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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-03-23
MEXICO MANUFACTURERS
DEMAND PROTECTION

Mexico City, March 22.-Manufac-
turcrs of this country have joined in
an appeal to the minister of finance
for protective duty on all articles
manufactured in Mexico. The petition
stated that many home industries are
not able to prosper because Of the
competition Of American manufacture
crs, who, because of their own pro-
tective tariff, are able to sell cheaply
in this market their prices in many
instances being lower than the same
articles are sold for in the United
States
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-03-23
AMERICAN CAR CROSSES
TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS
Los Angeles Eliminated From Timer
AIRY Of New York to Paris Racers.

Los Angeles. Cal, March IA
despatch received here tonight con-
veyed the intelligence that the Amer
lean car which had been expected 60
include Los Angeles in its transcon-
tinental tour is not journeyng in this
direction The despatch added that
the car had climbed the Tehachapl
grade and at o'clock tonight was
wen on its way to Bakersfield, where
the days run viii end, 1t will pro-
coed through the san Joaquin valley
to San Francisco.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-03-23
SPRING ARRIVE s
IN NATIONAL
CAPITAL
WASHINGTON LIVELY
LONG SLEEP APPROACHES
No Lack Of Entertainment for
the Winter Close Range
Views of Great and Near
Great Mr. Taft's Bald Spot,
tBy VIII c. BaInes,)


Washington. The grass in the hun
drcds of parks, both great and small,
Is green. The tulip, crocruses and
other early spring flowers that the
gardeners have planted in the beds all
over the parks, and cared for so ten
derby all winter, are pushing up to-
wards bloom with almost magic
growth. The trees and lilac bushes
are bursting into leaf and Washing
ton for the next two or three months
will be at its fairest and most beau
tifu aspect
Already the talk Of an early ad-
journment of congress has begun and
beyond any doubt the session will end
by the 18th Of May. Some members
insist it will be by the first Of that
month, but at any rate the city will
deserted for the summer by the first
of June with the close Of congress
the city goes to sleep. Hence they
rejoice greatly here when the year for
the long session is at hand and con-
gress continues on all summer
Go into any of the great apart
ment houses in the city and ask the
price of rooms and tell them you
want to rent for all summer and they
will at once inform you that up to
May first the rate will be, say $125,
but If you win remain until October
hrst the rate viii be about One-half
that much. The winter time while
congress is in session. is their harvest,
and they don't lose any opportunity
to work it for all it's worth.
Naturally this is so, for, of course,
Washington is neither a manufacture
ing nor a business city Her great
ness and atuactiyeness is entirely due
to the seat of government being here
and as congress is the greatest of her
many attractions when it is gone
the glory Of the place is also gone.
But from now on until congress does
adjourn, the city is at its best and the
crowds Of visitors will be the greatest.
Probably there is no city in the
United States that offers so many at
fractions to visitors outside of the
ones that belong to the national gov
eminent The casual visitor seldom
discovers these attractions, but to
those who come here often and make
stays of several weeks they are well
known Speaking of that class of Wis
itors | find there is a large and con-
stantly increasing number of people |
who come to Washington every win
ter for a month or two. They fill up
these huge apartment houses that are
to be seen all over the city crowd |
the downtown hotels ana the outside |
boarding houscs-whose number by |
the way is legion--untl one marvols |
where they all come from.
These people come here to enjoy |
the cit and its sights as much as all |
England migratpS for the Season I
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-03-23

When IN need or ~ -irl for general
houseW oris" Just let your 'vant" Il,
known through the classified columns
Of lie Morning JournaI---you'n get the
girl. Try IL!
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-03-23
SANTA FE TIME TABLE.

