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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09
Spending AS Fast as Getting.

For several years every person
willing to do any kind of work, cas-
lily found employment at good wages.
Yet. notwithstanding this. we are told
that there are now walking the
streets of Chicago fully $4,000 men
seeking work and begging to get
something to eat In New York 100 :
600 unemployed are reduced 10 SIM
liar condition What conclusions are
to be drawn from this? Were these
people spendthrifts when work was
plentiful, or were prices of commo-
dities run up so high by trust inhu-
ences that very little couldbe saved?
Those who have given such matters
special attention unhesitatingly de-
clare that in a majority OF cases the
spcndthrf.t propensity was strongly
developed during flush times; that
laying up a little something for a
rainy day was not thought of; that
entirely too many squandered their
earnings and lived altogether too
high. OF course, crying over split
milk, or chiding those who pursued
this ruinous course, will not mend the
mis- stakes of the recent past But the
klesson which recent events have
taught ought TO make lasting Inn
preston, and lead to tho adoption of
saner methods Some will new r
learn But manv can learn if they
Uill only settle down to solid think
ng and sensible acting-South Bend
Times
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09
GARY IN SAD PLIGHT.
Goes Dry With Vengeance.

Gary has gone dry with a ven
geance. and in addition is deprived o
its electric lights, owing to an acci
dent in the transformer in the Gar,
Water and Electric Light Plant. The
accident occurred last Saturday after.
noon and 10 repairs are promised un-
til Wednesday.
In the meantime the Garyites are
going about unwashed, and in their
homes they are burning candles. The
candle stock, too. threatens to run
low, and nobody is prepared to burn
coal oil lamps.
Dishes IN the restaurants and in
the hotels are piling up and the bar
Der shops have closed down. The
laundries, too, are out of business,
and a car load of washings was ex-
pressed to Chicago Monday.
People walk about on the streets
in the exening carrying lanterns and
often fail to recognize each other
owing to the unfamiliar appearance
OF some of their dirty friends. Thorn
as E. Knots, the president of the
town, is the only man who has a
pump on his premises and it has been
kept working overtime. The saloon
keepers are the only ones who have
been pro6ting by the water famine.
AT the Gary Hotel all employees
are given buckets an hour before
meal time and sent to Lake Michigan
half mile away, in order to carry
water.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09
To Marry "Sight Unseen.

Emil Lauritizon of Winsted, Conn.
is going to Joplin, Mo, to marry
Miss Louise Adcock, whom he has
never seen. Miss Adcock, whose
father is a prominent poultry tancier
wrote her name on an egg that was
among those going to market The
egg came East and reached Lauriti-
IONS bakery by way of cold storage
plant He wrote to Miss Adcock
and she replied to his letter. Cores
pondence went on until marriage
was proposed. Miss Adcock accepted
him, but her father insisted that ne
should come to Joplin before the
wedding was positively agreed upon
He has sent him the money for his
expenses.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09
tuberculosis Hospital Discussed in
Report.

