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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
Thinks Woman's Suffrage in America
Certain

Predicting that woman's suffrage is
bound to come in America. Mrs. Cob
den Sanderson, the English suffra-
gette," sailed for home Saturday. AT
ter investigating the movement in the
United States Mrs. Sanderson said
she did not believe that the move
-ment could be checked. because it
had gained such an impetus. MY
"trip To America" she said, "has
shown me that the best women in
America are making valiant efforts in
the movement for woman's suffrage
By the best women | mean the wom-
en- of the working classes. | do not
mean the women of the upper classes,
because the latter are indifferent to
the work. They are comfortable
themselves and care little for others
though there are some exceptions.
"The chief obstruction here is the
indifference of the upper classes, but
that can be overcome. The chief OBJ
struction in England is the politicians
| think, however, that womans sui
frage in England will be an accomp
lished fact in FIVE years. shall only
come to his country when | am
voter N my own country. | should
be ashamed to do so before"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
Agent Urges Commercial Relations
With Colombia.

A report on trade conditions IN
Colombia by Charles NJ Pepper,
special agent of the Department OF
Commerce and Labor, has been issu-
ed by the bureau of manufacturers.
The importance of establishing init
mate commercial relations with Col
ombia. the nearest South American
neighbor of the United States, is
strongly presented The great nat
ural wealth OF the country in soil
forests and mines has not been dis
tributed largely on account OF lack oi
transportation facilities. but active
efforts are in progress to remedy this
condition by constructing railroads
which will icireate large demand
for railroad materials. The classes
of foods to be exchanged for the nat
ural products of Colombia include
many articles manufactured in the
United States. particularly farm Inn
plements The market requirements
are explained and information fur
nished regarding commercial and in
dustrial conditions which should be
helpful to Americans in establishing
and extending trade with Colombia
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
War Scene in Italy.

News of the Abyssinian rising
against the Italians on SomaEland
has created a veritable panic in the
Quirinal. The government has by
no means forgotten the crushing de-
feat of its army by King Menelik's
forces in 1896, as a result OF which
Italy was compelled TO surrender all
the territory south of the March,
Belesa and Muna rivers to the ma
tives, and the hint of friction with
Abyssinia instantly creates furry
of alarm
from the embassy at Adds Abadan-
elik's capital, it will not be definite
ly known whether the king himself
ordered the Somaliland hostilities.
Lugh, the furthermost Italian post
in the interior, is not held by agree
ment with Menelik, who considers
it within his territory, but under a
treaty with the sultan OF the terri
tory, according to the latter's view
The Official statement is, however.
happened at Lugh, is that the .own
was captured by force of 2O0O
Abyssinians and that all Of the garri-
son Who survived the battle were put
to death Lugh was held by body
Of only 125 natives under Capt. Boti
giovanni.
The official statement is, however,
that the garrison, though beseiged
is holding it's own.
1t is conceded that the surrounding
country, IN which there were many
Italian traders was swept by the na-
tive forces; that the settlers property
was conhscated; that a number were
killed and that. the rest have beer
made prisoners.
While the Italian squadron in the
Red sea has been ordered at once to
protect the coast towns, it is conced-
ed that the situation in the interior
will be desperate in the event of war
fare The garrisons there do not ex-
ceed 1000 men, all natives with the
exception of the officers. Lugh IS 81
days march from the coast.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
Hits Child With Hammer.

With their thro-ts cut from ear to
ear, Mrs. JamesJ Valentine and her
six-year-old child are lying at the
point of death at Brokaw hospital at
Bloomington, ILL.,. Mrs. Valentine
in fit of insanity Friday morning.
during the absence Of her husband
from the house attacked the baby. boy
with keen razor. She cut his hroat
and slashed his face and head. OBJ
serving that the infant was still
breathing, the insane mother seized a
hammer and dealt it crushing blow
over the head. fractpring the skull
Mrs. Valentine then turned upon her
self and cut her own throat from ear
to ear Neighbors attracted by the
screams of the child, rushed in and
overpowered the frenzied woman.
She has been in poor health and des-
pondent
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
Warsaw Threatens War.

