Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 113, Hammond, Lake County, 29 October 1908 — Page 1

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BRYAN TO BE II 61 EWE II

Peerless Leader Knocks All Plans of Democratic Reception Committee Galley West This Morning by Orders. The stories that have been cirralated by the democrats that William J. Bryan, candidate for president of the democratic party, would be In Gary on Saturday night ho that the democrats there could wind up the campaign in a blase of glory, arc faded and frazzled this morning. According; to orders received by Ag-ent Slosser of the Lake Shore at Gary, Mr. Bryan's train will stop at the depot exactly Are minutes and no longer. Mr. Slosser's order from his " superior of' fleers read as follows: "ALL AGBXTS OF LAKE SHORE TRAILS ARE REQUESTED TO MAINTAIN" THE SCHEDULE OF THE BRYAN TRAIN." Mr. Bryans train will arrive in Gary at 7:30 o'clock, and it will leave at 7:35. As the tracks arc elevated It will be imnossllile for a crowd to gather so as to hear htm. It wan the intention of the democrats to bnlld a platform so that Mr. Bryan could get down from his train, but the time will be so short that this effort will be abandoned. The train will reach Indiana Harbor at 7:45 and leave there at 7:r0, according to the schedule, and the demonstration is to be very shortlived here. Mr. Bryan's train is due in Chicago at R:30. WORK !SPROGRESSING Asphalt Laying .on South Hohman Street Is Witnessed Ey Many. The people of Homewood are carefully watching the -work on the South Hohman street paving'. The work of laying the composition asphalt paving is not progressing as rapidly as was expected. The cold weather Interferes with the laying of the asphalt and it now seems to be a serious question as to whether the street will be completed this winter unless the weather is fine or the company is enabled to make more rapid progress than it has in the past. The part of the paving which has been treated with its top coat of torpedo sand is very satisfactorily and seems to be all that is claimed for it. The wearing qualities are, as yet. unknown but a substantial foundation has been laid and it is believed that it will stand up. The street will be as near an asphalt pavement as has yet been laid in this region There are a large number of men employed on the street and they are working as rapidly as the weather conditions will permit. An accident to the asphalt mixer was also a cause of delay. BAD FIRE BREAKS OUT Cincinnati, O., Oct. 29 (Special) Fire broke ont on he fourth floor of the Neave bulldinK this afternoon and about sltty women are believed to be in the building. It In believed many of the women have been rescued. A Calcium light exploded causing the fire. POLICE COURT NEWS Francis Conway, 320 Grand street, Brooklyn, came to the police station and reported that he was sick. He said that he had been operated on for appendicitis and that he is in bad condition. He was sent to St. Margarets hospital by Captain Auslgen. T. M. Tatterson. 10S West State street, claims that he had a bicycle stolen from in front of Charles Randall's saloon, on West State street, between 7 and S o'clock last evening. The wheel was a good one and worth about $25. Mrs. Kitchell, 722 Summer street, reports that she has been bothered by a vicious dog. She says that the dog belongs to Joseph Wolf. The police said they would see Mr. Wolf and have his dog locked up. Pat Ca,rrigan, William Mahoney and Albert Dye were all arrested on a charge of being drunk, but on appearing before Judge William W. McMahon they were released.

VALIDITY OF THEM'' PROVOKESARGUMENT Trades and Labor Council ' Takes Up McMahon Resolution.

