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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30
MARSHALL
PAROONED
FRIEDMAN


Another chapter in one of the most
noted criminal cases ever prosecuted
in the Lake County superior court was
written yesterday when stroke of
Governor Marshalrs pen. pardoning
Bernard Freedman of East Chicago
from the Indiana State Prison at Mich
igan City, where he has been incar-
cerated since July II. 1911 for the Al :
legged crime of conspirins to commit a
felony. yesterday revealed what Is be
lieved to have been criminal con-
spiracy unique In the history of the
states penal institutions. The Cover
nors unconditional pardon followed
the recommendations of the State
Board of Pardons
The alleged Illegal Incarceration OF
guiltIess man for train robbery
through the Vaccinations of what IL
believed to have been a gang of for.
eign white slavers" operating In the
principal cities OF the United States witt
women imported from foreign coun-
tries is revealed in the certified state
ments of those interested in the pard or
of Freedman.
! Revenge, or perhaps, fear of further
attempts at prosecution by Freedman
and st. Louis authorities working
cause of the conspiracy. which resulted
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
At BURLINGTON
Cement Worker Is Smoth'
cred Under Tons Of
Stag.

Buried under tons of Stag. Steve
Tomkovich. employed at, the cement
plant at Burlington. was smothered 10
death early this morning while At work
In the plant, Byzhfs death ten children
are rendered fatheriess. and their
mother II made widow. Tonkovich
vas 4 erortsan and his famtIx live ii
|<he old co5sntry. Toalk ovieh, hpe reed
The accident happened at / a m.
Tcmkcvtch was standing near the
mouth OF a shute used to conduct sls 8
from an overhead railroad. He was
not expecting the Stag to descend SO
quickly as 1t did and stood too near,
a heavy chunk hitting him ad knock
ling him down. Before he could rise, a
great quantity Of the stuff had come
rushing down the chute and in a
moment he was buried under the ava
lanche.
workman saw his comrade knock
ed down and gave the alarm and as
soon as possible a force of men was
set to work digging out the body. II
took some time to accomplish this and
when 1t was accomplished Tomkovfch
was quite dead. There was not a mark
on his body, to indicate that he had
been hurt, death having been due sole
ly to sunocatton.
An inquest will be held at Hammond
Monday. after which the funeral will
take place. the remains being buried al
st. Johns Cemetery. Hammond. Burns
and McCuan took the body to their un-
dertaking establishment after its re.
covery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30
VAST TERRITORY is
/ INUNDATED NEAR SHELBY
Ice Gorged Flood Pours Through Grew
asse and Does Immense
Damage

Lowell Ind, March 80 With a. loud ropof f1 twenty
feet Of the great Williams dyke along the Kankskee
fore midnight at point mile from Shelby Through
the crevasse swept thousands Of tons Of water fo the
ice gorged river The pent-up floods poured out hi
mendous volume the surrounding country &n4 &S
undated it. vast tract Of land was. sublaerG1
tween the two towns and grave fears are enter
more of the dyke will be crumpled up by thesice Ro
and swept away. Reports from Schneider Qp the os III
& s. indicate inundated by the Hood waters The dam
age has not been estimated, but It will each great s
George Struble who watching the river had a@nar
row escape from death and threw himself from the
dyke to being engulfed. IS & Ssk III 49,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30

81 i - sa1 u saf il sstlse Va
efss of Sffifd q ed d d Is
yesterday Tbs party did not respond
for some reason or another. and the
greatest indifference was shown In all
parts of the city,
Judge Virgil S. Reiter. one of the Ave
candidates without opposition, received
tho largest vote. He polled only se5
votes. according to the preliminary
count.
In the contest for the judgeship nom
ination in room No. 2 Attorney Dan
Moran was an easy victor over Attor-
ney John A. Skunk of East Chicago,
having polled 6s4 votes to Shunk,s 12s.
Harold Wheeler proved to be the
prime favorite in Hammond for the
/ nomination for room No. 8. having re-
ceived 44s votes TO George Manlove's 8
22s
William Newton polled a large vote
in Hammond for the office of repre-
TO-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30

ing now occupied n 1saKe and Mar Ret
streets expires In a few months. ana It
has been deemed advisable to concen-
trate the business in Hammond.
This VIII be a great boom to the
north side for an addition of SEQ fam
lilies win mean the 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 with
in a few months commence the con-
struction of one of the largest ware
houses in the Calumet region.
The plan of the New York Central
lines to arrange for the handling of
L. c. l. shipments at large freight
transfer station at Gibson would solve
the problem. competent authorities say,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30
WHITAKER RUNS
WELL AT HUB
Especial to THE TIMES. /,

