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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
GERMAN BALLOON WINS.
Pommern Covers 900 Miles to
Atlantic Coast I'm AZ Hours.

Pommern Covers 900 Miles to
Atlantic Coast I'm AZ Hours.
Germany won the second interna-
tional balloon cup contest from France
by the narrow margin of five miles,
unofficial figures. Third place also
went to Germany, while America had
to be content with fourth hoDors. The
single English entry was ninth and
last
The race is pronounced by experts to
be the most remarkable in the history
of aeronautics. All racing records were
broken, both for length Of flight and for
the time spent in the air. The worlds
non-competitive endurance record was
also shattered, although the worlds
non-competitive record for distance still
stands by big margin.
The German balloon Pommern landed
at Asbury Park, y. j. The balloon Trad
covered 900 miles in an air line from
ST. Louis in fortytwo hours, an aver
age of nearly twenty-one aud one-half
miles an hour. This established rec
ord for the race, the winning balloon in
last years initial race starting from
Paris covering an air line distance of
only 402 miles Mr.. Erbsloeh and his
aid, Prof. Clayton, thus carry off the
international aeronautic cup and cash
prize of $500. The result or the con-
test was determined by the number of
air miles covered in the flights. The
French balloon LIsle de France made
a remarkably game fight for premier
honors and came down in New Jersey,
but a few miles from the Pommern. The
Pommern made an extraordinary flight
When 1t came down it was in excellent
condition and could have added several
more hundred miles to its tally had the
open ocean not been ahead.
The reports show that an extremely
wide area of country was covered by
the balloons, the points at which the
nine contestants landed being separated
by long distances. Besides the two bal
looms which came to earth in New Jer
sey, two more descended in Virginia,
while two others landed in Maryland.
One of the contestants descended in
Ohio, another in Delaware, while Major
ii. B. Hersey reached the earth in On
tario Major Hersey used the United
States, the same balloon in which he
won the race with Lieut.. Lahm last
year. He was eighth.
The victory of the German balloon
means that the race next year will be
held under the auspices Of the German
Aero Club. The international cup, which
is the gift of James Gordon Bennett,
must be won three times by the same
club to be held permanently.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
OUTLOOK is BETTER.
FINANCIAL STORM SEEMS TO
HAVE PASSED.
Upheaval Among Eastern banking
Institutions Takes On More Hope
Pittsburg-West Is Reported Solid.

The financial gale in New York.
which created excitement in the East,
and occasioned uneasiness in other Sec
tions of the country, seems to have
passed. The trouble that started in
New York spread to Pittsburg, but
prompt and effective action taken by
the clearing house association and the
directors of the stock exchange there
COPIED with it effectually.
The trouble in Pittsburg was precipi-
tated by the announcement Of the en-
barrassment of four concerns in the
Westinghouse string Of interests, which
stringency of the money market, to Sc
cure sufficient liquid collateral to meet
maturing loans. Receivers were APP
pointed for the embarrassed Westing-
house concerns. 1t was stated that these
concerns are entirely solvent, and that
creditors would be paid in full. The
Iron City Trust Company also went into
the hands of receivers. Its assets are
estimated at 100000 and liabilities at
S1,T00,000.
The transition from unrest to reas-
surance in New York was due to action
taken by j. P. Morgan, James Stillman
ind number of the most influential
financial interests in the city, who CO.
operated in an effort to bring order out
Of the chaotic condition into which
the financial community had fallen. A
committee was formed to protect trust
companies. After a thorough canvass
of the situation Secretary Cortelyou
pledged government assistance to the
extent of $25,OOO,OOO.
Financial conditions in Chicago re-
NAMED practically unaffected by the
scare in the East. Financiers connected
with the leading institutions in the city
gave out statements declaring that the
furry had not and would not be felt to
any appreciably serious extent by the
banks there. Conditions similar to
those existing in Chicago were reflected
in every important financial center
throughout the West. Reports from
over large area say that not only have
conditions not been disturbed by the
excitement in the East, but that large
and important offers of assistance have
been made by western bankers to their
troubled confreres in the East.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31

