Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 1, Plymouth, Marshall County, 7 October 1909 — Page 1

i f : 5 t PLYMOUTH TRI BUN Ii IL Ii h h PLYMOUTH. INDIANA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER (J 1909. VOLUME ix : NO. 1 . i I - ) . !

if

I r. r 9 1 ft 4 I -4 4 s I -I x i 4

A NEW TRUST TO BE CURBED

SELFISH INTERESTS SEEKING TO CONTROL NATURAL RESOURCES. Forester Points out the Duty of the Next Session of Congress. Unequivocally asserting that a monopoly now is in process of formation whose object is to obtain possession of the water power sites of the country . GifTord , Pinchot chief of the bureau of forest ly, who returned today from an extended inspection in the west, declared that remedial legislation must be qnacted i!t the coming session of congress ii this great natural resource is to be reserved to the people. The problem of how best to prevent die nation's water power sites from 'being gobbled up by such combinations Mr. Pinchot predicted will be one of the biggest issues which the next session of congress will have to thresh out. While he stated that the alleged trust is now only in the formative stage Mr. Pinchot declared that prompt action on the part of congress is necessary to throttle it. On die proper solution of this question the future happiness of a great many people rests, he said. Looming up as another big problem which will confront congress will the the question of the dispositions of vast areas of coal lands in the west, but principally in Alaska. It is important that congress should take prompt action on this important matter, Mr Pinchot said, for the protection of the country' fuel supply and also to prey en t a monopoly in that product. Damage Suit Settled. The famous $50,000 damage suit of Charles A. Johnson, of Laporte county, against the Lake Shore railroad, was settled foi $10,000 at South Bend Thursday. Johnson, while employed at the coaling station at Pinola, then known as Walls, was thrown under a train of cars and lost one leg and one arm. He sued the company for $50,000, the case being venued to South Bend, Where the jury gave him a verdict for $15,000. The company appealed and the appellate court affirmed the judgment of the lower court. Then the case went to the supreme court, Where verdict was reversed on some alleged technicality in the judge's instructions The case was sent back for retrial. 'Hie company's liability was not denied by the highei court and so the company preferred to settle rather than take the chances on another tri1 REMONSTRANCES GALORE Porter and Jasper County Lawyers Fighting the Kankakee Ditch. The Renssalaer Republican says: '"The big Kankakee drainage scheme is being attacked by lawyers who represent remonstrators ii both Jasper and Porter court ies, and every conceivable objection seems to have been set forth to defeat the drainage petition of Horace Marble, upon which he commissioners recently m' ti'tir report. "The number of remonstrators so far is not known, but they are coming in at the rate of severaJ dozen a dy and practically every lavvyer hi both eounties not associated with the attorney for the peitiont-r seems to have been retaired as counsel against the ditch." Ft. Wayne and the Canal. At last we have it direct from Fort Wayne that as far as the influence of that city goes South Bend and the St. Joseph Valley will be considered when it comes to locating the route of the proposed canal connecting lakes Erie and Michigan. Tins is the gist of a s'taUcmen't made by the Fort Wayne News and if the News has the authority it Has assumed to speak for the city in which it is published the declaration must be taken as final and South Bend may know from it that it haf an enemy in the field. The Fort Wayne paper bases the declaration of the impossibility of South Bend as a point on the proposed canal on an alleged statement of experts , who are sard to realize that the St. Joseph vail ley route, which South Bend proposes has insuperable obstacles and is wholly impracticable. South Bcti1 might as well look pleasant arid go to plotting for connecton with the main -canal by a latteral. South Bend will continue to look pleasant and will also persevere in its efforts to show that the northern route is not only wholly impracticable but is in reality the most feasible and the mos't advantageous for those proposed. South Bend News.

THIRD FIRE IN TOWN.

