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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
Traction Cars Crash.

Five persons were seriously injured.
two probably fatally, in a head-on col
lision between two limited interurban
cars on the Terre Haute, Indianapolis
and Eastern line at Philadelphia, four
miles west of Greenfield, Ind. The
cars were the New Castle Limited,
west-bound, and the Dayton Limited,
They met at a siding as
the west-bound car was preparing to
enter the switch. The Dayton Linn
tied was said to be running at full
speed when it crashed into the west
bound car. So great was the impact
that both cars were telescOped for a
distance of ten or twelve feet. Both
stuck to their posts in vain
attempts to stop their cars. While the
blame for the accident has not been
fixed, there was such a heavy fog that
the mOtormen could see but short
distance ahead of them.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
TO BARE FOOD GRAFT.
Wilson Promises to Expose Those
Responsible for High Prices.

Responsible for High Prices.
I'VE have already discovered that
the farmer is not getting the exorbitant
profits out of the beef he raises" said
Secretary Wilson of the Department
of Agriculture, discussing the high
prices of food supplied. Il have no
doubt in the world" he continued
that the same conditions will be
found to prevail in most of the other
lines of food products. The Depart
ment of Agriculture has agents in ev-
cry State and every county in the
country, and they have been ordered
to report exhaustively on the cost of
production and the returns of sales of
all sorts of food products. AS fast as
we receive these figures We will CON-
pare them with the prices the same
products bring in the cities where they
are consumed. We will then give the
facts to the public. We intend to
bring out the truth, irrespective of
whom it hurts or whom it benefits. 1
am convinced that the public is COM
PEELED to pay great deal more for
nearly everything it eats than it
should, and i believe the figures will
bear me out.
There is ample excuse for some of
the increase In the cost of living over
what it was years ago. The farm area
is not keeping pace with the demands
for foodstuff. The cities seem to have
more attractions for the laboring man
than do the rural communities The
horde of immigration, as well as the
ever-increasing native population, must
be fed and the farm is expected to fur
nish the food"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
RAY LAMPHERE DIES,
PLEADING INNOCENCE
Alleged Accomplice Of Mrs. Belle
GUINNESS, ArChmurderess, Sue
cumbs to Consumption.
HIRED HAND ON MURDER FARM
Passes Away Without Making Con-
fession Hoped for by Indiana
Authorities.

Ray Lamphere, who was charged
with the murder of Mrs. Belle Gun
ness and subsequently convicted of ar
son in connection with the burning of
the home on her murder farm" near
Laporte, died at the State penitentiary
in Michigan City, Ind, of tuberculo-
sis.
The man, suspected OF assisting the
supposed arch murderess in Staying
the ten victims whose bodies were
found buried about the farm after her
disappearance in April, 1908, made no
statement to the prison officials.
In the past few weeks States Attor-
ney Ralph Smith, who prosecuted
Lamphere, and officials of the peniten-
tiary have sought to obtain from the
prisoner a statement To all ques-
tfons, however, Lamphere has stead
lastly replied that he knew nothing
which might throw further light on
the wholesale murders.
Lamphere was 3S years old, and for
three years prior to the disappearance
of Mrs. Guinness and her three chill
dren had been employed as a field
. hand at the murder farm
The crimes. ruthlessly premeditatsd
and diabolically executed, rivaled the
famous Holmes Castle murders in Chi
cago and the Bender murders in Kan
sas. Whether Mrs. Guinness was par
ty to these crimes, and whether she
escaped or was burned to death in her
house in April. 1908, never has been
satisfactorily explained. She former
ly lived in Chicago and went to La
porte after her first husband had died
under circumstances said to have been
suspicious.
After establishing herself on the
farm, just outside Laporte. the woman
is said to have been a frequent CORE
spondent with matrimonial agencies in
various parts of the country. She
thus formed the acquaintance of
number of men. At least six of them
went to Laporte, all OF whom disap-
peared. Later, when the yard back
of the farmhouse was excavated, the
bodies of some of these admirers were
identified among the ten which were
found. Lamphere was arrested the
day following the burning of the house.
He had been seen in the vicinity of
the building the night it burned.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
GOVERNOR MARSHALL SAYS

a prominent magazine addressed let
tiers TO some of the Governors of the
great interior States recently, asking
them TO state briefly what in their
opinion are the greatest needs of the
commonwealth over which they pre-
side, and what are some of the ser
vices that those commonwealth can
render the nation at large.
Following is the reply of Governor
Marshall, of Indiana:
a man VINO expresses an opinion to-
day is much like the discoverer of a
patent medicine-he is quite sure that
it will cure all ailments. Indiana needs
many things. | hope the time will
never come when all its needs have
been supplied. Just now. from my
viewpoint, it's greatest need is content
ment. BY that ! mean that it should
possess a body of citizens who are
content to do a days work for a days
wage; who are willing TO pay days
wage for a days work; who are un-
willing to shirk work and gain wages
by cunning; who are unwilling by en-
forced employment TO increase profits;
who believe more in the common good
than in the larger good; who would
rather be buried in q pine box wet
with OeulIfuQ tearc than IN have a
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
c. w. Morse Goes to Prison.