ton, became known when John X. Brad
ley, the wealthy New York sportsman, re-
turned to North Sydney on his schooner
yacht after landing Cooke, with sleds,
dogs and provisions for two years. Mr..
Bradley. who is the financial hacker of
this expedition, says that their intentions
were kept secret for fear that the Peary
expedition would be stirred to greater &C
tivity. Cooke will leave Smiths Sound
at 80 degrees north latitude, next spring,
and after crossing Ellesmereland, will try
70 reach the pole by the open polar sea.
Unlike Peary, DR.. Cooke is to be accom-
panied by only two Eskimos and dogs
sufficient for two sleds. The sleds are
built with roofs and warmed with lamps
so that the occupants may sleep while
progress is being made. Two canvas
boats are also carried
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
PAST AND PRESENT
AS 1T COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF The EARTH.
Telegraphic Information Gathered
by the Few for the EnlightenrIent
of the Many.
Bank Cashier Shot in His Home.

Bank Cashier Shot in His Home.
Fred A. BOran, cashier of the Dollar
Savings Bank and one of the most
prominent men in Akron, Ohio, was
shot and killed in his home. His FAM
lily was away and a servant girl re-
turned to the house and found him ly-
ing on the floor dead. Neighbors who
rushed in found Boran in his shirt
sleeves lying upon the floor, bullet
hole through his head. The police sus-
pect foul play. The directors of the
bank state that Boran's books are in
frst-class condition. Boran was tc
have joined his wife, who was in
Cleveland and accompany her home.
but it is known that he sent tele-
gram stating he was detained and
would not be able to come.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Indiana
State News
BRIDE is GOOD ANGEL.
Young Wife OF Alfred Du Pont
Spends Time i'm Hospital.
N~~N~~N~N

Spends Time i'm Hospital.
While Alfred Du Pont, vice president
of the powder company of chat name, is
a. Fcntanet arranging to rebuild several
hundred houses for the residents of that
stricken town and settling the claims Of
the injured or the persons dependent upon
the thirty-one who were killed on the day
of his wedding in Wilmington, Del. his
bride is visiting the hospital in Terre
Haute and cheering the thirty patients
there. The Du Points had planned we'd
ding trip in a motor car. but when the
young husband learned of the disaster he
came directly to the scene. Mrs. Du
Pont knew no one in Terre Haute. but
she has plunged into the work of comfort
ing the injured and bereaved with will,
and aside from luncheon at the Country
Club she has accepted no social invita-
tions Mrs. Du Pont carried a bunch of
carnations to each victim in the hospital
and had baskets of fruit delivered to EACH
Mr. Du Pont is encountering bitter oppo-
sition among the people at Fontanet, be-
cause there have been many explosions in
the past. At the time of the disaster
suit was pending in court TO abate the
mill as a menace to life.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Sparks from the Wires.

A mouse seldom lives longer than three
years.
Centipedes are eaten in some parts Of
South America.
Australian jewelers. rent engagement
rings to their customers.
John Bull figures out that his coun-
try has been successful in 50 per cent Of
the battles in which it has engaged.
Allan A. Ryan, son of Thomas +.
Ryan, will. it is said, build a summer
home at Suffern, n. Y, to cost 81 ,0O0,-
600
A physician ia Portland, Me-, estimat-
ed that 2,O4S teaspoonfuls OF tears, or
two gallons in all, were shed in one night
by the audience that heard Savage's
Madam Butterfly" in that city recently.
New York City is making a marvellous
growth in the direction of cheap amuse-
ments. There are now 400 onc-cent, five
cent and dime places of entertainment,
where there was not one ten years ago.
Eighty-two per cent of the workers en-
gagged in the paper box industry of the
United States are women. Among to-
bacco and cigar operators two-thirds are
women and of the bookbinders more than
half.
William Ellis Corey refused to allow
his actress wife to see her father at the
Corey home in New York and Charles
Henry Gilman relieved his mind of fifteen
minutes worth of plain talk.
Henry Banaka, a farmer who lived near
Netawaka, Kan, committed suicide by
shooting himself in the head with a re-
volver. No cause is given. His brother
drowned himself few years ago.
Kentucky, with a population of 90 to
each square mile, has only 8 ITO miles
of railroad line for each 100 square miles,
and 14.5 miles for each 10000 inhabit-
ants. Indiana, with a population of 76
for each square mile, has 1872 miles of
railway per 100 square miles.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
From Far and Near.

