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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
VOTES TWO BATTLE SHIPS.
House, by 1852 to 40, Orders War
Craft to Cost S6,OOo,O 900 Each.

The naval appropriation bin carry
ing s12S,037 500 and providing for two
battleships was passed by the National
House of Representatives the other
day by the decisive vote of 162 to no.
The ships are to cost S6,000,000 EACH
Thirty-three Democrats voted for the
two battleships and twenty-four Re
publicans against the proposition. In
addition to the battleships the bill also
provides for the construction of two
fleet colliers and four submarine
boats. AS amended on motion of Mr.
Fitzgerald of New York, the two bat
tleships and two feet Golfers must be
constructed by firms operating under
the eight-hour law
The committee on naval affairs had
reported in favor of authorizing two
battleships. Mr. Tawney of Mime
sofa, chairman of the appropriations
committee, offered an amendment pro-
viding for only one battleship, while
Mr.. Hobson proposed an amendment
providing for three. Mr.. Hobson con-
tended that three battleships would
give no increase but would provide
only for the ordinary depreciation in
the naval force. BY an almost unani-
nous vote the House rejected this
proposition.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
|BLOW UP BANK; ROB;
BANDITS IN HOT FIGHT
Brigands Destroy Building at Coal
City, ILL.,, by NitrOglyoerin
Charge.
ESCAPE WITH $4,000 BOOTY.
Later Three Men Are Captured, All
Wounded, After Exciting Chase
and Battle il Brush.

Five daring bandits, a sheriff and
a large posse and a town marshal fig
ured in spectacular chase which re
suited in the capture of three men fol-
lowing an explosion of nitroglycerin
which destroyed the bank at Coal City,
ILL.,, aroused the entire town and net
ted the burglars almost $4,000 in
money and stamps. The bandits en-
tered the town on a passing freight
train and began operations by tying
Barney Ghetto, the night Waterman,
and Washington Erie, the night engi-
neer of the E sctrical plant
They then blew up the bank building
with terrific charge of nitroglycerin
and leaped on west-bound Santa Fe
freight train with their plumber Three
hours later three men, believed to be
OF their number. had been captured by
Sheriff Thomas Steele of Morrison, III.
who had been notified by the night
Waterman after the latter had broken
loose the ropes which held him and
made possible the organization of the
posse.
Just as the train carrying the five
bandits pulled out of the town Ghetto
succeeded in cutting his bonds and
rushed TO telephone. The sheriff at
Morris was notified and the posse was
organized. Several automobiles were
pressed into service and the pursuit
began. There is a road following the
right of way of the Santa Fe tracks
between Morris and Verona and along
this the chase took place. For a time
the members of the posse in their
machines sped directly alongside the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
REHEARING IN TRUST CASES.
New Arguments Ordered in Standard
Oil and Tobacco Suits.

The Supreme Court of the United
States has reassigned for argument the
cases of the United States against the
American Tobacco Company and the
Standard Oil Company. The reargu-
ment of these cases comes as the direct
result of the death of Justice Brewer.
This noted jurist died just few days
after the Standard Oil case had been
argued. As Justice Moody, owing TO
the fact that as Attorney General he
had directed the suits, was unable 10
participate in the consideration of
these cases, only seven justices were
left to give a decision.
How the court was divided in regard
to the decision in these cases is still As
much a mystery as before the assign
ment of the cases for reargument 1t
is believed, however, that the court
was evenly divided or almost so, and
that it probably was loath to give to
the country a decision which was not
supported by a majority of full court.
Such a majority would be five men,
bers.
The fact that the corporation tax
cases were not set for reargument IS
taken to mean that decision will be
announced in regard to the constitu-
tionality of the law authorizing it with
in a short time.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
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The News ~

