Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 183, Hammond, Lake County, 22 January 1907 — Page 1

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TUG WEATHER. Fair and colder tonights' ntiilmnm ton! ght about ero Wednesday lair and Circulation ioi Yesterday 0 1 VOL. 1, NO. 183. NIGHT EDITION. HAMMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1907. ONE GENT PER COPX GREAT BRITAIN CRUSHED AC RUNS SCHOOL IT SIETTEII'S 'A

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Drink-Crazed Han, After Attacking Inmates of Wolters - Home, Pays 'Visit to Miss Symmes Principal Holds Her Own Until Help Arrives.

A man who was made violently lnUni) from drink terrorized the whole neighborhood of the Lincoln school t...t.rii'iv sfturnnon and. after breakv . Ing Into the home of Mrs. Rosle Welt ers in Cameron street and attacKing three terrified women who happened to be there, he went across Qostlln ; street and entered the Lincoln school building. Frightened by a wild-eyed, blood-covered maniac, all of the pupils and teachers, with the exception of plucky Miss Symmes, principal of the chool, sought refuge on the upper , Door of the building. ' The maniac was Joe Koplnske, who claimed to be from South Chicago. He seemed to be suffering from the hallucination that every door he approach1 ed was the door to his room and he proceeded to assert his supposed right to the premises. He was first noticed prowling about the back yard of the home of Mrs. Rosie Wolters, who lives a few houses north of Ooetlln street in Cameron street. At the time Mrs. Wolters was entertaining as callers Mrs. Minnie Hatkley and her daughter, Melie Harkley. The woman saw that the man looked peculiar and Immediately locked the doors. Break Into the House. It was not long before the fellow was pounding at the door to the summer kitchen and the three women with a half dozen terrified children, were huddled inside, wondering what would happen next. The man first suceeded in breaking the hook that held the storm door and then he threw himself with all his ! night against the door to the kitchen. - The first push broke the lock from the ; door and the man man rushed in upon the- frightened women. The man yelled: "This i3 my house; get out of here, you ." J Mrs. Minnie Harkley is a little woman

1 not over five feet high, but she is ' ' brave and seeing that the lives of the ',. childrnt were endangered and that the era?y man might do her bodily Injury, " ehe grappled .with him. ' . l - , -"'f.-rft "" fnr

a few moments and then Melie Harkley, ' her daughter. Jumped into the fight to help her . mother. The man fought her , with desperation and succeeded in getting both hands in her hair while she was 'upper cutting" him in the face. Beats Hint With Poker and Broom. , At this time Mrs. Wolters had sent the children to a place of safety and. seising a broom, she at once attacked the man with a vengeance. The blows she rained on the maniac's head caused him to release his hold on Melie's hair and the latter immediately grabbed a i poker and went after him. By this time Mrs. Wolters had succeeded in breaking from a clincli and , managed to get hold of a piece of slag that happened to be In the house. With this new and more effective weapon she again resumed her attack upon the man. The first blow ripped open Kopinske's scalp and in a few more minutes he had been given all he wanted of the fight. DOCTORS HEBE Will Entertain Prominent Physicians from Nearby Cities at Banque mm isra lecture Secretary of the State Board of Health Will Talk On Consumption at Towles. FREE LECTURE TOXIGir; There will be a free lecture tonight nt 7:30 o'clock at Towle's opera house by Dr. J. X. Hiirty, secretary of the Mate board of health. The subject Mill be Tuberculosls, I Consumption) Its Prevention and Cure." The lecture will be Illustrated by a fine lot of stereoptlcan iew and will prove Interresting and Instructive to all. The annual meeting of the Lake County Medical society i3 being held i in Hammond today and the program is an elaborate one. There are visiting physicians of prominence from several of the cities of northern Indiana and Dr. J. N. Hurty of Indianapolis, of the state board of health, will lecture at two meetings -and la to be one of

