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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
NEW YORK REJECTS ROOSEVELT.
Republican Committee Votes Against
Him for Chairman of Convention.

Republican Committee Votes Against
Him for Chairman of Convention.
New York. Theodore Roose-
welt suffered a sharp defeat in his
home state when the Republican
state committee, by a vote of 20 to 10,
rejected a resolution naming him as
temporary chairman of the state con-
vention to be held at Saratoga Septem-
Der 81. Vice-President Sherman was
chosen unanimously to act as temper
airy presiding officer.
Led by State Chairman Woodruff
"Old Guard" encompassed the defeat
of Colonel Roosevelt, whom several of
the state leaders charged with attempt
ing to dictate the fortunes of the party
In the state.
After the meeting had been called
to order and the time and place OF the
state convention had been decided,
William Barnes, Jr., offered a resolu-
ton presenting the name of Vice-Presi-
dent Sherman Tor temporary chairman
of the convention. Lloyd c. Griscom
moved to substitute the name of Col
onel Roosevelt and moved also that
the vote be postponed.
After much debate the motion to
postpone was defeated by a vote Of II
to %. The resolution to make Colonel
Roosevelt temporary chairman then
was lost by 20 to Is, following which
Vice-President Sherman was unani-
mously chosen for temporary presiding
officer. Mr.. Griscom and Henry Mack
of New York not voting.
The ate committee adjourned to
meet September 26 at Saratoga.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Dies on DaY He Predicted.

Springfield, O.-Predicting the time
of death and then dying on that date
seems to be almost habit in the Gard
family, for years one of the most prom
inent in Clarke county. Three months
ago Warren e. Gard, then in good
health, told his wife he would die Sun
day, August 81. He also toll neigh
bors the same thing. In the morning
he was found dead in his chair, death
being ascribed to Heart trouble. The
firmness of Cards conviction was
shown by the fact that in the last few
weeks he arranged and closed up many
of his business interests. Twenty-four
years ago John Gard, we'll known
physician, father of Warren E., pre-
dicted the date of his death, and on
the day he had named died suddenly.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
L0NGWORTH WON'T SUPPORT
CANNON FOR SPEAkERSHIP
After Series of Conferences With
the President and Others.

Beverly, Mass. - What Is re-
garded as the real beginning Of the
fight of the Republican party reor-
ganization against Speaker Cannon
was inaugurated by Congressman Mich
olas Longworth of Ohio, when he de-
clared he would never again support
Mr.. Cannon for the speakership. 1t is
generally believed Mr.. Longworth's
declaration reflects the views of the
administration
In a statement which he issued Mr.
Longworth declares that having voted
for him in caucus on four different &C.
casions he has supported Cannon for
the speakership for the last time and
that when the proper time comes,
namely the meeting of the Republican
caucus at the assembling of the next
congress he will oppose Uncle Joe TO
that position.
Mr.. Longworth makes il clear that
in his view harmony in the Republic
an ranks and party success depends
upon Cannon's elimination.
Il am absolutely convinced" he
says, that Cannon cannot be again
elected speaker"
The importance of the Longworth
statement lies not only in the fact
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25

II has been reported that more than
FIVE thousand members have been en-
rolled in the Kiss Not" club in Gin
cinnati. and that the club has received
notice from many places where SINH
lar organizations have been founded in
the interest of good health" A teach
e- in an Indiana town who wished to
enlist the cooperation of her friends In
the cause sent out a circular letter
and received among others this reply:
Nearly two years ago l was so un-
fortunate as 20 be kissed by a man
whose lip was not entirely free OF
germ fostering hair. / experienced no
Ill results up to the present time, and
should like to make further research.
am perfectly willing to take the risk
In the aid of science should the CD
portunity present ITSELF"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
FLIES ACROSS THE CHANNEL.
A .iator Moissant Carries Passenger
in Notable Flight.

