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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Great Britain Losing Shipbuilding
Prestige.

Great Britain's claim as shipbuilder
for the world is no longer justified to
such an extent as formerly The sta
tistics of the worlds shipbuilding N
1907, just issued by Lloyd's Register,
shows a total output of mercantile
tonnage by the United Kingdom of
1,742,365. being decrease of 100000
tons as compared with 1906, which
was the highest on record The for
eign output in 'O7 increased bv nearly
$4,000 tons.
Great Britain, however, still builds
more than one-half the mercantile
shipping of the globe, which last year
showed net increase of 1884, 500
tons, compared with an increase of
2,15s,OO in 1906. The worlds fleet
of sailing ships was reduced during
the year by 10000 tons and the
steam tonnage was increased by D.
500 The United States built, in
1907, 1000 tons, which was a slight
increase.
Germany showed rather serious
decline Last year she built 275,OO0
tons, as compared with $4,000 an
1906, and at the same time she pur-
chased less from Great Britain "A
matter of great discomfort in Eng
land is the large percentage of for
eigners employed as seamen in the
British mercantile marine They to-
tai 10000 with an annual wage list
of $10,OO0,O 900.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Bomb Fiasco; Two Shot Dead

An attempt was made Wednesday
night to set fire and dynamite the
loose tobacco factory of the Hayes
Sorry Tobacco company at Clarksville.
Tenn. representatives of the Italian
Regles, and two negroes, Tony Al
len and Walter Watkins, alias Frog
Eye, were killed by watchman. An
other negro escaped, but is thought
to have been wounded
The Reggie tobacco factory, since
the recent trouble in the dark tobac-
co district, has been closely guarded
About IL o'clock, when Guard Shank
lin was making his rounds he mott
ed three men at door OF the factory
on the west side. He first thought
they were guards. One struck match
and Shanklin asked who he was The
negro ran Shanklin followed and
fired three times One negro drop
ped dead in his tracks. The second
ran seventy yards TO a negro tene
ment house, where he died. The
third yelled, but disappeared.
The door had been saturated with
coal oil and four sticks of dynamite
placed against it,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Last Of Eight Completing Journey.

Footsore and weary after travelling
nearly 10000 miles on his way around
the world, principally on foot, Henri
Mosse, a middle-aged Frenchman,
whose seven companions, with whom
he started over four years ago from
Lyons, France, died from exposure
or we're murdered by natives in un-
civilized countries through which
they passed, has arrived in New
York from Washington and the
South. Next week he plans TO start
for Quebec, there to take steamship
for his native land.
On June "a, 1903, according to en-
tries in Mosse's notebook. he began
his tour, accompanied by three fel-
low-countrymen and four English
men, the eight men being equally di-
vided as members of the Sportsmen' S
Club, of London. and the Touring
Club of France
From France the eight went into
Turkey, then into Bulgaria and on to
Russia, where. Mosse was arrested on
sdspicion of being a Japanese spy,
and was thrown into prison s"r forty
eight days. In China one of the eight
was murdered bp the Chinese two
were killed by natives of Australia; :;
three died from exposure and one
committed suc de
The pedestrian says he is walking
on $4,000 wager, offered jointly
by the two clubs.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
THE FIGHT AT WALKERTON.
Town Viii! Be Dry Until Three Men
Out of Business Secure New
Licenses.

A finding which decided the oues-
ton of liquor licenses being granted
to Frank Rider, ]. w. Hardenbrook
and Melvin Foster, of Walkerton
was made Friday by Judge Van Fleet,
of the Elkhart superior court, in dis
missing the appeal of Hardenbrook
which had been made from the coun-
ty commissioners court. When the
license was refused an appeal was
made, the appeal bond filed and
transcript of the proceedings ordered
On account of the failure of the tran
script to be filed within the specified
time required by law the case was
not properly certified to the court and
was thus dismissed The ATTORNEYS
for the applicant made strong ap-
peal to have the license granted, de-
claring, they had done all they could
in the matter and should not be held
accountable for the negligence of the
auditor. Judge Van Fleet, not wish
ing to set precedent by granting Ii
censes from irregular filings, refused
to grant the request of the applicants
counsel. While there was but one
case being tried the decision pract-
cally decides all the cases as the ap-
peal for all three were made at the
same time, Before the applicants
can now secure license new apph-
cations will have to be filed with the
commits Sioners.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Bold Bad Students Put Cow In
Girls; Dormitory.