Glass and Corse's Restaurant Almost Destroyed in Ten Minutes by Explosion. For many ycars there has been a saying that when we have one fire we'll have two more within a few weeks. The Blain corner was burned then a barn on South Plum street and this morning the river side restaurant was gutted by fire. This restaurant was owned by Bernard Corse and Earl Glass, they having purchased it a week ago from Bert Ackles who had purchased from Kleckner two weeks before selling to Glass and Corse. The fire was caused by the explosion of a gasoline stove at six o'clock in the morning and in five minutes the inside of the restaurant was a mass of flames. The fire department responded promptly, everybody near the scene of the fire gave all the assistance possible, so that some of the stock near the front door was saved. The loss on the stock was about $300, with no insurance. The room was badly damaged but is fully insured. The plucky young men carried what was left of their goods into the adjoining room on the north, bought what was necessary to start in business again and by 3 o'clock in the afternoon they again had a restaurant and are now doing business almost as if they had not gone through a fire. STATE BINDING TWINE. It Will be Made at Michigan City While the Supply 0f Sisal Lasts. The state prison board and Governor Marshall propose :c keep the binder twine plant at the -Michigan City prison in operation so long as the state is able to obtain a supply of sisal, from which the twine is made. All of the sisal raised in the world, from which binder twine can 'De mack, comes from Yucatan, and there is a fear that the harvester trust may corner the market and get control of all of the supply. In such a case the state would not .be able to get sisal for its prison binder twine plant, ami it woulhave ,4o shut down. But this is what the state will seek to prevent. The Hoard shows that the plant has in three years made a net profit to the state of about $12.000. The state has an investment in the plant of .$'200,000 that the -$12.000 does not look like a very big return on the amount invested, but the board and the governor point out that the price of binder twine has been forced down by the prison plant until hundreds of thousands of dollars have been saivcd to the farmers of the state. The state sells the binder twine manufactured at the prison for much less than the price that was charged by the harvester trust before the plant was established, and as a result the output of the plant has been disposed of easily in competition with the trust goods :n this state. But ever since the orison plant was established the trust has been trying to put it 7ut of business. Death of Mrs. Carder. Mrs. Rebecca Carder died Wednesday, September 30, at the home of her daughter in Hanna, after an illness of several weeks, aged 78 years. She was one of the pioneers of Marshall county, her maiden name was Rebecca Burden and she was a sister of Joseph and Stacy Burden. Fifty-seven years ago she married Thomas Gibson, a brother of J. M. Gibson of this city. Less than two years later he was killed by falling from a wagon load of corn, the wheels of the wagon crushing his head and breaking his neck. He left his wife and one child five weeks old. That child is now Thomas Gibson, a prominent citizen of Fort Wayne. A few years later deceased married John Carder, who was for many years a resident of Inwood. He died about fifteen years ago. Mrs. Carder was an estimable lady and her death is mourned by her children and many relatives and friends. Duties Reach High Figure. Duties paid by transatlantic travelers at the port of New York reached a new high-water mark during the month of September, according to a statement 'by Collector Loeb. The total for the month is almost double the monthly average and is $100,000 greater than ever before collected in a single month, Held on Serious Charge. Norman T. Kniesley of Bourbon, was charged in Justice Grover's court in Laporte Friday night with a criminal assault upon Mary Hulet, aged six years. Kniesley was bound over to the Laporte circuit court in the sum of $2,000.

