Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 9, Hammond, Lake County, 30 March 1912 — Page 1
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. (By Staff Correspondent.) Crown' Point, Ind., March S0. ' ( Convention Hall.') The city " is thronged with republicans . from every part of the county and the republican county ticket is named for the campaign of 1912,; v -,-. There wa nothins to Jt but Whit-' aker. B r e n n a n, Johnscitt " anA K-w-ton, as had,,, been predicted toy the leaders. .Whitaker made an", -aroazins race and got nearly tyrico as many votes as both... his ty, hot in any one section but In all : OLD BO.X-CAH-of them. -. C L. Kirk of - - HANK Kast Chicago was 'made permanent chairman. o the convention. :--whlcli nvt ut 2:2. and ' Vernon. .Mcflirr ot Havnt rnond n-as"1 et-re'Jirv. (Th9 cttVvaSsn?r hoard had met In " the.- mocnlng and found no- d-olt contests, o -that-th convention was implT a . ratification t " 1 . . .il m Triiii, i an, spc.f nd Fred ,Friedlej- was warmly applaudedL for the : spienaia laiK no gave. . I n e repiutions fommlttea .praised the Taft adninlstra. lion and scored the democrratlc state 'administration. The attendance Was i. ?o great that it was Impossible to adni If everybody who wanted to g;et In the hall. -, QUIET TIME AT . EAST CHICAGO ' The primaries In East Chicago and Indiana Harbor vesterdav Dassed off!
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very quietly and but for the fact that 1 prime. favorite In Hammond for the the saloons were closed no one could t nomination for-room No. 3. having rehare told that they were taking place. ! cetved 448 votes to George Manlove's There was not a heavy vote polled, but ' 226. at that it, was all the politicians ex-1 William" Newton polled a large vote peeled. It was estimated that about In Hammond for the office of repre-
votes were cast. The winners in
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THE DELEGATE VOTE D. J. Moran ". . John Shunk . . . .....136.67 George Manlove, Harold Wheeler" William iNewtoa C .C. Quillen' . . G.-:a. Wldhb'lm. J. A. Brennan, 91.73 . . i 102.27 ... .122.66 f 38.99 ....131,26 -Alex -Jamieson,....' ired Friediey. i " 67.7 24.0 53.12 122.62 77.36 121.34 Henry Whitiker 9 IT. C. Glover r - Aug.' H." W., Johnson
opponents "put to- j wmmmmwmmm aether.. lie rah welljgj -where there "--r contents -were all over the, coun-j I)aBie J. Moran 'for: 'Judse superior
( coart room No. 2; Harold K. Wheeler, courtroom No. "3; WtUlam Newton, repLreentat:ve; rtenry W.hllaJter, sheriff; August It. W. jL-hti8on for recorder." , ,-7i:0UCA2TD m - - HAirio:::; "is hxit if'rhe rorM!r v yestej'dayJi" Th i arty ; did not respond for -aome reason or another. and "the greatest rndIfforence was shown In all parts of the city; Jud;e VlrgU S. Relter, one of the five candidates without opposition, received the largest .vote. He polled only 865 votes, according to the preliminary count. " In the contest. for the Judgeship nomination In room So. 2 Attorney Dan Moran was an easy victor over Attorney John A.. Shunk of Kast Chicago, having polled 684 votes to Shunk.s 128. Harold "Wheeler proved to be the (Continued on Page 5.)
