Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 184, Hammond, Lake County, 23 January 1907 — Page 1

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TIE! LOVE OS? YES THEY DO!

Heartless Treatment of Americans by Servants of Great Britain. BOiiO OF BLOOD A BLUFF Charity Begins in the English Heart and Gets No Farther Than That. (Special ta Lake County Time). New York. Jan. 23. Jamaica refugees who arrived here on the ateamshlp Prinz Eltel Friederich Bay that Governor , Swettenham's caddish rejection of the kind offices of Admiral Davis was merely a manifestation of the Briton's constlutional self-esteem and hatred of Americans. The 160 Americans who found their way back to "find's country" wMcn they call 'it now with intensified fervor, are ready to declare, and have declared that the much exploited "cousinly feeling and "the bond of blood and language" are all one-sided; that the average . Englishman, when it comes to the best Is capable of forgetting it totally in his own over-mastering selfishness. The American sufferers could not have been treated worse had they been cast on the bleak and unhospltable shore of some desert Island. This feel lng was crystalixed in the following set of resolutions passen aboard ship: "We, a company of American refugees of Kingston, Jan. 14 to 17, 1907, on board the steamship Prlnr Eltel Friedrich, herewith utter emphatic condemnation of tha conduct and be havior in that period of certain offl cials of rank, specifically Captain Parsons, commander of'the British steam ship Port Kingston, lying in the har bor of Kingston, and aboard which was sir Alfred Jones, his superior, ana other Imclals, basing our contention on the following counts: ' Americans Need Apj'ly. , 'First That Captain Parsons , declined to furnish food for one meal to th small number of Germans, lert by Captain 'IHchardTYanaer tlS" Ifiim-bnrg-American line, who prevented four docks from burning on the night of the 14th, among them the Port Kingston's own wharf. "Second That such American and other refugees as the arnall boats manned by Captain Vahsel and others gathered and lodged on Monday on board the Port Kingston were summarily ordered ashore at 4 p. m. on Tuesday to make room for English refugees, though women and children tearfully pleaded that they Kad not food nor clothing on shore. "Third That the wounded of mixed nations were taken ashore at the same hour and left In a cruel situation on the railway wharf until cared for by American naval authorities on Thursday, except such as were moved by train to Spanish Town or by relatives who found them. Must .ot Disturb Sir Alfred. "Fourth That when .rather Donovan of Boston, Father Gavin of Indianapolis, and the Rev. II. F. Auld of Iatboro, Pa., took a petition to Sir Alfred Jones and Captain Parsons from tho refugees, sleeping on trunks, sacks of coffee, and the cargo fouled planks of the Hamburg-American dock, to allow tho said refugees to go on board the Port Kingston, then at the dock, and sleep on the bare clean decks, where they would be safe from recurrent earthquake snocks, Capialn Parsons refused with great Incivility Rnd coming to the Hamburg-American dock, showed the party further discourtesy. "Fifth That in the three days, though Sir Alfred Jones and his party on board the Port Kingston had all the comforts of a large, well equipped ship, no tender was made either of food, water, coffee, bedding or medical assistance. "Sixth That In three days, save for the above unpleasant visit of Captain Parsons, no official visit was paid either by the police, military or colonial authorities to the large body of American refugees on the Hamburg-American docks, the known center for American refugees in Kingston, to offer succor or protection in any degree, or even ascertain the condition in which they were. English First, Alwaya. "Seventh That in individual cases and minor ways we were made to feel the superiority and first claim of the English, and found the much talked of bonds of blood and language when tested to be a mockery and a diplomatic phantom. "Therefore we declare our resentment and condemnation, this utterance being the Joint expression of the passengers In common assembly on board the Prinz Eltel Friedrich, Jan. 21, 1907." Churlish from the First. Broughton Brandenburg, who was one of the passengers on the Prinz Eltel Friedrich, tells the following tory in the New York Herald: "Hard on the heels of the earthquake and fire and destruction came signs of English prejudice against Americans. Little signs of minor snobbishness such as all travelers observe rapMly intensified Into deliberate act of selfish churlishness and even brutality. "This is in no wise true of the native white Jamaica women, ana men.

