Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 29, Plymouth, Marshall County, 22 April 1909 — Page 4
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OFFICE Bissell Building, corner Laporte i Jid Center Streets. Entered at the Tostofnce at Plymouth, Indiana as second-class matter. Plymouth, Ind., April 22, 1909. ARMY AND NAVY EATS UP TARIFF THAT BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT IS MOST EXPENSIVE. Military Department Gets Every thing But the Revenue on Sugar. Washington, April 20. While the country is so much concerned over the Payne tariff bill which has just passed the House, tlu dual purpose of which is to raise revenue and protect American industries, few persons realize that practically every dollar which the government receives from customs, with the exception of the duty on sugar, goes for the maintenance of the anpy and navy. In other words, the entire revenue which will be derived from the Payne bill, with the single exception of that received from the sugar schedule, which is the largest revenue producer in the tariti law, will, at the present rate of expense, be swallowed up by the military establishment of the government. Every dollar paid to Uncle Sam in customs upon steel, iron, chemicals, wood, tobacco, agricultural products, wines and liquors, cotton and woolen goods, silks, paper, sundries, and hundreds of unenumer ated articles, he will expend to keep the uniform upon the boy? in blue. All other expenses of the government, including the millions for pensions annually, must be met with the sugar revenue and the internal tax revenue tax. The amount of money which is being expended to keep up our military and naval establishments would stagger the average citizer ikfie ever stopped to think about it. Probably not one person in ten thousand realizes that we art spending daily upon the arm) and navy more than halt a million dollars, or to be more exact $G52,418. This, too, is in time of peace. It is easy to figure thiv cost. The amount appropriated by the last congress for the army was $101,107,170. and for the navy $130,933,191). Add these two amounts together and divide by 3G5, and it will be seen that we are spending more than $050,000 a day for our military establishment The cost of the army and navy has grown enormously. During the first years of President McKinley 's administration, we expended for the army $23,129,000, and were then well enough prepared to fight the Spanish-American war, while during the first year of President Taft's administration the cost of the army will be $101,197,000. more than four times as much. During McKinley 's first year $33. 000,000 was spent upon our navy, and during Taft's first year there will be expended upon the same establishment $130,935,000, again more than four times as much as was expended twelve years ago. The first McKinley year was an average year, too. The average actual appropriations for the army for the eight years .immediately preceding the Spanish war were $23,825,000, while for the past eight years the average has' been $83,014,000 annually. For the eight years immediately preceding, the Spanish war the average anmtal appropriations or the navy were $27,579.000. while for the past eight years the average annual expenditure has been $102,403,000. SHYLOCK IS OUTDONE. Two Accused of Cutting Flesh From Man Who Fought Extortion. Pittsburg, lApril 19. Alleged to have outdone Shylock in having actually cut portions of flesh from the breast of a man who refused them money, Salvator Roberto and Xicolo Digliotti were today held for trial without bail at Braddock a suburb. With his wounds bandaged, but weak from loss of blood, Joseph Gugliotto appeared at a Braddock bank in company with the two foreigners and asked to draw out $300 The teller called an interpreter and after a few questions he caused the two arrests. Gugliotti said he received several Black Hand letters demanding money, but ignored them. He said he was aroused from a sleep to find the two men standing over him. He said they demanded $300, and when he refused one of them held him while the other slit his arms and face with a stiletto. Still he refused to comply with their demands till one f them, he said, 'began carving pieces out of his breast. Then he promised to get the money. Stops itching instantly. Cures piles, eczema, salt rheum, tetter, itch, hives, herpes, scabies Doan's Ointment. At any drug store.
