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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-13
Cal Sinninger Acquitted.

Cal Sinninger, editor of the Fowl
erton Review, was acquitted in the U
S. court at indianapolis, Tuesday, or
the charge of having mailed copy
of his paper on the cover of which
was scurrilous article regarding q
resident of the town Judge Ander-
son said that the act might h beer
regarded as a violation within the
spirit of the law, but ne did not re-
gard it as a violation within the let
ter of the law, inasmuch as he believ-
ed that the cover referred to in he
meant much the same as a wrapper
and could not be construed TO mean
the outside pages of newspaper. He
therefore instructed the jury to re-
turn a verdict of not guilty. The
article in question was written in
Sinnlngers characteristic vitriolic
style. The judge read it TO the jury
and all enjoyed it. The judge said il
was undoubtedly defamatory in nat
ure, but he took occasion to remark
that when man had done wrong he
should be subjected to criticism by
the press, but in a digni6ed manner.
The Judge then criticised the ungram-
matical construction of some of the
sentences, to which Sinninger replied
with Brook Bowman's old "Charlev
done it" excuse that the compositor
muddled his copy.-Bremen Enquirer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-13

Washington, June 6.-"I have come
to collect one million dollars said
August FRANKIE, as he reached the
door of the White house this morning.
The doorkeeper, who from long ex-
perience is able to size up demented
visitors on sight, smiled and informed
FRANKIE he had been expecting him for
some time
He insisted that FRANKIE should fur
nish him proof that ne was not an
imposter, and thus drew from the
stranger his name and the information
that he is 32 years old and that his
father lives at Dubuque, Iowa.
Il am great man of God FRANKIE
declared, "and | want to see the Pres
ident, because he is going to give me
one million dollars.
The doorkeeper told frankie that
if he would accompany him for a
short walk he would be taken to the
place where the money was waiting
for him. The walk led to near by
police station FRANKIE was commit
ed to the government asylum His
relatives were notified
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-13
After the Applause.

1t is we'll to applaud, and we are al
of us ever ready to do it, But with
the most of us the applause exhausts
about all of the action that we pu;
into the matter, and, like the man
THAT looketh into glass, we go away
and straightway forget what we have
seen That is, we align our life with
fine sentiment, and this is we'll, for
without it were no fine life But with
so many of us, both as individuals
and in the mass, we do little more
AS a people we have been for years
characterizing tendencies and things
in our national life, deploring them
with volubility unsurpassed. And
lon every hand there had been agree
ment both as to fact and as to desire
But no more; just all applause Not
until we had men of the Roosevelt
type in places of authority did we
get forward to doing something in
keeping with what we all agreed
ought to be done. We got forward
simply because with such men the
thing that comes like flash on the
proposition is execution.-Indianap-
oils News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-13
Voliva Desires Injunction.

Wilbur G.. Voliva, head OF Zion
church, petitioned in the Federal Cir
cult court for a writ of injunction re-
straining Deacon John A. Lewis; .he
receiver of the Zion City property,
John c. Hately and others from in
terfering with him as the sole head
and director of Ill the affairs of the
Zion Church. He alleges that con-
spiracy exists to oust him from the
head of the church, to which position
he was elected by the people of Zion
City.
Deacon Lewis, who was strong
adherent of the late John Alexander
Dowie during the fight between Dow
lie and Voliva, appeared in court and
entered a strong protest against the
granting of the petition.
The court decided 10 admit the pc
ttion and gave weeks time for the
answer.
Deacon Lewis has called council
of the Christian Catholic church of
the whole world to be held in Zion
City Sept % to 20, when he says the
delegates will consider all church
matters and determine finally all
questions relative to the church man
agement
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-13
Bear Ties Up Railroad.

