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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Plot to Wreck Train.

Hundreds of detectives en-
ployed by the Wabash, Missouri
Pacific and Frisco railways have
been engaged for the past fort
night in seeking the perpetrators
OF an alleged plot to wreck the
train bearing Miss Helen Gould
and party on her western trip.
Discovery of the details of the
sensational conspiracy was made
Friday, following the departure
of Miss Gould eastward.
Miss Could arrived with her
party in St.>Louis on October Is.
She returned after trip over the
Missouri Pacific to Jonesboro,
Ark Later she went to Fort
Leavenworth.
Fear of the chief special agent
of the Missouri Pacific, f. O.
Eames, was first aroused the day
before Miss Gould reached St.
Louis. when he received reports
that three heavily armed menshad
come down the river in skiff.
They repealed the approach of
railway detectives.
About the same time reports
of the movements of the men
came to Special Agent Samuel E.
Allender, of the Frisco railroad.
The detectives conferred. TIE
tracks of the Wabash railroad,
over which Miss Gould was to
come in a few hours were heavily
guarded. Had the detectives sus-
pected kidnapping plot with the
woman of millions as the object
they could not have been more
watchful.
When the Missouri Pacific
train bearing Miss Gould and her
party left for Jonesboro, Ark, a
pilot engine was sent ahead to
guard against possible efforts to
wreck the train.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Found Guilty of Helping Suicide.

For the first time in this coun-
try a man was convicted before
Judge Foster at New York, Mon
day, for aiding and abetting his
wife to commit suicide. The spe-
cific charge was that he was gull
ty of granddaughter in the first de-
gree, the heaviest penalty for
which is Imprisonment for TWEEN
ty years. He is James Waddell,
26 years old, whose wife was
found dead in her own rooms
some months ago, her companion
being her husband. from whom
she had separated.
There was bullet wound in
her head, but the physicians said
her death had been caused by
gas and that the shot had been
fired after her DEATH.
Waddell, sobbing. said his wife
had been afraid that should she
try to commit suicide by gas she
might be buried alive, and had
made his promise should he ever
find her unconscious he would
shoot her. She killed herself by
gas without his knowledge, he
declared. and in pursuance of his
promise he shot her. He was re-
manded for sentence.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Prove Cruise Only Test.

The continued presence in
Washington of Rear Admiral
Evans, who is to command the
Atlantic battleship fleet on its
Pacific voyage, the daily appear
ance of orders making changes
in the personnel of the fleet, and
the conferences going on be-
tween the president and Secre-
tary .Metcalf have caused renew
ed interest in the cruise.
The recent remarks of the
president, replying to the criti-
cisms from some quarters that he
was exceeding the appropriations
available for coal in getting the
fleet to the Pacific, are taken by
naval men to mean that he never
cherished any idea of maintain
ing the fleet permanently in the
Paci.:-. Vt was learned definitely
that the order to return will go
forward to the admiral 10 com.
mand before the ships have been
ninety days on the Pacific coast
of North America.
Rear Admiral Evans, who Will
take ine feet out, goes upcn ia
r'iref list next August. before
the coming cruise will be COM
pleted. Naval officers cannot re-
call when a rear admiral has been
continued in command after the
date SET for his retirement,
though it is entirely probable
that an exception may be made
in Evans case, and he may COM
mand the fleet on its return voy-
age.
The one important conclusion
to be drawn from the early re-
turn of the feet is that the exec
utive feels no apprehension as to
the possibilities of war with Ia
pan. The short stop at the turn
ing point will amply demonstrate
the truth of the statement that
the purpose of the cruise is only
to test the capabilities of a mod
ern battleship fleet.
1t was pointed out in an au-
lucrative quarter thar an erron-
eous impression has obtained as
to the enormous activity of the
Japanese in the matter of war
preparations. AS matter OF
fact, Japan is not in the market
as large purchaser of war ma
terials, but appears TO be strug-
CLING to recuperate from the ex-
hausting effects of her recent
war.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Beveridge Urges a Lobby.

