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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-01-21

What took place "a a meeting
held Ia Portland IN 1901 between
iicnjamln Campbell. then general
traffic manager Of the O. Il a n.
aud several tFnrfie agents ~ the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
railroads. MAS the subject 81 short
And sharp argument this morning
between Z. A. Severance. attorney
for the Interstate commerce com
mission. ami Mr. Campbell Who
waa the first witness IN the lnver.
ilgation int the Hartman merger
being conducted in Seattle by Com
missioner Franklin X. Lane.
Mr severance eas Of the opinion
that at the meeting IN question.
which occurred coon after the merg.
e. 81 the interests OF tho Union and
Southern Pacific roads, Mr. Camp
bell bad Instructed the traffic
agents ~ the Two roadn. who we're
called "a Portland 20 meet him. that
tfeieht from the Atlantic seaboard
for the Pacific coast should b.
eiten 10 the Southern Pacific, and
that freight from territory west ~
tho Atlantic ssnhoard should b.
klson Ca the Union Pacific.
When asked this question. Mr
Campbell denied that Il sHs 80
y told the men 10 got business
for their u9n roads wherever they
eoald. and khen they could not set
the business 20 help tho other Eel
low" said Mr. Campbell.
Did sou bot tell me fn your room
IN the hots; last night that you Ia.
etFncied them 10 make such a dtst
sioa uf traffic an | have men.
tionedf+ quefrted Mr.. Severance.
Nlth sufnr aHnerlty.
4 aid nnt. replied NJ. canpheil
4 stated that 10 - ny under,
standlng ef shat took place NJ that
meeting. AMI yon made no dental
II fts truth 20 me. did yoaf" con,
finued tbs nftbrney
n did hes. replied Mr.. Campbell
I am telling noe shat actually &C
eurfcd Il the meefInRr
~ shat authority waH such
meeting caiiedf" asked Mr. Sever
ance.
.By the authority Of the general
Instructions seat ouf frum the office
of J. c. 8suhha. - chleaen. traffic
manager "a the HarrimAn iines.
replied Ms Campbell.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-01-21

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-01-21
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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02

South Bend, April 25-Albin Lud-
wig, the former Elkhart man, on trial
for numbering his wife at Mishawaka
Sept. 25, last, went on the stand
Thursday in his own behalf, and was
recalled for short time Friday fore
noon. He will be the principal wit
ness for the defense. He tells rath-
er plausible story, claiming his wife
took the aggressive in attacking him
He says that after she had decided
to leave him he went upstairs after a
trunk in which to pack her belong
ings. He took a lighted lamp into
the closet, where the trunk was. His
wife followed him and accused him
of rummaging her trunk He says
she attacked him with rolling pin
This was where the fire started as a
result. He admitted he choked her
He accounts for the cash on her head
by surmising that her head struck
against the corner of the trunk.
The mother of the deceased wife
Mrs. Henderson of Kingsbury, ar
rived Friday morning and gave the
state something to work on. She is
not likely to be called as a witness,
having been in court during the tes-
timony.
1t is expected the case will reach
the jur'r tomorrow.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
Kendallville Postmaster In Tight
Place.

Postmaster Alexander of Kendall
vile will experience a boomerang in
the recoil of his action in preferring
charges against Carrier We'll if the
determination of a large number of
kendaliville people to accomplish
their most in this direction, is sue
successful says the Kendallville
News. There seems to be a concert
ed effort not only to clear Mr. We'll
of the charges preferred against him,
but also at the same time to show
that Mr.. Alexander is responsible
for any and all trouble growing out
of his relations with the carrier and
to add to this matter any other
charges they may be able to secure
against him in his conduct of the
postoffice affairs. 1t is thought by
some that Mr.. Well is sending in his
answer to the preferred charges
against him and that it included
counter-charges against the post
master others believe that he did not
specifically do this but did so by in
ference and there are still others who
believe that when inspector Girls
void was there Monday he had his
eyes open as mucf for She general
conduct of the business about the
office as he had for the direct
charges against Mr. Well
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
State Tax Board

