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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16

Washington, Dec. 16-Uncle Sam lost and won his case against the anthracite coal trust by decision o7 the Supreme court, today. The gov ernment lost the better part of iti cases against the combine. winnins out only in one particular, but thi' one count sustained by the court wa: said to forecast a revolutionary change in anthracite handling.
 The court refused to disturb an al. 1eEed combination of six great anthra cite coal carrying railroads in the Keystone State, 4S big operators and a number of subsidiary coal compan- ies, which the government charged was in control of 90 per cent. of all authracite deposits in the State and Dominated three-fourtTls of the annual ever, that separate dissolution suits a.rair1st the alleged railroad mergers might be brought.
 The partial victory scored by the government was in the court dec1a,r- ing illegal the so-called "6o per cent contract systern''-a plan by which the operators were paid 65 per cent of the tidewater price for coal by the railroads and agreed to turn over their entire output.
 Also the court sustained the decis- in dissolving the Temple Iron Com pauy, a holding company organized by '.independent'' operators to control additional output.
 That the government erred in bring ing one single suit against the rail road mergers and the coa1-producing concerns was held by the court.
 Justice Lurton read the decision of the court
 The court refused to order the dis solution of the Erie and the Central Railroad Of New Jersey and also oth- ar alleged cornIoiuat tions of the anthra- cite carriers.
 The court read a brief memo of its opinion
 The ''e5 per cent contracts declared illegal were made by the carriers with coal operators by which the operators agreed to deliver all of their product to the carriers at 65 per cent. of the . average price paid at tidewater- The decision will force a, revision, it is said, of the hard coal industry.
 In part, the court said:
 Each party to the general cornbina- ticn may form parties to separate suits We express no opinion as to eheir legality
 The lower court was directed to dis solve the 65 per cent. contracts.
 Attorney General Wickersham said:
 s-The annulment of the 65 percent contracts was very important as a victory for the government. It opens the way for competition in the coal the court declares that although a contract may be innocent in itself a bundle of them may constitute vio-
 It was announced later in the after noon trat Justices Day, Hughes and Pitney did not participate in the deci- ed. Day was absent when the case was heard and Hughes was connected with the preparation of the case.
 The anthracite coal trust was first begun in 1907. The Philadelphia & Reading, Lehigh Valley, D. L. & w.,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
NAGEL DEPRECATES
 OVER-REGULATION
Sees Danger in Extension of Powers of Proposed Trade
 Commission

Washington, Dec. 16.-Charles Ma gel. Secretary of Commerce and La Dor, would sharply define and restrict the powers and discretion of the pro- posed Federal commission to regulate industrial corporations. In his annual
 yesterday, the Secretary opposes the endowment of such commission, If finally created by Congress, with far reaching powers equal to those exer- Commission over railroads. He dis approves the suggestion that the com mission have authority to fix prices of Epitomiz1ng his doctrine for Gov ernmentaI supervision of business. MT. Nage1 says: .1--
 been much discussion of proposed Legislation for the esta b1ishment of a trade commission, which should sue ceed to. and considerably ampIify, the powers of the present Bureau of Cor porations- Several bills were intro duced in Congress, but thus far this discussion has been productive of lit tie net result except to demonstrate the need of still further consideration of the subject.
 Restrict Trade Commissions Powers.
 Before such a body is established it is essential that some fundamental considerations be carefully weighed and settled. The powers of the pres ent Bureau of Corporations are pow CTS of inquiry and publicity, and in the exercise of these rather wide dis cretion is desfra b1e and, indeed, all most unavoidable. In dealings with powers of regulation, however, there
 must of necessity be definition of these powers in the statute. and that definition presents a problem of vital importance Perhaps the most serious danger involved in such. a trade com mission is the natural tendency to ex- tend it's authority. Even now some of the plans proposed contemplate extremely radical departures, as, for instance, the direct fixing of prices of comm odities. Without further expert- fundamental distinction between public carrier and a private industry it is proposed to clothe such a trade commission, with substantially the same power which the Interstate Commerce Commission now exercises over railroad rates.
 Such fixing of prices is, of course
 by no means a necessary acconpani- ment of a trade commission and, in fact, the most carefully matured plans have not embraced this sugges- ton. Nevertheless, the fact that such propositions are seriously put forth demonstrates the necessity for ex- treme caution in framing legislation for the establishment of such a com mission. Before reaching final con- clusions, experience in this direction especially that of various State com missions dealing with control of cor porations, might we'll be investigated, either by special commission or pos sibly by the Bureau of Corporations"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
CONFERENCE OF PEACE ENV0YS
 OPENS TODAY

