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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-08

A laxative today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty
their bowels, which become clogged
up with waste, liver gets sluggish;
stomach sour.
Lok at the tongue, mother! If
coated, or your child isl istless cross,
feverish, breath bad, restless, doesn't
eat heartily, full of cold or has sore
throat or any other children's all
ment, give a teaspoonful Of "Califor-
MIA Syrup of Figs" then don't worry,
because it is perfectly harmless, and
in a few hours all this constipation
poison, sour bile and fermenting
waste will gently move out of the
bowels, and you have aw ell, playful
child again. A thorough inside
cleansing" is oftimes all that is neces-
sary. 1t should be the first treatment
given in any sickness.
Beware Of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bottle
Of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages and for grown-ups
plainly printed on the bottle. Look
carefully and see that it is made by
the California Fig Syrup Company"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-08

Mrs. Margaret c. Beutinger for the
second time watched the selection of
a jury to hear her case and again sat
through the beginning of trial to de-
termine whether or not she acted in
self-defense when she shot and killed
her husband, Christopher, at their
home in Caldwell. N. j., July II.
During the first trial, in October,
she seemed apathetic. When the sec
ond trial began in the court of Oyer
and Terminer, Newark, N. j., before
Judge William Martin, she sat between
her attorneys, Robert McCarter and
Walter G.. Brandley, offered sugges-
tons and criticised their questions.
Apparently Prosecutor Jacob l..
Newman has adopted a new line of
evidence and is seeking to disprove the
defendants plea of self-defense by
showing that she shot her husband
while he was sitting in rocking chair
beside her bed, not, as she testified,
as he was threatening her with physi-
cal violence.
In the first trial Mrs. Beutinger told
a narrowing story Of abuse by her hus-
band. He beat her and mistreated
her in many other ways, she testified.
The jury failed to agree.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-08
BARBER EXAMINERS
RECEIVE 5000 in
WAGES AND EXPENSES

The three members of the state
board of examiners Of BARRIERS re-
ceived $3,930.97, which included sal
aries of SIS a day for their services
to the state during the past year, &C
cording to the report of their work
which they have just filed with Gov
ernor Marcus H. Holco1nb. Michael
Crafty, of Rockville, chairman Of
the board received $1,650.23, while
John G. Healy filed bill for ST.
243.98 and Fred w. Neumann re-
corded a combined salary and eex-
pense account of $1,126.76. The re-
ceipts of the commission amounted to
$4,971:85 and the expenditures came
to $4,34S.18. A balance of $62367
has been turned over to the state
treasurer. This is the largest bal
ance the commission has had since it
started to do business
According to the report of the COM
mission 2,4S6 inspections were made
during the year, 1872 shops were re-
ported to the health officers and Is
BARRIERS were prosecuted for viola
lions of the state law regarding bar
Der shop sanitation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-08
THE PARENTS WHO MOURN

To Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, most
eminent of French economists, men,
Der of the Institute of France, pro-
fessor of the College of France, and
the recipient Of honors and decora-
tions from economic and other learn
ed bodies all over the world, has fall
en- another and a melancholy honor
that Of the presidency of the
Union of the Fathers and Mothers
whose Sons have died for France.
M. Leroy-Beaulieu was one of the
prime movers in the formation of
this Association to safeguard and to
honor the memory of those who fall
in BATTLE" and which regards with
equal reverence and admiration all
those who are fighting on the soil of
France for the cause Of civilization
and justice and who are displaying
a herOism never surpassed in his
tory" M Leroy Beaulieu is himself
too old to fight, as he was born at
Saumur on Dec. 9, 1S43, and will be
70 tomorrow. His father was a per-
feet under Louis Philippe and a
member of the legislative assembly
during the second republic and the
second empire. The distinguished
savant's son, Paul Leroy-Beaulieu,
was a member Of the Chamber of
Deputies and was rapidly winning
name for himself in French politics
when the call to arms was sounded.
He Immediately marched away to the
front, and in January Of 1915 was
fatally wounded. A kind hearted
German surgeon broke the news to
M Leroy-Beaulieu in a letter char
acterized by expressions of deepest
sympathy. GAS was reported to me-"
wrote the surgeon, Dr. Geissler, ''he
was wounded while fighting with the
bravery of a hero. After all his gun
ners had fallen he himself served his
piece. When he was finally obliged
to cease firing he defended himself
with his revolver until struck by a
bullet in the temple. The wound was
so grave that he did not recover his
senses before his death, which was
peaceful and painless"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-08
PUBLIC HAS PROVED
BOYCOTTS EFFECTIVE

