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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05

india which has always Been been one or England )
grayest problems, failing in ordinary agriculture, has
found its profit opium growing, and Indias foreign
from showing too great a deficit BY her commercial
agents England has done what she could to extend the
foreign opium market and China has been her most
profitable has her largest, fed.-washinston
I'd. CT Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05
ENGLAND WRECKING A NATION.

REAT BRITAIN never bad such a chance
TO prove her bona fdes as a mOralist as she
has in the Chinese opium business. If any
nation more than another has fostercd and
encouraged the use of this pernicious drug
among the native Chinese, II has been Eng
land. Her reasons have been quite plain.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05

The American navy, in times OF
peace, presents a most agreeable ap-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05

Infants Long or Short kimono.
The loose, simple wrapper that can
be slipped OH the young baby without
difficulty is always needed. and this
one is charmingly pretty and attractive
In addition TO its practical value. 1t is
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05
PRIMARIES HERE TO STAY.

Is !: e: s; :':: e:
ment, Improvement. modification; but it
!. !. 'ss: rs Ts: old a.
ture can be induced to pass law estab-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05

In the story books woman has
Marguerite braids of hair, but in real
life she has the Sis Hopkins kind.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05

No. 1868.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-04
CAPT. BALDWIN READY 70 FLY,
His Airship Moved to the Parade Ground,
Where the start WIN he Made To-day.

His AiFshlp Moved to tho Parade Ground,
Where the Start WIN BE Msdo To-day.
WASHINGTON, Aug. s.-Capt. Thomas 8.
Baldwin was obliged to postpone his first
preliminary flight until tomorrow after
noon because It was nearly dark when his
airship was moved to the parade ground.
from where the start IL to be made. II
weather conditions are favorable he intends
to make his flight at s O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon.
Early this morning the car was attached
to the gas bag, and the airship began its
trip from the house to b parade ground
at 3 o clock In the Afternoon.
b engine was started to get II into
smooth running order before the trial.
The framework was rested upon several
carpenters horses, and the propeller re-
volved at it's full speed. In moving b air
ship guy ropes were attached to the car
and the balloon was allowed to rise abou
sixty feet over the trees surrounding the
balloon house.
Manauvring the airship over the trees
and electric wires was a perilous job. Once
or twice 1t looked as il Il had got away
from the. men OF the Signal Corps who
manned the guy ropes. When the balloon
had been passed out OF the deep hollow
where the balloon house Is located the rest
Of it's trip across the reservation was easy
going.
Capt. Baldwin was anxious to make his
first preliminary trial to-day. because
weather conditions were ideal 70 r il.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-04
ENDORSEMENT FOR G0MPERs.
indiana Unions Say He's No More Con-
temptuOus OF Courts o Is Roosevelt.

indiana Unions Say He's No More Con.
temptuous Of Courts Than Is Roosevelt.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 9.-The Central Labor
Union OF this city to-day sent to Samuel
Gcmpers q set Of resolutions commencing
his policies and pledging the union to carry
them out. President Roosevelt Is referred
to in the resolutions as showing greater con-
tempt for the courts than has ever been
shown by any officer of the federation.
The preamble and resolutions follow:
Whereas the enemies of organized labor
have resorted to every method to discredit
the influence Of the officers of the American
Federation OF Labor in the coming campaign
and have used their influence in ha wing Presi-
dent Gorhpers and other members of the
executive council of the A. F. of l.. cited for
contempt of court when there was no intent
OF contempt: and
Whereas president Roosevelt. the highest
executive in the land. has recently shown
a greater contempt for the courts than has
been shown by any officer Of thea. F. OF L..
or any member-of organized labor: therefore.
be 1t
Resoired, that we. the delegates to the
Central Labor Union Of indianapolis, COM
mend the action OF President Gompers and
the executive council Of the A. F.. OF l.. in the
stand they have taken In defence OF the rights
OF labor; and be it further
Resoircd, that we condemn the unjust
attitude of certain judges of the courts in
the unfair attitude and unjust decisions rem
dered against the members OF organized
labor and pledge ourselves to render any
assistance IN our power to carry out the policy
as outlined by the executive council OF the
A. F. Of L. In their effort to obtain Justice
for organized labor and the workingmen in
general In the coming year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-04
MACK And MURPHY HARMONIZE
MURPHY rs SATISFIED AND MACK
HOPES TO BE.

