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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

The armored cruisers West
Virginia, Colorado, Pennsylvania
and Maryland, of Admiral Day
tons Pacific feet are expected to
start from Cavite for the United
States in ten days or two weeks.
They may stop en- route at Jap
anesc ports. This, it was stated
at the Navy Department, is OPP
tional with the officer in COM
mond. 1t is extremely unlikely,
however, in view of the fact that
the vessels are to come home by
way of Honolulu.
The movement in accordance
with orders issued a month ago
and made public by the Bureau
| of Navigation at that time and is
simply to put into effect the plan
of the department to form the
Pacific fleet in lines similar to
that of the Atlantic feet, which is
made up of various divisions.
The four ships are now in the
vicinity of Gee Foo. China, where
they have been engaged in target
practice. This practice on the
Pennsylvania has been delayed
by the appearance of case OF
smallpox on that vessel.
The four ships form the min
stay of Admiral Dayton's Pacific
fleet now in Asiatic waters. Their
withdrawal will leave but few
American naval vessels of any
great consequence in that section
| of the world, and in effect means
the practical transfer of the head
quarters of the Pacific fleet to
American waters, if Admiral
Dayton returns to San Fi~ncisco
in his flagship, the West Virgin
ia.
Another division of Admiral
ISwinburne' squadron of the Pa
cihc fleet will be formed as soon
as practicable. This will include
the four armored cruisers, South
Dakota. california. Tennessee
and Washington. The two for
mer are now under construction
on the Pacific coast, and the two
latter are in European waters
but are under orders for the
coast.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
King Asks Swedes to Return,

King Oscar is anxious to Sc
cure the return to Sweden of the
hundreds of thousands of Swedes
who have emigrated to America.
and has begun an investigation to
determine what were the condf
tons which prompted his people
to leave the fatherland and what
would be necessary for Sweden
to do to induce them to return.
This investigation is part of
the industrial awakening which
is now on in Sweden, and the re-
cent change in the post of the
Swedish minister to the United
States was made with view TO
furthering the return of Swedish,
Americans to their fatherland.
Mr.. Lagercrantz, the new min
lister, was charged to open bu-
reau in the United States through
which Swedish American desir-
ing to return might secure infor-
nation as to the conditions in
his trade in Sweden and the
probabilities of his prospecting
there Consul Ekman, who died
recently in Sweden, left 100000
crowns (s116,OOO) to the bureau
which Mr.. Lagerkrantz is to es-
tablish.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Europe Still Best Customer.

Europe remains our best Gus
toner for manufactured articles
although manufactures form on
ly 27 per cent of our total ex-
ports to that continent.
A complication just made by
the bureau of statistics empha-
sizes our growth as manufac-
turing nation. The figures show
that manufacturers form the lar
gest percentage of our exports to
South America, Oceanica, Asia,
Africa and North America.
In our trade with South Amer
lea manufactures form Sc per
cent. Oceanica So per cent, Asia
IS per cent, Africa 66 per cent
and North America 62 per cent
These figures show that Ameri-
can manufactures are meeting
their foreign competitors in the
markets of the world with graf
flying success. 1t is believed,
however, when he value of these
exports is taken into considera-
ton, that Europe, buying $151,-
100000 of our manufactured ex-
ports, easily leads in totals,
North America being close sec
ond, absorbing $149,000,000 OF
such exports annually.
Asia takes sos, 100000 OF our
manufactures exported, Sohth
America S54, 100000. Oceanica
$2G, 100000 and Africa $11,000,-
600. The statistics show that ex-
ports classed as manufactures for
use in manufacturing, consisting
OF partly manufactured products,
which are yearly sent abroad
amount in value to about half as
much as the fully manufactured
products.
The great bulk of our exports
to Europe and to Africa consist
of food stuffs, while one-third OF
the imports by Europe from the
United States consists of mater
-ials in raw or crude form to be
used In manufacturing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Old Feud Yet Burns.