LEGISLATIVE LUNKHEADS
Who Infest the State House at Indianapolis Every Two Years. Indiana's energetic secretary of the state board of health is losing confidence in men and measures so far as the care of children is concerned. He has added the following to this long list of contribution upon the subject: "Illinois has a child labor law. Twelve firms were arraigned in rourt in one day for violation. The lowest fine, five dollars, was aid against each offender by the judge trying the case. ImmediUely following the child cases, in the same court, a man was fined 15, the limit, for having on sale bottle of ginger ale with an il?egal label. Is it three times as reat a crime to trifle with a bot:le of ginger ale as with the icalth and development of chilIreii ? United States Commissioner of Education E.- Brown, backed ly Secretary Garfield, aske'd congress for an appropriation of $300 .vith which to scientifically study i certain phase of child life to the md that child life might be beter conserved. The appropriation 'ommittee laughed it down. When, however, the pearl button nakers asked the same committee for $15,000 with which to pay the cost of a scientific study of :lams to the end that more clam shells for more buttons might be btained, the committee passed it unanimously. Are clams worth nore than children.? When the beekeepers an-' growers asked the Indiana legislature for $15,000 annually for protecting bees and fruit trees, the amount was voted by a big majority. When the state health board asked $2000 with which to -rint circulars, teaching the care "f the health of infants and school children, not to exceed ten oi the 100 members voted aye, md two representatives cried out loudly "Kill it." It was the bill not the children they wanted killed. However, killing the appropriation keeps the infant and hild death rate in Indiana at the )ld figures. Are we to conclude from these acts of the court, the congress md legislature that Jesus Christ wrfs mistaken when he spoke for little children? SAYS ENSLEY OWES MORE MONEY BASIS GIVEN FOR NEW CLAIMS AGAINST FORMER TREASURER. Report to Commissioners Delinquent Taxes and Fees Said to Have Been Retained. Indianapolis, April 20. Revelations giving basis for new claims by the county for the re covery of additional money from Oliver P. Ensley, former county treasurer, and throwing full light on the system of bookkeeping formerly in vogue in the treasurers and auditor's offices were made by a report submitted to the county commissioners by Edward R. Parmlee and C. B. Lockhart, the expert accountants, who have been examining the county books for more than a year. The report covers the entire period of Mr. Ensley's administration as treasurer, from January 1, 1904, to December 31, 1907 and represents an immense amount of work by the. experts who have been working on the treasurer's books since last fall checking over and separating funds which were bunched together on the books, but which should properly have been in separate accounts. Delinquent Taxes Retained. The main items in the report just submitted are $5,li)7.30 of delinquent taxes shown to have been retained by Mr. Ensley and which, the experts say, is recoverable without question; $G1,932.95 of fees for the collection of delinquent taxes retained by cMr. Ensley under a special law which may be unconstitutional; a fund of $5,100 Üeposited privately by Mr. Ensley when he left the office to meet claims on account of erroneous and double payment of taxes, a part of which fund the county may attempt to obtain, and $025.57 which is unaccounted for. These items have nothing to do with the $22,473.22 which Mr. Ensley paid back to the county treasurer last year, when the experts showed that he owed that much on a per cent of taxes on sequestered property which he kept for himself. On account of his alleged illegal retention of fees last year Mr. Ensley was indicted by the grand jury and is now under $8,000 bond. Death of Mrs. Wright. Mrs. G. W.' Wright died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. N'ewell Graves Wednesday at 9:15 a. m. Funeral at U.B.church Friday at 2 p. m. Friends may view the remains Thursday and up to 1 :30 p. m. Friday. Obituary will follow later. Files Rehearing Petition, Atty II. L. Unger went to Indianapolis Wednesday, where he will file a petition for a rehearing of appeal from the decision of the Yellow River ditch case in the Supreme court.