Deal, England 1t has been re-
served for an American citizen to
perform one of the most daring feats
in the history of aviation. John B.
Moissant of Chicago flew across the
English channel from Calais to Til
manstone, with a passenger, and by
this achievement far surpassed the
feats of Bleriot, De Lesseps and the
unfortunate English aviator. Rolls,
who afterwards met his death at
Bournemouth.
The two-man flight from France to
England was the more astonishing, for
it was only month ago that Moissant
learned to fly. and he made so few
flights and was so little known among
air men that even his nationality was
not disclosed. He was reputed to be
a Spaniard, and it was only when he
landed in England that it was revealed
that he is young Chicago architect.
To make the feat still more sur
prising, Moissant was totally ignorant
of the geography of his course. He
has never been in England and was
obliged to rely entirely on the COM
pass, while the crossing of the chan
mel was accomplished in the teeth of a
strong westerly wind.
He made the trip in 81 minutes.
When he descended his eyes were
bloodshOt and greatly inflamed as a
result of the heavy rainstorm into
which they drove on approaching the
English coast. The high wind beat
the rain into the faces of the men
like hail and almost blinded them.
An average height of between 800
and 400 feet was maintained over the
water. The aviator expected to land
at Dover, but was forced by the wind
a few miles north, and made the coast
near Deal. The cold was intense and
both Moissant and his mechaniciaE
were benumbed. Moissant seemed to
take his monumental feat as If it
were a daily occurrence.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25

The ramming of the gunboat Cas-
tine which as result lies on the beach
1T Provincetown, Mass, full of water,
was due to miscalculation in mimic
warfare similar to that which caused
the sinking of the French subma rine
Piuviose and the drowning of her en-
tire crew. But in the case of the b.
nitas which struck the Castine. the
mistake was made in the line of duty.
whereas the loss of the Pluviose was
due to q fool trick" on the part Of
her commander. who miscalculated
when attempting to dive under a pas
senger steamer merely for spectacular
effect
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
CALIFORNIA IS NOW IN
THE RADICAL COL UMN
insurgents Make Clean Cleanup in Pa
cifc Coast State, and Nominate
johnson for Governor.


San Francisco. After making
bitter war on the corporation and
the boss as factors in politics, Hiram
Johnson, the Insurgent candidate for
governor, swept the state at the pri-
maries, winning by nearly 10000 plu-
rality. according to late returns.
All the candidates of the Lincoln
Roosevelt league have been carried to
victory by Johnson.
In addition to this the lnsurgent
candidates for congress were success
full in nearly every district. These
candidates were also aided by the
popularity of Johnson.
The Democrats entered the pri-
maries with perfect harmony as to
their nominees, and Theodore Bell
will make the fight against Johnson
for election. But one hint Of discord
married the Democratic slate, E. P.
Troy and Walter Macarthur striving
for the nomination in the Fourth con-
gressional district. Macarthur appar-
emily has won the race, and will op-
pose julius Kahn, Republican incum-
bent. who had no contest for election.
In the Republican gubernatorial
fight, around which the whole contest
conferred, Johnson's closest rival was
Charles F. Curry, running on the
strength of his own political machine.
Alden Anderson, the regular, was
hopelessly distanced, not securing e
single county.
The question now before the voters
of the state is the election itself. Dem
ocratic leaders are declaring supreme
confidence in Bells ability to defeat
Johnson, basing their predictions on
the splits in the Republican ranks
Bell and Johnson have made similar
declaration of principles and the bat
tie will be one of personality largely,
If the Republicans are able to har-
monte before election day.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25

Iowa Firm Charges Railroads
With Rate Discrimination.
PREVENTS ALL COMPETITION
Charges Are Filed With Interstate
Commerce Commission by Sin
clair & Co. of Cedar
Rapids, la.

WashingtOn.-A severe arraignment
of the beef packing trust of Chicago
is carried in a complaint fled with
the interstate commerce commission
by t. NJ. Sinclair & Co., meat packers
Of Cedar Rapids, Ia, against the east
ern railroads
Sinclair & Co. charges that the
Chicago beef packers have entered
INTO league with the railroads through
discriminating freight rates to pre-
vent all competition from western in
dependent packers in the markets of
New York and Boston. The former
rates on live hogs and cattle from
pounds and on cured meats 1914 cents
per 100 pounds. The Iowa law adds
IL cents per 100 pounds to freight de-
livered to the Sinclair & Co. plant,
making a total of 241a cents on cured
meats.
The railroads threaten an increase
In their new schedules from Cedar
Rapids to Chicago of two cents per
100 pounds, making the total rate 26R
as against 81 cents in favor OF Chica-
go. 1t is charged this advanced rate
Is excessive, unreasonable, exorbitant
and discriminatory.
Attorney General II. w. Byers of
Iowa, representing the state board of
railroad commissioners, also filed
complaint with the commission against
the eastern roads of discriminatory
rates and asks the commission to re-
quire the railroads to fix and establish
through routes and joint rates to the
interior towns of Iowa. 1t is charged
the railroads have joint rates to points
on the Illinois-Indiana state line. For
Iowa towns the railroads have COM
bination rate made up of the official
and western rates to the Mississippi
river and the Iowa rate. The ratings
are different on the same article, 1t is
charged Iowa complains that an I'M
reasonable privilege is granted cities
outside the Iowa lines having through
routes and joint rates.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
What He Remembered.