Senator Beveridge presided at
a meeting held at indianapolis
Monday night in the interest of
the peoples lobby" He urged
the organization of a lobby at
Washington, the duty OF which
shall be to inform the people on
what their representatives are do
ing in congress, not only how
they vote on important measures,
but what they do to help or him
der the progress of bills. He as
serted that good government de-
ponds upon the quality of public
men and the information which
the people obtain, concerning the
actions OF public servants. James
B. Reynolds. of New York, chair
man of the executive committee
OF the peoples lobby and Hen
~ B. Needham, secretary of the
organization, also spoke.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Editor Rucker Fined.

As a result of an article which
appeared in the Elkhart Truth
Tuesday of last week, Edmund
p. Rucker, city editor. was We'd
nesday fined 800 for contempt
of court. The hearing was held
before Judge Dodge.
The defendant was represent
ed by Perry l.. Turner, who con-
tended that his client was not
guilty. inasmuch as he had re-
ceived information on which the
article was based from reliable
sources and had intended no con-
tempt.
Judge Dodge held that the ar
ticle, whether true or false. was
in contempt of court, declaring
that it was calculated to embar-
rass and hamper the court.
Immediately after the fine was
imposed counsel for defendant
moved for a new trial. The mo-
ton was then overruled. The
case will be appealed to the SUI
preme court.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Gust Negroes from Gary.

The real estate board of Gary
is trying to drive the colored peo-
pie out of the city. Between 700
and 500 negroes live in Gary, and
the real estate board proposes to
buy the houses in which they live
and refuse to sell or rent to them.
The members of the board say
the presence of so many negroes
in town is depreciating the val
Tie of real estate, and they intend
to adopt every legitimate means
to keep negroes out of Gary.
The real estate board has taken
the matter up with H. S. Nor
ton, superintendent of the Gary
Land company, who also looks
after the interests of the Indiana
Steel company. There is one ne
gro to every nine white men, and
Gary almost resembles a South
ern city.
The people of Gary say the ne
groes commit three-fOurths of
the crime there.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Finds New Race in Alaska.

DIR. George B. Gordon, curator
of the University of Pennsylvan-
las archaeological department.,
who returned Tuesday after a six
months expedition through the
widest regions Of the far north
west, announces the discovery of
new race living along the Kos
kokwim river in Alaska.
DR.. Gordon brings back
strange tale of this new race,
which had never before seen a
white man, and which differs
from all other tribes of Alaskan
Indians.
DIR. Gordon heard rumors of
the race in 1905, and after innum-
cradle hardsfips he reached the
territory in which these aborigi-
mes live in Adam.c simplicity.
They are called by the Eskimos
'Kuskwagamutes,' and show
strong traces of Monaghan an
cestry. Crime and vice is utter
" unknown among them and
their religion is natural panthe-
ism.
They knew absolutely nothing
of corruption and degeneracy
with which the whites have in
fected the Athabascan Indians
and Eskimos. DR.. Gordon lived
for several months among them.
Though they are dying out, y
DR.. Gordon said. they are strong
and clean physically and intelli-
gent. They have retained the
most ancient characteristics of
dress and speech. In clothing,
instead of wearing furs, they sew
skins of birds into robes, using
the breasts of loon and various
species of ducks which abound in
the river"
They are monoganlists, and no
such thing as vice is known
among them. They are permitted
by their priests to have more
than one wife, but never do so.
They have no laws at all. but are
governed by patriarchs. They
are tall. and the women are
graceful and beautiful.
There are only 400 of them
left" said DIR. Gordon. at is
hoped for their sake that they die
out before the white traders get
to them. Then they can die as
cleanly as happily as they live
DIR. Gordon and his helpers
travelled down the Koskokwim
100 miles in small sloop
When they reached Bering sea
they sailed for Nome, were
caught in equinoctial gales, and
were adrift three weeks. DR.
Gordon was forced to throw his
provisions overheard to save his
specimens. He landed at Nome
nearly dead with hunger and ex
pOSure.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Beginnings of a Bank.