flATTEB BROUGHT BEFORE BODY Committee of Three Is Appointed to Find Original Resolutions Tonight. The question of the validity of the resolutions purporting to be an endorsement of Judge Wm. W. McMahon was brought up In the meeting of the Trades and Labor council in Hammond last evening and precipitated one of the most bitter fights that has yet taken place on the floor of the council. The matter was, brought before that body on a motion by George Shoe maker, who asked that the minutes of the meeting of June 10, relating to the endorsement of Judge McMahon, be read. - . Found To Be Different. Secretary Joe Kasper read the min utes. George Shoemaker then asked that the secretary read the resolution which had been circulated in the interests of. Judge McMahon's candidacy and they were found to be very dif ferent. There was one paragraph to the endorsement in the minutes and there were four to the endorsement on the circular. George Shoemaker then stated that as long as the resolutions which Judge McMahon was circulating did not appear In the minutes, he would like to see the original. Fifteen minutes were taken in 'which a search for the original copy of the printed resolutions was made. They could be found nowhere In the records of the council, nor were they in the files of the recording secretary. "When the matter was presented to the Trades and Labor council by George Shoemaker, he was ruled off the floor by President Evans. He took an appeal from Evans' decision and his appeal was sustained by practically a unanimous vote. Mr. .Evans Withdraws, President Evans then withdrew and said that he would not act as presi dent during the rest of the meeting. He appointed Louis Wirtz to take his place. Evans and Loveridge then presented another set of resolutions endorsing Judge McMahon. George Shoemaker pointed to this as conclusive evidence that there was no original of the reso lution which had been so widely cir culated. However, to satisfy all present, a committee of three was appointed which must find the i original resolu tions by 8 o'clock tonight and show conclusively that they were voted upon by the members Labor" council. of the Trades and MANY GOING HOME TO VOTE Washington.. D. C, Oct. 29. The general exodus of voters from the District of Columbia has begun. The reduced railway rates offered this year are the best ever given by the railways. Heretofore it was possible to get rates only in the middle states, and a few of the eastern states. This year the voter may buy a ticket from Can ada to Mexico, and as far west as Denver. The reduced rate this year makes it possible for the resident of the District of Columbia to go home to vote at a cost of only one and a half cents a mile, when in 1904 the rate was three cents amlle. The outgoing trains during the remainder of this week will carry several thousand voters in addition to those who have already left the city. Many clerks use their annual leave of absence for this purpose, and It is difficult to estimate the exact number of voters who will have gone home by Tuesday. Henry M. Camp, who has been intrusted by the republican campaign committee with the task of get ting out the republican residents es timates that there are 20.000 repub lican voters in Washington and tha each of these influences two or three votes in his home state. The government printers and the employes of the postoffice department usually exercise their privilege of going home to vote to a greater ex tnet home to a greater extent than the workers in other branches of the government service. It is estimated that fully 60 per cent of the employes in these two branches this year will go home to vote. Already several hundred of them have left the city, and it is said that twice as many more will go within the next three days. The interior department, department of agriculture and other departments also are represented in the general exodus which began today. Those living in the nearby states will not leave until Sunday or Monday. The situation as it is sized up by the campaign, managers is evidenced by the fact that both parties are exerting every effort to induce the employes who hail from Ohio, Indiana, New York, Connecticut and Nebraska to go home to vote. Only a "corporal's guard" will be left at the capitol building, where the employes, -who are strictly political oppointees outside of civil service rules, are all -energetic campaign workers in their home states. All of the employes and clerks at the White House who desired to go home to vote were paid off today.

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WM. J. BRYAN AS A QUEER

At Albany in 1896, lie said: "The democratic party has begun a war of extermination against-the gold standard. We shall prosecute our warfare until there is not an American citizen who dares advocate the gold standard." At .Chicago in 1896, he said: , v "I want you to understand that in this great contest for free silver. I am enlisted not for a year, not for four years. I am enlisted for the' war, no matter how long that war may last. I shall not cease to fight until the gold standard, which has cursed every nation that ever had it, is driven out of the United States across the ocean and back to the old world' where it belongs." At Omaha in 1900, he said: "If McKinley and the republican party are. successful and put in power for the next four years wages will be decreased, hard times will come upon us, and over the land and the price of gold will go up; mortgages on' our homes will be foreclosed by the money lenders; shops and factories will close. We will export no goods and we will import from foreign lands all the goods we use; thus will ruin, want and misery be with us." . -V At Knoxville in 1896, he said : . "If there is any one who believes that the gold- standard is a good thing or that it must be maintained. I warn him not to cast his vote for me, because I promise him that it will not be maintained in this country longer than I am able to get rid of it." Aat London in 1906, he said: - "I notice that I am now described by some as a conservative, I am more radical than I was in 1896 and have nothing to withdraw on economic questions which have been under discussion."