INDIANA HEALTH DURING MARCH
REPORT OF STATE BOARD SHOWS INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. Most Prevalent Disease Was Tonsilitis With Pneumonia a Close Second. The reports to the State Board of Health for March show, there was an increase of deaths and sickness over the corresponding month last year. The deaths in March, 1908, numbered 3,201, in 1909, 3444. The death rates were respectively, 14.8 z.id 13.8. The most prevalent disease was tonsilitis and the second in the list was pneumonia. In the corresponding month last year influenza was first and pneumonia fifth. The pneumonia deaths were respectfully, March 190S, 4G3, March 1909, 574. An increase of 23.9 per cent. A blustering cold March will invariablv drive the people indoors and (this means an increase of pneu monia. Those who live out of loors a great deal and ventilate iheir houses and bedrooms well, and do not gorge and do not use alcohol, do not have pneumonia. The order of prevalence of diseases was as follows: Tonsilitis, pneumonia, influenza, bronchitis, rheumatism, measles, scarlat fever, typhoid fever, whooping cough, diarrhoea, intermittent fever, diphtheria, chickenpox, erysipelas, smallpox, inflamation of bowels, dysentery, puerperal fever, cholera morbus, cerebro spinal meningitis, cholera infantum, typho-ma-laria fever. Smallpox did not prevail as extensively as in March, 1908. Xumberof cases reported 121, no deaths; as against 284, with two deaths, March 1908. Typhoid fever also shows a reduction, 1G8 c?ses with 31 deaths; in the same month last year, 245 cases with 45 deaths. Consumption wrought its usual terrible havoc. 410 deaths from this preventable disease. Of this number 19G were males and 214 females. The disease killed 30 fathers in the age period of 18-40, and 71 mothers in the same age period. It produced 214 orphans and invaded 139 homes. It is astonishing how apethetic the people are about this preventable disease, when it costs them more annually than their government and the loss in happiness is something which cannot be calculated. 191 people were killed by violence. In the same month last year 154. Of the violence deaths. 10 were murders, 33 suicides and the remainder accidents. Seven murders, all males, were by gunshots. The remaining murdersj were blunt instruments. Of the suicides 13 were females and 20 wre males. The accidental deaths were: steam railroads 20; interurbans and street cars 4; machinery 0; burns and scalds 13; gunshots 4; drowning 0; mine accidents 9; and the remainder by various methods. One hydrophobia death occurred in Floyd county, in Lafayette Tp. The victim was John I ft Hard, 13 years old. Fruit Prospects Good Reports from the fruit conditions at this time are considered to be good, according to several authorities. The weather condition for growing crops, wheat and fruit were better this season than in some years past. There was not much warm weather to crowd the growth and the tender buds of the fruit trees were not exposed to the frosts. Unless a hard frost occurs the fruit crops promises to be good. One good authority stated Saturday that the prospects for fruit can be ascertained by watching the lilacs. The lilac buds are more tender than the fruit buds. If there is a profusion of lilac blossoms there will be an abundance of fruit. Former Plymouth Girl Weds. Friends of Mary Louise Carabin of Hillyard, Wash., received the announcement of her marriage to William J. Jones of Spokane, Wash. The ceremony was performed Tuesday' April 20th. Miss Carabin, who lived here until six years ago has a host of friends , and relatives in Plymouth. GREAT GOOD BEING DONE Many People Praising Root Juice. When the Root Juice Demonstrations were started at this point the names of many people who were cured by the great remedy was published in the local papers. The wonderful medicine has been here but a short while, but many home people who have been using it are praising it very highly. We have published in this paper the names of many who have been cured by it, and it seems that it would pay every afflicted person to investigate as no medicine was ever introduced to this community that created so much favorable comment and did so much good in such a short time. Many that suffered with chronic stomach, liver kidney and rheumatic troubles are blessing the day that brought Root Juice to this ixunt. Out of the scores of people that have purchased the remedy, not a single complaint has been made but many are calling at Shadel's drug store to get more of the medicine and report the great good it is doing.