Observers Of the effort to promote
boycotts of high priced foods have
not felt hopeful that much could be
done in this way. They have argued
that the people are too tickle and dis
organized to act as a unit in any such
matter. But some of the results of
the THANKSGIVING turkey sale suggest
the contrary.
AS many householders will recall,
turkeys this year were held at an I'M
usually high price. So far as the
public can judge, there was no suffi-
cient reason for it as far as the pro-
duction of turkeys is concerned. Elk
pense Of raising them may be some
what higher thar previously but
even at that the price seemed dispro-
portionate.
Apparently the trouble was that
commission men and other specula-
tors had secured control of a large
part of the supply, and held it for a
high price, believing f. that people
would pay it rather than go without
the customary Thanksgiving dinner.
But people are getting thoroughly
mad over the high price question.
They are willing to forego their Gus
tomary habits quite a bit, not merely
to save money, but to beat the specu-
lators. And there are a great many
substitutes that can be used for any
given food. The householder who
did not want turkey at the prevailing
prices could have mighty good din
ner on chicken.
1t is just the same on the egg cues
ton. good grade of cold stora ge
eggs is an excellent substitute for the
strictly fresh brand. If there is
speculation in cold storage brands.
the public can use the many patent
preparations by which eggs can he
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-08
DOCTOR
GETS BACK LICENSE

After hearing before Secretary
of State Charles D. Burnes yesterday
in Hartford, DR.. w. T. Nagle Of Fair
field, was given back his license,
which was automatically suspended on
the death of William Benton, who
was struck by DR.. Nagle's car in Fair
field avenue. several weeks ago.
The testimony was to the effect that
DR.. Maggie was blameless inasmuch as
Benton jumped from a moving trolley
car, which DR.. Nagle was passing.
The license of David Musante,
whose car struck and injured E. r.
Denzel and David Baby at Paradise
Green, several weeks ago was revok-
ed.
Fred R. Signor of 500 Fairfield ave-
nue., this city, who drove a car that
was in a fatal accident at Westport
was allowed to retain his license. The
coroner eXonerated him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-08
SCHOOLS GRANT
FOR BRIDGEPORT
JUMPS $4,000.
Park City Shows the Greatest
Increase In Number, of
Pupils.

Returns from Bridgeport to we
state authorities disclose that this city
has had the greatest increase in num-
Der of school children recorded in
Connecticut, and Bridgeport is rapidly
overhauling New Haven for total
numbers of school children.
For this reason Bridgeport will re-
ceive a state grant Of $75,53.25 this
year, SEQ, 200 more than was allotted
last year for education Of children.
Hartford will receive $500, $4,000
more than last year, and New Haven
s77,6O4, which is $4,000 more than
received last year.
The enumeration figures for Bridge
port show that there are now 29,549
children Of school age in the city and
New Haven has 33,153. Hartford has
25,155.
The time for filing figures expired
Tuesday About Is per cent of the
towns have complied with the require
ment Several days of grace will be
allowed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-08
KENTUCKY'S FARMERS
TO FIGHT BOYCOTT

Louisville, KY, Dec. "a new
angle to the food boycott question
has developed here. AS result Of a
local boycott on butter and eggs,
which is fostered by the Woman
Suffrage Association, local merchants
are facing the probability of re-
taliatory ban by Kentucky farmers
against all products manufactured In
or offered for sale through this city.
This is the warning brought here
by Godfrey Morgan, United States
AGRICULTURAL expert In charge Of
agents in Kentucky who has just
completed a tour Of the state. Nor
gan stated that the sentiment among
the farmers Is bitter against Louis
Vile on account Of the boycott and
that the ban on butter and eggs, is,
in their opinion. equivalent to being
blacklisted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-08

bought cheap in spring and summer
and put down in ones own cellar.
Fish and oysters can be substituted
for meats. An enormous range or
excellent canned goods can be used
very comfortably.
So the food dealers should have q
care. They cannot indefinitely ge
high prices based on scares and pan
les. The turkey dealers lost hun
dreds of thousands of dollars on the
Thanksgiving trade. The boycott
idea is capable of very widespread
use.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-08
NEW YEARS MERRY
MAKING WILL BE ON
MONDAY AT HOTEL s