Dispatches from Indianapolis state
that new rule has been established
by the state board of tax commits
sioners with the view of forcing the
corporations TO pay their portion of
the taxes. Many of the corporations
have come to realize that they can
no longer fool the board with Jug
gled statements, but there is a num-
Der that cling to the old-fashioned
idea of doing things.
During the present session the rep
resentatives of the corporations have
been told explicitly that they must
supply the board with full and COM
plete financial statement made at the
close of their last fiscal year In this
manner it is not believed that the
corporations will be able to conceal
their real condition.
The board is trying to be fair with
the corporations by recognizing their
ilSDtS Dlt thCy HdNS DSSh SANSh ~
understand that the day for granting
special favors is past. In the days
of old the railroads, for instance, had
cunning way of concealing their
earnings by putting forward an item
showing that they had been spent for
repairs and betterments, but now
they are not exempt from taxation
by the board
The latter is now made up of four
Republicans and one Democrat. Fred
A, Sims, secretary of state, is pre-
siding officer since the governor has
been relieved from service on the
board by law recentlv enacted by
the legislature.
While the outcome of the delibera-
tions of the board cannot be foretold
in detail, it is safe to say that sew
eral million dollars worth of corpora
ton property that has escaped taxa
ton will be put on the duplicate.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
Blackmail is Alleged.

Walter Peterson, we'll known
among stock breeders, was arrested
in South Bend, charged with attempt
ed blackmail, the complaint being
made by DIR. W. F. Mills
Peterson, it is alleged, attempted
not only to blackmail DR.. Mills for
$4,000, but also ex-Postmaster Hor-
ace G. Miller and Dr. r. M. McDon-
aid, threatening to send them to
prison on charges of crookedness un-
less the money was given as de-
manded Instead of complying with
the alleged request DIR. Mills through
strategy succeeded in getting a po-
liceman in his Office and turned Pet
erson over to him.
According to information furnished
by interested parties, Mills, Miller
and Mcdonald are directors of the
Live Stock Insurance Association
and as such were blamed by Peter
son for his dismissal as field man
ager for FIVE counties in Southern
Indiana. The directors allie e that
he was dismissed for falling to turn
over large sum of money which he
had collected.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
Pennsylvania After Winona.

Winona Assembly seeks to have
$4,000 in subsidies voted to aid It
in building the proposed line from
Warsaw to Fort Wayne.
In order to kill off the threatened
opposition the Pennsylvania Railway
company is doing all in its power to
defeat the subsidies at the special
elections which will take place in
May.
In Fort Wayne where the railroad
influence is extended, Winona is not
asking for subsidy. Any plan to
hold subsidy election in Wayne
township has been dismissed since
the attitude of the Pennsylvania is
so apparent.
At Columbia City it is agreed te
apply $4,000 of the subsidy for the
projected road to South Whitley
providing it is built IF it is not built
it is all to go to Winona
Winona received $4,000 in sub
sides for its road from Goshen TO
Peru. This tax is now being paid.
The Fort Wayne Sentinel says:
'In number of ways the Winona
interurban is unique line. The COM
pany issued only a nominal amount
of stock, which is held in the treas
ury of the Winona assembly, kim
dred organization No interest is
paid on this stock. The bond issue
for the Fort Wayne line, as we'll as
for all other divisions of the road
is for an amount only sufficient to
build the line and get it into opera
ton. After paying interest on the
bonds and the operating expenses
of the road, the profits will not be
distributed to individuals, but will go
into the endowment funds of the Wi
mona schools at Winona Lake and
for the building up of religious ac-
tivities. The Winona trolley system
is doubtless the only road of its
kind in existenc that is through its
operations working in the cause of
education and christianity.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
Who Fleeces the Tax-psyes7

