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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16
MANY DEAD IN QUAKES;
PANIC RE|GNS IN ITALY
Great Distress at Calitri and Other
Towns in AvellinO Province
Suffer.
LOSS OF LIFE ABOVE THIRTY
King and Queen Rush to Scene in
Special Train-People, Caught
While Sleeping, Flee.

The province of Avellino bore the
brunt of a severe earthquake that was
felt throughout Southern Italy shortly
before dawn the other day. The dead
are estimated from thirty-five to fifty,
and many are injured. Distressing
scenes were witnessed as thousands
fed in terror from their novels, some
dying of fright Much damage was
done to property, but it is impossible
to determine the extent of the devas-
tation.
In Avellino little harm was done,
and the only death reported was that
of an old man who died of fright The
population, however, was terror-strick-
en-
Reports from villages throughout the
province are much more grave. A.
Calitri, where twenty people are re-
ported killed, the situation is distress
ing. Ten persons are said to have met
death at San Sossio, where the sulphur
waters. with which the district is rich.
were released from bounds by the dis
turbance and flooded the vicinity. From
the food noxious gases arose At Chi
anche house fell, burying and killing
an aged man. One person was killed
and several were injured at Castelba-
ronia Calabritto was badly damaged.
1t was in the darkest hour of the
morning when the shock was felt at
Avellino. The sleeping town was arous-
ed by the shaking of walls, the rafting
of furniture and the falling of plaster
from the ceilings. In a moment panic
had seized the 10000 inhabitants, who
live in daily fear of seismic disaster.
Half naked men, women and children
fed from their homes screaming with
terror. They had in their minds Wis
ions of Messina and the horror of Reg
gio. Recently there was gossiped about
prediction that the approach of Hal
ley's comet portended the end of the
world. The authorities kept their
heads. but they could not stay the mad
rush for the squares and open districts
outside the city. The widest confu
sion prevailed and the frightened ones
could not be reasoned with: could not
be stopped. In the squares hundreds
threw themselves upon their faces and
impiored the mercy of the Almighty
After several hours of frantic entreaty
the authorities succeeded in re-estab-
fishing a semblance of calm and relief
squads were organized. As>is usually
the case, the inhabitants refused to re-
enter theiN homes, fearing that another
quake would occur. Throughout the
day the police were busy bringing to-
gether the scattered members of fami-
lies and reassuring the frightened ones.
Word that the king and queen were
EN- route there on special train served
to afford new courage to the people and
had a good effect in restoring order.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16
HEIKE is HELD GUILTY.
Secretary of American Sugar Faces
Two Years in Prison.


Charles r. Heike, the white-haired
secretary of the American Sugar Re-
fining Company, was convicted in New
York on one count of an indictment
charging conspiracy to 6efraud the
government of customs due on sugar.
Ernest w. Gerbracht, former superin-
tendent of the Williamsburg Brook
lynn refinery, was convicted on all six
counts. For James L. Bendernagel,
former cashier of the refinery, the
jry stood seven to five for acquittal.
He will be tried again.
This ends the governments second
attempt to imprison the group of men
responsible for the vast underweigh-
ing frauds to which the so-called trust
has virtually confessed by the restitur
tioin of more than 100000 in duty.
Heike is the highest official of the
company upon whom blame has been
fixed, and he now faces possible sem
tence of two years in the Federal pen
itentiary and fine of $4,000. He is
Go years old and broken in health
and spirits.
Convicted on all six counts, Ger
bracht can be sentenced to twelve
years in prison, with a maximum fine
OF $4,000. He is Sc years old
The trial thus ended was started
on May 16, with six defendants in
cluded in the indictment Besides
Heike, Gerbracht and Bendernagel,
there were three minor employees
Harry w. Walker, assistant dock SUI
perintendent, and Jean NJ. Voelker
and James F. Halligan. checkers. The
last lnree pleaded guilty.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16
STORM SWEEPS SOUTHWEST.
Lightning Fires Buildings and
Houses Are Unroofed by Wind.