Objective November 10. t907)
From the East Arrive Depart
No, t. Southern Cal Express. 7:a6p $3.50
No. 3 California Limited .-..12.20p 1900 .
No a. North Cal Fast Mail. .tOtb5 D 12:tb
no. . E l., a Mex city EXP. tl.i5 D 1890
From the West
No Chicago East Mail 49,. S.h0a S.26a
no A. CAicago Limited ...... b;50p $50 D
No. s. chi. a Kan city EXP. 6;40p 7.20p
pecos Valley Trains
No. IL, Amarillo Roswell and
carlsbad ,.s........ 7:05
No. ~, From Carlsbad, Roswell
and amarillo ..,..,to .I5p
From the south
'No no. CHI, Den x. G. Tx. .6.30H 900
'hu 40 connects at Lamy with branch train
Tor Sluta Io aud stops az an local points In
New Mexico. A. u. pURDY, Agent
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-03-23

MANUGL r 0Tnno, RcaIalor.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
Taggart Forces Are in Lead.

Nearly complete returns from the
Democratic county conventions OF
Saturday show that the Taggart
forces have carried six of the thir-
teen districts beyond doubt and that
their chances for electing state CEN
trail committeeman in at least three
more are better than the outlook for
the opposition.
The six districts conceded to Tag
CART contain five in which the liquor
element exerts a decided influence in
Democratic politics and in the other
he has prohted by failure of the op-
position to get together on a candi-
date. The only notable success oil
the opposition was in the ninth dis
trict, where James Kirby Risk Sc
cured panimous Endorsement for
state chairman
Leading memoirs OF the oppc sition
have begun TO talk of forming anoth-
er state organization and .electing
committeeman who would represent
the moral forces" in the party This
plan, it is said, will be submitted 10
Bryan.-Indianapolis Star
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
Lid Proves Costly.

With the advent of the New Year,
the law preventing the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquor in
Georgia, passed by the last session OF
the Legislature becomes effective,
making Georgia the first OF the
Southern states to be placed in the
prohibition column. The law is very
drastic in its prohibition and prevents
the keeping or giving away of liquors
in public places and imposes a tax
OF $500 on clubs whose members are
allowed to keep drinks of an intoxi-
eating nature in their individual lock-
ers
Notwithstanding the passage OF
this law there is some agitation TO
have it declared unconstitutional.
This action may be brought in the
United States courts in the course OF
the next month
1t was estimated Sunday that At
lanta alone would lose in license
taxes $135.612, and that the property
value of saloons and breweries there.
which will go out of business on Jan.
1, is from $1,OOO,OO0 to 81 100000.
For the rest of the state the property
values involved are about 100000.
1t is estimated that 10000 persons
will lose their employment when Jan
rings its bell on the sale of intox-
icating liquors.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
Woman Swallowed Package ol
Needles.

Mrs. Mollie Desmond, OF New
York, who attempted TO commit sui
eide eighteen months ago by swal-
lowing a package of la needles. died
Monday, after a physician had made
twenty-five surgical operations and
had removed all but a dozen of the
needles. Domestic troubles induced
Mrs. Desmond to try the extraordin-
airy method OF committing suicide in
June 1906, when she swallowed a set
of needles, varying in size from a
darning needle TO the smallest used
in fine sewing
She had been an inmate OF hosrit-
al ever since and the physicians made
an unceasing search for the needles
as they moved about in her body,
threatening the vital organs. In al
1872 needles were removed and the
doctors were beginning to believe all
had been removed, when a pain in
the region of the heart warned them
that there was still danger. An oper-
alton failed to disclose the location
OF the needle, and while they were
trying other means to find il death
interviewed. An autopsy will be made
to determine whether one of the
needles penetrated Mrs. Desmond
heart, or whether death was caused
by peritonitis.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
Miner Goes Insane from Fear and
Hunger.

After being imprisoned for three
days in Ellsworth No. i mine, at Els
worth, thirty miles from Pittsburg
John Omillian. twenty-six years old
Slav miner, was released from his
underground dungeon raving mani
&C Monday. He was taken TO the
county home at Arden, Pa Omillian
went to work last Thursday in a
small room off the main entry of the
mine and ignited his blast. The
charge proved so strong that it loos-
ened enough earth TO cause fall
which blocked the exit from the
room All his efforts 10 attract at
tention were in vain, and he might
have been entombed yet, but for the
accidental discovery of his plight.
A number Of mine officials, while go
ing through the diggings to see that
everything was safe, came to the
point where Omillian was entom6ed
They at once saw that something was
wrong. When the debris was cleared
the officials were astonished TO find
maniac dash among them from the
roo-,, knock two of the rescuers
down and put up vigorous fight be-
fore he was overpowered.
Nothing could be done for the Slav
to restore his mental balance. He was
insane from hunger and fear.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
Names Board Members.