JOBS ARE OPEN TO THOUSANDS

DEMAND FOR WORKMEN GREATLY EXCEEDS SUPPLY. Good Wages Are Offered to All Classes of Laborers in Indiana. The Indianapolis Star says thousands of good paying jobs are going heggmg in Indianapolis ami vicinitv, all because of the false pride of Americans. This is vouched for by the various advertisements in newspaper and the different employment agencies, as well as the men who are eager to do the employing. All is taken as the 'best evidence that prosperity has swept down upon the Hoosier state. "If i had 1,000 men lined up in front of my office 1 could give ihem all better jobs than they could have gotten four years ago, within two hours, and still have another thousand positions vacalnt," said J. W. Beard, an employment agent yesterday. Beard declared that he has petitions from railroad and contract employers begging him to get them men. He says that their work is crippled because men can not be obtained, and cites as examples of the demand that the Indianapolis, Newcastle & Toledo Eastern Traction company wants 150 men and can get only forty-five, that the Illinois Central Railroad wanlts 250 men, the Big Four need's all it can employ, the Vandalia and Pennsylvania lines are crying for men and could employ about 500. Beard said that jobs paiying 3 a day are now open anil that the same positions four years ago were in demand at $1 3 Offers "His Kingdom; The. Indianapolis Motor Speedway Company is searching for 200 men at once to help in the work of paving 'the five-mile race course with brick. These men are needed mainly to prepare the track for the bricklayers. "My kingdom for men with shovels and picks," said one of the officers in the Central Union Telephone Company, after he had declared that he has immediate need of seventy-five men- to do work ait Shelby "arid Sanders streets. This is underground work, and the company has its hands tied by lack of workmen. The Xor.'i ke & Marmon Automobile and Machinery Company is going through a similar ordeal with the American Car and Foundry Company and many others that have orders waiting and not enough men to fill them. The Westlake Construction Company and the Indianapolis Water Company are both after men. The Speedway will pay $1.85 a day. The Water Company offers 45 cents an hour for teams and 17 1-2 cen-ts an hour for laborers. The employment agency in the state statistician's office has requests for 350 men. The Vander Voort Employment Agency is having a similar struggle to fill positions. "Xot only day laborer jobs, but all kinds of positions are open," said one officer of this agency. If I had the men I could give positions as clerks, salesmen, tailors, carpenters, plumbers, steam fitters, mill and factorv hands, dairy worker and anything down to bell lx)ys.' Good Times Here Again. The cause for these conditions is traced, by men in touch with the situation, to prosperity's return ami the fact that hundreds of foreigners took fright and fled, from the country when the "hard times" cry went up not long ago. "Americans think they are to good to wield a pick.' said one disgusted employer yesterday. "I don't know of a contractor who would not give Americans preference, but we can't get them to work. The foreigners are all right, but we can't even get them now. Farmers make good hand between crops, but they lay off whenever they please and we can't depend on them either. There is a certain class who will always be idle. This class, and some others, kick because we employ foreigners, but what eise can we do? Americans have false pride and think they are too good to dig with a pick. Big Shops at Elkhart. The Elkhart Review claims to have official, or at least authorative information that the Lake Shore railroad will erect very extensive shops at Klkhart, larger than those at Collin wood at a cost of nearly .$2,00'),000 The plans have been mapped out, it is alleged and work to be started soon after the first of the year. That will give F.lkhart a big boost. Ask for Parole.' H. I. Finney, n !rolb.r-in-iaw of Ray Lampherc in Michigan Citv prison for biirninj ti.e home of Mrs. Helle Günne at LaPortc has gone to Indianapolis to see Gov. Marshall and ask for a parole for Lamphere, v! o is dying.

IS WILLING TO RESIGN.