Dr. Cook is still being seen in eight
different places each day.
Hats are getting bigger, but women's
heads are still perfectly normal.
New York's the most artistic place
to get murdered in in the world.
We wonder if the comet knows what
the astronomers are doing to il?
Uncle Sam keeps exporting pretty
girls and barrels of money to Europe.
After a lapse of dozen years. Con
gress is really remembering the Maine.
New York can always stir IN an in
surance scandal when other news is
duh.
The pork chop has entirely lost its
reputation as the headliner in frugal
repast.
Bacon and ham have at last been
admitted to the New York meat four
hundred.
Lay in your summer diamonds ear
ly; the trust is obout to put up the
price again.
Plenty of eggs are now going into
cold storage to meet you later on as
strictly fresh.
If DIR. Cook resumes his lecture tour
ii ought to create a demand for stale
eggs for sure.
An optimist is man who believes
as fully in his garden in summer as he
does in winter.
One of Chicago's new hotels has
tanks for living brook trout. THAT is
an Improvement on the ordinary kind
Of tank.
Next thing the Philadelphia beggars
will strike; they can't make more than
$50 week there.
1t has been shown that Moody, the
pie baker, didn't die of pie. but of ar
senic, which is almost as fatal.
Pittsburg is in q fair way to crowd
Philadelphia for the distinction of be-
ing the worst governed city i'm America.
If Halley's comet keeps on wasting
away it will not return MANY more
times, and then what will the people
have to blame for the failure of the
potato crop?
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
SAFE BLOWERS DEFY A CITY.
Four with Rifles Hold Crowd at
Bay and Fire Two Blasts,

Four desperadoes armed with rifles
held off a crowd of thirty aroused
guests of a neighboring hotel in Lane,
S. D., at $50 o'clock while they APP
piled the match to the fuse of their
final two powerful blasts against the
obstinate vault door of the Citizens
State bank. The first explosion had
brought out several persons, in night
attire, but when they faced the dark
nuzzles of the rifles in the dim dawn
they scurried back into the Mitchell
Hotel and alarmed the rest of the
sleepers and most of the town by
phone The robbers continued grimly
at their work, with leveled rifles. for
about an hour, but the proprietor of
the hardware store could not be
al oused to provide arms and ammuni-
ton for the people. Having fired two
more blasts in vain, the desperadoes
vanished back through the alley into
another part of the town, where they
stole the rig of a Methodist preacher
and drove southwark toward Virgil,
eight miles away, where all trace OF
them has been lost.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
ELECTION RESULTS
IN SEVERAL STATES
Illinois Poll Shows That the Vets
Have Regained All the Big
Dry Centers.
SOCIALISTS WIN IN MILWAUKEE,
Wisconsin VETS and Drys About
Even-Michigan Drys Claim Vic
tory-Tie in Nebraska.
Illinois.

wet" victories were recorded Tues
day in almost every important center
of Illinois where the saloon question
was at issue. In the cherished dry
strongholds of Rockford, Decatur, De
Kalb, Dixon, Mattoon, Keithsburg
Shelbyville and a long list of other
local option towns the anti-saloon
forces were routed. In the saloon
towns where the "drys" made their
hardest Springfield, Danville.
Aurora, Bloomington, Woodstock, Free
port and others-the VETS carried
the day, in many cases by larger ma
jorities than they obtained two years
ago. The most important victories
gained by the "drys" were at Mon
mouth and Canton, where the saloons
were voted out. In the light of the
election returns, Illinois plainly has
reversed itself on the saloon question
since two years ago. In all parts of
the State the pendulum swing from
the dry to the wet sentiment has made
itself manifest.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
FROM FAR AND NEAR.

Practically the business section NJ
Welsh, La, was burned. Loss $780,
900.
LiIesville, y. c.. was practically
wiped from the map by fire. Loss.
$3.50. 900.
Fire destroyed several store build
ings at Tishomingo. Okla. causing
loss estimated at $4,000.
The Woods substitute public utilities
bill, providing for a commission TO SUI
pervise the public franchises of he
State, passed the Ohio house by vote
OF 90 to II.
Governor Hughes has called a spe-
cial election for April 2S in the thirty
seventh senatorial district of New
York to fill the vacancy caused 10y the
resignation of Senator lothian p. Aids.
Unofficial returns from the Demo-
cratic primary held i'm Arkansas indi-
cate the denomination. equivalent to
election. OF Governor George w. Dom
aghey over Judge c. c. Kavanaugh.
Richard Olney. Secretary of State
under Cleveland, underwent second
operation at Brookline, Mass. for an
abdominal trouble
The memory OF Nathan1ei 1dN-
thorne, whose writings aroused much
antagonism toward him generations
ago, is TO be honored by citizens of Sa-
lem. Mass. the Civic League having
planned TO erect a bronze memorial
1t was reported I'm Cincinnati that
the mine operators of Indiana and
Pennsylvania might offer to grant the
miners a small wage increase to end
the present scale controversy IL WAS
said the Ohio operators still refused TO
consider a compromise.
Marie CoreIIi. the novelist. is seri-
cusly i'll at her residence. Mason Croft,
Stratford- on Avon, England. She is
suffering from pneumonia
Twenty-Five automobiles were de-
stroyed and eighteen were damaged by
fire in the garage of Brokaw Brothers
III Plainfield, n. Y Loss, $4,000.
Sophie Kritchman. the young Lithu-
anian music teacher, was convicted OF
manslaughter i'm the Superior Court at
New Haven. Conn, in connection with
the murder of Bronislow Kulvinskas,
an admirer, and a verdict of murder
in the second degree was returned
against Joseph Mitchell. another adj
mirer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
Michigan.