London, Dec. 16-The first session today of the Turkish Balkan peace conference lasted two hours. After naming M. Novakovitch, Servian pre- naier, as president of the conference, the delegates adjourned until tomor- row morning when the formal de- mands of the Balkan alliance will be presented to Turkey.
 The conference met at noon and Sir Edward Grey, secretary of state for foreign affairs, formally welcomed the delegates in behalf of Great Brit ain.
 It was agreed by the delegates that the chair should be occupied each day by a different plenipotentiary, the en- voys assuming the presidency in a1- phabeticaI order.
 The conference was held in the State Room of St. James palace. The Greeks were there and harmony ap- parently ruled among all the envoys. Sir Edward Grey assured the p1enipo- tentiaries that Great Britain would of fer them all possible facilities to aid their negotiations.
 A vast crowd surged around the palace and filled the adjacent streets and an extra detail of policemen was on guard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16

more than satisfied with the trip. Tf0 said that he had rested well and felt
 "It was a real vacation" he easd, and we ali feel ready for anything"
 The declaration of the governor, made last night personally for the foreign purchases of the entire party had been Hess than S1Oo.'' It was ex- plained that as a matter of fact. they were not half that sum.
 The police arrangements at the piers were of a most elaborate character Uniformed officers guarded every door and entrance and only persons with credentials were permitted through the lines. In addition there were 2 dozen officers in pIainclothes- detailed from Washington joined the single guard who had made the trip and from now until he is fnausurated the next President will always have three guards.
 The recent arrest of three men in New Jersey for attempting to black mail Gov. Wilson and the fact that he had received numerous anonymous letters had resulted in the secret ser vice taking precautions to see that no untoward incident takes place.
 Governor Wilson and his family went in .an auto to the Waldorf and the until after the Southern Society's din- ner, tonight The governor will 20 to Trenton on the o'clock train. this afternoon and will be at his desk In will come back here late in the day and will attend the dinner as the chief guest of honor He positively refused to discuss public matters at the pier and said that he had no ap- pOintmentS to announce and did not known when he would have.
 While in Bermuda. he answered 700 letters that he had received and which had demanded his personal attention
 The governor was inclined to be angry when his attention was called to reports from Washington that the campaign against Bryan had collapsed that Senator Martin, of Virginia. and other conservative Democratic Sena- tors were quoted as saying that Will son should ask Bryan to become secretary of state and that Bryan should accept.
 If you want to know my attitude on this question and the question of my cabinet appointments" said the governor, somewhat impatiently, 'I will refer you to the neWspapermen who have been putting the question of who shall be named for the cabinet up to me for the last six weeks and who have been told repeatedly that I positively will not discuss the. sub ject''
 The captain of the Bermudian fail ed by an 'teyelaeh" in an attempt to break the eBernuda-New York record on the run in. High seas caused de- lay but the big steamer made it in exactly 40 hours. Mrs. Wilson was the only one of the party to be affect ed by the trip and she was slightly ID for only a brief period.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
REILLY KEEPS SHY
 OF CONTESTS HERE
Meriden Congressman Denies That He or Others Will At tempt to Dictate to
 Jeremiah Donovan
Special to The Farmer)

