Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 39, Plymouth, Marshall County, 1 July 1909 — Page 4

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Only Republican Newspaper in the County. HENDRICKS & COMPANY PT7BLIGTI2T.STELEPHONE No. 27. OFFICE Bissell Building, corner L,aporte i.nd Center Streets. Entered at the Postoffice at Plymouth, Indiana as second-class matter. Plymouth, Indiana, July 1, 1909. A Better Way. The Fort Worth Star recently published a strong editorial criticising the library (building scheme of Carnegie and siiggesting other lines along which his gifts might be directed with greater benefit to- th-; public. It is not considered in good taste to ''look a gift horse in the mouth;" yet a r.ian might be excusable for hesitating to .receive one whose keeping would cost more than the animal voull be wVrlh to h'.:n. A "white elephant1' is proverbhll.v an unwelcome pift. Libraries a-e 200 J in a community. Rr:!ing is a means or culture, prc-vidt-g it is a properkind; anJ cultirc helps to make life worth living. Eni it is absolutely essential for an Sndivid'ual to beable to make a living, before he can enjoy it. A:id it vould be 'better, even than the gift ctf libraries if accumulated wealth in the hhnds of the fortunate could be systematically and wisely applied in aiding the unfortunate to obtain a livelihood. Tragedies of the unemployed have been daily occurring in our laTge cities. Suffering, starvation and sometimes crfme are -the consequences of enfoTted idleness. At the same time fertile lands are lying idle, or are but partially utilized, -which properly cultivated, wouJd yield sustenance in abundance. To bring the land and the unemployed together under circumstances -that would enable the latter to benefit from the resources of the fortner, requires money. Arkl what nobler, more phiüan'thropic, more patriotic use cart be made of i.voney fhan thus to .promote the happiness of the worthy but unfortunate? If the millionaire, like Carnegie or Rocketf-iller, wodd 'devote part of his millions and some of häs business ability ro a Systematic plan for promoring rural industry, he would accompHsh more for humanity than he can iby the erdoiwnnent of universities or the building of libraries. Large tracts of land' might be bought and sub-divided into farms, to be sold on long time at cost prices and with flow rates of interest. A fund might be provided to be loaned Without interest, to aid in transportation to the farms, and im furnishing necessary facilities for starting. The principle should be the same as church organizations use in aiding students for the ministry or feeble societies' irt building houses of wor ship. The noney is to be repaid when the recipient is able. Interest paid " those who prosiper will offset losses incurred from those who fail. Possibly, funds so employed might not redtound to so widespread a fame as that given by names inscribed on library baiiMings , or university haWs; but to the person of tiumane sensibility or to the practical philanthropist it moist appeal as the better way There is a sense of justice in it also. The wealth of Carnegie is bu: the acctimulated increment of profits on the labor of his employes. The enormous amount of these accumulation's: is but the measure o'f the favors extended him by the country in its protective tariff. Whht more just -thbn that he, out of his abundant;, jHd the laboring man to obtain a living and thus contribute to the prosperity of the country. Rockefeller, through his monopolies, levies the tribute that forms his millions on rich anid poor alike, and by his merciless system 'Was destroyed the business of competitors, reducing many families to poverty It would be a fitting return were he to furnish the poor opportunity 'tto gain a health ful livelihood and through their in dividual prosperity return to all a sSght recompense for what all have contribute! towards 'his fortune. Both men are cool-headed and practical. They are but types of many rWhom fortune has favored. None of these has been accused of softness of heart while adctftnulating. They have been "unsatisfied in getting,' but apparently they are now desir cms 'of bein'jr reckoned as "most princely" in bestowing. Their gifts are, in a way, benefactions; but a giving that would help the worthy arAj industrious poor to help them selves -would be "a more excellent way." Trees Grow on Tower. For many yeaus the city of Greenburg. IrAl, Iras gairxed much notoriety through the medium of the tree growing on the courthouse tower. For several! years three trees grew there, but a fe.w year's ago, two were refmmtveri. a t1it-ir isorealin'Lr roots were thought to be a menace. Thereother the city acquired the title of the "Lone Tree City." Ndw this name will have to .be discarded, as yesterday k wws noticed that another tirty imaple tree was 'shooting up from above the cornice on the south side of the dome of the tower. The neiwcomer will be allowed to grow, if is is o incltined. It is now about six inches en height and bids fair to be as healLthy and sarong as it's older relative, notw about ten feet high. Farmers are Busy. 'Marshall farmers jrevar were busier than? they arc aft the present time. The heavy irairts o'f the past spring not onfiy made tlise corn a-iW other erdpa -grow exceptionally falsi?, but also helped aliong a good grdwth of iweeds thjt are now claiming all the attention of 'the farmers. The corn is siiJ to be in excellent condition, as is afo the wheat, oatis, rye arid gras3. Wheat an'd rye are begintning o shoJw imitations df !the approach Of harvest time ami will be ready for cutting .within ten or fifteen days.