The recent talk of a approche-
ment between France and Ger
many appears to have little
chance of realization. The prince
of Monaco has been the prime
mover in the scheme to induce
the two neighbors to bury the
hatchet, and he seems to have inn
pressed certain politicians at Ber-
lin and possibly the Emperor
himself with the idea that by
means of an arrangement with
France Germany could emerge
from the circle which has almost
isolated her.
There is also a considerable
faction in France which believes
France should cease to play Eng
lands game, and that her surest
guarantee of the peace for which
she Strives would be a frank un-
derstanding with Germany. But
the present controlling political
powers in the French Govern
ment would consider anything in
the nature of rapprochement.
with Germany nothing short of
treachery to the alliance and the
series of friendships France has
SO industriously built up in re-
cent years.
The only possible basis of an
understanding would be financial.
France, as the general world
banker, is always in funds for in
vestment and many French bank
ers have long believed that the
best way to insure peace with
Germany was to induce heavy
French investments in German
industrial enterprises. But the
French Government has hereto
fore steadily opposed the fnanc-
ing of German enterprises and
what money has gone to Ger
many has done SO in spite of the
Governments attitude.
1t musr also be borne in mind
that Clemenceau is strong par
tisan of the British French COM
bination, and as long as he has
the helm nothing is likely to be
done which would be remotely
prejuidicial to British interests.
The indications, therefore, are
that nothing in the direction of a
rapprochement with ! Germany
will be accomplished for the pres
.ent, but that France will simply
seek to maintain the present
good relations" with Germany,
which M. Pinchon, in his recent
speech before the Chamber, de-
scribed as better than they had
been for wears.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Seeks Death in Vain.

Laudanum, sharp knife,
hanging, suffocation and about
all the methods of suicide have
been tried by Mrs. Maggie Welsh
bride of Star City, Ind, but so
far she has been unsuccessful.
In the last ten days, driven
frantic over the sudden death of
her young husband, Mrs. Welsh,
who is 26 years old, has made
six unsuccessful attempts at sui
eide.
The sixth attempt was made
Wednesday night. She tried to
choke herself to death with an
old apron. She was rescued and
revived and did not seem to un-
derstand what had happened.
Shortly after her marriage Mrs.
Welsh's husband, Roy Welsh,
was accidentally killed while
working for the Pennsylvania
company at Indianapolis.
A little over week ago she
took a dose of laudanum, but ply
sicians saved her life, and before
she was fully recovered she took
more poison, but was again saw
ed. The next day she hung her
self to her bedroom door hinge
with an old apron, but was dis
covered before injuring herself.
The next day she locked herself
in her room and tore her bed
sheet into rope and hung her
self to the door hinge.
The alarm being spread, neigh
bors broke into the window and
took down what was supposed to
be her lifeIess body and the ooun-
ty coroner was called. He dis
covered a spark of life remaining
and again she was brought to
consciousness.
Her next attempt was made de-
spite the careful watching of at
tentive friends. She procured
paI of small scissors and cut the
artery in her wrist. She became
weak from loss of blood before
this effort was discovered and the
flow of blood stopped and the
wounds bandaged. Next she tried
to choke herself with an old waist
which she tightly twisted around
her throat while lying in bed.
Next she got an apron around
her throat and was again found
hanging to the door hinge with
her feet held up from the floor
However, she revived and did not
seem to understand what had
happened. She is being constant
ly watched now.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Becomes Slave to Pay Debt.

Il will pay back every cent OF
my obligation" was the remark
made by George Lightcap, when
he retired from the office of treas
urer of Starke county, Ind, with
a shortage of 100000 charged 10
him. II mean to prove that | can
be honest.
That he is sincere in his deter
mination to remove the stain from
his official record was evidenced
Thursday, when the bondsmen
paid in the balance of the short
age. Lightcap, though old and
feeble. has been doing all kinds
of manual labor, turning over to
his bondsmen every cent that he
could spare above the actual cost
of living.
While he has paid but a small
amount of money in the aggre-
gate on his obligation, he declares
that he will work the years which
he is permitted to live and con-
tinue the payments. Unfortunate
speculations by Lightcap while
he was in Office contributed to his
financial ruin.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Secretary Wilson Drops Women