A terrific rain and wind storm SWEPT
st. Louis the other night and after
noon. Many buildings were unroofed
and lightning set fire to many dwell
ings. The damage caused by the storm
was the greatest of the year. Many
citizens were terror-stricken as they
recalled the cyclone of May q, 1896,
when 400 st. Louisians were killed.
Reports from Arkansas. Mississippi
and West Tennessee indicate the worst
rain, wind and hail storms throughout
this territory in years.
Rains of torrential nature fell over
Western Arkansas and a tornado Lit
the towns of Pine Bluff and Hot
Springs. Only one life was lost, that
of David Meadows, a farmer near Fore
Smith. Ark, who was drowned whi,c
riding on mule A Frisco train went
through bridge near the same town,
the engine getting across in safety, but
fourteen cars of merchandise went
down to destruction. A college build
ing at Nettleton, Ark, was completely
destroyed. Wire service all over Ar
kansas was out OF commission for sew
eral hours. Damage to crops will be
enormous. Young corn was beaten to
the ground and cotton washed out of
the soil. This will mean probably to-
tai loss of the early corn crop in tnat
section, and many thousand acres OF
cotton will have to be replanted-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16
UNITED STATES IS DEFIED.
Nicaragua Threatens to Stop Vessels
from Entering Harbor.


AT the first shot fired against the
American flag ON an American vessel |
will level the Bluff" This was the reply
made by Commander Harold X. Hines,
commanding the American gunboat Du-
buque, to a threat made by General
Rivas, of the .Madriz force holding
Bluefields Bluff, Nicaragua, 70 stop Dy
force any vessels of whatever nation
atty entering the harbor.
General Rivas has practically defied
will disregard the proclamation issued
from Washington on Nav 81 to the
effect that the United States govern
ment denies the right of either faction
to seize American owned vessels or
property without consent of and rec
ed Commander Hines that he will pre-
vent by force, regardless of flag, any
further vessels from entering the har-
bor In response to this, the American
commander Immediately sent to him
the above message
CIiticdl SltudtlOu mas luuS al iScii
which may involve the United States.
bat the American officers on the spot
are of the opinion that General Rivas
will not attempt to make good his
threat in an effort TO collect customs
duties. There are constant rumors OF
threats against the life of Thomas p.
Moffat, the American consul. and the
whole situation at Bluefields. instead
of quieting, has assumed a more seri-
Gus aspect.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.

overlook Military Academy at Nor
walk, Conn.,, was destroyed by fire. The
sixty pupils escaped.
More than 10000 men in various
trades in Boston secured the wage in
creases for which they had threatened
to strike. Less than LOO were on
strike last night.
Justice Harlan. of the Supreme
Court of the United States in Wash
ington, celebrated his 18th birthday
anniversary.
Lightning struck the bayonets in
st. Petersburg patrol that was maneu-
vering at Krasnoye- Selo. killing one
soldier and fatally injuring another.
Vice President James s. Sherman is
a director of the Frisbie & Stansfield
Knitting Company of Camden, which
was Incorporated in Albany, N Y, with
a capital of so,500.000. 1t is under
stood the company is combination of
mills in Utica, Cambridge and Oswego.
Mother" Jones, who has appeared
prominently in many of the big mine
and other labor strikes in the last de-
cade. is reported seriously I'll In hotel
in Cincinnati.
President Hadley notified the Yale
corporation that through funds sup
piled by Adolph Lewisohn of New
York City temporary instractorship
in Jewish literature had been estab-
lished.
Two hundred monkeys. part of the
cargo Of the liner Graf Waldersee.
which has reached New York from
Hamburg. are consigned to the Rookie
feiler Institute, where they are to be
used for Experimentation.
Twelve hundred local members Of
the United sAAnent Workers OF Anne
lea in Syracuse n. Y, went on strike
for 10 per cent advance IN wages.
1,he clothing factories are shut down.
William Rankin of Summit, n. j.,
who will be 100 years old soon' asserts
that he is the oldest college alumnus
in the United States He was grad
mated from williams College in the
class of 1881.
The Republicans of the Firth Con-
.ressional Maryland District nominal
ed Thomas Parrfn for Congress to
take the pltee of Sidney f. Mudd, the
irc,,mbent who was not candidate
for denomination.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16
TO PHILADELPHIA
WITH EXPRESS SPEED
Charles X. Hamilton Covers SO
Miles from New York in
Less than Two Hours.
RACES FAST RAILWAY TRAIN.
Speed of Forty-six Miles an Hour
on the Westward Voyage Is
Made with Ease.