He broke away from the three women and fled out the back door into the street. The children, who had up to this time, been frightened into si

lence, now all cried aloud and 'or a time pandemonium reigned in th Wolters household. I Bloody Visitor Arrives. ' Kopinske, bleeding profusely from his wounds, walked across the street to the Lincoln school building and there, as usual, he thought he was at the door of his room and walked in. Ha was met in the hall by the principal, Miss Symmes. who saw at a glance that she had a bad customer to deal with and with great presence of mind, acted accordingly. The pupils and the other teachers left their rooms and fled to the upper rooms of the building for safety. Miss Symmes retained her composure in spite of the fact that the blood-covered man -was a sight to strike terror into the heart of any one. "Where are you going?" she asked. "This is my house and I want all of you people to get right out," said the man, determinedly. Miss Symmes did the only thing possible under the circumstances. She laughed. The man looked perplexed. "Sprechen sie Deutch?" asked Miss Symmes. Then Koplnske started to Jabber in his own language. Several other questions were put to him and served to divert his attention, and in the meantime the other teachers and the children sought places of safety on the top floor of the building. Help 'omen at I. Hut. After what seemcrt to be an age to Miss Symmes, in which the maniac became more and more threatening in his manner, three men, J. C. Caldwell, John Powell and John Davis, the mail carrier, entered thev building. Seeing Miss Symmes' predicament they at once attempted to put Koplnske out. A hard struggle followed in which Mr. Davis was struck in the face and the other men were more or less pummeled. The police were called and Of ficer Hanlon and Captain Austgen re sponded. They took, the man in charge and started to tow him to the police station. They had not gone far when their prisaiier-balked-n& .rtwa seen that it would be useless to at tempt to drag him-all the way to the station. Tragedy was turned into comedy when the officers of the metropolitan police force of Hammond, Ind., had to bundle their prisoner into a passing garbage wagon for the want of a pa trol wagon. Thus was the prisoner ignominously conveyed to the city bastile, to the in tense mortification of a number of public spirited onlookers who take pride In Hammond as a metropolitan city. a nigm in jau was sumcient to sober Joe Kopinskt considerably and this morning he was taken before Judge McMahon charged with assault and battery. He was found guilty and was fined $25 and costs, amounting to $37.50. Friends from South Chicago were noti ned or his predicament and came to Hammond this morning and paid his fine. the speakers at the banquet this even ing. This afternoon Dr. Hurty will lecture to the school teachers of the county on "The Early Recognition of Acute Diseases in Children" and at 7:30 p. m there will be' a" free lecture at Towle's opera house on the subject, "Tubercu losis, its prevention and Cure." The fight that is being made against the "white plague" is a matter that is interesting every one and it is the pur pose of the members of the medical profession in Lake county In bringing this well known authority to Ham mond to educate the public in the latest methods of preventing and cur ing this disease. lne stereoptican views will show views of the tuberculosis camps In the various parts of the country and will picture the mthods of taking the open air treatment that is coming to be considered the only real cure for con sumption. After the lecture at Towles the Lake county doctors and their invited guests will attend a banquet that is to he given the medical society at Lashe's hotel on State street. Dr. II. l. starrer will be , toast master and the list of toasts is as fol lows: "The Lake County Medical Society," by Dr. Howat of Hammond. "The Indiana -and American associa tion," by D. J. Loring of Valparaiso and J. Clarence Webster of Chicago. uur uuesi, vy r-. j. thinks o Michigan City, and M. W. Bacon o Chicago. The Press ana Physicians," by Percy A. Parry of Hammond, and E. H Farr of .Whiting. "Our Victims, the Public," by A. M Turner. "Sanitation as an Economic Prob lem," by Dr. J. X. Hurty of Indianap oils. "The Physicians out of the Society, by Dr. K. M. Shanklin of Hammond "The Ladies," by Judge II. B. Tuthill of Michigan City. CIGAR FACTORY FOR HAMMOND. George Thomen. a cigar manufacturer of Crown Point, was in Hammond yesterday and while here looked over the city for a suitable location for his cigar factory.. He said by. Feb. 1 he Intends to b$ located la Hammond. ..