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THE TICKET. NAIIED. i ' -'V, ;: .-! .. .- . JadKC ' Superior Court, Room No. 1 VIRGIt, "8. REITER Judgo SniM-rtor Court. Haon No. 3 5'.- ... ' IJAXIElT Jr. MORAN Judge Saperior Court, Room No. 3 - Harold ii. wheeler RepreaeatatlTe - " AVIL.LIAM NEWTON ' Auditor . . v JOHN Ai BRENNAN , " h ... ,: .j .Treaaurer . ... .... .ALBERT J. SW ANSON Sheriff ' ' HENRY WHITAKKR ' Recorder AVGt'ST H. W. JOHNSON . . ' ; . Surveyor , - RAT SEEI.EY . a . Coroner . - 1 ; FHASK.W. SMITH ' . ; Jt-ommeatoiMir, Klrat Dlatrlet , RICH RIV P. SCHAAF, Sr. -Commlailoitr, Second Dlatrlet ' , ' : LEVI HUTTON THE -VOTE SOUTH OFiTHE HIVEIl .The delegate atrength of the-contesting candidates south of the Calumet river showa how diametrically the two ends of the county -vcted on most of the ' candidates exfcept sherlft The strength of. Jam lea on for auditor and Glover for recorder was visibly shown here.- e-TThe - delegate .voting strength was as. follows in Center. Cedar Creek, Eagle Creek." Hanover. Ross. St. John, "West " Creek- and Wlnfleld townships For; Judge No. 2 Moran 82.70 ' Shunk 9.30 Tor Judge. No. 3 . Manlove '. .16.(1 Wheeler s . , .30.65 For Repreeentatlve Newton :. 32.21 Quillen '.......'.v.......... ...... -06 - Wldholm . . . . i . . . . 2.T1 For Auditor . Brennap .- . . . ......... , ..10.T2 Jaoiieson' .'. . For. PheriX ' " " Frledlcv ' KuntrtiV. , ;"i ; i . -WhlUKer j. For , --fr"...21 .... S.fl , ,.t2.S0 . . . 24.5 Johnson . ., .. .. .. ... . . ....... -.17.60 THE HOB ART PRIMARIES SHOW LIGHT VOTE - (Special to Tbb Tiasa) Hobart, Ind.. March 80. The voting at the republican primaries ; In this town and township yesterday were remarkably quiet. "WTiltaker and Knnert ran a close race. Johnson beat Glover by fifty votes. Wldholm and Newton ran close, and Brennan beat Jamieson by forty votes. Attorney Manlove got the biggest majority on the ticket, he defeating Wheeler by nearly 80 votes. The vote by precincts was as follows: Precincts t 2'8 4 Tot. Relter...... 53 53 26 67 189 Moran ....... i 24 24 Shunk 28 30 Manlove SS 35 Wheeler ...15 18 19 7 5 19 9 2 13 13 14 28 45112 2r 90 64 142 14 66 23 95 (Newton S3 SO (Quillen ....12 13 iWidholm 9 11 Brennan ..33 47 Jamieson ..21 10 6 33 55 88 38 131 47 92 62 201 5 18 29 96 50 117 33 87 52137 50 170 49 169 61173 51 158 Swanson 60 61 Friediey . . . .- . 5 6 Kunert ,18 23 Whitaker ..85 31 Glover 20 24 26 1 10 19 26 26 26 ' 3 1 Johnson 33 31 Seeley .4S 46 Smith 47 47 Schaaf ......49 47 Hutton .......52 52 WHITAKER RUNS WELL AT HUB (Special to The Timss.) Crown Point, Ind.. March 30." The; voting at the primaries was exceeding- ! ly light here" yesterday, but compared! favorably with the voting in the other: precincts of the. county, the old war; horses declaring that not In years has j as" little interest been evinced in the republican primaries. The cause is not! laid to apathy in the republicans but to the fact that the contests were few. ! and but little campaigning was done outside of the sheriff's race. The precinc vote in Crown was as follows: Point Precincts 1 Relter ...... ...... 48 Moran . . . . . .38 Shunk .... 7 Manlove . - 7
2 3 4 5j 29 37 ? 31 ; 21 36 54 26 7 9 17 1 5 8 17 3 31 33 68 30 ' 32 43 80 28 : .. .. 2 1! 3 15 1 30 22 45 25 12 18 40 5 36 38 77 29 3. 4 2 4 j 5 34 38 3! 27 25 51 24 . i 34 41 78 27 j I 2 3 10 5 , ! 28 37 69 29 I 25 34 62 26 ! I 26 32 8 28 1 t 22 34 " 68 26 j
Wheeler : 46 Newt on ............ 4 6 QutUen 2 Wldholm ; .... '4 Brennan - .......... .20 Jamieson ' .......... 31 Swanson 43 Friediey 2 Kunert ............ .14 Whitaker ..........38 Glover 54 Johnson ............ 3 Seeley "... . 4S Smith ....45 Fchaaf ....... ..13 Hutton ' .48 Cedar Lake." THIS NEWSPAPER IS THE'TRADB PAPER OK THE - CONSUMERS OF THIS CITY OF "THE PEOPLE WHO BUY THE - HOKS SrPPLIES. -