A sensation has been created
in Washington by the order issu-
ed by Secretary Wilson prohibit
ing the employment of women in
the Agricultural Department as
private secretaries to heads OF
bureaus and chiefs of division.
The women in the government
departments who have been
pointing with pride to reports
from the civil service bureau and
to interviews with prominent Of
ficials commencing their efficien-
cy are shocked that Secretary
Wilson at this time should step
in and restrict their employment.
Some of them assert that Sec
retary Wilson in trying to pro-
tect them from temptations to
which they have been exposed as
private secretaries has gone too
far. They declare that the rec
ords prove that women are more
efficient and in all respects more
satisfactory than men as govern
ment clerks.
Secretary Wilson's order does
not raise the question of efficien-
cy, and he has no prejudice
against women clerks. He be-
lieves, however, that women en-
ployed as private secretaries are
exposed to the evil of tongue of
gossip and to temptations from
which they should be shielded.
His experience at the head of the
Agricultural Department has
demonstrated to his satisfaction
that women should not. be given
employment which requires them
to remain after working hours
with chiefs of division, or go to
their homes for work outside of
office hours. He freely admits
that women make excellent
clerks, but he believes those who
are forced to go out to work for
living should be given all the
protection possible.
The women clerks are anxious
ly awaiting developments. They
are apprehens;ve that the rule set
by the Secretary of Agriculture
may be adopted in other depart
ments. They are Inclined to re-
sent what they term the insinua-
ton conveyed in The order and
are willing that the question
which has been raised should be
disposed of on merit. 1t is claim
ed by them that the records will
show that in all respects women
as private secretar es, as in all
grades of employment in the pub
| lie service, have better records
than men.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Saws Big Stores Are Curse.

The election of officers was an
|nounced Wednesday at the thir-
teenth biennial convention of Re-
tail Clerks international Union
held at ST. Joseph, Missouri. The
|! officers are: President, III. ]. Con
way, Chicago secretary-treasurer
Max Morris, Denver; third vice
president, Will +. Hauck, Column
bus, o.; sixth vice president, ]. C.
Thompson, Mobile, Ala.
The delegates are formulating
la minimum wage schedule, which
each local will be required to en-
force. Resolutions were adopted
declaring that women clerks
should be paid the same wages
as male clerks, where they do the
Sd me work.
The convention also declared
for an eight-hour day. President
Conway, in a speech to the con-
vention, denounced department
stores as a curse to humanity.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Indiana Law Prevents Death
Bed Marriage.

Strict marriage laws of Indiana
prevented a marriage ceremony
at Michigan City Wednesday af-
ter a clergyman and the friends
had gathered to witness solemn
deathbed wedding.
Richard Purvis planned to mar
Carrie Burns, his housekeeper,
that she might be provided for
after his death.
All arrangements had been
made for taking the vows, but the
county clerk at the vital moment
refused to Issue the license on a
technical provision Purvis owns
large tracts of land and city lots
and his death from tuberculosis
is expected hourly.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Put a Limitation.

Once more the appalling an
nual statistics of railway disas-
ters have set railway managers tc
thinking seriously about precau.
tions for the greater safety Of
their trains.
The managers of the Burling-
ton think they have found the
secret in a limitation of speed
This railroad, in the face of all
apparent public demand to be on
time regardless of risks, has pIac-
ed maximum speed limit of &C
miles an hour upon its passenger
trains and has put speed meters
IN locomotive cabs to detect
speed in excess of this limit.
How important this is to the
travelling public may be gathered
when it is stated that the fast
transcontinental mail train,
which does not carry passengers,
maintains a speed of 80 miles an
hour on portions. of this road
every night. 1t is also we'll
known fact that there is not a
single fast train on any of the big
railway systems that does not
frequently equal and even sur
pass this speed in daily efforts to
make up lost time.
How far speed contributes to
accident is an open question. The
Burlington experiment will be in
teresting and valuable to the en-
tire railway world.
But the American people,
aroused over the long list of dead
and injured for the year, will not
be content with such mild meth
dds of reform.
There is pending in the nation
al senate bill offered by Senator
LaFollette forbidding the rail-
roads to permit ''any employe in
or connected with the movement
OF any train to remain on duty
more than 16 hours, except when,
by casualty occurring after such
employe has started on his trip,
he is prevented from reaching his
terminal; or to permit any such
employe to go on duty without
having had at least ten hours for
rest.
The railroads offer strenuous
opposition TO the passage of this
bill. And this opposition shows
where the shoe pinches.
Many accidents of the past
have been attributed to over
worked trainmen or dverworked
dispatchers.
The limitation of hours of con-
tinuos labor to 16 is not unreas-
enable.
All regulating measures must
be productive of some incidental
hardship. That cannot be help
ed. But it is better that the rail
ways should suffer some hard
ships in the decrease of dividends
than that their employees should
continue to suffer injustice and
the public continue to suffer in
lJuries and loss of life.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Populace is Indignant.