Death is working overtime on all the '.;-' HOW SHALL afJDGE BE ESTABLISHED? Bar Association After De bate, Appoints Committee to Look Up the Law. In the event of a continuous session of the superior court being established In Hammond and the provision being that It open some time next Sep tember, will the judge of this court be appointed by the governor, or shall he be elected by the people at a special election? That was the question that took up several hours time of the North Township Bar association, which met last evening in the superior court building to discuss a bill providing for contlnu- ... . A A 1 4.1-. ous session and wmen is to iane me place of the one which was first intended to be introduced. The meeting last night was presided over by City Judge W. W. . JdcAianon. Attorney Peter Crumpacker moved that the chair appoint additional members to the so-called "old committee," and this this committee drart a bill which shalf provide for a continuous session of the court in Lake county and also for a superior circuit to be established between Valparaiso and Michigan City, allowing each city five weeks to a term, of which there shall be rour. This motion was heartily seconded and Immediately a few. amendments to the motion were offered, one being that the Lake county superior court open on the second Monday in September. Then arose the question over which those present argued for several hours. Th members present hesitated to definitely state that a Judge shall be established by special election, fearing that something will be found on the statute books that gives the governor power to appoint. The sentiment of the members Is, of course. for' an election. It Is well lrnnivn in Hammond that Governor Hanly has strong advisors here and that in case of an appointment he would be guided by these advisors. It was this knowledge that made one of those present last evening remark in a satirical way: "Of course, we want to take - as much as possible of the official burden from Governor Hanly's shoulders." No answer was made to the remark, unless the laugh that went around could be construed as sympathy with what the speaker had in mind. The committee appointed by Judge McMahon will look into the election question and report to the association tomorrow evening. CHUNG KEE 10 GOES TO CHINA. Chung Kee Lo. who has been running the Chinese restaurant in West State street, has sold out to another chop suey man from Chicago, whose name is King Hong Lo. Yesterday Chung Kee Lo left for San Francisco. Cal'., whence he will take a boat across to his home in. Canton. He expects to be gone about sis months.

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UNTY LINE Denials From Officials Will Not Down Traction Rumors. GARV ILL GET BENEFIT Construction Materials Being Purchased to Build Road from Michigan City to Chicago LaPorte, Jan. 22. While J. M. MoSmith of the Northern Indiana Railroad company continues to make de nial of the published statements that the system has been sold to the Murdock and McGowan interests, It is positively known here that negotia tions are now in progess looking to the purchase of immense consignments of construction material for the build ing of a Chicago extension westward froTti' Michigan City and touching Gary and' other Lake county towns. Simultaneous with this information corhes persistent rumors that the syn dicate is out to buy the road which the.Hanna syndicate is building from South. Bend to a terminal near Chicago. Credence is given the rumors from the fact that all railroad men agree that two lines, practically paralleling one another, cannot be operated successfully financially, and in the event a deal is made the Northern Indiana company or Murdock and McGowan Interests will come Into franchises already " required and will also have the advantage of having portions of the construction work well under way, the Hanna syndicate having been at work on the line from South Bend to Michigan City for a number of months. LaPorte to Connect by Spar. This fact would possibly permit of the construction and operation of the road - -from South Bend to Hammond before "the -close of the year. It is understood . here that LaPorte will have connection with the main line by the building of a spur to Rolling Prairie, a station on the Lake Shore about eight miles east of this city. The Murdocks are disposed to carefully guard their plans, but mcvements which have been made Indicate the purpose of the new .owners of -the Northern Indiana system to build a Chicago line, a link in a gigantic system which would give neatly every town of size in this section 'of the state communication with Indianapolis and other points south. If you hare anything to advertise, use the classified column of THE LAKS l CaUTT TIJiE53 Uses 10 cents

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"VOU AND I WILL GO TOJHE if' Attorney Ibach Threatens Otto Negele During Divorce Trial. "You had better not say that or you and I will go to the mat"' Such was the threatening statement made by Attorney J. G. Ibach to Otto Negele during the progress of the Negele divorce case this morning. Attorney Ibach, who represented Mrs. Negele in the divorce proceedings, had drawn an admission from Mr. Negele that he (Negele) had been in the habit at one time of giving out liquor for other than medicinal purposes. In admitting that he had been guilty of these practices in years past, Mr. Negele named Mr. Ibach as one to whom he had given a drink. Mr. Ibach resented the charge with the foregoing dramatic exclamation. He was called to order by the court The Negele divorce case has been on trial In the superior court since yes terday afternoon and will probably not be closed until late this evening. Otto Negele, who i3 well known in Hammond as the South Hohman street drug gist, is suing for divorce on the ground that it is impossible to live with his wife on account of her temper. Mrs. Negele has filed a cross-bill de nying all the charges against her and charging her husband with having an unruly temper and Quarreling with her when she remonstrated with him for giving away liquor for any other than medicinal purposes. Mr. Negele. was represented by Attor ney W. J. McAleer and Mrs. Negele by Attorney J. G. ' Ibach. In trying to bring out the evidence against the complaining druggist Attorney Ibach lead along the line that Negele was selling liquor contrary to the wishes of his wife and against the law. The plaintiff admitted having dealt out li quor to friends while campaigning for the nomination of coronership, bu since that time he had dropped the practice. When his own attorney, W. J McAlaer. asked Negele about the truth of the statement, he admitted It again and being asked for names, said that he had given liquor to Attorney Ibach himself, although this was years ago Mr. Ibach rose In his chair and said "You would better not say that or you and I will go to the mat." A word of ob jection from Judge Tuthill stopped any farther conversation along that lln and the nearmg proceeaea in a mos sensational manner. Attorney W. J. McAleer will go to In dianapolis this evening in order to at tend the session of the legislature to morrow. Mr. McAleer has quite a num ber of friends in both the house and the senate and he would like to e them in action. Incidentally Mr. Mc Aleer is also ln'.erestea in tne passag Of a number of bill and will see What proxx&as tnear are makins