.Swathmore, he staid Quaker col
lege community, nee Philadelphia,
is all a-chuckle ove- fhe storv OF a
cow that came to college and was
permitted to stay over night.
One night last week some OF the
restless spirits in the dorrnitortes FOR
boys only conceived the idea OF trans
planting a Jersey milcher from the
barnyard of the college farm to the
sacred precincts o' the lair sex.
AT midnight the froEcsom. stud
ents hoisted the COW up the steps
leading to the second floor of Parrish
hall, where a portion of the goods
have their habitat Half al hour lat
er the night watchman was startled
by shrill cries from the second story.
Rushing up the stairway, he ran full
tilt into the wanderer from the barn
yard, and was himself almost over
come by fright before he recognized
the species of animal confroting him.
His efforts to remove "Bossy" were
resisted.
Then it was that the fair goods
took a hand in the game. A kimono
brigade was formed and the girls
rushed out to proffer their sugges-
tions to the watchman Bits Of candy
were tossed to the obstinate one
The animal refused to move. and
the watchman found it necessary to
wait until morning.
The college authorities have been
trying TO learn the names of the
guilty boys in order to expel them,
but of course none knows who did it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Carnegie Gives $2oo, 900 to Kentucky
College.

Andrew Carnegie announced Fri
day that he would give 100000 to
Berea College at Berea, KY, subject
20 the condition that the college raise
a like amount to make up the sum
that President William Goddell Frost
deems necessary if the institution is
to carry OH its work among both he
whites and negroes of the mountains
OF Kentucky
Until the state Legislature passed
a law prohibiting any school from adj
mitting both whi.e and negro stud
ents Befea received a part of its sup
port from persons whose interest was
largely in the negro population. All
ter that il was decided to set aside
from the endowment fund and fixed
properties of the college 100000, the
income of which was to be used for
the benefit of the negroes, and TO OBJ
tain from them as soon as possible
the establishment of a good school
in Kentucky after the type of Hamp-
ton Institute.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Carload of Flour Seized Under Pure
Food Act.

A carload of flour, with the seal
still intact on the car, was seized
Wednesday by Deputy United States
Marshal A. n Boyd, at Richmond,
Ind, the seizure being made under
the pure food and drugs law of June
80, 1906. The seizure was made by
request of the Secretary of Agricult-
ure, on information furnished by the
Department of Agriculture
1t is alleged in the libel OF informa-
ton for condemnation filed in the
Federal Court in Indianapolis that
the flour was consigned by Seymour
Carter, of Hastings. Mimi, to Sey-
mour Carter, at Richmond, Ind.
1t further is alleged that the sacks
of flour are labeled as having been
manufactured from finest selected
hard spring wheat" but that the -four
contains as one OF its ingredients
"Durum flour made from Durum
wheat" 1t is aid that this was con-
trary to the act of Congress. 1t was
asked in the libel of information that
the -four be seized, and that it be sold
after proper hearingp of the case if
the allegations be sustained
1t is said that this is the first case
of IT'S kind in this State.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

Policemen in Chicago are to be re-
tired in the order of the hardness of
their arteries.
at has been determined beyond
dispute that man is as old as his
arteries said Health Commissioner
Evans, in explaining the plan on
which the retiring board viii work
while It is a universal rule that
as man grows older his arteries
The arteries of a man of fifty may
harden, yet the process of hardening
does not move evenly with the years.
of sixty-hve. 1t depends on the way
he has lived
The machine for testing the ar
teries is a hollow rubber band put
around the biceps of the arm and
connecting with a rubber tube which
runs to common pump bulb in the
hand By working the bulb the per-
son being examined forces air into
the band around the arm until it
swells enough to stop the pulse A
mercury standard attached indicates
how much pressure this takes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

At a meeting of the Evansville
Humane society, the whipping-post
idea of Judge ]. c. Winfrey, of the
local police court, was indorsed. 1t
was also decided to write to Attorney
General Bingham and ascertain if a
whipping post can be legally estab-
lished in this state, and if the offic-
ial's opinion is favorable one will be
erected at Evansville, Ind, for wife
beaters.
Judge Winfrey has had score of
wife-beaters before him this winter,
and the long jail sentences he has i'm
posed has rot succeeded in lessening
the offense IN Evansville In the
opinion OF Judge Winfrey if whip
ping-post could be erected in some
public place, where wife-beaters
would be punished, the time would
soon come when wife-beaters in
Evansville would cease to be known.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Counting the Cost in New York.

