Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 16, Plymouth, Marshall County, 23 January 1908 — Page 1

PLYMOUTH TWI TRI BUN Recorders' Office febOG TOLUME VII PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1908. NO. 10

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Fifteen of this City Thrown Out of Work Monday. The Pennsylvania railroad Monday evening took off train D, and cut down the number of men in sections of thisi subdivision to 4 or 5 men to the section. Fifteen men from this city were thus thrown out of work, Monday. Many others who are employed by the company have had their wages cut. The gang of Italians who have been in this city for several months, left for New York Tuesday, from where they will return to their native shores. Some of the factories of the city are not running near their regular force, and if matters grow much worse, the ciy council will have to open a free soup house.

Cortelyou Rejected Offer. It became known Wednesday that interests identified with the reorganization of the Knickerbocker Trust company had considered the name ol Secretary Cortelyou, among others, to take the presidency of that instituion and that an intimation of the consideration of his name had been conveyed to the secretary within the last few days. This was before Secretary Cortelyou had given out an authoritative " announcement of his intention not to resign from the cabinet. In view of the la-ter announ jement it was assumed that any tender or intimation of his coming to New York as president of the Knickerbocker company had been definitely rejected. . It appears that the consideration of Mr. Cortelyou's name was taken dp by the committee of depositors recently formed, and n"ot by the trustees'. Several names were considered for the presidency, but !.t was the general Relief that if Mr. Cortelyou could be induced to take up the work it would t add greatly to the prestige of the l trust company and would indirectly t be of great advantage to the financial j interests of the city in general. . ! AM'end of the secretary, who is in a portion to know, said Wednesday: "Mr. Cortelyou is going to, stay where he r,s, as secretary of the treasury, until the end of Mr. Roosevelt's administration. I .am confident that he has not seriously entertained any proposition involving his resignation from the cabinet."

) Admits Fleet Plot That the American Government V?as cognizant of tht existence of the ryeliff of ulterior dtsigns against Admiral Evans's battle ships in the narbor of Rio Janeiro was admitted Monday in administration circles. The news first reached Washington ljy way of Paris, where somebody Communicated it to . the American Embassy. There the officials were jyuick to send the news along to the JState Department at Washington, which in tnrn sent it forward to the American Embassy at Rio Janeiro and also forwarded it to the Navy ,Depi.rtment. The intimations contained were -vagii and indefinite as to details, yet I'm view" of the great importance of the matter and the possibilities which might develop were the officials on lilC.MTciiC llOi liliuiuicu nti nine .naj lost in transmitting it to Rio" Janeiro. The data forwarded to Washington, it H understood, contained the names of some of those persons' who, it wis H'er.td, were engaged in the, anarf.hu'ic plots, but their names were i jt Ji closed at the department Monday. While admitting that some damage might be done under the most favor,able circumstances by persons having eil designs; against a battle ship, many of the officers who discussed the matter pointed out how difficult this would be in the absence of the most approved apparatus in m;n laying operated by skilled persons. Tries to Kill Three in an Auto Crash. A sensational motor car drama is reported from Bucharest. The chauf feur .f Prince Ghika, a young Italian fell in love with Princess Ohika, his employer's wife. lie confessed his passion to the princess, but wa told that unless he desisted she would tell all to her husband. The chauffer apparently remained quiet, but made up his mind to destroy the prince, princess and. himself. Saturday, while driving the prince and princess in" an auto to a neighboring village he put on all speed as the car approached a river, and death seemed inevitable. Prince Ghika, who knew nothing of the love affair, believed the chauffeur had gone mad and attempted to restrain him. In the struggle which endued t.ie chauffer was overwhelmed with the aid of the princess and the car slowed down, but too late to avoid an accident, in which the chauffeur was killed and the princess seriously injured. A Similar Case. A man out in the State of Washington twas thrown out of a wagon a few years ago, landing on his he?d and suffering an injury that affected his brain. The other day he met with another fall, again striking his head, the result this time being the restoration of his reason. This calls to mind the celebrated case of the "man in our town" who jumped into a bramble and scratched out both his eyes, whereupon "with all his might and main he jumped into another bush and scratched them in again."