from Il ar anu rNeare
The best glass eyes cost about $50
each.
Mrs. ii. D. Money, wife of the Sen
ator from Mississippi, died suddenly at
her home near Beauvoir, Miss.
The body of Mrs. w. f. Turner, a
niece of the late Samuel j. Tilden, was
taken from the river at Detroit. She
had committed suicide.
The Navy Department has awarded to
Armour & Co, Chicago, the contract for
furnishing 100000 pounds of beef at
$70,SOO. This is part of the supplies for
the Pacific cruise of the battleship squad
ron.
Three lives were lost and thirty-seven
persons were hurt in a collision on the
Southern railway at Rudd, N. c., when a
passenger train ran into freight stand
ing on siding.
Plans of the National City bank for
remodeling the old custom house at Wall
and William streets, New York, have been
annou need. When completed the bank
will lie one of the largest in the country.
Il ne Maurlu government mas decided TO
recall General Santa Olalla, the Spanish
commander at Casablanca, whose differ
ences with General Drude have caused
endless frictions between the French and
Spanish forces.
Discouraged by i'll health, Gen. Ifivro
Rojan, commandment of the Braves district
of the Mexican army, committed suicide
in his quarters at Juarez by shooting
himself in the head with a pistol. Gen.
Rojan was 40 years of age and had COM
manded the Braves district for the last
FIVE years.
Miss Helen Miller Gould of New York
has given $4,000 for the equipment of
the gymnasium of the new sos, 900
Rockefeller gift. the naval Y. NJ. G. A.
at Norfolk, Va. The entire building will
be furnished at a minimum of 500 Der
room as memorials to persons named by
the donors. There are to be about 200
of these memorials.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31

The mattresses used in the German
army are stuffed with little rolls of paper,
and are said to be a great improvement
on straw.
Government crop report contains no
surprises for the trade except for the
claim that the spring wheat quality is
slightly better than last year.
The rebuilding of San Francisco has
been hampered greatly by the very high
wage schedule. The rates exceed by q
dollar a day the maximum scale in New
York.
A report from Consul f. l.. Harris says
that the raisin and fig crops of Smyrna
have been very seriously damaged by vio-
lent thunderstorms. accompanied by hail,
in the latter part of August.
Gov. Hughes in speech at Empire
State day at the jamestown exposition
said no one can be permitted to put pri.
vate interest above public advantage in
the government of the future.
By digging a canal from the Rio
Grande not far from its mouth to the
Mississippi the United States would enjoy
an inland waterway 5000 miles long The
cost of the work is estimated at $4,000
GOO.
Experiments made by German scient-
lists show that butter keeps best when
preserved with from 3 to 5 per cent of
salt. If the proportion of salt is higher
than that the results are less satisfactory.
A mild winter, says John Peterman,
Buffers hornet nest prophet. The hor-
nets are building high in the air. If
the signs are for severe cold. they build
on the ground, where the snow drifts over
them to protect the larvae from the cold.
If they select place high for their nest,
they prophesy a warm, open winter. The
corn husks. too, tell of q mild winter, says
the hornet nest prognosticator. They are
thin and few.-Punxsutawney (Pa)
Spirit.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Brief State Happenings-

Helpless and respondent, the friends
of his youth and earlier manhood dead,
and the future holding for him nothing
but dependence upon others and bare
and cheerless existence. Andrew Haley,
%, committed suicide in Fountain City
by shooting himself in the head.
Frank Fox. well-to-do Noblesville
farmer. IS years old, committed suicide
by swallowing an ounce of carbolic acid.
lie had been on a protracted spree. He
left a note saying that he would rather
die now than fill druukard's grave. He
is survived by wife and several children.
Ceremonies commemorating the Tooth
anniversary of the organization of the
Sisters of Providence and consccration ex-
ercises at the new chapel Of st. Mary's
of the Woods began at Terre Haute. More
than 100 prominent Roman Catholic cler-
gymen participated. Among those here
are Right Rev. Diomede Falconio. apos
tolic delegate to the United States; Bish
ops Chattard and O'Donaghue. lRdianapo
lis: Alerding. Fort Wayne, and Athana-
sius, st. Meinrads; Father Cavanaush.
president of Notre Dame university,
South Bend. and Father Burrows. presi-
dent of Marquette university, Milwaukee
Frank Fox, IL years old. was serious
" injured while playing football in South
Bend. His leg was broken and his baby
terribly bruised.
Mrs. Carrie Egers was fined S25 anc
sentenced to sixty days in jail by Judge
Vail of South Bend for failing to testify
in the Kurtz disbarment proceedings. Her
excuse was that she was too nervous tc
appear.
Hiram L. Tooker. Ia. son of DIR. s. G.
Tooker, was struck by the Chicago Fly
err" on the Big Four railroad at Lafay-
cite, and instantly killed. Tooker was
a football player on the West Lafayette
high school team.
Growing despondent because of illness
while prepsring breakfast ri her home,
Mrs Sarah Smith, wife of John ]. Smith
a mill employee in Anderson, committed
suicide by hanging. Her body was found
by her husband. suspended from eafter.
She was the mother of two children, one
seven months old.
What the police declare was a DELHI
crate attempt to blow up A. r. Jackson's
saloon, located in the heart of the busr
ness section of Fort Wayne, was made
late the other night. Dynamite is be-
lieved to have been used. The saloon was
badly damaged and practically every win
dow within half block was broken. Nc
one was injured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31