Mayor c. A. Rigdon of Warsaw,
has set about to devise some plan to
force the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company to give Warsaw a fiat g
cent a mile rate to and from Chi
cago. He has received information
to the effect that such a condition
has been brought about at South
Bend and has written Mayor Fogarty
of South Bend, for information. May
or Rigdon proposes to force the
Pennsylvania company to cut the
speed of its eighteen-hour Chicago
New York flyer down to six miles an
hour through the city of Warsaw,
and to cut the speed of all other fast
trains unless the people get 'he same
consideration by the Pennsylvania
company as is given the people of
South Bend by the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern and Grand Trunk
railroad companies.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
PLEA FOR TRAIN SERVICE.
Rochester Interests Taken Up by In
dianapolis Commercial Bodies.

Representatives of the Board OF
Trade, the Merchants Association
and the Indianapolis Manufacturers
Association met with the members of
the committee on city interests of the
Commercial club at Indianapolis
Wednesday by invitation OF the COM
nttee. to discuss the matter of i'm
proved train service on the Lake Erie
& Western for Rochester, Ind.
The meeting had resulted from the
following petition, signed by num-
Der of business and professional men
of Rochester, which had been receiv-
ed by the Commercial Club: Gentle
men-As the Lake Erie & Western
Railway company has taken off the
morning and evening trains in and
out of this city, thus making it inn
possible 10 get to and from your city
in oneday trip, we appeal to you to
help impress upon the l.. T. & W.
management TO do something for
Rochester train service that will en-
able us to get to your city and home
in one day. Otherwise we will be
compelled to shift our business from
Indianapolis to Chicago. where we
have convenient train service
1t was decided that the following
committee be appointed to call on
officials of the l.. +. & w. to ask for
better service between Rochester and
Indianapolis; Hiram Brown, chair
man OF the committee on city inter-
ests and chairman Of the special COM
mi,tee; w. J. Mooney, representing
the Commercial Club; John S. Lazar-
US. representing the Board of Trade !;
w z. Balch, representing the Mer-
chants Association, and +. II. Davis,
representing the Indianapolis Manu-
facturers' Observation-Disclosures
News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
Pay of Road Supervisors.

James Bingham Attorney General,
has given a number OF opinions re-
Gently, in which he holds that road
supervisors will not receive the in
creased pay provided by the last Leg
islature for services rendered pre-
viously to the second Saturday after
the first Monday in December of last
year The law enacted by the last
Legislature provides that road super
visors shall be erected once each two
years on the second Saturday after
the first Monday in December This
law also provides that the pay Of road
supervisors shall be So day, inste I'd
of $3.50, and that the maximum per-
iod OF service each year shall be six
~ days, instead OF forty days.
This new law has looked good
to some of the supervisors who were
in the service from the time the law
was enacted until the time for cleo
tion last December. They believed
that they should receive the increased
pay for his time and scores OF re-
quests for opinion have been received
by the Attorney-General Mr.. Bing-
ham holds that that part of the law
relating to increased pay would orc
into effect simultaneously with that
Il
in December and, therefore, that the
supervisors would not be entitled &c
the increased pay for work done re
viously to the election in December
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
MANY PROMINENT MEN TO
SPEAK FOR WATERWAYS.
Program for Meeting to Organize In
diana Branch of the Rivers and
Harbors Congress.

Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 21
and 22, the state convention to or
ganize the Indiana branch of the Riv-
ers and Harbors Congress was
held in the Board OF Trade Assembly
Hall at Indianapolis The program
has been prepared, and is in the
hands OF The printer.
The convention opened promptly
at $50 o'clock Wednesday morning,
with Henry Rosenberg, vice presi-
dent for Indiana, presiding Rabbi
NJ. NJ Feurlicht opened with
prayer. During the sessions ad-
dresses will be made by Governor
Hanly, Thomas A. Sims, John w.
Kern, Joseph f. Ransdell, president
National Rivers and Harbors Con
giess; ]. +. Ellison, secretary Nation
al Rivers and Harbors Congress
Joseph l.. Vance, president of the
Ohio Valley Impi ovement Associa-
ton; Albert Battinger of Cincinnati;
Congressman J. A. NJ Adair of Port
land; Thomas R. Shipp, secretary In
ternational Waterways Commission;
"a B. Mailing of Chicago; Perry A.
Randall of Fort Wayne; Henry War
run, Frank O. Fitton S A. Thomp-
son and M Fl. Freeman of Indian
apolis.
Tuesday evening an Illustrated lee
ture was delivered by o. p Austin
chief OF the Bureau of Statistics at
Washington The lecture is free On
Wednesday Frank B. Posey of Ev-
ansville will speak, also Congressman
W. E. Cox, Prof R. L. Sackett of
Purdue, Charles f. collars of Chi
cago, Frank B. Taylor and Charles
S Bash of Ft Wayne and Horace
Starr OF Richmond.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
DEMONSTRATORS
in CENTER TIP.
ANT I--SALOON MOVEMENT
STARTS AT INWOOD, TO
MAKE TOWNSHIP DRY.
WILL NOT AFFECT
PLYMOUTH.