New Years celebration in Bridge
port and elsewhere throughout New
England will be somewhat belated
owing to the stringent liquor laws
which prohibit the sale of liquor on
Sunday or after midnight. 1t has
been decided by the National Hotel
Mems associations to hold the cele-
bration Monday night
The announcement OF this fact by
Manager Frank A. CantweIl of The
Stratfield was quickly followed to-
day by the various restaurants and
cabarets where good cheer previously
has been provided for celebrants.
Though the ardor Of the occasion
has been somewhat cooled by the
fact that the celebration is nearly 16
hours delayed yet. it is said that many
reservations have been made already
for tables in the various places where
special music, novelties and dances
will be provided.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-08

Washington, Dec. 8.-The Inter-
state Commerce Commission in it's
annual report yesterday to Congress
recommended sweeping change in
methods of establishing freight and
passenger rates so that shippers
would no longer be compelled to
show a proposed rate unreasonable
or see it become effective. Carriers
seeking to alter a rate would be com
PEELED to show the change was rea-
scnable.
The Recommendation is that by
statute Congress the interstate
rates, fares, charges, classifications,
rules and regulations existing at a
specific date, prior to that of enact
ment, as just and reasonable for the
past, and provide that no change
therein after that specified date may
be made except upon order of the
Commission; with provision that such
statute Congress fix the interstate
ing pending at the time of enact
ment.'
The purpose of the suggestion is
said to be mainly to correct flaws in
the present methods by which an in
jured shipper seeks reparation for
payment of a higher rate than sub
sequently is approved by the Com
mission.
It was said, however, that the eff
feet of such legislation would be rad
ical upon methods of rate establish
ments. At present tariffs proposing
rate changes filed by the railroads be-
come operative on a fixed date unless
suspended by the Commission and
shown on hearing to be unreasonable,
unjust or discriminatory. If existing
rates are declared by statute to be
Just and reasonable, it was pointed
out, the burden will be on those who
wish to change them
1.-The necessity for f1exibility in or
der to fairly meet rapidly changing
industrial and commercial condi-
TONS" says the report in this con-
nection, .is fully recognized, but the
soundness of the theory of leaving
each carrier free to initiate its own
rates and thus investing each of them
: with the power to overthrow or seri-
ously disturb an adjustment that is
recognized as reasonable and fair by
the overwhelming majority Of the
carriers and shippers interested
therein, may well be doubted.
"All rates, fares, and charges have
been open to complaint for a period
of more than 10 years, within which
the Commission had power to fix the
future maximum rates. For a. period
Of more than six years all proposed
increased rates have been subject to
protest and suspension before becom-
ing effective. Obviously there should
come a time when as to the past the
general level of the rates and the re-
lationship of rates should be fixed as
reasonable.
1.-THE adoption Of such plan as
this would make it possible to apply
the energies expended upon rate con
! troversies in the direction Of con
structive work for the future instead
OF expanding them upon controver.
sizes as to reparation for the past, with
every probability that in a majority
of the cases the one who ultimately
bore the charge will never be reach
ed by the reparation."
To relieve car shortage the Com.
mission asks legislation giving it au.
thority to prescribe rules governing
interchange of cars, return to own.
ing roads. loading conditions on for.
eign roads and compensation for the
use Of cars.
1T seems to us beyond question. -
says the report, "that largely increas-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-08
and that this change is not suggest
ed to be more permanent than the
character Of Industrial life in which

CIldIdClSI u luQuStIldl liz Ill w IllSA
it is to take it's place.
Reviewing it's work under the pro-
vision in the Panama Canal Act re-
curing, with certain exceptions, the
divorce of steamship lines from rail-
roads, the report says instances have
been found where, while there is ac-
tual, substantial competition between
railroads and steamships they own,
it is of advantage to, the convenience
and commerce. of the people that the
ownership be retained. The case of
the ownership Of sound lines by the
New Haven railroad is instanced
I'VE think says the Commission,
that these facts should be brought
to the attention of the Congress, so
that it may determine whether or not
authority shall be conferred upon the
Commission to permit, in such cases
and under such circumstances,
continuance of the railroad owner
ship, control or operation of the
water lines, subject to such further
and different orders as the Commits
sion may subsequently enter upon a
further hearing and showing of
substantially changed circumstances
and conditions
referring to the adjustment of
rates 10 ana from the east ana the
Pacific Coast and the Intermountain
country the Commission says it is it's
design eff possible. to attain a per-
manent basis for the adjustment Of
this perplexing question and reach
such solution without any discour-
| agement to the just relative utiliza-
ton by all the people of the estab-
| lished transcOntinental avenue of
transportation, by rail as we'll as by
the CANAL
The physical valuation of railroads,
| the report declares, has gone far
| enough to predict that the same rate
| of progress in the future will see road
and track surveys completed by
January 1, 1920.
! Under investigation of accidents
| the Commission says the year has
| demonstrated the imperative need Of
a revision of rules for the observance
| of caution signal indications on lines
where automatic block signals con-
| troll.
| The recommendations made last
| year for an increase in the Commits
sion's membership, for it's control
over railroad securities issues to in
sure access to the correspondence of
| carriers and to require use of steel
| passenger cars, are renewed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-08
DIR. JOHN w. WOOD WILL
SPEAK AT ST. PAUL'S