TIE-UP PROMISED Hi GIBSON YARDS

Non-Union Electricians In Strikers' Places May - Incite Walkout. The electricians who went on a strike for higher wages at the Gibson yards last Tuesday are still out and no settlement has yet been effected. The Chicago, Indiana & Southern road now has employed two non-union electricians and unless they are discharged by tomorrow the carpenters and machinists, all of whom are union men, will go out with the electricians. At present there are about thirty machin ists and fifty carpenters employed in the yards and should they go out, things would be pretty well tied up. The strikers expect a settlement by tomorrow if the company intends to make one at all. The negroes, however, cursed Americans wherever they appeared after they had recovered from their panic. The evil attitude on the part of thorough-going British was Illustrated by the gross acts of Captain Pardons of the steamship Port Kingston, acting directly under Sir Alfred Jones, the owner of the vessel; Sir P.alph Mooro, Lord Morres and others. "At the Constant Springs hotel, owned by the Elder-Dempster company, or the direct West India line, of which Sir Alfred Jones is the chairman, and many of his party of eighty are shareholders, his party was associated with a slightly larger number of Americans. There had been nothing but the usual distance and formality between the two companies until the earthquake happened. At once trifling instances of the Englishman looking out for himself occurred. Ordered to Clear Oat. "Small beats of all sorts had been delivering all afternoon and evening wounded refugees Jamaican, Americans, Germans etc. aboard the Port Kingston to be cared for. Dr. Arthur Evans of the ship and a nurse, acorapanying a woman of Sir Alfred Jones' party on the voyage out on the Port Kingston a "few days before, were doing service that cannot be too highly honored. On Monday night Sir Ralph Moor obtained a large number of car rfagea and appeared at the Constant Spring , to take the English refugees aboard the ship, but the greater number declined to . go while the wounded ana refugees wer Doaro.:j-tz'?yi"' "X number of Americans were asked to go in the carriages and accepted. The next day orders were issued at noon on board the ship that everybody on board must be on shore by 4 o'clock as she Was to sail under sealed orders By this time the women refugees knew there was no place on shore to take them, that the blacks were fighting in the streets for food, and many of the men on shore were endeavoring to rescue baggage or find missing friends, The party aboard was mostly of wo men and children, and these begged and pleaded with Sir Ralph and Cap tain Parsons to be allowed to remain aboard until they could find some means of caring for themselves. Heartless Hut Dignified. "Among those who made personal appeals were a Mrs. de Llsson, whose husband was aboard, helpless, and she left to care for the four small boys; Mrs. Edward de Cordova and her fam ily, her husband having been killed on. the streets; a Mrs. Troler, with two little girls, one of them suffering with pnuemonia, and others. "Emil A. B. Winkler, 37 Broadway, New York, and Adolf Harder, late purser of the Prlnzessin Victoria Luise, hearing of the order, hurried to the railway dock at which the Port Kings ton lay and assembled the astounded, bewildered, ar;ry refugees in the shade of the Hamburg-American dock. "The poor sufferers, many of them delirlu8 with fever, and many suffering from internal injuries, which should have precluded their removal, were carried ashore and laid in a long vow on the uneven, dirty planks of the railway shed, usually serving as a banana wharf. A train was shunted In and all that It could carry were taken away to Spanish Town, where the best accommodations for a lot of wounded people wer& very bad." Praise for Own Safety. Wednesday evenln, according to the passengers, while they were still on the pier, the people on the Port Kingston with Sir Alfred Jones held a praise service on deck. Hymns were sung and floated over the water to the Americans on the pier. "It was queer to hear hem sounding praise for their own selfish deliverance," said J. K. Weisenthorn, a banker of Wilkesbarre. "As we heard it a good many of us mentally resolved never to go near tha place again. The tourist business Is over. No American will ever spend another dollar on the Island, I hope." Mr. Welsenthorn's remarks seemed to be echoed by the others. Many of the passengers arrived with no baggage. Some had dressings still on their wounds. Mrs. Ada Da Lissa of 7S0 Prospect place, Brooklyn, had been visiting her sister. The sister and her husband were killed in their house, but Mrs. De Lissa happened to be In the back yard and escaped. Swettenham's Joke. Washington, D. C, Jan. 22. England haa sent an apology which amounts practically to a repudiation of Swettenham. The peppery governor himself under stress yielded up a tardy expression of gratitude for Admiral Davis' tender of help. In an interview Swettenham says that the most insulting point in his letter was meant only as a "Jocular parallel," ,

