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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
APPLICATION OF THE
SIXTEEN HOUR LAW
General Managers and Representa-
tives of Brotherhoods Get To-
gether On an Agreement for
Railroads West of Chi
cago.

The general managers of the prin-
opal railroads west of Chicago and
the representatives of the men at Chi
cago, engaged in train service an
nounced Wednesday their agreement
as to the application of the sixteen
hour law.
Crews are not to be tied up unless
il is apparent that the trip cannot be
completed within the lawful time and
not then until after the expiration OF
fourteen hours on duty under the fed
eral law, or within two hours of the
time limit provided by state laws, if
state laws govern. Crews tied up a
less number of hours than mentioned
above are to be regarded as tied up
under the law and will lie paid. When
crews are tied up between terminals
under the law, they are to be consid-
cred on duty and under pay immedi-
ately upon the expir ration of the min
imum legal period of duty applicable
to the crew, provided the period of
rest for any member, eight or ten
hours, be the period of rest for the
entire crew. Crews tied up will be
paid the time or mileage of their
schedules from initial point to tie-up
point and when "towed or dead
headed" into terminal will he paid the
same as if the run was made. Pay
is also allowed for any service re-
quired of an engine crew, or if held
responsible for the engine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
FRED THOMPSON
WINS LONG SUIT
AFTER TWO YEARS LEGAL
TITLE MAXINKUCKEE
MAN WINS SUIT AGAINST
COTTAGER FOR $2.25
THREW STUFF
IN LAKE.

A suit over $225 worth of property
which has attracted attention in Mar
shall and Fulton counties for over
two years, on account of the interest,"
ing points connected with it, and the
tenacity of the principals involved,
has just been concluded by Judge
Bernetha, when he decided for the
plaintiff, Fred Thompson, of Max:n-
kuckee
During the summer of 1906, Fred
Thompson ordered some articles
taken across Lake Maxinkucxce
from the Culver to the Maxinkuckee
landing, by Captain Fisher on .
steamboat, directing him to put them
off on new pier which he had built
The freight consisted of some
nails a piece of screen and beef
steak. When the boat landed the cap
tain placed the articles on the Shirk
pier and Ebert Shirk ordered them
taken off. The captain explained that
Thompson would be after the things
in a short time, but Shirk replied
that if he did not take them off he
would throw them into the lake. The
captain became angry and dared
Shirk to throw them into the lake.
Shirk did so, a fight resulted and
Shirk departed with black eye.
When Thompson came after his
purchases and learned that they were
in the lake and who threw them there
he sued Shirk and got judgment in
Justice Voreis' court, at Culver.
Shirk wished to wear Thompson
out, and so he hired six lawyers, ap.
pealed the case to the Marshall circuit
court, and from here secured
change of venue to Rochester.
The case was tried there last sum.
mer, and after seven lawyers brought
out the evidence, jury tried for 1s
hours to reach a verdict and dis
agreed. A new trial was set for a
few days ago, but Shirk failed to ap>
pear, and Judge Bernetha decided in
favor of Thompson.
Shirk is a member of the million
aire Shirk family at Peru, and
Thompson is a quiet resident of old
Maxinkuckee, a peaceful citizen with
a square jaw. The costs of the case
will amount to about $3.50 for Shirk.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
"cOPPERS" WITH CORNS.
All Logansport Policemen Are Ex-
cused from Drilling.

Logansport policemen suffer from
corns to such an extent that the drill
ing exercises which were begun abour
TWO weeks ago have been discontinu-
ed. All the police drilled in the rink
until few nights ago, when one was
excused on the plea that his corns
iurt so badly that he could not cover
his beat after the drilling. Then two
others put up the same plea and were
excused Wednesday night the cop
pers" did not drill. Every man re-
ported that his corns hurt so badly
that he could not stand the additional
work. There was nothing to do but
call off the drill, and the chances are
that the exercises will not be continu,
ed
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
LIABILITY BILL SIGNED.
1t Makes Common Carriers Liable
for Death or Injury of Employees.

