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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
Lauer Raps Darrow.

l.. Nj. Lauer of Plymouth,
whose ''Dooley" article last sum-
mer on the disbarment case Gre
ated a feeling that Marshall
county would not be a proper
place to which to send the case
for trial, has written another
chapter, the same appearing in
the Plymouth Independent. AL
though Mr.. Lauer is personal
friend of Attorney Samuel Par
ker. one of the lawyers for the
defense, and the article was writ
ten from the standpoint of the
defendants,in in the alleged hope OF
belittling the prosecution, the
writer unintentionally, it is be-
lieved, takes several hard raps at
the defense when he declares that
changes of venue are senseless
and that the prejudice and bias
exist mostly in the minds of the
lawyers who make the affidavits
and are for the purpose of gain
ing time, for the defense has TAX
en- two changes of venue, one
from the judge and one from the
county. Mr.. Lauer's latest-h :
county.-Laporte Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
Longest Welded Couple.

1t seems that Marshall coun-
tvs claim for the longest welded
couple is outclassed. Westheld
and Richmond, Indiana, come in
little ahead. Mr.. and Mrs.
James Taylor of Tippecanoe
township, Marshall county have
been welded sixty-eight years
Mr.. and Mrs. James Scott, OF
Westfeld, Ind, have been mar
ried sixty-nine years.
But Mr.. and Mrs. Carpenter, OF
Richmond, were welded in Gin
ton county, O., in 1884, and soon
after the opening of the coming
new year will have been married
seventy-two years. Carpenter,
who sixty years ago was presi-
dent of E,arlham college and also
its superintendent, was born in
Schenectady, n. Y, Jan. 1, 1911,
and the birthday of the new year
will mark his 94th anniversary.
His wife, who was Miss Susan
Mable, of Clinton county, O., is
one year younger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Carpen-
ter of Richmond, are among the
best-known Quakers in the Indi-
ana yearly meeting of Friends.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
Circuit Court Items.

Most of the time OF the courts
this week has been taken up with
the trial OF. the State OF Indiana
versus Kesie O. McIntire.
The charge against the defend
ant was fraudulent marriage and
he was found guilty. 1t is the
first case under the new law that
has been tried in this county.
The law provides punishment for
a man who marries woman to
escape bastardy proceedings and
then abandons her.
McIntire has been in jail sever
al weeks and as he seems to have
no money he will probably re-
main there 200 days, the mini
mum fine being 5000.
William Overman who has a
saloon at Lake Maxinkuckee en-
tered a plea of guilty of selling
liquors on Sunday and was fined
on two counts $4,000 and costs.
His bar tenders, Lee Hunter and
Emanuel Bush were each fined
$1,000 and costs.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
$25. 900 for a Story.

Think of it. Twenty-Five
thousand dollars for one story
The highest price that has been
similarly paid in America to any
author. And this for just the ex-
elusive rightto print the story in
this one publication-no right to
publish it in book form being in
cluded.
Consider the quality of merit,
the intensity of interest this story
must possess to command this
extraordinary price. The 'sWhite
Company" has ever been accept
ed as the greatest work of any
author, and by far superior 10
his own Sherlock Holmes tales
but "Sir Nigel says Conan
Doyle himself, surpasses them
all.
Conan Doyle receives this fab
ulous sum for his "Sir Nigel
which began in the Sunday mag
azine part of last Sundays Rec
ord-Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
Our Vast Internal Trade.

The report of the business of
the Sault Ste Marie canal for the
month of October shows the pas
sage through htat water way OF
6,046r1S1 tons of freight a larger
traffic than that of any other
month since the canal was opeii-
ed. Reports for the first half Of
November also showed an in
crease over even that enormous
traffic
Heretofore the year 1902 has
been the record year of the CAN
al, but the ten months of the cur
rent year ending Nov L. showing
the passage of more than 37,O00,-
0O0tons, exceeded bv something
like 100000 tons of traffic Of the
whole of 1902
Among. the interesting points
in this record is the fact that OF
the whole amount of freight dur
ing the ten months 81 SOS 900
tons were carried eastward and
only $4,000 came west, and of
this latter more than 100000
tons were of soft coal, notwith-
standing the enormous amount
of that product mined in the CEN
trail west.
Another point is that while
east-bound freight was five times
greater than westbound the pas
sengers carried east were more
than 2,200 fewer than those car
ried west. Relatively this line is
not a great carrier of passengers,
but the difference indicates that
even this slower mode of move
nent shares in the continued
shifting of Our population west
ward.
Meantime the colossal internal
railway traffic of the country has
shown like growth. The gross
earnings of fifty-eight different
companies for October aggregat-
ed nearly 500, 100000, an increase
of So, 100000 over last years cor
responding month.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
LITTLE CRAFTS.
Bryan's Commoner Thinks They
Exist Almost Everywhere.