Washington, D. C., Dec 16-Con- gressman Thomas L. Reilly, of the Third Connecticut district, today de- nied absolutely that he, or any of the Democratic Congressme elect, so far as he knew, had seen Congressman elect Jeremiah Donovan in regard to federal patronage in the Fourth dis trict Mir Reilly was shown an extract of a news item in Bridgeport Sun day paper, which stated that Reilly, Mahan and Kennedy had waited on Donovan and tried to kill off the as- pirations of certain candidates for the postmastership of Bridgeport.
 That statement is absolutely un- true'' said Congressman Reilly. t'The distribution of any federal patronage in Fairfield county rests with Con- gressman-e1ect Donovan, and I know him to be capable Of taking care of that task without interfer ence by me or anyone else. I have not seen him with regard to conditions anywhere in his county and do not intend doing so So far as I know, other Congre men-elect from Connecticut have not sought to advise MT. Donovan as to how he should act. Like myself, I be- Iieve they have their hands full in attending properly to affairs in their respective districts"
 Congr essman Reilly leaves tonight for Connecticut for the holidays.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
To Ask Legis s'ature
 For Bills Allowing
 One Taxing District
BOARD OF ALDERMEN MAY ACT TONIGHT ON RESOLUTION URG- ING MEASURE BEFORE NEXT GENERAL ASSEMBLY,.

A resolution asking Bridgeport's rep resentatives in the next General As- sembly to introduce legislation that will permit of the consolidation of the two taxing districts in Bridgeport may be presented at the meeting of the Common Council this evening This resolution has been drafted for some time and was to have been introduced at the last meeting of the Alder men.
 It was held up for some reason and it is probable that it will be present ed tonight. Alderman R. c. DeFOr- est leader of the majority, today said he knew such a resolution had been drawn, but declared Ee did not know it's author. He said there is a prob ability that it will be introduced to- night.
 Outside of the usual routine busi- ness, there is little of importance to come before the meeting tonight AL derman DeForest said today there would be no report tonight from the ordinance committee with regard to the proposed changes in the regulation of the police force of the city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
In Fine FettIe After His Vacation and StarS al Once to Carry Out His Executive Business as Governor of New
 Jersey
Admits That He is to Meet William Jennings BTyan But Pre- serVes SphInxlke Silence as to Nhat Mghf
 be the Puport of This Conference

New York, Dec. 16-Who will be in- vited to accept seats in the cabinet was the monentous question confront ing President-e Wilson when he landed, today, from the steamer Der mudian after his months vacation. But Wilson retained his sphinx-Iike attitude and positively refused to en- tighten anyone. In fact, he would say nothing at all bearing on cabinet appointments and especially or the attitude the incoming administration would adopt toward William Jennings Bryan, who gossip has insisted will secretary of state.
 Gov. Wilson admitted that he plan ned to meet Bryan soon. But when asked when and where he positively refused to enilghten his interro ogators. By his attitude he made it plain that until appointments have actually been made there will be no publicity
 The President-eiect and his family had their first experience, today. of the divinity that guards rulers"
 tachment of police that has looked out for the safety of visiting dignitary, recently, every move of the President ters was closely watched. And after they had been slowed away'in the big automobile for the trip to the hotel, two cars containing uniformed and plaincIothes men followed them and three other cars one containing secret service men and other detectives, brought up in the rear, and able bodied secret service man, whose hand was never out of his outside overcoat pocket, where it grasped an automatic pistol, was passenger alongside the governor
 The SgoverTor was reported to have a number of conferences arranged for but no announcement regarding them was permitted in advance. And the big suite of rooms at the hotel where the party went as it reached there, was carefully guarded were the motors enroute.
 The Bermudian with President elect Woodrow Wilson and his family on board, arrived safely, early today, but was held at quarantine until nearly eeded to her dock where she was due at 8:15. There the usual crush of curieosity seekers to see the gover- nor leave the pier. He planned to go direct to the Wa1dorf-Astoria hotel where he would remain a while and then go to Trenton to resume his du- ties of governor of New Jersey.
 The steamer warped into the pier on time and the Wilson party was greeted by Miss Margaret Wilson, the daughter who had not accompanied her parents, MT. and Mrs. Dudley Field Malone and Joseph P. Tumulty- The customs officials had made ar engagements to expedite the baggage of the party through the 1ipes and there was no delay
 All had the usual tropical tan and the governor declared that he was
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
STEAMER IN PATH
 OF STORM LOST

Port Arthur, Tex, Dec. 16-8ope for the British oil steamer Impoco and the barge Hainut, both of which are known to have been in the path of the fierce storm which swept the gulf, Iast Thursday night, was practically aban- doned here, today.
 G. Sand, master of the Standard oil boat Sabine here, last night. reported the loss of a barge with members of its crew. If the Impoco and Hainut are lost it will raise the list to 45
 The Impoco and Hainut sailed from Tampico on the same day and were in the path of the storm which wreck ed the Sabine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
CHRISTMAS CUTS IN
 ON SCHOOL SAvINGS
Deposits By Pupils Today Show Fall ing Off Because of Approach of
 Holidays.

