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JW'ui ii" i 4 1JJ ui THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR RIDAY JUNE 27 1913 DEATH COST AILURE TO OBEY Harry Martin Stutz Racing Mech anician Killed and Tester Hurt Seriously at Speedway WAS TOLD TO Driver on Stretch in Spite of Warning President Stutz Testifies Harry Martin racing mechanician for the Stutz Motor Car Company was killed and rank Agan car tester for the com pany was severely and perhaps fatally Injured at noon yesterday when a new Stutz racer turned over after throwing a tire on the Motor Speedway Martin was killed instantly Agan is in the City Hospital where surgeons are working desperately to save his life He was operated on for injuries to his chest and head last night Surgeons said he can not recover The fatal accident occurred after Harry Stutz president of the company which owns the new car and employed the men had signaled his driver to slow down ac cording to Mr testimony before Coroner Durham at the inquest Mr Stutz said Martin had driven four laps of two and one half miles each when he was signaled to decrease speed He did so Mr Stutz said but when he had near ly completed the circuit of the track on the fifth lap he and the right front tire blew out and the shoe rolled away from the car The car swerved into the retaining wall bounded outward and described sev eral violent gyrations as Martin tried to right it As it skidded forward the car overturned and rolled over and over MEN PINNED UNDER CAR The two occupants were pinned be neath it at the first turn The car rolled into the clear and stopped about 100 yards from the point of its contact with the re taining wall Other witnesses called were May pole vice president of the company and Gil Anderson a racing driver They were first to reach the injured men and sum moned the ambulance whichstook them to the City Hospital Martin's body was taken to lanner undertaking establishment His mother father and sister took charge of it during the afternoon Martin was 23 years old and his home had been in Peru Ind Since his employment here he had lived in the Meridian lats MOTHER IS PROSTRATED Agan is 31 years old and lives with his mother in their home at 2241 Kenwood avenue His father John Agan died eleven months ago yesterday Mrs Ella Agan his mother was prostrated by news of the accident to her son and was unable to go to the hospital Martin and Agan are two of the best known mechanics in the racing game Both have had many years of experience on tracks throughout the country and have been seen in cars well up at the finish in the three 500 mllo races Martin formerly was connected with the National factory and was assistant when he finished first in the big race in 1912 In the event in May Martin rode with Charley Merz and fur nished a big thrill of the race when he crawled out on tne hood of their burning car and unbuckled the straps so that pit men could put out the flames CONSIDERED VALUABLE MAN His ability to understand what was wrong with his car made him a valuable man and he was as adept at the wheel as many drivers His work with Dawson helped materially to win the race and for that reason he was chosen by the Stutz Company to race this year When he made his last trip on the track he was driving a new racing model of the Stutz car which was believed to be an entrant in the Elgin and other race events during the season When the car skidded into the wall after blowing atire it hit near the same spot where the big Knox car tore a hole In tho cement retaining wall three seasons ago It isbelieved by those who investigated that the hub cap on the right front wheel caught on some lumber which had been left after the wall was repaired the con tact being forceful enough to cause the car to swerve sharply and take away every chance for the driver to gain con trol Martin was ambitious to drive in the next big Speedway event and it is said that he would have been successful in obtaining a mount He was a licensed driver under the American Automobile Association ruling Charley Merz who was chum and partner when they finished third this year is heart broken over the accident AGAN A MAINSTAY Agan is one of the old mainstays of the Stutz racing organization He rode with Gil Anderson this season and was accounted a mechanic with no superior Anderson never wanted to ride a race without Agan and when his partner wastaken to the hospital he spent the most of the afternoon near his bedside The Stutz Company is doing every thing possible for the man who helped bring fame on the track Special doctors are attending the injured man and two nurses will do all In their power to bring him back to health BALM ASKED OR ACCIDENT Premier Motor Manufacturing Com pany Is Sued for $50000 The Premier Motor Manufacturing Company was sued for $50000 damages yesterday by John and Mary Tilford They allege they were riding in a buggy near ifty sixth