' Boy Tramp" Dies of Poison. George Harold, aged 40, better

known as "Phony, the Original Boy Tramp," died at Columbus, Ind., Monday night as the result of a prac tical joke. That arrests will follow the autopsy Tuesday, which was held to determine the exact cause of death, is very likely. . In the belief of physicians who witnessed Harold's death and of the po lice who are working on the case croton oil was administered in a drink of whisky given the victim by some one who considered it a prank, but the identity of this person or persons is either unknown or withheld pending the coroner's verdict. Harold was known all over the United States. His home was in Newport, Ky. He came to Columbus about sixteen years ago, having been attracted there by the presence of "Kid" McCoy, who was then taking his first lessons in boxing from Jack Rush. Tod Sloan, the famous jockey, was also there chumming with Rush. Harold depended upon Rush to plan his life for him. Rush gave him a sweater cn which were the words, "The Boy Tramp," and told him to make the object of his life to travel around the globe in fifteen years. Harold traveled over 23,000 miles. Everywhere he went he secured a letter from the mayor,-chief of police and police captain. He visited every brewery in America and had over 10,000 beer checks; which he carried in his two valises. He had the knife which he claimed was used to cut off Pearl Bryan's head, had Walling's vest and Jackson's necktie, and one of his latest souvenirs was Stanford White's cane. When he heard of a crime he hastened to the scene to get a' souvenir. At cne time he returned to' Columbus garbed in Bryan's gloves McKinley' hat, Buffalo Bill's vest and Uncle Joe Cannon's' trousers. H? returned there last week from Milwaukee and had a letter from the clerk of the Blister House. In all of his life of buffeting he was never known to steal anything but a drink of whisky. He always called Columbus his home. Cass to Be Taken to Courts. The famous case in which the Chicago, Indiana & Southern railway was ordered by the Indiana Railroad Commission to build a station and stock pens at Lake Village, Ind., is to be taken into the courts. Members rf the commission Saturday morning received .summons to appear in the Circuit Court at Hammond on February 3. The railroad cojnpany has brought suit to have the order of the commission set aside. The trouble at Lake Village siart d when that village began a contention with another little village called Conrad. Lake Village has 200 inhabitants and Conrad has none. Jennie Conrad owns much land near Conrad and she fought to have the station built at Conrad when the road was constructed. Then, 'it was alleged, citizens of Lake Village entered passenger trains and sought to keep those who weic seeking houses from renting those owned by the Conrad woman at Conrad.. Commissioners McAdams and Wood have returned from (hicago, where they were in conference wirth officials of the Central Freight Association in regard to the rates on gravel and other, road-making material ordered by the commission some time ago. No agreement was reached, but it was finally concluded that a committee from the C. F. A. would go to Indianapolis to make its plea before the commission. Monday Night's Concert. The concert given Monday night in the Methodist church by the "Treble Cleff Chorus" was one of those rare musical entertainments for which Plymouth is noted. The Treble Cleff chorus comprises eighteen Jadies, graduates of the Winona school of music. They came here under the auspices of the Mozart club. The members of the Cleff chorus have won in the past two years successively the large cash prize offered by Winona assembly for the greatest proficiency in musical art. The larger nmber of "the members are from Lima, O., the rest are from different parts of the country. The audience was large and was captured by the singers in the first number. The company will rarely have a more appreciative audience than they sang to Monday night. Mis Sonntag, as directress, displayed skill and fine art in the execution of her work. She was a graceful and effective master of the baton, Greeting with force and energy. Without referring to the parts of the individual members, it can properly be said that the Treble Cleff Chorus gave one of the most artistic and finished entertainments that it has been the good fortune of Plymouth to hear. Credit for securing this entertainment i due to the Mozart club'. Bishop White Entertains at a Banquet. Right Rev. John Hazen White, D. D, Bishop of the Michigan City diocese, was the genial host Thursday evenig at the Oliver hotelt South Bend, to a large gathering of the clergy and laity of the diocese. A royal banquet was served, followed by several sterling and enthusiastic addresses. The chief topic under consideration was the missionary work df providing a greatly needed church for the new city of Gary, which is in this diocese.

