THE FARMER: OCTOBER 30, 1913
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Pralshipt System, Capitalized
pat $1,500,000, Unable to Pay
Dividends or Debts. '
.Turie-A Ctiatfiolrl In the United StatPfi
i'ourt in Brooklyn appointed Pierre M.
iirown of Brooklyn and William H.
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tat ye of Boston receivers yesterday
i-fr the.Sealohipt Oyster System, com
monly known as the oyster trust, Wijtn
M-adquarlers in Northport, I I.
The company has a capital stock of
t tt. 500,000, all iesued and outstanding,
e which $2,500,000 is preferred and 2,
'10.000 in common, all subject to heavjf
xiortgages. The action was taken at
t le instigation f the Old Colony Trust
sbmpany of Boston as underwriters
t;f a trust agreement under which
fire year 5 per cent, convertible gold
nds to the amount of $2,500,000 were
j sued.
Tfce officers of the . system, through
IfilViam H. Robbine, their attorney,
&mit all the allegations in the com
j!aint and that the corporation is un.
ble to pay its debts or meet its obll
t ations,' and furtheV that it is no long
er able to continue business .as at
& resent constituted. ' The number of
traitors and the- amount of indebted
ness were not revealed.
It- is set forth in the complaint that
the corporation has failed to meet the
, -July . 1 dividend due on the $2,600,000
bonds, although many .demands were
Snade for the payment. . - It is also
charged that It has not for some time
paid any interest on the thirty-nine
mortgages covering its properties and
aggregating $1,386,350.
Judge Chatfleld directed that all the
creditors appear before him on Novem
ber 12 and prove any claims they have
against the company.
The Sealshlpt System 'was organized
In 1910 - and since that it has acquired
extensive tracts of oyster beds In
Great South Bay, Narragansett Bay,
Vineyard Haven Sound, Massachusetts
Bay and Long Island Sound. It le-
, cently purchased sixty lots on Dutch
Kills Canal on "which to erect a huge
factory for the packing, canning and
shipping of oysters. It also acquired
a controlling interest in the Blue Point
Company. - -
H. O. Underwood, president "of the
company, who was re-elected at the
annual meeting yesterday In Boston,'
expressed his absolute faith in the
property. lie hae been serving ever
since the system's organization with
out a salary and will continue to do so
until the company to firmly established
financially.
Henry Hornblower of Hornblower &
"Weeks was elected vlce-presiden1r at
the meeting yesterday. -
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BE CAREFUL NOT TO OVERLOAD.
It is inevitable that the small, car
should be overloaded for everybody
seems to want at some time to carry
more than the legitimate complement.
'If the chassis "Is one suitable for two
or four-seated bodies, and the'ewner
of a two-seater likes to take more
passengers than the car's body is de
signed for, no barm is done,, but the
case is different with" a vehicle de-.
signed to carry two people as a maxi
mum. The gear is not low. enough,
the springs too light, jthpJfires jiare
not big enough and "tHtR fxbsserifeoli
strong enough for extra passengers cr
load, yet somebody sufficiently curi
ous has weighed up the various ac
cessories and spares carried on a small
car and foiind them equal; to the
weight of three persons. All acces
sories for a small car should be care
fully chosen for lightness " ana tne
temptation to. fit too many extras a.
temptation experienced by ' most new
owners should be resisted, for nearly
everyone knows that it is so very
easy increase the dead weight of a
chassis to a point where efficiency and
resistance to wear are generally af
fected. Motor Print. -
SHOCK ABSORBERS.
."'While the majority of motorists
kncrw the value of shock! absorbing de
vices, a great many of them lose sight
of one important fact,"' says Clarence
X. Peacock. Mr. Peacock has made
a long study . of the problem of car
spring suspension and. shock preven
tion and what he says about' the sub
ject is Interesting.- - - . ;
"TBe average man buying a car not
fitted with shock absorbers as stan
' dard equipment does not have, a set
put on nntil it is too late. Jfle waits
until the cap springs have crystallized
to some extent until they have lost
.their temper, and commence to sag.
Then when he notices the car riding
harder and bouncing mores, than it
should, he decides to seek about for
a cure. As a result he gets his- car
fitted with a device that cannot do it--self
full Justice simply because the
springs are worn.
: "Frequently a dealer sells a new
car which is not equipped with shock
absorbers, when' he knows it. ought to
be, but he hesitates about recommends
ing a set for fear the customer will
be of the oolnion that shock absorb1
era should toe furnished free.