Press, Public and Government Offer Profuse Apologies to Admiral Davis and the United States. May Be Recalled.

The world yesterday stood amazed at the news from Jamaica that United States Rear Admiral Davis and his men had been ordered from Jamaica by Sir James Alextnder Svvettenliam, governor of the Island. This almost incredible announcement was accompanied by the information that the admiral had withdrawn his warships and supplies from Kingston waters and had started for Guatananm. The news has shocked and outraged the entire civilized world. H seems almost too preposterous for belief that the kindly offices of the United States In carrying provisions and medical supplies to the inhabitants of the stricken city, and caring for their sick and injured have been met by insult and rebuff. Today the echoes of Governor Swettenham's rash discourtesy are reverberating throughout amazed civilization and it seems highly probable that the summary dismissal of the governor. "Jamaica Ginger" as he Is now called, will be the course adopted by his home government. Added to this thereseems no doubt that Great Britain will make the amend honorable to the United States by ample apology. The wires have been hissing since the news first gained currency, with indignant protest from London and elsewhere at the unwarranted conduct of the governor. From London comes the following: "Nothing in years has so galled Brit ish pride and self-respect as Governor Swettenham's letter to Hear Admiral Davis. It is not too much to say that there is a universal feeling of humiliation and shame throughout the country' at the knowledge that a British official could be guilty of such an exhi 05T LOSE Republicans Oppose Farber Anti-Lobby Bill"Realize Mistake in Time. HIE!! THEY GET 111 LINE When They See Their Own Measure Getting Democratic Support, They Rally Forces. (Special to Lake County Times). Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 22. It was only the quick-wittedness of two or three of the republican senators that prevented the democrats from gaining a political victory In -the senate yesterday afternoon, after a debate on the anti-lobby bill of Senator Farber that asted until after 6 o"clock In the af ternoon. The political advantage came from the report of the senate committee on the two anti-lobby bills mat were Introduced into the senate the one by Farber, republican, and the other by Slack, democrat. Both bills were re ported favorably to the senate. The Farber bill was read a second time and passed cn to third reading. Slack for Finishing Job. Then the favorable report of the committee on the Slack bill was taken Up. Alter an nour s aeuair, iuis ui" was killed, the senate voting to Indefinitely postpone it. ... . i . . . - . 1. 1 win Slack declared then that the senate . . . ,1 .1 . 1 ... V, 1 i.t, mlgllt JUSl as w en uu iuu rinc j'J u up, and postpone the Farber bill indefinitely, also. "The members of this senate are not going to pass an anti-lobby bill," said Senator Slack. "They passed the Far ber bill on to third reading, but not with any intention of passing the bill ultimately. The senate might Just as well dispose of the whole matter now, and kill the Farber bill." lie moved then to reconsider the vote whereby the Farber bilf was passed to third reading. An attempt to table this motion was lost, and the senate, determined to have the matter out, and determined as It seemed, then, to kill the Farber bill before adjournment, voted to reconsider the vote that passed the till on to third reading. Moves to Postpone Indefinitely. This vote being reconsidered, the bill stood as it came from the committee. Senator Roemler moved to postpone the bill indefinitely. The effort was made to table this motion, but It was unsuccessful. And the de bate took the form of speaking to the motion to postpone indefinitely. Roemler, E. E. Moore, Kittinger, Hugg, Forkner and others of the republicans supported the motion to post pone. Farber, Ganiard. Mattingly, Bland. Slack. Wood of Jackson, and others of the democrats opposed " to motion to postpone, and for over an hour the debate raged about this point.