Governor Hanly appointed Demo
cratic police commissioners as fol
lows: Anderson, Thomas Bagot
Jacksonville, John c. Murphy; Ko-
komo, Thomas S. Gerhart; Logans-
port, John J. Sheerin; Richmond, +
N. Watt
w. T. Dobbins of Lafayette and s
B. Beshore OF Marion, both Republi
cans, were appointed members of
the Police Board in their respective
cities
The following men were appointed
members of insane hospital boards
Central Hospital, Eli Marvin oil
Frankfort; Eastern, John W. Hanar
of Lagrange; Northern. Henry S
Barnhart of Rochester; Southern
Fred ]. Bays of Sullivan.
The Governor named for member
of the board for the School of Educa-
ton of Deaf. William T. Heron
Charlottesville; member of the board
for the Institution for the Blind, A
B. Pilkenton, Greenfield; trustees foi
the State Normal School, Joshua
Jump, Terre Haute, and Capt. w. H
Armstrong, Indianapolis.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
Sugar Combine Faces Biz Suit.

Suits against the American Sugar
Refining Company to recover mil
lions of dollars of which it is charged
the; governments has been defrauded
in the last ten years are to be be-
gun by the United States Department
of Justice as soon as the computa-
ton of the total amount OF the gov
eminent claim is completed by the
treasury officials now engaged in the
work From estimates now made by
those close in touch with the secre,
work of the customs officials it is de-
clared the total to be claimed will
amount to more than 100000. This
sum represents the difference be-
tween the duty paid by the sugar
trust since the passage Of the Ding
ley tariff act and the amount that
should have been paid, according to
the governments claim. but which is
alleged TO have been evaded by the
use of fraudulent scales on the docks
Of the rehneries.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
Powers Trial Near End

After weeks of grind, the attorneys
in the Caleb Powers trial begin TO
see the end, and it is now believed
that the case will be given to the
jury Thursday, January 2. One OF
the features of Tuesdays proceedings
was the introduction of w. ]. Dav-
idson as a witness. This is the first
time since suspicion was directed
against Davidson. in the spring OF
1900, that Davidson, who was Assis-
tant Secretary of State under Caleb
Powers, has set his foot on Kentucky
soil. His testimony was not sensa-
tional. as expected, the main point
being a contradiction of Powers in
that Davidson says he only talked
with Powers in a casual way about
bringing men from western Ken
lucky, while Powers says they dis
cussed together the feasibility Of
bringing the mountain men. Among
those present Tuesday was William
Giebel. of the 1907 Yale football
team. who is visiting his uncle, Ar
thur Goebel, over Christmas.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
Chinese Empress Orders Public
Meetings Stopped.

The Dowager Empress has given
verbal orders to the Interior Depart
ment and TO the police to suppress
all public meetings in Pekin. and
there is reason to believe this order
will be extended to the provinces.
The popular agitation along the
lines of rights recovery is grow
ing in a phenomenal manner. The
question of provincial as against fed
eral sovereignty enters largely into
the matter.
Women's societies, schools for
boys and girls, the family newspapers
and the political press all are partici-
pating in the agitation, and for a
month past the Government thefe
has been receiving kilograms in IN
creasing numbers expressing the
strong desire OF the senders that the
rights, which have been alienated
from them by foreigners. be restored
to the Chinese The movement has
reached such magnitude that the
Government is now striving to fill
conciliatory position.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
Farmers, Finance and Backbones

The farmers are the true backbone
OF the nation, whether in time of
peace or war But from the outstart
OF the republic, while they have been
content to bear the brunt of the
fighting and of furnishing bread and
meat and raiment on which to SUBJ
sist, they have modestly turned over
TO their fellow citizens engaged in
other pursuits the task of running the
government There are signs of a
change The farmers are getting
tired OF carrying the load without
any proper and equitable voice in the
direction OF affairs 1t will be most
suspicious change for the better
when the Changers shall assert them
selves and assume their rightful and
necessary share in regulating the pol
tics OF the country. They pay the
main share OF the taxes, which are
so laid as to heavily discriminate
against them. They should help to
FIX the rates. They are i'm fairness
entitled, as the main producers of
revenue, to mainly profit by its dis
tribution. They should insist on a
suitable control of expenditure
Philadelphia Record
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