The town of Larwill, about ten
miles west of Columbia City, is
to have banking facilities. Ev-
erett f. Rindbury, merchant,
has ordered a fire and burglar
proof safe, and will keep a suffi-
cient amount of currency on
hand to cash checks and take
care of the ordinary business of
the town. The need of such con-
veniences has long been felt. The
peculiar thing about the town is
that there is only one whole safe
in the town. Every safe, except
the one in the Whittenberger
store, has been blown open and
cracked. Robbers have blown
open the safe in the postofice, in
the railroad office. in the Ream
store and in the Young store.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Favors Keeping Roosevelt In,

Don't swap horses in the mid
die of the stream. Theodore
Roosevelt is essential in the war
for self-government now on in
America and ought to be kept in
command till our cause tri-
umphs."
Thus spoke ex-Gov. S. r. Van
SAINT of Minnesota at the opening
of the state convention of the Y.
M. c. A. at Rock Island, H.,
Thursday evening.
Washington he said, "was
necessary in the war against the
English which gave us liberty ;
Lincoln was necessary in the war
against our brothers. which made
all men free, and Roosevelt is
necessary in the war against our
selves, the outcome of which will
determine whether political lib
erty shall survive. Wall street is
no longer the business barometer
of the country. 1t is the Ameri-
can farmer.
The convention opened with
400 delegates present. Regular
business was taken up Friday
and the meeting continues over
Sunday
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Dog Saves a Girl.

Intense excitement was caused
in Michigan City Saturday morn
ing by the apparent attempt OF
an unknown man aged about 30
years and for whom the entire
police department IS now search
ing, to kill Luella Writ, aged Is
years, for whom he lay in wait in
the cellar of the Writ home He
attacked the girl with a stilleto
inflicting a number of wounds
and but for the timely arrival OF
the family dog it is believed by
the police that the girls life
would have been taken. She says
the strange man has followed her
for several days, vowing ven
geance because she would not &C
cept his attentions.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Mother and Son Guilty of Kill
ing John Jones.

The double murder trial of
Lizzie Jones and her son, Henry
Stanfeld, charged with the muir
der of John Jones, husband and
step-father, respectively, of the
defendants, came to an end In
Marion Criminal Court Thurs
day morning when the jury was
instructed by the court to bring
in verdict of guilty in first de-
gree murder for the woman and
guilty in manslaughter for the
young man.
This was the result of COM
promise agreement between the
prosecutor and the attorneys for
the defense, by which it was de-
cided that the woman should re-
ceive a life sentence and the
young man an indeterminate SEN
tence of from two TO fourteen
years.
John Jones was shot to death
on the night of August IL, as he
lay asleep. All the persons con-
nected with The case are colored.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
SHAKE 1T OFF.
Rid Yourself of Unnecessary
Burdens. "A Plymouth Cit-
zen Shows You How.

Don't bear unnecessary burdens.
Burdens OF bad back al un-
necessary.
Get rid of them,
Doan's Kidney Pills cue bad
backs;
Cure lame, weak and aching
backs;
Cure every form of kidney ills.
Lots of local endorsement 10
prove this.
Jonathan Brown. retired veter-
an, formerly living on Michigan
street. Plymouth, Ind. said: my
experience with Doan's Kidney
Pills purchased at the Oak Drug
Store, has taught me. that for
hard grinding backaches and
pains over the kidney regions,
Doan's Kidney Pills are not to be
excelled. am willing to give
them my hearty endorsement
For sale by all Dealers. Price
50 cents. Foster Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York. sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's
and take no other.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Resolutions.

Whereas, 1t has pleased the
Supreme Ruler of the universe in
His infinite wisdom to reclaim
the spirit of our beloved Brother
O. F. Lands, and we feel his
death to be an irreparable loss in
his family, to his lodge and to the
community; therefore be it
Resolved that Hyperion Lodge
No. III, Knights of Pythias, rec
ognizing the irrevocable decree
of the Almighty. does hereby ex-
press its deep and sincere sorrow
at the loss of this true Pythian
Knight and exemplary christian
and that to the grief stricken
family is extended orr heartfelt
sympathy in this, their sad be-
reavement. Be it further
Resolved, That these resolu-
tons be spread upon the records
of this lodge. published in the
daily newspapers, and copy be
sent to the family of the deceas-
ed; and that the charter of Hy-
perion Lodge be draped in
mourning for a period of thirty
days as prescribed by the law oil
the order.
Respectfully submitted,
]. Frank Thomas,
]. V. VanGilder,
Fred Price,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Negroes Seek to Lynch White
Man for Assault.