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bition of caddishness and ingratitude. "Public sentiment Unds sufficient expression inthe press of all parties, but the printed comments are mild compared with the private denunciation of the governor heard, on all sides." Inland h Indignant. The attitude, of, the people of Kingston is reflected In the action of the mayor of that placn vho has wired Mayor MeClellan of New York for aid over Governor Swettenham's head. Dispatches from Kingston are la the

effect that both mayor and citizens of that city resented with the utmost indignation Gov. Kwetti'nham'i" letter and requested Admiral Davis to remain. The admiral, howevtr, replied that as a naval officer he was bound to respect the wishes of the supreme executive of the land. Swettenham's insulting letter was in reply to one written by Admiral Davis explaining that the Falute of guns fired In the governor's honor and' to which the latter had objected on the grounds that the noise was likely to frighten the already overwrought populace, was due to a misunderstanding of orders on the. part of his men. In the letter the admiral set forth what had been accomplished by his men In the way of relief and frustration of crime, on the part of looters, etc. The governor replied sarcastically intimating that the American was officious and discrediting what he and his men had done and to which reference had been made in Admiral Davis' letter. Swettenham plainly set forth that the city was quite equal to fh task of caring for itself. Further details in regard to the embrogllo will be found on another page of The Lake Countt Times. . . 4 Those opposing the motion to poa. pone placed their position on th.. grounds that such' a law would not hurt anyone, anyhow; that this law provided for publicity of all paid lobbyists, and that was what the state and general assembly wanted. . Those supporting the motion to kill tried 'ta ridicule the'bill out of the senate, Klt1 1 ngwr.ntA oderso!J.,l2aj!lngJji.the.f a.cetlousr rrrrarfcs;. that -were : made co'vcernJng' it. , . . ' ; ""'', '.Bill Gain Friends. As the debate progressed, however, the bill gained friends, and when, after a last effort of Roemler, the vote was taken on the motion to "postpone the bill, the vote, before it was announced,' stood nineteen in favor of the motion and twenty-seven against. And here was where the republican barely recovered. Most of the thirteen democrats had voted against the motion to postpone had voted to support the bill; had the vote been announced as It stood at the end of roll call, therefore, the democrats . could have rightfully claimed credit for having saved the anti-lobby bill. Hugg, Roemler and several other republican haw that point before the vote was announced, however, and there was a frantic effort made by the republican!! to be recoided as having opposed the motion. In all ten votes were changed, making the affirmative vote ten less and the negative vote ten greater, so ' that the final vote stood nine for postponement and thirty-seven against. The bill was passed to third reading, therefore.. It is not thought, however, that when the bill comes up for passage It will be passed.Insurance Men Heard. The Insurance men had a hearing be fore the Joint senate and the housj insurance committees last night. Tha insurance companies objected to lh power that the bill gave the commissioner. In Heu of the bill that Representative Babcock and Senator Farber introduced in the house and senate, the bill of the insurance companies wa presented today. Senator Beardsley presented it to the senate. This bill leaves the Insurance department In tha auditor of state's office. The BinghamTalcott contest Mas resumed at 9:3d this morning. WORK ON COAL STORAGE PLANT PROGRESSES STEADILt Concrete Foundation Is In and 350 Feet of Tunneling Completed Only Fifty Men at Work ow Dut 200 Will Be Engaged in Spring. Progress on the Erie coal storaga plant is slow but sure, under the direction of the Fairbanks-Morse com pany, who have charge of the work. The contractors have completed 359 feet of the underground tunneling and all of the concrete foundation. The new plant when completed will have a capacity of 300 tons per hour, which triples the present output of tha old plant. The complete storing capacity will be 90,000 tons, which is just 60,000 more tons than that of the present building. All coal In the new plant will be handled by electricity and 36-lnch rubber belts. The Falrbanks-Moe company has at prent 175 men employed but on account of the present bad weather progress is slow. F. H. Kitchen, resident engineer of the road, today said: "The contract reads that the building must be flnishi ed by April 1, and when completed it will be one of the largest coal storaga plants used by a railroad In the United States. The force employed in construction numbers only fifty, but 209 or more men will 'be put to work in tne plant upon Its completion April 1.