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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21
The Latest Theory.

In their failure to locate any
trace of the thief who took $173,-
600 from Uncle Sans strong box
in Chicago, the government de-
tectives have evolved good
many theories to explain the abb
sence of the money. 1t was first
suggested that some bank, being
in tight place had borrowed the
roll temporarily from some en-
ploye in order to use it in making
good with bank examiner.
Then it was concluded that some
civil service employee had taken
the money out while suffering
from a loss of memory-a theory
that is supported by the fact that
no one seems to remember taking
it out Some time ago the gov
ernment's bacteria department
gave it out that all paper money
was covered with microbes. The
microbes on a thousand dollar
bill ought to be bigger than those
on the currency with which most
of lis are more familiar, and ii
is possible that the germs grew
big and strong enough to walk
off with the money.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21
Chester A. Werntz.

Chester Adem, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Werntz, died at the
home of his parents in this city,
Monday evening, aged about Is
years.
Death came after an illness of
less than four days, from cerebro-
spinal-meningitis, and is indeed
sad blow to his parents and
friends. He was a bright, intel
ligent, industrious youth who
gave promise of noble manhood
but the Angel of Death has
claimed him and his work on
earth is done. He leaves his par
ents, two brothers, Cleo and John
Charles, other relatives and
many friends whose hearts are
sad.
Funeral services will be held at
the residence Thursday afternoon
at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev.
w. S. Howard. Friends wishing
to take last look at the remains
can see them Thursday between
the hours of 10 and IL a. m, and
l and 2 p. m.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21
The Newest Constitution.

The latest thing in constitu-
tons will be submitted to the
voters of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory on Aug. 6. The draft
which has just been completed by
the constitutional convention con
tains most of the advanced ideas
which are popular in the west
and southwest but which older
states are slow to see the advant-
age of. About the only thing
it does not contain is woman
suffrage. 1t is easy to believe
that even civilized indians are
slow to concede equality to wom-
en-. and it is possible that the
white women of the territory
have SO much else to do in aid
ing the development of a new
state that they have no time for
politics.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21
Schools-Teachers' Salaries.

Senate Bill 228 fixes the mini
mum daily wages of beginning
teachers at IAN amount determin-
ed by multiplying 2 LIZ cents by
the general average given such
teacher in his highest grade of
license at the time of contract
ing" After six months ex1 err
ence 3 cents is substituted and al
ter an experience of three school
years 3 LIZ cents is substituted
as the sum to be multiplied by
the teachers general average; for
teachers exempt from examina-
ton, 3 cents. Two per cent. is
to be added to the general aver
age OF scholarship and success for
attendance at the county institute
the full number of days"
All teachers not already in the
service" must be graduates of a
high school or its equivalent, I"
and must have had training I'm
a school maintaining profess
sional course for the training of
teachers or its equivalent. Be-
glnners must have had one term
of twelve weeks work in such a
school, sor its equivalent" Twice
as much training is required after
one years experience, and a
teacher with three years exper-
fence to get the highest grade
of wages must "be graduate" of
such a school "or its equivalent. :"
The State Board of Education
is to determine what high schools
and training schools shall be rec
ognized and what equivalent"
in the way of ability to pass ex-
animation shall be accepted as a
substitute for study and training
in such schools. Any school Of
hcer who pays teacher less than
the legal rate shall forfeit the
amount of the deficit to be recov-
cred by the teacher with an at
torney fee of $25, and shall also
be fined 500. The act is to take
effect one year from the 1st of
next August.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21
Practical Forestry.

In the primal days of this
country it was covered with the
giant forest trees except on the
prairies and marshes. The land
was filled with many springs OF
water and small streams. AS
the forests have been cleared
away the springs have dried up
and the small streams have ceas-
ed to run. The marshes, by
drainage and the lessening of the
forest area, have become tillable
ground, while the prairies,
through the planting of forest
trees and orchards, have become
more moist and fertile.
This last statement is most no
ticeable on our western prairies,
where but a few years ago they
were arid plains; by the persist
ent planting of timber claims, .
shade trees and orchards have
conserved the moisture and is
making of it the richest of agri-
cultural lands.
If all our timber here should be
cut from the land it would soon
be like the arid plains of the west
or some of the lands of the east
where all the timber has been
destroyed and the land is -
worth cultivating.
Large tracts of timber set aside
as forest reserves, either by state
or general government, are not
worth SO much to the whole
country nor so helpful to agri-
culture as smaller tracts dispers-
ed throughout the country would
be. While large tracts situated
in almost inaccessible places will
equalize the rainfall, conserve the
moisture and add millions of dol
lars to the value of our agricult-
ural products.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21
GRAFT IN SAN FRANCISCO
Officials, Prominent Politicians
and Millionaires Involved.