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
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 sherins race.
The precince vote in Crown Point
was as follows:
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30


IHn TrnEs has the BEST OF auth6rit to
for the statement that If the problem
of assuring the quick shipment of less
than carload lots of freight can be
solved satisfactorily to the officials of
the d-Murdoch Co. that a new
warehouse will be built at once that
win cost in the neighborhood of $780,
900 or more than will employ 500 ad-
ditional 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 build
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30
THE HOBART
PRIMARIES SHOW
LIGHT VOTE
Especial to THE TIMES. }

Hobart. Ind. March 3o.--The voting
at the republican primaries In this
town and township yesterday were re-
markably quiet. Whitaker and Kunert
ran close race Johnson beat Glover
by fifty votes. widholm and Newton
ran close, and Brennan beat Jameson
by forty votes. Attorney Manlove got
the biggest majority the ticket, he
defeating Wheeler by nearly so votes.
The vote by precincts was as follows:
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30
QUIET TIME AT
EAST CHICAGO

The prima ries in East Chicago and
Indiana Harbor Yesterday passed OF
very quietly and but for the fact that
the saloons We're closed no one could
have told that they were taking place.
There was not a heavy vote polled, but
at that 1t was ali the politicians ex-
pected. 1t was estimated that about
], soc votes were cast. The winners in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30

Crown Point. Ind, March So - 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 made his
debut In politics and south of the calu-
met beat johnson good and plenty, but
that he Will be heard from in the future
Is unouestionable. He has no reason TO
be ashamed of his splendid race. for II
astonished the politicians OF Lake
county.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30
P|TzLE
PARDON
REFUSED
TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL.

Indianapolis. Ind. March 30 = The
state pardon board has reported to
Governor Marshall that it declines to
recommend parole for David Pitzele,
who was sent to prison from Gary for
padding a steel company pay roll for
$500.
The board decided 20 continue the Pc
tition of John Lapidat for pardon or
parole 1t will probably be another
year before it will be taken up again.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30
THE VOTE SOUTH
OF THE RIVER

The delegate strength Of the contest
ing candidates south Of the Calumet
river shows how diametricaiiy the two
ends OF the county voted on most of
the candidates except sheriff The
strength Of Jameson for auditor and
Glover for recorder was visib1y shown
here. The deIegate voting strength
was as follows in Center. Cedar Creek.
Eagle Creek. Hanover. Ross. st. John.
West Creek and Winfield townships:
For Judge No p
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30

ALSO GOES
ON RAMP AGE

Fearful lest the rising waters of the
Little Calumet flood South Broadway,
Mayor Knots today issued orders to
the Gary police to blow up the Toll
lesion Gun club dam in the rear of
the Lake Country clubhouse.
The order was transmitted to Chief
Martin. who in turn. detailed Captain
Newman and Detectives Elsner and
Kertesz TO do the dynamiting. They
will procure twenty Ave pounds OF the
explosive from the Aetna Powder Co.
Dam Now Submerged.
Following q trip to the Little aC1u-
met marsh, near Black Oak. the police
came back and reported that the wa
ters were rising and that the dam is
now under water. If the waters sub
(Conti1iued on Pare ID
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30

There was noth-
ing to it but WHIT
aker, B r. e n n a n,
johnson and New
ton. as had been
predicted by the
leaders. Whitaker
made an amazing
race and got near
ly twice as many
votes as both his
opponents put to-
gether.. He ran we'll
all over the coun-
tys not in any one
section but In all
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30
"HOSS RACE"
IN WHITING
fspeciaI to THH TIMES )

Whiting. Ind. March so.-Three hun
dred sixty five votes were cast at the
Whiting primaries and one feature of
the battle was the closeness of the
race between Glover and johnson and
Brennan and Jameson. The vote is.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30
McGarry Recovering

John E. McGarry, who underwent a
serious operation at ST. Margaret's hos
pital week ago last Monday is re-
ported getting along nicely. and it is
reported that he will be able to leave
the hospital some time today or tomor-
row
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30

Surprising Strength Shown BY Glover
of Crown Point and Whitaker
Of Hammond
fnx stnn correspondentl D

Crown Point, Ind, March 30
Convention Hall. THE city is
thronged with republicans from
every part of the county and the re-
publican county ticket is named for
the campaign of 1912.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30