street and Central ave nue when an auto belonging to the de fendant collided with their rig Each asks $25000 John Tilford sued In Su perior Court Room 4 while the other suit was in Superior Court Room 5 An echo of the race between a street car and a horse driven by Alexander Kahn and Charles Stewart on South Me ridian street Wednesday night after the horse and buggy is alleged to have knocked down and run over Jessie Green 8 years old was contained in the suit for damages filed yesterday in Superior Court Room 4 by the girl against Kahn 'and Stewart She asks $5000 The horse was brought to a standstill by the motor man of the street car who ran abreast and fastened his switclihook in the bridle The' complaint says the girl was struck at Arizona and Meridian streets and the motorman chased the men several sei nares Beautify Hair and Complexion Health Guide) Dull stringy hair is the result of shampooing with items containing free alkiili You can easily overcome these faults and have beautiful soft glossy healthy hair by using as shampoo a teaspoonful of canthrox dissolved in a cup of hot water This makes enough for a shampoo unless the head is very dirty Continued use of tills simple inexpensive and pure cleanser and toner insures a healthy head and long attractive easily managed hair or pimples blackheads sallowness oily skin and swarthy appearance use spurmax lotion which can be made at home for a small sum It tones the skin brings out a beautiful healthy glow and softens and refines the tex ture while reducing the pores It takes the place of pore clogging face pow ders and cosmetics with most beauties of the day Mix 4 of spurmax with V2 pint hot water add two teaspoonfuls of glycerine Allow to cool and apply with palms of hands rubbing gently until dry Tt seems part of the skin when on and protects against wind and sun Advertisement Victims of atal Spill at Speedway 67 A Tk A fn tVrZ I VX III 7 7 tyswe? 4 Il a RANK AGAN Harry Martin was killed and rank Agan was injured seriously in an automo bile accident at the Speedway yesterday ederal Motor Works Sends Check for $50 to Baby und Interest is extending in the success of The Star Summer Mission und A check and a letter were received by The Star yesterday from John Willys of the ederal Motor Works The letter accom panying the check follows: the direction of Mr John Wil lys president of the Willys Overland af filiated companies of which this company is one we are enclosing our check for $50 for The Star Summer Mission Baby und Willys considers this a very com mendable charity and we trust that you will have no difficulty in securing funds to carry on the work properly you success in your efforts we are Yours very truly MOTOR WORKS SLEGHT TIRE THIE GETS 41 DAYS Negro Captured by Miss Elizabeth Claypool Is Sentenced Henry Wells colored who was cap tured by Miss Elizabeth Claypool 2052 North Illinois street when he stole tires from her garage yesterday was sent to the Marion County Jail for forty one days Miss Claypool caught the negro and although he dragged her through an alley she held on until as sistance came Wells denied in court that he had stolen the tires contrary to a statement he made when arrested NO MORE RAINALL SOON Weather Bureau Says That Showers Are Unlikely No further rainfall Is likely soon ac cording to the Weather Bureau Ex pected showers failed to materialize yes terday The humidity was less and the temperature rose to only 92 degrees yes terday air and continued warm weather Is promised today SCHOOL BOARD LETS BUILDINGCONTRACTS Makes Awards for Erection of New Structures at Schools No 21 and No 41 The board of school commissioners at a special meeting last evening let contracts for the erection of new buildings at school No 21 Rader and Thirty first street and No 41 Southeastern and Temple avenues The cost at school No 21 will be approx imately $55000 and at No 41 about $70000 The William Jungclaus Company ob tained the contract for the general work at No 21 its bid being $39950 $643 less than that of its nearest competitor rank Meid whose bid was $40593 The heating contract was let to Johnson Son for $9787 and the electrical contract to the Hatfield Electric Company for $620 Hayes Bros obtained the contract for the plumbing but no definite amount was fixed as all details have not been deter mined The general contract for the new build ing for school No 41 was let to the John A Schumacher Company the heating contract to Woollen Callon and the electric work to the Sanborn Electric Company CHANGES AT NO 41 While Ertel Co entered the lowest bid on the plumbing according to the specifications Hayes Bros made an alternate bid that was lower providing the goods of the Crane Company of Indian apolis be used A representative of the company met with the board and agreed to give a test of the products and also to give a bond to assure the durability of them The board held up the contract awaiting