Detective Sergeant Peter II. Hall
of police headquarters is. enjoying his
annual vacation. '
. RHEUMATISM ; ,
A Home Cure Given by
One Who Had It
In the spring of 1893 I was at-
,. tacked by Muscular and Inflam
matory Rheumatism. I suffered
5 as only those who have it know,
-"for over three years. I tried rem
edy after remedy, and doctor aft-
. er doctor, but such relief as I
received was only temporary.
i Finally, I found a remedy that
cured me completely, and it has
ncvur returned- I have given it
to . number who were terribly
afflicted and even bedridden with
Rheumatism, and it effected a
cure in every case.
T TVt ry Eiiffarer frosi any
form of rheumatic trouble to try
tftis marvelous healing power.
Don't send a cent; simply mail
j'oar name and address and I will
Fend it free to try. After you
have used it and it has proven
itsij ;to be that long-looked-for
nr.paos of curing your Rheuma-
'. t'sm. yon may send the price of
it. nn .dollar, but. understand, I
-do not want your money unless
you arff perfect'v satisfied to serfd
rt. 1n'tr that, fair? Why suffer
, rMorie-r wni positive relief is
4h-!H(BlWTSd wTu Seee? Don't de-
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Panama, Oct. 27 Ships are now
making, active use of'(the Panama ca-
na from the Pacific entrance through
the Miraflores locks and to ;the scene
DR. AT WATER, YALE'S
'r OLDEST GRAD, IS 96
Irt David Fisher Atwater who' was
graduated .from Tale - in 1839, and is
therefore the oldest living alumnus,
observed hie ninty-sixth birthday yes
terday at his home in Spring-field.
The second oldest graduate is Dr.
Garwood Harvey Atwood of kjNe wing
ton, who wag graduated in 1840.
Dr. Atwater was at Bellevue Hospi
MEXICAN PRESIDENT AND CHIEF ffPPONENT;
SHIP THAT CAUSED SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS
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Vera Cruz, Oct. 27- Conditions here,
as in Mexico City and other centers,
are thoroughly chaotic. It is an
nounced that General Felix Diaz will
remain for the present in Vera Cruz.
General- Vidaurrazaga, -secretary of
Minister of "War Ulanquet, has como
here" presumably to confer with Diaz
by the minister's orders. 'Different
views are expressed as to the reasons
why Diaz remains in Vera Cruz. Some
persons say that he has. no choice and
that if .not actually under arrest he is
subject to such strict surveillance as
to be virtually in custody. Others say
that Diaz refuses to come to the capi
tal because he is not sure of Presi
dent Huerta's guarantees and is pro
foundly chagrined, by the harsh treat
ment meted out by the government to
his friends and supporters. The ex
citement . over the detention of the
Ward liner Morro Castle has died
away. After protests by the American
c i"jsul against the delay of the steam-
OAT ON THE
of the recent slide in Culebra. cut. The
illustration herewith shows a govern-
ment work boat en route to the cut
and a group of- United States 'craft
tal in New. York, in his early career,
practiced in Brooklyn and Cleveland
and was surgeon to the Sixty-fourth
New York volunteers.
HALLOWEEN FROLIC
' .u . , AT Y. W. C. A.
- The annual Hall'ow'een EVolic at the
Y. W, . C. A. on Friday night will be
fun for young and -old .The rooms
will be decorated in true Hallow'een
style, and etunts,games, ghosts, SlBst
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PHOTOS
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ship by order of the authorities here
the vessel was formally cleared for
Havana and New York. Mrs. Lind,
wife of President Wilson's personal
representative, is on board. Ramon
Prida, a member of the state legisla
ture and a partisan of General Felix
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WAY TO CULtSA CUT 1
passing through the Miraflores locks.
These are the latest photos taken at
the canal.
stories, a pahtomine sketch and for
tune tellers will furnish sufficient at
traction. The Y. W. C. A. opens its
doors to all on this night, hoping that
there will be many who choose to Have
a part in .the evening's fun.
S.A- Gardner of New Haven, gen
eral agent of the Connecticut Hu
mane society, is in Bridgeport today
in ' consultation with Local Agent
Alexander Howell concerning a. num
ber of cases. . .
PRESS HS5-OClATI0H;
Diaz, who was removed from the
Morro Castle hy the police, sent .
memorandum to tne American con
sul, William W. .Canada, protesting
against the captain of the steamer
permitting his arrest without proper
authority being shown by the police.