Ii order to make the advertise
ment legal according to the idea of
the editor of the Independent it
will be necessary to republish cer-
tain notice in the Weekly Democrat.
This would make an extra expense TO
the taxpayers. The city delinquent
tax list this year contained Is de-
scriptions and the law fixes the price
for publishing as follows: Section
sCo2 Burns r. S. "The expense of
such printing, when had shall be paid
out of the city treasury and It shall
not exceed twenty cents for each de-
scription." Metsker filed his bill at
the meeting on Feb. IL for $1s.77
when it should have been $500.
The council disallowed s6.77 and al
lowed him to graft ss.40 upon the
solicitation of His Honor the mayor.
The question now arises: "Who
feeces the taxpayers?"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02

to submit their action in this matter
upon the true facts, and they have
no fears that they will be upheld as
against the dictations of Mr.. Nets
ker, in their action in refusing to be
bound by Mr.. Metsker's resolution,
as against their right, given them by
the law of the state, which is GER
tainly higher law than this resolu-
ton which Mr.. Metsker thinks gives
him monopoly of the city advertise
ments.
Mr.. Metsker proposes to block all
improvements in this city if he can,
unless the council surrenders the
rights given them by the law Of the
state and submit to his dictations
Will the citizens submit to the DOM
ination of one-man power in order
that Mr.. Metsker may have all the
city advertisements, instead of divid-
ing it up, as the council has been do
ing?
w. B. Hess.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
FATHER VS. SON.
Veteran Newspaper Editor Will Es-
tablish Lands Paper at Hunt
ington-

Huntington is soon to have another
newspaper, the third in the city oi
$4,000 inhabitants and the fourth
morning paper in the last ten years
This time the father of the editor
of the Herald, Republican in politics
and published in the evenin. is to
start morning daily with the
avowed purpose of running the son
out of the business. All this exhi-
bition of family row arose from
the purchase of a large block of the
stock of the Herald corporation for
merly owned by the father, Thad
Butler. 1t was bought by Hugh But
Ter, the son, who had been associated
with his father in the control of the
Herald for several years. This pur-
chase was made year ago last No
vember and the elder Butler went to
Colorado, where he purchased a
weekly paper. Disposing of that he
came back to Huntington and organ
lied company recently to publish
another paper.
The elder Butler when he was in
charge of the Herald, was a warm
admirer of the lately defeated Fred
erick Lands of Logansport He had
in earlier days supported Maj George
w. Steele of Marion, and later turn
ed against him to Lands. When the
paper was sold the younger Butler
announced that he would not go into
the fight at all The Lands people,
deprived of the support of the paper,
swore revenge.
Therefore when the older man re-
turned from Colorado some of the
Lands people, following what is gen.
orally thought to have been a care
fully devised plan to revive Mr.. Lam
dis, purposed putting new paper in
the field. This paper will array father
against son in business opposition,
in political life and, of necessity in
such a town as Huntington, in social
life. Both papers are amply able to
take care of themselves, and the fight
will prove a warm one and an inter-
esting one in every particular, with
the respective adherents betting
about even as to which wins.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02

The new law passed by the last
Legislature, requiring men past the
age OF fifty years to pay poll tax, is
causing considerable comment 1t is
thought that it was not the intention
of the legislature for this law to apply
to persons over fifty years of age,
but from the wording of the act it
seems that it does so apply The sec
ton of the law can be found in the
acts of 1907, page sos. and reads:
BE it enacted bv the genral as
sembly of the State of Indiana, that
section one of an act providing for
the levy of an annual tax for a state
common school tuition. and provid-
ing for its apportionment and distri-
button, and declaring an emergency,
approved February "a. 1905. be
amended to read as follows: section
1: That there shall be in the year
1907. and annually thereafter, assess
ed and collected as state and county
revenues are collected, thirteen cents
and six mills on each one hundred
dollars worth of taxable property real
and personal, in this state, and in ad-
dItion thereto poll tax of fifty (50)
cents upon each legal votlr in the
state, which money when collected
shall be paid into the state treasury
for common school tuition funi,
and shall be apportioned to the sev-
eral counties in the manner provided
in said act, section one of which is
hereby amended" An emergency
clause is attached making the law
take effect at once.
1t is believed that the lawmakers
intended this to apply only to those
under the age of fifty years and that
where voter is used, poll" should
have been inserted making the same
read: "And in addition thereto a poll
tax of fifty (50) cents upon each legal
poll in the state," which would have
cleared the men who have passed the
half century mark and who always
have been exempt from poll~tax
1t is possible that some steps may
be taken to have the matter decided,
as there is much complaint from all
sources.
There are about $4,000 legal voters
in the state and at the rate of so
cents each, the increase from this
law would be nearly ss5o,oo0, if every
man pays his poll tax
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
Death of Caleb c. Burkett.