The liquor demonstrators have at
last started to work in this town
ship. Their efforts are directed
against Edward Brown of Inwood.
The saloon at Inwood is the only
one in the township, outside OF the
city of Plymouth 1t will be neces-
sary to obtain the n;.mes OF the ma
jority of the voters in the townsh p,
in order to put this one Saloon out of
business.
The cause for the dry movement an
Inwood, Is said to the demorallZed
way in which the wet goods are dis
posed of there A resident OF
that town says that Il is almost inn
possible for lady to go through the
streets after night Without being ac-
costei or insulted. Liquor has been
sold to young boys, and has been the
cause of many rows and drunken
lights
Among the remonstrance workers
are Edward Burden and Chas. Ger
ard. both we'll known in this town
snip So far they have been very
successful. 1t is said they have OBJ
tained the signatures of every farmer
on the Michigan road from Plymouth
to the Walnut township line.
There are 141S voters in this town
snip, and it will thus be necessary
for the demonstrators to obtain 710
signatures.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
CHARGED WITH
HORRIBLE CRIME
JOHN H. FLETCHER, OF TIPPE-
CANOE. CHARGED WITH IN
CEST, BY HIS MARRIED
DAUGHTER.

The most dastardly crime that has
been committed in this county for
several years, is charged against John
II Fletcher, aged 40 years, of Tippe-
canoe township. His seventeen year
old married daughter, stands as has
accuser, to the awful crime of incest.
The complaint was made by the
girls husband, Boyd E. Boyce. His
girl wife had come to him and pour
ed out her miserable tale and the out
ragged husband instead of taking the
law in his own hands. as many would
have done, has determined to put this
beast of father behind prison walls
where he belongs.
The charge was. fled with Prose-
cutor Molter Monday. Tuesday
morning Constable Miles and Deputy
Sheriff Shredder drove to Tippecanoe
and arrested Fletcher and supoenaed
Mr. and Mrs. Boyce to appear against
him that afternoon. The hearing was
held Tuesday afternoon
The girl testified that her father
had illicit relations with her but few
days after her marriage, which was
on Sept. 9, 1907.
Justice Unger found the evidence
sufficient and bound Pletcher over to
circuit court, and affixed his bond at
$4,000.
Fletcher is brutal looking fellow,
and does not seem much disturbed.
He asked the officers who arrested
him, what the penalty would be, and
has practically admitted his guilt. The
case will probably be tried during
the February term If convicted has
penalty will be from d 81 years in
states prison, or 6 months to years
in the county jail
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
Republicans Plead Guilty.

Charles A. Davis, ex-county com
missioner from the Middle district
(Goshen), and Francis E. Berlin
county commissioner from the South
ern district. appeared before Judge
Dodge in the Elkhart circuit court
Saturday and entered a plea of guilty
to the grand jury indictments charg
ing them with having illegally allow
ed bills.
They were each fined in the sum o.
$50 which with the costs figures $637:
each. They Immediately settled will
the county clerk and this ends tn,
prosecution of the commissioners fol
careless business transactions, except
ing the case against ]. H. Canon
commissioner from the Northern dis
trict (Elkhart), which will be con
tesed.-Warsaw Union.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
Bound to a Tombstone by Hazers;
Death Follows.

