tax law
Is back Of their decision. They aager,
the law Is unfairly oppressive. and ie
practically driving them from the state
Certainly the law must hit them pret-
~ hard. or they would not 20 10 tt,
expense Of providing new winter luar.
ters In another state. The income
tax has been one Of tho bones Of con
tention IN Wisconsin ever since IFS
onaotion, ana the prospective action OF
The Calumet news., 1912-07-13
THE BALDHEEDED MAN.


There is no hope for the baldhead-
ed man. says the editor Of the Medl-
cal Record. The cause Of badness
and it's satisfactory treatment arc still
mysteries to the medical profession. he
declares.
Badness is the white mans burden
As his civilization extends so grows
the crop Of baldheads apace. In fu-
turc generation the extent Of pro-
eressivism win he indicated by the
absence of hirsutc adornment upon
the male head When the candidate
OF the future arises 10 enunciate his
platform H newer democracy he
viii exhibit as an evidence of good
faith a head entirely destitute OF hair.
Aspiring candidates. instead Of kiss
ing 'he babies, will visit the barber
and have their heads shaved.
Honestly and truly. baldress IS one
of the diseases Of our civilization.
There are no baldheaded men in the
first circles of our best aboriginal
society at least few missionaries
who were too lean or old 10 stew and
who returned, have never reported any.
I'm the wilds OF the two continents no
one ever meets with baldheaded man.
II Is only when we return TO civiliza-
iion and culture that We find the hair
dropping from the head. A lack of hair
is synonymous with the higher life.
Efforts 20 force growth OF hair by
going back 20 nature have been hz-
Zle Even tho fad of going bareheaded
in the good old summer time has
proven unavailing. All that It resulted
in was "a much bligtered Uranium.
while the flies demonstrated that they
need swatting under such inviting
conditions.
And. above all. beloved baldheads
remember that no balGheaded mar
is ever found In a lunauc asylum. So
cheer up.
The Calumet news., 1912-07-13

dust and any other mark that has been
made ON the print.
OH paintings should De carefully
sponged with cold water and polished
with soft silk cloth.
Valuable oils should be protected
with glass This has all the good ef-
feet Of varnish without sny of it's dis
advantages.
When choosing pictures. if you have
no artistic sense have some artistic
friend or an artist go with YOU to buy.
Also follow this rule when hanging the
paintings. II VIII pay in the end, for
pictures carclcssly arranged win mar
the beauty Of an otherwise handsome
~ furnished room
The Calumet news., 1912-07-13
REVlvINe PICTURES.
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Pictures are often neglected and al
lowed TO get duh and faded from want
OF little attention. II they he engrav-
mss or water colors as soon as any
deposit Of dust Is seen to have worked
itself through the frame the picture
should be carefully taken out and
cleaned by crumbIing a piece OF soft
bread and rubbing Il over the surface
of the picture. This will remove all
The Calumet news., 1912-07-13

the change which Is marked by "a
hitherto unknown indifference. a ten
| dency to let things take their course;
by an unhealthy ard excessive self
appreciation and general coarsening
Of moral views. All these. SAYS Baron
vol Barnekow. are products OF the last
few years. The moral coarsening has
worked down from the top, from the
newly rich. Another indication of de-
cay is the alleged fact that the Am
erican intolerance Of the drouc, OF the
gentleman of leisure is beginning &c
disappear, Suggested as a possible
contributing cause OF the decline rs the
fact that the birthrate among the old
American families Is failing off. while
IL remains high among the South Eu
ropean immigrants The suld families
OF the New England states and Of the
South have as Vet been less affected
by the demorallzing tendency of pres
ent American affairs than the people
of any other section.
Il is. however in the farmers Of the
United States that Baron Won Barne-
kow sees a possibility Of arrestng the
downward movement. As Vet. he says |
they have not been touched by the |
moral decline. rhe dwellers i'm tie |
lie declares. represent today |
the republic the depend
able. conservative element. in which |
IN upright Christianity and a hign
standard OF family life have been pre-
'erved; they represent the most indus
rious and deserving portion Of the
whole population OF the country An
special word Of praise is spoken for
he German American farmers.
The Calumet news., 1912-07-13

them. Some of the bands are com
posed of twisted satin and others OF
straight lengths of silk Of different
Colors.
one inventive genius has made
crochet crown band for blacl. hal
in very pretty shade of cyclamen
pink silk. and this she will fasten at
the side beneath cabOcho of multi
colored beads.
In smother case band of worsted
flowers is added 10 the collection. and
there are gallon and embroidered bands
OF various descriptions
The button snap fastening is = re
source, but hooks and eyes will render
amiable assistance also.
The Calumet news., 1912-07-13

Atlantic city will welcome in scr
temher the annual gathering of the
United Spanish War Veterans asso-
citation and the American Good Roads
congress.
Chicagoans are framing a new state
law intended to curb vice.
Automobile tire men expect to sell
$l2,000,000 worth of. tires this year.
The Calumet news., 1912-07-13

Possibly the American sprinters In
Sweden would not win so easily II
there We're a few Mexican revolution
lists cu the job
The Calumet news., 1912-07-13

We have seen many tough job, but
the lawyer who is trying to mako a
martyr ana a hero out Of Harry Thaw
certainly has his hands full.