DR.. John w. Wood, the secretary
of the Board Of Missions of the Epis-
copal church in America, a traveller
of wide experience will speak in St.
Paul's church Sunday morning. This
will be the first visit Secretary Wood
to ST. Paul's and his coming is anti
cipated with great interest.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-08
DERELICTION IN DUTY
CHARGE AGAINST DUNN

Charges Of intoxication when he
should have been on duty, absence
from duty without leave and abusive
language to a superior officer filed
against John J. Dunn, assistant en-
gineer of No. Engine company of
the fire department, will be heard at
a meeting Of the fire commissioners
next Wednesday at o'clock Dunn
has been suspended by Chief Daniel
E. Johnson
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-08
Denounce Capital Punishment

Mischa Appelbaum, head and
founder of the Humanitarian cult, de-
livered a lecture Wednesday in the Cit
liens building on capital punish
ment. He denounced it as desecra-
ton and a sacrilege.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-08

The Agricultural Department an
nounced that a plant will be erected
on the southern Pacific coast to ex-
pertinent on a commercial scale with
the problem of extracting potash from
kelp.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-08

The Newfoundland government has
prohibited the admission into New
foundland Of the American publica-
tons that have been excluded fror
English and Canadian territories.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-08

XMAS TREES, WREATHS
AND ROPING
JOHN RECK & SON
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Picture, at Daniel Gallery

Two o. the younger men, Charles
Dsmu.h and Edward Fisk, are showing
recent pictures az the Daniel Gallery.
he contributions Of Mr. Fisk. who is
one Of Mr. Daniels discoveries, Include
zen landscapes. two flower pieces and
no o. those still life subjects so be-
cved Of ihe modernist. lu all of these
3 Is quite easy 20 uncover the debt
their painter owes 20 the influence Of
came. But we must not quarrel
viii bin on that count. Academies,
sas,her ancient or modern, exist be-
1alss 4 is IN the nature Of man 20 be a
io.lower 70 sccept the easiest thing
'1sred, which IN art or politics Is a
ready made code Of procedure. Thus
re are, most OF us. Democrats or Re
p.o.'esns, members Of the old or OF the
rev academy Nh Fisk. except in one
'.ll ne, No 10, seems 90 want matu-
~ HIS landscapes for the most part
pay upon one color - blue - with
% much persistence, and upon an in
ueiise convex line az the expense OF
,N'siy. Less attention 20 fashionable
u.'b'es and greater scrutiny OF nat
Asrss
4i Demuth, whose color sense is de-
siuully pure, does not so monoto-
aol'iy repeat himself He has used his
Xa apparently more than once, in
'-sf nakedness; bare, we mean, OF the
.-@f,tnng glasses that modernists ac-
w iIom the hands Of their betters.
Asse' That color their points Of view.
~ ne more often. unfortunately wears
IN, Ills pictures arc divided into a
- ooien sets, labelled, spectively,
levers" the most colorful of them
-, landscape "Tree Forms" c.
zane zane, again, but with a difference;
'ae Beach, "The Aquarium" In which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
California Landscapes