Stunned by blows on the head and
then thrust headforemost into pool
of water was the manner of death of
the woman whose nude BODY was
found in the Hackensack meadows in
tie town of Harrison, N. J., last
Thursday This gruesome story was
told Sunday night at the autopsy
which left no doubt as to the details
{ the murderous work The body Is
believed to be that of Agnes O'Keefe
a domestic who had been employed
by several families in Orange, N. J.
The autopsy was made by DIR. c.
H. Schultze of New York with the
assistance and authority of the cor
oner and county physician. The ply
stefan discovered that the woman had
been struck twice on the head with
such force as to render her uncon-
scious and that while in this state,
and still breathing she was pitched
headforemost into the pool, where
she was drowned
The origins Indicate. that the
woman had used alcoholic stimulants.
but that she had not done so TO ex-
cess. The detectives are hard at work
tracing the life of Agnes O'Keefe and
by this means hope to arrest the
murderer
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
SCHOOL GIRL PERISHES IN
A BLAZE OF GASOLINE.
Burn to Death in Monterey School.
House.

The Catholic school building at
Monterey caught fire Thursday night
due to the explosion OF gasoline
lamp and little girl was burned
to death and another may die
About fifteen of the girls of the
school and two or three Sisters were
rehearsing for an entertainment
which was to be given New Years
eve. The room was lighted with gas
oline lamps. One of the lamps ex-
ploded just over the heads of Clara
Kammes and Margaret Fox, each
about Is years old The burning fluid
poured over the heads of the little
girls and ignited their hair.
In a moment their clothing was
ablaze and they were burned from
head to foot They were carried
from the building to the Sisters
Home, which adjoins the school, and
one expired soon after reaching
there.
The Sisters and some of the Other
little girls we're burned about the
hands in trying to rescue the child
rem, but their injuries are not serious
The building which is a two-room
one-story structure. was saved by the
prompt work of the bucket brigade
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
Closing Arguments in Famous Muir.
der Have Commenced.

Samuel N Wilson of Lexington,
counsel for Caleb Powers, began his
three hours address to the jury Mon
day morning.
Powers aged mother, Mrs. Eliza
beth Powers, and his sister, Mrs.
Hays Green. arrived in Georgetown
to cheer their son and brother in the
last days of hrs trial. This IS the
eighth week of the famous case
When Wilson finished his splendid
appeal for the acqurttal of Powers,
the audience yelled and clapped their
hands in a way that caused Judge
Morris to jump to his feet and threat
en- them with expulsion and punish
ment from the court.
This is no husking party or politi-
cal meeing," he said.
Col. Ben Williams OF Frankfort,
began his address for the common
wealth Monday afternoon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
Federal Judge Frees IS Accused Of
Land Frauds.

Judge Robert E. Lewis in the Unit
ed States court Monday freed eigh-
teen defendants of the charge of ille-
gally acquiring coal lands in Colorado
under the dummy entry system. He
said that the whole theory on which
the government conducted the prose-
cutions was wrong. All the indict-
ments, except one, have now been
quashed.
The opinion of the court was found
ed on the case of the ST. Louis per-
son who was member of the Yampa
Coal company. and was charged with
obtaining 5000 acres of land in Routt
county valued at 100000. Judge
Lewis held that there is no law which
makes it criminal for a citizen to
agree, in advance OF an entry of coal
land, to sell to others the land that he
might acquire.
Ernest Knaebel, assistant attorney
general, said the cases would be TAX
en- tc the United States Supreme
court by writ # error.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
Christopher Columbus's Descendant
is Arrested.