Ogden, Utl., June s.-A mother
bear in quest .. her young yesterday
/ tied up the Kemmerer division of the
Union Pacific railroad system. Incl
dentally she kept two operators at
Bryan, Wyo., prisoners in their sleep
ling apartments for hours, while angry
|trainmen swore at having to stop at
a place where stops were not sched-
|uled.
A newly, arrived telegraphe fool
ishly invested in two cubs the off
spring of the mother who for days
hunted high and low for her child
rem. As last hope she peered into
the bunkhouse of the operators, who
fortunately had seen her coming, and
at lively rate had proceeded to bar
the door which led into the station.
mother bear growled little, but
seemed content to wait, evidently not
thinking that a great railroad might
need the assistance of the operators in
pushing transcontinental trains
through.
A freight train crew not seeing the
semaphore in place started to inves-
tigate. They found the operators
waiting to be rescued. With the as
sistance of 300 Greeks who were in
work cars short distance up the
road the mother bear was driven off
after having disarranged the schedule
of Mr.. Harriman's railroad for hum
dreds of miles east and west
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-13
May Build Through Plymouth.

Columbia City Post: "The fact that
the Winona Interurban company has
started surveyors to work on the line
paralleling the Pennsylvania company
signifies that they intend to build the
line and accept the subsidies voted.
There was never much doubt about
the building of this line The Winona
people have a line from Goshen to
Warsaw and are pretty well along
with one from Peru to Warsaw. There
is talk that they may now build a
line from Warsaw to Sidney, South
Whitley and Huntington, and run a
spur to North Manchester. 1t is quite
probable that an effort will be made
in that direction and line will also
be extended west to Plymouth and
perhaps to Valparaiso. When this is
done the Winona people will be we'll
provided for in the way of interur-
bans"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-13
Legality of Saloon Attacked.

Indianapolis, June 6.-The right OF
the state to legalize the liquor traffic
will be ruled on by the Supreme court,
before which was argued today the
case of Edward Sopher, Noblesville
saloon-keeper who has state license.
Sopher is accused of maintaining q
nuisance, the prosecution taking the
ground that the issuance of license
in itself is illegal, it being held that
the sale of liquor is inherently wrong
and that the state cannot legally per
init man to do a wrongful act. Spec
ial Judge Christion upheld this con-
tention and fined Sopher $40, after
which the case was appealed to the
Supreme court. No decision was
reached today. The judges asked
many questions, all of which tend to
show their belief that the law-making
power is supreme and that its pro-
visions for licensing the liquor traffic
make it legal
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-13
Decision of Supreme Court.

If man unlawfully sells whisk,
he can not be convicted of giving
it away, and proof that he gave ava,
whisky will not support charge oi
selling it. Declaring this rule, and ap
plying it TO the case of the State vs.
Adolphus Reed the supreme court re,
versed judgment freeing Reed from
prosecution, and ordered that he be
tried for selling pint of whisky tc
Edwin Burretts at Greenfield, wher
Burrett was intoxicated
Reed was first arrested on the
charge and released, the incident wa.
closed because he had been "once :r
jeopardy" But the court says tha,
trying a prisoner on one charge oi
which he is not guilty does not af-
feet the right of the state to prose.
cute him for a similar offense ol
which he is guilty.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-13

A conference to determine whether
civil or criminal action or any action
at all shall be taken by the govern
ment ayainst E. H. Hartman and the
railroads controlled by him as a result
of the investigations of the interstate
commerce commission will be held at
the White House Friday. The Pres
ident is anxious that some conclusion
may be reached before he leaves the
Icity for the summez He goes to Oy-
ster Bas. next Wednesday, and will be
labsent from Washington about four
months.
Frank B. Kellogg, special counsel
for the government in the Hartman
investigation, was at the White House
today, and. it is understood. talked
with the President about some feature
|of the case. What it was he would
mot say. Secretaries Root and Taft
came over to the White House and
the trio were with the President for
some time
Mr.. Kellogg said that he was in
Washington in connection with some
|evidence in the Standard Oil cases,
and that 1t was merely coincidence
that he met Mr.. Taft at the White
House. Earlier in the day Attorney
General Bonaparte talked with the
President about the proposed proceed
'mgs against the coal Carrying rail-
roads for alleged violations in the
Sherman antitrust laws and also the
Hartman case
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-13