Three more companies of state
troops were rushed to Hahnville
Friday to augment the two com
panies which were dispatched
there Thursday night, on account
of the indignation of the people
over the sentencing of four Ital-
ians to life Imprisonment instead
of to the gallows. The men were
convicted of the murder of the
Lamana child. The prisoners were
sentenced Saturday.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

On Friday, July 26, 1907, a
number of the early settlers, who
arrived near Maxinkuckee lake II
years ago, will hold picnic at
Culver in the Vandalia park north
of the Vandalia railroad station.
Among those who celebrated last
year are included the Voreis,
Brownlee, Logan, Mcdonald,
Houghton, Thompson, Dickson
Morris and Mosher families and
others. 1t is hoped that all these
families ard their friends will be
present this year for another en-
joyable reunion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Attitude of Ralston.

concerning a report that Sam
uel Nj. Ralston is not a candidate
Tor the Democratic nomination
Tor Governor of Indiana, Mr.. RAJ
ston, in an interview at his home
in Lebanon, says Il have made
up my mind not to seek the nom
lnation for governor in 190S.'
This is interpreted as meaning
that while Mr.. Rlaston will not
enter into the canvass for the
nomination, yet if he is selectc
by the convention as its standard
bearer, he will not decline the
honor thus conferred.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Thirty People Killed in Railroad
Wreck.

Thirty people are dead and
more than seventy injured, many
of them seriously, as the result
of a head-on collision Saturday
between Salem and Plymouth,
Mich, when a Pere Marquette
excursion train bound from lonia
TO Detroit crashed into west
bound freight in a cut located at
sharp curve of the Pere Mar
qliette railroad about mile east
of Salem. According to officials
OF the road the crew of the freight
train caused the catastrophe by
forgetting orders they had pre-
viously signed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Ethel Roosevelt Quits School to
Enter Society.

When Miss Ethel Roosevelt
makes her formal bow to society
at the White House next winter
Washington will see the first of a
series of entertainments such as
have not been held since the days
|of Nellie Grant.
Miss Ethel's first season as a
society girl will be notable. Ac-
cording to the present. plans
which are being discussed bril-
liant ball will be given for Miss
Ethel next January. She will not
have finished her schooling, but
vii. leave the National Cathedral
School after the Christmas holi-
days. 1t had been intended that
Miss Ethel should 60 through the
entire course, but in the last few
months she has been having such
a good time in an informal way
that the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt nave decided to give
her season in the White House.
Miss Ethel is very anxious to
make her debut while her father
is President.
The debut ball will be given
in the east room and will be plan
ned on an even more elaborate
scale than the cne which the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt
gave for Miss Alice. 1t, will bring
together the most exclusive
young people in New York, Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, and Washing
ton, and will mark the opening
of the gayest season the White
House has known since President
Rocseve,t assumed the reins of
of11ce
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Sickness and Death in Indiana in
lime