INCOME TAX

LIKELY TO FAIL IF EFFORTS PROVE SUCCESSFUL MEASURE WILL VANISH FROM MEMORY. Proposed Tariff Creation Welcomed By People. But Not by Most Legislatures. Washington, June 29. In slang parlance it is suspected that there is a good deal of "bunk" about Senator .vldrich's efforts to console the advocates of an immediate income tax levy with the assurance that the matter will be passed tip to the state legislatures in the form of a constitutional amendment, ana that, just as .-non as three -fourth of the legislatures ratify the amendment, an income tax law will be enacted that i till stand the fire df the Supreme Court. When it cdmes to handing out rosy prognostications as to what the future may bring forth, Senator Aldrich ha no peer. It is one of the games of strategy thatt he frequently p!ays. Wihen the advocates of certain immediate legislation .which he dees not like deveilop great strength, he takes the wind out of their sails ,by pointing out plausible reasons for postponement. He will arise at his desk, and, with a look that seems to betoken the earnestness of his deep conviction, he will an 011 nee: 'I think I can state positively that this matter wiM work out all right in time." Those who have given careful attention to an analysis, of the situation are very doubt'fuJ whether an income tax amendment to the federal constitution would be adopted by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states On first blush the average person (would think that submission would mean ratification, but when it is recalled that twelve state legislature totild dclt'eat the proposition the situation takes on -a different aspect. Legislatures Would Kill It. If the levying df a tax on incomes were to be decided by popular vote .here would be an overwhelming ma jority in. favor of it, but the legislat ures of many df the state? are con troifled by political organizations, and in a few of the states the trusts rbsolutely dominate the legislative bodies so that it will be difficult, if not impossible, to secure anything ,ike a popular expression on the tax ing of incomes. In the gossip of the Senate cloak rooms the legislatures of at least "ourteen states two more than are necessary are regarded as certain to vote against the income tax amend ment to the federal constitution. This list is as foMoJws: Maine, Venm'ont. Massachusetts, .;ew Hampshire, Rhode Island, Con nectfeut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Montana, Nevada and West Virginia. There are many ways in which un friendly .legislatures may juggle with the preposition. In some cacs ref erence to an unfriendly committee will be all that is necessary to put a auietus on. the measure. The control of one of the two legislative bran ches by a combination of interests and politics will do the work in.an)tr.ier. Then there is always the pos sibiiity of reporting to a bit of c-r rnption just where it -is needed to ef fect results. Some states already have income tax measures of their own and will be loath to give them up. Not to d j so .would mean double taxation. It is a fact that the income tax amendment to the federal constitu tion would not be thought of at the piesent time if it were not for the ex igencies of a peculiar and remarkable legislative situation at Washington. Public sentiment is not clamboring for such an amendment; in fact it is being sprung upon the country as an entirely new and original suggestion without any prompting from the masses and the proposition probably would not have been forced through Congress .for years to come if it were not for the stranfge situation which has arisen in connection with the tar iff 'bill at this time. Thirty-one States Could Act. rrom time to time various state legislatures adopt resolutions de manding that Congress shall call a convention to propose amendments to the Constitution. It would require the calls- of thirty-one states to force Congress to art, and never in any in stance have that many states joined in the movement. Very nearly the required larimber df states .have acted ."however, on a proposition to amend the Constitution so as to permit of the election of United States senators by popular vote. Several years ago Governor Cum mins df Iowa, now senator, called a convention of publicists, which was hekt in aioU,ä for the Pl'Tose of directing public attention to the popular election of senators and the formation of a central organization to push the movement. As a result nearly thirty states have passed the necessary resolutions. It is consid ered by no means impossible that by this plan a convention will one day be called. Congress would determine the method of representation at such a contention, or if it chose to go so far, it could determine the actual apportionment df the various states in the convention, and in that way could largely influence the result. Once called, however, the convention could be a ialw unto itself. It would not be limited to any one proposed amendment, but it could propose a complete organization of the constitution or its abolishment, for that matter, and it could decide upon any number df amendments. There -would still be a safeguard against radical action, however, in the !fact that the amendments' would not become valid until ratified by

thrccJfourths df the state legislatures.