OUT 2-CENT LAW. FARE Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds Act Unconstitutional The 2-cent railroad fare law, now in force in Pennsylvania, was Monday declared unconstitutional by the State Supreme Court which handed down an opinion affirming the tension of the Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia. The vote of the court was 4 to 3, the dissenting opinion being handed down by Justice Mestrezat. The suit was brought by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The majority opinion in the case was written by Chief Justice Mitchell. It declares hat the real question in the case is whether the new rate law transgressed the provisions of the Constitution that the legislative power to alter charters shall be exercised only in such nianner that no injustice shall be done to the corporators. Continuing it stiys: "The court below, after receiving much evidence and giving it a most painstaking and elaborate considera tion, found that the act does injustice to the corporators in that it reduces the returns from the pfoperty to stich an extent as to render it unremunerative. The corporation is entitled to make a fair profit on every branch of its business subject to the limitation that its corporate duties must be performed, even though at a loss. What is a fair profit is a highly complicated and difficult question. The court be low availed themselves of all the best evidence that was offered or shown to ibe att; inable, considered it with exemplary patience and care, and their conclusion that the enforcement of the act of 1907 against the complainant would do injustice to the corporators is bey-: i just criticism." The justices who dissented were Mestrezat, Stewart and Potter. Jus tice Mestrezat, in hisf opinion, holds: 1. That the act of April 13,. 1846, and its: supplement of the same date incorporating the company do not give it immunity from the supervision or regulation of rates by the legislature. 2. I believe the power to supervise rate charges of a quasi public corporation, like a railroad corporation, is a police power of the state, and that the legislature has no authority to abridge it or to delegate it to a corporation or to any other body. 3. I am clearly of the opinion that in determining "whether arate for transportation is reasonable or hot all the revenues shoukT be considered, including all the revenues from freight, expressagc and all other sour ces. This view is strengthened bv Ihe fact that it is impossible to ac curately determine what revenue the company receives fro meach of the several sources. It is clear, I think, that under the evidence, considering only the reven ue from the passenger traffic, that the rate is; not unreasonable, much 'ess confiscatory." Attorney General Todd said the case was closed as far as he was concerned. Republican Editors. The speeches of Republican editors at the Missouri editorial convention last week have the right ring. Ben Deering of the Clayton Watchman ami Sam Clark of the Carrollton Record voiced the sentiment of the party when they said that the time had come when the question of who shall slice the federal pie and who shall eat the slices nubt no longer be the paramount question with Republi cans. Mr. Deering said: "For years the main business of our leaders in Missouri has been the distribution of federal patronage, but the time has come when v e car e'ect a state ticket and give eighteen electoral votes to the Republican candidate for presi dent and we have something better than federal patronage to engage our attention. We should educate the people in Republican principles instead of lining up' for this man or that man as chief patronage dispenser." Charlie Morris of the St. Joseph Gazette, heartily indorsed the speeches' of Heering and Clark, declaring that congressmen and federal office holders should not be dictators, but should be servants of the people and exponents of Republican principles which mean government by the people, net -dictation by those who happen to get an office. Newspaper Timber. Since 181)0 the amount of wood consumed annually for news paper has increased froni 2,000 000 to 3 J00,000 cords. The amount used during the !as.t year was 409,053 cords greater than that of any previous year. In 1900 there was consumed for pulp 2,507,002 cords of spruce, 528,381 c'ords of hemlock, 328,470 cords of poplar. fi'J.277 cords of pine, 33,8S0 cordsi of balsalm ami 194,lfi0 cords of other woods. New York furnislicj 1,203,904 cords ot this material, or more than twice as much as Maine, which ranks next, with 017,743 cords. Wisconsin ranks third, with 342,354 cords; New Hampshire, 319,720 ; Pennsylvania, 282,973 cords, and Mhhigan, 115,272 cords-. The consumption of 1907 in New York shows a small decrease from previous yeas because the forests are being rr.pidly cut away. The largest increase has been in Maine, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.