With a supreme effort to be cheer
full, but with emotion occasionally get
ting the better of him, Charles w.
Morse left New York to begin serving
a fifteen years sentence in the fed
eral prison at Atlanta, Ca, imposed up
on him for violation of the national
banking laws. Before leaving the
Tombs, where he had been confined
for the greater part of the last year,
Morse received his wife and two sons
and then the newspaper men. He was
too affected to say anything, but hand
ed out a carefully prepared statement
of comment on his case. The general
understanding was that his wife was
to accompany him south, but ;t could
not be ascertained whether Or not
she was on the same train with him.
Morse left Jersey City in custody of
Deputy United States Marshals. The
party occupied a state room. Morse's
statement is bitter and dramatic.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
THREE ARE CREMATED|N
| WRECK ON ROCK ISLAND
imprisoned in Tourist Sleeping Car,
Passengers Are Burned After
Train Is DeraiIed.
FoRTY-FIvE PERSONS ARE HURT
Fatal Accident Occurs Near Trenton,
Mo.-Cause of Catastrophe
Is Not Known.

Imprisoned in a tourist sleeping car
and burned to death was the fate of
perhaps three passengers on the west
bound California Special on the Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
three miles east of Trenton, Mo.
The bodies of all the victims have
been recovered. One is that of Fireman
%. P. Lininger, Trenton, who recently
lived at Eldon, Iowa He was scalded
and burned to death. The others are
those of passengers and are unidenti-
fed. Forty-five persons were injured,
among them being:
Engineer w. 1. Wilmington, Trenton,
scalded; will recover.
ing Company, Kansas City, shoulder
broken, cut about head.
J. u. Orning, Davenport, Iowa, leg
broken, head cut.
Steve Howard, Alabama, leg broken.
G. E. Spooner, Dallas, Texas; back
sprained.
]. C. Childers. Anderson. Ind.
sprains and bruises.
Mrs. Nancy Hamershley, Let's, Iowa,
badly hurt about head, may die.
Julius Meddlesome, Boston, Mass,
slight
David Siegel. Cleveland, Ohio. prob
ably fatal
The train was derailed at $40, while
passing through a stretch of ice-cover'
ed country. The huge engine, stand
ard Pullman sleeper and the tourist
sleeper caught fire and were destroyed
and a portion of the chair car was
burned. The bodies of two women
were taken from the chair car. The
wreck occurred without a moments
warning to the passengers, and by the
time they had realized what was hap
pening the three cars were in flames
The train was one of tie heavies:
and finest in the Rock Island service
1t is known in summer as the Golden
State limited and in winter as III;
California special. The cause of the
accident is not known. The train was
running at high speed. The heavy en-
CINE jumped the track and landed fifty
feet off the RICH. of way. The cars
also left the track and all but one tum
bled over.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
NEW YORK.

Quiet has followed the preceding
weeks rush of business in retail lines.
while in wholesale lines statesmen a4e
in from the road and inventorying u
general. All obtainable information
points to a satisfactory-in many sec
tions, indeed, a record-volume of buS
mess done in the year just closed, anS
the feeling is general that still mofe
satisfactory twelvemonth faces the
country's commercial and manufactbr-
ing interests.
The best reports as to the years RE-
suits come from the West and Morn b.
west. In wholesale and jobbing lines
large if not, indeed, record spring
business has been booked.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending Dec. ~
were 256. as against 264 last week, 2s9
in the like week of 1908. 1S5 in 1907.
220 in 1906 and 27S in 1905.-Brad-
streets
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
FRISCO TO RUN CARS.
City Approves Municipal Ownership
Scheme at Special Election.