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Virgil AlcGill Married Stafford Girl Last September Records Show He is Over 16 Years of Age
It develops that Virgil McGill. the youthful bandit, held at South Bend, charged with many crimes, has a wife living in Plymouth. With a colored boy, who gave the name of Walter Smith, McGill was captured at South Bend on last Friday, and was found to have in his. possession a revolver, hand-cuffs, and a mask. The two boys confessed to several hold-ups in the past few months, and are awaiting trial. No disposition of the McGill lad's case has been made, for he. maintains that he is not 1G years of age, and if this is the case he will come under the juvenile statute. Monday McGill told the officers at South Bend, that he had a wife living in Plymouth, whom he had married last September. An examination of the court records shows that Virgil C. McGill and Emma Z. Stafford were married in this city on September 10, 190S. However when applying for a marriage license, McGilJ gave his age as 18, which is shown by the record, a fact which will probably decide that he is beyond the juvenile age. The marriage record gives the following concerning McGill and his wife. Virgil McGill birthplace Knox, Ind. Date of birth, July lßth, 1890. Name of father George McGill. Occupation laborer etc. Emma Z Stafford, present residence Plymouth, Ind. Name of father Madison Stafford. Age 21. Madison Stafford was interviewed at his home in that part of east Plymouth called Johnstown, today, and said that he did not know anything alxnit Mc Gill. He said that his daughter, was married to him last Septem her, but that she only lived with him for two weeks, at the home of his parents in South Bend. They fell out about something and the bride returned to the borne of her parents in this city, where she has since resided. Was Guilty of Many Crimes. The South Bend News contained the following account of the capture of McGill in that city on last Friday: A long series of holdups and attacks that have terrorized the residents of different portions of the city for many weeks was cleared up Friday by the arrest of two boys who the police say are the perpetrators of the outrages Many complaints have been re SHOW FIGHTING j IN THE AIR A DEMONSTRATION O F AERIAL WARFARE FOR CONGRESSMEN. Leading Aviators of the World to Give Demonstration at Fort Meyer. Washington, April 20. Members of congress are to be given a practical demonstration of the progress that has been made in aerial flight and of its possibilities in warfare The signal corpj in making an early start in its trials at Fort Meyer, has in view the opportunity which these tests will offer to impress the national law makers with the necessity for appropriating sufficient money with which the aeronautical division may make a beginning toward the establishment of an aerial navy, France, Germany, Russia, Italy and other countries of Europe have kept abreast of the times by obtaining the latest equipment for aerial flight, while the United States has but one small dirigible and only two free balloons of any practical value. As soon as a hydrogen gas generating plant is set up at Fort Meyer, probably this week, the officers of the signal corps will begin to train the men in the balloon squad by making numerous flights in the signal corps balloon No. 1. This is a new spherical balloon having a capacity of 35,"000 cubic feet of gas and carrying three persons. It has made several successful trips since it was purchased last summer. As soon as the tent for housing the dirigible No. 1 has been erected Lieutenants Frank P. Lahm and Benjamin D. Fouliers will resume the flights which were terminated in October last. One of the trips proposed is to cross the Potomac river from Fort Meyer and fly over the capitol. The dirigible, the only one in the possession of the government, was purchased last summer from Captain Thomas S Baldwin after he had complied with the specifications At that time the requirements were considered extremely difficult of accomplishment with a semirigid balloon. The aeroplane trials at Fort Meyer will begin in May. A. M. Herring.. of New York, a pioneer in aviation, is due to deliver his machine at Fort Meyer
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ceived in the last two months by the police from women and mothers who told how they and their daughters were approached and threatened with death by boys unless they complied iwith thq the demands of the desperadoes and the detective force of the department has been busy running down clues for some time. Had Gun and Mask. Friday Detective Thomas Butler arrestext Virgil McGill, 1G years old on South Michigan St., opposite the postoffice and when taken to the station and searched an armament that would have done credit to a Jesse James was found concealed upon his person. The first implement of warfare brought to light was a 32 calibre revolver, fully loaded and further search resulted in the discovery of a pair of steel handcuffs concealed under the prisoner's vest. Finally a mask for the face with holes cut out for the eyes was taken from an inside pocket. Although much excited young McGill had his nerve with him and never whimpered at the grueling Examination to which he was subjected. McGill told the police he was a carpenter and lived at 134 South Carroll street. He also told the officers he was married. A brass check number 330, of the South Bend Chilled Plow company, such as is given to its employes was also found in his pockets. Negro Boy Confesses. McGill was arrested about three o'clock in the afternoon and a couple of