The project of a tuberculosis hos-
pital is discussed by DR.. ]. N. Hurty
secretary OF the State Board
Health, in his annual report, and high
tribute is paid to the legislation by
which money was appropriated to
start this enterprise. There are a
number of private tuberculosis hos
pitals in the State. These are pat
ronized by residents of the State, and
in addition many Indiana patients
take treatment in hospitals in the
East. DR.. Hurry, however, believes
that a State hospital supplied with
sufficient money for all necessary
equipment will be boon to the peo-
pie of Indiana
"a State tuberculosis hospital is in
sight" says the annual report of the
Health Board. AFTER years of effort
on the part of many citizens who de-
sired to promote the economic af-
fairs and happiness of the State, a
law has been passed creating a hos
pital where few hundred lives may
annually be saved from the all-de-
vouring consumption. The Assembly
of 1907 provided an appropriation for
the purchase of site, but left to the
succeeding Assembly the duty of giv-
ing a proper sum for buildings and
for maintenance. Ten thousand per-
sons will die of the disease in the
meantime, but finally the rescue work
will begin 1t will be a proud day
for Indiana when it begins the work
of saving precious oung people from
the most destructive of known pre-
ventable diseases"
Dr. Hurry, in discussing the tuber-
culosis malady, emphasizes the eco
nomic as we'll as the humane side Of
the situation. He calls attention 20
the fact that the expense of tui,er,
culoss in Indiana during the Last
years has been almost $4,000 dav,
to say nothing of the sorrow it has
cost an dthe orphans that have been
left.
One notable fact in connection
with tuberculosis statistics in Indiana
during the last year is that the death
of women has exceeded the death OF
men. The number of mothers be-
tween the age of eighteen and forty
who died in 1906 was 917 while there
were only 255 fathers of this age.
Comparative figures of this kind have
not been compiled for 1907. but it Is
known the death of women exceeded
the death of men, 1t Is also shown
that OF the total number of consump-
ton deaths in 1907, 76 per cent were
in the age period of fifteen to hft~-
.fixe--years. the most useful period IN
life
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09
Little Trouble in Muncie.

The backbone of rioting in Muncie
is broken. Cars were run Sunday
from early morning until dusk over
all lines, and with the exception of a
few scattering stone throwing at
tacks, which occurred on the out
skirts the cars were unmolested, not
withstanding they were manned y
imported strike breakers and un-
guarded SO far as deputy sheriffs OF
troops were concerned.
Maj. Gen. w. J. Mckee. in COM
mand of the troops, takes cheerful
view OF the situation.
He said: Things were much bet
ter and | feel sure there will be no
further outbreaks, except those
brought on by small boys
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09
Employers Liability Act is Held
Unconstitutional

The supreme court of the United
States Monday declared unconstItu-
tional the employers liability act"
passed by congress in 1906, at the
solicitation of the president By this
law it was sought TO abolish the doc
trine that the responsibility of fell
low employe for an accident relieved
the employer from suit for damages
for the death or injury of another
employe
The decision was by vote of s
to 4.
In rendering the majority opinion,
Justice White said congress could
deal with the relations of master and
servant, as found in interstate COM
merce but by act under considera-
tion not only interstate but intrastate
commerce were regulated. Justice
Day concurred in this view. Justice
Peckham rendered an opinion that
the law was unconstitutional because
congress did not have the power to
deal with the relations of master and
servant as applied to interstate COM
merce in the way in which it did in
this act.
Justice Moody, former attorney
general, rendered dissenting opin-
ion moved, he said, by solicitude
for the maintenance of the law au-
thority of the national government.
Justices Harlan, McKenna and
Holmes also rendered dissenting
opinions.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09
Gold Output Shrinks.

The prod ..ction of gold in .',r Upit-
d States vas $4,753,40, less II l.~7
than in 1906. The amount of silver
produced was increased by over one
million fine ounces.
Alaska's gold production fell OH
a little more than $3,000,000, accord
ing to the preliminary report of the
director of the mint, issued last week
Colorado led all the states in 1907
in gold production as it did in 1906
The amount. however, was reduced
from nearly $2S 100000 in 1906 TO
nearly $21 ,OOO. 900 in 1907.
Montana leads in the production
of silver with 12,11s,0OO fine ounces,
with Colorado and Utah only few
thousand ounces behind.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09
Curraw-Kuhn Nuptials.

Adolph NJ Kuhn, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John c. Kuhn, of this city and
Miss Alice NJ. Curraw of Chicago
were married a; the home OF the lat
ter, Saturday, Jan. 4th. They left for
Oklahoma Tuesday, where they will
visit with his brother, DR.. John F
Kuhn They will make Chicago
their future home.
The bridegroom is Plymouth boy
well known here. He has been en-
ployed at Chicago for the past five
years, and is now travelling sales
man for the Towle Manufacturing
company of that city.
The Tribune joins with his hosts
of friends. offering congratulations
and wishes of success
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09
Cure With Meningitis Serum.