In Michigan the total vote gives
majorities for "wets" of 1852 and
for "drys" of 1858. forcing "drys" to
abandon plan to force vote on state
wide prohibition. Complete returns
on the local option election held in
thfrty-six counties show that twenty
counties out of the thirty-six have de-
creed the abolition of the saloon for
two years. while sixteen re2udiated
local option and declared for the Ii
censed saloon. Two hundred and
eighty-two thirst parlors, of the 1.161
whose existence depended on the vote.
were put out of business. The map Of
Michigan shows forty-three counties Of
the state in the wet column and
forty where the saloon must go. 1t is
this fact which satisfies the "wets"
that Michigan will never go totally
dry" and which causes them to claim
Tuesdays election to themselves. The
dry" counties are scattered over the
lower peninsula, the upper being en-
tirely wet"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
HALEY COMET DRAWING NEAR
Earth Will Pass Through Tail OF
Traveller on May 1S.

Halley's comet, coming toward the
earth's orbit at rate of nearly 1900
600 miles day, is rapidly approach
ing the point where it will be observ-
able in the sky again, reappearing
from behind the sun where ii had
been obscured since March 26. On
account of its position to the right or
the sun the comet will soon be Wis
ible in the morning sky before sun
rise, when any observer who has
the desire to arise before the sun
will see Halley's comet, then about
l29,OOV,OOO miles from the earth, a
billiant spectacle in the skies of dawn
On the goth of April Halley's comet
will be at its nearest point to the
sun and will therefore be at its bright
est, as its brilliancy corresponds with
its nearness to the sun. But since
the comet keeps coming closer to the
earth until May Is, it will seem more
brilliant to us after that date, when
it will be visible in the evening sky.
On the 18th of May the earth will pass
through the tail of Halley's comet
What will happen in that case? The
comet itself will be 13,300,000 miles
from us, the nearest approach of any
heavenly body to the earth except the
asteroid Eros.
Prof Edwin Brant Frost. director
of Yerkes observatory, has already de-
termined by means of the spectre
scope that the comets tail has cyano-
gen gas as it predominant element.
This discovery has led to the theory
that the earth will be devasted by the
poisonous vapors of the gas, a theory
discredited by Professors Frost and
Barnard because of the exceedingly
rarified atmosphere of the comets tail.
They point out that the earth passed
through a comets tail in 1861, and
that no one observed anything I'M
usual.
Although the principal astronomers
of the world deprecate any idea of dis
aster attending the passage of the
earth through the comets tail, others,
notably Flammarion. advance theories
that instant death to all life on the
earth will be the result of the contact
of the planet with the luminous tail
which trails some possible 100000. 900
miles behind the comet If the worst
does not happen-and all exact astron-
omers expect little disturbance-the
spectacle of the comet in the evening
sky from that time till the end of the
month viii be one of such magnif-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
BURGLAR CoNFEssEs MURDER.
Girls Slayer Says Stealing Was So
Fascinating He Couldn't Resist.

Unable further to withstand the ex-
animation to which the police were
subjecting him, Bertram Gage Spencer
confessed the murder of Miss Martha
b. Blackstone at the home of Mrs.
Sarah ]. Dow on Round Hill, Spring
field, Mass. Spencer also confessed the
commission of long series Of bur-
glaries.
Captain Boyle said Spencer in his
confession declared he did not intend
TO kill Miss Blackstone or wound Miss
Dow. He said that when he saw the
women in the house he was more
frightened than they were and that he
fired his revolver on impulse. When
asked why ii was that he entered upon
such a career of crime, Spencer said
after his first burglary he was fascin-
ated by the notoriety attached to the
crime
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
PAST AND PRESENT
AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
by the Few for the Enlightenment
of the Many.
Missionary Worker Assassinated.