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Tlie purchase of a piano commits you per
haps for a lifetime, to a musical association of
a more or less beautiful character. Will you
be content long with anything less beautiful
and less marvelous than the ideal quality of
tone the Steinway alone possesses? The in
vestment of almost as much money in another
piano than the Steinway may prove a matter
of regret. ; v
v The Steinway Small Grand only five feet 6
,inches long, may be had in dark mahogany case for
only $750 the Steinway Vertegrand in ebonized
case for $550. Old pianos taken in exchange. Lib
eral Credit Terms. ,We occasionally have rented or
rebuilt Steinway pianos at reduced prices.
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THE WILSON LEADERSHIP.
Ati Effort to Show What Consti
tutes It. '
What the Senate 'of the tTnited
States would like to do is to adjourn
and await the opening of the regular
session In December for the consid
eration of the proposed currency and
banking law. What the Senate of the
United States is afraid to do is to ad
journ. A .force is holding it' there
in spite of its resistance with which
it cannot cope. That force is 'the
personality . of President Wilson, and
as an exhibition of political leadership
there is nothing to surpass it in the
history of the country.
There have been many explanations
offered by the Washington correspon
dents for this remarkable exhibition,
but the one that seems tb explain it
best is the influence of President Wil
son's tremendous appetite for work.
He is everlastingly at his desk, and
the qbuntry at large has been tremen
dously impressed by the fact.- He has
not asked Congress to make sacrifices
which he is unwilling to make, nor
to. undertake .tasks which are, new to
the country. He is insisting that
pledges shall be redeemed now when
the opportunity to redeem them is at
hand. The Senate sees and under
stands the interpretation the country
has put upon the president's attitude
and it does not care to Tgnore it. To
duck bow might have and probably
would have a disastrous effect upon
individual political reputations.
This does not mean that the Senate
should hurry its consideration of the
currency and banking bill. At heart
It is an excellent measure, but it is
generally agreed that time will benefit
it in -me essential particulars. 1 The
country is satisfied to let t,fee Senate
take its time, but it is in no mood to
let the Senate quit its job. This is the
direct effect President Wilson's lead
ership has had upon the country and
the Senate. The legislative mill will
continue to grind. From the New Ha
ven Journal-Courier. ,
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TESTIFY
To the Merit of LydiaE. Pink
ham's Vegetable Com-,
pound during Change"
of Life.
Streator, III. "I shall always'praise
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound wherever I
go. It has done me
so much good at
Change of Life, and
it has also helped my
daughter. It is one
of the grandest
medicines for wo
men . that can be
bought. I shall try
to induce others to
try it." Mrs.' J. H.
Campbell, 206 N.
Second St., W. S., Streator, Illinois.
Philadelphia, Pa. "It was at the
' Change of Life' that I turned to Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
using it as a tonic to build up my sys
tem, with beneficial results. " Mrs.
Sara Hayward, 1825 W. Venango St.,
(Tioga) Phila., Pa.
San Francisco, CaL "I "have taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for many years whenever I
would feel bad. I have gone through
the Change of Life without any troubles
and thank the Compound for it. I rec
ommend it to young girls and to women
of all ages." Mrs. C. Barrie, 3052
25th St., San Francisco, Cal.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalelled.
If yon want special adrice write to
Lydia E.Tinkham Medicine Co. (confi
dential) Lynn, Mass. Tonr letter will
be opened, read and answered by a
wuoaa &ud held la strict confidence.
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Near State
AI,Ti PRINCIPAIj
NEW ENGLAND
and
ELWOOD'S SALE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2 P. ; 1ST
Consignments from breweries, oil companies grocery i
and truckmen. In tomorrow's sale you can find scme
thing to buy and can buy it. If you have anything toseP
send to us. ;
ENTRANCE ON STATE AND JOHN STREETS-
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AUCTIONEERS
NOTES. OF INTEREST.
President Wilson, it is reported, had
a six-pound sweet potato presented to
him the other day byj a caller from
North Caroliita. The noteworthy veg
etable was exhibited on the presi
dent's desk, we are told, and was la
ter transferred to the white house
kitchen. The Chef must -have had a
problem in' getting? it cooked througn
the center.
A newspaper tells us that the origin
of the thug is to be traced to India,
where once existed an organized so
ciety of fanatical murderers who con
sidered their victims to be sacrifices to
the gods. It is pleasant to learn
something about the origin of the thug
but it would be pleasanter to learn
that i something had been done that
would insure his extermination.