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NE6ELE GETS HIS DIRGE

Decree and Alimony Grant ed to Complainant After Sensational Trial. MOST BLASE SHOCKED Judge Says Both Are to Blame, But Favors Man in His Decision. The Negele divorce case came to a close in the superior court this morning after a -two day's legal battle be fore Judge Tuthill. Otto Negele, the plaintiff, was granted a divorce from his wife, and the court further ordered that Mrs. Negele pay her divorced husband $1000 and that neither of them marry during the next thirty years. To those who had not attended the trial in person and heard all the evidence the decree came as a surprise. It was thought that Mrs. Negele was setting up a fight for alimony, but that she should pay $1000 to the man from whom she expected money was nuexpected. The further injunction of the judge that neither of the two marry again before an elapse of thirty years raised the question: "Whj this injunction?" Court a Theatre. For two days the superior court room had been turned into a hall of drama and men and women of all stations In life spent hours there listening to the evidence, some of which even went against men Inured to de pravities through forced association. Charges of incompatible temper, addiction to drink and opiates, pilferings, amounting to thousands of dollars, neglect of home and person, and clandestine meetings with persons of the opposite sex, were some of the charges that the accusers hurled at each other. As each of the two who had lived together for eighteen years went on the witness stand they charged and denied charges brought out merciless by the opposing lawyers until the spectators In the court room out of pity or shame for the witness as the case may have been, turned his face away from his neighbor in order that neither should read each other's thoughts about the possible depravity of mankind. Prove Mrs. Xegele Took 31oney. A trunk filled with goods from the shelves of the drug store was produced as evidence in the court. Bankbooks and letters showing accounts In the Northern Trust and the Illinois Trust banks of Chicago amounting to $2,700 were exhibited to show that Mrs. Negele had tried to take money from her husband without his knowledge and that she transferred it to a niece after the divorce case was filed last October. In rendering his verdict Judge Tuthill did not claim to know the cause of the trouble between Mr. and Mrs. Negele from its inception but he said that from the evidence it could be gained that both were grossly at fault, until the last two years when the temper of Mrs. Negele became unbearable. He found no excuse for her taking $2,700 from her husband and order ed that she pay him back $1,000 and awarded a decree in favor of Negele. Otto Negele Intends to continue his drug store and Mrs. Negele will probably go to her relatives in NewOrleans.

Speaker Cannon! "Take tha next train."

NONE BUT THE LEARNED - VOTE

Slack Fathers Measure to Apply Educational Test to Electors. EH HAVE OWN Gavin Hints at Female Suffrage Bill Passed by Senate Shows Hanly's Power. (Speclal to Lake County Times.) Indianapolis, Jan. 23. After 1911 it Is possible that Indiana may require cer tain educational qualifications in voters before they are allowed to exercise the right of franchise. This, in case Sentaor Slack's Joint resolution. No. 1, providing for an amendment to the constitution which was made the subject of 4 hot debate in the senate yesterday, and was finally passed on to third reading, becomes a law. Gavins, Women's Suffrage Sponsor. & Incidentally, it was hinted by Senator Gavins that he was considering the introduction of a bill later In the session, giving women the right to vote. The discussion was. however, all In reference to Senator Slack's Joint resolution which passed to third reading only by a vote of 23 to 21. The matter came up in the afternoon session. This resolution looked to the amend ment of the state constitution to the end that In 1911, the legislature could pass an act that would provide for regis- ' tration, and proscribe the qualifications of the voters of the state. The resolution provided the educational test for a'l voters, the provision being that in order to vote the man must be able to read one section of the state constitution. Motion to Postpone Defeated. In the end the motion to postpone the resolution indefinitely was defeated, but not by a strictly party vote. The resolution was saved by only two votes, the vote standing 23 to 21, in favor of printing the resolution and passing it on to third reading. For the most part the democrats supported the resolution, and the republicans opposed. The republicans that stood with the demicrats were in sufficient numbers, however, to keep the resolution from being killed. Senator Slack defended his measure and Senator Hugg opposed it. The debate so turned that the real merits of the resolution were discussed by both sides. In his defense, Slack said that not one man who was a voter now would be disqualified. He explained that every man, in 1911, who was qualified to be a voter now, should be registered as a voter. And that after that date 1911 the educational test should obtain. Deplores Herding of Foreigners. flack compared the years of training a boy must go through In America before he is permitted to vote, with the comparatively few years that a foreigner coming to this country must wait before he can vote. The speaker scored the methods of the leaders of both parties in "herding these foreigners together" for the purpose of seeing that they voted the one way or the other. Both sides were to blame, said the speaker, and the only way to prevent It would be to provide some such qualification test as he proposed. Ho said that the Germans, the Irish, the Swedes aad the. races of northern. Europs-wera