San Francisco the other day took
the first step toward municipal owner
ship of its street railway lines when
by vote of $1,000 to IL 200 the peo-
pie carried bond issue to the amount
of S2,020,000. The funds raised by
the sale of these bonds are to be used
in the construction of municipal cleo
trio line along Geary street and other
thoroughfares from the heart of the
business district to the ocean beach,
distance of about nine miles. This
proposition has been submitted to the
voters of the city four times, the other
thres polls being against the bonds.
The present Geary street car line is
an obsolete cable system. 1t is oper-
ated under a special permit granted
to a private company by the super
visors after the franchise of the orig
inal company had expired. The causes
leading to the voting of these bonds
by decisive majority after the same
proposition had been three times de-
feated are numerous and complex. Pos
sibly more than anything else the vote
represents an expression of dissatis-
faction with the methods and service
of the United Railroads. The car sys-
tenn of the city under the present pri-
vate monopoly admittedly is not good.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06

Oficials of the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen, with headquarters in
Cleveland, formally notified the vari-
Gus divisions of about seventy-five rail-
roads east of the Mississippi River
that the $4,000 members of the brother
hood would on January make demand
for an increase in wages amounting to
from 5 to 40 per cent. The existing
agreement necessitates notice before
such a demand can be made. Then the
trainmen will wait until January 20 for
their answer. President Lee of the
trainmen does not expect strike, but
says it will come if the demands are
not granted.
The Block Signal and Train Control
Board, which was authorized by Con-
gress some three years ago to investi-
gate the whole subject of passenger
train control and protection. has now
reported to the Commerce Commission.
1t severely criticises certain roads for
the character of the signal system, and
says that inexperienced operators were
found all over the country. Others who
have the experience are lacking in re-
liability, and still others are too young.
The board has examined 1923 inventions
of protective devices offered, and of
these only twelve were deemed worth
testing at government expense
The Northern Pacific has fifty-two-
acre poultry farm seventeen miles east
of Seattle, Wash, with a profit of H.
900 White Leghorn chickens which
provide an average of $50 dozen eggs
per day.
outdone by the Pennsylvania, has de-
clded to put on soon a through trair
to be known as the Cleveland. so tina
the Southwestern limited may rur
from New York to St. Louis in TWEEN
ty-four hours. Transact to-Gay's
business in New York and Tomorrow.
in st. Louis" is the way the New Eorl
Central advertises the new train
The 500 will be transacting business
over its own line into st. Paul in thu
near future. Trains will then move
through the new concrete tunnel. one
of the most difficult pieces of engi-
neering work ever undertaken in the
West. The tunnel is 1880 feet long
The entrance line, on which work was
begun three years ago, represents
total expenditure of between s1,50O,00c
and 100000. including the right of
way.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad has
agreed with its engineers as to wages
and conditions for the next year, in
GLIDING the working day of ten hours
instead Of twelve, as heretofore.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
N%&E555Nzz

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime.
$500 to $3.50; hogs. prime heavy $3.50
to sS.75; sheep, fair TO choice. $3.50
to s5.75; wheat Nc. 2, 81 % to s1.27 4
, corn, No. 2, 60c to 62c; oats. Standard
43c to 44c; rye, No. 2, 7sc to 79c- hay
timothy. $1,000 to $500; prairie. $500
to $500; butter. choice creamery. 300
to Csc; eggs. fresh, SOC to CSC, pota-
toes, per bushel, 35c to soc.
Indianapolis-Cattle. shipping. $500
to s775; hogs. good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to sS.75; sheep. good to choee,
s2.25 to sl.5O; wheat, No. ?, s1-22 to
s124; corn, No. 2 white. Gle to &c;
oats, No. 2'white 45c to Acc
st. Louis-Cattle $500 10 $50;
hogs, $500 to ss.75; sheep. ss.0o,.to
s5.75; wheat, No. 2, s1.26 to 81.
corn. No. 2. Gle to 62c; oats. No. 2. sc
to 45c; rye, No. 2, 76c to 7sc.
Cincinnati - Cattle $500 to $685.;
hogs, s4)o to sS.e5; sheep. $500 to
$3.50; wheat No. 2. s1.2S TO sl50;
corn, No mixed. Gle to &c; oats.
No. 2 mixed, Acc to 47c; rye. No. 2,
tic to soc.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to s5-75; hogs.
$500 to $3.50; sheep. $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, s1.2S to s1-24; corn, No.
3 yellow, SIC to 64c; oats. standard.
45c to 47c; rye, No. l. zee to 77c.
Milwauhee-wheat. No northern.
Slip to s115: corn. No. 3. Csc 10 66cD
oats, standard, 43c to 45c; rye. No. y
nc to 79c; barley, standard, CSC TO
esc; pork. mess. s22-25.
Buffalo - Cattle, choice shipping
steers, $500 to s725; hogs. fair TO
choice, $500 to $3.50; sheep, common
to good mixed. $500 to $3.50; lambs
fair to choice, $500 to $50.
New York-Cattle. $500 to $50;
hogs, $500 to ss65: sheep. $500 "a
s5.25; wheat, No. red, s1.26 to 81
corn. No. 2 CSC to zoe: oat~ nsturAL
white, 4Sc to sic; butter cresmery,
Csc to SIC; eggs. western. &c 70
s5c.
Toledo-wheat. No. 2 mixed $40
IN 1922: corn, No mixed. 60c to
Gle. oats, No mixed, 43c to Hc:
rye, No. 2. 75c to z clover seed.
$500.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
STEEL MAN COMMITS MURDER.
Ends Day of Drinking by Revolver
Eu.fII,sa IN Own Homc