President Roosevelt has signed the
employers liability bill The bill
makes railroads or other common
carriers while engaged in interstate
commerce liable for the injury or
death of an employe if the injury or
death results, in whole or in part,
from the negligence of any of the
officers, agents or employees OF such
carriers, or by reason of any defect
or inefficient equipment This pro-
vision is made applicable also to car
riers in the Territories, the District
of Columbia, the Panama canal zone
and other posse ssions of the United
States
In his opinion the Attorney-Gen-
eral indicated that he bill is con-
fined in its scope to common car.
riers by railroad" as distinguished
from the act declared unconstitution-
al by the Supreme Court, which en-
braced "all common carriers engaged
in interstate commerce and foreign
commerce"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
The Cautious Reporter.

Young man." said the editor 20
the new reporter, you lack caution
You must learn never TO state a thine
as a fact until it has been proved a
fact You are apt to get us into libel
suits. Do not say The cashier stole
the funds Say, The cashier who is
alleged to have stolen the funds
That's all Oh, get something about
that First ward social tonight"
The next day halfway down the
social column the editor saw the fol-
lowing cautious paragraph.
at is rumored that card party
was given last evening to a number
of reputed ladies Of the First ward
Mrs. Smith, gossip says, was the
hostess, and the festivities are re-
ported TO have continued until IL 80
in the evening. The alleged hostess
is believed to be the wife of John
Smith, the so called high priced
grocer Success Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
REALIZE THE
HARD FIGHT
ASSERTED THAT BATTLE TO
BE WAGED FOR SUPREMACY
OF INDIANA WILL BE
ON THE TEMPER
ANCE QUESTION
THIS FALL.

Evidences are at hand TO indicate
that one OF the hottest campaigns
ever known in Indiana will be waged
next fall on the temperance question.
Both sides are preparing for final
struggle. Each will put into the fight
all the strength at its commlnd. Each
will fight as it never has fought be-
fore. The battle promises 10 be
memorable one
The liquor forces are preparing to
make a last stand. If they lose il
will be only after a most stubborn
and determined contest If they win,
temperance will be given hard blow.
Politicians and citizens generally
realize that the coming fight is to be
great test of strength contest
whose outcome will determine largely
the saloon status for several years
to come.
The anti-saloon people go into the
contest we'll equipped. They have
declarations in both party platforms
They have, the rank and file behind
them Moral sentiment is in their
favor. Present pubiN officials are
friendly. They stand as the ms as
opposed to the liquor forces, who
represent the "outs.'
The brewers and liquor dealers, on
the other hand, have the money and
resources. They have the old-line
who usually are the ones
that do things, and the assistance of
all the third party prohIbtionists who
can be humbugged into throwing
away their votes on a third party
candidate. There is no end of
the capital thar they can throw into
the fight. With them it is almost
a question of life or death, and they
probably will fight with the desper-
alton that characterizes dying man.
The United German Societies of
Indianapolis, who have opei ated here
tofore in a quiet way, have planned
big state mass meeting for May IL
at Tomlinson hall Speakers will be
imported TO tell the crowd that pro-
hibition is a bad thing, that business
and personal liberty will suffer, that
future legislatures must keep their
hands off
The organized opposition In the
open is surprising to the anti-saloon
people, but not disconcerting to them,
as it shows, they say, that the liquor
dealers are desperate and that their
activity is half indication of their
belief that defeat is at hand
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Laying off Trainmen.

Fort Wayne Sentinel: In a day or
two the Pennsylvania will drop more
names from the payroll of the engine
men and trainmen's ranks There
will probably be twenty extra brake
Ell and twelve 6remen let out at this
time, making the total number of d s.
missals very near the 200 mark for
the the period of business depression
which commenced last October.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
SENATE VOTES
TWO BATTLESHIPS.'
Bitter Fight at Monday Nights Ses-
sion When Presidents Plan
Was Lost, 50-23.

Fighting TO the last ditc' with
members of the secretaries of the
Japanese legation in the gallery, the
presidents friends went down to de.
feat in the senate Monday night in
their effort to secure four battleships
of the Dreadnought type instead of
two. The vote was so to %, all the
Democrats except McCreary and
Painter of Kentucky, Owen Of Okla
homa, and Taylor of Tennessee, vot-
ing in the negative.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30

Peter Disher has purchased the
south lot of the group of three which
are now vacant on the corner of
Michigan and Washington streets,
and together with Mrs. Sarah Shakes,
will erect a two-story brick building
this summer The building will con-
sist of three store rooms One of
these lower rooms will be leased by
D. w. Dewitt, who will conduct his
Vaudette theatre therein. Above his
theatre Mr.. Dewitt expects to open
a dancing hall and roller skating rink.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
NOTORIOUS BANDIT
SLAIN BY ENEMIES.
Raisuli, the Moroccan Marauder,
Killed by Hostile Tribesmen.