THIS NEWSPAPER Is THE TRADE
PAPER OF THE CONSUMERS OF
THIS CTTY-OF THU PEOPLE WHO
8UY THE HoHa sUPPLIEs.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30
THE DELEGATE VOTE

cases where there were contests were
Daniel ]. Moran for JudEe superior
court groom No. ? !; Harold Fl. Wheeler.
courtroom No. 8; WillfHna Newton. rep
.rezentative;. Henry Wfitaker, sheriff;
august H w. Io hnson for recorder.
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Continued on page 3,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30

The reason for the change is the fact
hat the company's lease on the build
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Continued on page fve.1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-03
SENSITIVE MR.. GOODWIN

expenditure of some $4,000 of his
own, and nobody knows how many
more thousands of his relatives and
friends, in the last state election, now
less than two years distant.
Yet, up and down the state the
stump speakers walked, asking sis
Connecticut for sale?" Prof. Fox ham
mered thunderously, though vainly, at
the doors of divers and several pub
lie prosecutors. The report of pri-
mary and election expenses as filed
with the secretary of state made queer
reading when laid fairly against the
corrupt practices act.
One would think that all Of these
more recent matters were more en-
titled to Mr.. Goodwin's attention and
indignation than the paltry $9,476.33
which secured the defeat of Ignatius
A Sullivan and the election of Ed
ward w. Hooker.
There is ray of sunshine in all
this gloom. Mr.. Goodwin will not
again be a candidate for governor.
The determination is creditable to his
common sense.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-03

The esteemed Hartford Times re-
Gently had occasion to refer to city
election in Hartford in which So
4zs.3a was expended to defeat the
Democratic candidate. Charles H.
Goodwin, recently Republican candi-
date for governor. was a member of
the town committee that expended so
much money, and found himself
wounded to the heart by a suspicion
that some of it might have been ex-
pended corruptly. The Times re-
plies that there is absolutely no proof
that Mr.. Goodwin was guilty of i'm
proper conduct or corruption in the
distribution of the money, which
ought to satisfy him.
Politicians are queer chaps. Here
is Mr.. Goodwin exacerbated over
little Doodle Of less than $4,000,
used In an election long since passed
away. But, 30 far as we know, he
has never displayed a similar sensi-
siveness regarding certain rough, sus-
pecting and even accusatory remarks
"touchin' on and appertainin' to- the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-03
LIBRARY SHOULD STAY WHERE 1T is

mands of the new institution. 1t
must also be rem emil ered that at least
two branch libraries are urgently re-
CURED, and that If the library were
less central. the need of them would
be much more acutely felt.
Above all, it seems to many citi-
zens that the setting aside of a sol
emh trust so recently established will
have a deterrent effect upon future
benefactors of the city. Bridgeport
has received comparatively few lega-
cies for public benefit compared with
other cities. and it is an open secret
that the reason partly lies in the char
acter If her politics. If it is open to
any city commission. largely compos-
cd Of inexperienced men, to rush to q
too accommo dating General Assem-
bly, and get itself converted into a
self-perpetuating board. there will be
no great enthusiasm over creating fu-
ture trusts. The members of the
present L.b-ary Board are honorable
citizens and they are doubtless actual
ed by the best intentions. but they en-
joy more power than any board
which manages a public institution
supported by rublic money ought to
have, and there is no security that
their successors will possess the same
disinterestedness as themselves The
sober second thought is certainly
needed here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-03

Unionist opposition to home rule
For ireland will doubtless be based up
on the old claim that it would mean,
disturbance, confusion and chaos.
Prior to the passage of the land pur-
Ireland, growing out of the unjust
relations of landlord and tenant, but
since the passage of the act, which
removed the ancient cause of friction.
peace has been the rule and there is
probably less crime in Ireland than n
any other country Of equal population.
To this assertion the crowns judges
testify with a unanimous voice.
Addressing the grand jury of the
city of Limerick the Lord Chief JUS
ice said:
Your ancient city contains about
$1,000 Inhabitants, but notwithstand-
ing that considerable population there
Is but one case for trial-a case of
larceny. That fact speaks volumes for
your city. 1t is now almost prac-
tically crimeless. The absence of
crime in your city has been my ex-
perience for many a year. Whenever
! come here 1 find that to be the
case"
chase act, let Judge Ross testify:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-03

