Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 185, Hammond, Lake County, 24 January 1907 — Page 1

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THE WEATHER. Know tonlKbt and Friday? somewhat colder tojniht llb minimum 16 to 20 decidedly colder Friday. ONE CENT PER GOEY .VOL. 1, NO. 185 NIGHT EDITION. HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24,1907. 1ST TEACH YOUNG IOEi TILLMAN THE SENATORIAL BROTHERS FORAKER. E BILL IN LIE LIGHT GONKEY PLANT

Circulation innn Yesterday luUu

I0J01, NOT SHOOT Gary Plan Is to Train Children to Mechanics, Not Law, Medicine or Stenography.

FIRE SCARE

The corporation of Gary desires that the superintendent of its schools Bhall be qualified to drill the future generations of the steel city along Industrial lines. The child of Gary must not only know how to read and write and cipher but must be skilled in the use of tools. Gary does not purpose to add lawyers, .doctors, stenographers, bookkepers and music teachers to the over

crowded market. It desires that its output of boys and girls shall know how to work with their hands. In the furtherance of this design W. A. Wirt, who is slated to take charge of Gary's educational system July 1, will leave April 1 for a trip through central Europe to study Industrial schools. Mr. Wirt has had ten yeara" experience as a public school superintendent, eight of which have been at Bluffton, Ind. There he organized and

methods of our own and foreign countries. American Boy ed Help. "I believe," said Mr. Wirt to a Lake County Times correspondent at Bluffton yesterday, "that the school should do something more for the American boy. The old apprenticeship system has practically disappeared and the great majority of our boys leave the schools to enter the lowest ranks of unskilled labor and with few exceptions remain there. The United States is fifty years behind Germany in industrial and commercial education. Yet Germany is also the center of classical learning and culture. In Germany the commercial and Industrial secondary schools rank with our greatest classical universities. There are hundreds of schools located within the reach of the homes of the children where they become SKllled in the work of any trade, industry or business. These schools are supported by the

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Measure Striking at Blind Tigers and Providing High Licenses.

TRUST BILL

Also Measure to Give JnnVes Pardon

ing Power in Case of Criminals

Blaze Starts Incipient Panic Among Employes and Does $5,000 Damage.

IS NT BY STREAM

Junior Partner Is Knocked Down by Water Pressure Origin of Tire Unknown.

(Special to Lake County Times.)

Fire broke out this morning at 9:38

KILLED BY HIS OWN ENGINE

The Indiana Educator Who Has Been Delegated to Inaugurate and Conduct the Industrial School System of Gary.

EdMenzel, Watching- Others, at Work, Is Run

Down by Locomotive

DIES SHORTLY AFTER

Both Legs Cut Off Injured Man

One of Best Known Erie Switchmen.

CHAS. FRIEDRICHS STILL A

DETERMINED SECESSIONIST.

Finds Hammond Lawyers Oppose Sep

aration of Northern and Southern Parts of the County I'ntU Court Matter Is Settled. Charles Frledrlchs is as determined as ever In-"his convictions that Lake county should be divided Into ; two counties. Hejeaid this in owning that there had been cont?dera&l4 opposition developed among the lawyers of this city for- the reason that they feared an agitation alons this line would Interfere with the court bill. Mr. Friedrichs said he thought It would be wise to let the matter drop pending the settlement of the court matter, but he said that he was going to Indianapolis next week and that one of the objects of his visit would be to confer with certain officials regarding the steps necessary to effect the separation of the northern and southern portions of the county.

developed an exceptionally fine school ' eystem. The pupils in these schools are not only well prepared in the reading, writing, spelling and arithmetical side of the eurriculm, but In addition have the advantage of a six years' high school course and thorough commercial drawing, manual training, domestic science and art courses. The graduates of the Bluffton high school receive advanced standing in these special subjects at Purdue university. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Fassett A. Cotton is presenting a description of the manual training work at Bluffton, illustrated with sixty photographs In his biennial report. Mr. Wirt, who is 33 years old. will . Btart in with a well-grounded knowledge of what the new industrial city needs in t- way of education. He took unto himself a wife, who has been a great help to him in his profession. Mrs. Wirt was a lecturer in the kindergarten schools of Chicago. Mr. "Wirt is a graduate of DePauw university in which school he has also 'done one year's post-graduate work. He has done post-graduate work at Chicago university, and has been a student of the educational systems and

states, cities, and many of them by contributions from labor unions. "The skilled workman and business men of Germany, developed In her schools, are her most valuable asset, and enable her to monopolize the foreign commerce of many industries. England, France and the Netherlands discovered the source of Germany's strength In foreign competition and these countries are now well on the way to efficient industrial education. "The men who have been either doing the things or preventing things being done in the United States have been too busy exploiting our fabulous resources to recognize the importance of our schools and their needs. They have depended upon central Europe for skilled workmen, disregarding the welfare of our own boys. But now there is an awakening to. the necessity of developing skilled workmen and man

agers from the ranks of our own childi

ren."