KNOCKS

Messengers of Friendship. Something more than the usual de

gre'e of "importance attaches to the felicitous exchanges between the presidents of America and Brazil over the visit of Admiral Evans' fleet to Rio, owing to the significant ex pression used by President Roose velt in accounting for the mission of the battleship fleet. The correspond ence by cable, made public Wednes day is as follows: "From President Penna: Petropo lis. Jan. 14, 1903. "President Theodore Roosevelt, Washington: This afternoon I had the great pleasure of receiving and becoming personally acquainted with the admirals and captains of the American fleet en route to the Pa cific ocean. "I congratulate you upon the suc cessful arrival of so powerful and well drilled a fleet at Rio de Janeiro, and I 'take great pleasure in inform ing you that 'the .people of our capi tal spontaneously and enthusiasti cally joined the Brazilian naval au thorities from the very first moment in tre demonstration of fraternity and friendship toward the American sailors and the great republic of the noröh, for whose glory all Brazil ex tends the most cordial wishes. (Signed) "Affonso Penna, "President of Brazil." President Roosevelt's reply: "The White House, Washington, Jan. 15. "President Affonso Penna, Rio de Janeiro: "I thank you for the kind message which you were so good as to send me on the arrival of the American fleet at R'io. It has given me and will give to the American people, the liveliest satisfaction. We are all very sensible of the courtesy and distinguished hospitality with which the government and people of Brazil have received our officers and sailors. The warships of America exist for no other purpose than to protect peace against possible aggression, and justice against possible oppression. As between the United States and Brazil these ships are not men-of-war, but are messengers of friendship and good will, commissioned to celebrate with you the long continued antl never-to-be broken amity and mutual helpfulness of the two great republics. ' (Signed) "Theodore Roosevvli." Libel Suit Against Hearst May Be . Dropped. t Eight provisional jurors had taken thrfr seats in the jury box to try the libclsuit of Adolph S. Ochs, proprietor of the New York Times, against William R. Hearst Wednesday afternoon when an adjournment was taken to allow the Hearst lawyers to consult with Ochs representatives on the proposal for a settlement suggested by Ochs. The Times proprietor, it is said, felt it to be injudicious to allow the trial to proceed further if a settlement could be reached. Mr. Ochs was) surprised that other newspapers had taken pains to report the trial, and was of the opinion that the best interests of all concerned might be saved by an amicable agreement. During the afternoon session Wednesday Mr. Ochs was busily engaged 5n passing notes to the Hearst lawyers, and when the adjournment was taken an earnest conference took jlace. When asked about the result of the conference Mr. Shearn stated there had been negotiations opened by Ochs for a settlement, but he did not believe anything definite would result. It was said, though Mr. Shearn would not give any information on the subject, that the Hearst ultimatum had been that if Ochs wanted to settle he could only do so on the basis of paying the Hearst costs in all the four suits and also counsel fees. This naturally amounts io a large sum, as the costs include the expense of appeal to the Court of Appeals on the demurrers interposed by the defendants. Explains Japanese Influx. The report of W. L. MacKenzie King, the royal commissioner ap pointed to inquire into the influx of oriental labor into Canada, was pre sented to the Canadian parliament Monday evening. The commissioner throws a new light on the responsi bility for the sudden increase of Japanese landing in British Columbia last summer. The report of- Mr. King had been observing the agreement to restrict immigration and that the departure of the Japanese foreign office in April last from the regulations hitherto in force was made only at the instance of the Canadian Nippon Sully Com pany, backtd by the Canadian Pacific RiailrWay and other (influential Canadian interests which represented at Tokio that Japanese labor was needed and desired in this country. If there -was a change," said Mr. King, "in the policy of Japan, it was not one which could adversely affect the inttre.Vts of this coutry without a Canadian citrtn or a Canadian cor poration first placing upon it the seal of his or its approval." Robbed in Heart of City. Although the South Bend police department was recently increased by ten patrolman, the robberies and holdups continue. Within one block of the central station, J. L. Arthur of Indianapolis, was assaulted and robbed. His face "was almost crushed, the jawbone being broken and his cheeks and forehead gashed.

FIGHTING 62 SALOONS.