Ends Day of Drinking by Revolver
FusiIlade in Own Home.
Winfield Gibson, aged As years, resi-
dent of Munhall, a Pittsburg suburb,
shot and killed his wife, seriously
wounded a son, fired three shots at his
fleeing daughter, and then sent bullet
crashing through his brain, dying in
stantly. Gibson, who is former Off
Ger of the Carnegie Steel Company,
came home late after a day of drink
ing with friends, according to the state
ment of the police. Meeting his wife
as she awaited his coming at the top
of flight of stairs Gibson fired at her
with his revolver His wife's dead
body fell down the stairway Howard,
a 15-year-old son, hearing the shots.
ran from a room, and was seriously
wounded by bullet from the revolver
in the hands of his enraged father.
Grace, 14-year-old daughter, coming
to the stairway, was shot at three
times, the bullets missing her by
fraction of an inch. A 9-year-old child
was playing within ten feet of where
the shooting took place, but was I'm
harmed by the father.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
9MME::'R',CA'
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CHICAGO.

R. c. Dun & Co.'S weekly review o.
Chicago trade says:
Trade generally closed the year;
activities in a strong position An
aual balances, inventories and neces-
sary repairs now monopolize attention
n the leading industries. The result
nave been equal to the expectations IL
various prominent branches and th'
outlook based upon the accumulations
Of forward orders is highly encourae-
ing for the future.
Weather conditions during the week
favored an extended absorption d
heavyweight apparel and other need.
but the storms impeded freight .noy4
ments, crop marketings and outdooE
work. Wholesalers had large reordes'
in dry goods, clothing and foCtwea-.
and the demand for spring goods Wis
we'll sustained Winter stocks in dea-
ers' hands have been comfortably T.
duced.
Banking returns testify to largely
augmented deposits at interior points.
Manufacturing discloses little decliD
in operations with the year end. Mo&
ey sustains a decidedly firm tone at ,
to 81 per cent for choice commercifi
paper. Mercantile collections here ard
at Western points are satisfactory.
Trading defaults furnish a favorah& y
comparison with previous experience
Bank clearings, s225,97O,322. exceed
those of the corresponding week ASn
1908 by As per cent, and compare win
s175.127 532 in 1907.
Failures reported in the Chicago
district number IS, against 81 last
week, 4S in 1908 and % in 1907. Those
with liabilities over $4,000 number 4.
against IL last week. IL in 1908 and 2
in 1907"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
MOB HANGS VIRGINIA SLAYER.
Ruse Hats Murderer's Flight, but

huse Halts Murderer's flGnt, Dut
Attempt at Vengeance Fails.
Following the killing at Murley,
Va, of Samuel Baker and the serious
wounding of his widow and two chill
dren by Henry Pennington, mob OF
100 took Pennington from Jail and
hanged him to a steam pipe. Penning-
ton, who had been drinking, picked a
quarrel with Baker, his enemy, and
shot him while the latter was on his
way to a Sunday school celebration
with his wife, two children, and a
friend, Wyatt Meadows. Seeing that
he had killed Baker, Pennington start
ed to run away. Mrs. Baker called
after Pennington and implored him to
help her take the body home. The
ruse worked and Pennington went
back to the spot where His victim lay
dead. Bent upon vengeance, Mrs. Ba-
ker grabbed Pennington's pistol from
his pocket and shot twice at him. Her
aim was bad, but she succeeded in
wounding him in the hand and thigh.
Pennington recovered possession of the
pistol and then shot the woman and
attempted to kill Meadows and the two
children. Pennington then fed, but
was surrounded and captured by a
posse on the outskirts of the town.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
FLAMES KILL SEVEN CHILDREN.