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all right. But he objected to the Poles, the Hungarians, the lower peninsular Italians from voting before they could read In the English language. He illustrated his point about these races by I referring to the contest case that came down from St. Joseph county, which showed the confusion arising from the wholesale voting of the foreign population. Hugg; Snys Ignorant All Hiffbt. Senator Hugg spoke against the edu cational qualification. "There is many a man who cannot read or write,", he said, "who is better fitted In reality to vote than is one of these snug and smug college professors. There is many a foreigner better qualified to vte than some of the sleek members of the American churches." Incidentally In the course of the debate, benator Cavlns said that he -was going to Introduce, later In the next J session, a bill 'that I would give the I W4imn the.rl,sht to vote. - - , - 1 - The bill abolishing the board of pardons, passed the senate yesterday by a large vote, 30 to 10. In Itself the passage of this bill deserves but passing mention. It gets its importance from the fact that it is the first of the so- 1 called administration measures that the senate has been called upon to conslder. And the consideration might be construed to show that whatever Is the attitude of the house, the senate Is for backing up Governor Hanly in his reoommendations. There was nracticallv no debato on this bill In the senate. Senator Cox explained that It was a bill that the governor had recommended In his message, and several others of the sen ators made speeches favoring the abolishment of the board. No speeches were made against the measure. Action Will be Significant, It was only a few days ago that the house refused by a large vote to pass

this bill. Men who were thought to be County Medical society. Dr. Hurty hand In glove with the administration was the suest ot honor and was at the voted against it there, and its defeat head of the table. Before being seatwas overwhelming. That was the ed the Kuests were taken to the par-

house bill, of course. Now that the lors on the second floor where a marchsenate has passed the same bill, it will in order was formed. The visiting be referred over to the house. doctors were placed at the first table

The action of the house on this same measure wnicn it dereated bo overwhelmingly some days ago will be watched with interest. Around the legislature this bill has become very well identified as an administration measure. If the house beats it again by a large vote, this vote may be taken as the test of the general attitude of the house against the governor. If the bill passes, It will show that the governor's friends control both branches of the general assembly. Other Matter Taken up. One Insurance bill of importanco was introduced in the house. This bill pro hibited the granting of rebates in life insurance by agents. Outside of this. and the passing of a joint resolution looking to the investigation of the Fowler and Terre Haute railroad wrecks, little else was accomplished In the house. QUITS CALUMET CHANNEL. Drainage Board Will Negotiate Canal Rights Along Evsnston Branch. In a meeting of the finance committee of the sanitary district of Chicago yes terday it was held advisable to cease negotiations with property owners along the right of way of the proposed Calumet channel extending from the Sag on the main channel to one and a half miles east of Blue Island, and to proceed with negotiations with property owners along the proposed Evanston channel, beginning at Lawrence and Kedzle avenues and running In a northerly direction to the north limits of Evanston and thence In a northeasterly direction to Central avenue In Wilmette. The reason of this change in the plans of procedure was because of the adverse report of the International waterways committee, which objected to the proposed reversing of the flow of the Calumet rivr on the ground that such reversing of the river's flow would prove harmful to the Interests of the United States In a proposed treaty I with. -Qreat Britain,

