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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

For the first time in fifteen years the
Hamburg-American Steamship line has
failed to declare an annual dividend. The
depreciation in the company's earnings.
it is stated. is due TO the depression in the
ocean-carrying trade felt in all parts of
the world. but in addition the directors
refer to the deadly competition forced en-
the German line by the two giant floating
palaces of the English line. the Lusitania
and Mauritania. They say that the con-
struction of these boats has precipitated
an era of the most overburdensome ex-
penSe.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
New York Life to Discharge Agents.

New York Life to Discharge Agents.
AS result of the limitation placed
on new business of life insurance COM
panies by the insurance law, the New
York Life Insurance company, it is
announced will on May 31st discharge
1000 of its agents in various parts of
the country The dismissal order,
which will affect agents who devote
only a part of their time to the COM
pany, was rendered necessary by the
decision given recently by Supreme
Justice CGorman, UNFOLDING the con-
stitutiOnality of that section of the
insurance law which limits new bust
ness to be written by any company to
$4,000 900.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

In San Francisco Josiah Hall, aged 90,
shot and killed his father, Josiah Hall,
ST., following quarrel between the faith
err and mother of the young man, De-
cause Mrs. Hall lad given him $1.50 the
previous night. The father, it is alleged,
struck his wife, which quickly brought
young Hall from an adjoining room TO
his mothers assistance.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Guilty of Adulterattng syrup.

ID. r. Wilder, head of the Wilder Man
ufacturing Company, was found guilty
in the United States District Court in
Atlanta, Ca. on a charge of having vio-
lated the pure food laws through the i'm
proper labelling of syrup. Testimony
was to the effect that the syrup contain
ed glucose i'm excess of the amount stated
on the labels. Sentence was reserved.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

The London firm of Short Bros. which
is now at work upon the construction of
six OF the Wright flying machines. has
decided to build flying machine factory
at the mouth of the Thames which will
be able to build twelve fiiers at once.
The first machine TO be finished will be
offered to the government at $1,000.
Minutes
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

Mrs. Helen Boyle, wife of James Fl.
Boyle, kidnaper of Willie Whitla, was
arraigned before Justice of the Peace
Thomas McClain, in Mercer, Pa, charg-
ed with kidnapping. She entered plea of
not guilty and was held for the action of
the grand jury in $4,000 bail. Her
husband waived hearing in sharon and
is held under similar bond.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
DIRECTOR DILLEY DEAD.
Handled Music in ChicagO's Theater
mt Time of Holocaust.

mt Time of Holocaust.
Ohio I-erbert Dilley, t. musical COM
poser and director, who gained fame by
his popular songs, among which is "Ab-
sence." died of consumption at his home
IN Seaecaville, Ohio, at the age of So.
Dilley Lad directed orchastras in some of
the largest theaters of the country and
had charge of the Iroquois Theater the
night of tie terrible fire in that Chicago
playhouse six years ago. When he learn
ed the theater was burning he at once
started his musicians on a selection in
the hope of allaying the fears of the
crowd.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Season Opens ON Lake Erie.

The passenger traffic season for 1909
on Lake Erie opened Monday when the
Detroit and Cleveland Line steamer City
of Detroit left Detroit for Cleveland.
Less ice in Lake Erie than for many
years and splsnu.A weather made it an
ideal day for the opening.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
ANTHRACITE COAL STRIKE ON.
Four Hundred Men Quit Work,
Charging Cuts I'm Wages.

The first strike in the anthracite coal
regions following the expiration of the
agreement between the mine workers
and the operators was inaugurated Fri
day at the Keystone colliery, an indie
pendent concern near Pittston. About
400 met quit work. 1t is alleged by the
strikers that the company made repeat
ed cuts in wages, and the. strike is said
to have the sanction of the national and
district officers of the miners union.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
SULPHUR SPRINGS Hotel Burned

The White Sulphur Springs hotel, at
Sulphur, ten miles south of English,
Ind, was destroyed by fire. Loss
about SIS, 900: no insurance.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

The State Bank of Baldwin. Wis. is in
the hands of the State banking commits
sioner. The capital stock and the sur
plus of the depositors have been impair
ed. il is said by unfortunate speculations
in land in the West and South. The lat
est report of the bank shows liabilities of
100000. of which $4,000 is deposits.
The capital stock is $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
NEW CUBAN ENVOY IN OFFICE.