II ConBers and Murphy work SatIsfae-
toriiylfor Bryan the National Chairman
VIII Let Them Run the New Verb
Complementary Isn't Flowing In Fast
Charles F. Murphy dropped into the
Hoffman House yesterday and had a two
hours talk with Norman F.. Mack, chairman
OF the Democratic national committee
When 1t was over Mr.. Murphy said: @We
have had q very satisfactory conference
and as a result OF It everything Is barmoni'
GUS and w will run tfe-State campaign
between U.S.
1t was afterward learned that 30 far al
Mr.. Murphy was concerned everything waf
satisfactory and harmonious because he
had received the assurance again that he
and Corners would be allowed to run the
campaign In this State without interference
Murphy and Corners want to make up their
own State ticket. and 80 far as Mr.. Bryan
and Mi. Mack are concerned they will be al
lowed to do 30. After Mr.. Murphy had left
the Hoffman House Mr.. Mack made this
statement;
MIR. Murphy told me what the local organi-
cation was doing In preparing for the coming
campaign and am entirely satisfied with
"-s - oS0LA uouO ~ NuI tdih o' ~
sirefy harmonious and everything points to
a satisfactory working together Of the
national. State and city organizations for
the election Of the Democratic ticket II this
State / trust and l believe that the n
duct Of the campaign in this State will be
without friction. We are all pretty well
agreed as to how it ought to be carried on
and II he plans outlines to me by Mr..
Murphy for the city and State campaign
are carried out ! shall let Mr.. Murphy and
Mr.. Conners follow out those plans as long
as their work 10 done In a satisfactory man.
ner. II the city and State campaigns are
properly conducted there will be no inter.
ference here on the part Of the national
committee"
That was all Mr.. Mack would say aloI 6
that line. and it was with apparent relief
he did not wish, he said, to commit himself
to the statement that no regarded New York
as a doubtful State, he added that In his
opinion the State was debatable territory.
He repeated that Mr.. Bryan would make
two or three speeches In this State. one IN
this city before the State convention proba-
bly,. aseoond In Buffalo after the convention.
and q third at some central point.
Mr.. Mack went to Chicago last night to
open headquarters there. He will spend
most OF his time there.
One thing that is troubling Mr.. Mack is
the slowness with which campaign oontri-
buttons are coming in. The plain people,
as one Of Mr.. Mack's staff put it yesterday.
are not displaying any enthusiasm to assist
with their mites. Another piece OF gossip
heard yesterday at the Hoffman House was
that Lieut.-Gov. Chauler has told Mr..
Murphy and Mr.. Corners that while he would
be glad to run for Governor IL the nomina-
ton came to him as the spontaneous act OF
the convention they need not look to him
to Try TO obtain 1t by fattening the campaign
funds OF b local and State organizations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-04
MASON IN CHARGE IN THE EAST.
Chairman Hitchcock Selects y New Lieu
tenant-Ward Calls Full Of Hughes.

CDaifufAn HttchcOck selects q New LIEU
tenant-Ward Calls Full Of Hughes.
Chairman Hitchcock Of the Republican
national committee announced yesterday
that Victor l.. Mason had been selected rs
the, assistant secretary OF the committee
ind he would have charge Of the Republican
headquarters In this city. Mr.. Mason Is 80
yean old and served "a private secretary
to Gen. Russell "A. Alger and Elihu Root
while eaoh was at the head of the Wa De.
partment. He Is now vice-president Of the
Development Company OF America, is pres
ident Of the American-Mexican Lumber
Company and president Of the Passaic
terday that In Mr.. Mason and in Richard
v. Oulahan. who will have charge Of the
literary bureau. he had chosen two assistants
who were in evegy way qualified to run tns
campaign In the East while he was looking
after the Western headquarters in Chicago.
Hitchcock had a series OF conferences with
Republican leaders Of New Jersey and Penn
sylvania In Atlantic City and Philadelphia.
When. he reached town yesterday he re-
ported that the prospects were that the
Republicans would easily carry both States.
Mr.. Hitchcock intended to call on Cornelius
N. Bliss at Seabright. but the wreck Of a
coal train which blocked the Pennsylvania
tracks upset his plans and he did not see
Mr.. Bliss.
committeeman from this State, called on
MIR. Hitchcock yesterday and submitted his
reasons for agreeing with Barnes. Parsons,
Woodruff and others Of the machine outfit
that Mr.. Hughes would not add strength to
cock~told Mr.. Ward that as chairman Of the
national committee he did o intend to
mix In any fractional fights but that the
national committee certainly would look
TO The State organization to put a ticket in
the field that would add the greatest pos
sible strength to the national ticket.
Senator w. Murray Crane wa another
caller on Mr.. Hitchcock and talked about
Massachusetts campaign plans.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-04
WY PRESTON QUIT.
LOOKING Ont for His Own Neck, Say Q the
EN-Candidate OF Socialist Laborftes.