The monthly bulletin OF the
State Board of Health just is
sued says of sickness and death
in Indiana: Measles was report
ed as the most prevalent disease.
In the corresponding month last
year rheumatism was reported as
the most prevalent, and measles
was thirteenth in order of preva-
lence. The exact order of prev
alence for the month was as fol-
lows: Measles, rheumatism, ton
silitis, diarrhoea, bronchitis, ty-
phoid fever (enteric), cholera
morbus, intermittent and remit
tent fever, smallpox, diphtheria,
membranous Group, pneumonia,
scarlet fever, inflammation OF
bowels, cholera infantum, dyser-
terry, erysipelas, influenza. There
was a decided increase in small
pox as compared with the same
month last year, for there is tc
record 119 cases in 81 counties
with 1 death in St. Joseph coun-
ty. In June 1906 there were SO
cases reported from counties
with no deaths.
The tuberculosis deaths num-
bered 343. The average in June
for this disease for the last seven
years is 334. OF the total num-
Der of tuberculosis deaths, 153
were males and 100 females. OF
the males, 22 were married and
in the productive age period of
Is to 40 and they left Al orphans
under IL years of age. OF the fe-
males, &C were married and in
the productive age period of. Is
to 40 and left 1873 orphans under
12 years of age. The total num-
Der of orphans caused by the dis
ease was $50. In the correspond
ing month last year, 1913 orphans
were caused by tuberculosis. The
number of home invaded was
81, and last year in June, 2S7
Diphtheria was less prevalent
than in June last year.
The total number of deaths
were 2504, rate i1.3. In the cor
responding month last year 1922
rate 1O.6. Deaths under l year
of age numbers 322 or 49, pei
cent of the total and 60 years and
over, 766 or 1928 per cent of the
total. The country death rate
was 81 and the city rate 13-9
The cities having from $4,000 to
$4,000 population had the follow
ing death rates: Indianapolis
III: Evansville, IA; Fort
Wayne, Is; Tcrrc Hautes 1873
Anderson, "a; Muncie. 9.8
South Bend, 1873; Cancer deaths
numbered 119, deaths from vio-
lence, 184, smallpox, 1. piarr-
hoeal diseases prevailed more ex
tensively than in the same month
last year, the respective number
of deaths being sc and 6S. Fol
the month of June 1907 the sum
mary shows that the number O
deaths and the death rate was
higher than in the corresponding
month last year and also that
sickness prevailed to degree
about per cent greater.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Makes Preparation for Island
Defense.

In connection with the compre-
hensive scheme for coast defense
mapped out by the National
Coast Defense Board, Conrgess
last winter appropriated $435,OOC
for submarine mines, apparatus
to work them and searchlights
for the defense of the principal
ports of our insular possessions
The first shipment of material
purchased under this appropria-
ton will be sent to the Philip
pines early in August.
In his report for last yeAr Gen
Murray said: Recent war has
shown clearly the value of sub
marine mines as an element OF
harbor defense. If a harbor is de-
tended by an efficient system OF
mines and the requisite guns for
their protection against counter
mining, sweeping, or other meth
DDS of removing them, it is be-
lieved that no enemy, however
enterprising, will ever attempt to
force an entrance into a harbor
with large ships.
1t is this kind OF system which
the army is rushing to the de
fense OF the Philippines. The
plans contemplate the installa-
ton of no less than 494 mines in
the approaches to Manila harbor
and of 209 mines at Subig Bay.
A good proportion of these, with
automatic and mooring cables,
raising ropes, ETC., will be sent on
the army transport next month.
Material for the construction OF
the magazines, planting wharves,
cable tanks, telephones, bells, etc.
will also be forwarded.
AT the Manila mine field it is
proposed to install two big
soarchlights and one smaller one.
These. of course, are for the pur-
pose of preventing the attempt OF
an enemy to remove the mines
under cover of darkness, which
could be done with comparative
ease. At Subig Bay one large
and one small searchlight will be
installed. In buildings, electrical
apparatus and all other kinds of
material needed for the proper
installation of the mine fields
contemplated at these two points
in the Philippines it is expected
Eventually to expend about ST.
500 900.
The harbors of Guam, Homo
lulu and Pearl river. in the Ha-
walian islands; Guantanamo,
Cuba; San Juan, Porto Rico, and
Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands,
are all to be equipped with these
submarine defenses. That the
War Department is sending its
first shipment to the Philippines
has, it is said, absolutely nothing
to do with the recent talk OF
trouble with Japan, but is due to
an appreciation of the relative
importance of the two harbors to
be guarded there. The plans that
are now being carried out, it is
also stated, were made two years
ago, long before there was any
thought of possible complications
with Japan.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

A sensation has been caused in
the University of Chicago by the
discovery that Miss Cecilia John
son star student and popular
member of the Pi Delta Phi So
rority, is a sister of "Mushmouth"
Johnson, Chicago's negro gamb-
ling king and saloon keeper.
The sorority has been disbanded.