Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 62, Hammond, Lake County, 29 August 1913 — Page 8

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Friday. August 29, 1913.

HOUSE LOBBY INVESTIGATING- COMMITTEE HEARS SENSATIONAL CHARGES AGAINST CONGRESSMAN M'DERMOTT, UNION LABOR DEMOCRAT FROM CHICAGO.

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House lobby InvcMtigatins; coramHtrf. lie ft to rtsrhti CiinerfMmro Scott Ferrl of Oklahoma, Joaph J. Huasrll of Mlanonri, Cyras Cllne of Indiana. Fiala J. liarrrtt of Tnnrawe (chairman), V. II. Stafford of Wlaconaln, Frank II. Will!: of Ohio and J. I. Nolan of California.

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Washington, Aurr. 29. Undoubtdly the most sensational allegations that have been made before the house lobby investigating committee since it began its work last month have concerned the activities in congress of a labor representative from the Chicago stockyards district John J. McDermott. McDermott Is a Democrat, but the Democratic members of the lobby committee have shown no disposition to

be easy with him. Kvery charge that has been made is being sifted to the bottom. . The two most serious charges come from Col. Martin M. Mulhall. who declares that McDermott has been a tool of the N. A. M., and from Isaac II. M;Michael, former chief page of the house of representatives and confessed grafter, who says that. McDermott admitted to him that he (McDermott) had received $7,500 from Washington

pawnbrokers to fight the "loan shark" bill in congress. Allegations that McDermott was paid J2.00O for supporting Speaker Canon's rules In th organization t the house of representatives in 190D. and that he obtained J500 as a loan from a Washington organization of liquor dealers opposed to the enactment of the present strict saloon law in the District of Columbia, have also been include din the testimony.

Colonel Mulhall ' has told the committee that Representative McDermott once admitted to him that he was promised S5.000 for his 1910 campaign by the liquor organization but , was paid only 52,000. This $2,000. according to Mulhall, was to remunerate McDermott for standing with Cannon in the rules fight. McDermott denies every allegation, and Insists that he can prove his Innocence.

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SYSTEM OF SHOP AND SCHOOL COOPERATION AS PE0 VIDEO IN HAMMOND SCHOOLS ATTRACTS NOTICE OF EDUCATORS

"The Hammond Plan What One. work as might be thought best, has City Is Trying to Do," an article from ! been the sole aim of the school authe pen of Superintendent C. M. Mc- thoritles. In crystallizing a workable Daniel, which appeared in an issue of j program, there is no claim for anythe American School Board Journal, a ! thing absolutely new, rather a unlfyleadlng periodical on school admlnls-I ing of some things that have been tratlon, touches among other things, J done in different school systems. We on the new system of school and do not want to be understood to a n-

fourth years. Under this arrangement a student can spend half his time in school working toward his high school , diploma, and the balance of his time ' in a shop learning a trade, and earn

ing money. Con key Offer Inducement. The W. B. Conkey Printing company adds another inducement by offering the apprentice seventeen and one-half cents an hour for the. fourth year Instead of the minimum fifteen cents, and furthermore agrees to open a. Joint account beginning with the second year. At that time, the company will deposit to the credit of the apprentice one dollar each two weeks with the treasurer of the company. At the end of the apprenticeship the entire sum to the credit of the student plus twenty-five dollars will be paid him. If for any reason the apprentioeEhlp Is not completed the money to deposited reverts to the company.

shop eo-operauon, wnicn who rnauu nn nounce inai me curricula or tne grades elective feature in the Hammond hih I and the high school have been f ullv

school curriculum with the beginning adapted to the general scheme that is tn K '

of the second semester last year. j rapidly developing. The fact is that j WMk ,hould e , th- , Editor Make. Comment. rnuch, especially n the grades, needs of the c)mpanj. wnen ne arrlv at the

ine euuur ul iiic "if uvi,w, . v m w lhviicu, nutiiiitiiiii Bome lines Board Journal, recognizing the merits ! of work and correlating others. It of the efforts of Superintendent Mc-i will take another year, possibly two, Daniel and the school board to meet ; to complete what is only a beginning, the needs of the local situation, com-J As the different phases of the plan menu in the following words on the . are tried out, such changes as may be article, excerpts of which are also sub-j deemed best will be made." joined: I - Right School a Success. "At no time in the history of Amerl- In the sequenco of the article the

can education have such successful j writer next touches on the elaborate

efforts been made to fit the school to

the needs of the communities they serve. Whether or not the work Mr. McDanlel and his associates are doing is new in theory or method it offers food for thought and should lead school officials to ask themselves whether their schools are studying

their local problems as carefully and

night school system of which Principal Henderson is making a splendid success and some discussion is devoted to the plan of finding employment for the night school students. Reverting to the day high school again Superintendent McDanlel says: Flexible Entrance fleqnfreraenta.