If Necessary to Advance Sobriety Says Parade Was Npnpartisan. "I am willing to get out of the army, or make any other personal sacrifice if thereby I shall be able to advance die cause of temperance." Gen. Frederick D. Grant voiced this sentiment upon his return from the Hudson-Fulton celebratio in Xew York. He was in a good-natured mood when he spoke of the controversy raised by W. R. Michaels, official of the United Societies, who questioned the propriety of Gen. Grant's leading the temperance parade in Chicago last Saturday in a letter written to tlve War Department. "Personally I am a teetotlar," continued Gen. Grant, "and if I could reduce drunkenness by one half I should feel that I had done my share of good in the world. Xo one need have any doubts as to my personal feelings upon this subject." "The controversy appears to haveibeen over the use of the uniform. Why, my dear sir, that parade represented the thing the arm 'stands for. It was a law and onter demonstration, and I would feel I had been derelict in my duty had I ret used to participate. What dois the army repre sent if not law and order? I would not have thought of taking part if the demonstration had been a partisan one. On the other hand it was anything else. We had in that parade all churches and creeds. There were the Salvation Army and the Volunteers of Amrica. as well as the Prohibitionists." I , Gen. Grant then explained that if the parade had been considered a partisan affair he would, never have worn his uniform and would have taken part only as a private citizen. Death of Anthony McGrew. Anthony McGrew of River Park, South .llend, committed suicide Friday about 2:30 p. m. by drowning in the St. Joseph river. He leaves a wife and five children. Ill health and despondency were the cause of his rash act. H'e had been unable to work for a long time and his wife earned the 'livelihood by working, uat the rubber fatory. Thursday evening he complained of his head paining him. On "Friday morning Mrs. McGrew arose as usual without calling her husband, prepared her breakfast and started to work. On her return in the evening, she found aj note in a book which he had been reading stating that he was tired of life and bade his wife and family goodbye. Their youngest child, a boy of about 5 years, was at home with the father, Before going to the river he put the little boy to bed ami told him he was going away and would come back in the morning if he could set back. Those in search of his body did not have it located at 3:30 p. m. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. McGrew were former residants of the vicinity of Twin Lakes, moving from that place to River Park. Mrs. McGrew is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Ixnvery, both of whom died some time ago at their home in Walnut. She was born and grew to womanhood near the banks of Twin Lakes and all who know her sympathize with her in these hours of deepest gloom amd sorrow. LOSES WAGER; ARRESTED. Boy Who Bet He Could Support Himself is Now Charged With Theft. Ft. Wayne, Ind., Oct. 3. Thirtv days ago Frederick Lawrence of Peoria, 111., who is reputed to be worth half a million, made a wahrer with his son Richard that the latter could not stay away from home for six months an take care of himself for that period. Today the young man was arrested in this city on a charge of stealing a raincoat from a Lapel garage and was fined $1 and costs. Richard was turned over to Superintendent George I. Cooper of the Ft. Wayne Rescue Home and Mission. The Preachers to Blame. If newspaper reports of the white washing of preachers by the Rockford Methodist conference are true, it is useless to expect any great reform in Chicago until the Methodist church and several other churches arc as ready to condemn the immorality of their preachers and leading church members ais they are to condemn the saloons and disreputable dives of the city. Veteran Asks Divorce. Cicorpe T. l.arney of Klkhart, president of the Indiana State Association of Mexican War Veterans, has filed suit for divorcv. from, Mary l.arney, whom he married fiftv-scven vcars ago. The complaint says they lived apart, though in the same house, for the last twenty years.

WEIRD SCENES NEAR THE POLE

HEAVEN HOT IN DREAMS POLAR GLITTER MADDENING. Sun Assumes Distorted Face of Men and Animals to Exhausted Explorer. Dr. Cook gives a vivid description of scenes near the pole after he reached the point where thi sun shines continuously for six months. The temperature, ranging between 30 and 40 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, kept persistently near the freezing point vf mercury, and, though the hec: of the perpetual sun gave light and color to the cheerless wastes we were not impressed with any appreciable sense of warmth. Indeed, the sunbeams seemed to make the frost of the air pierce with a more painful sting. Heaven Hot in Dreams. There was a weird play of orgies, seemingly most impressive at 'this time clouds Of steam rose from the frozen seas. In marching over the golden glitter snow scalds the face, while the nose is bfeaeihed with frost. The sun roe into zones of fire and set into burning fields of ice, but with pain breathe the chill of death. In camp a grip of the knife left painful burns from cold metal. To the frozen finger the water was hot. With wine spirits the fire was lighted, while oil delighted the stomach. In dreams heaven was hot, the other place was cold. All nature was false ; we seemed to 'be nearing the chilled tlame of a new Haides. In our hard life there was nothing genuinely warm. The congenial appearances were all deception, '-nit death offered only cold comfort. There was no advantage in suicide. We should have enjoyed this curious experience, but with endless bodily discomforts, combintd in aching muscles and an overbearing glacial foliage, there cou'ld be no real joys from the glories of nature. The pleasure was reserved for a later retrospect. Words and picture cannot adequately d'escri'be the maddening influence of this sameness of polar glitter, combined with bitter winds, extreme cold and an overworked boUy. To make a severe test for myself there was always the encouragement of arctic achievement the outcome of id timate success. But for my young savage companions it was a tor ment almost beyond endurance. I heir weariness was made e vident by a lax use of the whip, and an indifferent urging of the dogs. They were, however, brave and faithful to the bitter end, seldom allowing selfish ambitions or uncontrollable passions seriouslv to interfere with the main effort of the expedition. On the morning of April 13 a strain of agitating torment reached a breaking point. For days there had been a steady cutting wind from the west, which drove despair to its lowest reaches. The west again blackened, to renew its soul despairing blast. The sun was screened with ugly vapors and the path was as cheerless as the arctic night. Xo torment could be worse than that never-ceasinjg rush of icy air. Ahwelah bent over his sled and refused to move. His dogs turned arid looked inquiringly; I walked over and stood by his side. Etukishook came near and stood motionless, staring blankly at the southern skies. Large tears fell from Ahwelah's eyes and piled a little frost of sadness in the blaze of his own shadow for several minutes; not a word was uttered, but I knew that each felt that the time had come to free the fetters of human passions. Slowly Ahwelah said: "Uiine Sinig pa ovabtonic i-o-doria." It is wvll to die beyond is impossible." Mrs. Emma Kunze. Mrs. Emma Kunze died at the Laporte hospital Saturday afternoon, of cancer, aged 50 years, 3 month and 18 days. She was the widow of John Kunze amd resided for many yeatrs near Linkville. After her husband's death she came to Plymouth and was for a time in business here, but was most of the time employed as a cook in hotels or restaurants. The remains were brought to Plymouth and funeral services were held at Fairmount church north of this city, Monday afternoon. Iden S. Romig. Iden S. Romig. of South Rend, chairman of the St. Joseph county Democratic committee, made this office a pleasant call Thursday. He was the Green township correspondent of the Plymouth Republican twenty-seven years ago and was a good one. He studied law, went to South Rend and is now a Democratic leader as well as a prominent lawver.