DOCTORS

ROLE HOSTS Entertain at Elaborate Banquet for 250 GuestsMany Toasts Offered. OR. HURTHSiiRED Secretary Who Lectures Earlier in the Evening, Sits at Head f Board. For once In the year the doctors of Hammond and Lake county had the tables turned on them and they were a the mercy of the public. The occasion was the third annual banquet given last evening by the Lake County Medical society in honor of Dr. J. Is. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health. The banquet was preceded by a lecture to the publlo by Dr. Hurty in the Towle opera house, his subject being: "Tuberculosis, its Prevention and Cure." His talk was illustrated with stereoptlcan views and lasted about an hour and a half. The speaker did not go into the cause and effect of consumption, as was expected when it was understood that Indiana Is at present trying to eradicate the "white plague," as it Is called Advoratea Fresh Air Cure. Dr. Hurty is the advocate of the open air cure and was Impressed with the results that are being attained In other states and in Europe by sending pa tients to sanitariums whose greatest assets are the rest and air that may be had there. Incidentally, Dr. Hurty referred to the fact that Indiana,, pro gressive as it is in many other lines, is still, without a sanitarium. With the statistics that he quoted It waa readily understood that consumption Is doing more harm that war, fire and earthquakes. Probably the most significant statement that the speaker made was "There is hope for the consumptive, and I say he can be cured!" He continned; to' phow-th r uoce4ful - work that has been carried on by the sanl tarlunis and thereby gained the sup port of his audience. After the close of his talk. Attorney V. S. Belter,, who was In the audience, arose and. addressing the chairman Dr. Howat, made a motion to the ef feet that those in the audience ad dress themselves to the state legisla ture and ask of the members that health laws be passed and that It ap propriate money for a sanitarium for consumptives and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to each member o the legislature. Albert Maack, who was in the audience, seconded the mo tion and was further supported by every one present. Repair to Banquet Hall. The lecture closed at 9 o'clock and two hundred and fifty people who were in the audience repaired to the Lash hotel where they were served at a banquet as the guests of the Lake and were followed by the lawyers and iuj mm yCio xuwuwcu by the members of the Lake County Medlcal society and the other assemblea Buesis- An esnt course ainner was serve and the guests sat at the table from 3:30 to 11:30. As the smoke of the first cigars rose above the tables Dr. H. E. Sharrer, as toastmaster, arose and preceded his in troduction of the speakers with a short address. In answer to his call later. Dr. W. F. Howat spoke, giving in short the history of the Lake County Medical society. Dr. Howat was fol lowed by Dr. W. F. Lorlng of Valparaslo on the subject of Indiana and American Medical associations, Parry Givea Variety. Until P. A. Parry arose in answer to a call to speak on the subject, "The Press and the Physician," the talks had all been more or less "doctored," and Mr. Parry's adaress was looked forward to as a variation. He did not disappoint his audience. He took them out of one ripple of laughter into an other and In his way made a team of the physicians and newspapers that promise good results to the public Although Dr. J. N. Hurty was to speak on the subject of "Sanitation as an Economic Problem." his limited time permitted him only to thank his hosts and congratulate Hammondites in gen eral upon their progressive city. A. M. Turner, who is recognized as an after-dinner speaker, had for his subject, "Our Victims the Public." but explained that he was unable to say Just what he thought of the truth of the statement as he feared that some day he, too, would fall into the handa of the doctors and that then they would take a large revenge. His talk was Interspersed with several good stories Mr. Turner was followed by Dr. E. M. Shanklin on the subject of, "The Physician Outside of Society." Dr. Shanklin made the mistake of telling his audience before hand that he wa not much on the speaking order. Judge Tuthlll on "The Ladlea. Dr. Shanklin was followed by Judge H. B. Tuthlll of Michigan City and Hammond's Judge of the superior court, ".The Ladle" Tieraut Into LU

ALLODIAL ESTATE FLOORUEGJL BUD Would-be Barrister Asked Posers That Cause the Veterans to Squirm.