In the case of the income tax it low seems almost certain that Confess will submit the issue to the täte legislatures, which inject a new topic in the arena of national debate at will become one of the para mount objects of agitation for sevral years to come. IF COUNTRY IS GOOD ENOUÖH To be Made One's Home to Live in, It Ought to be Good Enough. Im an address recently to the peo ple of Winnipeg, Manitoba, iMr. Wan Jnnin'gs Bryan advised the Ameri cans w'ho afre settling an that country, ro become citizens of Canada, if they expected to penmanently reside in the' Lominaon, and to bring up their families' there. It was wholesome advice. A 'god-1 deal' of the trouble of tfh world is caused by people who reside In one country without renouncing tiheir citiienship in amother country. The United States has been par ticularly unfortunate in that respect, having been entangled In several un pleasant cases of the kind. One oi the last, and which is still fresh In the minds of newspaper readers, was that of (Sit. Perkücardie who was captured by the outlaw, Raisoili. Perdicardiis, it will be recalled, was in thffs country long enough to become a citizen, left here twenty-five or thir ty years ago and became a resident of Morocco. He never renounced bis allegiance to this country, an'd when he was captured the United States government was appealed to for aid. Of cdurse this government had to rescue Fercardis. It has to look after its citizens wherever they may be. It is the business of the government fo see to it that those claiming the protection of the: government are protected. The result in the Perdicardis case was that the government was put to a great deal of trouble anVI expense, an international question or itlwo was raised, and it required a good deal of skill sand 'bluffing to afford relief to a felloiw wfoanii the United States was, in a sense, in no way morally Ibcund to protect a man who was not, to all intents and purposes, a citizen of the United States. But aside from the trouble caused by these cases, it is not just to the country in which one resides to hold citizenship in some other. A man ought t'o become a part and parcel of the nation of his adoption. Much as we in this country dfislike togive up our citizens, Mr. Brytin's advice to the Canadian settlers to become Canadian citizens is good advice. And if the Canadians come to this country the same advice holds good. Any man who comes to this country from another country, and who experts fo reside 'here, should take out papers of naturaliza'ttion and help to share the burdens of citizenship as he enjoys the privileges thereof. Under the prevailing international laws and customs there may, in cer tain cases, be an advantage in not becoming a citizen. But one ougjit not, for the sake df a few advantages that may never present themselves, shirk "his "duty to the country of Ms adoption. One of the advantages that might accrue would be in case of war. A citizen of another courftry could not be 'forced into the army. as might be the citizens of the coun try should it be necessary. A foreign c?tizen afso has certain rights in the courts whiMi a cit;zen does not have for instance, German citizen residing in this country, may sue his neigh bor in the- Umte'd States courts. He could call upon the German ambassador at Washington for assistance i.n the event be believed himself dis criminhted against, and that would involve t!he state department in the man's private quarrel, it might be. There are several filings which might arise to give 'tihe foreigner an advan tage over the native citizen, but there is no advantage in being an alien that is so great as the comfort which ought to come to a man from the sense of being an integral part of the nation in wbfleh. he resides. He ought to be willing to fake his chances with his neighbors, to assist them in working out a salvation for the cooin try of his adoption, to bear the our Iens and share the joysof citizenship as though he were a natural bem c't izen. Dayton New. HEADSTONES FOR VETERANS These Can be Obtained Free of Charge Upon Application to U. S. Quartermaster-General. Upon application to the quarter master-general, United Stotes Army, hdailstones will be furm!hed for un marked graves of soldiers, sailors and marine's who served rltn the state milrtia or the artny or navy of the United Sta'te during any war or in surrection ( including "the revolution) whether regrulur or volunteer, and whether they fied in 't lie service or since thoir muster out or discharge thcrerdm. Headstones wiH be fur T?hel also for umnarked graves of army nurseis who !foad regular or volwnfteer commissions as such. The stones are all .makle of the same material (best American white marble), are df thic same size tiudpattern(froni which no deviation can be made) and the government pays the freight to the nearest railrocud .station or steamboat fcnfdimg. She Assaulted Maid Margaret M. Stuckey otf Bremen, has taken oji appeal to the circuit court 'from a decSsioti rn the Justice Court of Ötltio R. Lefgner of Bremen, wherein the former was iound guilty df assault and battery upon ttflie person of Gladys C. .Stilson, and was assessed a fine with costs amounting to $10.03. Her bond was fixed at $100. A transcript of the case, alleged that the assault wa's committed1 on tMay 13th, 1909, by Margaret Sftf&ey, upon the person o)f Gfadys SHilson.