Christmas cut in on the weekly de- posits of public school pupils in the school savings bank system today A decided falling off in the amounts credited pupils today showed that money this week is being diverted to the purchase of Christmas gifts. De pOsits in some of the schools fol lows:
 Prospect, S63. .56; MapIewcod, S24.68; Barnun, $25.61; Grand, $36.62; Myrtle avenue, s16.85; Newfield, $17.70; Oak, s16.35; Mckinley, $4.37; Lincoln, $53.18; Kossuth, $33.S5; Shelton. S2S. .S5; Island Brook. $e- 62; Nichols S26.57; Bostwick avenue S44.45; Garfield, $12.9S; Wash ington. $38.54; WzReeler, $28.45-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
PREMATURE REPORT IS REGRETTED BY OFFICIALS
 OF CRANE VALVE co.

Crane Valve Co.,, stated today in con nection with a report that the Crane eIn ployes in this city were to receive a Christmas gift in the form of a percentage of their annual salaries, that he regretted the premature an nouncement-
 Tt is netirely inaccurate" said Mir Williams. we are very much ern- barrassed by it's publication. The least said about it the better
 It has been the practice of. the Crane Go. in Chicago to remember it's employees in this manner, but the GUS tom has not been extended to this city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
WIFE HELD FOR ATTACK
 ON HUSBAND WITH RAZOR

South Norwalk, Dec 16-Mrs Lillian Smith, who couple of weeks ago met her husband at the front door when he returned from work and attacked him with a razor, was bound over to the Superior court under heavy bonds today. Joseph Sealia, just out of jail after serving a 15 months term for the killing of Steven GowoIuczak, was before the city court today, charged with attempting to kill Steven To- ba aggy. whom he assaulted and severe ly stabbed. His case was continued until tOrnorrnW
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
TO UNITED STATES
 FAST DECREASING

Washington, D. G., Dec. 16.-The report of the secretary of commerce and labor for 1912 was filed with President Taft, today, shows a con- tinuing drop in the number of aliens arriving in the United Staten and re- maining to increase It's population.
 A comparison of the figures, those arriving and those returning shows that the actual increase of alien popu- Iation for 1912 was 4O1,S63 as com pared with 512,0S for the fiscal year 1911, and 817,619 for the fiscal year 1910,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
CHARITIES BOARD GETS D. E. O'NEL'S RESIGNATION

A regular meeting of the Board of r,ha rities was held this afternoon at e:3O. While the budget for the year xilI be discussed it is not believed that if will be fully completed at this TeetfnE The resignation of Clerk Dennis O'HleiH will be rendered to the board that he may accept the ap- sffntxnent of jailer at the County jail.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
JOY RIDER BROKE
 ASKS TO BE LOCKED UP

New Haven, Dec 16-Arthur Durarid IS. of 218 AInes street, Fall River, Mass, applied to the police today to be locked up until he could comm uni cate with his parents and get money to return home. He was taken in custody charged with idleness.
 He came here on a. joy ride and went broke When he asked the pro lection of the police he was half starv- ed and his clothing was worn and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
KING FERDINAND SPEAKS
 CONFIDENT OF EARLY PEACE

Vienna, Dec. 16-The Bulgarian par liament, according to dispatches to Sofia, was very optimistic after think ing over the speech delivered from the throne by King Ferdinand in which he said he was confident that early peace would be concluded by the London conference.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
MAYOR OF CITY INCLUDED IN
 BILLY SUNDAYS CONVERTS

McKeesport Dec. -16-'Billy'' Sun day, the evangelist, was credited with 1e.o23 converts, including Mayor H. s. Arthur, and secured offerings of, s13,- ALBA during 8 campaign just closed here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
PRESIDENT TAFT SAYS
 HE'LL NOT FILL THE POST