Raisui, the notorious Moroccan
bandit, has been assassinated Rumors
of the killing were ait first doubted,
but the latest reports confirm them
absolutely and leave no doubt that
the outlaw has been slain. 1t is re-
ported he fell victim to hostile
tribesmen who had awaited for some
time an opportunity to end his life.
1t is said the bandit was ambushed
by a number of Leymes tribesmen
native feast offered in his honor
Other reports express doubt as to the
truth of the rumors.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
HOT ON TRAIL
OF HORSE THIEF
THIEF GETS AWAY WITH
HORSE AND BUGGY OF LE-
ROY EVANS-IS CHASED
BEYOND FIT WAYNE
WITH AUTO BY
OFFICERS.

A thief entered the barn of LeRoy
Evans, one mile west of this CITY.
sometime Saturday night and got
away with horse and buggy and two
sets of harness, valued at $3.50. He
was trailed eastward and Monday af-
ternoon, the officers had passed Ft.
Wayne, hot on his trail, but had not
yet affected his capture.
At about 500 O'Clock Sunday
morning, Leroy Evans went to his
barn to feed the stock He discovered
at once the theft of his horse and
buggy. The ground was wet from a
recent rain, and Mr.. Evans easily
trailed the thief to this city Here the
sheriff was notified and deputy Sher-
iff Fred Schroeder and VIM. F. Or
mond at once set out in pursuit They
followed the new tracks eastward, and
at several places were informed that
rig answering to the right descrip-
tion had passed Near Columbia City
a farmer described a rig which had
passed a few hours before the officers,
which was still continuing eastward.
The pursuers arrived at Ft. Wayne
Sunday evening. The police at that
city learned that the thief drove with
the stoleis outfit through Fit. Wayne
at abut 1000 Sunday morning. A
farmer was located who saw the fell
low driving in on the Illinois road
and on West Main street. The farmer
paid no attention to the man, how
ever, and did not notice which way
he went The fellow was a young
man and wore light hat. He drove
bay mare and top buggy which
fitted the description of the stolen
outfit to nicely.
Shortly after the man was seen at
Fort Wayne Sheriff ,Grice and the
police were notified to be on the look
out for him and hurried search of
livery stables and feed barns was
made Sheriff Grice finally received
a tip that the fellow had been seen
driving to the northeast of the city,
in the direction of Hicksville, and he
chartered an automobile about o.
clock in the afternoon and started in
pursuit
The officers from Plym ruth who
started on the trail of the thief were
Deputy Fred Schroeder and Mr.. Will
liam F.. Ormond, who is an officer of
the anti-horsethief association. When
they reached Columbia City they
hired an automobile and drove to Ft
Wayne
At Fort Wayne they telephoned to
Sheriff Voreis, telling him of their
progress Voreis answered that they
should follow the thief to Cleveland,
if necessary.
Following an unsuccessful attempt
to head off the thief who stole horse
and buggy in this place Saturday
night charges were made Tuesday by
the local authorities to the effect that
horse thieves are being protected and
harbored in Fort Wayne and Allen
county, Indiana, and Allen county, o.
The horse stolen here Saturday night
was traced through Warsaw and Co
lumbia City to Fort Wayne where
It completely disappeared, the owner
and a deputy sheriff being unable to
locate it Sunday or Monday. The
same thing has occurred several times
recently.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Missionary Society Convention,

The Ladies Home Missionary So
ciety of the South Bend district of
the M. f. church, comprising over
thirty churches, convened at the
Methodist church in this city at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. A large
number of delegates from all parts
of the district are in attendance. Only
routine business was transacted Tues
day afternoon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
New Rules for Board of Health.