In new cerebro spinal meningitis
case brought to the attention OF
Johns Hospital from Atlanta, the
doctors in charge have again used
with success the serum which DIR.
Simon Flexner, head of the Rookie
teller Institute for Medical Research,
New York, recently discovered. The
patient. Irving Hall, is young man.
Before being brought TO the hospital
the disease had been running five
weeks and showed all the malignant
symptoms which develop such as
high temperature, rapid pulse and
rigidity OF muscles. The success Of
the trial of the serum is regarded
at Baltimore as noteworthy tribute
to the value of DR.. Flexner's dsscov-
cry, which has been thought by some
of the profession to aid only in IN
cipient cases. The patient is now OUT
of danger.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09
Indiara Man Has Narrow Escape.

John NJ. Young, a Terre Hau e
man who recently went TO Long
Beach, California, had narrow es-
cape from serious injury late Monday
evening at Dead Mans Island, when
he was attacked by a huge devil fish
which he had pried loose from the
rocks The octopus, which measured
eight feet across, threw one of its
tentacles around Young's right leg,
and only by quick stroke with his
knife, which severed the tentacle near
the central portion of the monster,
was the Indiana man able to free
himself.
When the devil fish was finally sub
dued, Young started back toward
Long Beach surfeited with excite
ment The octopus, with seven tent
acles remaining, is on exhibition at
Long Beach, Cal
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09
Fight for Fairbanks Clean and Dig.
nifed.

No aspirant for the Republican
presidential nomination IS making a
more dignihed campaign than Vice
President Fairbanks He may not
win the nomination, but at the same
time he is not likely TO lose much
sleep over the contest Our Vice
President is essentially man of dig
nifty and he has refused to enter into
mad scramble for delegates. He
has made no effort to force himself
upon the attention of the country
During the recess of Congress he has
accepted some of the invitations to
make public addresses that have
come to him in the ordinary course,
but he has not resorted to the we'll
known and oft-practiced method OF
having his friends arrange dinners
and procure invitations for him. Nor
do his enemies, if he has any, deny
that when he has spoken he has
spoken with good taste, dignity, and
effectiveness. There is much favor
able comment in Washington on the
manner in which the Vice President
has carried himself, as bee o;nos his
cffice and his character. In addition
to being one of the best presiding
officers the Senate has had in re:eI.t
years. as a candidate for the prcsi
dency Mr. Fairbanks has so ta- es-
capped criticism and won only praise.
This does not mean that :he Vice
President and his friends nave been
idle They have not They have been
at work. The truth is, and it may as
we'll be told, more work has been
done for Fairbanks than most people
are aware OF. But It has been quiet
work. 1t has not been hunting dele
gates with a bras. band. Mr.. Fair
banks himself is a skillful practical
politician He knows what strings
to pull and how to pull them. He
has been assisted by a number OF
friends and agents who have quietly
travelled about the country seeing this
man and that man and dropping
little seed where it ma sprout in
June. Mr.. Fairbanks has given par
ticular attention TO the South, and
his efforts there have not been un-
productive. Record Herald
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09
Two Townships in Laporte County
Indebted to Plymouth Or
phanage

In the January apportionment of
common school revenues for tuition
for the first half of the year 1905,
which has just been made by Fasser
A. Cotton, state superintendent of
public instruction, the sum of $1,14s,-
369 IS distributed among the ninety
two counties of the state. The amount
for school purposes collected from
the counties in the December settle
mem of taxes was $1,193,s7001. The
amount already in the treasury from
all sources was s12,0s1.41, making a
total amount on hand January in
the educational department treasury
of sl,2o5,9el.4l. The spportionment
of school revenues per capita is $14s.
Various school corporations of the
state have sent, or permitted to be
sent, school children TO a custodian
Institution for dependent children sit
uated IN Center township, Marshall
county, known as "Brightside." Ac-
cording to certified statements from
the authorities of this institution. the
tuition fees for the year 1906 and 1907
for many of these children have not
been paid. A statement has been
made by Superintendent Cotton with
reference to the indebtedness of the
school corporations TO "BriRhtside"
and county auditors have been in
sfructed to note the corporations so
indebted and to deduct from their
apportionment accordingly.
Pleasant township. Laporte coun-
ty, is indebted to "Brightside' in the
sum of 1886. while Michigan City
owes $s7.so.-Laporxe Argus Bu1le-
f;y,- SO
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09
Sees Bright Future.