Washington Dec. 16-President Taft announced, today, that he would not fill the post of Ambassador to Great Britain, left open by the death yesterday, of Ambassador Reid.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
YOUNG CHINESE EMPEROR
 HAS WHOOPING COUGH

Tofio, Dec. 16-Dispatches from Pe- kin today confirmed the report that Chinese Emperor Hsuhian-Tung 6 years old, is suffering from the whoop- ing cough Before he was proclaimed Emperor, he was Prince Pu-Yi
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16
25 DEAD FROM
 RAILWAY CRASH

Rome, Dec. 16-Fifteen women and men, injured in the Catania. railway accident, died today in the hospitals, making the list of dead total 25. Ten persons were killed and 105 seriously injured when an express train and freight came together in a headon collision between Catania and Mes sina, yesterday afternoon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16

reenwich-BurgIars early yesterday | blew the safe of Timothy Lough1in, | coal and wood dealer and got noth- | ing for their troub1e- |
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16

New Haven-No trace has been found of the men who held up Michael Sullivan, of Windsor Looks, on F0a- street. and robbed him of $22.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16

New Britain-Burglars entered the clothing store Of Carl YoungbIad yes terday, and stole s250 worth of cloth ing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-16

more than satisfied with the trip. Tf0 said that he had rested well and felt
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-17

Judge James c. Martin, mu-
nicipal court, held up and robbed
of gold watch and $40 near his
home, 2944 Indiana ave.
Rhinehardt Woodricks, %,
1884 w. 38th ST., arrested on
charge Of numbering Vim. Flynn,
40, 1886 Fuller St., Sunday night.
Joe Brennan, 1913 Grenshaw
ave-, fe1l ffom work car of Chi
cago Ry. Co.'S at w. North and
N. Fairfield ayes. Dead.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-17

TO tear down blinds and curtains
which hid bars in resorts from
street.
Large freight boat grounded at
Rush st. bridge this morning and
tied up traffic for several hours.
John A. Blonquist, fisherman,
BIZ Milwaukee ave-, ran along
wall at North pier to get one of
his lines. Slipped. Drowned.
Mrs. Annie Levine, IL, 1247 W..
18th ST., struck by 18th st. car at
Halsted st. Internally injured.
County hospital.
David Rosen, Oil S. Wood ST.,
and David Alschuler, grocer, 1888
S. Morgan ST., arrested for not
muzzling their bull dogs. SIS
and costs.
John Guru, lib S. Jefferson
St, struck on head with sledge
hammer by John Kowalski dur
ing quarrel. Just slightly brpls-
ed. Kowalski escaped, fearing he
had killed Guru.
John Dolan, waiter, arrested at
w. Adams and S. Dearborn SITS.
Larceny.
Joe Pukine, AZ, 1920 Hamlin
ave-, got off Milwaukee ave. car
at Chicago ave. before it stopped.
Fell. Severely injured.
Mrs. Clara Gibson, 1878 Fulton
ST., bitten on right arm by dog
of Thos. Thompson, 1916 Austin
ave.
Well dressed unidentified ne
gro, IS, found dead in apartment
house, 1866 S. State st. Took car
bolic acid and turned on gas.
= n r
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-17

JUG O1Clutdl4, OO1O 0lC1IoI4dW
ave-, fe1I ffom work car of Chi
cago Ry. Co.'S at w. North and
N. Fairfield ayes. Dead.
MORE FRENZIED FINANCE
New York, Sept. 17.-Thomas
w. Lawson has written a sequel
to ''Frenzied Finance" which will
make that expose of crooked high
finance seem tame and mild.
The sequel is to be known as
"The Remedy" 1t will appear in
Everybody's Magazine.
Lawson says that the high cost
of living is caused directly by
sure-thing gambling on the stock
exchange, and the people are
robbed of between two and three
billion dollars every year by the
exchange.
Lawson says that the chief aim
of his new book is to be the clos
ing Of the stock exchange foreevr.
"The next eight years" says
Lawson, will tell whether or not
this country is to be dumped with
the moss and slime-coVered ruins
of Rome.
"The people know they are be-
ing hurt unto death, but they do
not know what is hurting them.
"The purchase power of the in
comes of the people has been cut
In half in forty years.
Il know what is hurting the
people. l know what is cutting