Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 256, Hammond, Lake County, 28 April 1910 — Page 1

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Attorney D. E. Boone Prediets That George Parker Will Never Hang for the Murder of Mrs. Peter Palen, Monday- Afternoon

THERE ARE COfJDIIiOfiS THATJXTENUATE Porker's Lawyer Will Try to Show That Dead Woman Precipitated the Trouble Herself Says That Aged Man Is Victim of Delirium Tremens and Totally Irresponsible. "George Parker will never be hung for the murder of Mra. Peter Palin," said Attorney D. E. Boone today. "I am not only confident that I will be able to save his neck" from the noo3e, but he will be given only a minimum sentence." "Then there must be extenuating circumstances with the murder. ?" was the suggestion that was made to the ex-prosecuting attorney. ' 'There are," said Boone, "and when the case comes to trial I will open the eyes of the people about this affair." "We will not deny that Parker murdered Mrsu Palin," he Continued, "but we will be ' able to show that Mrs. Pallit hi-Seen. quarreling with Parker; that she" herself may have been somewhat -under the influence of liquor ; that she has been in trouble before, and there is some evidence that Mrs. Palin precipitated the trouble that lead to her death." PARKER WAS DRCSK. "When all of these things are brought out," Boone continued, "I am of the opinion that the jury will decide I that Parker is not altogether to blame. He may have been irritated beyond measure before he finally allowed his passions to get the best of him." "There is another line of defense that (Contiroed on p&Ke Ov.) President Frank N. Gavit of Gary & Interurban Approaches Crown , Point Capitalists With Proposition That Looks Good. (Special to Thb, Times) . Crown Point. Ind., April 28. It is eatd that Frank Gavit, of the Gary & Interurban line, has been considering the proposition of running an electric line connecting Crown Point with the Gary &. Interurban, and has approached several Crown Point financiers with the proposition, soliciting their aid in nnancng the project. It is -understood that if stock in the neighborhood of $70,000 will be taken in the venture by Crown Point citizens, that Gavit is ready and willing to construct and operate the road. - , v Two well-known lawyers In Crown Point have the proposition in hand and may make an effort to interest the citlxens of the town to give the project their moral and material support. Crown Point Is playing no favorites in the Interurban road projects, and it Is the company, that "gets busy-,' and operates a road first that will get the patronage. The news lends a new angle to the already complicated Interurban tangle, but Crown Point citizens are hoping' that It may prove the old saw of "competition being the life of trade," and thereby add a little life to the now seeming dead Interurban projects. Gavit and Seamen both?, as Gavit and Seamen separately, with a road-under their arm, will be welcome visitors In Crown Point. J

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How Indiana's Foxiest Politician Determined to Line Up Laka County Democrats -Through- Lawrence Becker' of Hammond. It is a nice-little story they are telling about how Thomas Taggart, the crafty old fox, looked away ahead In the future a few months ago and' determined to line up the Lake county democrats through Lawrence Becker. During the first senatorial campaign Mayor Becker was opposed to Tom Taggart. The fight he made against him is remembered by democrats and republicans alike. Becker thought the Taggart Influence, was pernicious. Later on Becker, was faced with the hottest political f.ght of his life when ; he sought re-election for the office of mayor of Hammond.. Tom Taggart, in glancing over the state, saw the fix that Becker was In and volunteered to come to his assistance. - It is said that Tom reached down in his French Lick treasury and came up with $100, which he donated for the Becker campaign. Becker was electea ana tnrough the combination he made with Mayors Darrow, Knotts, Miller, Durgan and others, he came to be considered one of the Tenth district's big' five. , What WIH Becker Do. When Taggart came out for the indorsement for senator a few weeks ago he found that that $100 was a nice little nest egg. Becker's opposition to Marshall developed and his friendship for Taggart became more pronounced. He became a part of the Taggart' machine and that little $100 did the business. RABBI SEEKS A E Efrom A. Goldberg, a Jewish rabbi and teacher of Whiting, has through his attorneys, Pennington & Guthrie of Chicago, filed a complaint for a divorce from his wife, rora-Goldberg, in the Lake superior court at Hammond today. ' The charge upon which the complaint Is based Is that Mrs. Goldberg abandoned her husband. They were married in Chicago In 1900 and have one child. Sarah Goldberg, 9 years old. The plaintiff complains that he was abandoned bythe defendant when they resided in Waukegan. ADVERTISE . ASD GAIN 1 31 TKE TIMES. ADVJJRTISB y