With a sepulchural creak and rat
tie the bones OF Christopher Column
bus, wherever they are lying. turned
completely over in their grave Satur-
day night For at a late hour, Joseph
Columbus, formerly of Genoa, Italy,
who claims lineal descent from the
discoverer of the Western world, was
placed under arrest in Columbus, Ind
City Attorney c. B. Cooper, with
little reverence for the blood of the
old seaman, filed an affidavit in the
afternoon on Saturday against Co
lumbus, who is saloon keeper,
charging him with violating the liqu-
or law. The affidavit was the result
OF complaint made by Henry Pat
rick, who said lie was told that Co
lur1bus had been selling liquor to his
son
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
A Record Year for Cars.

According to the statistics gather
ed by the Railroad Gazette 2s9,645
railroad cars were built in the United
States and Canada during the pres
ent year This breaks all the records
in this industry, the year 1906 having
led up to now. About 5000 of the
cars for passenger service, the rest
for freight business. At the same
time the locomotive builders have
been hard at work, their output be-
ing more than 1000 engines, con-
structed at an average cost somewhat
above that of 1906. The two indus
tries combined have done a business
aggregating about $477,OO0,OO0 in
value
|. These figures seem at first to show
that the railroad companies have
been making every effort to meet the
demands for increased transportation
facilities. 1t has been a common an
swer TO complaints of inadequate SER
vice that it has been impossible to
secure the needed cars from the
builders. The shops have been re-
ported as working to their full ca
pacity and as being far behind in fill
ing orders. The review of the year
shows that many of the cars built in
1907 were ordered in 1906. A year
ago some firms reported that they
had orders ahead for 1907 for more
cars than they had built in the IL
months then closing. They told of
orders which were to be filled after
uine months, or even a year.
The conditions now are entirely
different. Things are not bright for
1905 The number of untitled orders
is far smaller than il was year ago.
A locomotive builder reports fall
ing off in orders of IS per cent as
compared with the prospects in De-
cember, 1906. If these reports are re-
TIT lliuiNdkioIS SCCui lO DC thai
the record of 1907 will stand FOR
some time to come Such a situation
implies that the car famine about
which shippers have complained bit
terly during several years is. to con-
tinue. The farmers will have the
same difficulty in shipping their
bountiful crops as they have had for
some time past.
Aside from this, however, the sta
tistics of this industry tell once more
of the enormous development of the
railroads in the United States When
it is considered that the nearly half a
billion dollars does not include the
cost of rolling stock and locomotive
power coming from railroad shops
the magnitude of the business is
again emphasized.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
The Postal Savings Bank in Holland.

AT about the time that the recent
panic began Postmaster General
Meyer pointed ont that if we had a
postal savings bank in this country,
established on such lines as he had
previously suggested, there would be
little danger that private boarding
would rake cash out of circulation at
times when it was most needed.
Since then the experience of Hol-
land, with its government savings
bank, has amply born testimony to
the truth of what the Postmaster
General said Holland felt the effects
of the general worldwide depression
TO such an extent that there were
heavy runs on some of its oldest and
safest private savings institutions
These banks did not have to suspend
payments, and when the run exhaust
ed itself deposits began to return to
them.
But in the meantime the money
that had been Withdrawn did not go
into stockings, stoves, tin cans and
the other hiding places of the hoard
er, but instead it went into the postal
savings bank In the first twenty
days OF November the excess of de-
posts over Withdrawals in that insti-
tuition was 1,156,659 forms. In the
corresponding days of the five pre-
vious years the excess had ranged
from 1885 forms to 370,Os9 forms.
Here then, this year was an increase
of deposits more than three times as
great as in the best preceding year.
Postmaster General Meyers pro-
posal for a postal savings bank is
very carefully framed to prevent the
cash deposited from being withdrawn
from circulation If enacted into law
it would add distinct element OF
strength to our national situation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
Pay Checks Disappearing.

Pittsburg has almost emerged
from the business and financial de-
preston that followed the events of
the latter part of October The situa-
tion has been Clarifying gradually
and sentiment now is greatly improv-
ed. Normal conditions are expect
ed within a short time.
One of the greatest factors in the
restoration of commercial and indus
trial activity is the Improvement in
the money situation. One sign of
the improving times is the disap-
perance OF pay checks, with which
payrolls were largely made up by
the banks when the currency strin-
gency was most severe.