Temperance People Begin Crusade at Logansport, Ind. The Ministerial association having decided to continue the anti-saloon movement in Logansport for six monhs, or, until a blanket remon strance has been signed by a major ity ofjhe voters of the township, the liquor men are preparing to show that the wiping out of the saloons would, in the opinionf be disastrous to the business interests of the city. There are 02 saloons in the city and many of them occupy desirable business property. They pay many thousand dollars to the city, county and state in the way of licenses and taxes, and the owners and employes occupy 200 dwellings. This .is the statement of the saloon men, and they have enlisted the sympathy of many business men. The temperance sentiment in Logansport is strong, however, and will eventually prevail Some confusion and much ' complaint has been made about the pres; ent liquor law. The temperance or ganization has circulated two cards, one a remonstrance in the township and one a remonstrance in the ward The law reads that a majority of the votes cast at the last election shall prevail, whether a voter cast his bal lot or not. The saloon organization circulated papers and obtained 2,800 signatures The vote of the township at the last election was 4,721 and a majority would in their opinion, be disastrous pie have 2,400 signatures, which they say is a majority under the law. They assert that the saloon men obtained names wherever they could get them and that many traveling men and railroad men who vote in other citiesigned. The anti-saloon leaders complain that the county auditor was awaken ed at 11 o'clock at night recently, the day before the county commissioners met, and that they were un able to look over the names. They contend, also, that only the with drawals count andthat if they can get the, names of legal voters to con stitute a majority over the vote cast at the last township election, whether the men voted or not, they will win. The county commissioners at their regular session, last Friday, granted l." licenses. Cortelyou Fas Not Resigned. Secretary Cortelyou has not resign ed and does not intend to just at present. He has not had a quarrel with tin president and is not likely to have. His relations with Secretary Taft and other members of the cabinet are entirely cordial, and will surely continue SO. He is not an avowed candidate for the presidency. The president has not informed him that he could not be such a candidate. His entire lib erty ol political action has been re peatedly recognized both by Presi dent Roosevelt and Secretary Taft. The secretary of the treasury has been an extremely sick man, and he s still far from well. He has been absent a great deal from the treasury department, but has attcended very cabinet meeting when he was able to be out of the house. The president and the secretary lenounce as absolutely untru the itories printed Wednesday morning that Secretary Cortelyou had retired rom the cabinet in a huff and was about to accept a position under Pierpont Morgan. Rob in Jesse James Style. In typical old-fashioned Jesse fames style and after a hand to hand cattle with Assistant Cashier Jones, :wo masked bandits robbed the First National bank of Texola Beckum county, Okla., Saturday night, ones was found an hour later bound inL gagged and insensible from a jlow on the head. 'Hands up," in true western style, ivere the words that greeted Jones is he was husily engaged with his ooks. Jones. raised his hands, but when o nc of the bandits turned to empty the ltse change on the counter into sack, the assistant cashier attacked ic other. A fierce fight ensued, the tJ anker finally getting the worst of it. A posse headed by the sheriff st arted afl?r the robbers as soon as possible. Late Sunday night they ad not yet been captured and it is thought they have escaped into the eaxs panhandle. Officials of the ank. make no statement of the amount of money taken. Democrats' Oppose Bryan. Washington dispatches state that according to a poll taken of the Dem ocrats f the house of representative by the Washington Post there is large percentage opposed to the nomination of Bryan for president. O ne of the surprises was that Bryan iled to be the choice of the majority f the members from Florida, Kenicky, Louisiana, Maryland or Virnia. In all there were fijty-three nrescntatives -opposed to his nom ination and who predicted that if he nominated that he will be defeated. is or his; nomination were ninetyei ght. Governor Johnson, of Minne sota, had a following of thirty-one, hile Judge Gray had ten. Judson armon, of Ohio .mustered four. xpressions were obtained from all but cighteeji Deniolora'iGc fcnembers of the house.

