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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-20
HUNDREDS KILLED
IN TERRIFIC GALE.
Shipping Suffers Severely in
Storm on Baltic Coast.
FRENCH STEAMER WRECKED
Twenty-Three of Her Crew Missing
Tempest Causes Havoc on Eng
lish Shores-Cuba Storm
Swept.

st. Petersburg-A hurricane swept
the eastern coast of the Baltic sea.
causing many wrecks and the loss of
hundreds of lives among the sailors.
Three sailing vessels %foundered off
the Gulf of Riga. Some of their men
were rescced.
The tide cast up quantities OF wreck
age. including timber, naphtha cans
and boxes of merchandise.
At Mitau the wind tore down whole
rows of houses, trees and all telegraph
wires
Saint Nazaire, France.-The French
steamer Vile de Rochefort was
wrecked off N~oirmoutiers island. The
British steamer Peverill picked up the
first and SECOND mates and the chief
steward of the French craft, but the
% others of her crew are supposed to
have been lost The Peverill put in
here.
Hartlepool, England.-The steam
ship Crawford has been lost in a
gale in the North Sea and it is
feared all sixty-tnree persons on
board perished. twenty-five bodies
were washed ashore. AS the bodies
were those of the crew 1t is believed
the seamen took possession of the life
boats when the vessel seemed doomed.
The Crawford was a steel built vessel
constructed in 1889 and owned by
Pyman Brothers, London.
T~n-. W. H. 49, ~ T-lf@-
to the Florida coast, throughout the
region of the Tortugas and from the
Florida coast to Mexico in the gulf
the seas are in the grasp OF a hurri-
cane which is striking terror to the
hearts of the people of the whole i'm
mense area.
Uncertainty as to the exact direc-
ton of the whirling, swirling destruc-
tive winds of Titanic power adds to
the apprehension as to the safety of
both coast and inland towns and
cities.
Towns In Cuba are reported devas-
tated. The Isle of Pines is said to
have been a heavy sufferer, while
vistas of wreck-strewn coasts are
brought up by the clamor of distress
calls coming out of the sombre air
sent by wireless operators from YES
sells wrestling with the might of
towering raves and the force of the
turgid winds.
The width of the storm will extend
from the Florida coast to the Mexican
coast. All wireless stations in the
path of the disturbance, with the ex-
ception of the local government sta
ton, are disabled.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-20
PAYS CALL
English Aviator Visits Washington
Showing What Can Be Done.

Northumberland Graham e.
White. the English aviator, sailed his
Farman biplane yer the city of
Washington from Benhings and paid
3 social call TO the army and navy
officials.
He made a successful landing in
Executive avenue, a narrow street.
where his aerop.ane bad a space of
only tan feet on either side between
the fences of the White House Offices
and the state, wer and navy build
.ngs.
Awaiting him on the navy depart
ment steps were the highest officers
Of both army and navy. who warmly
congratulated the aviator on his
clever feat.
The admiral Of the navy, George
Dewey. Hero of Manila" was one of
the nrst TO grasp the hand of Mr..
Crshamo-White and offer his congrat-
ulations. Following him, scores of
the higher officers of both branches of
the service shook hands with the bird
man.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Beck
man Winthrop, Brigadier General
James Alien. chief signal officer of
the army; Major General Leonard
Wood, the chief Of staff; Robert Oil
yer. the acting secretary of war; Maj.
Gen. j. Franklin Bell, former chief of
staff; Rear Admiral Schley (retired),
and Major Squire of the signal service
all gathered about the machine and
praised the mechanism
Business in the big state, war and
navy buildings was entirely suspend
ed for the employees to witness the
fight Far over the city the flying
machine first was sighted. 1t passed
over the buildings at a height of
about 500 feet.
The aviator approached the Wash
Ington monument and then changed
his course to circle the White House
and the war department in order to
make q good landing in the narrow
street.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-20
A TERRIFIC STORM
SWEEPS CUBA AND THE GULF
COAST.
COMMUNICATION is CUT OFF
Impossible to Estimate the Damage
Grave Fears Entertained for Resi-
dents of Resorts on the Bay-Other
News.