R. C. Coffey of East Chicago, who was graduated from Grant University, Tenn., was examlled yesterday fore noon by Judge H. B. Tuthlll In answer to an application for membership in th bar. Nearly all of the questions were pos ers and there came only few credit marks. But the blow that killed Coffey was when the judge asked "What Is meant by 'Allodial Estate? " Many of the members of the North township bar were present and they listened to the examination but even to them, an "Allodial Estate" was an unknown quantity. There was a lit tle squirming In the chairs all around and wise looks, and after the examination many were heard to aka one an other "What Is an 'Allodial Estate?" " The probabilities are. that most of them looked up the term upon their reaching their office and that tonight nearly every lawyer in North township knows the definition of "Allodial Estate." Webster's definition of "Allodial" 1 "freehold; free of rent or service; op posed to feudal." Coffey's application has been taken under advisement until next term oj court. POSTMASTERS ORGANIZE IN STATE OF INDIANA Postmaster Jesse Parmenter of Wa bash, vice president for Indiana of tha National Postmasters' association, af ter hearing from the majority of the postmaster of the state, has decided to have a meeting of first class, sec ond class and third class postmasters at Indianapolis, in March, the stata meeting being for the purpose of organizing tha state. The fourth clasa postmasters, at a meeting In Wabash, elected J. P. Thompson of Lafontalna president, and George Miller of Urbana, secretary. They are asking a fixed salary, the fourth class postmasters being paid . commissions only. The fourth class postmasters In tha state are already organised. care, - Hla- honor "waff' noi " Inclined "to ;" rbast 'or' to toast.-brt did warm up little to the ladles, as he put it himself. "This was partially- accomplished by dealing a blow to the bachelor "who la on this world not to live but to stay." Not until his honor had explained how he had successfully loved four women did he, however, really warm up. He plead guilty by saying that these four select women were his mother, hia wife, hia daughter and his mother-in-law. Judge Tuthlll gave the credit to Hammond's women for having pulled it out of the hole In whlch.it had fallen when the slaughter house moved away, and his compliments were unlmlted for the city's progress. So enthusiastic was he about Hammond that he ventured a prediction connected with a ciuestion, in tho following words: Supposing that one morning you should see a stork corne flying from th east and as he approaches, you would notice that he carried a huge wicker basket and as it came over Hammond t would open its talons and set the huge basket down, and if you people then would see me step out with my wife, my daughter, my mother-in-law, our black family horse, Dan, our big dog, Nep, and the house cat. Pudge, would people then say, "Welcome?" The rousing applause that greeted him showed his honor how we'com he would be should his prediction ever ccme through. LAKE COUNTY SCHOOL TEACHERS HEAR HUETY. Lectures on Dlseaaeit of Children and Telia Mean of Prevention Kmplinulaes Importance of Krenh Air in xUa School Room. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon Dr. Hurty lectured before a galaxy of Lake county school teachers whu crowded into the assembly room In tha high school building and listened In tently to what he had to say about tha detection of the symptoms of disease In children. Dr. Hurty laid great stress upon th Importance of providing for the examination of the eyes and ears of school children and told of instruments that would show defective eyesight instant ly, although It would give no indication of the nature of the disease. He also emphasized the lmportanca of fresh air In the school rooms antl stated that the humidity of the atmosphere in the Hammond schools was entirely too low. Speaking of the various means by which disease was communicated from one student to another. Dr. Hurty named drinking cups, the crucifix: which the students of parochial school kissed, and slates, which were sometimes cleaned with saliva from tha mouth. Dr. Hurty told of the means now adopted by the state board of health, to detect "blind" diphtheria In children and advocated Its use In all of tha schools where the disease breaks out. The subject upon which greatest emphasis was laid waa the Importance of fresh air everywhere. . Dr. Hurty sail that while 12,000 of the people of Indiana lled last year from air starvation, not one was reported to have succumbed from food starvation, and that J the air cure was far more important than all of the medicine that could La 4 crammed Into tha averasa person.

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