Disease and Death in Indiana in De

cember 1907. The monthly bulletin of the State Board of Health just issued for De cember says: The total number of deaths wa 2708 which is an annual death rate of 12.1 per 1,000 population. In the corresponding month last year, the total deaths were 295G rate 13.1. The death rate therefore shows a decrease of one in 1,000. 15.2 per cent of the total deaths were under one year o age, the number being 395; 29.8 per cent of the total number of death were L5 years of age and over, the number being 774. In December 1900 the percentages were 15.2 per cent and 31.4 per cent respectively. The tuberculosis deaths numbered 315 against 329 in the correspondmg month last year. The number ol deaths from certain diseases were as follows: Typhoid. fever, 09; diphtheria 31; scarlet fever. 8; measles, 9; whooping cough, 77; pneumonia, 334; diarrhoeal diseases, 29; cerebro-spinal meningitis, .10; influenza, 43; puer peral ever, 9; cancer, 102; violence, 184. Of the 315 tuberculosis deaths 150 were nales and 159" females. Of the males, 30 were in the age period of 18 to 40 and were fathers and left CQ orphans.' Of the females, 55 were mothers in the same age period as above and left 117 orphans. Total number of orphans made by con sumption in one month; 177. How many of these orphans will the state be compelled to care for? We do not cheaper to prevent the disease rather than to take care of the wreck which it leaves behind. Of the 334 pneumonia deaths, 171 were males and 103 females. Seventyone were under one y .: of age; .4, 5 to 20; 47, 20 to 50; :-. ere 50 and over; 49 were in the .. period of 70 to 80; 36 in the age period of 80 to 90; and 2 were 90 and over. In the corresponding month last year pneu monia caused 408 deaths. Typhoid fever caused C9 deuths. In the corresponding month last year, 9. Seven hundred and eighty cases were reported from 54 coutnies. Diphtheria caused 29 deaths. In the corresponding month last year, 00. Three hundred and twenty-seven cases were reported from 47 counties. Scarlet fever caused 8 deaths. In the corresponding month last year, Several epidemic of mild scarlet fever occurred throughout the state causing some alarm, but as shown, more deaths than in the correspond ing month lastyear. " " Bronchitis and tonsilitis were tht mos prevalent diseases, and this was true also in December 1906. The city death rate was 14.3 which is 2.1 higher than the death - rate for the whole state. The country death rate was 10.7 which is 1.4 lower than the average for the whole state. 'The death rates of cities having over 50,000 population were, Indianapolis, 16.1; Evansville, 12.3; Ft. Wayne, 18.2; Terre auHe, 13.1; Anderson, 10; Muncie 9; South Bend, 15.8. Smallpox was reported present in 18 counties, 207 in all being reported with no deaths. In the corresponding moxith last year 393 cases were orted froni' 19 counties with one death. The counties in which small pox was epidemic were: Clinton, 15; Elkhart, 45; Grant, .10; Lagrange, CO; Madison, 38; Marshall, 10; St. Joseph 2. On the whole, the health conditions for December 1907 were about 6 per cent better than for the correspondng month of 1900. Tells of Russia's Struggle. More than a hundred membeis of rhe House of Representatives bed sides justices of the Supreme Court and other government officials were Wcdnesady were given a vivid word picture of the stiuggle of Russia's vast population against governmental oppression and toward a constituional for,m of government. The scene was a dinner and reception at the residence of Representative Her bert Parsons in honor of Professor aid Milyoukov, a constitutional Democratic member of the third duma. i. Professor Milyoukow. said that no advances toward popular government might be expected until the people were agam permitted to be represented in the majority in the ditma. However, he believed the present form of government would end to educate Jhc Russian people n self-government. Speaker Cannon and Secretary Taft were among the dinner guests. 'Mit neither remained to the recepion. Professor Milyoukov returned o New York and will leave soon for 10m e. Cortelyou Upheld by Court. The application of George W. Ausin of New York for a restraining order against Secretary of the Treas ury Cortelyou to prevent the latter from alloting $21,500,000 worth of . anaoia vauai lwiiix. iw v.vt&uii nu ionil banks was: Monday denied by ustice Gould of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The court's decision was rendered follow ing argument by counsel for Mr. Austin and the government. The rui ng is practically H dismissal of the suit. Mr. Austin charged that the Secretary of the Treasury had vioated the law in refusing his bid for $3,000,000 worth of bonds at $103,-' 375 and in alloting the bonds to national banks and individuals at a low-( er figure.