California Decorative Landscapes,
by Adele Watson, are at the Folsom
Gallery until December l6. There are
sixteen Of these, along with five East
ern subjects and q group of drawings.
Mrs. Watson aSsuredly has knelt, iig-
urstiyoly. with many another woman be-
fore the paintings Of Arthur b. Davies.
Her California, except for the nudes
that inhabit 10, is Arcadian, and u Ger
tainly must be accounted unfortunate
that these dancing figures, who caper so
restleSSly over the velvet fields OF this
Arcadia, so closely resemble those VIC
meet in our own everyday world for
must IL not be inevitable that the
physical dccadence following life in
clothes should spoil our vision OF even
the most deal Of landscapes? Imagine
the courtierS whom Carlyle robbed Of
clothes In "Sartor Resartus," with ter
rble intention, let loose TO dance across
the Garden Of Eden, or the great fields,
II you prefer them, and you will have
fairly accurate vision Of the "Califor-
MIA Decorative Landscapes" IL is r
matter or common knowledge that to
ningle truth and fslsehood is TO court
danger. This must be true, too. OF a
combination of realism and idealism.
A miniature academy. miniature in
the size Of its units rather than IN
the number Of them, is the exhibit
tion Of small sculptures and paintings
given by the Association Of Women
Painters and Sculptors at the Arlington
Galleries. There is a note Of pompous
pride in the claim Of masculine paint
ers who state that women have no place
-, oh
mendously against the acceptance OF
any such judgment. We can, then, with
our eyes glued upon the bumptuousness
OF mankind. laugh at its so finely
passed verdict. Woman is in art, and
in art IN large numbers. The cata-
logue Of this exhibition, for example,
contains 213 numbers, listing paintings,
and twenty-one listing sculptures. That
the hanging committee should have at
tanned quantity ct the expense Of quail
ity may be one more proof that the
generosity Of women exceeds that Of
men-one more. or the only one, for
all we know. In any case this exhibi-
ton left the reviewer In a state of
compleXity quite difficult TO overcome.
The pictures are too numerous for the
wall space, and thus are hung in a
proximity which makes the view OF
particular ones almost impossible, and
cheapers the lot of them. This is too
bad, for here and there we're apt to be
caught glimpses of color, snatches Of
life, Of nature, that gave promise of
showing to better advantage in more
suitable surroundings. 1t is time that
painters, and particularly women paint
ers, learned to value their own works
more. The mere act of exhibiting them
IS not enough.
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HOLCK- Cornelius. at City Home. December
!, aged - years.
HUBBARD Mr.. Hanna r. At 40f Ciassoh
sv. Brooklyn. on December z. 1915, aged
rs yshrs Funeral from Greene Avenue
Baptist Church. Brooklyn.
KENNEY-Frank. at City Home. Decembsr
4, aged So years Funeral from Church OF
the Good Shepherd. Blaekwefs Island.
LORESZ- Miss Alberta. az 81 Beaufort Az,
Janaics, on December 5. 1915. aged ~
years. Funeral from 81. MARKS Lutheran
Church. the Rev ". e. Nolte.
mALTBY -Ellswor,h n. December 2. aged
IS years. Funeral from the Seventh Pres
by,erisn Church OF Jesus Christ.
PIERCE Captain James H.. At 3i2 Owing
ton ay. on December Z. aged 81 years. Fu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
Carnegie Caddie Gets $40, 900

Paul II. Gerow, Of Sloatsburg. Rock.
land County, has received bequest OF
$45, 900 by the will Of his late employer
Eugene l.. Belknap. Gerow was at one
time caddic for Andrew Carnegie.
Inter he became coachman and finally
superintendent Of Mr.. Belknap's estate.
The will. which was fled yesterday, dis
noses of 100000 chiefly among distant
relatives.
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DIR. EMERSON B. LAMBERT

DR.. Emerson p. Lambert, siXty-four
years old. is dead from heart disease
at his home in Port Jarvis. He was
graduated from the New York Homo
pathic College in 1882. He was one
OF the founders of Deer Park Sana-
torium and president OF the Port Jer-
Wis Telephone Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
Brooklyn

BYRNE Stephen c.. at s22 Fifth ay.. Brook-
Ign. ~ Y. csthartic pneumonia, December
7. Survived b. mother. Mary A.. one
brother. John NJ. and one sister. Mrs mary
Kenny. Of walingford. Conn. Belonged 20
the Catholic knights Of America. Branch
gOi, Of which he was recording secretary
for the list twenty-five years; X. L,
Brooklyn Council No. so; Foresters. Court
u. s., Branch No. &C.. He was an expert
engravcr for thirty years for the y. T.
Bank Note Company and had been EN-
ployed by Ira S. Bushy & Son. OF Brook
lvn. ~. Y.