William Jennings Bryan, during ths
course of an interview Wednesday a,
Baltimore, Nd, relative to third
L term for any occupant of the presi-
Dental office, said:
when in congress endeavored tc
secure an amendment to the constitu-
|tion making the president ineligible
for second term, and in both of my
campaigns | also announced that il
| was elected l would not be a can
didate for a second term. / would
hardly look favorably, therefore, upon
la third term.
Il assume that the president will
adhere to the opinion which he has
Expressed on the subject and will not
be candidate again 1t would be a
reelection upon the success of his adj
ministration if, coming in by an enor-
nous majority, he had so reduced the
popularity of his parry as to make it
impossible for any other Republican
to be elected.
'lf his reforms are of substantial
character there ought to be some 9TH
er Republican sufficiently identified
with him to represent them as candi-
date. 1t would be strange if the pres
ident were strong enough to violate
the anti-third term precedent set by
Washington, Jefferson, Madison.
Monroe and Jackson. and yet was not
able to develop a worthy Republican
successor"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-13
Swypart Estate Partitioned.

Judge Funk, of the Circuit Court
at South Bend, has appointed commits
sioners in partition in the celebrated
Swygart case, involving about $780,
900, and the estate will be settled.
Edward B. Swygart, of ST. Paul,
Mimi. will receive $4,000 and one
eighth of the estate. He was de-
fendant in the partition proceedings.
George w. Swygart, original owner
of he estate, now dead, sprung into
notoriety by being swindled out of
$4,000 on a gold-brick scheme, in
which "Red" Austin played "a part.
The action has been before the courts
since. 1901, chapter being added by
changes of venue Porter county,
and by appeals to the Supreme court
at indianapolis.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-13

Harrisburg, Pa, June 6.-The Phil
ander c. Knox presidential boom was
formally launched here today with
what may be said to be a good deal
of sincerity but without any great
show of enthusiasm After all the ad-
vance advertising and the big display
of Autographs and badges, together
with the declarations of some of the
leaders, it was supposed that today's
send-off would be noisy event
AT the first mention of Knox's name
in the convention there was applause
that lasted only about a quarter of a
minute. There was a repetition, when
the resolutions urging the nomina-
tion of the former Attorney General
and present senator were read by the
chairman of the platform committee.
1t was stated in these dispatches last
night that the Endorsement of Senator
Knox would be unanimous and ear
nest. 1t was unanimous and il was
earnest, but for all that it had the ap-
pearance of being somewhat forced.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-13
PENSION FRAUD RUN DOWN.
Widows Who Remarked Still Draw
Cash from Government.

Washington, D. c., June 1O.-The
most extensive and successful scheme
for swindling the pension bureau thai
has come to light is set forth in an
appeal filed in the Supreme court by
the government from the decision oI
the lower court against its efforts to
recover losses it has sustained.
The pension of widows who remar-
ry are supposed to stop as soon as
the ceremony has been performed, but
William A Munson, pension attorney
of Providence, r. l., who handled
the pension checks of numerous eli
ents, failed to notify the pension bu-
reau of the remarriage of one of them
in 1884, and for thirteen years drew
her pension himself by forging her in
ldorsements on the checks. AS others
LOT his clients married or died he add.
led them to his private list by forging
their signatures, until in 1897, when
his crime was discovered, they num-
bered nineteen, and he had drawn
something like $4,000 from the fed
eral treasury by forgeries.
His scheme might have continued
much longer but for an anonymous
letter received at the pension bureau
notifying the officials that one of the
Providence widows then drawing a
pension was not entitled to it because
she had remarked.
An Inspector sent to Providence
found that ,the information was cor
rect as far as the second matrimonial
venture was concerned, but that while
the checks had been cashed, the ex
pensioner had not received cent of
them since her second marriage.
Finally the forgery was traced to
Munson, whose operations were
shown to be SO extensive that a gen.
eral investigation was made of the
entire district of which Boston is the
center. Fourteen inspectors were en-
gagged for weeks in verifying each
name on the invalid pension roll in
the district, and, in addition to un-
covering Munson's operations, they
discovered that rs widows who had
remarked were still drawing their
pensions. apparently Unconscious that
their actions were illegal. notwith-
standing they each received printed
notice to that effect on the document
which accompanied the checks each
month.
Munson was tried and convicted and
died while serving his sentence. The
government then set about recovering
from the banks that cashed the
checks the money lost through Mum
sons operations, and in this way the
case has reached the Supreme court
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-13
Methodist Home Assured.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Chepson,
aged and childless residents of War
rem, Wabash county, who recently
gave $4,000 for a new Methodist
home for aged people, conditioned up
on the North Indiana Methodist con
ference raising an additional $4,000,
have made an additional offer Of $2O,-
900 under the same provisions.
This offer is of their 2OO-acre farm
for the institution. 1t is worth 500
an acre and has 25 oil wells on it with
a royalty of $1,000 year. The new
home, il located on the farm, as it
will be, will give the Methodists of
Indiana one of the finest homes for
aged people in the country. The COM
mittee named at the Methodist con-
ference reports excellent success in
raising the funds and is assured it
will succeed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-13
Practical Illustrations