Cardinal Gibbons has expressed his
opinion of the outlook for the new
wear in the following words:
THE prospects for 19Os appear fair.
The most reasonable way to judge
of the future is by the light OF the
past. and we find that if Almighty
Coo has inflicted upon us some trials
the blessings he has vouchsafed /
ways have exceeded them This ilas
been the experience in the years gone
by, and. think, we may rely upon
the same goodness and protection in
the one upon winch we are now en-
tering There may be some things
that probably will appear to certain
minds discouraging, but under the
will OF Divine Providence l am sure
We may hope for the best"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09

The G. A. r met in regular meet
ing and the following officers were
installed for the year 1908: command
er, Emanuel Price; Senior Vice, Nor
ris Agler; Junior Vice, Joseph White;
Adjutant, F. NJ. Welsh, Quarter
master, w. H. Ctnger, Chaplain. w.
E. Bailey; Officer of Day, Simeon
Wilson. Officer of Guard, G. w.
Kaufman; Standing Committees,
Council of Administration, c. Fisher.
Charles Andrews, Vim. Craig. Relief
Committee, L. Tanner and F. M.
NBurkett. After The installation the
Ladies of the Relief Corps served a
sumptous repast which the old boys
did their best to devour, but there
was plenty and TO spare. All in all
it was a most enjoyable affair.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09
Women for the Postofices.

Senator Clay of Georgia is entirely
in the right in opposing the discharge
of women postmasters in the smaller
Offices in the South. The village post
Office is coveted by storekeepers, who
wish to have it in the country store
To attract customers 1t also has its
political Importance, and the postof-
fee is often the gathering place OF
the local politicians, where they ex-
change views and agree upon men
and neighborhood affairs and dele
gates to county conventions and what
not. Because of these gatherings and
the smoky atmosphere of the many
country stores, the postoffice DOM
iciled therein is not always the most
attractive place for women and child
rem to go for their letters. When
the postmaster is woman every
thing is different Some storekeeper
has usually been deprived of the OF
fee and misses it in his business. 1t
IS no longer congenial place for the
district politicians TO assemble and
smoke. But it is clean and mt for
women to enter. The mail matter is
disposed of in an orderly way. There
is always some one present to wait
upon people, and, as an almost nvar-
liable rule. there is the strictest hon.
esty and accuracy in accounting foi
the government funds. The Office OF
rural postmaster is one which can be
filled most acceptably by women, and
usually without taking them from
their home duties. These appoint
ments ought not TO be restricted to
men. The more women employed in
them the better for the public and
for the government.-Baltimore Sun.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09
The Democratic Situation.

Stokes Jackson and ]. Kirby Risk
each claim five committeeman IN
their race for chairman of the Demo
cratic state committee. If one of the
two committeeman not tied up votes
for each of Them it will leave tie
with Stevens voting for Barnhart
FIRST last and all the time" If a
compromise candidate is agreed upon
Mr.. Stevens, the committeeman of
the Thirteenth district will have no
voice in the matter as he has TO vote
for Barnhart from start to finish
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09
Lawyer Found Guilty.

John Graves, of Warsaw, must
spend thirty days in the county jail
and pay fine of 500, verdict OF
guilty having been returned against
him on charge of embezzling $1,000
and certificate of sale to forty acres
OF land belonging TO the Arbuckle-
Ryan Harvester Co. The trial occu-
pied the entire week last week
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09
BANK GETS READY
WILL OPEN ABOUT MARCH
1st. ELECTS d.
RECTORS.