The fine new Pacific .locomotives,
which the Baldwin works have con
structed for the Baltimore and Ohio,
are decorated. The number plate on
the fjibnt of the boiler is in blue and
gold, the colors of the road. The rail
ings on the new locomotives are all
of brass The new esthetic interest
in locomotives has spread to the em
ployes, who are in some cases adding
minor decorations of their own.
An Associated Press item a fort
night ago said that the longest non
stop railway run on record was made
by a special train on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, which covered at
an average speed of 48.7 miles per
hour. Many who read the item had
the impression that it was not corre'c,
and a letter to the Neyr Tork Times
conveys the information that the 10:30
train from London on the Great West
ern railway makes the run to Ply
mouth every day, without stop, the
average speed being 64.6 miles an
hour.
A new building of the . Lutheran
church School at York, Neb., has been
built, at a cost of $13,000, with the
proceeds from the sale of eggs laid on
Sunday by hens belonging to members
of the congregation. Last Easter Sun
day the members decided to add a new
building to their school, and the wo
men of the diocese agreed to con
tribute to the fund all the money they
received from the sale of eggs laid on
Sunday. The hens evidently knew
that they were working for a good
cause for every dollar of the price of
the building was paid before the
structure was dedicated. ,
A conservative newspaper of Winni
peg published a picturesque attack the
other day on Uerbert Samuel, the
British postmaster-general, who is on
a. visit to Canada. The postmaster-
general had referred to the deplorable
situation in Manitobo due to the lack
of a compulsory school attendance
law, and the conservative paper, fa
voring the present policy for political
reasons, terms Mr. Samuel "a falsi
fier," "a pertilent partisan," "a cow
ardly meddler," "a willing tool" and
"a partisan pestilent beyond the or
dinary limits of the pestilential." It
should make entertaining matter in
Mr. Samuel's scrap-book.
The threatened strike in the Lanca
shire cotton industry is happily not
to take place, and it is interesting to
review the cause. The only complaint
of the workers was that they were ty
rannically treated by one overseer,
named Hulton. and the strike bas bea
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averted by Hulton giving personal aa- I
surance of good treatment to 'the i
workers in the future. One cannot '
comment on the case without knowl
edge of the particulars. But it needs
to ba borne in mind that there- Is a
difference between arbitrary treatment
of a tyrant and severe treatment from ,
a man who is merely insisting that .
the rules be obeyed.' The tyrannical :
man is severe without Justice; the j
other man's severity is Just, though in
common affairs it Is welj for it to be
tempered not 'only with mercy, but
with humor. '
CALIFORNIA "PROGRESSIVE,
Praises President Wilson ny
Stump.
the. ,
William Kent, elected to Congress
from the 2d California district as a
progressive, is out on the hustings
proclaiming himself an independent
and lauding President Wilson and the
Democratic program in epigrammatic
speeches. Kent has not yet explain
ed why he is making political speech
es at this time. The explanation
that finds readiest credence is that he
is fighting to put Francis J. Heny In
the State Senate. But that hardly ex
plains Kent's praise of Wilson,! of
which the following is a fair sample:
I think -President Wilson is" a very
remarkable executive. He carries
his point by sheer weight of person
ality and moral force. I feel sure
that when we come to humanitarian
legislation, the president will t.cn
the right side. I believe he L on
the right side and is going ahead.
Of the Democratic program Kent
has this to say: . .- -
The tariff bill carried out the plat
form and what many of us liberals '
and r'acidals believed was the right
thing to do. The currency bill aims
to bring about decentralization br
preventing accumulation of the na
tion's reserves in New York. I am '
not afraid of political control of the
12 "reserve banks. I am afraid of the 1
kind of control we have been having.
The bull moose herd Is mooing
plaintively after Kent- K" is a man
of millions and he established a rec
ord of not being afraid to spend soma
of them freely for others of the party
as well as himself when He ran for
Congress. And so the bull moose got
little consolation from the following
declaration by Kent aa to his political
stand:
. Holding an independent position, I
am under obligations to no one to
color my remarks.
Then he delivers this parting shot
on the Dlggs-Camlnetti case, which
made much political thunder for, the
moosers:
I think the ridiculous assault on Attorney-General
McReynolds in a po
lice court case will be forgotten, if It
is not remembered to his credit.
From San Francisco Letter to th
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
A meeting of Bridgeport auxiliary
to the Connecticut Humane society,
recently instituted organisation for the
founding ofa home for homeless ani
mals, has been called for Monday
night with Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Haw
ley of 871 Park avenue. At that
meeting it is expected that deflnft
plans will be taken toward putting
the project on a permanent basis. All
Interested In humane measures for
animals are Invited to attend "in x
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