Charles K. Hamilton, the young avn
ator who has achieved worldwide fame
in less than az year, at Philadelphia
Monday made the most daring flight of
his career, travelling in his biplane
from Governors Island, n. Y, to a
point at the outskirts of Philadelphia,
a distance of eighty-six miles, in 113
minutes, unofficial time.
Hamilton flew over Tascony, sub
urb, five and three-fifths miles from
the start, at 1879. At 1916 he passed
over Cornwells, eleven and one-half
miles from the start He crossed the
Delaware River and passed over Penn
sylvania Railroad station here at Tren-
ton, twenty-seven miles from the start,
at 12:06 p. m, sailing over the tracks
about 400 feet. The atmosphere had
cleared and he was plainly visible to
the crowd below The special train
passed through Trenton at 1911 p. m.
five minutes behind the aviator.
Hamilton passed point mile
west of Philadelphia, fifty-one and one
half miles from the start, at 1884.
Train and flying machine were travel
ing together. To catch up with Ham
ilton he train is said to have been run
seventy-five miles an hour between
Trenton and Monmouth junction. The
round-trip distance is the longest city
to-city flight ever made by an aviato :,
exceeding the record flights of Curtiss
and Paulhan. The speed of the flight
was at an average of 1:19 a mile, o.
about forty-six miles an hour.
A feature of the wonderful achieve
ment was the ease with which the
aviator followed train on the Penn
sylvania Railroad running at high
speed According to his program, he
flew from Governors Island to South
Elizabeth, n. j, where the train was
awaiting his appearance. From that
point, town aficr town along the line
reported that the train had passed with
hamilton flying directly over it. At
Princeton he went near the old college
town, so that Students and graduates
gathered there tor commencement week
might have Il chance to see him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16
WORK OF TAFT APPROVED.
Wisconsin Republicans Indorse Pres
ident and State Administration.

The administration of President
William H. Taft is strongly Endorsed
in the platform unanimously adopted
at the Wisconsin. Republican State con-
vention in Milwaukee The present
tariff law is approved and the provis-
ions for maximum and minimum
schedules and future scientific revis-
ions are commended. Gov. Davidson's
administration also is Endorsed.
Every mention of the Presidents
name was followed by demonstration.
Vice President Sherman, who came
from Washington for the purpose of
addressing the convention, received a
warm welcome. The matter of naming
candidates for a State ticket was de-
ferred and left for the primary cleo
ton in September to decide.
With the selection of z campaign
committee, consisting of two members
from each congressional district, and
the choosing of William ID. Common OF
Marshfield as State chairman, the con-
-vention adjourned sine die. Mr.. Con-
nors election was unanimous. He held
the same Office six years ago when La
Toilette was Governor.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16
FRUIT CROP IS REPORTED GOOD.
New England and Pacific Coast
States Will Make UP for Others.

Splendid prospects for fruit in New
England and the Pacific coast states
almost counterbalance the poor show
ing of the central states, where, early
frost got. in some telling work, accord
ing to report made public by the de-
partment of agriculture in Washington
on general crop growth.
The condition of the apple crop Is
reported to be more than eight points
below last years crop of $50, as COM
pared with a normal condition The
ten-year average for apples is sos. In
New England and on the Pacific coast
the crop promises to be immense, but
in such big apple states as Ohio and
Missouri there will be only about one
third of crop.
On the other hand, the peach crop,
due to the excellent prospects in such
states as Georgia and Delaware, prom
Uses to be larger than last year, the
condition June l being go, as COM
pared with 54.1 last year and a ten
year average of $500. The central
states will produce a poor crop, it ap-
pears.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16
NEW YORK.

Unreasonably cool weather sill ar
rests retail trade and retards> crop
progress in the northern half of the
country, and trade is quiet in the
southern districts, though cotton and
fruit crops there are making progress.
Jobbing trade reports reflect quiet in
consumptive demand in a moderate
volume of recorders, which are classed
as frequent but small in the aggre-
gate. Trade as whole still hesitates
pending clearer view of crop and
price outcome Industrial reports
point to considerable curtailment of
output. Collections range from slow
to fair.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending June Q
were 1S9, as against 100 last week.
1877 in the like week of 1909. 253 in
1908, 161 in 1907 and 10 in 1906.
Business failures in Canada for the
week numbered SO, which compared
with Is for last week and % in the
like week of 1909.-Bradstreet's
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16
GMNSMERCLAL
t. 60 49, 4G:::i::1 ;ftA
I8 IEi AND sisslsaA
HG tcatIGAE 49,
'zFNHNCN
CHICAGO.

+. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review OF
chicago trade says:
Trade conditions reflect little
change in the prominent activities.
There is a smaller shrinkage in the
volume of payments through the
banks, and the trading defaults make
good exhibit. Operations in )roduc-
ion and distribution are stimulated
by a more confident tone as TO the
future. Forwarders have found salts
action in the Washington conference
as 10 a threatened advance in trans
portation rates. Other favorable de-
|Eelopraents include more seasnable
weather for fashionable lines, further
ease in money, lessened labor disputes
| and Wednesdays excellent crop re-
| port
The markets for general mercaan-
ilse attract increasing attendance of
buyers. Sales have risen to satisfac-
tory aggregates in dry goods, foot
wear, clothing, mems furnishings.
millinery and food products. Interior
merchants report expectations realized
on spring stocks. Local dealings wee
stimulated by higher temperatures
and Roadway is made in the depletion
Of lightweight apparel. The demand is
now quite strong for vacation needs.
and large sales are noted in sporting
goods and house furnishings.
Markets for bonds and local Sc
curities compare unfavorably in trans
actions with this time last year. but
there is heavy investment in realty
and improvements. Commercial paper
of the best grade is quoted at per
cent. and deposits are strengthened by
an increasing return OF money from
the West.
Bank clearings, $780,, 1923, sol, are
&c per cent under those of CORE
spending week in 1909, and compare
with s215, 492,046 in 1908.
Failures reported in the Chicago
district number eighteen, as against
fourteen last week, twenty-one in 1908
and twenty-one in 1908. Those with
liabilities over $4,000 number seven,
as against six last week, four in 1909
and eight in 1905"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16
UE4z EIsaE&lzRS
~ EGCe

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime.
$500 to sS.75; hogs. prime heavy, $500
TO $9.75; sheep, fair to choice, $3.50
to 5000; wheat. No. 2, s1.o0 TO sl-02;
corn, No. 2, Sc to &c; oats, standard,
Csc to SIC; rye, No 2, 75c to nc: hay.
timothy, $500 to $500; prairie, $500
to s14.5o; butter, choice creamery, 2ic
to 27c; eggs. fresh, Ice to 1Sc; pota-
Toes, new, per bushel, 90c to s110.
Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $500
to $500: hogs, good to choice heavy,
800 to 1885; sheep, good to choice,
$500 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2, gle TO
Csc; corn, No. 2, white, Coo to &c;
oats, No. 2 white. 36c to SIC.
st. Louis u Cattle, $500 to $3.50:
hogs, $500 to 500; sheep, $3.50 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, s1OS to Sill;
corn, No. 2, 5Sc to Coo; oats, No. 2,
Soc to 36c; rye, No. 3, 7Sc to 79c.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep. $3.50 to s475:
wheat. No. 2. s1.o3 to s1.05; corn, No.
3 yellow, Coo to &c; oats, standard.
S9c to Ale; rye. No. 1. soc to sic.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. northern,
s1.04 to s1.07; corn, No. 3. 5sc to Soc:
oats, standard, SIC to 39c; rye, No. /,
nc to 7Sc; barley, standard, Csc to
&c; pork, mess. s2225.
Buffalo = Cattle, choice shipping
steers, $500 to $3.50: hogs. fair to
choice. $500 to $1,000; sheep. COM
mon, to good mixed. $500 to $3.50:
lambs, fair to choice. 800 - $1,000.
Toledo--Wheat, No. 2, mixed, s1.O4
to s105; corn, No. mixed, soc to
Coo; oats, No. mixed Csc to 40c;
rye, No. 2. 7Sc to roc; clover seed,
$3.50.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to $3.50:
hogs, $500 to 1856; sheep. $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, s1.06 to $1.1O:
corp, No. 2 mixed, Gle to &c; oats.
No. 2 mixed, 39c to 40c; rye, No. 2.
Sic to S3c.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $500:
hogs, $500 to $1,000; sheep. $500 TO
1854; wheat, No. 2 red, $l.O3 to s1.O5:
corn, No. 2. Csc to Sec; oats, natural.
white, 4Sc to 45c; butter, creamery.
25c to 29c; eggs. western. 1sc to
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16
TH|RTY-F|VE PERISH
IN FIRE At MONTREAL
Herald Building Is Destroyed and
Bindery Girls and Others
Probably Dead.
HEAR CRIES OF THE DYING.
Crowds Stand Helpless While Flames
Claim Observation-Disclosures of
Editorial Staff Safe.