age of twenty-one, he will be put at once on the payroll at the regular journeyman's wages. Short BnMnea Course. In his article Supt. McDaniel also mentions the two year business course which is a departure from the curriculum to meet local conditions, and after introducing the subject of pre-voca-tlor.al work, he says in part: Await Ne-rr nnlldtna-. To give a student a further opportunity to discover his ability, shops will be opened when the new

1 high school building is erected. For those who take the "co-operative school j and shop work" scheme, the school

shops will be used to give the theoreti-

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solving them as rationally as are the the current year. (1912-13) permission j Mde f the work- For those who

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will be given boys and girls, who with-

i be used to give a familiarity with tools.

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Superintendent McDaniel in his artl- enth or eighth year, to enter the high ! machln" Rr,d processes common to lode says in part: I school, provided they have worked cal !ndu8tr,8All engaged in educational ! from that time until their sixteenth1 "Manv Purls have left school in the work believe that we have emphasized yar. or one year in excess of the time ' BAen- not on,y because they see no the course of study to the detriment ! they would have used in reaching the ' reUUon bween th work offered and of the child by forcing all pupils to high school, and can produce satlsfae- the 5n1,,str,al life which they intend to fit h r-nurn of studv rather than i tnrv nrnmmm.iatinii. fmm i follow, but also because of detention

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adapting it to the needs of the child: 1 nlovers. for more than one term in a grade

that we have shaped" the curricula of j "We do not doubt that their expert-' WhUei the addition of Industrial feaour high schools to the demands of . ence In store and factory, coupled with ! tures w!n arouse a new Interest, it was the college and the university and lost an earnest desire to prepare them-! ,,f'cla'"1 that as far as Psslo,e a11 un" sight of the ninety-nine that will go selves better and a willing application ' necessary grading, and examinations neither to college nor university, but to work, will enable them to attain j shouId be eliminated, have gone out to toil in field and fac- satisfactory results. Promotion of Grade Pupils, tory and have become a part of that i "In order that the boys and girls I "l believe that many pupils have rifat middle class that forms the very', who return as vrll n thm a-, I been required to repeat their grade be-

back bone of our national existence. ! in the high school and may desire to ! cause of an artificial standard of grad- . "The people are not so much inter- ' take up industrial work, may become lng- Any figure that may be determin- i

ested in the definition of education as more efficient, and as an incentive for ed upon is both arbitrary and artifithey are In their boys and girls, nor ; those in the grades to continue in I c,al- No standard grade can be a Just

are they so much Interested in a school, a Bcheme for co-operative expression of a pupil's mental devel

scheme of education as they are in , school and shop work has been planwhat education may do for their boys red. Arrangements will be made so and girls. j tnt boys and girls will work in cer-

"They are beginning to demand in tain commercial establishments one-

no uncertain terms that they get in 1 half of each day that school is in ses

sion, and attend school the remainder

of the day. That the student may

learn the entire art or trade in which

he is working, an agreement will be

AlGrST 20 IX HISTORY. 1835 The "Beaver," first steam ' vessel to pla- on the Pacific Ocean, left England for Fort' Vancouver. 1S67 Minnesota adopted a state constitution.-. 1S62 Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis, U. S. A., shot and mortally wounded Major General William Nelson, in an altercation at Louis-, - ville. 1864 General Crook superseded General Hunter a soommander of the Department of West Virginia! 1883 The Salvation Army commenced operations in Canada. 1S85 The first cable-road in New York city began its service. 1905 Japanese arid Russian envoys at Portsmouth reached peace agreement. 1910 Gen. Juan J. Estrada assumed office as president of Nicaragua. 1912 President Taft planned to answer attacks on his administration made by Col. Roosevelt. TODAY'S BIRTHDAY HONORS. Congressman Stephen M. Sparkman of Florida, lawyer by profession, was born in Hernando County, Fla.. July 29, 1849; raised on"a farm, where he remained until his eighteenth year; educated In the common schools of southern Florida; read law under Gov. Henry I Mitchell, and admitted to practice , in 1872: was State's attorney for the' sixth Judicial circuit from 1878 to 1887;" member of the Democratic Congressional executive committee for the first' district from 1890 to 1894, being chairman for the first two years; member and chairman of the State Democratic executive committee from 1892 to 189S; was elected to the Fiftyfourth. Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth. Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, Sixtyfirst, and Sixty-second Congresses and re-elected to the Sixty-third Congress.