$100,000 BLAZE DEVASTATES BUS-

H. F. Schricker Who

President of Editorial Association in Plymouth, Badly Injured

Knox, Ind., June 27. (Special) Fire, which started in the dental o'f-! rice of Dr. H. S. Stoddard at 7 o' clock this evening, swept away 'many business buildings, entailed a loss roughly estimated at $100,000 and caused injury to several people, due to falling walls. A'mon-g the more eriously injured is II. F. Schricker, editor the Knox Democrat. Attacks Business Block. The tire spread irom the dental office to a row of business buildings on the west srde oi Alain street, .-weeping down the row -with rapidity. The following are the estimated losses: J. A. Arnsdorf!, genral store $23,000 Horner & Kreut er, hardware $20,000 Pearson & London, dcpt.store $1.",000 Oharles Windish, grocery $13,000 M Hillahold, hardware $6,000 ''itz Hotel $300 William Sliddinger. tailor $300 F P LeWIie, restaurant $500 W II Edgell, shoe store $100 THE TAX ACT IN THE SENATE ASSESSMENT IMPOSED UPON ALL CONCERNS EARNING OVER $5C00 ANNUALLY. NVt Income to Be Ascertained by De ducting Necessary Expenses and Losses. Washington,, June 28 The corporation t'ax amendment, prepared by .he finance committee, in conjunction vvit'h President Taift and the lawyer members of his cabinet, was reported to the senate by Senator Aldrich. It provides that every stock joint ccinpanyy all associations organized ifnr niWit anld -everv insurance com pany shall pay an annual tax of 2 v:tr cent, upon its net income, over and above $3000. Reports are to be made on or before Manch 1 of each year to the collector o'f internal revenue 'for the ' district in which th corporation has its principal prace of usincss. Where false and fraudulent returns are made the commissioner if internal revenue is to add 100 per tut of the tax as set upon the corsiration, and on case of refusal or neglect to verily returns, he is to add 30 per cent to the tax. Rei'usnl or leg'lect to make returns by iMarch 1 or the rendering c4 (false returns will mre the corporation liable to a penalty of not less fhan $1000, nor more 'tin $10,000. Any person who is authorized to make the returns (for any vrporation and who makes a false ettirn wifh intent to defeat or evade :.e assessment is 'liable to a fir.e of not more than $1000 or imprisonment t exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion df the court. The net income Hs fo be ascertained by deducting from the gros-s amount of, all ordinary anid nocessary expenses actually susiaine-d, not compensated by insurance, Including reasonable allowarce for depreciation; interest actually paid on bonded or other indebtedness not exceeding the paid capital ".todk; all sunns paid for taxes; ail unounts received as dividends upon :!ie stock of other 'companies, and in :!he case oT insurance companies the m required by lalvv to oe carried to the premium reserve fund. The tax is to be computed on the net income for the year ending Dec. !1 1903. Annual Reports Must Be Complete. The reports, whlich must be filed by iMarch 1 of each year, are to in:lude the total outstanding capital stock, bonded and other indebtedness, :Jie gros, mcome, the amount derived from dividenUs o'f other corporations, t'he total expenses, the total losses, anid in case o'f insurance companies the sums required by law to be carried by the premium reserve funkl, the interest to be paid wfithin the j ear on bonded or other indebtedness not exceeding the paid up capital ; the amount paid for taxes under the authority of the United States or any state or territory, ankl the net income. 'When evidence is presented that the reports of any corporation are incorrect, or if any corporatiion fails to mtake its return, the commissioner of internal revenue may require further information cr by any regularly appointed revenue agent, especially designated for that purpose, he may examine the loks, require the atStnMance of officers of the corporation and take their testimony. He is also authorized to invoke the aid cf ?ny court to require the production of persons, books and papers. The assessments arc to be made by the commissioner of internal revenue an'd corporations are to be notified of the amount of tax levies against them by June 1 of each year, ar-d the tax "is- to be palkl by June r.O. After the assessments have been made the returns to be of public record in- the office of the commissioner of 'internal rtverfue and open ro inspection. It is made unlawful for an employe of the Unittd States to divulge any confidential information obtained under a penalty of a fine of not more than $1000 or imprisonment for one year. Provision is made under swnilar terms for flhe taxing of any corporation organized ain'dier the laws of any ifbreign countries, the tax to be assessed upon the income above $3000 received by it from business trans