The Moorish bandit Raisuli's triumph
ant conclusion of negotiations for the ran
som of his prisoner, Caid Sir Harry Mac
lean. for $15O,OOO, has greatly increased
the prestige of the bandit chieftain. The
British government has agreed to pay a
fortune ransom.
The capture Of Gen. MacIean, COM
mander of the Sultan's body guard and
next to him the most powerful man in
Morocco, was the most spectacular and
amazing of all the feats performed by
Raisuli. 1t was made while the COM
mander was bearing peace offerings to
the outlaw, in sight of his stronghold.
Up to the time of his capture by the
brigand Caid MacLean was considered
invincible by the persons of the Moroccan
court
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Cold Over the Equator.

At the recent congress of German eel
.ntists Prof. Hergesell of the Strassburg
university said that balloon experiments
had proved that the atmosphere at Aigh
attitudes is coolest over the equator and
warmest over the poles. The balloons
lsed in these experiments had automatic
instruments attached and were unnamed
At the height of twelve and half miles
he thermometer registered a temperature
Of 14S degrees below zero over the equa-
:or, while at the same altitude over CEN
raj Europe the balloons registered only
20 to 50 below zero.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31

ship at the rate of thirty-eight miles an
hour. In his recent trial, Count Zeppelin
completely circumnavigated the Lake of
Constance, remaining in the air for four
hours and seventeen minutes, leaving
astern the steamers that tried to keep up
with him, passing over five different states
and making evolutions before the win
dows of the royal castle at Friedrichs-
haven.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Cardinal Gibbons commends Crusade

Cordial sympathy with the anti-tu-
bereelosis movement was expressed by
Cardinal Gibbons in a letter which has
been received by DR.. John s. Fulton,
secretary-general of the International
Congress of tuberculosis, which is to
be held in Washington, d. c., next au-
tumn. The cardinal affirmed the belief
that the white plague would ultimately
be brought under as complete control
as smallpox, yellow fever and other
scourges of humanity have been.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Vesuvius Is Relchina AGAIN.

A dispatch from Naples, Italy. says:
Great fears have been caused by ter
rible explosions of Vesuvius immedi-
ately following the earthquake which
poured forth lava, mud and ashes. The
surrounding towns were damaged to a
considerable extent and the funicular
railroad was paralyzed. Ten persons
were injured, according to reports re-
ceived.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Steel Trusf Breaks Record.

According to the Iron Age, steel proSuc-
ion and consumption are still proceeding
ut a very high rate, the output of all
works for September being 1,417, 153 TONS
On Oct. 2 the mills of the United States
Steel Corporation broke all records by
producing 4S,326 tons of ingots in a Gin
gle cay. The pig iron markets are dull.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31

indianapolis Mayors Aid Charged
with Padding Pay $4,000 F1ees-


Harry L. Brrnaugh, private secretary
to Mayor Bookwalter of Indianapolis,
during his first administration and for
two years connected with the asphalt re-
pair works on streets. has been indicted
on the charge of padding the BOOKS of in
spectors. He is now a fugitive. Bru-
naugh went TO the bank early one morn
ing, drew out a large sum of money, and
has not since been seen, though the sher-
ifs deputies have been searching the city
for him. 1t was shown to the jury that
the frauds aggregated nearly $4,000 in
the month of July alone. and that similar
frauds had been perpetrated for several
months before the city engineer made the
discovery. 1t is believed that the city
has been defrauded of over $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Two Society Men Burglarsp