The stockholders of the Citizens
Trust and Savings Co., which was or
gained with capital of $4,000 in
September last, met Monday after
noon, and selectel the following di-
rectors for the coming year: John r.
Jones, Frank H. Hoffman, Argos;
Louis N. Shaffer, Argos; Andrew ].
Dillon, Rochester; John A. McFar-
lin, Harry, A CRUDE. VIM. Voreis,
Argos; and Peter ]. Richards. Jr.
Committee on location: George
Marks, Hiram Shaffer and John Nc
Farlin.
This bank expects to open for busi-
ness m the Cressner building about
March 1st.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09
Hitchcock Asks More Money.

The annual report OF First Assist
,ant Postmaster General Frank Ii.
Hitchcock has been made public. The
revenue collected through the post
Offices during the fiscal year 1906
amounted to about $16s,00O,000, a
gain of more than $15,C00,O00, and
: the report states that this growth
was continued in 1907 when the ag-
gregate was $1s3,OOO,OOO In order to
meet this continuous growth of his
bureau Mr.. Hitchcock makes an .ap-
peal for larger appropriations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-28
BOYS WILL BE LET OUT.
Substitute Carriers VIII Attend to
Special Delivery Service.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-Postmaster
General Myer is of the opinion that
1t Is prejudicia1 to the welfare of
young America" to employ him as a
Specia, delivery messenger in the
postal service and has issued an or
der to the effect that whenever a
vacancy occurs in the force of spec
ial delivery messengers the position
shall not be filled and that substitute
letter carriers and clerks shall be en-
pIoyed to effect special delivery. He
states that these messenger boys are
called upon frequently to visit low re-
sorts and are often compelled to
travel long distances late at night in
lonely outlying sections of the great
cities, failing to make deliveries at
times through fear or WEAKNESS. The
object of the order is to bring about
the gradual discontinuance of the SER
vice of these juvenile messengers.
Special delivery messengers have
been employed since 1888, and at
present there are 2,505 Engaged at
189 postoffices with ages as follows:
Eighty-seven, 13 years; 167, IA years;
years of age and IT'S. 18 years or
over At 944 offices substitute clerks
and carriers do the work.
In New York. substitute carriers
have delivered all special delivery
matter for a number of years, and
in Boston only 81 boys are en-
ployed, substitute carriers being used
wholly at the main office and at the
larger stations. The postmaster at
Baltimore has reduced the force of
boys gradually during the last three
years and given over the work to the
substitutes, the boys now numbering
only nine In Brooklyn 20 Of the
messengers are substitute carriers
and 46 are boys. Certain of the
larger cities. however. continue using
boys exclusively. Chicago has 337
boys; Philadelphia ia, and Pitts
burg 7S
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-28
UNTOUCHED BY PANIC.
q. S. League of Building and Loan
Associations Meets.

New Orleans, La, Feb. 2s-The
sixteenth annual meeting of the
United States League of Local Build
ing and Loan association opened here
today. Several hundred delegates.
representing practically every state in
the union, were present.
President Weeks in his annual ad-
dress said:
Born in 1903, the year of the
great panic, the United States League
of Local Building and Loan associa-
tions again convenes during panic
conditions. In this second period of
money stress. the building and loan
associations have been practically un-
disturbed. Money has been loaned
Withdrawals of shares and maturing
series paid off without delay or dis
count; there have been no runs on
homesteads and none have closed
their doors on account of the panic
conditions"
THE building and loan asso Citations
of the United States have increa sed
approximately 55,000,0O0 in assets in
1907, 50 that they now care for S728.-
000, 900 of the peoples savings. The
members of these aSso Citations are
largely wage earners, they have in
the aggregate accumulated a vast
sum, which has been mainly loaned
to members for purpose Of securing
their own homes"
The secretary presented table OF