Caleb c. Burkett died at the home
of his brother, c. W. Burkett in
Warsaw Saturday morning after a
long and lingering illness with con-
sumption. The deceased is a brother
of DIR. F. NJ Burkett, and had for
some time made his home in Ply
mouth He was born in Hagerstown,
Wayne county, Ind, and was 55
years of age at the time of his death.
He leaves one sister, Mrs. Chas.
Wharton, OF Arizona. and three
brothers, DIR. F. M Burkett, of this
city; c. w. Burkett, of. Warsaw; a-d
Chas Burkett, of Evanston, ILL.,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
Let Mr.. Metsker Produce the Record

Mr.. Metsker, through the columns
of the Independent of April 26.
charges that the conduct on the part
OF the city attorney has already
caused the council to advertise a
second time on two important resolu-
tlons, thus wasting the money of the
taxpayers of the city" If Mr.. Nets
ker wants to be fair and honorable
in his attacks upon public officers,
and expects the general public to
have any charity for such procedure,
he should produce the record in SUD-
port of such charges, for it is only
by the record that such charges can
be proven. If there has been a second
advertisement on two Improvement
resolutions, thus wasting the money
of the taxpayers of the city, as Mr..
Metsker publicly charges the fact to
be, the evidence and record of this
charge can easily be procured in the
city clerks Office of this city, where
advertisements for city improve
ments and the bills therefor are filed
and made matter of record for the
approval or disapproval of the COM
mon council. Mr. Mesker has two
papers and it don't cost him anything
for space; will he give to the public
the date and amount of the bills and
to whom paid that the taxpayers of
the city have paid for advertising a
second time on two improvement
resolutions? Will he give to the pub
lie through the columns of his paper
the particular improvement resolu-
ton or resolutions which have been
advertised a second time, and the
date of such advertisements and in
what paper they were advertised?
This is an easy matter to do; it is not
an unreasonable request; it is what
Mr. Metsker would have to do if he
were in court in order to sustain his
charges If he does not do this then
he need not expect this community
to believe these charges. We hereby
state to the public that we have never
advertised second time on two inn
provement resolutions in either of
our papers.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
Knights in Heated Race.

-Four candidates fighting for the
recognition of $4,000 members of a
secret fraternity, the Knights of the
Maccabees, is pow being witnessed
in Indiana, and the fight is equal in
intensity to the heated campaigns OF
political parties. The fight is for the
Office of great commander. 1t pays
an annual salary of nearly $4,000. The
four candidates are Milo E. Meredith
of Wabash, Adam f. Wise of Ply
mouth, William Borders of Hartford
City, and Ralph N. Smith, prosecut-
ing attorney-elect of Laporte county.
Meredith is the present incumbent
The candidates. are visiting the tents
all over the State making speeches,
shaking hands and waging a CAM
paign which for picturesqueness has
never before been equaled in the his
tory of fraternalism in Indiana.
Thursday the friends of Smith in
Laporte gave public reception to
raise money with which to hire a
band and send delegation of sew
eral hundred shouters to the conven-
ton city.
There are a number of Offices to be
filled, and states are being made out
with a reckless abandonment that
would put political wiseacres out OF
the running. Each delegate to the
convention will cas- the full voting
strength of his lodge.
Headquarters will be maintained by
the candidate, and for several davs
South Bend will hum with fraternal
politics. The convention will be held
in May
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
Death Beat the Train.