Looking Ont for His Own Neck, Say Q the
E~N-Candidate Of Socialist Laborites.
The Socialist Labor party received yes
terday from Martin r. Preston, the Nevada
convict, an open letter giving at some
length his reasons for declining the nomina-
ton Of the party as its candidate for Presi-
dent. Preston has also sent copies OF his
letter to the different s. l.. p. organs and
to the official organ OF the Western Fedora
tion Of Miners, Of which he is q member.
Preston thanks the members OF the party
for their support at his trial. When he was
first nominated, he said, he declined the
nomination on his own responsibility.
After consulting with his lawyer he was
confirmed In his resolution that 1t would be
better not to accept.
In declining he was Cooking out for his
own neck, In pne sense OF the word" and
had a duty to fulfil to those who AVE faith
In his innocence. Then he says:
After a thorough consideration, in which
! have tried to analyze and give thought
TO all points, my obligations, the demands
made OF me and my position. am convinced
that my only proper move Ia oodeoline,
which have tried to do as gracefully as
possible>and with as much consideration
for and protection to my benefactors as I
may give
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-04
GOT A PRISONER; LOST 4 RING.
Prisoners Friends Detaeh Part OF Detec-
tiye,s Trousers Containing s2SO Jewel.

Prisoners Friends Detach Part Of Detec-
tiye's Trousers Containing $3.50 Jewel.
Detective Moses Bloom OF the Allen street
branch Of the detective bureau went to 5Ss
Water street last night and there arrested
Richard Cotey on a charge of attempted
larceny preferred by Joseph Friedland Of
2s7 Henry street. who said that Coffey had
attempted on Sunday to take $50 from him
In his store.
After getting his prisoner Bloom started
for Allen street with him. At the corner OF
Gouverneur and Henry streets, however,
the progress Of the detective was materially
checked. He says that about twenty men
came from shelters around the corner and
He chung TO his prisoner but
was badly beaten. His cries for help
brought other policemen In the vicinity. but
not until the attacking party had practically
torn Oh Blooms trousers and other wearing
apparel. The police arrested John Dempsey
and Joseph Reilly for interfering with an
officer In the discharge Of his duty and took
them along to Allen street.
When Bloom had locked UP his prisoner
he discovered that In the missing portion Of
his trousers there had been O diamond ring
OF his valued at $3.50 and a general alarm was
at once sent out for the detectives ring.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-04
SAILORS AND NEGROES IN RIOT
OFFICERS SAVE BLACK MEN FROM
BEING LYNCHED.