A sermon on 'Martyrdom.' in which
Frank Skala, an editor and mission
worker, had declared himself willing
to lay down his life for the Christian
cause, was followed by his assassina-
ton. and the shooting down also of
fellow church leader, John Gay. Arm
In arm the two missionaries were leav-
ing the little Congregational church
In Woods Run, a suburb of Pittsburg,
Pa, at the head of more than hun
dred foreigners. A raggedly dressed
and collarless man poked his way
through the crowd as it reached the
corner of Eckert street and Mcclure
avenue, and when he was but a step
behind the leaders he pressed re-
volver to Skala's head and fired twice
Skala fell dead. Gay, who threw up
his right hand to ward off the weapon.
was struck first in the thumb and then
a second bullet was buried in his head.
He fell unconscious across the body of
Skala. The mad man is John RADIO
witch, known to most of the mission
for his shiftless habits. slOvenly dress
and radical opinions. None OF the
church workers believe there was any
method in Radowitchs madness He
was a man who had lived at the Sal
walton Army barracks and as a chart
table parasite elsewhere, but was al
ways at variance with the teachings of
his Christian leaders. 1t is doubtful
if he had ever seen Skala before. 1t
is believed by some of the congrega-
ton that the sermon Skala preached
with the emphatic declaration that
'any moment God would want my life
/ am ready to lay my life down." had
inspired the mad man to test his
fidelity.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
Nebraska.

Practically the only issue in the
Nebraska municipal elections was the
question of saloon license, and returns
from fifty towns and villages in east
ern and central sections of the state
show no marked change from a year
ago, the advantage. if anything. being
slightly with the "wets" The notable
victory for the dry element was the
capture of Havelock, the Burlington
railroad shop town. outside OF Lincoln
city limits, which voted against Ii
cense b. SO majority. Havelock the
past year has been tho source of sup
ply for Lincoln. Offsetting the dry"
victory at Havelock Is the return of
Beatrice to license after year with
out saloons. The "drys" retain Te-
cumseh. where another bitter fight
was waged. Most of the larger towns
aside from Beatrice voted for license
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14

speeding freight train and shots were
fired at dark objects which were
thought TO resemble the bandits.
When at last the train came to a stop
at Verona the cars were searched by
the sheriff and his men. In an empty
baggage car of the train were found
three of the bandits All three were
wounded and their comrades had fed.
The other two were captured later
az Joliet.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
WOMAN REVEALS COAL STEAL.
Stenographer Exposes Plot Which
Stirs indianapolis.

Stirs indianapolis.
After desperate battle of conflict
ing emotions, the instinct of self-preS.
ervatiOn and a sense of honesty, a
struggle continuing for almost year,
Mrs. Jeanette Florence Stern, for
merly of Chicago, stenographer in
the employ of the Eclipse Coal Com
pany, 4030 Indiana avenue. Indianapo-
lis, yielded to her better promptings,
as she thinks, and has given to the
police startling information, which
has already resulted in the arrest of
six men, said to be involved in the
most gigantic coal graft scheme in the
history of Indiana. Six big coal COM
panies are concerned in the alleged
steals.
The men arrested are: Charles
James Jackson, senior partner of the
Eclipse Coal Company; Edward R.
Gross, junior member of the firm;
Rhode Jackson, clerk; John H. Han
rahan, engineer at English's Hotel;
Fred j. Voss, engineer at Claypool
Hotel; Charles Edmondson, engineer
at the City Hospital.
A searching detective campaign of a
year came to an end in the Offices of
Superintendent of Police Hyland when
Mrs. Stern. confronted each of the
six men arrested and accused them
directly of conspiring to rob Henry
Lawrence. proprietor of the Claypool
Hotel; w. z. English, proprietor of
the Hotel English, and the city of In
dianapolis, besides several other cor
porations in the sale in the coal short
in weight many thousands of pounds.
One by one, the men were compelled
to face the woman who. backed by a
coterie of policemen and detectives,
finally caused them to quail and con-
fess.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
BEvERIDGE SCORES TARIFF LAW
Makes an Impassioned Speech Be-
fore Convention of Republicans.