DR.. J. S. Martin, secretary of the
local board of health, has received
additional rules from the state board.
They direct that cases of typhoid
fever and consumption shall be re-
ported to the local secretary, and that
chickenpox and whooping cough shall
be placarded although the residences
will not be quarantinej.
Another new regulation directs that
the coroner shall .ause any body that
has been inferred without permit 20
be exhumed and hold an inquest.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Pennsy Florists Getting Busy.

The Pennsylvania Company has
started out its horticulturist cars
over the different systems placing
the bulbs and seeding itk garden
spots along the route. Wednesday the
car of Superintendent R. w. Hutchin-
son, of Sewickley, Pa, started with
five men in charge on its way east
from Chicago. The car was dubbed
"Posy."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Express Companies Enjoined.

Federal Judge Kohlsaat of Chicago,
Wednesday granted a temporary in
junction restraining express compan-
les from carrying merchandise free
of charge for agents, officers or fam
lilies of the same or of other lines,
which is said to be in violation of the
Hepburn law. District Attorney Sims
asked the injunction for the govern
mcnt.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Honor for Editor Darling.

Hon. u. S. Jackson, Democratic
state chairman, has honored Harry
B. Darling of LaPorte by writing
that he has placed Mr.. Darling on
the list of Democrats state orators
for the coming campaign and that the
speakers bureau has some splendid
assignments for him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Valparaiso City Council Outlaws Last
Two Saloons

The city council of Valparaiso
Tuesday night passed an ordinance
defining the residence and business
district of the city. thereby killing the
last two saloons and making the city
dry" for the first time in its history.
The fight has been an extremely Bit
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Seven Young Men to be Ordained

On June 18th, Rt Rev. Bishop
Alerding will ordain to the priest
hood of the Catholic church seven
young men who will have completed
the prescribed course of study at that
time All will be assigned to work in
the diocese of Fort Wayne.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Mrs. Redd has Stroke of Paralysis.

Mrs. /. O. Redd, aged 80 years,
was stricken with paralysis at the
home of Ed Carpenter on West La
Porte street Monday evening. Mrs.
Redd is the mother of Mrs. c. c.
Durr and Mrs. Henry Hall and Prof.
D Frank Redd. formerly Of this city.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30

Homer Iced of Warsaw, son OF ia
cob Iced, residing northwest of this
CITY. and Miss Louisa Yoder of SYRIA
cuse. were married by Justice Young,
at his home Saturday evening. They
will reside at Warsaw.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Pierceton Record Sold.

Editor J. w. Pierce, of the Pierce
ton Record, has sold his paper to Mr..
Harris. Mr.. Pierce has purchased
the Clinton Ond) Republican.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-10-07
The Useful Hen.

Country constables who make
living arresting speeding automobiles
wouldn't have half so much trouble
stopping the scorchers If they used
little ingenuity" says one of the Of
tenders. Chains across the road and
moving vans blocking the highway are
all right to accomplish the purpose,
but they're cumbersome. My idea for
causing a prompt slow-up is to scatter
a Lot Of grain in road and turn "a lot
of hens loose They would block the
road all right, and if there's one thing
that will make chauffeur slow up it's
a hen. Dogs are bad enough, but a
hen always runs the wrong way and
il the machine is going at any speed
usually ends up under the wheels. Hit
ting hen will sometimes throw the
front wheels out of line and cause the
car to swerve, SO drivers almost inva-
riably slow UP and give poultry a
chance to get out of the way. A hen
speed trap is a great idea, to my way
of thinking, and, Of course, if one Of
the birds were killed the cost could
easily be added to the drivers fine"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-10-07
All saw to Dogs Comfort.

Is II possIble-can 1t be possible
that Washington has bad name in
the south with respect to its treatment
Of dogs? OF course In the south there
are-according to perfectly unreliable
statisticsv-14 hound dogs TO every
square foot Of territory, and If they all
were muzzled- according to the same
statistics-'twould take the leather
and hide output Of the entire middle
west for three years.
But to the point. A newspaper man
was down in the freight yards of the
Union station just the other day and
passed a baggage car in which was
boz with a Slated front containing
two handsome collie dogs the kind
one sees in Landseers paintings. The
box was addressed to New York and
had been shipped from a North Caro-
lima point. Tackled on the front of the
box was a<placard containing a crude
Iy printed sign which read:
when we're in Washington please
give us drink of water. We won't
bite YOU
] wonder If that was a siur on the
town? But however II was intended,
the suggestion was most efficacious.
Hardly man, woman or child passed
that crate and saw the sign without
stopping TO peer in and note If the
tin pan in one corner had plenty of
water in it, Washington Post.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-10-07
FROM ALL OVER THE UNION.
Washington Apartment Houses Con-
tain a Cosmopolitan Crowd.