]. McAllister, white. aged 70,
was attacked by a mob of 100
negroes at Columbus, O., Friday
night when he had been pointed
out by Mrs. Henry Pace, ne
gress. as the man who had at
tempted to assault her 13-year-
old daughter.
McAllister was passing the
Pace home and was taken una
wares. The mob had knocked him
down and was kicking him when
Pace ran out and fought with the
negroes for the mans life. Nc.
Allister was hit on the head with
a stone and rendered unconscious
for time. He was finally rescu-
ed by the police and taken to the
City prison. McAllister denies
that he attempted to assault the
girl.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Forty Sailors Eaten by Band of
Cannibals.

Eaten by cannibals was prob
ably the fate of the crew of forty
sailors that took the big sailing
ship Arthur Sewell out OF Phila-
delphia April 3 on the start of
her long voyage TO carry coal to
the Philippines.
Word has just been received
al the maritime exchange that
the vessel was wrecked near Ter
IA del Fuego and all signs point
10 the survivors having been cap
tured by the cannibals that infest
the island in that vicinity. The
news of the wreck and the almost
certain fate of the crew came
from the sealing steamer Fridth-
jof.
Since the Arthur Sewell sailed
not one word was received re-
garding her until letter came
from the Norwegian sealer. The
Sewells first stopping place was
to have been Seattle.
The Fridthjof reports that on
| Aug 90, while cruising near the
sout least headland of Noir Is
land, halfway between Cape Pill
lar and Cape Horn, the lookout
reported a derelict ahead. The
derelict proved to be four-mast-
ed square-rigged ship thai in
every way answered the desorip-
ton of the Sewell.
AS the wreck was evidently
very recent, the Fridthjof's cap
tain made investigation in the
hope of discovering some of the
possible survivors. On the shore
of Noir Island a landing party
from the Norwegian vessel dis
covered traces proving that 4
considerable party from the
wreck had made its way to land
| TIL, trail led away from the
bea.n.
| The sailors from the Fridthjot
| followed the trail as far as they
could make it out, but finally hat
to abandon the search owing tc
the danger from the cannibal:
that inhabit the island. The fate
of the shipwrecked sailors seem
| ed certain to the men from the
sealing steamer. The natives or
the islands in that part of the SCI
are cannibals of the fiercest kline
and shipwrecked sailors coulC
have little hope of escaping from
them.
In the hope of discoverin;
something more about the fate o
the ship and her crew, divers will
a strong party have been sent t.
| NOR Island.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Could Have Gone Farther.

The America made its rise
from the aeronautical field at St.
Louis at 1870 p. IN. Monday and
landed at Patuxent postoffice
near Portland, Md, at exactly
, 80 a. m. Wednesday, being in
the air SO hours and % minutes.
The actual distance accomplish
ed was approximately 725 miles,
which lacked about 1872 miles of
being as far as the German bal
loon, Pommern, travelled. | think
we might have gone farther, at
least we could have reached the
edge of Chesapeake bay, but as
MIR. Mccoy, my companion, fear
ed we did not have enough bal
last to let out in order to insure
our flight across the bay, we did
not care 10 risk the attempt of
alighting to close to it. Also, the
risk in crossing was rather too
great for the additional possible
distance for the reason that the
strip OF land between the bay
and the sea is narrow. Since the
| German balloon reached Ash
bury Park it is no doubt well
enough that we came down when
we did for unless we should have
encountered change of current
to carry us to the north we could
not have sequalled the Pommer-
on's distance, even if we went to
the oceans edge.
The nervous strain, keeping
watch and studying conditions,
is hard on one during a flight of
this kind, and one doesn't have
opportunity of enjoying his cigar
and a variety of good, whole
some food. The most uncomfort-
able feature OF the journey was
the chilly night, it being SO cold
most of the time Tuesday night
that neither of us could sleep
when his turn came The great
est height attained was about a
mile and a half which we reached
just before we alighted. One
thing that has suggested itself as
a result OF our cruise is the need
of reliable Typographical map,
for the use of aeronauts in army
work Much OF the time we had
no means of knowing where we
were. Although we had studied
the best available typographical
maps showing mountains, rivers,
etc, it had been. impossible to
obtain a map showing all the
streams, and smaller cities,
towns and villages.
An interesting incident of the
cruise was when we were pass
ing over the eastern part of In
diana. Two other balloons were
in sight for several hours, and as
one would rise or drop and gain
or lose on the other it took on
! the thrilling features of a real
race AT times we must have
made as high as 80 miles an
hour.
Considering the varied course
we took, | believe the America
must have traversed 1000 miles
Iall told.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Firms Vote to Pay Russia.