the outcome of the test If the test is satisfactory and the bond accepted the contract will be awarded to Hayes Bros The contract prices on No 41 were not determined as the board decided that it could not expend enough money to erect the kind of building provided for in the plans In addition to the regular class and recitation rooms a kitchen and dining room will be placed In the basement but a office a room and manual training room included in the specifications will be omitted These changes will necessitate changes in the contract prices STOCK SALE APPROVED The control of the Indiana orging Company which has been Inthe estate of the late John Diehl yesterday passed to Andrew Murray of Cortland when Judge Ross of Probate Court ap proved the sale of 358 shares of the capi tal stock of the forging company to Mr Murray The stock was worth $50 a share par but sold for $100 a share The final payment is to be made in August 1915 Mr Murray has put as collateral security about $75000 worth of stock of the Cortland Carriage Goods Company The stock of that company is reported to be worth about two for one BIBLE SCHOOL TO PICNIC The Bible School of the North Park Christian Church Twenty ninth street and Kenwood avenue will hold its an nual picnic at Brookside Park tomorrow afternoon Special cars to convey the members to the park will leave Thirty fourth street on the Illinois car line at 1:30 The cars will stop at each cor ner down to Sixteenth street ABUSED MOTHER TO BEJJARTERED Summer Mission Will Take Care of Neglected Wife and Three Babes MISTREATED BY HER HUSBAND Charity Workers ind Sad Case and Will Relieve It Little Ones Boost und Through several years of suffering and hoping that her husband would reform a woman kept her troubles secret and struggled with the world to provide for her three little children until conditions became so critical that she was forced to call for help The Charity Organization Society was informed and plans were made whereby the wornout mother and sick babies could be taken to the Summer Mission During tho last two weeks because of a love for her husband that has outlived the years of neglect and because she persistently dwells upon the time when they were prosperous and happy she has taken him back three times after so many desertions Each time she says one more in a vain hope that at last he will give up his bad ways and that they can return to the happy life that they once enjoyed Every effort will be made by the Charity Organization Society to bring the father to a realization of his duly AMILY UNHAPPY The lot of the family has been pre carious all winter owing to the failure of the father to provide The plight of the children and the mother was increased by the flood that swept away the last of their belongings Since then they have been helped in the distribution of neces sities to the flood sufferers The dis couraged mother without means to give her girl and two little boys the eldest of whom Is less than 6 years old proper care and food saw that the crisis come when she saw them getting emaci ated and 111 Then It was that she gave up and made the call for help Their sorrows are at an end for the present at least for the mother and her babies will be nursed back to health by good diet fresh air and medical treat ment at the Summer Mission The little friends of the Summer Mis sion for the Sick Children are active in all parts of the city Dorothy Janet Murphy Alfred Jaeger Louise Jaeger Genevieve Royse and Josephine Royse have turned In to The Star Summer Mis sion und the proceeds of the lemonade stand they conducted last Monday and Tuesday afternoons at Nineteenth street and Talbott avenue The proceeds of the entertainment giv en on tho lawn at the home of Dr Wales 1236 North Pennsylvania street last Tuesday evening by Elizabeth Wales Lida Lockhead Willie Lockhead Mary Butler Caroline Dunn and Eleanor Dunn were added to The Star Summer Mission und The children earned $425 LUTHERAN UNITY URGED BY SPEAKER AT CONVENTION Wlttenburg College Instructor Says No Doctrinal Differences Stand in Way of Affiliation Lutheran unity was urged by Prof Kiser of Wlttenburg College Spring field at the closing session of the convention of the Indiana Luther League last night Only obstacles such as the liquor ques tion the lodge question and fellowship with other denominations stands in the way of the consolidation of all the branches of the Lutheran Church lie said Unlike some other denominations all Lutherans are absolutely In accord on doctrinal questions and the Lutheran Church is practically untouched by ra tionalism said Prof Kiser every other branch of the Christian Church is honeycombed with rationalism he asserted As a means of bringing about Lutheran unity he urged all Lutherans to wish pray and work for it and cast aside prejudices Before the evening session gan tho delegates took a two hour automobile ride about the city and to the