Tampa, F1a.-With communication
with all points south of here cut off,
wireless stations out of commission,
and the increasing danger of the inter
ruption of communication with the Ell
tire world. Tampa and all the territory
between Tample and the Florida Keys
is being storm-swept. 1t is impossible
to estimate the damage.
With a steady gale blowing seward
at the rate of 80 miles an hour, the
water is being blown ont of the bay,
causing a tide of seve:I feet below low
water.
Grave fears are entertained for the
forty-six members of the Plant City ar
tillery company, which is encamped at
Egmont Key. Considerable fear is al
so entertained for the fifty residents at
Passe-A-Grille, a resort on the bay.
The schooner Brazos, which sailed
from here several days go. is believed
to have been lost as no tidings of her
have been received.
Havana, Cuba.-The island of Cuba
has probably sustained the greatest
material Disaster in all her history in
the practically continuous hurricane
which began with light rains. develop
ing into torrential floods and devastat
ing hurricanes. The western half OF
the island suffered more severely than
the east. 1t is impossible to estimate
even roughly the amount OF damage
which doubtless will aggregate many
millions of dollars. In addition to the
great destruction of sugar and tobacco
plantations, many thousands of peas
ants in the three western provinces
have been rendered homeless and des-
titute by the loss of their homes and
the food crops, especially corn. 1t now
seems probable that the republic may
be compelled to request international
aid for them.
In the city of Havana, the losses
probably will extend a million dollars,
customs house sheds which were filed
with perishable goods, the sinking of
scores of lighters, many of them con
tanning valuable cargoes which had
been unloaded from steamers, and the
submerging of about one square mile
of the residential section of the city,
facing the sea.
Few fatalities up to the present have
been reported. Three men were
drowned in the harbor but nc deaths
from the storm occurred in the city.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-20
CENTER OF POPULATION.

In the predictions as to the show
ing which the census figures would
make there was one virtually agreed
upOn-that the center of population
would be shifted some distance west
ward from its location in 1890, which
was six miles southeast of Columbus
Ind, says Toledo Blade. But this pre-
diction was n of the kind which
goes wrong. The census people have
tentatively announced that the mari
Will have to be moved but slightly
The west has flourished tremendous
~ In Ten years. II has gained not
only new railroads, but the old rail
roads have been renewed. Irrigation
has caused new lands to be cultivated
and new cities and towns to be build
ed. Such cities as Seattle have
profited in wealth and population by
the opening of new territory, the de
velopment of new resources. the fill
ing in OF the once deserted spaces be
tween town and town. But in these
same ten years an immense immigra
ton has been distributing itself in the
eastern cities-among the coal mine;
and steel plants of Pennsylvania, il
the industrial districts of Lake Erie
1t has Offset the settlement of the
far west.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-20
FAMINE THREATENS FRANCE.
Railroad Strike 10 ParaIyzIng Business
Everywhere.

Everywhere.
Paris.-The strike of the railroad
men. which threatens to spread
throughout the length and breadth of
France, was denounced by Premier
BRAND as IAN instruction purely,
built upon criminal foundations" The
premier declared the strike was called
while negotiations were going on
through himself and the minister of
public works for an adjustment Of
grievances, and he promised that the
instigators would be criminally prose
cuted. Warrants were issued.
Rumors are afoat Of a general in
every section of the country. The first
o in this direction was made by
tho electricians and employees of the
metropolitan railways, subway and
omnibus lines. who met to consider
the advisability of seizing this oppor-
tunity to secure redress for old griev-
ances against the employers.
The National Railroad union com
prises only 100. 900 of the total of 3O0.-
600 men employed in the railway serv-
ice. but a large majority Of the non
union men are participating In the
strike.
The calling of 10000 of the strikers
for army reserve duty is not likely to
have any immediate effect on the
situation, as the military code allows
a man a delay of Is days before re-
spending to the call.
Heavy consignments Of fruits and
vegetables destined for Belgium and
northern France are stalled. Prices
Of fish. eggs. butter and milk have
jumped 25 per cent. The merchants
are arranging for the transportation
of vegetables from the suburbs by
automobiles.
The garrison Of Paris has been rein
forced by troops from the provinces
and all the principal points along the
railroads effected by the strike are
guarded.
The blocked Northern line Is the
great artery for agricultural products
and insured Paris Of the necessities
during the food of the Seine. The
president Of the grain syndicate sale
that the stock of -four on the Paris
market did not exceed $4,000 quintals.
Paris consumes 10000 Qu~intals daily.
President Fallieres h~urriedly re-
turned from his estate In the south
and conferred with the ministers.
The problem of food looms ominously.
Already the market Is pinched. Enor-
nous quantities Of milk and fish en-
route from Normandy and Belgium
are stalled at points along the North
ern road.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-20
MExICANS DON'T ADMIRE US
n C~ondeseension We May Fec 10
R~eclprocated With Interest by
Our Southern Neighbors.