Senior Velez Reaches Washington
and Takes Charge Of Legation.
Senior Carlos Garcia Velez, who sue
ceeds Senior Quesada as Cuban minister
to the United States, has reached Wash
ington from Havana, and has assumed
charge of the legation. His wife and chill
dren stopped off in Florida and will re-
main there for several weeks. Minister
Velez asserted that it would be his pur-
pose to foster the cordial and friendly re-
lations between this country and Cuba.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Eight Killed by a Blast.

Eight men were killed and nine others
injured as the result of premature dy-
Mantle explosion on the Norfolk and
Western Railway five miles south of Chill
licothe, Ohio. The men were members
of a construction crew on double-track
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Two Children Killed on TrestIe.

Two children wrere run down and
killed on a trestle near Catoosa, Okla,
by st. Louis & San Francisco train.
The children have not been identified.
The train crew of Sapulpa were ar
rested charged with murder.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

The board of directors of the Hamburg
American Steamship Company voted to
pass the years dividend. This is the
first year in which no dividend has been
paid since 1894. Last year the dividend
was Der cent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

A short time before the arrival of the
Twentieth Century Limited on the Lake
Shore Railroad at Elyria, Ohio, Max
Huntington found a pile of ties laid
across the tracks. 1t is believed that
tramps driven out of town during the
day had planned to wreck the train.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Thousands Hunting a Ktdn.ner.

Twenty thousand American boys, all
members of social am athletic organi-
cation known as the Sons of Daniel
Boone, have enlisted in the tas,, of run
ming down the kidnaper of one of their
number, Harold Moon, member of the
Flint (Micn.) chapter of the organiza-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

Albert Frazer, aged %, who admitted
that he has spent eve Christmas and
Fourth of July in the past eight years in
prison, was convicted of burglary in
Judge Chittenden's co,,rt in Toledo. Ohio.
Frazer is deaf and or account of dis in
trinity the jury recoL NJ nded mercy.
Sentence was deferred.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Taft in Greek Letter Society.

President Taft has gone through the
first preliminaries of his initiation as
a member Of Taft Chapter of the Phi
Alpha Delta, Greek letter fraternity
of Georgetown college. He accepted
honorary membership in the fraternity
last week
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
raafb of PupfIS Examined

Believing hat good teeth will conserve
their health and make better scholars of
children. the board of education has or
dered that examinations be made of the
teeth of all children attending school in
Cincinnati.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Buffalo BiII Is = sDrvy

Col. William F. Cody, Buffalo Bill"
has just paid bis annual visit to Dead.
wood. s. D. He gave the old-timers of
this one-time frontier town such a
shock they'll never get over It Buff.
alo Bill" Is on the water wagon"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Tobacco Factory Rurns

The tobacco factory of c. C. Bell &
Son, filled with tobacco belonging to
the Imperial Tobacco company, was
burned at Springfield, Tenn. The loss
will reach 100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Troops Still After Crazy Snake.

Colonel Hoffman, in command of the
Oklahoma state troops hunting Crazy
Snake and his troublesome Snake In
dians, has received orders from Gov
ernor Haskell TO remain in the field
until he captured the chief.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Court Sets 40 Plumbers Free.

Cases against forty-nine plumbers. who
were indicted two years ago for alleged
violation of the Valentine antitrust law.
were dismissed in Toledo by Judge c. E..
Chittenden because of the lack of prose
cution.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

Navigation on the great lakes opened
officially at II O'Clock Wednesday night
All the government life stations on the
lakes were reopened and the crews re-
sumed the duties which they dropped at
the beginning of the winter season.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Ray Lamphere consumption's Victim.