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; NOTICE TO CANDIDATES. Saturday, April 30, Is the last day far the filing of names of candidates for-the republican nomination for joint" representative, and for the township offices Only . those, candidate , .whose 'names are received by the county chairman by this , date will appear on the primary ballots or will go before the convention. REPUBLICAN COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

MANY INQUIRIES GOME TO WAN i Patent on Street Cleaner Arouses Interest in Many Cities. IS THE BEST ON THE T Machine Has Been in Use in Hammond for More Than a Year. Since his latest patent has been issued to him, John F. Kuhlman, street commissioner of Hammond, has been the recipient of scores of letters from all over the country. Bids to buy the patent outright from him are coming in fast, and Trom other sources he is being urged to bring his patent sewer cleaner at "once to various cities and put it to work. The patent, which was granted Mr. Kuhlman early this week, is not for an entirely new machine. It is merely for a valuable Improvement that he has 1 made and he -Is now satisfied that he has the very best thing on the market. Hammond has enjoyed the advantages of his sewer cleaner for oVer a year, and It has worked splendidly. The principal of it is to drop a bucket through a manhole into the sewer and by means of a windlass stationed at another manhole it is pulled Into the sewer where It fills, the muck passing into the bucket because the bottom of the bucket folds into the pall like two wings. In reversing the course of the bucket the muck forces the bottom wings back Into their place and they become rigid, holding the contents In the bucket until it is emptied. The whole machine as it now stands Is protected by nineteen different claims. Deny the Story. The report that the riveters at the Stadnard "Steel Car company's plant are going out on a strike is denied at the offices of the company. Why these rumors should be continually started by a local paper is a matter of concern to the officials of the company. The men all seem satisfied and there Is little dissatisfaction among any. of the employes of the -company. ARE TO IT TAKIXG THE TIME3?

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, That a' newspaper, whose only excuse for existence is the fact that it is purely a political organ, cannot prosper and frequently not survive In this day of competition was again demonstrated at South Chicago, where the Dally Calumet, for twenty-eight years the organ of a coterie of republican politicians, went Into the hands of a receiver. "What the edstlny of The Calumet will be only the future will tell. Strictly sneaking. The Dally Calumet was the mouthpiece for the Eighth ward republican politicians, but with the defeat of Alderman Jones, republican, and the victory of John S. Perpa, democrat,, the South Chicago organization has been dealt a body blow. , The effects are reflected In the receivership of the organ. CONTRACT IS HANGING FIRE Hammond Firm Await. Decision of Laporte Council With Anxiety. If the Laporte city council awards contracts according to lowest and best bidders, a contract now pending for a big trunk sewer system will be awards ed tCvO'SheaVfc Shea of Hammond to morrow night. O'Shea & Shea were the lowest bid ders, having underbid their nearest competitor nearly $3,000, the engineers estimate having been $135,000. The bid of the Hammond men was $131,354.90. O'Shea & Shea also have a large sewer contract in South Bend, which has been delayed because of the non-arrival of the pipe which the city ordered. Sixty men are employed on the South Bend job, but a large force could be put to work to advantage on the. Laporte job. in the event the Hammond firm gets the contract they figure that the work can all be completed by Nov. 1. The contract will be awarded tomorrow night. MRS. BEVERIDGE REPORTED BETTER Washington, April 27. Mrs. Beveridge, wife of the senator, had a sinking spell yesterday afternoon and several specialists were called. She itillied after two hours and her condition today was entirely satisfactory to the attending physicians, The senator was at his office before 10 o'clock this morning. He said the physicians assured him there was no. cause for further worry.. The name of .the daughter born yesterday has not yet beetf announced. V ; .-