Kpeedway The Rev Parker Conrad of Colburn conducted vespers At tho business session officers were elected as follows: Laugh ner Whitestown president Miss Di th me Batesville recording secretary Whitney Spiegel Indianapolis roasurer the Rev Bosserman rankfort member of executive committee The Rev Wars tier of Whitestown conducted a devotional service in the aft ernoon Miss Elva JJnard of South Bend gave a talk on Work of tho Work of the was dis cussed by Miss Lena Cook of Mulberry Ind CONTEST HERRON WILL IN NEW ORM IS STARTED Attorneys for English Heirs ile Claim for Unsold Property of Philanthropist's Estate A claim to the unsold real estate in the hands of Howard Stanton execu tor of (he will of John Herron was as serted yesterday by seven persons who reside in England and Mrs Isabelle Monette of Indianapolis all of whom al lege they are heirs They filed a suit in Superior Court Room 1 to eject Stanton as executor from possession of the Auto Victim Assisted in lood Praised as Driver of Much Skill BY JOHN MAXWELL I spent a day with Harry Martin dur ing the flood The National Motor Ve hicle Company placed its test cars and best drivers at the service of The Star in trying to reach isolated points and Mr Martin volunteered to try to get me to Brookville which was cut off and about which town all sorts of rumors were being heard as to severe damage and loss of life Provided with one of the test cars Mr Martin and I started about 1 in the afternoon for Brookville Our first objective point was Rushville and tiom there to Connersville and then on to Brookville if possible Up to that time there had been no automobile con nection with Rushvlllo and we had not gone very far until we were Informed that we could not get to Rushville be cause of bridges being down But Mr Martin only laughed and when we reached a place where a bridge was out we took tho nearest road to the right or left and in the course of a few miles always found some other bridge or by which we were enabled to get buck to the main road We should have been in Rushville by 6 in the evening but? unt'ortunately when about three miles from Rushville the machine got into a pit where there had been a washout A couple of wagon leads of soft dirt had been thrown into the washout and when the car struck it the rear wheels wont in deep and stuck The mud was of the sticky sucking kind that seemed to drag tho machine lower every time the power was applied There was nothing to do but to dig ourselves out We took off the 500 pound iron slab attached to keep the car steady some farmers arrived with shovels and picks and after an work sufficient gravel and small stones had been shoveled into the sluice to give us tractinn and we pulled out We pushed on to Connersville but it was unadvisuble to attempt to go further that night since the only passage over the river at this point warf via the Railway bridge I managed to get the main facts about the flood dam age at Brookville from a committee of Connersville business men who had man aged to reach Brook'tille that day and these facts were wired in Early the next morning Mr Martin made a survey of the situation and said that he would take his machine over the railroad bridge It was a little bit risky but it was the only thing to do if we expected to get to Brookville The Journey across this long bridge was made in safety A picture of the car was taken in transit and printed in The Star and copied by most of the automobile journals We had to make a flying rush through a stream a few miles farther on and Mr Martin managed to accomplish this suc cessfully by blanketing his carburetor The rest of the way to Brookville was easy We reached there before noon after looking over the scene for a cou ple of hours started back home reach ing Indianapolis at 6 (clock We had to make the return trip via the rail road bridge Martin impressed me as one of the most careful yet fastest drivers I had ever ridden with While he pushed ahead rapidly yet at the same time he was careful to impress on me that he was handling some one property and that he would undergo no risks that might Imperil the ear On the way home he told me that he hoped that he would be able to drive one of the cars in the Speedway race need the said Martin have something that I want to He did not tell me what that something was He told me he had saved some of the money that he made when he accom panied Joe Dawson in the 500 mile race Harry Martin impressed me as a mighty fine young fellow He had a big chunk of common sense That's the way I re ported about him when I got back to the office and that is the way I honestly felt I am sorry to hoar of his death 1 feel sure from what I know of his cau tious temperament that no carelessness of his own could have been responsible tor the property Them is only a small portion of the original estate unsold The new suit revives the contest of the Herron will which was dismissed