Rew Started When Negro Farmers Found
Sailors stealing Corn From Q Field
-TReenforcements From Training sta
tion Attack Houses of the Negroes.
NORFOLK, Aug. 3.-There was q battle
between United States pailors and q hand Of
negroes In South Norfolk Sunday night.
Sailors from the st. Helena training station
attacked the houses Of two negroes who
had beaten q bluejacket caught in their
cornfeld. In q shooting ARRAY which fol-
lowed many shots were exchanged. No
arrests have been made OF either negroes
or sailors. 81"
The naval authorities reftse to make
charges against four negroes. who were
brought to Norfolk to prevent 4 fynching.
They are Larney Darden, George Cherry
Raleigh Hanley and George Speller. They
were released this afternoon afterthe police
had got heir written Statements.
The houses Of George Spellerand Raleigh
Hanley were punctured by bullets. Inc
several sailors were struck by birdshot.
Charles Campbell OF Portsmouth,. while
several hundred yards from the. trouble.
board the battleship North Carolina and
there received medical attention. my
command cannot be connected with a
negro shooting ARRAY. Ssaid Capt. Dilling-
ham to reporters on. the receiving ship
Franklin. Il will not nave this turned
into a Brownsville affair. and II ! can help
II there will be no investigation"
Capt. Dillingham; denied that any Of the
sailors were armed, though the testimony
OF the negroes. verified by the police, was
that the sailors fired many shots into the
houses, and that they had a rope ready to
hang the negroes when the officers arrived.
The trouble started when Hanley and
Speller found two sailors. plucking corn.
One Of the sailors was roughly handled.
An hour later thirty or forty sailors
marched to the cornfelds. Speller and
Hanley. thinking they. were destroying the
corn. opened fire on them with No. 8 shot
and the sailors departed. Later they re-
turned reinforced and attacked the houses
The sailors lay In the corn. shooting with
pistols and the negroes firing from the
windows.
The sailors had got up close to the houses
n were. preparing to make q rush when
four policemen appeared. After the
negroes had been taken to the station house
a mob Of 500 sailors gathered and threatened
to lynch them. The negroes were taken to
Norfolk for safe keeping.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-04
FATHER VISITS MURDERER.
Charles Eberhard Hears Gus Deny the
Crime He Had Confessed.

HAcKENsAcK. N. j., Aug. S.-Charies
Eberhard Of Moores Corners. Dutohess
county. N. Y. came here CHS morning
to see his son Qua. who Is in the Haoken-
sack Jail awaiting trial for the murder
Of his cousin, Mrs. Ottilie Eberhard. Mt
Rochelle Park on July Ia The son showed
little emotion when he greeted his father.
He very deliberately denied having muir
dered his cousin and said he must nave
been drunk when the police forced, q con-
fession from him. To a reporter the elder
Eberhard said: =.
Il don't want to say now that my boy Gus
is insane. OF cours his grandfather died
insane and now his sister 10 In Bellevue
Hospital suffering from q weakened mind.
I am going to see her this afternoon and I
will be better able to tell Of Gus's condition
OF mind after I have talkedfwith my daugh-
ter. Gus has lived such an exemplary Gfe
that I can't conceive any reason for such
a crime other than q disturbed mental
condition.
Mr.. Eberhard did not call on his nieoe,
Ottilie, but said he would be back in Q
few days and would then have . talk with
her. When speaking Of the murdered
Woman. Mr.. Eberhsrd said: This e the
second boy ] have lost through her. He
refused to divulge whit he meant by the
remark. He says he will tell all at the
trial.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-04
BRYAN's SPEECH EDITED DOWN.
viii Express His Acceptance In Hair the
Words Taft Used,

LINCOLN, Aug. s.-Mr. Bryan's experience
as an editor has stood him in good stead.
His notification day speech has been cut to
exactly $500 words. or less than half the
number Of words which Taft felt impelled
to employ. The copy went to the printer
to-day.
Mr.. Bryan showed signs Of pleasure over
the speech. He joked and talked about 1t
witt the newspaper men and apparently
thinks that not only the subject matter but
the brevity Of It will appeal to the people.
Mr.. Bryan does not attempt to discuss
every topic at issue in the campaign. Sew
eral days ago he limited his belief that Taft
made a mistake in attempting to cover too
much ground. His idea is to discuss each
of the big issues in a separate speech. be-
cause in this way he can focus public atten-
ton on each in turn.
In his notification speech It is understood
he takes issue with Taft and Bonaparte on
the legality Of guaranteeing national bank
deposits. This issue IL one that Mr.. Bryan
has been ambitious to push 10 he front.
1t is popular in the West. and word comes
to him that bank fiurriee In New York and
elsewhere last October have given 1t prom
inence in those sections.
Having completed b speech Of accept
ance, Mr.. Bryan has started or the addresses
on particular topics which he is to make
later.
Mr.. Bryan took part this evening In a nom
partisan gathering at the home Of DR.. p. L..
Hall, arranged for the purpose Of extending
congratulations to the latter on his selection
as vioe-chairman Of the national Democratic
committee.
Corn on the cob raised on the Bryan acres
10 now part Of the daily menu at Fairview,
and the nominee for President is very fond
Of it.. The husks are being saved to feed
week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-04
HEARST LEADER FOR BRYAN.
G. Augustus Hayiland Regulates Action
OF Independence League Convention.