Ray Lamphere of Laporte, Ind,
convicted of having set fire to the
home of Belle Guinness the 2Sth of
last April, in which fire tLa Guinness
woman and her three children were
burned TO death, is in the thToes of
consumption. Slight hopes for even
his temporary recovery are enter
tanned. Warden Reid, of the Michi-
gan City penitentiary. said that Lamp
here had recently lost seven pounds
of flesh. Effort will be made by his
friends to secure a parole in order
that he may pass his remaining days
on his fathers farm near Laporte
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

Notwithstanding many rumors to the
contrary. it is denied that the large in.
dependent steel manufacturers of Pitts
burg will follow the Lackawanna Steel
Company in a cut of 10 per cent in wages
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
UNION PACIFIC TRAIN Is BURNED
Passengers Escape i'm Wreck and
Fire Near Castle Rock, Utah.

West-bound passenger train No. 3 on
the Union Pacific Railroad struck a rock
slide about mile west of Castle Rock,
Utah, about 30 a. m. Wednesday and
went into the ditch. The wreckage i'm
mediately took fire and the baggage car,
mail car and FIVE passenger coaches were
destroyed. The haggageman and fireman
are reported missing, but all the passen-
gers, according to the meager reports re-
ceiyed, escaped serious injury.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

DR.. N. H. Triplett died at his home
near Morgantown, w. Va, at the aFe
of 81 years. He oficiated at the birta
of 1,76S babies, of whom but four died az
birth.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

Six hundred employees of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railway shops in Sc
dalia, resumed work Thursday, after q
shutdown since March 15
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

The Senate was not in session Satur-
day. With no more than corporars
guard on hand at any time during the
day. the debate on the Payne tariff bill
in the House proceeded drearily on.
The discussion took i'm practically al
of its provisions. free hides and wood
pulp occupying conspicuous place,
although there were several general
assaults on the measure from the DEM
ocratic side. Again two Democrats
from the far South stood Numerically
opposed to each other On the same
schedule. Mr.. Sparkman (Fla). urging
the Dingley rates on lumber. while
Mr.. Humphreys Miss advocated
placing it on the free list The Repub-
licans who spoke were practically
unanimous for free hides. The taxes
on the necessaries of life came in for
their usual share of criticism from both
sides Of the chamber In addition 20
those mentioned the following spoke:
Messrs. Kinkaid (Neb.), Legarda (Phil-
ippines). Cox Ond.), Malby IN. ".
SABBATH Ull.). Gronna On. d.. Howell
(Utah), Hobson (Ala.), Swasey
(Maine), Randell (Texas). Stafford
wis and Aiken Is. c..
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

The Senate was not in session Fri
day. That the Payne bill was filed
with imperfectiOnS. was false pre-
tense, was designed to cover up the ex-
travagances of the Republican admin
istratiOn, that it did not redeem party
pledges. and that it sounded the death
knell of the dominant party. were some
of the criticisms passed upon the meas
ure by the Democrats in the House. An
interesting feature of the debate was
the speech of Pablo OcampO de Leon.
the Philippine commissioner. who AT
tackled the provision for free trade with
the Philippine Islands. From the far
South exactly opposite views were eX-
pressed regarding protection. Mr.. Rams
dell of Louisiana pleading for it on be-
half of tie industries of his State.
while Mr. Spight of Mississippi and Mr..
Clayton of Alabama wanted free lum-
Der, hides. boots, shoes, bagging and
cotton ties. From the Republicans came
suggestions of Il permanent tariff COM
mission. and while all Of them support
eel the bill in general. none appeared en-
tirely satisfied with il. Speeches ut the
night session for the most part were
along the lines of those previously
made.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

The premiers of New South Wales and
Victoria have decided to offer one Dread
nought to the British imperial govern
uent on behalf of their respective states.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

Five Men Hurt In HfOfs.
Five men were injured in riots between
rival gangs of laborers on the barge canal
work at Smiths Basin, N. Y. Ill feeling
over the discharge of several workmen is
said to have started the trouble.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
!: w ork Of Congress