BOY KILLS SISTER.

Child Fires Revolver Loaded by Father Were Playing Burglar. New York, Oct. 2. Since a month ago, when real burglars tried to get into his father's home at Hoboken, 7-year-old Willie Hansen has fostered an ambition to kill a bold, bad intruder with a big, rusty revolver that he knew his father had loaded and placed on a shelf to be ready for future visitations of robbers. On Thursday nigh't Willie got his "burglar. She was a curlyhaired little girl of 4 years, his own playmate and sister, Edna. This little "burglar" had daringly broken into the room where her small bed stands- by parting the curtains and saying: "Boo! Here, comes the bad mans ! Then Edna bounced around on her crib, pretending she was going to steal the pillow on which her head was wont to rest. Willie aroused himself from a pretended slumber and aiined his revolver at his sister who was laughing in glee. Willies finger touched the trigger. There was a loud report and a Hash of flame. The little "burglar" fell back on the bed, pillow in hand, a smile on her face, dead. Willie Hansen was standing beside the bed regarding his "burglar" -with , puzzled expresion, when his father and mother, who had been at their evening meal, rushed into the room. Willie did not know exactly what had happened. He could 'see Edna's night gown dyed crimson just over the heart, where the bullet had entered her left lung. "Guess you'll never try to steal that pillow again," he pouted. Mrs. Hansen with a scream clasped her little girl to her breast and cried : "My baby girl! Speak to me! Oh. what has happened?" "Don't keep sleppin', Edna," pleaded Willie; "I was only foolin'. I's quit playing' now, so wake up." Rut Edna did not wake up. Dr von Deelsen, who lives in the neighborhood, came quickly and said the eyes would never open again. WUlie cried bitterly and was put to bed, not a harsh word being said to him. DECIDES AGAINST LIQUOR Oklahoma Supreme Court Puts Stop to Practice of Selling Liquor From, Trains. Guthrie, Okla. ,Oct. 4. If a resident of Oklahoma wishes to receive a shipment of liquor and dispose of the 'same in violation of the state's prohibition law he must get to the incoming train ahead of the police if he expects to obtain possession of the con sign ment before it is confiscated. This -is the effect of a decision of the State Supreme Court today in which all the justices concurred and which reversed a finding of the lower civil courts. These courts held that the interstate commerce laws protected a shipment of liquor while it was on the premises of the railroad. The decision was in the case of B. W. Tucker. vho shipped a car load of beer to Oklahoma City. He was disposing of it from the car and the police seized eighteen kegs. Thieves Stole Infected Calf. Henry Miller, a catitla raiser four miles southwest of Middlebury, living on Ihe Wain er farm, had a number of fine .calves in a pen last week, when a large shepherd dog owned by Mr. Miller was seized with rabies and bit one of the calves. The dog was "imediately killed and the calf put in a pen alone. Mr. Miller and his wife left home for a few days ad on their return found that the calf had been stolen, killed and presumably sold. Elkhart Review. A Double Wedding. On Sunday afternoon October 3 there was a double wedding at the residence of W. W. Lineberry three miles northeast of Plymouth, Rudolph E. Cramer and Miss Mollie Shively, and Glen A. Sherer and Miss Dessie E. Shelley, were united in marriage by Rev. W. W. Lineberry .Doth couples are nice young people residing near Mount Olive church. They begin married life with bright prospects and best wishes of many friends. Had Miraculous Escape. E. A. Ketrin.g fell from a roof of his bkrn near Syracuse and narrowly escaiped serious injury. After rolling 15 feet down the side of a slanting roof he managed to grasp Uie eaves-trough to which he held for several minutes, meanwhile calling lustily for help. As assistance had almost reached him he lost his hold and fell to the ground, a distance of 10 feet. He was picked' up breathless nut otherwise uninjured.