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was Ele&ed ViceCommercial Hotel Ibdlg (oecu- $300 pied by a barber shop and pool room) $100 The tire attacked the Fitz hotel, the town's leading houelry, and it appeared that the effor .t th? firemen would prove futile However axl was obtained f.oir the Nickel Plate Road, engines liiuiui warer. which was effectually uscu by bucket brigades, and tJic hotel "vai only partially burned. Aid arrived from North Juds..n, ai- ' iff tlic fire was not brought under contrail until about midnight, and it was morning befor? the excited and wornout citizens could take anything like an estimate of the individual losses. Mr. Schricker, who was injured, tors who attended the meeting: of the was among the editors attending the meeting of the Northern Ind. Editoria' Assn., in Plymouth, Thursday and Friday of last week, and was elected to the office of Vice President of the Association, for the ensuing year. acted -and capital (invested: within the United States and its territories, Alaska and the District of Columbia. The amendment is made section four of the present bill. MAINSPRINGS ARE AFFECTED. Watchmaker Says Storms Cause Dax age to Tickers Don't Know Why, But It's So. "This is the time cf the year for roken mainsprings in watches," said a jewe'eT as he handed over a tioker which he had just igiven a new- lease of I iff e and disabused bis mind of 'the idea that rough treatment cv-sed tvat'ehes to lose their energy coils. "We Lave more watches brought to us with broken mainsprings in the .-luring of the year than any other tfme. This year the spring thunder-.-tcruis have been late, but they are : miig now and so are the watches. A mainspring will generally last a ear at least, but they seem to be affected by atmosphcrkal conditions, and thunderstorms result in -breaks. "The theory ctf the breaking of the srring is crystalization of the steel of which they are made. !My experience has been that the thunderstorms are the things that bring about the fracture. If a mainspring lasts at all it is good for a year. Of course, it may last longer than that, but that is the averaige life. Sometimes they will break verj- soon after they are put in. On last Thursday one went up thirty minutes after it was put in a watch. I don't know whether the thunderstorm did it or not, but they certainly do act peculiarly on watch springs." A Safe and Sane Fourth. Newspbpers in all sections of this -rate and in neighboring states have already begun an agitation iror a "safe and sane" Fourth of Judy celebration in their respective cities and' towns. It is safe to assert that when this year's celebration is over, as has been the case in 'the past, there will be about the usual ilumbcr off casualties and fatalities. There were over a thousand of them last year. We had a few accidents in ZanesviWe, none t them, happify, fatal, but serious just the same. Why not a Fourth without a single casuiaLty this year? We can Wave it üf we use caution. It woufj be something to boast of afteriward. Children are the worst sufferer, anid less th;rb:ik themselves than through the carelessness and' wellmeant, but 'foolah indulgence of their parents. There are plenty of harmCess fireworks and other things iwiith -which they can have a celebration that will be satisfactory in every way. Don't let thdm Ii! bfanlc catridges and cattvnon crackers. U stich things were ruled out, there would be a much smiiOler death list. There are those oif older growth whto will be minus their -eyesight, fingers or perhaps a hand1 or limb, if the day tgoes as it usually doe's. It ought not to be drat way here. They .wtonki -spend all they Have to save tthcir eyes or lhankis if thiey were tfwcatcneidL But tomorrolw they will rislc them for nothing. y And the pioflJce s'hould see o it that everyone who throws a firecracker into a crowd is, whan caught, hauled up and made to -suffer for it. Why not be reasonable and 'have a same FoKirtih in Zanesville this year? Zanesville Signal. Looks Like Good Price. It ös expected thfait one dollar or nre will be poiJ for new wheat this year and it is understood tliat in some oil the surrounding cities dealers arc now contracting at that price. WOiesut is o'f excellent qiHality and a fairly good acreage this yetar. It is estimated that the yield will be fronn 20 to CO bushels per 'acre. The cuttinig 'of 'wheat Ira connnierfced' in the southern part of the- starte but har-x-t will not commence here for at least ten days. Forger Captured Karfl J. SMcCoy, 23 years olld who is alleged to have obtained bdtween $300 and $G0O by fraudulent check operations throughout the state, was srrested Wednesday Sn Crofvvn Point, and II . C. Webster, private detective of Ittdi'anttpolis, arrived there yesterday to take charge df the prisoner.