The diet of Helsingfors, Tues
day adopted by 104 votes to 81
the proposed Appropriation for
$4,000,000 as a biennial compen-
sation to the Russian government
for the exemption of Firms from
service in tie Russian army.
AT the same time it plainly in
timated that no further money
for this purpose would be forth
coming. and it urged the empe-
ror-grand duke to reestablish the
national army OF Finland.
1t is understood that the en-
peror-grand duke insisted person
ally on this payment. to which he
considered Finland's faith to
have been pledged.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Towns in Sicily Wrecked by
Quake.

The provinces of Calabria, in
south Italy. and the eastern
coast of the Island of Sicily, have
been shaken by violent earth
quake. Many towns are in ruins,
and loss of life is reported. Com
munication is interrupted, and 1t
is impossible to learn the number
of dead. After night of terror
in the streets amid the ruins of
their homes. the population rush
ed to the open country. Torren-
tial rains followed the quake.
Foodless, sheltering, half-clad
and beaten by raging storms, the
refugees can not escape dreadful
hardships.
The government is rushing aid
to the stricken section. The
property loss is said to have been
enormous.
The shocks which continued
ten seconds occurred during the
night.
Mount E.tna, which is situated
about midway between Messina
and Catani, near the eastern ST.
Gillian coast. has been exception
ally active recently and the seis-
mic disturbance is believed TO be
elimination of a series of vio-
lent eruptions.
The worst damage reported
was at Brancalone on the eastern
coast of lower Italy. The, town
was wholly destroyed. Nine per
sons are known to have been bur
| led under collapsed buildings.
Countless miraculous escapes are
reported. The same town was
partly destroyed by an earth
| quake in 1888.
At Sinipoli, also in the prov
ince of Calabria, a number of per
sons are said to have been crush
ed under walls. The town is a
small one seventeen miles north
of Reggie.
The two walls Of the cathedral
fell at Gerace, third Calabrian
town. the seat of one OF the most
important bishoprics in southern
Italy. The population is about
10000. and much distress pre-
walls. Another town in Italy on
which heavy damage was infiict-
ed is Catanzaro. with a popula-
ton of about 10000. Many OF
its principal buildings were de-
stroyed by the earthquake Of
1888.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31
Highest Cash Prices Paid for Logs

and Bolts. Oak. ash, beech. sugar,
soft maple, butternut. poplar, elm,
Eastwood, etc.
WA Plymouth Novelty Mfg. Co..
Phone l2s Plymouth. Ind
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-31

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-09
BEERS TRAGEDY
RETOLD IN COURT
Continued From Pace 1.

The stories of the tragedy told by George
Gunnip, Miss Edith Stone, Ray Gledhill,
Walter Bachman and Lawrence Herdti.
all employees of the Electrical Supply &
Fixture company, were practically iden-
teal. Shortly after 3 in the morning OF
Sept. IS. according to the version given
by these employees, Walker came to the
store and asked for Lawrence. A little
later Lawrence came in. A man called
up by telephone and asked to speak TO Mr..
Lawrence. While he was conversing over
the telephone, Walker said to him: If
Lawrence delivered the message. He then
asked Gunnip to shut and lock the front
door in case there was any trouble.
few minutes later Beers came in. The
three went in the back room and soon
there We're sounds of scuffling, where
upon the door was locked. Soon there
were cries from someone, either in fear
or pain. The fighting continued nearly
twenty minutes, after which Lawrence
Herdti assisted Mr.. Lawrence in carrying
Beers to the hack Each changed the
testimony given at the corOners inquest
in some of the details. This time no one
could remember hearing anyone saying
MY God. Walker, don't kill me-"
Mrs Hull and daughter will testify to-
morrow. The HuIls heard the fight and
will probably testify as to the words used
BY the parties to the conflict. The teStl-
mOny is regarded as important, since IL
may establish several mooted points-as
to whether Lawrence took any actual
part in the fight, as to whether any
weapons other than the fists were used,
and whether or not DR.. Beers endeavored
to resist when attacked. The states case
will probably be completed at the prelim-
mary hearing tomorrow, and II is doubt
full whether or not evidence viii be intro
duced by the defense.