Six Members of One Family-Coal
Stove Starts Fire.
Seven children, ranging in age from
2 to IL years. were burned to death
and three persons perhaps fatally in
jured when fire. followed by an explo-
sion of powder. destroyed the home Of
Stephen honosky. a miner. at Sykes
vile, Pa. Six of the victims were mem
bers of tie Bronosky family and the
seventh vas the child of a boarder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bronosky and the board
er jumped from an upstairs window
and were seriously injured. The fire
started from an overheated coal stove.
1t spread rapidly and communicated
with a keg of mine powder. The ex-
plosion cut off all chance of saving the
children.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
20 HURT I'm DEPOT EXPLOSION.
Gas Plant in Montreal Train Blows
Up and Many May Die.

Gas Plant I'm Montreal Train Blows
Up and Many May Die.
Over score of people were injured
In an explosion at the Place Viger sta
ton of the Canadian Pacific Railway
In Montreal. Many of the victims were
frightfully mangled. and the death list,
it is feared. will be large. The Quebec
train, which usually leaves the station
at about 1880 p. m, was on the eve
of pulling out. The station platform
was crowded with a throng, seeing
friends off, when there was a terrific
explosion, which ripped up the plat
form from end to end and buried more
than score of people in the debris.
The gas plant on the Quebec train had
blown up.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
J. NJ. Huston Under Indictment.

Former United States Treasurer J.
N Huston, with offices in New Yorl,
City, Samuel Graham of Montreal.
Canada, Harvey NJ. Lewis and Everett
Dufor, of Washington, ID. c., have been
indicted by the grand jury in that city
on the charge of conspiracy and of
using the mails for fraudulent purposes.
J. N. Huston was native of Indiana
and was prominent in politics in that
State. He was banker at Corners
vile. His home is on Long Island, N. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
Roosevelt Party Well.

The American naturalist expedition
arrived at Hoima, Uganda, several
days ago and reported all well. One
hundred and twenty-seven miles were
covered after leaving Kampala on De-
cember %. Colonel Roosevelt killed a
bull elephant whose tusks weighed no
pounds, while the party was in camp
at Kosingo. The expedition will leave
for Butiab, q miles distant, soon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
OHIO ICE BOUND; FEAR FLOOD.
River Blocked from Pittsburg to Gin
cinnati and Coal Shipments Stop.

River Blocked from Pittsburg to Gin
cinnati and Coal Shipments Stop.
The Ohio river, from Pittsburg to
Cincinnati, is closed to navigation. and
according to reports. will be ice
choked probably for several weeks. A
rapid rise in the river caused by the
ice gorges, it 10 feared. will result
in heavy damage. Riyermen are as
founded at the unusually severe ice
packs for the present time of year,
and predict heavy loss of property
before a thaw sets in AT New Mar
tinsville, w. Va. south of Wheeling.
the Ohio Is in the grip of an ice gorge
miles in length which threatens
Wheeling and intermediate points,
where bridges span the river. Coal
operators and shippers are particu-
larly hard hit by the untimely river
tie-up, as millions of bushels of coal
were waiting for the passing of the
holidays to be sent south in coal fleets.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
GIRL SLAIN; sUIToR SOUGHT.
Toledo Maiden Alleged victim of r.,

Toledo Maiden Alleged victim of Re-
jected Love--Parcnts shot.
Carol Hunt, Is years old, was in
stantly killed in Toledo. o., and her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Hunt,
were wounded, though not seriously.
Joseph Mackley. aged SO. who is
charged with having shot the three, is
being sought by the police. The shoot
ing occurred at the Hunt home. Ac-
cording to the police, Mackley, a rail-
reader. who is said to have wife and
child in Mansfield, o.. attempted to pay
attentions to the girl and became en-
ragged when he was repulsed. He en-
tered the Hunt home, and, declaring
his intention of killing the family,
drew a revolver and began shooting, it
Is alleged. After exhausting all the
cartridges in his revolver Mackley is
said to have reloaded, fired four more
shots and fed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-06
~ L. Q.AN. NJ. a F. Q.GA NJ
u End SlOth ~ 18th S4}24th.
FEATURES OF INTEREST
ABOUT That WHICH HAS BEEN
AND is TO BE.
All Sides and Conditions OF Things
are Shown. Nothing Overlooked to
make it Complete.
Morqan. RYAN and Morton Unite.

j. PierpOnt Morgan. Thomas F. Ry-
an and Levi p. Morton have linked
hands in New York City in a trust
company merger, which unites resour-
ces of $3.50. 900 600. 1t is a triple com
bination, bringing the Guaranty Trust
Company, the Morton Trust Company
and the Fifth Avenue Trust Company,
all of New York City, under one head
with the title OF the Guaranty Trust
Company. The merger is perhaps the
largest of its kind in the United States.