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return a measure of value. We believe they have a right to make this demand, and the more insistent they make these demands, the more quickly will come a response. The Iocal Problem. "Hammond is an industrial community. It has more than fifty factories, representing almost every line of activity. A boy or girl who may be dissatisfied with school conditions needs to use little persuasion twith his parents to get their permission to go to work; especially when they may receive from $5 to $12 per week. When the parents see so little in Ihe school of immediate value, their decision in favor of industrial activity may be appreciated. "So far as possible, to adapt the school work of the Hammond public schools to the Industrial needs of Hammond, preserving at the same time such essentials of the traditional

opment. " As an aid for the "unsatisfactory" pupils a system of coaching has been established." Speaking of the elimination of examinations, and the work of the summer school the writer says: Examinations. "Examinations have been another dls-

made whereby the boy or girls is to ' turblng factor to both pupils and

work for a stated time in the establishment of the employer. School and Shop Co-operation.

The school authorities will not

teachers and are an unnecessary burden for each. In the grades all examinations as generally practiced have

been abolished. As we use examinations

sanction the apprenticeship in any in-' I prefer the word "test." The object of dustry In which the apprentice will the "test" is to Indicate to the teachers

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PAILS IX SUICIDE ATTEMPT. Frank Veenerman, employed at the French Lick Hotel printing office as a pressman, made an unsuccessful attempt at suicide by cutting both wrists. The manager of the office returned after lunch and found a letter written by Veenerman which seemed quer, and found Veenerman ut his rooming place lying on a bed with both wrists cut and bleeding badly. t He was Immediately taken to the ' West Baden Hotel Hospital and placed under the care of the attending physicians, who by quick work succeeded in saving his life. MISfSES HOLD. SI.HIOl S1,Y IXJI RED. Leslie A. Holster Is dying at Iporte tonight as a result of an automobile

accident yesterday. Bolster tried the

machine of Henry Will and missed his hold, falling on the pavement. A fracture at the "base of the skull resulted and doctors say the man can not survive. Bolster was a machinist and was married. TOO CI RE DRIIXKARDS. In an effort to stop the drink habit among the employes the Lake Shore Railroad company has employed sev-

'eral photographers to snap men while j drinking. When a trainman Is seen entering a saloon the camera man adroitly gets a "shot" of him in the act of taking a drink and follows him to other saloons. Forces of detectives using the cameras have been sent to Laporte, South Bend and Elkhart. I The road men are the employes the company Is particularly after. They want to stampt out the drink habit from men who have charge of trains. i

LEAVES XICKI.E PLATE ROAD. S. K. Blair, for thirty-one years connected with the Nickle Railroad, and

! who has been superintendent of the j Fort Wayne division for the last I twelve years, has resigned, effective

--. --jj. . .. 3 Sept. 1. He will be succeeded by R. J. Parrish of Cleveland, now superintendent of telegraphs for the road, i

M'DOUG ALL STILL WINNING RACES New York, Aug. 29. Donald McBou gall, national amateur cycle champion, who was married in Newark Monday night, is not keeping away from : the cycle racing. game, even though he 4s on his honeymoon. McDougall selected the place where the greatest activity in cycling Is this week and went theft with his bride. In Boston on Tues day night he won as usual in the race meeting conducted at the Revere Beach track. He will compete again on Sat urday night and then return to New? ark to appear again on the boards o$ Sunday afternoon at the Velodrome.

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not be able to acquire sufficient technique or klll to earn a fair living wage. No child under fourteen years of age will be apprenticed." The stipulations between the apprentice and the employer are given in detail and in this respect it need only be said that the student is properly protected, and that the compensation for the first year shall not be less than ten cents an hour, twelve and one-half cents for the second, and fifteen cents for the third and

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the lines of work which need emphasis. Some pupils who are naturally slow in development need a longer time than Is usually required to finish the work. This alone necessitates the Summer School. "However, the purpose of the eight weeks summer school is threefold: To enable the students who are slow in their development to complete the regular work and receive promotion; to enable the students who have extra ability to do the required work In less than the usual time; and to give, outlet to the energy ,tf the boys and girls who do not have positions during the summer. Time Will Tell.

"Time only can decide whether the complete scheme as planned for the

Hammond school system will come up

to expectations. While much of this plan is In the experimental stage and will need occasional adjustments, perhaps some features eliminated and others substituted, it is meeetlng with the general approval of the entire community."

SAY" MOORE IS IX OHIO. The Richmond police have learned that J. Ed Moore, a former local real estate dealer, who, is is alleged, obtained more than $10,000 from Wayne County people by means of fraudulent notes, is a Norwalk, O., and has been there since leaving the city. The grand Jury, which is now in session, is expected to return an Indictment

charging embezzlement against Moore,

in which event he will be arrested and returned to Richmond for. trial.

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