You took vacation last summer"
he queried OF the clerk In the music
store.
"Oh, yes"
Went TO farmhouse. probably!"
Il did"
Seven dollars a week?"
Just seven"
Have any moonlight nights out
there?"
81 can't remember"
ANY girls around to spoon with?"
Il have forgotten"
Catch any fish,"
well, really now"
MIX and vegetables all right?"
Dear, dear me. but my memory is
bad"
do any bathing|
Say, now"
do you remember any one thing
that happened to your" demanded the
questioner.
"Oh, yes. ! worked an ear of corn
out of the mattress of my bed
and carried it to the farmer and
asked him WI at he thought of it and
be replied:
Gee whizz, but lost that ear over
five years ago. and have been Look
Ing for it ever sincei' "-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25

President Taft has signed orders
which provide for the further with
drawal of coal lands from entry and
appropriation for mining purposes.
The aggregate of such Withdraw vii ;
now reaches over 71,500,000 acres.
This means that the enormous area In
question is to be preserved by the gov
eminent for disposition in the future
and that 1t is not to fall into the hands
Of grasping monopolists, says Troy
Times. Coal lands may be open to ag-
ricultural entry, but the rich deposits
underneath are to remain public prop
erty, subject to such arrangement as
may be made in the general interest
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
KNOWS OLD CHURCH
ST. GILES BETTER KEPT THAN
IN DAY OF REFORMER.
Famous Edinbure Meeting House Now
Swept and Garnished, With Mod
ern Stained Glass Windows
ard Monuments.

Come" said DR.. Samuel Johnson.
when he and Boswell went to the
great church of st Giles, let US see
what was once a church" AS great
mediaeval churches go the collegiate
church Of St. Giles never was very
famous intellectually, says the Ad.
vance. The present structure dates
from the fourteenth century. It's Ian
tern tower and the artful arrange
ment Of its interior pillars are the
only features of interest remaining
Here as effectively as anywhere the
reformation created havoc and let
loose the dogs of war. The hammer
like eloouence of John Knox, who
preached here bis 20 sermons a week,
each an hour or two long and terrific
in vehec1ence, smashed the stained
glass windows, shattered the carved
images of saints, broke In pieces the
priceless fabrics OF medieval art, de.
stroyed affairs and shrines. In DIR.
Johnscn's day the scars were very Wis.
IDLE. st. Giles was occupied by four
distinct congregations of worshippersl
the great Church being partitioned Oh
for their convenience A prejudice ex'
listed even against cleanliness In
churches. THE pew swept and
linedi" cried Mess Johns wife; my
husband would think 1t downright
popery!" Even Boswell admitted that
the church was shamefully dirty.
Since Jchnson's time the higher
aesthetic taste of nations. the appre-
citation CT medieval art first stimu,
lated by the Waveriey novels, have
caused tie attempted restoration of
st. Giles. The place Is swept and
garnished. There are modern stained
glass windows and monuments
abound. TIE memorial of Robert
Louis Steve ,son Is placed among
those % Nc ntrose and Argyle. The
waEworn banners of Scottish regi-
,ments give a touch OF color for the
eye and thrill to memory. Here
Knox shaped history. Here Jennie
Geddes threw her stool.
A medieval church, especially of
the Gothic type, Is not well adapted to
the use of the protestan. religion
There Is an incoIgruity in the struc-
ture. The great choir. separated for
merly by an in,penetrab!e screen; the
many chapels for masses, the ar
rangement of she building for wor-
ship by the clergy. exclusively with
out reference to the comfort or con-
yenience of TIE people. without the
idea Of an auditorium for the preach
ing Of sermons. make an awkward
adaptation for modern needs which
will be especially observed In the
cathedrels In England. The Scots.
more logica, and less conservative.
rooted out the screens and turned the
church into e. meeting house.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
LARGE AND SMALL FAMILIES.