The BlufTton schools under Mr. "Wirt's direction have taken a great step forward in the solution of this

problem, and he Is enthusiastic over

the opportunities that Gary offers for the establishment of a modern school system.

DAMAGE SUIT IS COMPROMISED. Hydraulic Brick Company Accepts 120,000 from Railroad In Settlement. Valparaiso, Ind., Jan. 24. The case of the Chicago Hydraulic Brick company vs. the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad company, which has been on trial In the circuit court before Judge W. C. McMahan since Saturday, came to a sudden end Monday morning, when a compromise was effected between the two corporations, the brick company accepting $20,000 as a settlement. The plaintiff sued the Lake Shore Hallroad company for $78,000, for the loss of its plant, which was entirely: destroyed by fire Oct. 20, 1904. It was claimed that sparks from a passing: Jocomotiv started tha blaze. The

plant Is located at Porter, and at the time of the fire had on hand a large amount of finished brick, which consisted of 537,570 red pressed brick; 115,542 brown pressed brick and 120,296 moulded pressed orick. The stock was valued at $12,000. and together with the value of the machinery and buildings, the r'ant was estimated to be worth $78,000.

Ed Mensel, a switchman on the Erie road and well known throughout Erie circles, met with an accident today that cost him his Ufa a few hours after the accident. Mensel was standing on the Fayette street crossing1 watching another engine that was off the track, when his

own engine backed up striking him on the head and throwing him under the wheels. One leg was cut off above

the knee and the other one below. Only by superhuman effort did Mensel

throw himself to one side and this probably saved his head and shoulders from being run over. The engine was stopped at once and several men ran to Mensel's assistance, pulling him from under the engine. A local ambulance was called and he was taken to St. Margaret's hospital where the surgeons finished the amputation which the wheels of the engine imperfectly accomplished. In speaking to a Time3 reporter, one of the doctors who attended the in

jured man said that his chances for recovery were very small as he was injured internally. The head physician of the Erie road was called out from Chicago and everything possible was done to save the injured man's life. Mensel was one of the best known railroad men throughout local Erie

circles and was known all over the line. He was a married man and lived in Fayette street and was a member of the B. of R. T., carrying insurance In that order for $1,500. The engine that ran over Mensel was No. 707 and was In charge of Engineer Follond and Fireman Curren. He died at 11:25 o'clock this morning.

DAVIS TRIAL MARCH 4. Danville, 111., Jan. 24. Will J. Davis will be arraigned before Circuit Judge Kimbrough Feb. 18, when the court will decide whether to entertain a

motion to quash the indictments charging him with responsibility for the deaths In the Iroquois theater disaster. If the indictment stands the trial will begin on March 4. This was agreed to today by J. M. Barbour of States Attorney Healy's office, and John W. Kesslar, states attorney of Vermillion county, representing the state, and Joseph B, Mann of Danville, counsel for the defense.

Indianapolis, Jan. 24. All minds are o'clock In the warehouse of the W. B.

entered on the consideration of the Conkey plant, entailing a loss of $5,000.

iquor question that is likely to come " While no one was injured there was

up in either of the branches of the I great excitement among the employes

general assembly, or in both of them, and at one time, while the girls anfl

any day this week. Already the so- men were leaving the buildings. whlcH

called blind tiger bill has progressed In were" at the time in no danger at all both the house and the senate, hav- there was danger of a nanle.

ng passed to second reading. This is Just how the fire started la not

farther than the bill has gotten within known, but It Is supposed that noma recent years. of the employes stepped on a match

The question of the $1,000 license has causing it to ignite and thereby started

not been discussed on the floor of either! a blaze among the shavings and paper branch, however, and this Is expected 1 scattered over the floor.

today. One bill in the senate Is ready This is, however, only one of th9 for this discussion, but both sides of suppositions.

the house, the republicans and the - Another one Is that the electric wires

democrats, have failed, so far to call were crossed causlnjr sparks to set

the measure up before the house.

Lenders Are Indifferent. This is not one of the measures that

the republican leaders have decided to put through, according to the beBt information obtainable. Republican leaders who have "dropped In" within the

last few days now admit that they

came here to bring what party pres

sure was possible on the members of both branches, with reference to five measures public depositories, two cent

fare, creation of new insurance department, private banking and antt-trust

bill. The liquor bill Is not in this list.