TAFT WILL SAVE MANY MILLIONS

PRESIDENT MAKES ANOTHER MOVE TO CURTAIL FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS. Many Departments Created in Past Administration Will be Eliminated Washington, June 23. President Taft is about to take another farreaching, step in the direction of federal ret re nehme nit. Under orders from the White House, the various Cabinet officials have pared the estiffrrates for their departments so that the total is about $100,000.000 less ithan itfhe total appropriations for the fiscal year that will begin July 1, 1909, and end June 30, 1910. These estimates are for the fiscal year that .will begtin July 1, 1910, and end June 30,-1911. The appropriations for die fiscal yejur 1909-10, which aggregate the enormous amount of $1,040,000,000, are not affected by this paring pro cess. These appropriations already have been made, and until t'he present time everybody had supposed thay were securing from the presidential pruning knife. It now develops that President Tafft, in pursuance of his economy program, intends to see that a large part of ilhe appropriations already made for' the fiscal year 1909-10 shall be turned back into the federal treasury. Thinks Less Will Do. The dr-partmental officials, by cutting down their estimates more than $100,000,000 .below the amount actual ly appropriated for the fiscal year 1911, have admitted that they can get along with that nnrcJi less money during that fiscal year. The President does not understand why, if they can get along with $940, 000,000 during the fiscal year 1910-11, they should: not be able also to get along wiith $940,000,000 during the fisca'l year 1909-'lO..I'f he can hold them down to the equivalent of their actual estimates for the fiscal year 1911 he vi 11 be able to turn back into the treasury $100,000,000 at the close of the fiscal year 1910. Individual Tastes Must Go. That the llast session of Congress wSü not in reality be a "billion-dollar session," after President Taft gets through is now regarded as certain He may .not be able to save $100,000,000 of the amount appropriated, be cause it is difficult to institute such a sweeping, reform at a single jump, but he will return to the treasury man- mrillions df dollars rthat Congress should mot have " appropriated. The United States -government w'll no longer be used as an agent for the exploitation of the fads and fan cies of indfividiuals. This sort of busi ness will be stopped under the Taift regime. The administration of the Department of Agriculture has given rise to fads and hobbies in great numbers, which have been promoted at the expense of the federal treasury This in part, accounts for the fact that the appropriations for the De partmcmt fctf Agriculture increased from .$7,000,000 in the 53th congress to $23,000,000 in .fhe 60th congress a -growth Of $15,000,000 in only ten years. Marine Hospital Service Wavers. Another species o'f paternalism that probably is doomed is found in the marine hospital service. When an em ploye cif a steamboat company plying on waters that are navigable under the Umiteid States regulations becomes sick or injured be is taken to one of these hospitals and given treatment and cared for until he Is well, all at the expense of the govern ment. THis atppJies'to employes who are not in any way connected with the government. It fs contended that there is no more reason why the government should give hospital treatment to em ployes of' steamship companies than to employes of railroads or to employe of manufacturing establishments. One case is held by the econ omy reformers to be on all fours with the others. The government now spends $300,000 a year chasfng the boll weevil. It 'spends $250,000 more chasing the gypsy moth. There are- scores Of other investigations continually in progress under the Department of Agriculture which in the aggregate oonsuime an enormous amount of revenue. Gradually the government Has been taking on a lot o crusades and investigations which sh'oiuld be undertaken anVt paid for, if at all, by local expense in the states and communities iwihere the work lis done. Many Commissions Doomed. There are to be some sweeping reforms under Mr. Taft, and; mere dreamers, wbo have been usin"g the government to exploit their fancies, wiia get very little help from the administration henceforth. President Taft already has abolfshed the Council of Fine Arts by executive order issued M'ay 21. The Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials is doomed. Members of that board have been "drawing as much as $30 a May from the treasury i.n salaries and epxenses, although Congress has never appropriated a cent. It is asserted that some of these unlawful commissions have been using large clerical forces in the departments in preparing and compiling inlfoitnatJon for their use, which, alo, is to be stopped. Young Horse Thieves. Two young men, who had been employed by Mr. Woff on the W. E. Pinney farm in Cass township, Laporte county,, drove away Friday night with iMr. Wolf's horse and bugy. r. worn tonoweu ana overtook them in Marshall county. 'When the boys saw Mr. Wolf coming they jumped from the rig and escaped in the woods. IMr. Wolf recovered his horse and buggy.