Few things, in all probability, would
more surprise the large number of
Americans who think they have rea-
o to know a little Of the republic
directly to our southwark than to be
made aware Of the estimation In
which they are actually held by it's
inhabitants.
Except In respect to thinss politi-
cal or picturesque, 1t may as well be
adroltted that our attitude toward
Mexico is, for the most mart one Of
condescension. verging upon mild con-
tempt, the Delineator says. We "a
perhaps. find a certain interest IN the
fact that 1t is altogether reciprocal.
Nor can we put 1t of with the thought
that any criticism or disapprovaI met.
ed out to ourselves is due to jealousy.
Jealousy would be so disproportopata
as TO be absurd To give 1t any rea-
son for existence would seem to re-
quire at least some slight similarity
In genius, proportions and aims. Envy
might be probable. but not Jealousy.
And it is doubtful If the former SEN
tlment to any extent obtains. There
is, indeed. a strong general feeling of
resentment against our encroachments
IN the financial world, a fear lest they
may end in annexation, to which a
wholly alien and intensely patriotic
people would be bitterly opposed: but
this may be looked upon as one of
o political sentiments having little
or nothing to do with personal rela-
tons or estimates.
The Mexican Is sufficiently generous
n sufficiently the creature of emo
tons to be able to admire even the
members Of a race which has already
taken from him, under pretext. much
OF his northern territory; which has
upon Its records the unlovely incident
OF the storming of .Chapultepec. de-
tended by young boys; which IL daily
obtaining a stronger and stronger foot
hold by methods not always officially
admirable, and whose one dramatical-
iy magnanimous act-forcing the re-
call of Maximilian-was actuatsd, like
most OF the altruism Of states, by
very self-regarding motives. The
TACT, however, remains that the Mext
a does not usually admire US.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-20
TAFT GOES TO PANAMA.
VIII Leave on Fast Cruiser Nov. II
for Isthmus.

Beverly, Mass. Panama canal
fertilization and the question of
whether the canal zone shall be admin.
istered by the civil or military arm of
the government are the two pressing
problems which decided President Taft
to pay a flying visit to the isthmus i'm
mediately after the November cleo
ton.
Chief Engineer George w. Goethals
conferred with President Taft at the
summer White House, and at it's con-
clusion the president announced he
would leave for Panama on November
IL on the fast cruiser North Carolina
which will be attended by the cruiser
Montana.
Although advisers have c%ounseled
the president against leaving the
country for the eleven days required
to make the trip, he feels that the
reasons brought to his attention in
support of the visit demand his i'm.
mediate presence on the isthmus.
President Taft will make a special
study of plans for the distribution OF
coal at the two terminals of the canal
in order to prevent n monopoly of
the sale of coal. He is determined
that private interests shall not seize
the monopoly and to this end, if the
forthcoming inspection warrants such
action, coaiing stations will be estab.
lished by the government which will
supply not only war vessels, but ships
of commerce.
President Taft believes that the
facts obtained should be embodied in
recommendations for presentation to
congress at the earliest possible mo
ment. Although January 1, 1915, is
given as the date for the completion
OF the canal, it is expected that the
work will be finished before then and
the president insists that the details
OF administration shall be arranged in
readiness for the opening.
One of the problems to be confront
ed Is the form O government for the
canal. 1t may be decided to govern
the zone along the lines followed by
England with her crown colonies.
The question OF tolls is one which
gives the president much concern. It
is the purpose to make the canal a
paying investment for the govern
ment, but rates which would return
more than 2K per cent. on the $40O,-
000,0 which will have been paid
out when the canal is completed, may
be considered SO excessive by ship.
owners that they would not patronlze
the canal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-20
MAKES PLEA FOR BEvERIpoE.
Roosevelt Gives High Praise to Indi-
n Senator.