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Former Popular Gary Hotel Proprietor Invades Hammond and Will Have the Swellest Little Buffet That You Can Find. George O'Donnell, former proprietor of , the Gary hotel buffet in Gary, has secured a location in Hammond for a first-class little buffet, which he figures ought to be a profitable venture for him, because of his large acquaintanceship in Gary. George O'Donnell has leased the lit tle brick building on the north side of Sibley street, near Hohman street, now occupied by the Hammond Savings & Trust company. As this Is within a few feet of where the Gary & Interurban cars stop for their Hammond terminus, George will be within speaking distance of his friends as they step off the car. It will be only a matter of a few weeks before the present occupants will vacate the the place to occupy their new quarters on Hohman street. With the O'Donnell buffet established and another opened in the new Tap-" per building, on the Sibley street side, Sibley street will have five drink emporiums from Hohman street to the Monon railroads tracks. EDITOR OF LOWELL JOiTTEOTO PRACTICE Henry H. Ragon of Lowell Can Practice Before Interior Department. (Special to The Times.) Lowell, Ind., April 28. Hon. Henry H. Ragon, one of the pioneer newspaper men of Indiana, editor and publisher of the Lowell Tribune, a staunch republican organ here, received word thlsv:ftiorning that he had been admitted to the practice of law before the interior department at Washington, D. C. Mr. Ragon is a veteran G. A. R. and the father of Messrs. E. E. and L. W. Ragon. The latter is Junior editor of the Tribune, and his brother is president of the Rural Mail Carriers' association of, Lake county. The honor granted to Editor Ragon is an unusual one. It is reported that Congressman Crumpacker presented Mr. Ragon's application .to the Interior department. .;.

Wild Scenes at Democratic Conventiori, When Decision is Made to Nominate, Senator

BECKER ON COMMITTEE Indianapolis, April 28. Lawrence Becker, of Lake county, is a member of the committee on resolutions for the democratic convention. He will represent the Tenth district, just as W." J. McAleer, of Lake county, represented the Tenth district at the state republican convention. Lem Darrow, of Laporte county, represented the Tenth district on the rules committee. L. T. Kent, of White county, represented the Tenth on the credentials committee. Lose in Tenth. Iodlanapolla, April 28. The KOTCrB. or-s follower won la the Ninth, bmt lot In toe Tenth. They elected their member of the rote committee In the Eleventh, where a motion to have the entire district vote aa a unit for the governor's senatorial ' program "wan adopted. However, Henry Mclntyre of the Twelfth lined np an-alnat Lamb and kept him from being made chairman of the rules committee. The followers of Senator Shively and Taggart won In the Thirteenth. Ibach Indorsed. - Indianapolis, April 28. Tenth district democrats Indorsed Joseph G. Ibach of Lake county for the judgeship of the appellate court at their meeting. The meetlns; lasted only a short tlm " aside from the Indorsement of Ibach there was no other questions taken up except the -election of committeemen. The committeemen were brought before the delegates In a resolution and adopted In It , entirety. Charles Murphy presided. J. W. Kern Winner 01 Memorable Fight MARSHALL WINNER. . t BULLETIN) Indianapolis, Ind., April 28. The convention decided to nominate a senator, the vote belns; 888 to 858. The platform adopted declares for city and township option. The convention in wildest disorder while the governor's plans are put before the house. (BULLETIN) X Indianapolis. April 28. The fllnw. Ingr candidates were placed la nomina tion for United States seaatori John E. Lamb, Terre Haute G. V. Measles, Lafayette; Robert W. Mlers, Bloomlnrcionj Joseph H. Shea, Seymour; L.. Ert Slack, Franklin : Thomas Tasnrt. In dianapolis; John TV. Kern, Indianapolis; Edward M. Hoffman, Fort Wayne; Lawrence Becker, Hammond; J. A. -M. Adalr, Portland; Dan W. Sims, Lafayette, and S. M. Ralston, Lebanon. McFarland New Manager. H. G. McFarland has been employed as the manager of Lawrence Cox & Co.'s new stored He assumed the management of the store last Monday. Roscoe Hemstock, who was formerly iti charge of the haberdashery department, has resigned and will take up the study of forestry. Mr. McFarland 13 well known and well liked in this city, rand it is expected that th estore will prosper under his management. Lawrence Cox & Co.'b new store has' become one of the most popular places In the city, and McFarland will continue Its -popularity. .... . -