AS a result of exposure while being
h1zed by fellow s'udents when at
te nding Rose polytechnic institute at
Terre Haute, Ind. two years ago,
William KEEPER, Jr., of Louisville,
KY, 90 years of age, died at San An
tonic, Tex. His father was on his
way TO Texas at the time and did not
learn OF his sons death until his ar
rival there.
KEEPER was a student at Louis
Vile training school from which after
being graduated, he went to Rose. He
was an athlete at the local school and
entered the freshman class at col
lege in the engineering course, with
bright scholastic and athletic pros
poets.
While studying in his room he was
set upon by masked students, who
carried him to a cemetery and tied
him with his back to a tombstone!
KEEPER took the matter in good part,
but made the request that his over
coat be given to him. The others
rolled UP his coat collar, but left him
on the chilly ground and so securely
fastened that he could not even move
his chilled arms and legs. Thus he
was found by the sexton on the fol-
lowing morning completely exhaust
ed.
For two weeks afterward he had a
severe cold which developed into
pneumonia and he was taken home
He never recovered his strength and
was unable to return to school At
ter being an invalid for more than a
year tuberculosis developed and he
was sent to the southwest, leaving
Louisville, KY, on New Years day.
He grew rapidly worse and died at
San Antonio after having been forced
to abandon plan to go to ColWado.
KEEPER was feet inches indeight
and before his severe hazing was in
perfect physical condition He play
ed full back on a local eleven and is
remembered as a star player behind
the line He>did not tell of the haz-
| ing or make any public matter of it
until taken Ill with pneumonia.
His parents have observed his ear
nest request that no trouble be made
for the thoug'htless fellow students
who caused his illness and death
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
An Old Fashioned Political Year.

We are in January now-and the
month is going fast. Business, even
spring business, is not likely to re.
ceive great attention so we S all
have political year-which has al
ready begun-as lively as any presi-
dental year in long time, If pres
ent signs come to fruition. Politics
is engaging the attention OF both
press and people. What with the
meeting of committees, the fixing of
convention dates. the efforts of indi-
vidual candidates on both sides, there
will be ample occupation for the great
pastime which is, said to be ours pre-
eminently. One thing seems at this
early stage to be feature common
to the affairs of both parties, that it
is with some qualifcstion) a free
for-all-race in the sense at least that
it has not been for years. And this
is said in the face Of the belief that
Bryan is as good as nominated on
the Democratic side. There rises Wis
IDLY sometimes spirit that there
may be others, and SO the Denver
convention (although the presump-
ton is still in favor of Bryan) may
not. after all, be merely recording
machine to register cut and dned re-
suits.
On the Republican side there is,
of course, ain open contest and free
course. The formations have not all
been made; none for the matter OF
that. But the point is that the situa-
ton is such that events seem likely
10 crystalline naturally and the Chi
cago meeting be in fact an entry of
several men with any one OF whom
the party may feel that it can go be-
fore the counry. On both sides he
situation is still in the early formative
stage, but the Republicans at least
have not reached the condition in
which there is presumption OF one
against the field. AS the months
late winter and early spring come on
we shall see the various eleme.' IS
grouping in the fight for position
combinations forming and all of the
exercise of free political conditions
which il is the American boast are
freest among us of all peoples. 1t is
this formative and developing stage
that gives interest to these early po-
htical movements and promises q
presidential year of politics of 'he
old fashioned kind.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
Japanese to Build US. Forti6cations;

The War Department has not been
informed as yet of the reported with
holding of the contract for the con-
struction of Notifications in Hawaii
for the alleged reason that the Jap
anese were really the lowest bidders
Investigation at Washington shows
that only limited amount of fortif-
cation work is now in progress there
and the officials see no reason why
any line should be drawn on account
of the nationality of those who are to
do this work, the nature of which can
not be concealed so that they would
hesitate before they rejected the low
est bid on that account.
The principal work now on hand in
Hawaii consists in the construction
of two sets of mortar batteries for
which Congress has specifically ap-
propriated $3OO,OO0 One of these bat
teries is at Diamond Head, the great
promontory commanding the en-
trance to the harbor at Honolulu, and
the other on the point at the entrance
to Pearl Harbor. In addition to
these large works there are some rife
gun replacements near quarantine and
along the water fornt of Honolulu.
This years estimates contemplate
the expenditure of $1,11O,OOO to per-
feet the fortific ations of the Sand
wich Islands, and for that amount it
is said an impregnable naval base
will be established on the Island OF
Oahu The breakwater is under con-
struction in Hdlo bay. on the island
Of Hawaii, but as this is not complete
yet, Honolulu and Port Harbor are
the only harbors which now could be
used by naval vessels
With a full comprehension of the
fact that the Japanese immigration
question is being made an important
issue in the political campaign now
in progress in Japan and conse-
quent desire to avoid in any way en-
barrassing the Saitnaji ministry and
perhaps causing its overthrow at the
approaching election. the State De-
partment is resolutely declining tc
publish any information respecting
the progress of the negotiations with
Japan on that subject
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
RICNEY IS GUILTY
DEPUTY GAME WARDEN rs
FINED $2s FOR TRESPASS.
WILL BE MORE CASES.
PROBABLY COUNTER
CHARGES.