hours later Detectives Butler Stickley, Keller, and Zgodzinski succeeded in locating the second member of the gang, Walter Smith, colored, who gave his age as 10. The Smith boy lives at 710 West Monroe street. He had no weapons of any kind on him and it is thought he got wind of McGill's arrest and made an effort to cover up any incriminating evidence The Smith boy was closely questioned by the authorities and stated that McGill had told him that he. (McGill) was one of two boys that entered the store of Mrs. Anna Oleman at 710 East Ohio street on the night of Wednesday April 7 and with pointed revolvers. demanded that she give them the money in the till. The boys were scared away by the outcries of the women before they could carry out their purpose. near the last of next month. The Wright brothers hold the other contract for the delivery of an aeroplane, but their work is so well known that their machine will not arouse the same amount of curiosity which will be evidenced in the appearance of the Herring machine. Mr. Herring ha. formed a partnership with Glenn H. Curtiss, the aeroplanist, and it is understood that they and the Wright brothers have patents pending on an automatic controlling device which is expected to revolutionize the present efficiency and stability of the heavier than air machines. Their apjearance at Fort Meyer at practically the same time is significant. The Wright brothers have fully demonstrated their ability to fulfill all the requirements' of their contract with the government and their experiments in Europe for the purpose of increasing their speed will offer the only new feature to their trials. Orville Wright, who has announced his intention of completing the trials at Fort Meyer in spite of the fact that he has just recovered from the1 seriotis 'injury, which he suffered in the accident to his machine last September, has, while in Europe, constructed a new motor intended to materially increase the speed of the Wright machines. The HerringCurtiss aeroplane is not expected to offer any materially new features as to the carrying surface, being, it is understood, similar to June bug and other machines of the Aero Experiment association. The motor, however, if successful, will be a marvel of light construction and durability. This motor is described as having five treated chrome nickel steel cylinders set rapidly around a single shaft. Its total weight including the fly wheels, spark coils, carburetters and part of the containing frame, is -said to be only 25 pounds, while it develops twenty-two horse power. Two of these motors will be used on the aeroplane intended for the government, which is to weigh approximtely '200 pounds. New Suits Filed. Win. F. Moellering, Henry F. Moellering, and Robert Millard, doing business under the firm name of Moellering Bros, and Millard, and others versus Elias G., and George G. Gallcntine, lohn I). Yaiser, Maggie Hupp, Wm. D. Yazier, and Mary A. Reed, on account, and to declare mortgage.
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THE INSPECTORS MAKE REPORTS BOURBON, BREMEN, AND ARGOS WERE VISITED AND CRITICIZED. Of 486 Hotels Visited Only Ten Were Found in Excellent Condition. State food inspectors have been rooting around in some of the counties of the s'tate during the last ffew months, and irei state board of health has just given out some information in regard to what they found. The report of the board, just off the press, says this: "During the five months, 3.100 first inspections were made of all classes of establishments Of this number, 139 places were in excellent condition, 1.G28 were in gootl condition, 1,024 were fair, 250 poor and G3 bad. It - is worth recording that the sanitary con ditions of hotels and restaurants is decidedly more unsatisfactory than that of any other class; Of the 486 hotels and restaurants visited, but ten were in excellent condition, 136 .were: in good condition, 214 fair only, while ,79 were graded as poor and 17 as bad. "Twenty-nine second inspections were made and 49 third inspections. Forty-six of the 49 third inspections show good sanitary conditions. Two places are classed as excellent, and the other one establishment was still in a fair condition. In the report of inspections is given the following. Axgos, Marshall ICounty. Of seven groceries inspected 3 were found good, 3 fair and the grocery owned by C. E. AHeman & Co., was found to be in excellent condition. Two meat markets were found good and '2 fair. Of 4 drug stores visited, 3 were found good and one fair. One bakery was founVl fair. One restaurant was found good and 3 fair. Bourbon. Three groceries were found good, and one fair. Two meat markets were found in good shape. One drug store was found good and one fair. One bakery was found in fair condition. Of five hotels and restaurants visited, 1 was found gooVl, 3 fair and 1 poor, being unclean. Bremen. Thirteen inspections were made. Three " groceries were found good, three fair and the
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Clothes Store, To Put in an Intcrlockcr. The Lake Erie and Grand Trunk roads, which cross each, other at Stillwell, south of Laporte, are planning for the installation of an interlocking plant to be operated at the crossing in the place of the semaphore gates, which have been in use for some time. In the event a change is made the Lake Erie will probably be obliged to make some changes in its tracks. "Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil is the best remedy for that often fatal disease croup. Has been used with success in our family for eight years;." Mrs. L. Whiteacre, Buffalo, N. Y,