6URNHAM BOARD CLOSES A GOMTRAGT Public Works Body Will Have Complete Water System Put In. . WILL TUP HEGEWISGH MAINS Expenditure of $15,167.98 Called For to Complete an Up-to-Date Water System. The board of public works of Burnham has Just closed a contract with Hanrahan & Lindquest company of Chicago for putting in a complete system of water works for the village. The water supply will be procured from the city of Chicago by tapping the Hegewisch mains. The plans and specifications call for 1,100 feet of 12inch pipe, 1,300 feet of 10-inch pipe, 3.900 feet of 8-inch pipe, 2,310 feet of G-inch pipes, in addition there are 84 feet of 6-inch and 312 feet 4-inch pipe for hydrant branches. Also 7 standard five hydrant with double nozzle and steamer connections. 26 standard " fire hydrants with double nozzles, four 12lnch gate valves, 2 10-inch gate valves, 7 S-inch gate valves, 5 6-inch gate valves, 18 adjustable valve boxes. A compression tank engine and pump. The engineer's estimate called for an expenditure of $15,167.96. There were six contractors put in bids, the lowest bid being for $9,152.90 by Hanrahan & Lindquest company, the firm who done the grading on the Kensington & Eastern-railway. The village board at their meeting passed an ordinance for trje estalling cf a complete sewer system. The sewer will probably, not be put in befbre next season. But work" on enstalling the water system will probably be commenced within the next ten days. Burnham Is preparing for the boom which they expect to strike that territory on the opening of the K. & E. railway and inprovement of the Cal umet river which work is now being done. I i BEER DRIVER IS INJURED McGovern Co. Will Be Held Responsible for Accident to William Lauer. William Lauer was slightly injured and one of his horses was also injured when he was driving a beer wagon for Conrad Seipp on South Hohman street in the vicinity of Manila street, and his horse stumbled and fell over a pile of brick in the street. The brick was being used by the McGovern company in the improvement of South Hohman street. When the horse ran into the brick and fell the wagon was stopped so suddenly that William Lauer was thrown from the seat and was stepped on by the frightened animals. : He claims that j he was internally Injured and that he will hold the paving company responsible. The witnesses of the accident were Tony Mainimount, 1024 Jackson street, and Chas. Dlllner, who lives In the Vicinity. The horse was .taken to Ebright's veterinary hospital where it was treated.

DR. OSTROWSKI HELD South Chicago Man, Formerly of Hammond, Held . to Criminal Court.

Dr. OstroskI, the South Chicago doctor, who formerly lived in Hammond and has been in the limelight for some time- after causing the arrest of several women and one man on charges of assault, -was arraigned In court on a charge of performing an illegal operation, was held to the criminal court by Judge Petit yesterday under bonds Of H.OflC, . The case attracted a great deal of attention several weeks, ago when Mr. Ostrowski swore out warrants for the arrest of a number of people whom he accused of assault. Then there was a young' woman mixed up in the case, who is the doctor's housekeeper. She it was who brought several charges against the former Hammond man which resulted in his, case being sent to the criminal court. PLAN IMPORTANT MEET Young Republicans Gather to Arrange for Election Day. The most important meeting which the members of the Young Men's Republican club will hold during the campaign will be held Sunday Afternoon at 3 o'clock in the republican headquarters. This meeting will be lmporant, as matters pertaining to the election day activities will be taken up and discussed. It is expected that there will be in the neighborhood of three or four hundred young men who are interested in the success of the party, present at this meeting. The. Young Men's Republican club has been given the credit for the success of a great many of the big rallies and political gatherings that have been (held during, the campaign, and an effort will be -made to end the campaign as successfully as it has been carried on. A I.IK IS REFUTED. Aroused over the statement made In the local democratic orsan on "Jlondny which' declarecl that In a speech at WarRaw on Oct. 22. "JAMES E. WATSON HAD SAID THAT HE WOIM) WIPE OFT THE SALOONS AND WOII.D PIT THEM OIT OF Bl!?IXF.SS IN A IllRRY IF HE WAS ELECTED GOVERNOR." The Lake county republican central committee srnt him a copy of the sheet nnd asked him to wire hark a denial or an nffl mint Ion. In reply the following; triegrain wan sent by Mr. W: :on last night: Indianapolis. Inn., Oct. 2I, ((!). Hon. F. R. Schnnf, Hammond, Inl. I delivered at Warsaw exactly the same speech on the county local option law that I did at Hammond. Crown mint and East Chicago, and any different statement attributed to me Is a misquotation. Signed! J. E. WATSON. The thousands who heard Watson in Hammond. ' Indiana Harbor, Lowell and Crown Point know what he said on the county option question. He said It at Warsaw an he Is saying It all over the state.