SMALL POX IN CITY.

First Case in Plymouth For Over a Year. A case of small pox has been discovered in this city. Frank Dunninger, of Detroit, Mich.t who has been canvassing the town, selling soap, was quarantined at the boarding house of Mrs. Allen Cole, on Walnut street Saturday. Thisi is he first case of this disease that has visited this city for over a year. The case as not a serious one, and was? I thought to have been contracted by Mr. Dunninger at Elkhart. Not Ruined byi War or Graft. Senator Beveridge of Indiana before the Yale Forum Friday night made a vigorous reply to those who are saying that the policy of the ad ministration is! ruining the nation. "When we stopped the robbery of the nation's forests, he said, "the robbers called it 'paternalism; when we stopped the sale of poisoned food and diseased meats, the sellers Called it socialism; when we, are trying to stopi stock-juggling, criminal rebates and the like, the jugglers call it a raid on prosperitj ; when we try to stop government by graft and politicsi by purchases, those who grow rich by gaft or get high places by purchase call our work interftrence with pri vate affairs in the one case and essault upon, respectability in the other case. . ' ' - Yet such of these things as we have already done are now agreed to, and it is found that Vnobody is hurt, but that everybody Ms helped by them. Even those busincses which far the moment sold less of their goods soon sold more of. the; goods than ever; and instead of selling huYtful things, the are now selling wholesome things. Months' ago when certain men were s'aying . hat we had gone too far, I pointed out that these very men did not even suggest a repeal of any of these statutes. The moral making of the nation is catching up with the physical making of the na tion. If we have gone too far, is it not strange that nobody proposes that we shall go back? We must revise our tariff, and that is a big thing; but we must do more we must now make a sensible tip-to-date plan for revision, and that is a bigger thing." Canal Locks Made Wider for War ships of Future. President Roosevelt has approved th-recommendation of the Isthmian canal commission, indorsed by Sec retary Taft, increasing the width of the locks of the ctnal from 100 to 110 eet. The president simply approves the recommendation, buc makes no comment thereon. The action of the commission in ocks is1 in order "to meet require ments of the navy that reasonably can be expected in the near future." The general board of the navy in a memorandum to the secretary of the navy dated Oct. 29 last presented the opinion "that the 'width of the locks as now fixed namely: 100 feet is sufficient for probable shipsof future construction and that sound policy would "dirtate an increase to a clear width of 110 feet.' The commission eels k should be gitided by .tTie wishes of the navy. In P) memorandum to Secretary Taft, the commission says the cost of all the locks at. 100 feet wide is eliminated at $52,580,011, while a width of 110 feet will cost $57,090,850, a difference too small to be consid ered, assuming the necessity for the increased width be as stated by the navy. The locks are tb be 1,000 feet in ength. Secretary Taft appeared before the senate committee on interoceanic canals Thursday and gave that committee information concerning the project and offered suggestions for egislaCion. t He gave a complete review of the conditions at the canal site and quotd information he-had received from arious officials connected wrth the work. He expressed the opinion that he canal should be completed within ix years from next July and that its ultimate cost would be approximate$300,000,000, including the purbase price. Hiccoughs Cause Death. Allen Richardson, one of Logansport's oldest and best-known citizens, liccoughed hisvlife away. He began iccoughing about ten days ago, and all efforts to stop the convulsions were futile. Physicians tried every known remedy faith cures and harms were tried, but they were all unavailing. Mr. Richardson was a pioneer resident and In the early lays came to Logansport with his parents from Preble coimty, Ohio. le learned the carpenter trade and worked at it for years. Then he plunged into banking, being the first president of what Ss now the First National Bank, one of the biggest and soundest institutions in the city. le was a Mason 'and an Elk and during his life held high offices in each order. Moving to South Bend. Fred W. Fromm has sold his 80 acre farm in West township, on the Pretty Lake road, to Martin E. ?Day of Fulton, Ind., consideration $5100. Mr. Fromm has? leased a 2 story brick bujlding on Michigan street in South Bend, where he is now opening up a city grocery, and market. Mr. Day has started to move to his new home on the farm.