The Senate was not in session on
Wednesday. The Payne tariff bill
again was picked to pieces in the
House of Representatives. There were
10 prolonged speeches. and in conse-
Iuence many were afforded an oppor-
unity 70 express their views. Lumber,
coffee, wood pulp and print paper, to-
oaccO, coal, zinc and the bill were gen.
orally discussed. The arguments on
lumber came from the South through
Mr.. PujO of Louisiana and Mr.. Thomas
Of North Carolina. who did not want
The protection afforded the lumber in
1ustry disturbed. There was an inter
esting exposition of the wood pulp
question by Mr.. Mann of Illinois. who
defended the proposed reduction of the
1uty on that product Mr. Larrinaga,
the Porto Rican commissioner. made
an exhaustive plea for tax of 3 cents
A pound on coffee from that colony.
-
What turned out to be the general
debate on the tariff was a feature of
the Senate proceedings Thursday on
Senator Bacon's resolution favoring the
consideration of tariff legislation by
the full committee on finance instead
IF by the Republican members of that
committee only. Senator Aldrich insist
ed that the procedure adopted in this
case was similar TO that which haC.
been the practice of the Senate for fifty
years in dealing with tariff measures,
md he added that the same method was
adopted in handling the Wilson tariff
bill, for which ne said a substitute was
framed by subcommittee COMPOSED
Of Democrats. The Democrats argued
that the Republican members had no
right 10 authorize the expenditure of
public funds in furtherance of an eX
parte consideration of the bill in com
mittee. The resolution was finally re-
terred to the committee on finance. Sen
3tor Hale'S resolution declaring i'm fa-
vor of a restriction of the business of
the present extra session to the pass
age of tariff bill and a bill for the
taking of the census WAS adopted. The
Senate adjourned until Monday. Drag
ging tediously along. general debate on
the tariff was continued in the House.
The Payne bill came in for its usual
condemnation from the Democrats. the
reductions being characterized as pre-
texts and shams. and the bill as Q
whole as "a huge Mephistophelian
Joker" MesSrs. Gaines CIV. Va and
Mccall (MaSs.). both members of the
ways and means committee. defended
their measure, although the Massachn-
sets member wanted something specific
in it regarding the course to be pursued
toward the Philippines. The antici-
pated action regarding the fixing of n
time for closing the debate was not
taken.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-29
THOUSAND TACOMANs
IN GRASP Of THE
LOAN SHARKS
Local "Shylocks" Reaping Big Harvest On
Salary Loans; Interest Rates Exacted
Are Exorbitant and Illegal

Fully one thousand laboring men and women of
Tacoma are IN the grasp of loan shark concerns
These people, Lecause Of sickness or some similar
misfortune have sought and secured salary loans
from the ''Shylocks' and as result they are pay
ing tax of nearly ten per cent per month on .leir
entire earnings into the Golfers of the money lend
erS.
And the army of loan shark victims never grows
smaller, for as one borrower by great effort finally
gains his freedom another unfortunate is caught in
the web and thus the game goes on.
These facts concerning the loan shark evil the
startling number of victims and the eXorbitant rates
of interest charged, have been secured bv the Times
after careful investigation. The Times has obtain
ed samples of the so-caed personal notes. which
the loan sharks require their victims to sign and
which they advertise as the only security asked
These notes" are not notes. They are docliYcnts
In which the borrower is compelled to assign his
wages and his hope of future wages and so cleycry
are these notes worded that no man not versed
i'm the law would fully realize the nature of the iron
clad legal instrument he is compelled to sign in or
der to get loan
The Times has investigated the whole business of
the salary loan concerns 1t has learned their meth
ods and convinced that there is relief for the hum
dreds of victims who weekly paying Tribute to
the Shylocks this paper proposes to reveal to the
people the whole illegal outrage
Through this action the Times hopes to prevent
the further growth of the army of loan shark vic
TINS, and at the same time perhaps enable some of
the workers now in the grasp of the grabbers to
escape the enormous illegal interest demanded
The Times tomorrow will print list of the local
loan sharks and give samples of their advertise
ments in which they offer to make salary loans ON
your personal note'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-29
FAKES WHEN SHE CAN, is OUT
FOR THE MONEY, BUT IN
VESTIGATORS ARE DUMB
FOUNDED BY HER POWER
IN UNITED STATES ON ExHI-
BITION TOUR,
Especial Correspondence.)

NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-Eusa-
pia Palladino is making good.
That is to say, the psychic phe-
nomena with which this Italian
Peasant woman impressed the late
Caesare Lombroso, and many 9TH
er European scientists, are being
duplicated by her in New York
without being exposed as produced
by artificial means. You must
know her trip to this country
means either her downfall or the
greatest triumph of her decidedly
mystifying career. In preparation
for her coming the severest tests
imaginable had been prepared for
her, and now believers in the oc-
cult are overjoyed.
But the end is not yet. Palla-
dino will go home either crowned
the greatest spiritualistic medium
in the world or branded the most
expert sleight-of-hand performer
history has ever known.
Who is this woman?
In the first place she is an illit-
crate peasant, lacking culture as
we'll as education. She is coarse
of appearance and lacks refine
ment in her tastes. She was left
motherless when babe and
brought among strangers, to
whom she was such q charge that
she was about to be sent to a
convent, when her peculiar gifts
made her a source of amusement
to her acquaintances and saved
her from life of solitude.
In the second place, she is out
for the money. She makes her
living with her exhibitions. Her
personality is not agreeable, and
she is at times irritable, but she
smothers this tendency so as not
to spoil her business. Her appear
ance as professional is due en-
tirely to the fact that she long
baffled scientific investigators,
and their reports of her ability
caused her to be overrun with re-
quests to give seances for people
of wealth and fashion. Nothing
advertised ner more than the ad-
mission of Lombroso that he ad-
mired her work and could not ac-
Continued on Page Seven.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-29
SPAIN MERELY
BLUfFINC

(By United Press Leased Wire
GIBRALTAR, Nov. 29.-Semi-
official dispatches received today
from Melila indicate that the
present Spanish advance" is
nothing but a bluff preliminary to
the early abandonment by Spain
of the campaign in Morocco.
The movement is said to. be
made necessary, as the internal
conditions of Spain, already verg-
ing on revolution since the exeeu-
tion of Professor Ferrer, make it
"unwise" to bring back a defeated
The Spanish public has been
highly inflamed against the Mo-
roccan campaign on account of be-
lief that it was started and is be-
ing conducted for the benefit of
rich Spanish merchants.
In view of these facts the Span
ish leaders have been ordered to
win a few victories" before re-
turning to Spain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-29
Supt. Yoder Asks Fathers and Mothers
To Visit Schools: Then to Vote
To the Patrons of the Tacoma
Cnhnoln.

To the Patrons of the Tacoma
schools:
Before you cast your ballot in
the coming school election, may
ask every voter, every father and
mother, to visit one or more of
the public schools of Tacoma and
decide for themselves whether
the present policies should be con-
tinued. Please observe % the
sanitary conditions of the build
ings, CD the order and discipline,
(3J the recitations in reading,
spelling, and arithmetic, (4) the
efficiency of the teachers, and (5)
the spirit or atmosphere of the
school. Also examine the work
which has been called a fad" II
you cannot get time to go. ask the
children, your children, about the
schools, the teachers and their
work.
Before voting for any candidate
you owe it to your children and
to those of us who give our best
efforts to make good schools for
the boys and girls of Tacoma to
learn from personal investigation
which of The candidates stands
for the best interests of the chill
dren. Then vote. One candidate
stands for continuation of the
present policies, the other two
candidates are pledged to make a
change. Vote your conviction. 1t
is not necessary to retain the
present superintendent or any
principal or teacher, but 1t is abb
solutely necessary for Tacoma to
have the best schools the district
can afford. A. II. YODER,
= Supt Tacoma Schools.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-29

High water caused heavy dam
age on the Grays Harbor and
South Bend branches of the
Northern Pacific railway today,
and no trains came through from
Aberdeen. Rumor said there were
three miles of track washed out,
but the wires were down and the
company could not ascertain just
how serious the damage was.
No trains went through from
Tacoma further than Oakville.
This morning a special train was
made up at Olympia to bring pas
sengers up from there.
The main line to Portland is
open, and trains are running as
usual today. The main line east
is also doing business as usual.
High water was reported at sew
eral places, and more washouts
are feared, however. The Mil
waukee line is operating under
difficulties.