The annual message of the Mayor
been an increase of s11s,65O,OOO in
the net bonded debt of the city. A
debt statement is given as follows:
Net funded debt Excluding county
Indebtedness and water bonds issued
since january 1, 1900 $49s, s,4s7, 11s.O5.
Net contract liability $7O,766, ,529.1O.
For lands acquired $16,2O2, ,5669s. To-
tai $5ss,t56,214.13.
The budget for the year 1908 is
$143, 3,572, ,26617, an increase over that
for 1907 of $13, ,760.51. The mayor
says that rhe increase is caused by
two reasons: First, the enactment
by the state legislature of laws inter
fering with the local regulation of
our expenditures, thus entailing upon
the city every year large mandatory
increases to which it must submit,
and, second, the constantly increas-
ing volume of the city's business and
the higher prices which it has been
forced to pay for its supplies"
He declares that the city cannot be
accused of any extravaganza in allow
ing the increases, and adds that as
long as it continues to give the pub
lie increased facilities and improve
ments its expense account must con-
tnue to grow. He betrays no alarm
whatever over the conditions and ten
denotes.
But The World newspaper does
not share his claim. 1t has shown
that the debt of New York is consid
erably larger than the debt OF Paris,
that it is more than double that of
London and more than five times that
OF Berlin: also that New York's an
nual expenditures are much larger
than those of any of the three for
eign cities. These comparisons prove
nothing, but they are not without sig
nifcance London wdth ITS smaller
debt is a much larger city than New
York. its running expenses are less
by some forty millions and it is not
pledged to such great investments OF
capital New York interest payments
alone are now placed at $24,000,000,
and here is an interesting statement:
THE recent purchase OF $30,OO0,O0O
Of city revenue bonds by the Morgan
syndicate was coupled with an option
for $4,000, 900 more, which the sink
ing fund commission raised 70 $35,-
900, 900 New York will soon have
outstanding s65,OOO.OOO in 6 per cen.
securities"
The World complains that the city
has never been in such lamentable
financial condition since Tweed's
time, and declares that there is in
excusable waste and extravaganza.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

Followed by funeral cortege con-
sisting only of the dozen dogs she
had starved herself to feed and her
faithful old servant, the body OF
"Ouida" was tal;en to its last resting
place at Florence, Monday.
The funeral was most pitiful cpl
logue to the dreadful privations
which the once famous novelist had
suffered since the dissipation of her
fortune earned by her writing. After
the departure from the hut which
served as. the last home OF rhe i'm
poverished writer the procession
trudged slowly to the English Gem
etery at Bagni di Lucca, where ti.t
body was inferred.
Only small wooden cross marks
the grave of the woman who won
fame and wealth by her pen.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Army Can Not Hold Name.

The right of the Salvation Army
of the United States, of which Gen.
William Booth is the head, to the ex-
elusive use of that or any similar
name, was denied Thursday by JUS
tice Newburger, in the Supreme
court at New York.
Justice Newburger's decision was
on the application made by the Sal
vation Army of the United States for
an injunction to restrain the Ameri-
can Salvation Army, headed by James
w. Dufin, from using that name.
Counsel for the applicant. in arguing
the injunction, declared that the ao-
plication was made on the ground
that the Duffin organization had
brought discredit on the Salvation
Army of the United States
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

The navy uniform case in which a
decision is awaited by navy and army
men all over the country, now awaits
the final word of the Rhode Island
supreme court. When the superior
court jury awarded Chief Yoeman
Fred L. Buenzie 25 cents damages
against the management of the Sea
View dancing pavilion in Newport
for refusing to admit him TO its dane
ing floor on September s, 1906, the
plaintiff promptly appealed on the
ground that the damages were not
sufficient 10 recompense him for his
mental suffering or to prevent the
repftition of the offense in the future.
Buenzie was barred solely because
he wore his uniform, and on this
question the case hinges
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Claim Share of sec, 900 900.