The block stations west are O. M.
tower, Dons ldson, Grovertown, Ham
let, etc. Those east are II. S. tower,
Inwood, Bourbon, Etna Green, etc.
When each train leaves station the
operator must notify the next block
station in advance, which he does by
single figure and giving number of
train. and also the time of departure
He must also notify the block in the
rear that the train has departed and
that the block is clear Thus, when =
train leaves Plymouth west the oper-
ator wires to o. M. tower. When it
passes the tower the operator there
wires back the proper figure, and un-
til that time the red signal is display
ed and no train can leave Plymouth
westward until the signal has been re-
ceIyed from the tower that the train
has passed. So with the station east,
no train can leave the H. S. tower
westward until the operator there has
received the signal that the train has
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-13
RAILWAY "BIOCK" SYSTE NJ
PRECAUTION FOR MOVEMENT
OF TRAIN BY RAILROAD.
Great Device of the Pennsylvania
Company for Prevention of Acct
dents.

The Tribune's recent article upon
the mail transfer business of the rail
roads at this point proved of interest
to many readers and suggested to the
telegraph operators at tbs Pennsyl-
vania station a subject that is still
more intricate than the mail transfer
business and that is attended with far
more responsibility The subject is
of interest to every one that travels
by rail and the Tribune approaches it
with tn. following response frcm one
of the operators: Il wish to extend
thanks for your elegant description OF
the duties of the mail carriers of our
city, showing what has to be done,
how it is all accomplished, the neces-
city of meeting promptly all trains
carrying mail and the speed required
in fulfilling these duties-all showing
the great importance of the United
States mail service After having read
this article and meditating upon the
fact that there are others who have
even greater and more important
duties than the faithful transfer mail
carrier, | would cite you to the various
telegraph Offices of this city, wherein
you will find the congenial operators
who are working the long hours
among the busy instruments, seeing
that trans are given proper orders,
letting trains by the block without de-
laying them, handling Western Union
business and railroad messages and
answering questions on the telephone,
lis that train on time? Many of
your readers do not know perhaps
what all these duties mean TO the op-
orator The responsibility is far
greater than the mail carrier. who if
he fails to makes proper delivery of a
mail pouch is fined nominal sum, for
we are made to realize that we are not
dealing with the leather mail pouch,
but with human life-ti.e dearest thing
in the world"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-13
Tne Block System Defined.