Villagers Flee Flood. - Residents of the village of Struthers, a town of 4,000, six miles from Youngstown, O., were fleeing Friday night in dread of a disastrous flood impending with the threatened bursting of the giant dam of the Mahoning Water Company. Already scores of families have left the village and other households are packing their goods in preparation for speedy flight. For days the gradually rising wattrs of Yellow Creek have threatened the village, but it was not until Fri

day night that the population became aware of the danger. The water is rising so fast that it can nof escape through the dam's spillway and is" bursting through at each side, carrying with it earth and great rocks. Forces of laborers sent by the water company have sunk cement pillars in great holes dug in the earth in a futile effort to fortify the lateral supports of .the dam. The rock and earth vas being torn out faster and faster vith each hour Friday night and the immense pressure of the water impounded behind-the eighty-five foot high dam is threatening to hurl the darn into the ravine below ari rush on into the village. The town is the seat of the Morgan Spring Company mills, a uig blast furnace, the mills of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company ind a great cooperage' Millions of dollars loss; in property is threatened with loss of life inevitable, unless the residents succeed in escaping before the break predicted at any hour by tngineers who have worked frantically' to halt the impending disaster. Great Canadian Bank Fails for . ,ooo,coo. The Sovereign Bank of Canada has gone into liquidation and the bankers' association took charge of the assets Saturday morning. The Ontario, Quebec, the Northwest and the maritime provinces. The Sover eign Bank was organized in Toronto in 1904, with a capital of $1,500,000, which was increased in,190G to $4,000,000. When the Dresdner Bank of Germany, took $2,000,000 f-' its stock in June last, the whole reserve account of $1,250,000 was wiped out, together with $1,000,000 of the capital and the bank was reorganized With the following officers: Amelius Jarvis, president; J, II. Dunn, represent ing the Dresdner interest, vice president, and. F. G Jcnnett, general manager; succeeding Manager Stewart Since the reorgnizAtiondenosits' have fallen off $3,000,000. The bankers association was' in session late Friday night. At midnight it was said a statement would be given out soon. Admiral M'Calla Wants Reorganization of Navy. Radical reorganization of the navy should be put into practice at once is; the opinion of Rear Admiral -Bowman H. McCalla. The preparations 01 rather the lack of preparation'of this country for possible war is a matter, he believes that demands early and serious consideration, "Other nations have made mistakes in building warships, said the t admiral, "and with a Navy Department under a civilian secretary, a department with eight different bureausi and civilian secretaries, ruinous mistakes are only what might be expected. "Building and organizing a navy is a business in which experience is essential. It would be no more foolish to put a lawyer or a doctor in charge of a great railroad 'than it is to put a civilian at the head of the na y. "Besides an adequate navy, for which our -people have begun to show an appreciation, it is highly important to have at least the skeleton of an army." ' Dig Graves) by Moonlight. The uncommon sight of a gang of Italian laborers digging gTaves by the light of the moon for the burial of the dead of the Rhoadcs Operahouse disaster was witnessed in Union and Fairvicw cemeteries at Boyertown Thursday night. So many funerals -were to be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday that, the borough authorities; found it necessary to keep the men at work all night. The coroner Friday placed the number of dead at 173. The unidentified dead were buried in a trench sixty feet long and forty feet wide. Each of the thirty unidentified bodies were placed in a separate coffin, and each coffin separated from the others by a brick wall. The bodies -'were placed in a semicircle, and at some future time a monument will be erected on the plot. It is probable the inquest will not be held until s'omc time next week, after Ooroner trassjir gets through with the identification of the victims. He will conduct a rigid investigation. Perhaps We Shall Learn. Now comes Representative Clark of Missouri with a bill in the-national house of representatives praibiting the printing by the government presses of business cards on stamped envelopes. The government does not enter into competition with grocers, dry goods . merchants, jeweler or other business men, so why it should deprive printers throughout the country of business which properly belongs to them, has long been a mystery. Perhaps some explanation will be given, now that Representative Clark has brought up the subject.

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