Heirs to the estat. OF General Is
rael Putnam, consisting of $40, ,OO0,OO
now in the hands of the public trustee
of London, have put in their claims,
with every prospect OF obtaining
their share of the money. 1t was left
by an ancestor of the revolutionary
general, and his descendants on this
side of the water, most of whom live
in Kentucky or in New England,
have set UP formidable claims Mrs
Il. n. Lindsey. Mrs William Ried-
ling and J. B. Stewart of Louisville,
Kentucky, all trace their ancestry di-
rectly to Israel Putnam Mrs. Ried-
ling, through her mother, Mrs Sue
Adams Smith, daughter of Augusta t.
Adams, daughter of Harriet NJ Talia-
ferro, daughter of Daniel Mayer and
Mary Putnam, who was the second
daughter of Israel Putnam Jr, estab-
fishes direct line of descent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Lemoine's Diamond Trick Is Dis
covered.

The police say they have found the
accomplices who supplied diamond
maker" Henri Lemoine of Paris, with
the gems he professed to manufacture
from a mysterious process of his
own. The. theory is that Lenloin.
hid rough diamonds in the paste at
the bottom of his crucibles, cracked
the mass open after it had hardened
and produced the real stones before
the astonished eyes of the onlookers.
1t is said that the purveyors of the
supplies have consented under police
pressure to go to Paris as witnesses
in the case and later through them,
it will be possible to prove Lemoine's 5
alleged frauds and convict him of
obtaining money from his dupes un-
der false pretenses.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Carlos Saved From Rebels.

An abortive attempt to overthrow
the monarchy and proclaim Portugal
republic was nipped in the bud
Wednesday night by the prompt ac-
ton Of the government.
The plot was organized by small
group of advanced republicans. As
near as can be ascertained the plan
was TO aSsassinate Premier Franco
and then depend for success upon
street risings, supported by secret re-
publican and labor organizations,
armed with bombs and revolvers.
The conspirators intended to take
advantage OF various festivities to
carry out the coup d'etat The royal
family we're at Villa Vicosa enter
tanning the duke of Abruzzi. Most
of the army and navy officers who
were in the city were attending a
gala performance at the theater,
while many OF the chief functionaries
of state were present at magnificent
ball at one of the Legations
The police discovered what was in
the wind early in the evening and
surrounded and raided a house where
the ringleaders in the plot were con-
ferring.
When they broke in the doors the
lights were extinguished and in the
confusion that followed most of the
conspirators managed to escape. Sew
eral of them, however, were captured
including the leader, Joao Chagras, a
republican journalist who was prom
inen in the republican revolt OF 1891;
Franco Berger editor of Mundo, and
a merchant named Grendella.
A case of revolvers and bombs
was found in the cellar. A general
alarm was Immediately sent out, and
While the prisoners were being taken
to jail troops began to appear from
all directions A squadron of cav
airy was placed around Premier
Francois house and the night was
passed without further incident.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
EQUAL SUFFRAGE WINS IN
MICHIGAN BATTLE.
Committee at Lansing Unanimously
Votes in Favor of Striking Word
Male" from Clause Regard
ing Elective Franchise.

Wednesday night the committee on
elective franchise of the constitution
al convention at Lansing, Mich, de-
cided to report favorably proposal
to strike out the word ~male" from
the constitution, and by so doing
recommend woman's suffrage, to the
convention.
The action OF the committee, only
five members of which were present
and voting, will be something of a
surprise to the convention. Four
members of The committee were alb
sent. 1t has been expected that the
suffrage proposal would be left to
slumber in the hands of the commit
tee, buk Wednesday night a hearing
was granted to Mrs w II. Pound,
wife of Chicago minister, who for
merly lived in Lansing.
Her address was of such a convin-
cling nature that Delegate Burt moved
to report out the proposed amend
ment. and it was carried by the votes
of all present.
Coming SO near the close of the
convention, which is expected to ad-
journ within ten days, some doubt as
expressed as to whether the propo-
sition will receive an attentive hear
ing, but there is aid to be a strong
sentiment favorable to its adoption
AS the convention is given to the
adoption of surprising propositions,
there is no telling what will become
of the proposal.
Opinion was expressed that IT will
not go through, as the conservative
element which is strong in the con-
vention will no doubt oppose it,
claiming that its adoption would
jeopardize the constitution before the
people, it being already loaded down
with sundry "fads and fancies."
The women have made a strong
campaign for the elimination of the
word male" from the constitution.
The most noted speakers in the suf-
frage movement have addressed the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
FARMERS SHORT COURSE
Grand Success. Enrolment over
HOO.