The Commoner for Dec. 1 has
the following article on Little
Crafts"
Graft is not to be measured by
size alone The little CRATER is
just as bad in his way as the big
CRATER who accumulates his
thousands and hundreds of thous-
ands in a manner that will not
bear scrutiny If graft is to be
abolished the work of abolition
must permeate all branches of So
ciety, for graft is worse than dan
delion, or burdock, or cockleburr
root
An eastern physician writes
that he has been offered conf
mission by the proprietor of a
health resort on. every patron
sent. That rs graft
A New York physician was Of
fered a commission of 10 per cent
on all business sent to a crema-
tory firm AT first thought this
might seem a legitimate offer,
but when one considers the stat
us of the family physician it takes
on the earrnarEls of a very con-
temptib1e bit of graft.
Travelling men know full well
that a small present will often
influence a department buyer to
favor a certain line of goods, but
lit is gratifying to know that the
travelling statesmen are beginning
to fight that sort of thing. But
the buyer who engages in it is
guilty of a very contemplate
graft.
In our eagerness to abolish
graft in high places we should
mot overlook the little grating
that abounds on every side.
Every species of graft must be
put under the ban if the national
character is to be cleansed and
given a chance to improve.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14

Chauncey NJ. Depew will be
asked to resign his seat in the
United States senate. A resolu-
ton demanding that he retire on
account of his connection with
the insurance scandal will be in
troduced the first day of the ap-
preaching session of the New
York legislature
If no one else offers it, Senator
Edgar T. Brackett, of Saratoga.
who more than any other man
in the legislature contributed to
bring about the investigation OF
insurance companies, will pre-
sent it. The belief however, is
that Senator Depew, responding
I'd powerful influences of politi-
cal and business character, will
drop out of the senate before ae
IS asked to do so.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
Thrown Against Train.

Glenn Hershberger, aged "A
years, who resides four miles
west of Bremen, and is employed
at the factory of Coppes, Zook
& Mustschler Co., at Nappanee,
came near being killed Monday
morning in trying to catch a
freight train just east OF the
Main street crossing in Nap
panee. Hershberger was thrown
toward the train and his head
struck the box on the end of an
axle which prevented his body
from going across the rail, no
doubt, and meeting instant death.
As it was, he received very Sc
we're injuries, which may yet
prove fatal. His skull had a
large hole knocked in on the
back of his head, and a bad
wound at the side of the head
over the ear and one on the chin.
Besides these, his face was bad
ly cut and his back injured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
Adit. Gen. Ward Resigns.

John R. Ward, who served as
adjutant general of the Indiana
National Guard in Durbin's ad-
ministration, resigned Thursday.
1t is said to have been the result
of an Investigation of the books
in the auditors office which re-
vealed irregularities. The COM
mittee reports to the governor
that pay rolls of the state militia
companies were padded to the
extent of over 5000 during the
last two years. Ward was re-
appointed by Gov. Hanly at the
beginning of the administration
of the latter.
Ward, who is wealthy, offered
to make good, but Hanly refused.
Ward resides in Monticello.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
Waning Respect for Wealth.