At Osceola Tuesday night, while
Jaquith Curtis, the 1s-year-old son of
Charles Curtis, living mile south
of that town, was waiting at the Lake
Shore station to take No. %, to start
for Colorado for the benefit OF his
health, he vas stricken with heart
disease and died before the train ar
rived.
The excitement due to the prepare
tions for his departure brought on
the attack His father and uncle were
with him at the time. The train was
ten minutes late, hence the cancela-
ton of the order for its stop at Os-
ceola was received at Elkhart before
the train left that station.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02


A gift of 81 100000 for the estab-
lishment of a fund for rudimentary
schools for Southern negroes has
been made by Miss Anna T. Jeanes,
Quakeress of Philadelphia. Booker
T. Washington. head of Tuskegee In
stitute, and Hollis Burke Frissell,
president of the Hampton Normal
and Industrial Institute, are named rs
trustees of the fund, but neither OF
the institutions they represent will
share in the gift. The income of the
81, ,O0O,O00 is to be used for the sole
purpose of assisting in the South
ern United States community, coun-
try and rural schools for the great
class of negroes to whom the small
rural and community schools are
alone available" The deed of gift
was executed Monday and in it Mr.
Washington and Mr.. Frissel are en-
powered to appoint board of trus-
tees in connection with the fund. The
Pennsylvania Company for Insurance
on Lives and Granting Annuities, of
Philadelphia, will act as fiscal agents
for the trustees.
Miss Jeanes, the donor, is about so
years old and comes from an old and
wealthy family that has been prom
inent for more than a century in the
Society of Friends. She has long
been interested in the welfare of the
negro and has been contributor to
institutions for their education. She
has known Mr. Washington for de-
cade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02

Greensburg, Ind, April 26.-About
10 o'clock Thursday night an un-
known man entered the home of Car
oline Seton, widow, so years old,
and after criminally assaulting her
he compelled ner to show him where
she kept her money. She gave him
her pocketbook containing less than
a dollar and the man made his ess
cape
Although in serious condition as
the result of the brutal attack made
upon her, Mrs. Seton m:lde her way
in her night clothes to the home of
Gorge Lanham, neighbor, and gave
the alarm. The police were at once
notified and thorough search for.
the man was made, but up to late
hour no trace of him had been found
Mrs. Seton was unable to say
whether he was a white man or a
negro, as he turned down the lights
when he came into her room and she
could rot see his face
When the news of the assault was
made public large crowds gathered
on the street corners discussing the
affair. whistles blew and FIRE bells
rang. Several posses of citizens were
organized and are now securing the
surrounding country. The police
have notified the authorities at In
dianapolis and surrounding towns to
be on the lookout for the man.
Late tonight, John Green, negro
formerly employed by the woman,
was arrested and taken to the county
jail He told conflicting stories as
to where he had spent the night,
and he is strongly suspected by the
officers.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
In Justice Court.

The case of the State of Indiana
on relation of Liberty Cross, VS.
Grant Haines, was heard before Jus
tice Young Thursday afternoon. Sew
eral witnesses were examined by the
state showing that Cross had been
stabbed by Haines.
On cross examination of Cross the
court ruled that whatever was said
prior to the assault had no bearing
on the case and that the foul names
that had been called Haines by Cross
did not justify the assault.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02

After retirement of FIVE hours
the jury in the Albin Ludwig wife
murder case at South Bend found
the defendant guilty of murder IN
the second degree, and he will be
sentenced to life imprisonment, and
will be transferred to Michigan City
this week. Ludwig is accused of
beating his wife to death at her home
in Mishawaka, after which he set fire
to the body and then attempted o
commit suicide.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02

Victor Selby, assistant cashier of
the Citizens Exchange Bank of Fair
mount. was invited by ]. w Perrill
to shoot wild duck on a pond in
Perrill's field Selby killed the duck
under the belief that he had right to
do SO, but later learned it was out of
season, and that he was liable to ar
rest. He went to Elmer E. Hiatt, a
deputy game warden, to apologize,
but the latter would accept no apollo
gy, and had Selby arrested. His fine
and costs amounted to $3.50, half OF
which amount Mr.. Perrill paid
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
Statement of CITY Clerk.

There has never been a second ad-
vertisement on two Improvement
resolutions filed in the Office of the
city clerk by anybody and no bill r
bills for a second advertisement of
an improvement resolution has ever
been filed in my Office by anybody.
John NJ Olds, City Clerk
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
Bound Over to Circuit Court.

Justice Young gave his decision in
the Cross-Haines trial Friday morn-
ing. In his decision he said that he
believed the state had made a case
strong enough to warrant him in
binding the defendant over to the cir
cult court However, he reduced
Haines' bond from $500 to $500.