ADVANCE PAYMENTS.

County Treasurer Will Be Asked for $900,000 Before the Regular December Settlement. Indianapolis, Oct. 5. the beginning of the state's new fiscal year was marked by an unusually heavy demand on the state treasury by holders of warrants issued against the 1D1U appropriations made" by the last general assembly. A number of the appropriations were for additions and repairs to institutons, and the money was not made available until the beginning of the year. However, much of the work was set under way some time ago, with the .understanding that payment was to be made as soon as the funds became available. By this means the work will be completed before cold weather sets in. The treasurer had prepared for the expected demand. Approximat 'y $100,000 in ready cash was in the treasury vault at the close of business. i The auditor expects within a short time to prepare an estimate of the needs of the treasury from now until the regular December settlement with the county treasurers, and a call will be issued for advance payments, provided for by an act of the recent general assembly. It is estimated thajt 9(;0,000 will be required. Obituary. The death of Mrs. James M. Greer which was briefly mentioned in. last week's issue of this paper, occurred on the morning of September 'ZI, 190D. The deceased had arranged clothes the night before to put on and attend a funeral in Plymouth. She had not 'been ou't of bed long before she complained of feeling ill. Immediately her husband and daughter Blanche hastened to her, but it was of no avail; she fell to the floor and soon expired. The funeral was held Friday afternoon at the home west of Bourbon arid the remark;; Duried in .thevOdd Fello ws cemetery. The following prepared by Rev. Crews of In wood, who conducted the funeral services, was read during the latter. Mary Plummer, daughter of Barack and Xancy Plummer was born in Fayette county, Ind., on December 14, 1S:19. At the early age of 7 in the year 1847, she was brought by her parents to Marshall County Indiana. Here on the 2nd of July, 1857 bhe was united in marriage with James M Greef. To this marital union was given a household of eight children six girls and two boys. All of them reside in Marshall, County, Indiana. The subject oi this obituary notice wras born of religious parentage, a fact which is not only worthy of remark, but of which to be most profoundly grateful. The dates here given reveal the fact that she was an early settler in these regions and tha)t she endured the difficulties, hardships and dangers consequent uj)On the life of a pioneer. At the a?e of 1G years she joined the M. E. church and this fact, together with the circumstanced that her father was a most devout christian, justifies us in believing thaft from a child she knew the holy scriptures which were able to make her wLse unto salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. This writer is not here to pronounce an en logy upon the life of this splendid, elect lady; 'she needs none but I will say that in the 31st chapter of Proverbs there is a fine portrature of her character. For certainly as Solomon says "She did her husband good and not evil all the days ot her life." And now, after more than half a century of the most intimate and affectionate association, he can say with the Wise man "her price was far above rubies" and that "the heart of her husband did safely trust in her." While her husband praiseth her, her children rise up and call her blessed. And we'll they may for deeper maternal affection perhaps never resided in any mother's heart than reigned in hers. Her death occurred suddenly but peacefully on the morning of September 22, 1000. A granddaughter of the deceased Mrs. A. B. White, offers the following in memory of the dead. You arc gone but not forgotten By the ones that loved you dear: Relentless death among us comes And bitter grief imparts. It took a true mother from onhome But never from our hearts. Mourn not for me. nor sorrow take. But lovcys?ach other for my sake. Weep not. dear children, but be content My life to you was only lent. My grave you know, my bed you see, Prepare yourself to follow me In love we lived in peace 1 died You asked me my life, but God denied.