After an imprisoned attack on the
Payne-Aldrich tariff law by Senator
Albert J. Beverage the Republican
State Convention OF Indiana went on
record in indianapolis in favor of a
new revision of the tariff schedules
under n tariff commission plan. Dele
gates and galleries gave Senator Bev-
eridge storms of applause as he reach
ed climax after climax in attacking the
action of those who enacted the pres
ent law, against which he voted in the
United States Senate. Il could not
stand for it then, and l can not stand
for it now" said the Senator repeated
ly. as he enumerated the faults he
found in the law He said also that
President Taft agreed with him in his
demands, but they gave us mock
cry"
The platform indorses President
Taft's administration, the Roosevelt
policies" and Senator Beveridge's
work in Congress. 1t assures him of
reelection. While it stands for re-
vision of tariff schedules, it insists on
maintaining the protective principle.
The following nominations were
made by reclamation. there being only
one candidate. for each office.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
TRY TO ROB LIMITED.
Cut Air Hose on Fast Train, Fight
Conductor and Flee.

Two masked bandits made an I'M
successful attempt to hold up and
rob the Pioneer limited train from
Chicago on the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railroad, shortly after mid
night the other morning as it sped
through the picturesque dells region
of southwestern Wisconsin. 'Conduc-
tor A. p. Shumway of Milwaukee, in
charge Of the train. was confronted on
the platform of the sleeping car On
tonagon by the two robbers, who de-
manded that he signal the train to
stop, then throw up his hands. He
struck one of the men down with his
lantern and retreated into the sleep
ing car. The bandits had cut the air
hose of the train, stopping it, and
they escaped. A few hours later two
col0red men were taken into custody
in Lacrosse on suspicion of being the
bandits
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
Airship collides with Automobile

Losing control of Curtiss biplane
which he was operating at height
OF seventy-five feet, j. c. Mars plunged
downward with terrific speed into the
infield of the aviation course at Mem
phis. Tenn, alighting on a seven-pas-
senger touring car, in which were
three women and two children. The
canopy of the touring Car saved the
lives of it's occupants, only one of
whom was injured. The biplane was
smashed into bits and Mars was
caught under the wreckage, but es-
capped with no injuries worse than a
badly bruised and wrenched knee and
a slight cut on his chin.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
oMAHA's FIRE LOSS IS 81, ooo, 900.

elevator and 100 Box Car. Lost fin
Flames Caused by Light Wires.
Conservative estimates place the to-
tai loss in fires in Omaha the other
night at nearly sl.0OO,OOO. The heav-
lest losers are: Fowler
Company, elevator and contents, $780,
600; Nancy Milling Company, mill and
contents, $4,000; about 100 box cars
and contents, $250,000. All the losses
are well covered by insurance. Crossed
wires are believed to have been respon-
sible for the fire.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
Fire Causes Panic i'm Hotel.

Fire broke out in the Julien Hotel,
Dubuque, Iowa, at 8 o'clock in the
morning. while two hundred guests
were asleep. A wild panic followed,
and a number were injured. Sam Levy,
of Chicago, was fatally hurt by jump
ing from a third story window. Chas.
Evans, of Philadelphia, suffered inter-
nal injuries. Firemen rescued the
other guests. The interior of the hotel
was ruined. The loss is $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
baptist Convention May q.

Nearly 5000 delegates, representing
100000 Baptists of 5000 northern
churches of that denomination. will
gather in Bartlett gymnasium, Univer-
sity of Chicago, May 6, when the an
nual northern Baptist convention will
be begun.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
Remove Knife from Her Stomach.

Seventeen physicians Of Los Ange-
les, CAL, assisted at an operation re-
Gently for the removal of table knife
nine inches long from the stomach of
Mrs. Sarah Carlson, an insane woman
The operation was successful and Mrs.
Carlson is recovering. The knife had
been in the stomach of the woman for
several hours before the physicians
could be induced to believe the woman,
who told of having swallowed it, was
not joking about The matter.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
SUICIDE BY BURNING.
Woman saturates Clothing with

Coal Oil and Sets Fire to Them.
Miss Lizzie Reed, a niece of the late
Governor Bigler, committed suicide in
a horrible manner at her home in
Clearfield, Pa Arising during the night
she went to the woodshed, and, after
saturating her clothing with coal oil.
set it on fire. She had been in bad
health for some time and was about to
be removed to a sanitarium.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14
Miss Eddy,s Old Home BURNS.

The farm house in which Mrs. Mary
Baker Eddy, the founder and leader of
the Christian Science denomination,
was born, on July 16, 1921, was de-
stroyed by fire at Bow, n. II.