At a dinner in New York a few
days ago Mr.. Hughes, the lawyer
who is making such a reputation
as the inquisitor for the Arm
strong Committee, in discussing
the insurance investigation in its
relation to public morals, made
the remark that what we most
need is more public attention to
standards of honor. We need to
hear less of the man who was
born poor and amassed a fortune
and more of the man who died
poor and left an u1sullied record.
There are hopeful signs of a
trend of public thought in that
direction. The universal honor
that was paid the memory of Col.
Jacob Greene, president of the
Connecticut Mutual, when he
died comparatively poor after
managing the affairs of great
corporation for so many years,
was one OF these signs. The dis
position of the social leaders of
Pittsburg to ostracise the presi-
dent of the Steel Trust for social
irregularities is another. The
very fact that the millionaire has
grown SO common as to COM
mand little attention nowadays is
another.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
ANNUAL INSPECTION.
Plymouth Commandery No. 26
knights Templar.

1t is the custom of the Grand
Conmandery Knights Templar
of the State of Indiana to appoint
each year an Inspector General
whose duty it is to visit each SUBJ
ordinate Commandery of each
Grand Jurisdiction and make a
thorough examination of the
books and records and witness
the work of conferring the orders
on a candidate. The work of the
Comnandery is criticised by the
Inspector who points out the de-
fects in the equipment or work
of the officers. BY this means the
Communicates are spurred on to
make a special effort to maintain
a good standing, as the reports of
the Inspector General are read
with interest by the Knights
TempIar throughout the state.
The earnest and effective work
of Eminent Commander Arnot
M. Cleveland, supported by his
corps of officers and members Of
Plymouth Commandery has
brought this comnandery to the
state of efficiency that warranted
the approval of the Inspector
General.
The year Just closed has been
one Of unusual prosperity for the
order of Knights here and Ply
mouth Commandery has a men,
bersIlip of about 100, including
members from Rochester, Knox,
Argos, Bremen and Bourbon.
The visit of NJ. w. Goltra,
Deputy Inspector General. Tues
day evening was made the oc-
casion of a reception to the ladies.
After the work of conferring
the Order of Knighthood upon
Companion F. w. Bosworth was
concluded, the Knights together
with their lady guests repaired to
Hills cafe where a bountiful BAN
quet was spread, which was
thoroughly enjoyed by about 100
guests. After the banquet speech
es were made by the Inspector
General and others.
The music furnished by Miss
Irene Kuhn and Messrs. Fred.
Jr.. and Gus Kuhn ,vas greatly
enjoyed by all pre- EFT.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
S1.222 for Broken Back.

The price of broken backs, if
there is another man alive who
has one, has been fixed. A brok-
en- back may be paid for, where
some other person or company
caused the injury, for $1.222.
Thurston Shuck of Elwood sued
the Snyder Canning Company of
Cincinnati for $4,000 and a COM
promise was effected whereby
the sum mentioned and all expen-
ses of the suit will be paid. Shuck
will be cripple for life. Physi-
clans say his back is broken, but
he lives and walks and his case
is a revelation to medical science.
A number of medical schools
have asked him to appear before
them for an investigation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
Voted Under Age.

Henry Erhardt, who was ar
rested for casting a ballot at the
last South Bend city election be-
fore he had attained his majori-
ty, changed his plea of not guilty
to guilty, after waving arraign-
ment. He is Is years old. Judge
Funk said he would take the mat
ter under advisement. illegal vot-
ing is a misdemeanor under the
statutes and is punishable by
fine of not less than $40 nor more
than $500, imprisonment in the
county Jail foE- not less than one
month nor more than a year, to
which may be added disfranchise-
ment for a period at the discre-
tionof the court. Erhardt was
fined SO and sentenced to 60
days in Jail.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
Candidates for Congress.

The South Bend Tribune has a
special from Goshen which says
i'll substance that Congressman
Brick will succeed in getting
Postmaster Sherwin reappointe q
at Goshen Notwithstanding the
charges against him and that
Brick will have solid delegation
from Elkhart county for renom-
ination over John w. Parks of
Plymouth.
So far as Mr.. Parks is con-
cerned, we know that he is not
at present making any effort to
get a nomination for congress.
What the future will develop we
do not know, but we do know
that Plymouth politicians expect
there will be several candidates
when the convention meets and
that one of them will be from
Elkhart county, two from St.
Joseph county, one from Starke,
and one from Kosciusko.
Many prominent men in this
district now are like Fred Lam
dis who when asked about being
a candidate for denomination in
the Eleventh Indiana district
next year put his head in his
hands and with all the caution OF
an old-timer said very carefully :
Things az in somewhat of a
muddle in my district just now
and l am not yet ready to make
statement
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
How People are Interested.