Purdue University January 1918, 1905
was grand success in every way.
More than 100 farmers and their
wives registered and took the work
The course was so arranged that lect-
ures and demonstrations on the vari-
Gus phases of corn, stock, hort cult
unre, dairying, poultry and domestic
science were given every day. Inter.
esting and popular entertainments
were provided for the evening ses-
sions and at these meetings the peo-
pie were favored with selections
from the various musical organiza-
tons of the University
The corn and fruit shows held in
connection with the course were sue
cessful from every standpoint More
than 1873 plates of fruit were entered
for the $500 offered in premiums. This
show did much TO interest the young
men in horticultural work.
Over 225 samples of corn were on
exhibit in the corn show room The
quality of these was beyond that OF
previous years and showed clearly
the effect which previous corn schools
andthe local shows are having upon
corn growers. John r. Clisby of Ar
cola. ILL.,, a prominent corn breeder
and an expert corn judge, awarded
the premiums. The four handsome
silver trophies were awarded as fol-
lows:
Johnson County trophy value $50,
for the best sample white corn, won
by L. B. Clore. Franklin, Ind
Gray trophy, value 500, for the
best sample yellow corn won by Har-
vey Gray OF Galveston, Ind.
Vogler, value SIS, for best ear of
dent corn. won by H. NJ Stout, Ira
falgar, Ind.
American Hominy Company trophy
value $50, for the best ear hominy
corn, won by S. r. Jones, Terre
Haute, Ind
Dean j. H. Skinner gave the fare
well address Saturday morning in
which he expressed his appreciation
of the work done. This meeting was
the most enthusiastic of all and it
was voted that the 1908 Farmers
Short Course was the most success
ful ever held and the results accom-
plished more extensive and lasting
than those of any previous corn
school
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Unemployed Not Allowed to Parade.

By noon Thursday Police Chief
Shippy, of Chicago, had 700 extra
policemen mobolized with tn.. loop
diStrict"-the business heart of Chi
cago-in readiness to swing the en-
tire force, if necessary into Grart
Park, on the lake front to pu. \
quietus on the proposed parade Of
$4,000 unemployed to the City Hall
to petition for work"
During the morning the parade
committee for the Socialist party
which had taken charge of the DEM
onstration tried to call off the affair.
but by that time it had got away from
them People began to gather along
the lake front as early as $50. Icy
winds were sweeping in from Lake
Michigan and they sought refuge in
the entrance to buildings along
Michigan avenue or kept moving.
AT the final moment, when the So
cialists had abandoned the demon
stration. Dr. Ben Reitman, organizer
of the tramps' association and the
anarchistic leader, issued a call to all
who wished to join them to form the
parade and march to the city hall.
I'VE will march," said Reitman.
"The police shall not terrorize us.
| will lead every man who will join
me. If the police are determined to
shoot us down. let them do it. My
will is made. / would as soon be
dead in country where brutal au-
thority tramples on the rights of cit
izens."
Twenty patrol wagons with the
horses in the harness, were held in
readiness for instant use, and two
fire steamers we're kept ready to
throw water on the crowds if the eff
forts of the police to prevent them
from gathering should prove unavail-
ing. The time of meeting had been
set for 2 p. m. The Socialists sent
speakers along the lake front to ad-
dress the men, if the police should
permit them. and to advise them to
obey the police. They were to appeal
to the people of Chicago, however, in
protest against the action OF Chief
Shippy.
The chiefs course was determined,
after a conference with all the men,
bers of the mayors cabinet He an
nounced that peaceable means would
be employed if possible to prevent
the meetings and the parade, but that
if necessary the police would use
force. All the reserves were armed.