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E. C. Glover. Crown Point, Ind. March 80. The most remarkable battle waged at the republican county : primaries was fought by Ed C. Glover" of this place, candidate for recorder, who was nosed out by Aug. Johnson of East Chicago, . veteran campaigner. Glover mad his debut lit polities and south of the.Calu met beat Johnson good and plenty but that he will be heard from In the future is unquestionable. He has no reason to he ashamed of his splendid .raoe. for tt astonished ! the politicians of Lake county. . ;.; 1 . - C:r - T'-i ft..in a Lake uounty Criminal Court Is Unearthed by Governor's Investigation. Another chapter in one of the most noted criminal cases ever prosecuted In the Lake County superior court was written yesterday w-hen a stroke of Governor Marshall's pen, ' pardoning Bernard : Freedman of East. Chicago from the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City, , where he has been Incarcerated since July '11, ' lt-11 - for the al leged crime or conspiring to commit a felony, yesterday revealed what is believed to have been a criminal.' conspiracy unique In the history of 'the state's penal Institutions. - The Governor's unconditional pardon followed the recommendations of the State Board of Pardons. The alleged . Illegal incarceration of a guiltless man for train robbery, through the machinations of what is believed to have been a gang of for elgn "white slavera," operating In the principal cities of the United States with women imported from foreign coun tries, ia revealed in the certified state ments of those Interested in the pardon of Freedman. - - Revenge, or perhaps, fear of further attempts at prosecution by Freedman and St. Louis authorities working along similar lines, is given as the cause of the conspiracy, which resulted (Continued on . page B.) Smiling Bill Kunert " Put Up a Sizzler. William Kunert.
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y Fearful lest the rising waters of he Little. Calumet flood South Broadway, Mayor Khotts. today Issued orders to the ;Gary police to blow- up the Tolleston Oun club dam in the rear Stt the Lake "CountTy clubhouse. ; i - Tha order was .transmitted "to Chlel Martin, who In turn, detailed Captain Newman ; and ; petectlves Eisner " and Kfertess to do the dynamiting. . They will proiiure twenty-five pounds of the explosive from -the "Aetna Powder" Co. ; "Dam Now SoBsnerged. . Following a trip to the Little aCIumet mamh, near Black Oak, the police came back and reportel that. the. waters were rising, and that the dam is now under water." If the waters aub(Continued en Page 7.) TERRIBLE TRAGEDY ; AT BUFFIIIGT01I ... - -. ... , . t - .. . t Cement Worker, Is ; Smothered Under Torfs of Slag., r'-Burled ; under tons of sis g, Steve Tomkovich. employed at .; the cement plant at BufTington. was. smothndto death early thla morning while at work in the plant,. By. his death ten children are rendered fatherless, and their mother-Is made a widow. Tomkovich wi' Croatian -and! his family live In the'oU country. -- TmTtovich- tar44 w--vw--vTatfl'5!-uaeeT;- jtroTarna i-irijor. The. accident happened at 1 a. m. Tomkovich was standing near . the month of a shuts used to conduct alag from an overhead railroad. He was not expecting the slag to descend so quickly as It did and stood too near, a heavy chunk hitting him ad knocking him -down.' Before he could rise, a great quantity of the stuff had come ruslhng down the chuta and in a moment he was burled under the ava lanche. ' A- workman saw his comrade knocked down , and gave the alarm and as soon as possible a force of men was set to work digging out the body, j It took some time to accomplish this and when it was accomplished Tomkovich was quite dead. There was not a mark on his - body, to indicate that he had been hurt, death having been due solely to suffocation. . An inquest will be held at Hammond Monday, after which the funeral will take place, the remains being burled at St. John's Cemetery, Hammond. Burns and McGuan took the body to their undertaking establishment after Its recovery. . PITZLE PARDON REFUSED TIMES BIREAI-. ! AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis. Ind., March 30. The state pardon board has reported' to Governor Marshall that it declines to recommend a parole for Davit Pitsele, who-was sent to prison from Gary for 'padding a steel company pay roll for SSOO. , . . 1 . z , The board decided lo continue the pe- : tition of John Lapidat for pardon or i parole. .It "will probably be another 1 year before it will be taken up again. 14 HOSS RACE IN WHITING - - (Special to Thb Timbs. ) ' Whiting. Ind., March SO. Three hundred . sixty-five votes "were cast at the Whiting primaries and one feature of the battle wa the closeness of U19 race between Glover and Johnson and Brennan and Jamieaon. The vote Is: Moran ........ 137 Whitaker 128 Wheeler 124;Johnson , 105 Newton ".158'Shunk 42 Widholm ..... 20Manlove 31 Quillen. 12Kunfrt 66 Brennan ...... 125! Friediey g Jamieson 90 Glove- 103 McGarry Recovering. John E. McGarry, who underwent a serious operation at St. Margaret's hospital a week ago last Monday, Is reported getting along nicely, and it is reported that he -will be able to leax'e the hospital some time today or tomorrow.
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feet of the great Williams dyke along the Takj riv
er oetween Snelby and Schneider, went cut hc:ii7 fc3fore midnight at a point one mile from Shelby and t! : " !i the crevasse; swept thousands of tons of water f " L vV x-
ice gorged river. The pent-up floods poured dui 1 :, f -mendous volume over the surrounding country, f undated it. A vast tract of land was ,cu!;icr tween the two towns and grave fears are entertain- ..
more of the dyke .will be, crumpled upHbxthoac? , : . v and swept away. Reportsv from Schneider cji ' tho C,3 ; " & S.: indicate inundated by the flood w&tcrs J " Che d":-. age has not been estimated, but it will tzCa, nrcit ctn0
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'XHs Timks has the best of authority for the statement that If the problem of assuring the quick shipment of lesa than earload lots of freight can be solved satisfactorily to the officials of the Reld-Murdoch Co. that a new warehouse will be built at . once that will cost in the neighborhood of $250,000 or more than will employ 300 additional men. The Importance of this move may be appreciated when it is known that the grocery end of the business, which is now located at Lake and Market streets, Chicago, will.be transferred to Hammond and all that the company will maintain in Chicago Is a city sales room. The reason for the change Is the fact that the company's lease on the bulld-
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Tint Trims.) - Vith a loud i. thtew himself ti,c!ifrci Cd . - : ; 1 "St 'I I"', ing now" occuplpa-al Lai and iurket streets expires in a. few- month., and It has Txjen deemed-advisaltle to concen.. trato the business in Hammond. . . This .will be a great boom 'to tii north side for an addition of SO0 families will mean the up-building of a large community. It is believed that the question of quick dispatch in.L. C. L. shipments can be satisfactorily solved and that the company will within a few months' commence the construction of one of the largest warehouses in the Calumet region. . The plan of the New York Central lines to arrange for th handling of L. C- 1 shipments at a large freight transfer station at Gibson would solve the problem, competent authorities say. (Continued on page flve. 4t Johnson.