RED CROSS

HELP OFFERED TAFT WRITES GOV. MAR SHALL EXTENDING RELIEF IN CALAMITIES. Millions Have Been Expended by National Organization During ' Last Four Years. Washington, June 29. W. H. Taft as president of the American Nation al Red Cros-s, has sent a letter to Governor 'Marshall of Indiana, calling his attention 'o the facilities of that organization for dealing with "'the relief and rehabilitation of com munities devastated by fire, flood and storm," etc. and inviting him to make use cf the Red Cross service when ever in his- judgment "large and un usual reticf measures" are required. The President also incloses a state ment ctf relief expenditures of the American Red Cross from Jan. 5, 1903, to iMay 5, 1909, showing a total disbursement of $4,472,893.62. The letter follows: "Sir The purpose of this letter is to bring to your knowledge the fa cilities of the American Red Cross for conducting large measures of em ergency relief or assisting in their cc-nduct in any part of the United States. "Its national director, Mr. Ernest P. B-ickncl!, who devotes his entire time to the executive duties of the Red Cross . has had an extended ex perience in the organization and di rection of work of this character. Mr Bickncll is prepared to proceed im mediately to the scene of any great disaster and conifer with the state or xvcal authorities as well as the local representatives of the Red Cross in regard to the efficient organization oi relief. This service is wholly free and is qufte apart from any question of the source of the relief funds. "The Red Cross is a national or ganization, tie only One chartered by :he United States and maintained for the sole purpose of relieving the suf ferings caused by war or by calam ities in time of peace . In the Unit ed States, far.unately, the 'Red Cross has been almost entirely free from the demands of war, but has found an important and growing field ' in the relief and rehabilitation o'f conjmnnites devastated by fire, flood, ;torm or of.ier disaster of an extent t magnitude exceeding local relief resources. Chartered by Congress. It operates under a special charer from Congress and is governed y a central committee appointed by he President of the United State from the Departments of State, Wlar, Xavy, Treasury and Justice, and is -cquircd to sidblmit an annual report ro Congress. In the event of war the Red Cross is the only organization Ahcse agents in the military encamp ments an'd ipon battle fields will be officially ' recognized and authorized to maintain hospitals hospital ships, etc. "Should any calamity occur within the boundaries of your state which requires large" and unusual relief measures, you are invited to make the freest use of the services of the Red Cross cr its national director in eith er an executive or an advjsory ca pacity. "Since the reorganization of the Red Cross in 1905 the amounts enum erated on the attached sheet have been raised and expended .t the places or for the objects stated. Very "iv pect fully, "William II. Taft." A statement accompanies the letter whPch shews thiat the American Red Cress had u.v;: ended for relief from Ian. 3, I.n.;, to May 5, 1909, $4,472,"SüS.fiS. the largest four items being he CaH'tornia earthquake and fire, $2,S5fi,2so.59; the Italiaii earthquake, 109S, $osfi.Mi; Chinese famine. $327.723.43 and the Japanese famine. .?245.sft3.67. The Red Cross realized fl.ts.000 from the sale of its Christ mas stamps in 1908. the proceeds be irg used for local anti-tubercuilosis work throughout the country. The total expenditures for administration and executive work for" trie same per iod were $30,195.15 about two-thirds of 1 per cent of the funds disbursed. Gentry Brothers' Shows. Harly Saturday morning Gentry Bothers trains twenty car loads of paratp'harnalia will come here over the Pennsylvania. They -will be unloaded in a hurry and transferred .piickly to the tsliow lots. At ten o'clock in the morning their parade will be formed, and at ten thirty o'clock it will leave the show lots to wend through the residential district to the rrincipal business thoroughfares. The surrounding country had been most liberally billed by Gentry Ilrothers shows. Their advance car sent out a crew of billposters, who acted as an advance guard to the world of trained animals, that are coming this way. So well did these men do their work that already the fame of Gentry Brothers has been pread broadcast. The paper they posted presents animal acts galore, and criticisms from the press in cities where Gentry Brothers have been proclaimed that the slrmv is all that it is heralded. Seriously 111 From Blood Poisoning. Ht'Tinan Sheek, a section employe of the Pennsylvania railroad, living at Curtisvillv., is seriously ill from blood poisoning, the result of cutting his hand n a glass fruit jar. The cherry crop was larger than his wife could care for and he volunteered to help her. Farmer Meets Frightful Death, Ben Clem, of St. Anthony, was riding across a field carrying a scythe when his horse became frightened. The scythe -drooped from Clem's hands and he was thrown on it. His body was almost cut in two.