I Where the population is largely agri-
cultural and isolated, and where labor
Is scarce, the husbandman is proud to
raise large family, for the boys in
time will help to lift the labor from his
shoulders, and also there is always
plenty of work for the girls to do about
the farm. Moreover, food is plentiful
and other desires are few. But no such
stimulus for a large family exists in
urban life, where it is often necessary
10 live in a fiat, the very limitations OF
which point to the inadvisability of a
numerous progeny, says Indianapolis
Star. Moreover, as the individual
rises in the social scale former desires
become present needs The coming of
numerous children would mean the
yacrifice of these needs by the parents,
the descent to lower standard of liv-
Ing, and the parents will not consent.
Finally science has shown that a
small family we'll taken care of makes
better showing in future generations
than large family poorly looked
after. The fewer children of the we'll
provided-for family will actually show
a more numerous progeny in the third
generation than will the underfed and
Neglected children of the larger family.
Eugenics is big question, and a con-
scientious investigation of it will con-
vince anyone that dogmatic assertion
IN that field is a hazardous perform
ance. 1t is general rule in biology
that species with the most numerous
offspring are those that bring fewest
perfect and efficient individuals to ma
turity.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
GREAT FOREST FIRES
CONTINUE TO SWEEP THE
NORTHWEST WITH DEATH.
SITUATION is MOST ACUTE
Mounted Couriers Spread the Alarm as
Fires Encroached and Humanity Is
In Flight Before Flames.

Spokane. Wash.-With more than
fifty persons known to be dead, 100
or more missing, list of injured that
will approximate 200, half the town of
Wallace swept clean and the POSSIBLE
ity that two or three more towns in
the district have suffered complete de-
struction, with half a dozen small
towns and villages seriously threat
ened and their inhabitants by thous-
ands hurrying to places of safety, the
Pacific northwest faces the most terri
BILE forest fire situation in its history.
The situation is most acute in the
Occur D'Alene district of Northern
Idaho. Reports from other parts of
the northwest are of less discOuraging
nature. Some of the fires have been
controlled, others are less threatening
in the absence of wind. while in some
districts the fire Fighters have divert
ed the course of the flames from towns
that were threatened. The new fires
that have sprung up in the last "a
hours have not proved serious so far.
A report received that the Colville
fire in Eastern Washington had broken
out again with renewed energy does
not seem borne out by facts. This fire
and the one in the Walla Walla re-
serve in Oregon appear for the time
at least to be under control.
The fire that has been lingering in
the Wenah reserve in Southeastern
Washington for a week became dan
gerous and the advices indicate that it
is still raging with undiminished
fury
The situation in Crater Lake reserve
and the Mt. Mclaughlin districts on
the extreme southern edge of Oregon
appears unchanged from the last few
days, except that these fires are not
making so rapid progress as on prev
ious days. They are all burning fur
iously higher despite the efforts of $50
fire fighters, among whom are 250 reg
ular soldiers from American Lake,
Wash. Thirty men out of crew of
forty-seven fire fighters in charge of
Forest Ranger Lee Hollingshead are
missing and are believed to have per-
ished when their camp on Big creek,
tributary of the st. Joe river. sixteen
miles from Avery, Idaho, was swept
by flames.
Manager Pavey of the Bell Tele-
phone company. is advised that prac-
tically all persons have been taken
from Iron Mountain. The fire which is
bearing down upon that town has
made eight miles of progress since
last night and is travelling toward the
village. A man has been dispatched
on horseback to cover the territory be-
tween Iron Mountain and Quartz to
warn all ranchers to flee.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25

A Rhode Island travelling sgent who
was disappointed in the demand in
certain section for the fireless cookers
which h, was offering, discovered that
the farmers of Little Rhody" have
taken to the use of their incubators for
summer coking. Like the discovery of
roast pig in China, this utilization of
the incubator was the result of acct
dent. A husband who had forgotten to
put on the pork and beans in accord.
ance with a promise to wife "out
bhopping," dashed the beans into an in
cubator, thus saving his bacon at the
expense of few chicks which were
called out to death in a fervent pork
and-beans atmosphere The idea of
both raising and cooking chickens in
lncubators is depressing to the manu-
lecturers of fireless cookers.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
RAIL MEN ARRESTED.
Three Former Illinois Central Officials
Charged With Fraud and Conspiracy.