LOOPHOLES IN THE LAW 1 -4 GOV. MARSHALL SPOKE IN CHICAGO SUNDAY EVENING.

Denounces Men Unmindful of Public and Prophesies Higher Morality. In the course of an impassioned appeal for a higher standard of civic and business morality in the America of the twentieth century, Governor Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana denounced manufacturers who employ perilous preservatives and railroad officials who seek to increase their dividends by endangerng the lives of their patrons as constructive murderers. Governor Marshall was addressing the members of the Chit vgo Sunday Evening Club at Orchestra Hall on the subject 'A Xew Puritan." "When the new morality is developed," satd the Governor, "men ill interrogate their acts, regard them in their most remote social aspects and not acquit themselves of guilt, if they have merely aivaided the penalties of the law. "The average man today in America will 0 to his attorney to ascertain precisely how far he may go without tumbling over the brink of the precipice and landing in the penitentiary. Old Crimes Unpunished. The old crimes ae still unpunished, larceny is punished, burglary is punished. Here in Chicago even murderers are convicted iind grafters now and then meet their dues. But how about those crimes which are not punishable under existing statutes? How about the crimes of money lust? The manufacturer for example, who 'employes benzoate,of soda to save a few dollars, what shall we say of him? The effects of this preservative upon the child's life have never been adequately tested. It may kill the child. Higher Morality Corning. We have not yet in America reached the. stage of development where we arc ready to hold a man responsible for those deeds which he does not actually commit with his hands, but this higher morality must and will be developed aimong us. We shall yet see the day when a man will not go to his lawyer to discover what is right and what is wrong; when he will look within himself and answer those simple questions with a sturdy integrity. Governor Marshall held the church to be culpable in that it hal not enforced p. more rigid sense vf personal 'responsibility. "Never in the history of the country," he affirmed, "have the church and the state been closer together and never has that kinship been more regrettable. It is the trouble with the church Uiat it has turned over to thestate the function of directing the morals of the community. It has tended to yield its sanction to those forms of conduct, which do not transgress a written statute.". The meeting was the first of the season. Members of the Chicago Association of Commerce were guests. What's the Answer? A Garrett business man said: "This credit business is a funny thing. For instance, two men come into my store. Both buy a pair of shoes, same kind, same price. One pays for his; the othed had his shoes charged. -Thirty days go by and the 'shoes that were charged are still unpaid for. Then the- man receives a statement of his account, which is sent him as a reminder that he still owes for the shoes. Nine times out of ten he -pays no attention to it. If he does, eight times ffut ot ten he feels that he has be.en insulted by your sending him a dun and is sore about it. Now liere's the funny thing. In the first place the man asks me to give him my goods without paying for them, which I do. Then when I ask him for what belongs to me he gets hot. What I would like to knowis this: .Who pets the accommodation? And had I ought to be tickled to death to sell my goods on credit and keep still about it, whether they are paid for or not?" Garrett Clipper. Chicago to Get Subway. That the Rothschilds, the Eurcpcan banking kings, are about to consolidate all the surface ad clevrted railways n Chicago, ? the report in circulation. The r?por is that the fore'gn financier purpose not only nis consolidation, but the consiuction as soo.i n practicable of a giant subway stctr to rival :!iit of Tcw York. Death of Miss Nora Cox. Nora M., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Xoah Cox, residing on the Starke county line nine miles west of Plymouth died Monday, Oct. A, aped 24 years 9 months and 1!) days. The funeral -will be held at the Dunkard church in West township Thursday.

; (

r ! I i n 4 s if 'i :j ii if

t: 4 :

. -w V .MrjPVQ. -r j'v." ....