San Francisco, March 1S.-A
climax was reached in the graft
scandals in this city today when
the grand jury received the testi-
mony of the members OF the
board of supervisors. At late
hour tonight the grand jury IS
still in session, and while author
alive statements cannot be Sc
cured, it is said that dishonesty
involving high officials and
wealthy business men was re-
vealed.
1t is asserted that Reuf and
Schmitz we betrayed by men
with whom they had dealings,
and it is charged that at the very
time the city was staggering
from the great calamity of last
April, certain officials accepted
S450,000 as bride from the
United Railroads.
The Pacifc States Telephone
Company, it is claimed, bribed
the supervisors to refuse to grant
a franchise to the Home Tele-
phone Company, but the Home
Telephone Company appealed to
Schmitz and Ruef, and through
them the supervisors, some of
whom, it is said, had already TAX
en- money from the old company,
were coerced into granting the
franchise to the new company.
The supervisors thus got mon
ey from both the telephone COM
panies.
These are only a few main
points of the complicated tale of
graft now being laid before the
grand jury.
Deals hitherto barely suspect
ed were divulged with an ampli-
tude of explanation and wealth
of facts that amazed the inquis-
itors, prepared by their previous
Investigations to expect an un-
paralleled condition of corrup-
ton. Stenographers will be
working all night and probably
far into tomorrow preparing the
formal indictments that will COW
er every particular transaction
now before the body.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21
MARRIED.
Thompson-Boyce.

AT the home of the brides
mother, on West Jefferson street,
Plymouth, Indiana, Sunday,
March Is, 1907, at high noon, Err
nest 2. Thompson and Miss Myr-
tie E. Boyce, were united in mar
rage by Rev. O. F. Lands.
There were about twenty in
vited guests present and splen-
did wedding dinner was served.
The young couple will go to
housekeeping on farm in Green
township where both groom
and bride grew to manhood and
womanhood and have many
friends.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21
MORTUARY.
Mrs. Jacob Ewald.

Mrs. Jacob Ewald of Bremen,
died last Saturday morning, aged
nearly IA years, of heart failure
caused by an attack of the grip.
Barbara Ewald, nee Geyer, was
born May 16, 1888. In 1854 she
was married to Jacob Ewald, and
to them were born twelve child
rem, three of whom preceded the
mother in death. The surviving
children are Mrs. ]. Berger, Mrs.
+ {. Laudeman, Mrs. George
Berger, Mrs. ]. Holderman, and
Messrs. Philip, Elias and Carson
Ewald of Bremen; Mrs. Heinrich
of Detroit, Mich; and Rev. Ed
mond Ewald, of Terre Haute.
Mother Ewald felt proud of her
sons and daughters, and rightly
SO. About 81 years ago she was
converted and united with the
Evangelical church, during the
pastorate of the late Rev. Jacob
1royer. That she lived a good
Christian life was manifest. Her
life and service in the church
were always in keeping with
Christian dignity. Her departure
will be greatly felt in the home,
the church and The neighborhood.
Besides the husband and children
there are "A grandchildren, one
great grandchild, three brothers
and one sister left to mourn for
her.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21
In Aid of Temperance.

Another good bill which the
Legislature enacted toward the
last of the session was the one
concerning the remonstrance law
against saloons, and which will
prevent applicants from haras-
sing signers of remonstrances.
Under this bill the applicant for
license can only question the va
Iidity of names of demonstrators
by filing affidavits against indi-
vidual names. The applicant may
single out such person on the re-
monstrance whom he has reason
to believe did not sign it or who
has no right to sign it. As to the
others the fact that their names
are attached to the remonstrance
is primS facie evidence that they
signed it and had rignt % place
their names there.-Paoli Repub-
lican.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21
The Canal in 1915.

The members of the CONNER
cial clubs of St. Louis, Chicago,
Cincinnati and Boston, who have
just returned from Panama, say
they think the canal will be com
pleted in about eight years from
now. This is only guess, but it
may be worth as much as the
other guesses which have been
made. Some of the recent at
taches of the canals constructive
forces-Wallace, Shonts, stevens
and others-have made guesses
ranging between six and ten
years as the time for the opening
of water communication between
the two big oceans, and even
though those personages are
pretty we'll discredited by the
country, some of their time es-
Inmates are likely to come close
to the mark.
Under the efficient administra-
ton of the army officers who are
now TO take hold of the work a
good deal of digging ought to be
done in the next seven or eight
years. Heretofore the chief activ-
ity on and pertaining to the cana
seems to have been the SQUAD
bling between various person
ages on the isthmus and the
wrangles between the isthmus
and Washington. Oratory is not
taught at West Point or at the
army posts which means that the
dirt flying hereafter is likely tc
be physical and not metaphorical
as it has been along to this time
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21
The Indiana Legislature.