Surprised in an attempt to rob an
apartment house located in the Oakland
district of Pittsburg, one man was shot
and seriously injured and a companion
was captured at o'clock the other
morning by the janitor. Both men give
the names Of young men well known so
ciallv there
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31

An auctoneer has been commissioned
to sell the linens, jewels, souvenirs, ETC.,
belonging to the late Queen of Belgium.
the proceeds to be devoted to paying the
debts of her daughter, Princess Louise,
who was divorced last year by Prince
Philip of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Among
the objects thus to be sold is a diadeIn
presented to the queen by the people of
Belgium on the occasion of her silver we'd
ding anniversary. The diadem cost $780,
nnn
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Bio Four Enaineer Killed.

Engineer r. E. Case met death when
the train on which he was running col
lided with a gravel train near Bates
vile. Ind, on the Big Four railroad.
Two other men suffered slight inju-
ries. The accident occurred on a sharp
curve
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Politician Killed in Auto Crash.

James Reddick. chairman of the Re-
publican Central Committee of Cook
County, and public administrator, was
instantly killed by the overturning of
an automobile in which he was riding
near Libertyville, suburb of Chicago.
Taylor and Mr.. and Mrs William
Wells, the other occupants of the car,
escaped with only slight injuries. The
accident was due to the skidding of
the automobile on a muddy road
which causer it to upset in ditch.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
WHY JAPAN WANTS NO WAR.
Another Struggle Would Impose m
UnbearabIe Financial Strain.

"Outu Impose N
UnbearabIe Financial Strain.
Japan's national debt is $1,1O0,OOO, 600.
a sum equaling almost one-seventh of her.
total national wealth. OF this amount
S571, 49,, 800 represents loans made
abroad for carrying on the wars with
China and with Russia, and the remain
der internal obligations. These loans
bear, on an average, ) per cent interest,
making her interest item alone some $55,-
100000 annually. To meet this debt,
principal and interest, and to provide for
her running expenses, Japan has a reve-
nue., estimated, for the present year, at
$30S, 227 900, derived in large part from
direct taxation on land, incomes, business,
mining, customs, sugar, bourses. etc. The
fact that this estimate exceeds that of
1904 by $144, 900 affords a striking
illustration of the increasing strain upon
the taxpayer in paying the cost of wars.
Furthermore. there has been an increase
in the annual pension expense of Japan of
from S1J,OOO,O00 to S1S.O00,OO0 during
the past two years. Another war woSld
mean more interest charges, increased
pensions and heavier taxes upon a people
already overburdened with> war debt.
Japan could not hope to prosecute a
war against the United States with less
expense than that of her struggle against
Russia, even if she were successful in OBJ
tanning the necessary funds for conduct
ing the conflict. 1t will be recalled that
her 40-year per cent bonds for her
$115000.000 loan in London and Paris
last March brought only 9915, whereas
gilt-edged, 40-year, 5 per cent investment
securities ought to bring more than par.
If it is true that the money markets de-
termine wars in these days it is clear
that war between the United States AID
Japan is not among the possibilities of the
immediate future.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
4 Successful Afrship.

1t would seem that Count Zeppelin, the
German enthusiast who has exhausted
his fortune in aerial accomplishments, has
at last won triumph which bids frir
to delay or perhaps render impossible the
victory of the aeroplane over the dirigible
balloon. He has driven his latest air.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
PREFERS DEATH TO A PRISON.
Bank Cashier, Arrested for Perjury,
Tries In Kill Himself.

Tries TO Kill Himself.
Z. Il. Burdck. former cashier OF the
Peoples bank at Huntingburg. attempted
TO commit suicide. He was arrested by
the sheriff on charges of perjury and for
receiving deposits after the bank was IN
an embarrassed condition. When placed
under arrest he excused himself for min
ute, saying he wanted to go into the ad-
joining room. and while there he pulled a
revolver from his pocket ana shot him
self in the temple. He is In critical
condition. He was formerly Mayor of
Huntingburg and one of the best-known
men i'm southern Indiana. Charles Beth
rens and Homan Hoffman, assistant cash
iers of the defunct bank, have also been
arrested. and it is said other officials will
soon be in custody.