The farmers of this county who
have been showing resentmeni
against the deputy fish commissioner.
and game wardens for numerous ar
rests, made in this vicinity, wer,
treated to piece of sweet revenge
when Deputy Game Warden John
Rigrey of Goshen, was found guilty
of malicious trespass on the propert,
of John Kaufman, by jury in JUS
tice Unger's court, Thursday evening
1t has been estimated that several
hundred dollars has been collected
from persons in this county, mostly
farmers, for violations of what are
considered unjust fish and game laws
This charge was that on Decem-
Der 3, Floyd Kaufman and a friend
were hunting rabbits in North town
ship. While hunting. deputy warden
Rigdney and Chas. Miles drove up
and Miles alighted from the buggy
and proceeded IN the direction OF
Kaufman, calling to the latter to
stop. Instead Kaufman became
frightened and fed, leaving behind a
shot gun, a bag containing three rab-
bits and ferret Miles fired a pistol
shot at Kaufman and then appropri-
ated the gun and rabbits John Kauf-
man, the father of the lad, finally sue
ceeded in finding the gun, and
brought charge of trespass against
Rigdney, for damage suffered by loss
of the rabbits
This case is the second of series
which have been filed againt the dep
uty game wardens, and local person
ages who have been aiding them.
The first case against Rigney for
hunting on the property of An -ew
Thayer without permission, resa.,ed
in disagreement of the jury. This
case will be given another trial. The
second charge. filed by John Kauf-
man, against John Rigney for malic-
ious trespass on his premises, result
ed in finding the defendant guilty.
A case against VIM. Ormond for
hunting without permission, has been
set for JAM 18th, and another against
Deputy warden Stoneberger, will be
heard on Jan. 9th.
John Rigney has taken an appeal
from the Justice cour- decision, to
the circuit court
fhe jury on the frespass case was
out from $50 until $50 Thursday ev-
ening, when they returned with a
verdict of guilty. A fine of 50 was
assessed, which with costs will
amount to about $2s.
The jurymen were: Clarence Slay-
ter, Morris Agler, James DeLoney,
Chas. Mclaughlin, John Cullen,
Samuel Gretzinger, VIM. McDuffy,
Daniel Wiltrout, Corey North, Sam
uel Mcdonald, Edwin Gibson, and
John Freed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
Depository Law Ruling.

A decision on one phase of the new
depository law was rendered at
Bloomfield Thursday afternoon by
Special Judge Henry W. Moore. OF
that city, who was appointed to try
the case of the Bloomfield State Bank
against the boards of finance of the
townships of Beech Creek, Jackson.
Cass, Taylor and Fairplay The bank
filed its bid, together with bond,
according to law with each of the
boards named on the day they had
advertised to receive bids, but no
parts of the funds was awarded the
bank. Suit was therefore brought to
determine whether the boards of fl
nance OF townships not having bank
ing institutions can discriminate
among a number OF banks bidding for
funds. Judge Moore's decision was as
follows:
When two or more banks OF adj
joining townships apply to become
repositories of the public funds of a
township having no banking institu-
tions. the board of finance OF the
township having no banking institu-
tions is not entitled under the law to
show any discrimination or partiality
among the proposing banks in the es-
tablishment of public repositories
There is no discretion on this pro-
posal, but in the deposting of the
township money and the maintaining
of the deposits in the banks which
have been made public repositories
there may be discretion based on
business economy and practicability.'