Thirty-five persons are believed to
be dead in the fire-swept ruins of the
Herald building in Montreal, Que.
which was destroyed the other day.
Many are said to have been carried
to death by water tank which crash
ed through the building when the fire
started. Bindery girls and linotype
men fell through the huge gap in the
floors of the building and were quick
ly buried under machinery and tim
bers.
Crowds outside the burning build
ing could hear plainly the shouts of
the dying inside while the flames
were slowly making their way toward
them, but practically nothing could be
done to save them. All the members
of the editorial department escaped
uninjured, the dead and dying being
confined largely to employees of the
bindery.
The flames were confined at first to
the upper floors of the building, but
although all the available fire appa-
ratus turned out, it was impossible to
control the fire, which was famed by
a strong wind.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16
SENATOR LORIMER IS ACCUSED.
Formal Charges Questioning Right
to Seat Presented by Cullom.

Senator Cullom of Illinois has pre-
sented TO the United States Senate
charges questioning the right of his
colleague, Senator William Lorimer, to
occupy seat in that body. The
charges were ordered printed in the
Congressional Record, and were re-
ferred to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections. The charges reached
Senator Cullom from Clifford w.
Barnes, president of the Legislative
Voters League of the State of Illinois.
In forwarding them Mr. Barnes adj
dressed the following letter to Senator
Cullom:
LAS president of the Legislative
Voters League of the State of Illinois.
interested in seeing that a thorough
investigation is made of the corrupt
methods pursued in the State Legis-
lature in the last two years. / feel
it my duty to call your attention Of
ficially to facts that have been devel-
oped in Cook County and in Sanga-
mon County within the last month
! am inclosing herewith a statement
covering these disclosures, which beg
you to present to the United States
Senate"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16

Practically the entire day in the Sen
ate Saturday was devoted to general
discussion of the tariff question in con-
nection with the provision in the sun
dry civil appropriation bill appropri-
ating $250,0d0 for collecting informa.
tion bearing on the present tariff law.
Senators Clay. Aldrich, Bailey, Hale,
Warren, Beverage, Smoot, Cummins,
Hepburn and Dolliver were among the
speakers, and the discussion was acri-
monious at times. The provision was
undisposed of and the discussion Will
be resumed Monday. The final confer
ence report on the legislative, judicial
and executive appropriation was ac-
cepted. The House was occupied with
private bills.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16
Bio Fire Less at Wabash, Indiana.

A fire causing a loss of $4,000 swept
from the rear of the Simon Cook Junk
Company's building through the Dough
erty Brothers horse pavilion in Wa
bash. Ind. and wiped out the smaller
buildings in the immediate vicinity.
Dougherty Brothers pavilion cost 49,
900 a few years ago. Fifteen horses
IN the building were rescued. Cooks
loss was about $40 900. Thomas Al
bert's wagon shop was destroyed, caus-
ing loss of $4,000. Other buildings
destroyed were: Smith & Baker, black
smith shop. loss $500; building oceu-
pied by Beitmen q Wolf for cold stor-
age. loss $500; Wallace & Sons gar
age; feed barns and Office of DR.. H. A.
Ss.ilors. loss $4,000; feed barn of Peter
Richtmyer, loss $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16
The Week
i'm Congress

In the Senate Tuesday five hours was
occupied with criticisms of the admin
istration of the public land laws OF
the United States in connection with
the consideration of the public land
withdrawal bill. Set speeches were
made against the bill by Senators
Clark, of Wyoming, and Hepburn, of
Idaho. The railroad bill was sent to
conference and consideration of the
postal savings bank bill was begun in
the House by Democrats and ''insur-
gents in the House, under the leader
ship of Representative Lenroot, Of Wis
consin, to agree to the Senate amend
ments to the railroad bill and avoid
conference. Mr. Lenroot's motion was
defeated. 156 to 162, twenty-one insur-
gents voting with the Democrats for
the motion, while six Democrats voted
with the regular Republicans against
it. The postal savings bank bill was
taken up by the House after the adop-
ton of a rule limiting debate to eight
hours and requiring a vote ON the
measure without amendment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16

Million Dollar Fire in Seattle, Wash.
Fire that broke out on the northern
water front during hurricane, was
carried by the wind to a district to the
eastward in Seattle, Wash, thickly
covered by wooden buildings and in a
short time twenty acres were ablaZe,
causing loss of s1,0O0,000 and render
ing five hundred persons homeless.
The fire, starting at Railroad avenue
and Battery streets, destroyed all the
buildings Of SIX city blocks and picked
out a wooden house here and there in
the surrounding district not entirely
fre-swept. When the flames were at
their height, burning brands set fire to
houses several blocks from the main
fire. So far as known only three per-
sons were seriously hurt, although
many firemen were slightly injured.
Sixty horses were burned in a stable
on Railroad avenue.