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SUBSIDY BILL SUPPORT HUMPHREY, BILL FOR FREE SHIPS AND NEW SYSTEM OF TONNAGE. Party in Turn Promised Support in Next Campaign by Leagus Members. ' Washington, June 25. Ship subsrldy was revived and a new form of campaign wtas inaugurated at a dinner given at the Nev Wüllard Hotel Wednesday night. A new bill has been prepared and was introduced in the Hofcise Thursday by Representative Humphrey df Washington and mi t " 1 1 .1 o a wi4i dc imruuuccu in mc vviiu-ic some friends' of ship subsidy, prob " ably Senator Galling r. Speaker Cannon was the guest of honor at the dinner and President Taft gave encouragement to the promoters of the measure by dropping in irpon the dliner shortly after 9 o'clock and remaining for a short time. Tire hosts Were official ami toembeTÄ of tfhe 'Merchant Marine League, with headquarters- at Cleveiand, O. President Taft lec4ared he would do all m his power to assest in. he rebtafoilitation of the Arne ridani merchant ma rime. He said that something must be done, and that immediately to establish- an American merchant marine, and tfhat he iwouk do everything he could to bring this about. He remained at the dinner but a short time. ' The avOwed purpose of the dinner wtas to purswade President Taft, Speaker Cannon and the (Republican leaders that the new Humphrey bill should be maxie a part of the Republican "legislative program of next winter. Officers oi the league explained to their guers the details of a remarkable organization with members in 200 of the 391 congressional districts to create -sentiment in behalf of the Humphrey bill. Willing to Reciprocate. They offered to turn this orgatura tion to the advama-ge of the Republican party in the next campaign. The two novel features of the Humpilirey till are free ships a-nd a new system of tennflage taxes. At present Americans Qwninig fbreign-buik ships are t:ot permrittex! to fly the 'American flag over themF or htave them admitted to American registry unless they are more than half re-built in American shipyards. The bill poposes to admit to American registry forcign-buift ships of 3.0QO gros tons or more, wholly owned by Americans. These ships are to be restricted to foreign trade or trade wtth the Philippine and Hawaiian. Islands and are(to be barred from the coastwise trade and fqm mail enrnnensation ritte tWr art rrf lfiDl or the Humphrey act. hemisphere are to be reduced jw&fle tonnage taxes in the transatlantic trade and in the Eastern trade are to be materially increased. Reciprocal Law Repealed.' The rcoprtx&I law rchtcng to tonnagetaxed i repealed by thi bill. This wiN mean an increase estimated) at $1,000,000 in tonnage taxes to be paid by foreigni ship owners, and it is expected to decrease the tonnage taxes now paid by American shrips whlich trado chiefly in local waters. Further than Hhis a rebate of 80 per cent on all tonnage taxes will be allowed American ships -which carry American boys or apprentices to be trained) in seamanship. , The other features of the bill aTe the same as those of the last two cr three rrtatil subsidy billfc to be intoducevL This bill seeks, as those did, to establish now mail lines to So lit h and Central .America, Japan, China, the Philippines and Australia, the compensation of these' lines being paid out of the maiil receipts. The organs ration of the "Merchant Marine League to promote sentiment for this bill is based on an elaborate card index system covering eadh of the 200 congressional da strict 9 whose members are opposed or lukewarm to thie sh?p subsidy propositton. Use Cards in Camaptgn. The card devuted to e?ch congressionfal district contains the names of from fifty to seventy-five men. These men are bejng bombarded with publicity material. Through them, in ibis fashc'on, a sfcrfrimcnt is expected to be developed which will reach the members in each case. The card index system has been offered to Republican leaders for use in the nex-t election. The dinner given was a private affair. Among the hosto .who were officers and members s rf the Merchant .Marine League were: President Josephe G. Bhitler of YoimgsfQwn, O., Vice 'President Myron T. Jlerrick of CI eve Hand, Treasurer J. J. Suit van of Cleveland and Secretary John A. Pent on of Cleveland. Besides Speaker Cannon the guests were: Represewtatrve Pa ne of New York, McKinley of Illinois, Dwight of New York and Btrnkie kX Pennsylvania, Senator Gallansger, Postmaster General Hitchcock, John- Barrett, director of the Bureau of American Republics; Assistant Secretary of State Wilson; General -Clarence R. Edwards; chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs; former SeruaJtror Hem enway, former Rkrprefientative Charles B. Landi of Inditanta, former Second Assistant postmaster General McCleary and many others interested in the faip subsidy question. The Roosevelts Sail fcr Europe. 'Mrs. Theodore RooscYett, with three of her chMdren, Ethel, Quentin and Archie, sailed for Genoa Saturday on the 'White Star Liner Cedric, from New York. IMrs. Roosevelt and children, will spend the summer at the home of tMrs. Roosevelt's- stster, who has a villa in Italy ,and will remain there until Colonel Roosevelt completes his "African hunting trip.