Hence It will have to make Its way with whatever genuine friends It has.

the paper on fire. The chances are that the real cause of the fire will never be known. Walter Conkey, a junior member of the firm, in getting out of the building ran In front of the large hose of the fire department and receiving the full force of the stream was knocked down, but was not in

Jured. . , . , . . . Engines Arrive In lek of Time. Only a few employes were in tha warehouse at the time and they all got out by side entrances. Had the fire department not arrived when It did the chances are that adjoining buildings

And Incidentally the school teachers of would have caught the blaze and prob-

the state are to bo numbered as favor- j ably have burned.' ;

' - In- Breaking- - to a' Tts reporter,; Superintendent Wilcox " of th Conkey company, said: "I doubt If $5.000-wili cover the losses as lots of stock that was not destroyed by the fire was ruined by the water, but taken everything into consideration, we were very

lucky that the fire did not do mora damage."

BECKER IN INDIANAPOLIS.

Hammond's Chief Executive Goes Capitol and Circulates Among; Politician.

NEW COURT BILL PASSES.

Indianapolis, Jan. 24. The superior court bill. In which Elkhart and St. Joseph counties are Interested, passed the house of representatives Monday on third reading by a vote of 88 to 4. It now has to run the gauntlet of the senate and then of the governor's veto.

Its advocates are correct and have

justice on their side; its opponents

factious and with only jealousy to spur them. The fact that former governors have not indorsed similar bills causes

some apprehension as to Governor

Hanley's attitude.

E. E. BECK ENTERS HIS CHICKENS E. E. Beck, a local chicken fancier, has six rose comb Rhode Island red chickens on exhibition at the Chicago Pet Stock show, which opened Wednesday morning at the First Regiment armory on Michigan avenue and Sixteenth street. Mr. Beck's chickens are attracting considerable attention among persons who apprecite fine examples of fancy poultry.

ECLIPSE VISIBLE HERE, JAN. 29. Hammond people who rise early enough on the morning of Jan. 29. will

have an opportunity of seeing the only

eclipse, which will be visible here this

vear. ine eenpse win ue ui me moon

and will begin shortly after 4 o'clock and will have passed away by day

light. The eclipse will only be partial

and not be nearly so interesting, even

should tha morning be clear, as the one seen here early last spring, when

the eclipse began shortly after mid

night and lasted until 2 in the morn

ing.

CATHOLIC STATISTICS

The official Catholic directory for

1907 gives the Catholic population of

the United States at 13,0S9,353, an In

crease of 437,309 over the previous

year. There are lo.C93 Catholic cler

gymen, 12,148 churches, 96 ecclesiasti

cal seminaries with 5,797 students and

4,364 parochial schools with an aggregate attendance of 1,036, S42. The directory shows that there are 255 orphan asylums In which 40.5SS orphans are taken care of.

MRS. EMELIE HARTKE. This young woman with the assistance

of her mother-in-law, Mrs. Minnie Hartke and Mrs. Walters succeeded In

routing Joe Kopinske, who, crazed with drink, broke Into the Walters' home

and threatened the three women with violence.

ing the bill because on of, tha pians 1

to divert a large part of this high li

cense, if one Is passed, to the common

school fund, out of which the teach

ers are to bo paid.

Anti-Trust Bill Fight. Within a day or two, also, an antitrust bill will be fought out on the floor of one of the houses, the senate, probably. The most Important of these bills Is the one Introduced by Senator Hawkins, "enlarging the powers of the attorney-general," as the title reads. Though this bill does enlarge the powers of the attorney-general, It also contains the most stringent anti-trust legislation that has been framed in Indiana in recent years. Briefly prac

tically every combination that acts m Indian!!. Tnfl .1. n T wrr,

restraint of trade ever so remotely, la Becker the mayOT of Hammond, outlawed, and the attorney-general dropped Into Indianapolis yesterday to given authority to prosecute any such Iook after certaln futures of the cities

combinations, lms wm te one or the and towng law that ome o( the raem most bitterly fought bills during the berB of the generai assembly are trysession. in trt o-ct rrncal

If the bill amending the criminal The Dresent cltleg and towna ,au.

code that passed the senate by a large tenia to concentration of power. 8om

vote, aiso passes me nouse, an impon- members of the legislature are trying ant change with reference to the par- to take some of the powera away rom

doning power wm De eneciea. unaer the mayor notably, that of atmointin

the present law, only the governor has members of the board of public works

the power oi paraon or paroie. ims and Mayor Becker is supposed to be

bill, while it does not tane me power here to work agrain8t any such change, from the governor, gives It to the After the senate adjourned yesterday