J. G. I0ACI! indorsed: Tenth District Goes Againstf Gov. Marshall, Asf Predieted by The Times.

.! KERNWINS. (BULLETIN.) Indianapolis April 28, 4 p1 m.--John W. Kern's nominal tion was made unanimous ont the fourth ballot and all other candidates withdrew Ellingham for secretary o state and O'Brien for audits or nominated by acclama-.' tion. ' U - - RESriT FIRST BALLOT. Kern . , Taggart Umb .. Stack . . Hoffman Mensles ' Shea . . Adalr .. 803 ...238 ...... .....226 , 174 ... ..166 154 .,..138 .-.....,..,.133 . . ,f . . ( . .109 Sima Mlers S7 .. .. 87 Becker BULLETIN.) Indianapolis. When Marion count was reached on the econd ballot Tig. arart cast the vote of the entire dcl. . tion, 183 votes, for John W. Kern. Thla , removed Taffgart as a candidate and started a band-Mason rush for Kern. (BULLETIN.) Indianapolis. Second ballot result ed in no choice, Kern leads with 6471 votes. He made a speech In which which he aald It had been charjred that he would lump In at the proper time and capture the nomination. He said, therefore, be would not 'accept the nomination. The convention refused allow hint to withdraw. , Tafttrart made a speech, saytna; Indiana democracy wanted Kern for senator and hoped lie would accept. On third ballot, Allen broke from Hon man and gave Kern 25 votes. (BULLETIN.) Indianapolis John W. l4rrn reeelved 647 votes on the second ballot and Lamb was second with a Uttl more than 200.. Tagrsrart made a speech) In which he declared the Tassjart machine was In the scrap pile, and that Marion county would cast her 183 vote for Kern. Kern made a speech saytas? he was not n candidate and that he? would decline the nomination. But It was predicted he would he elected on the third ballot. Adalr Ralston and Mlers gained a little on the third ballot. Kern was rot nominated on the third, ballot, but sained about KM), being stU about lOO short of the nomination. - ( BULLETIN. Indianapolis, Ind., April 28. Lamlw. Slack, Hoffman, Shea, Mlers and Adalr withdrew after the third ballot. Other candidates followed suit In favor of Kern.. On on the third ballot Kern re ceived 772V4 votes and the nomination, certain on the fourth ballot. Indianapolis, April 28. Thxea nominations will be made by tha democratic state convention today. Lew G. Ellingham, of Decatur, has no opposition for secretary of state; W. H. O'Brien, of Lawrenceburg, is the only candidate for the nomination fir auditor of state, and Bobert J. Aley, of Indianapolis, has no opposition for renomination for stata superintendent of public instruction. Thehe three nominations will probably be disposed of first when tha convention reaches that point in tha order of business. GOVERNOR'S PARTIAL WIN. Governor Thomas R. Marshall and John F Lamh vice chairman of the democratic national committee, triumphed over Thomas Taggart, forcer democratic national chairman, and ate Senator B.'F. Shively last night iu the preliminary sklrmisb. (.Continued from Page Flve..