Chicago. The Illinois Central
railway graft scandal storm broke
with tempestuous fury when three for
mer high officials of that road were
arrested on charges of conspiracy to
cheat and defraud the road by false
pretenses. More arrests are to follow
and the names of others said to be
implicated will probably be revealed
at the trial of the men already under
arrest
Their disclosures in which new names
may be revealed are promised at the
trial of the men, who were arrested
on charges of conspiracy and obtain
ing money under false pretenses.
Those arrested are:
Frank b. Hartman, former general
manager of the Illinois Central sys-
tenn.
Charles L. Ewing, former general
superintendent of the Illinois Central
lines north of the Ohio river.
John NJ. Taylor. former storekeeper
for the Illinois Central.
The men were taken before NUM-
cipal Judge Bruggemeyer, who re-
leased them on 10000 bonds each.
1t was not until June 6 that the full
details became known when the rail-
road filed bill in equity in the cir
cult court against Joseph E. Buker,
formerly superintendent of the car de-
partment; William Renshaw, former
ly superintendent of machinery; o. s.
Keith, formerly superintendent of
transportation, and ]. M. Taylor. 1t
was alleged that through collision
with these officers five car repair
companies-the Blue Island Car and
Equipment company. the aemphis
Car company, the American Car and
Equipment company, the Ostermann
Manufacturing company, and the In
ternational Car company-had been
able to defraud the road out of 1885,
900, or nearly one-third of the total
of s5,233.753 paid these companies for
car repairs in four years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
AN AMT-INFESTED COUNTRY
Small African Insects Defy the Power
of Man In Sections of
Africa.

Among the more remarkable insect
Kongo-Zambezi watershed) are the
formidable driver ants (Dorylus),
writes a naturalist In the British Geo.
graphical Journal. These wonderful
insects occur everywhere but are par
ticularly common in the high plateau
water They are frequently to be seen
marching in vast armies, several indi-
viduals abreast. Many of these are
carrying food supplies and are guard
ed on the TANKS by innumerable
armed sentries. Woe betide the man
who is so unlucky as to tread among
them. He is Immediately covered
with a host Of bloodthirsty enemies,
who bury their mandibles In his flesh,
producing the sensation OF innumer-
able red-hot needles. The insects not
infrequently invade camps and native
villages and can then only be turned
from their objective by line OF red
hot ashes. Except for the fnconveni-
ence of being turned out of their huts,
these visits are not objected to by the
natives. Every living thing has to de-
part hurriedly or die on these occa-
sions, with the result that much OF the
vermin disappears-for a time, at
least.
Another insect, nearly as warlike
as the driver ants, is species OF
ponera, large black ant which has a
powerful and painful sting. This En-
sect is particularly addicted to walk
ing on native paths, and usually does
so, about four or five abreast, flanked
by few skirmishers. When alarmed
the whole community has the singular
power of being able to produce a Pc
culiar rustling noise. 1t wages perpet-
ual war upon the termites, and may
often be seen returning from a sue
cessful foray On these occasions the
majority of the army is laden with the
bodies Of their victims.
1T is impossible, in describing any
part of tropical Africa, to avoid some
ent species of these insects build very
varied and remarkable mounds Some
of them are of enormous size. and have
a marked influence upon the land
scape. They are sometimes as much
IS twenty feet high, and are frequer'
placed at somewhat irregular in
ais about thirty or forty yards APP
On the plains, on the other hand. til,
commonest species makes a much
smaller mound.
In some parts of the plateau in the
Kongo basin country there is species
which makes a small mushroom
shaped mound. new top being ap-
parently added each wet season. The
result of this is that an old nest looks
like pile Of hats or fat, somewhat
circular pudding Dishes
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Mated Erenchman Dies.

Geneva, Observation-Disclosures Mon
Ter, president of the international COM
mittee of'the Red Cross since the foun-
dation of the committee in 1868, died
here. He was eighty-four years of
age. Monier was honorary president
of the institute of France, and held
honorary degrees from the University
of Berne, Geneva and Heidelberg.