Indianapolis, Ind. - Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt made a vigorous
plea at many cities and towns in Indi-
ana on his trip across the state for the
return to the United States senate of
Albert ]. Beverage as senator from
this commonwealth.
The last speech of the day from the
balcony of. the Hotel English here was
delivered before a crowd of $4,000 peo-
pie. Col. Roosevelt called 1t "A meet
ing the like of which in 80 years ex-
p~erience IN politics I have never be-
fore seen"
From the time the colonel got on the
back platform Of his private car at
Covfngton, just across the border line
from Illinois, until he left Indianapolis
he urged the throngs to elect the
whole Republican state ticket SO that
q legislature would be put in that
would support Beverage.
The ex-president went to the utmost
limit In indorsing Beveridge. He gave
him credit for having initiated the
fight against the beef trust that re-
suited in the passage of the pure food
law. Without the amendments put in
that bill by Senator Beverage, the col
onel insisted, there never would have
been any pure food legislation passed
that was worth anything.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-20
Plants In 4 Room.

We cannot esteem too highly the
value of plants about a room. They
become In time real friends. Hardest
and best is the aspidistra, for neither
draught nor gas affects it, and II a
little neglected in the matter of water
ing, 1T shows no malice. and summer
or winter its glossy green leaves bear
witness to the care bestowed upon it.
Palms, though graceful and very orna-
mental, are delicate and disappointing
plants. Ferns need constant attention,
but always repay care.
For the center of a springtime din.
ing table nothing can be prettier than
. china bowl painted with small
ferns and tulips. and as the bulbs die
on they can be drawn out, and the
gaps can always be filled with cut
daf1odils. There is no limit to the de-
light given by flowers. In Joy DR. sad
ness they are our constant friends.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-20

Enforcing health regulations against
ignorance and prejudice frequently is
accompanied by difficulties. Cholers
prevails in parts Of Italy, and the of
fcials have taken wise precautions
against the spread of the disease. Ant
one result has been a riot, accom-
panied by the wrecking of the health
Office in the town of Barletta. o.
course the rioters are taking the pre-
else course hat opens the way for in
vasion by the deadly ailment. This
is an age of enlightenment, but there
are regions where there has been lit
tie advancement in ideas since the
time when plaques swept away vic
tins by wholesale because there was
not sufficient knowledge to ward of
the danger.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-20
COFFEE WAS IT.
People Slowly Learn the Facts

"All my life / have been such a
slave to coffee that the very aroma
of ii was enough to set my nerves
Quivering. kept gradually losing my
health but | used to say Nonsense, II
don't hurt me-
Slowly | was forced to admit the
truth and the final result was that my
whole nervous force was shattered.
MY heart became weak and uncer-
tain in it's action and that frightened
me. Finally my physician told me-
about a year ago, that i must stop
drinking coffee or / could lever ex-
pect to be we'll again.
Il was in despair, for the very
thought of tie medicines l had tried
SO many times nauseated me. !
thought of Postum but could hardly
bring myself to give up the coffee
Finally l concluded that l owed 1t
to myself to give Postum a trial. So 1
got a package and carefully followed
the directions, and what a delicious,
nourishing, rich drink 1t was, Do you
know l found it very easy to shift
| from coffee TO Postum and not mind
the change at all?
almost Immediately after / MADE
| the change l found myself better. ana
as the days went by / kept on impro',
ing. My nerves grew sound anu
steady, I slept well and felt suons
and well-balanced all the time.
"Now / am completely cured wiz
the old and sickness an
gone. In every way / am Wen ohce
more"
1t pays to give up the orlnH ena'
acts on some like a poison 10. neai'n
is the greatest fortune one can nave.
Read tho little book, -Ine noao 70
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
aono
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-20
Forty-Three Injured in Bad Wreck.