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J HEINE HAS A DUCK YARN TO TELL Hammond Fireman Has a Great Experience at Mud Lake Yesterday. ADVENTURES ON HIS 'DAY OFF Has a Number of Press Agent Friends Who Believe the Story Is Too Good to Keep. Felix Heineman, one of the members of the Central Are department, has added another experience to the many that he has already survived. It was "Heinle's" day . off at the station yesterday. It was the one day for which he had been looking for two weeks. In his imaginative, mind he had already counted the ducks that he would shoot on Mud lake. The day broke yesterday morning and accompanied by two good hunting dogs and his trusty gun he set out for the water where he procured a skiff In which he intended spending the day on the lake. He took the dogs with him in the boat, and as they shifted their position" Heinie"' would have to shift to keep the boat in balance. It was not long after being i well out in the lake that he noticed his craft carrying water. He at first thought that he was dipping It, but paid lltle attention to it, rather keeping his eyes open for game. Before he was aware of the fact his boat was half full of water. Without much more deliberation he grabbed his gun, called the dogs and jumped overboard into four feet of water. There he floundered around trying to keep his gun dry and to save himself from becoming mired in the muck. The boat disappeared to the bottom of the lake, and it not being his he did not think it right that he should leave it there. He felt his way back again and stepped into it and pushing himself along with the paddle he took a mud ride with the boat under the water. After two hours of laborious work and frozen to the marrow he finally reached the shore. After taking an inventory he found himself, his gun, two dogs, and a mudfilled boat and decided to give up the day's sport, and say nothing about it. He has, however,, a number of friends who are . excellent press agents and thanks to them the valiant deeds of the assistant engineman are never lost to posterity. BOXING CONTEST FOR FRIDAY NIGHT. Goodman and White Go On at Meeker's Hall on O till en Street. The boxing contest between Goodman and White which has been arranged for next Friday night will take place at Meeker's hall. 155 street, (extension of Ogden). There will be preliminaries and a good show guaranteed. Manager Baker says it will be as good as the laFt boxing show there. CONDICT A VOTING CONTEST Peru The Y. M. C. A. of Peru conducted a voting contest for boys under 21 years of age and 110 youngsters voted on a machine in an hour. The result was 94 for Watson and prohibition, wlille 16 voted the demotao hlbition, while 16 voted for the democratic candidates. The test was taken at the republican headquarters, but the boys of the city irrespective of partyaffiliations were Invited to participate.

SUPT. V DANE LEAVES FOR K0K01 Hammond Educator Will Attend N, I. Superintendents' Club.

MEMBERSHIP IS LIMITED Gary Superintendent Is Also a Member and Will Attend the Meetings. Superintendent C. M. McDanlel of the Hammond schools, left for Kokomo this noon to attend the Northern Indiana Superintendent's club, which will be in session there on Friday and Saturday of this week. The Northern Indiana Superintend ent's club is composed of twenty active members, no more no less, and active membership can only be gained through the resignation of a member. The club, however, retains all former active members, thus giving them the right to attend all sessions as privi leged. The day .tomorrow will be spent In visiting the schools, after which the business sessions will begin. At 7:30 on Friday night and 8:30 on Saturday morning the superintendents will meet In the parlors of the Frances hotel. Club Contains Brains of State. The Northern Indiana Superintend ent's club contains the essence of the teaching brain in Indiana, and Is an organization formed independent of any other state organization. Gary is also honored by having representation in this club through Its superintend ent, W. A. Wirt. The. topics that have been suggested for discussion are a veritable gold mine for the benefit that may be de rived from them. They would un doubtedly furnish rich food for thought if taken up in the various township in stitutes, and with such men like Superintendents McDanlel and Wirt Interested, many of the good things will undoubtedly be brought to this county. The suggested topics are as follows: 1. The arguments in favor of junior high schools. t 2. Suggest changes in the schedule tor estimating the success grade of teachers. - s '.- - 3. The slump Un attendance In- the first and second years of the high school. What causes it and how may it be reduced? . ...... 4. The cadet system for training young teachers. 5. To what extent should we be controlled by the movement for the "grouping" of -children for teaching purposes? 6. The first year of the wage law Its defects. . ' 7. Supplementary reading what, how much and how obtained? 8. Business courses in eighth grade and high school. 9. Should not the influence of the college and the university In framing high school courses be greatly reduced. 10. Is It wise to centralize schools for departmental teaching? If so, how low in the grades? 11. Physical training. . 12. Medical Inspection, in schools. 13. The most desirable commence ment exercises for high schools. 14. The elimination of useless material in the course of study. What to eliminate and how? 15. What functions should be encouraged in connection with high school commencement. 16. Is a high school alumni association valuable? 17. Minimum requirements for graduation from high school. 18. The Bible in the schools. 19. Higher standard of requirements for commissioned high schools. 20. Free text books. The membership of the club Is as follows: O. It. Baker, Winchester; A. II. r-ouglas, Logansport: J. W. Hamilton, Monticello; O. N. Kendall, Indianapolis; Calvin Moon. South Bend; P. F. Moore, Muncle; T.- A. Mott, Richmond; R. A. Ogg. Kokomo; J. X. Study, Ft. Wayne; W. A. Wirt, Gary; J. A. Wood, Laporte; J. B. Uearcy, Anderson; O. M. Pittinger, Alexandria: C. M. McDaniel, Hammond; J. F. Nuner. Mishawaka; R. F. Hight. Lafayette; E. S. Monroe, Frankfort; E. H. Drake. Elkhart. C. W. Belman. former superintendent of the Hammond schools and now cashier in the First National bank in Hammond, is a former active member. ELECTED BY SCOTTISH RITE. M. W. Rayliss of Washington Chosen Sovereign Grand Commander. New York. Oct. 28. Closing its annual meeting today the supreme council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite for the United States of America elected officers as follows: Sovereign grand commander, M. W. Bayliss, Washington: lieutenant grand commander, Calvin W. Edwards. Albany, N. Y.; grand minister of state, George Gibson, Washington, D. C; grand treasurer general, Holden O. Hill, Providence, R. I.; grand secretary general, Marcus W. Morton. Providence, R. I.; grand keeper of archives, Walter Seymour, Newark, N. J.; grand master of ceremonies, Samuel G. Eberly, Washington, D. C; grand marshal general, John A. Glidden, Dover, N. H. ; grand standard bearer, W. E. Bixby, Haverhill, Mass.; grand captain of the guadr, Peter O. Anderson, Brooklyn, N. Y.