The generally expressed opin-
ion that but little worth mention
ing was done during the recent
session of the Indiana legislature
is predicated upon prejudice or
due TO a want of information.
While it is quite true that the
general assembly erred greatly in
not enacting some legislation
that the best interests OF the state
demanded, it is equally true that
much wise legislation was enact
ed that is in the interest of the
people. Very little has been said
about this, but it is there, new
ertheless.-South Bend Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21

A law passed at the recent
session of the legislature strength
ems the existing law concerning
cruelty to animals and should
give a new impetus to the efforts
of persons interested in humane
work. The new law provides that
the word animal, wherever it oc-
ours in any act on the subject,
shall include every living Great
ure except members of the hum
an race, and the words torture"
and cruelty" shall be held to in
clude every act, omission or ne
glect whereby unnecessary or un-
justifable physical pain or suffer
ing is caused.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21
Children as Law Enforcers.


Astonishing results seem to
have been achieved for civic bet
torment in the efforts of the
children OF the east side of New
York organized under the direc-
ton of the Peoples institute. The
original idea was the banding to-
gether of the children of the ten
ements and teaching them in var
ious ways the necessity of re-
speeding the law. To this end
they are assembled at the insti-
ute every day, and in their games,
as we'll as their lessons, the prin-
ciples of fair play, justice, and
fidelity are made prominent. And
in this way the children, uncon-
sciously perhaps, have learned 10
esteem it a point of honor 10
play fair"
The expansion of this idea has
taken the form of instruction in
the simple forms of civic govern
ment, by which every child is
taught not only to keep the law
but to assist personally in its err
!forcement. The cleanliness OF
streets and tenements is made
primarily the significant lesson,
and the children are divided irt,
little societies with the assurance
that they have power to see that
the employees of the city in their
district attend faithfully to duty.
That this power is appreciated
and exercised is shown in various
instances where the children
compelled an ashman to return
for can he had overlooked a
street cleaner to go over a block
he had hastily swept, and police
man to handle with less rough
ness a man under arrest-all with
the threat of reporting to the
station"
1t is agreed by all who have
watched the experiment of train
ing these children that as practi-
cal reformers they soon learn to
eclipse their elders. And in ap-
plying to themselves the laws
and obligations they have been
told to enforce on others they
have worked many and needed
changes in their own homes and
have been the means of creating
a reforming impulse in their par
ents. These and kindred expert
ments serve to illustrate the more
forcibly that reformation which
begins with childhood is the safer
and surer way to perpetuate good
work and to build on strong
foundation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21
Calumet Permit Refused.

The people of Chicago and Vi
cinity who wished to see the Cal
umet river used as a feeder for
the drainage canal are doomed to
disappointment. Secretary Taft
denied the application of the san.
itary board for permission to
have a certain part of the water
of Lake Michigan so diverted.
The secretary held that as the
chief of engineers had refused the
application and as it could be
granted only by the joint action
of that officer and the secretary
of war he found himself also OBJ
liged to refuse the permit.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21
Indiana to the Front.

Under the heading of Indiana
to the Front the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald commends the recent
action of the Legislature for be-
ing the first to pass a resolution
making a formal demand for a
constitutional convention to con-
slider the reform of electing Unit
ed States Senator direct by the
people. The Record-Herald fur
ther says: "The Indiana resolu-
ton should be followed by
prompt resolutions from every
other state which has legislat-
ure in session"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21
Hughes and Hanly.

One of the leading periodicals
OF the country devotes a good
deal of space in its current issue
to an exhaustive and appreciative
study of Governor Hughes, the
New York reformer and states
man. The secrets of his power
and the methods of his success
are very Interestingly set forth.
Perhaps the most valuable and
certainly the most timely portion
Of the article is the description
of his relations with the New
York Legislature.
Governor Hughes holds to the
doctrine that the executive and
the legislative departments of the
Government are distinct in theo-
ry and should be distinct in prac-
tice. He is often approached by
members of the Legislature who
wish to frame up bills SO as to
meet his views; but if they think
to gain his favor in this manner,
they speedily find out their mis-
take. Upon one such occasion,
Governor Hughes expressed HIM
sell to members of the Legislat-
ure in this wise:
Il am not here to tell you how
to draw your bills. ! am not here
to dictate the form or fashion of
bills that are to be passed by the
Legislature. | have nothing to
say about that. When your bills
have been passed and come to me
in the regular way / will consid-
er them ard not before. Go ahead
and draw your own bills. If they
do not fit in with my ideas of
what they should be you will get
that information after the bills
have been passed not before"
The author of the article goes
on to explain what Governor
Hughes means by this sort of
talk" He believes that the Leg
islature is a coordinate part of
the State Government, response
bic to its constituents, and not to
him, just as he is responsible to
the people who elected him. He
is studiously careful, also, to
avoid even the appearance of be-
ing the boss of the Legislature.
He prefers to be the Governor of
the whole State and of all the
people rather, than become iden-
tilted with one faction in the Leg
islature as part of that faction.
He thinks he is in a stronger po-
sition to be independent in this
way than to tie himself up so that
bills before the Legislature can
be known as administration
measures, or the governors
measures, and so that members
may go about the capitol posing
as the Governors representa-
tives.
Governor Hanly attempted to
dictate legislation and lost pres
tige. Hanly listened to Jim Good
rich, who made him believe that
the Republicans of Indiana were
not capable of self-goverment.
Goodrich deserted Hanly at a
critical moment, but the power of
Boss Goodrich is broken. His oily
tongue will never give him a
chance 10 boss the Republicans
Of Indiana.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21
Henry Haley.