''Iiow many states are represented
in the roster of the occupants of the
house?" the clerk at one of the big
gest Washington apartment houses
was asked, and the reply was: 1T
would be much easier to tell how
many are not We have them from
nearly every state in the union"
A mere categorical elaboration of
this assertion would be uninteresting.
1t is enough to say that one of the big
apartment houses numbers among its
occupants, when congress is in SEES
sion, both senators from Idaho, a sena-
tor from Oregon, a senator from Cali
fornia, representatives from Pennsyl-
vania, West Virginia and Ohio, the
secretary of the French legation and
scores of other persons equally as di:
Versified with respect to residential
antecedents. Another has a senator
from Colorado, senator from Mis-
souri,, and representatives from the
following states: Ohio, Texas, Colo
RADIO, Missouri, Florida, Indiana North
Carolina New York, Illinois and Min
nesota, as well IS the counsel Of lega-
tion of Colombia and other people, Of
fetal and unofficial, from north. south,
east and west. Another apartment
house contains two legations, those
Of Guatemala and Panama, the coun-
selor of the Japanese embassy, a SEN
ator from Maryland, one from Utah,
and representatives from Illinois, New
York, Ohio and Nebraska. The Chilean
and Venezuelan legations are in apart
ment houses, and nearly a score of
diplomats have residences in apart
ment houses. Statesmen as rarely find
themselves neighbors with others
from their own state as do people not
in public life.
Whether the natives of various
states are distributed among the apart
ment houses in the same proportion
that they are distributed in the city
at large it is difficult to tell 1t is hard
enough to keep track of the number of
apartment houses, which are spring
ing up like mushrooms in various
parts Of the city and such a task is
hereby side-stepped, because there are
already figures enough in this article.
Mathematics give some people head
ache, and this is not a lesson. in arith-
metic.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-10-07
CANT LEARN IN SCHOOL

When the stomach is out Of order or
the bowels consiipated, a feeling Of
drowsiness and inactivity comes over
the body. The brain won't think, and
the body won't work. If it is child
who suffers in this way, it naturally
can't learn we'll in school, as it has no
inclination for study. Give the child
a dose Of Dr. CaldweIIs Syrup Pepsin
and YOU will soon find it wonderfully
improved and ultimately cured. Ii is
guaranteed to dowhat is claimed, and
if you want to tryit before buying, send
your address FOR free sample bottle
to Pepsin Syrup Co., 1l9 Caldwell
Bldg, Monticello, III. Il is sold BY all
druggist lat Soc and 81 bottle.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-10-07
Simple Remedy for Locklaw.

Cal Johnson, an old-time printer,
was in the city recently and claims to
have simple and effective cure for
lockjaw, one that never fails. Re
membering his boyhood days when the
rusty nail was always lying in wait
for the barefoot boy and serving as q
menace to all who attempted to pass
the summer months without shoes on
their feet, Mr.. Johnson thinks that his
advice may be of some use to the ia
theirs and mothers who still have bare
foot boys.
The remedy is to smoke the wound
caused by the rusty nail or other i'm
plement Of torture to the small boy,
with wooden cloth. Twenty minutes
with this kind Of treatment, it is said,
will take out the worst case of in
flammation and cause a speedy heal
ing Of the wound without disagreeable
results Kansas City Journal.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-10-07
AustraIia's villa Oysters.

Oysters are sometimes regarded as
dangerous but they are not usually
considered savage. A Queensland
Judge, however, has decided that they
are wild beasts. Before royal com
mission on the pearling industry,
which has been sitting at Brisbane, a
witness stated that eight years ago he
had laid 100000 shells in the neigh
borhood Of Friday island, The Jap
anese stole the shells, and the district
court judge held that as pearl shell
oysters were wild animals there was
no penalty for stealing them. 4