In what way are all the peo-
pie interested in hte rate regula-
ton question:: someone asks. In
this, that everybody is more or
less affected by railroad charges
--on pretty much everything
that. he eats, drinks, wears or
uses-domestic water excepted.
1t is the purchaser that pays
the freight. There is no escape
from this. The effect of over
charges on freight ana the grant
ing of rebates is in some instan-
ces felt doulbly, and felt keenly.
Such discrimination destroys
competition; enables the big fell
lows to swallow up the little
ones. 1t is iniquitous, demoral-
izing, destructive.-South Bend
Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
Preserve Presidents Message.

Speaking of the presidents
message, the Chicago Tribune
observes that the readers of that
elaborate but exceedingly inter
estng document will not be star
tied by novel theories or unex-
pected statements. They will OBJ
serve some excellent doctrines re-
garding labor and wealth which
have been set forth so often by
the president that they may be
regarded as truisms. They will
come across recommendations
whichthey will remember having
read one. two, or three years be-
fore. For the person who has
read the earlier messages, the
presidents recent statements in
public addresses of his views as
to important subjects, and the in
spired utterances of some of his
cabinet officers. there is little that
is new in the latest message.
While this is true it is likewise
fact that as an entirety it is just
such a document as deserves to
be read and re-read from time to
time. The teachings contained
therein are conducive to good Cit
izenship.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
Elect Good Road Supervisors

Those directly interested in
each road district and that
means everybody, should see to
it that only the very best men
be selected as nominees for the
office of district road supervisor.
The election to fill these offices
in the several townships will be
held Saturday, December 16.
The law specifies the polls shall
be open two hours during that
day, the time and place in each
district to be designated by the
Township trustee under whose
supervision the election is held,
by the posting of two notices in
each of the several road districts
of his township.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14

There were two accidents at
the Morris mill Wednesday NOR
ming. Just after the machinery
started Jacob Roth caught his
right hand in sticker and three
fingers were SO badly lacerated
that DR.. Kaszer had to amputate
the ring finger. The middle fing-
er and little finger vii! be saved.
About 10 o'clock Jefferson
FLETCHER got the middle finger of
his right hand badly cut in a
jointer. DIR. Kaszes dressed the
injured member and Mr.. Fletcher
will probably he able to work
again before many days.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
Statesmen Must Buy Tickets

CongresSmen who went to
ashington on passes and then
collected mileage from the Gov
ernment for car fare ostensibly
paid out, will have to save money
TO get home on if the Eastern
railroads adhere to their express
ed determination to abolish free
passes after January /.
The Pennsylvania and Phila-
delphia & Reading roads have al
ready announced such an order, to
take effect on that date, and 9TH
er Eastern roads under the con-
troll of the Pennsylvania system
are expected to follow suit. The
result will be that Washington
will be cut off from the world
except by the payment of rail-
road fare after New Years day
except for those members, which
are few, who have been I'm the
habit of paying railroad fare in
the past as a matter of principle.
The new policy of the roads
has been heard in Washington IN
silence. Congressman who have
been in the habit of accepting
passes are loath to admit the fact
by kicking against the new order.
Several bills have already been
introduced in Congress to abol-
ish the pass evil, but the rail-
roads have done what Congress
has refused to do in the past and
wiped off the slate without legis-
lation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14

Judge Vaughn of Bluffton,
holds that the law enacted by the
last legislature for the govern
ment of autos is a dead one, for
the reason that the law can not
be uniformly enforced. The law
requires the autoist to give per-
sons reasonable time to drive
their horses to the side of the
road. No two courts would agree
as to what constitutes a reason
able time, and consequently the
law is lame and imperfect.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
Shippers Should be Punished.

The Elkhart Review calls at
tention to the fact that President
Roosevelt in his annual message,
makes one suggestion which has
been lost sight of in the discus
sion hitherto by those who favor
railroad rate legislation, that the
beneficiary of an unjust and un-
fair rate should suffer the penal
ty for accepting such rate or re-
bate by being obliged to return
twice the amount of the rebate as
penalty. The shipper is as
much violater of morals in ac-
cepting as the other in giving.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
A Fact Worth Knowing.