On Monday last the Pennsylvania
company put into use the absolute
block system, supplanting the permis-
sion block, which, under special or
ders, allowed a second train to follow
the first between two block stations.
By this order there can be but ore
train at a time, passenger or freight,
on single track between two given
stations
This is done to make absolutely
safe, so far as human agency can do.
the lives of passengers and for the
prevention of any accident. By this
system it is impossible, if orders are
carried eut. Scr head-on or rear
end co'.isisn-
A block is length of track of de-
fined limits between two stations, and
is controlled by signals. The place
from which the block signals are op-
Grated is called block station and
is provided with an operator Eacfl
Office is provided with a semaphor..
which is 4 fixed signal, at the top of
the pole controlling the use of the
block The governing arm of the
semaphore is displayed to the right
of the signal mast as seen from an
approaching train and the indications
are given by positions. When the
arm is displayed in horizontal posi-
ton 1t indicates to the approaching
train to sop; when in vertical po-
sition it is an indication to proceed
or that the coast is clear; if in a dag
onal position lit is the equivalent o.
caution and indicates to the engineer
of the approaching train that the
block is being occupied and that he
should proceed with his train under
full control The latter position, how
ever, has been annulled since the or
der for an absolute block for train
To admit train to block the sig
mailman must examine the block re-
tOtt, hCPt Dy thC oPNi otCf VI tdeh
train, and see whether the block is
shown to be clear, and if so he will
give "3" for the train to the next
block station ahead, which means
track clear" The block operator in
advance receiving this signal will ex-
anime his block record and if clear
will reply "2", and if not clear will
reply by "5" The operator at the
entrance to the block must then dis
play the proper signal to be admitted.
A train must not be admitted to the
track on block that is being occu-
by another train. but train using
the other track is not affected, pro-
viding the track is clear. The two
tracks are known as No. and No. 2
and each is governed by its own or
ders-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-13
Prof. Steinbach.

The Bourbon Advance prints the
following with reference to the Sc
lection of Prof. Steinbach as county
superintendent:
There are very few people in this
portion of Marshall county who are
not in hearty accord with TIL. selection
made by the Township trustees at
their meeting las, Monday, where by
a vote of Z to ia strictly party vote
Il. +. Steinbach of this city was
elected county superintendent for the
coming four years.
Il. E. Steinbach was born in Bour-
bon, Dec. 31st, 1869 and is in the
3sth year of his age. He attended the
public schools of our city, and grad
uated with the class of 1873, His de-
sire to be a school teacher took shape
Immediately, and his first initiation as
wielder of the Birch" was at the
Green Bush school house seven and a
half miles northeast of this city Every
day he walked to and fro from his
work, filling the position satisfactorily
for two years.
He was then given a position in the
Bourbon public schools, and by close
application and conscientious work
overcame every obstacle until he be-
came principal OF Our schools This
position he has held for the past four
teen years.
"In 1898 he was elected president
of the Marshall County Teachers as
sociation, which honored position he
filled with considerable credit.
"In his removal from the school
life of our city, the young and rising
generation who have been under his
care unanimously join with all our cit
izens in wishing him the greatest sue
cess in the exalted position to which
he has been elevated
'The retiring superintendent, Geo.
d. Marks, has been an efficien officer
and retires with the fact uppermost
in the mind of the public that he has
performed his duty WE'LL"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-13
Knox Would Accept Nomination.

Senator Knox Thursday night an.
nounced his willingness to become /;
candidate for the presidency in 1905
should the Republican party see fit tc
nominate him. Senator Knox's po-
sftlon was made known in expressing
his appreciation of the action of the
Republican safe convention at Harris
burg, which indorsed him as candi-
date for that Office
Il am deeply sensible of the great
honor done me by my fellow Republi-
cans of Pennsylvania" he said. an
their conversation, composed of del
egates who are elected directly by the
people, they have increased my many
obligations to them by coupling with
the Endorsement of the administration
of Theodore Roosevelt the suggestion
of my name, as his -sllccessor.
Il note the conventions reference
to the fact that as Attorney General
and senator | was privileged to, aid
I'm the formulation and carrying into
Legislation and judicial decision those
Just policies for the protection of the
people which have so greatly endear-
led President Roosevelt to the people.
l value the action of the convention
approving such public service as
have been enabled to render"
The announcement of Senator Knox
in New York Wednesday night that
he would be willing to become pres
idenial candidate in 1905 created much
interest in Washington. Mr. Knox's
announcement was communicated to
the President, who read what the SEN
ator had to say, but he made no COM
ment thereon.
Senator Foraker said: 81 am not
surprised and am glad to hear it. Sen
ator Knox is very able and worthy
man."
Secretary Taft when informed of
the statement of Mr.. Knox had moth
ing to say.