Fort Worth, Ark.-Forty-three per-
sons were injured. thirteen seriously,
when st. Louis & San Francisco pas
senger train No. 5 went through o
bridge one mile west Of Compton,
Okla. The wreck occurred on a short
curve in the Winding Stair mountains
while the train was passing over a
small bridge. The mail car broke
through the bridge. The chair car
landed in the bottom OF the creek, the
smoker was thrown crosswise on the
right of way while the diner stood on
end in the wreck. Five cars were piled
up and the fact that there was no loss
of life was probably due to the fact
that the cars were made of steel.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-20

Those who have been able to hold
back their vacations until now are to
be congratulated. October is one OF
the finest months of the year for va.
cations, as any one who has been for
tunate enough to have two weeks free
at this time will tell you. The coun-
try lies before you. There is no bet
ter exercise than walking. Nature
In the full beauty of her late summer
foliage, is at her best, and the crisp
air of the approaching fall is notice.
able mornings. Soon it will be on
tap all day. Why not keep up your
open-air vacation habits all winter?
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-20

The worlds wheat crop this year is
estimated at a little under $500. 00O,
600 bushels, which will make 1t, with
one exception, the largest rel gath
cred. The largest wheat crop evef
gathered was that of last year, which
was approximately $50, 900, 900 bushels
more thai the estimate Of 1910. More
than half Of the shortage is figured in
the crop Of the United States. AL
though here as in Russia the crop is
shorter than last year. the reserve Of
old wheat held over from the previ
Gus year is larger in both countries
than 1t was In 1909.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-20
LEFT TO A WORSE FATE
Dynamiter, Himself a Married Man,
Knew What Awaited Foreetfui
Husband.

The business man was sitting in his
once, thinking of starting for home,
when a suspicious looking person
came in with a leather bag in his
hand.
III you don't give me $25," said the
visitor. coming at once to the point,
I will drop this on the floor"
The business man was cool. what
is in it," he asked.
Dynamite" was the brief reply.
What will IT do If you drop it."
BLOW you up"
Drop it," was the instant COM
mand. MY wife told me when I left
home this morning to be sure and
send up a bag Of -four, and I forgot
it I guess it will take just about as
much dynamite as you have there to
prepare me for the blowing up I'll get
when she sees mel"
He threw himself back In his chair
and waited for the explosion, but 1t
did not come.
I'm a married man myself" said
the dynamiter. and quietly slipped out
illustrated Bits. !
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-20
JULIA WARD HOWE is DEAD
Famous Woman Poet and Writer Dies
at Age Of N~inety-one.

Middletown, r. Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe died at her summer home here.
The three daughters of the aged au-
thoress, Mrs. Florence Howe Hall, Mrs.
Laura Richards and Mrs. John Elliott,
were gathered about the bedside of
their mother when the end came. John
Elliott, her son-in-law. was also pres
emit. Death was due to heart failure,
resulting from advanced age and a Sc
we're cold recently contracted. She
was ninety-one years old.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-20
THREE TRoT RECORDS BROKEN
Joan Wins Walnut Hall Farm Cup
Race at Lexington.

Lexington, KY. - Three worlds
records were smashed at the Ken
lucky Trotting Horse Breeders as
ISOLATION fall meeting here. The Har'
vester, driven by the veteran reins-
mar Ed. Geers, lowered the worlds
two-mile record held by Cresceus from
AT to ASK, trotting the last quar-
ter In the sensational time of BIZ sec
onds.
Aiieen Wilson, 2:02A, a black mare
by Arrow Wood owned by John w.
Coakley, Boston. set a new record for
pacing mares to wagon, negotiating
the distance in 2:04h. In the Walnut
Hall farm cup race, the four-year-old
bay mare Joan. by Directum Spier,
trotted the first heat in 2:05h, setting
a new record for the race, and the
third heat of the same event h trot-
ted the mile In 2:04 IS, making a
worlds record for a fo~ur-year-old OF
any sex.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-20

Firearms as playthings are not en-
tirely justified of wisdom, as proved
in the case of a twelve-year-cid Buff
faIo boy who received a gift of q
rife from his father and a few min
rtes later shot and killed his mother
OF course. 1t was an accident, and
everybody concerned is very sorry
but the moral is that, given every
possible opportunity and invitation,
accidents will happen.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-20
The Place of Honor.

Farmer Hodge was of the good. old
fashioned school, and he always gave
. feast to his hands at harvest time.
II was harvest time and the feast
was about to commence.
Giles was the Oldest hand and the
hostess, with beaming cordially, mo
toned him to the seat by her right
hand But Giles remained silently UNI
responsive.
Come" said the hostess, don't be
bashful, Mr.. Giles"-he was just Giles
on ordinary occasions-.you've a right
to the place Of honor. you know"
Giles deliberated a moment. then
spoke.
Thank you kindly. Mrs. Hodge,"
he said. but II it's all the same to
you, I'd rather sit opposite this pud-
den'!"