In this progressive age all
things must be in pace to win ac-
knowledgement and success.
Knowing this Varney & Adams
have made use of unlimited capi-
tai to place their production of
"The Diamond King" in the
front ranks of all amusement en-
terprises.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
What the President Expects.

The Chicago Chronicle thinks
the president does not expect
congress to enact all the legisla-
ton he recommends during the
present session or the next. If he
gets during the present session
the sort of rate law he wants,
the legislation necessary to the
financing of the isthmian canal,
the money he asks for the navy,
free trade with the Philippines
except insugar and tobacco, and
some improvement in the immi-
grafton and naturalization laws
he will feel tolerably satisfied.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
Marvin Kuhns Prefers Prison.

Marvin Kuhns.. the Indiana
desperate, who is serving a life
sentence in the Ohio state prison,
at Columbus, prefers to remain
there to having his freedom.
Kuhns has lost the sight of one
eye and is badly crippled so that
it would be hard for him to earn
a living outside. In the prison
he has the souvenir concession
and it is said he is making mon
ey. He has instructed his attor-
ney, George w. Louttit, of Fort
Wayne, to LET his case rest for
The present at least.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14

John R. Ward, deposed adju-
tant general of Indiana, settled
in full with the state Saturday,
paying the amount of his short
age SO far as it has been deter
mined. He says he will meet any
claim that may be made against
him and that his drawings OF the
money in excess of the amount of
his vouchers was due wholly to
clerical errors.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
INDIANA'S BIRTHDAY.
The Hoosier State was Admitted
to the Union of States, Dec.
IL, 1915.

Monday Dec. IL, is Indiana's
S9th birthday anniversary. Its
chronology may be summed up
as follows: Vincennes a mission
post ZOO, Wabash discovered
1902, Coded to England 1868,
Made a territory May Z, 1900,
Constitution adopted June 90,
1916, Admitted to Union Dec. IL,
1916.
The struggling infant of the
days of 1916 has risen with the
years to position of wealth, in
tegrity, honor and trust; youth,
middle age and the prime of life
have come and crowned the COM
monwealth with dignity and the
seal of untold progress. What
was, in the days of long ago, a
vast and unimproved tract, has
developed by the Drawn and
brain of Indianians into a land
bursting with harvests, factories
and the spirit of commerce;
land crossed and recrossed with
railroads and meshed with an in
tricate system of electric sys-
TENS land crowned with grow
ing cities and inhabited by a peo-
pie who have deserved the bless
ings which have been awarded
them.
The Territory of Indiana was
organized by an act of Congress
May 2, 1900, and William Henry
Harrison was appointed Cover
nor May II following. May Is
John Gibson was appointed sec
retary. The Territory then en-
braced all the Northwest terri
tory save what was then included
in the Territory of Ohio. The
capital was fixed at Nincennes
and April Is. 1916 Congress
passed an enabling act for the ad-
mission of the Territory of Indi-
ana as a State.
The Territorial Legislature
called a State constitutional con-
vention, which was elected Nav
Is. 1916. This convention assem-
bled at Corydon, June 10, 1916,
made Constitution, submitted it
to the people for ratification and
adjourned June %. This conven-
ton also provided for the election
of State officers and a State Leg
islature to be chosen the first
Monday in August OF 1916, that
being the date of the vote on the
State Constitution.
The Constitution was adopted
and the newly eFccted Legislature
convened at Corydon, organized
and received the message of the
Governor and thus fully compiled
with the requirements of the en-
abling act of Congress. That was
Nov. z, 1916, the fifth anniversary
of the battle of Tippecahoe.
A messenger bearing certified
copy of the proceedings of the
States organization was dis
patched to Washington TO lay
the record before Congress.
Whereupon, Congress, in due
form, declared Indiana a State in
the Union. The proceedings of
the States organization were
signed by the President, who is
sued a proclamation declaring In
diana one of the States of the
Union, Dec. II, 1916.