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1EET li HAMMOND

Lake County Pedagogues To Have Their Annual Meeting in . Central . School Building in Hammond Tomorrow. f(l HAS DEEII ARRANGED Sessions Will last Until Saturday Afternoon When Nekt Year's Officers Will Be Elected and , Gathering Will Break Up and, Teachers Go Home. Hammond will be (riven over to the teachers of Lake county tomorrow. They will come In. front all direction to . attend the annual meeting of the Lake County Teachers' association. Tha sessions will last Friday and Saturday and will be held In the central school building. Tomorrow evening, at 8 o'clock, a lecture will be given at tha Central school, the lecture subject be ing the "Problem of Jo-b." The lecture will be given by Prof. W. W. Black, and all who have had the pleas ure of hearing Professor Black before know what a treat Is in store for them. The regular session opens tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. "A feature of the session this year will be the presence of the republican and-democratic-nojmlnees for state supermienaeni. Both will speak on Saturday morning, during the first session. The republican nominee,, who is now assistant state superintendent, Lawrence Me. Turnan, will lecture on "The Teacher and the State," while his opponent. In the following hour, will lecture on "Tha Individual in Education." The program is as follows: ' General Sessions Friday, 10 a. m. Piano Solo ...Lillian Williams Boys' Chorus. East Chicago Higfc School Our Flag ; McKoan Address Prof. W. W. Black; "The Spirit and Educational Significance of Manual Training In th Elementary School." Appointment of Committees. Friday Evening, 8 O'clock. Violin Solo ...Claude Humphreys Double Quartet. .Whiting High School March: On the Move.. Ethan H. BaileyAddress Prof. W. W. Blacls "The Problem of Job." Saturday, 0t30 a. in. Song Hammond High School Address Asst. State Supt. McTurnaa; "The Teacher and the State." Report of Committees. Vocal Solo Grace Pearl Townsend AClaress Lr. KODen j. Aiey ' "The Individual- in Education." Section Meetings'. Friday, 2 p. m. Kindegarten, prN mary. High School assembly room. Children's Chorus Room 2, Washington School Children's Chorus Room 4, Central School Primary History Prof. Emily J. Rica General Discussion" .'. , Miss Nina Pe tit, Chairman: Grade -section High school auditorlum. Language. a. The need of better work in language Rhetta Lynnj b. Some difficulties in the teaching of language A. L. Spohn c. rne opportunities ior teacmng language: 1. City Schools. 2. Country Schools.. josie Roberts Questions for general discussion: 1. The best way of presenting a myth or story. 2. Which is the more voluable to a child, the reproduction of a story or an original story? 3. The best means of increasing a child's vocabulary. Mr. Black will discuss some phase of language work in this section. Geography. a. The use of iihistrativc material In the teaching of geography . .Marie Xewnham b. The use of the text book..; ! S. J. Brickie Miss Rena Ames, Chairman. Hlh School Section. Room S. High School. The Social Life of the High School Pupil Principal H. H. ClarK Discussion Supt. W. A. Wirt Ways and Means of Keeping Boys in the High School. Prin. W. W. Hollida Discussion Prin. Zairgrg. Hobart Examinations in the High School... Prin. McElroy, Hammond Discussion Prin. Morey. Lowell Miss Mary H. Curtis. Chairman. Teachers attending the association both days will receive pay for Friday, Nov. 27. All teachers should come prepared to take part in the discussion in the section meetings.

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