Judges of the circuit, criminal and su- afternoon. Senator Bowser, who had

perior courts throughout the state on Hammond's mayor in tow. introduced

every person convicted of any crime, h!m to the various notables around tha

SPEECH OF THE T0WNPUMP

SPEECHLESS EIGHT MONTHS. Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 24. One of the strangest cases of loss and recovery of speech ever known here Is that of Bernard Goudy, a lineman on the Lake Erie & Western railroad, who spoke Tuesday afternoon for the first time in eight months, his voice returning as suddenly as it left him on May 8. 1906. On that day Goudy was working at the top of a telegraph pole. He felt a tickling in his throat and when he reached the ground after completing his work at the top he found that he could not utter a sound. He was speechless and In a writing conversation he told his fellow-workmen that his affliction was a visitation of providence,

the result oi divine wrath.

It lss Joost vat I tought dat someday would Angland Swettenham us. Der lss nit much in der oou Kinship between Shon Bull and Onkel Same, und llflug on American soil mineself I dink dat der best dins Tat we haf between us lss der Atlantic. Der policeman's ball vas going to be gifen diss efening und der bluecoats ell vas going to be in society. As a rool der policeman lss not much In society only wen he lss on der Homewood beat. Habby S barley See be send oudt many Invitations alrctty vat cost only one dollar and to get der money's wert Shlef Rlmbach be do der grand marsch. I sees sier captain, Hun dp, buy some sapolio yesterday for to make biss buttons shine. Her captain lss a frent und customer fon me und I guess be vlll make a hit, yes, efen If he bass to use biss cioob to do it mit. Louie Eisner, der tallest cop on der force will be dare too, und he receive strict Instructions fon bis shlef for to take more dan four steps wen he walk across der floor diss evening society. Louie say he vlll try it Tonee.

except where such person is sent to the

gallows for murder in the first degree.

Gives Judges Extraordinary Power. This gives extraordinary discretion

ary power to the local Judges. If the bill Is passed, a jury may find a man

guilty of murder In the first degree, and sentence him to life imprisonment, and the presiding judge may, in the next

moment parol that man, or suspend sentence on him. And so for less serious crimes and misdemeanors. As the

bill stands now, too, even the police judges of the cities that have such are

given this power to parole or to suspend sentence. All Seem in Favor. The debate In this measure. Introduced by Senator Klttinger, occupied

practically the entire afternoon, yester-

state house, and took him to the meeting of the senate committee on elections, which Is considering the contest case of Thad M. Talcott against 'Jna tor E. Volney Bingham.

WILL GO AFTER STANDARD.

Legislature Awaits Report of CnmmlM slon Before Xew Bills Are Introduced against Rebating. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 24. The legislature Is waiting for a decision of the state railroad commission as to whether or not railroads operating In Indiana have been offering rebates and special rates to the Standard Oil company. If the commission decides

that there has been collusion between

the railroads and tne on company.

day. Of all those who spoke on the the tip is that immediately there will

bill, none opposed It directly, and only

one speaker took exception to it. He offered an amendment whereby the parole might be extended only In the event that the prisoner in question plead guilty to the charge against him. This amendment was defeated, and

be measures introduced In both branches with a view to "making it hot" for both offenders. Independent oil companies of Indiana appeared before the commission

several weeks ago and submitted evi

dence to prove that the railroads of

after one senator after another spoke the state had been giving the Stand-

in favor of the bill. It was passed and

referred to the house, lms bill was

fathered by the board of state charities.

The sessions of the elections com- j mittee in the senate have been drag-

ard OH company lower rates for tha movement , of oil fn Whiting, Ind., where the Standard has an immense refinery, than were given the independents from points where their refineries are located. An attempt was

ging along from day to day, and this also made to show that rebates were

hearing may not be completed this week. The committee Is meeting on the case of Thad M, Talcott against E.

Volney Bingham, who was declared elected senator from St. Joseph county by a very small plurality. The contestor rested his case j-esterday after

noon, and the contestee in the case.

given the Standard by the railroads and that this made competition on tha part of the Independents uphill business. Final arguments in the case will ba made next Tueaday. The railroads will be defended by Miller. Shirley & Miller and S. O. Pickens of this city.

-ar-1 meeting.

Senator Bingham was to begin his side Attorney Joseph Collfer of this city this afternoon, before the committee I and C D. Chimherlaln of Clevelan4

will arjrua fix. Ula Jjads.rtandan.ts.