G. Augustus Haytland Regulates Action
OF Independence League Convention.
c. Augustus Haviland Of Brooklyn, who
has been one Of the leaders Of the Independ-
ence League forces in that borough, returned
from Europe yesterday on the steamship
Rotterdam after an absence Of four months.
He came out strongly against the action
taken by the Independence League 90 n
v~ention at Chicago, pronou ncing 1t a sui
cidal leap and declares his purpose to
support Bryan. He said:
aMr. Bryan ives his nomination to that
commanding ability now recognized by the
people Of this country and all other lands
and not to any mere registering machine
controlled by a lot Of political bosses.
"The plain people have come to know this
better than they did in 1895, and they cannot
be HOODWINKED by the cry Of ~jobbers-polt-
ioal or financial. While the Independence
League seems determined to commit suicide,
only Mr.. Taft and the Independence League
will suffer through the presentation OF an
Independence League ticket at the coming
elections
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-04
FARMaN,s LONGEST FLIGHT YET.
Aviator Covers About o Yards az One
Soaring-Goes High UP Too.

ANIhtor covers Nuout 6oO ahtus :" ~
Soarlns-Goes High UP Too.
A small crowd saw Henry Farman make
three flights at the Brighton Beach track
yesterday afternoon. The weather con-
ditions were not Of the best. A ten mile an
hour wind blew .fitfully from the southeast
and the air currents within the track en-
closure were unreliable.
All three. flights were made from the
northwest corner Of the field toward the
southeast. or In the face Of the wind. The
first was a long low fight In which the
~aeroplane rose but a few feet above the
ground. The second was the longest
Farman has vet made In this country, In
the neighborhood Of 800 yards. After
flying perhaps 800 yards straightaway
the aviator swung his machine around in
q big arc toward the stands. giving another
instance Of the control he has overiit.
In the third flight. which was somewhat
shorter, Mr.. Farman rose to q greater
altitude than he had hitherto attempted
at the Beach. After the gradual
ascent to a height Of ten or fifteen feet he
swung the forward planes upward and
shot up to a height Of perhaps thirty feet,
the stands. As on Friday and Sunday
the a~eroplane worked without a hitch.
Again the mosquitoes furnished their
share Of the afternoons entertainment.
The odor Of ~citronella oil was almost as
strong in the air az that OF gasolene at Q
Vanderbilt cup race, n MI. Farman.s
assistants. their heads protected BY hoods
or swathed in large red handkerchief.
looked like African explorers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-04
APPOINTED HIS SON-IN.LAW.
County tIeEkNof kinEs Ignored Civil Ser
vice Nnd Got Into Troub!e.

County Clerk Frank Ehlers Of Kings is
having trouble with the Civil Service Com
mission because he boosted his son-in-
law, Frederick W. Ahrens, into a newly
made Office without the formalities Of an
examination. The County Clerk got the
Board of Estimate to vote 81 800 a year to
an assistant cashier for himself and then
appointed Mr.. Ahrens, who was working
In bis Office rated as a leborer at $50 q month.
The commission heard about 1t and ordered
the COMPTROLLER to hold up his salary. "
Mr.. Ehlers returned from Albany yester-
day, where he had been with Reiben L..
Haskell, Republican leader Of his district.
He went upstate to see,if the commission
wouldn't put the post OF assistant cashier
on the exempt list. The commission re-
Served decision. Mr.. Ehlers says he does
not see why it shouldn't do It: that the
cashier Is exempt, and he doesn't see why
he should be made to take an assistant
cashier from a list Of strangers whom he
ism e sure OF,