1.-THE cases that are to be submit
ted at this assize,' he said, "are not
very many in number, nor can I say
that, with the exception of one, they
are of a very grave character =
1t is very great pleasure to me to
be enabled to congratulate you; and If
I asked myself what was the cause
of this peacable state of your county,
I think it would be possible to lay
ones hand upon it. I understand that
almost the whole of the county Linn
erick has been sold under the land
purchase act. The tenant farmer
is now the owner of his farm. and
we find here, as we find elsewhere,
that nothing so conduces to the peace
and prosperity of county as that
circumstance"
In Waterford county and city, in
Wexford and Wicklow and West
Meath other judges gave similar testi-
mony. In the county of Armagh
there was an increase in drunken
ness, but other offenses had diminish
ed. In some of these neighborhoods
no cases present for the attention Of
the court. In others a very small
number of indictments for minor Of
lenses are all that exist
From all of Ireland the story is
the same. Crime is unusual there
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-03
DEADLY BOMB IN
TORRINGTON NAH
fsnecia1 from United Press }

Especial from United Press.)
Torrington, April 2-What at first
was thought to be an April Fools
joke turned out more seriously today
when a package. arriving late last
night through the mails to Mrs. Pat
rick Humphreys, turned out to be
mans size bomb. When the package
was delivered at the Humphreys home
it was placed to one side by Mrs.
Humphreys, awaiting the return OF
her husband. On his coming home he
unwrapped the package and found
small wooden box with a sliding COW
err. He was unable to slide the cover
and pried the box open.
Inside he found it filled with pow
der and small jagged pieces of metal
On the under side OF the cover was
pasted sandpaper SO placed that if the
cover had been pulled off several
matches would have ignited, setting
off the bomb. The box contained
powder enough, the police, say, to
have caused probable serious injury
to Humphreys and his wife, who stood
near MIN as he opened the package.
The matter has been placed in the
hands of the postal authorities who
say the box was mailed here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-03

service would be cut off unless he
paid all back bills. Fancy a man
who owed his grocer being obliged to
starve to death unless he immediate
ly paid up. This could not happen
because groceries are sold in compe-
tition. The ability to collect debt
by refusing future supply IS 2. power
that could be exerted only by a mo-
nopoly. The decision in the present
case means that a man need not die
of thirst so that somebody may col
lect a bill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-03
SUN SHINE ON q. s. TERRITORY
FOR "a HOURS TODAY

Today the sun will shine continu-
ously on some section or other of Uni
ted States territory. Scientific call
culations show that, during the per.
iod from the third of April to the
tenth Of September, the sun does not
set on the Stars and Stripes, but that
every second Of the twenty-four hours
the banner of Uncle is made visible
b ythe rays of Old Sol. After Sept.
10 and until April each year the
opposite condition prevails, and some
part of the United States dominion
is continually in darkness. It is only
since the acquisition by the United
States Of the Sandwich and Philippine
Islands, Porto Rico and a portion Of
the Samoan group that a subject Of
Uncle Sam could at any time make
the boast that the sun did not set Oh
the territory of his country. Great
Britain has long been known as the
center of an empire on which the sun
never sets, and France can make
similar claim. 1t is not so well known
such dominion. The Dutch possessions
include Dutch Guiana and a number
of islands off the north coast Of
South America, Java, Sumatra, Cele-
bes, parts of New Guiana and Borneo.
and several groups of islets in the
East Indian Archipelago. These pos.
sessions, with Holland itself, are SO
situated in regard to their difference
in longitude that the sun is always
shining on some portion Of Queen
.Wilhelmina's nation.
Prince George of Bavaria, the elder
son Of Prince Leopold and grandson
10
able ruler Of Bavaria, is thirty-two
years old today. About four months
ago his engagement was announced
to the Archduchess Isabella of Aus
tria. He is one of the most popular
of the young officers of the German
army, and has shown no trace of the
madness which is hereditary in the
royal family Of Bavaria. Unless ex>
IRENE democracy may be considered
insanity when manifested by a prince
He is an amateur boxer of great skill,
and holds the heavyweight champion
ship of the German army. He did not
win that title by meeting only men
Of high social status, but has entered
the ring with any soldier of the rank
and file who cared to contest for the
championship.
Today is the centennial of the pas
sage of the United States embargo
act which operated to prevent any
vessel from leaving port for ninety
days. 1t was followed by an act pro-
hibiting the expectation of goods dur
ing it's continuance. The purpose was
to punish Great Britain by cutting off
from that country all American trade.
AS it turned out, however, America
suffered more than England from the
cessation of commerce.
The Passion Play will be given dur
ing the next three. days in the little
Durango, Mexico. During Holy Week
of every year the poems of this town
perform q representation OF the Pas