Henry Haley, one of the oldest
residents of West township, died
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Clara Copp, near the Shoemaker
bridge, Monday night, aged So
years. Funeral services will be
held at the Stuck church, Thurs
day at 10 a. m. and the remains
will be taken to South Bend for
interment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21
Death of William Suit.


William Suit, a soldier of the
civil war, who had been a resi-
dent of this city and vicinity fifty
years, died Saturday morning,
March 16, aged 6S years.
Deceased was born in Ohio,
came to this city when a youth,
was member of the Thirteenth
cavalry during the war, and for
twenty-five years had been in a
condition that he could do very
little work. He had, however,
been down town almost every
day during the past winter until
a week previous to his death.
He leaves a wife and one
daughter, Mrs. Adam Baugher,
one brother, Jacob Suit, of this
city and several nephews and
nieceS.
Funeral services at the Meth
dist church at 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. ].
S. Crowder.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21
Wireless Telegraphy.

A severance of communication
with any part of the earth will
henceforth be impossible. An ex-
plorer like Stanley in the tropical
forest or Peary amid ice fields,
will report daily progress to the
press of his own country says a
current periodical. Every wand
ering tramp steamer will have its
wireless spar and will be in con-
slant touch with vessels that dot
the ocean all about it. The dream
of signaling to Mars may yet be
realized.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-21
Big Thieves Shielded.

LII OtdCi W piOoSiNS thS PAD
lie lands from spoliation the first
thing to do is to wipe out cor
ruption. We must have honesty
as a rule and not as an exception
among land receivers, land regis
tiers and district attorneys. FL
nally, we must keep these officers
out of politics and deprive them
of the support of influential poll
ticians who put them in office and
retain them there for personal
profit"
The man who spoke thus en-
phatically was Ethan Allen
Hitchcock of Missouri, who re-
tired a few days ago from the Of
fee of secretary of the interior.
No man deserves better of his
country than Mr.. Hitchcock. For
ten years he was in the service OF
the government-two as repre-
sentative of the United States in
Russia and the remainder of the
time as secretary of the interior.
In the latter office he became the
most execrated man among graft
ers and thieves who has ever fill
ed the position. Spokesman for
these classes of criminals in the
senate and house berated him on
every possible occasion and
sought by every measure, even
to the point of making charges
against him, to bring about his
removal. In spite of the storm
he created Mr.. Hitchcock pro-
ceeded, with rugged determlna-
ton, to execute the policy of pro-
tecting the public lands from ex-
ploitation by private monopolies
and greedy evaders of the Jaw.
Mr.. Hitchcock said: 1--WE have
had Indian agents against whom
positive proof was secured show
ing THAI they had violated the
law and the rules and regulations
of the department. In one case
it was not possible to secure the
removal Of one of these men un-
til after three separate investiga-
tons, SO strong was influence cx-
erted in behalf of the offender.
1--WE have had district attor-
neys who either failed to do their
duty or who sought to minimize
the guilt of influential men they
were prosecuting and secure for
them, if convicted, the lightest
sentence under the law. In the
prosecution of persons holding
high Office extraordinary pres
sure was brought to bear to pre-
vent their trial.
Never during my administra-
ton was the position of the Of
fender allowed to influence the
decision as to what should be
done with him. To my mind a
guilty man is guilty man,
whether he is the humblest citi-
zen or the highest official in the
land. And in the latter case he
should be treated more rigorous
| ly, because he has committed a
greater crime against society and
law, and become a more forceful
example.
Il think one of the most inn
portant acts of President Roos--
welt was the issuance of an order
empowering an executive officer
to remove summarily any subor-
dinate found violating the law
Now, it is not necessary to give
the reason for this action, al
though, in certain cases, a state
ment may be filed in the depart
ment. This order permits the
secretary to reach the Influential
and crooked subordinates tc
whom I refer, and the president
deserves great credit for the
measure which enables a certain
class of corruptionists to be dis
Il