in tho Circuit Court a few days ago The validity of the will which gave the bulk of tho $200000 estate to the Art Associa tion of Indianapolis may he involved be fore the litigation is ended According to Hanna Dailey at torneys for the plaintiff the question In volved Is whether the heirs of John Her ron were entitled to his real estate at his death They maintain that tho will was invalid and also assort that should the will bo upheld the clients they repre sent am entitled to tho rents and profits of tho real estate from the date of Her death to the date It was sold by the executor to carry out the terms of the will BRUSH RESIDENCE IS SOLD East Washington Street Home Pur chased by Joseph Potter The sale of Lombardy the homo of the late John Brush East Washington street and the Belt Railroad to Joseph Potter was completed yesterday when Judge Ross of Probate Court approved the sale and transfer The consideration was $26000 cash Harry Hemputpud and Ashley Lloyd the executors vmm given full power under the will to soil Hie property but the approval of Prohate Court also whs desired Mrs Brush flb notice with the executors that she no longer cared to retain the property Mrs Bru as guardian for her daughter Miss Natalie Brush was instructed by Judge Rfss to Invest $1286759 cash on hand in Clay County Court House bonds and Del aware County bridge bonds netting 4 per cent OHIO TO BE SURVEYED A letter was received by the state board of health yesterday from Surgeon General Rupert Blue of the United States public health service announcing that plans are being made by the government to make a sanitary survey of the Ohio River and asking for the co opera tlon of the Indiana board Ur King assistant secre tary of the board replied that Indiana completed such a survey of the Ohio River along the borders of this state two years ago and that the Information then gained would he placed at the disposal of the public health service iT Music A Welcome Summer Guest SUMMER evenings should be evenings of good fellowship and good cheer of good music or every is just a little jollier if there is music to accompany the laughter And when the company is small and things are a bit slow or when there come dull gloomy days of rain what is so helpfully enlivening what lends itself so perfectly to impromptu entertainment as music? Music is made available to every home by The Stroud Pianola Piano Price $550 Better than any other Piano sold by any other music house at any price or the Stroud is a genuine Pianola Piano and the Pianola Piano is the su preme piano of the world It is different from other player pianos in the flexibility of its expression control in its mechanical efficiency durability different in many vital points the perfecting of which has cost thirty years of research and player manufacturing experience These differences are immediately appa rent when playing the Pianola Piano Tho flawless phrasing indicated by the KIctro style tho clear singing melody brought out by tho Themodist he variety of shading made possible by lhc Graduated Aerom paniment Level's 1he beautiful blending of harmony produced by the Automatic Sus taining Pedal above all tho wonderful re sponsiveness of these exclusive devices of flic Pianola Piano the ease and simplicity with which every desired effect is pro duced make for real musical satisfaction Unless you have tried the Pianola Piano you do not know what a player piano can accomplish The only other Genuine Pianola Pianos are the Steinway Steck Wheelock Stuyvesant and famous Weber On sale in Indian apolis only at Aeolian Hall Low monthly payments if desired The Beautiful VICTOR SALON at Aeolian Hall the most complete and perfectly appointed Victor estab lishment in the city Victrolas from 50 cents weekly THE AEOLIAN CO Aeolian Hall The Pianola Store Opposite the Postoffice 237 Pennsylvania St MAYOR ARRANGES OR PICNIC Announces Plans for Outing for All City Employes Mayor Shank yesterday a unoiincrd plans for a municipal picnic thal Is to be held in a few weeks at gup the city parks All city othcials and their fami lies will be invited to attend and a JjoH daj' will be declared at the City Htll Games contests and a basket dinner will bo features of tho entertainment oven got acquainted with some of the fellows hi Hie said the mayor "and wo will have this picnic to get to know each other can beat any man in the building pitching horse The following commlffee has been named to arrange for the event: Mward of the hoard of public eorks Henry W' Klaustnarm r'fty engineer John Wood secretary to the boaid of piiblle safety Harry Newby the street cleaning department Joscpij Hogue street commissioner Lowry execu tive officer of the board of park commls sinners and red Akin deputy city cnnl roller The mayor has served notice that hrer and poker will be barred at the picnic WOMAN ATTEMPT 3UICIDE Mrs Jessie Harmon 1226 North Shef field avenue attempted to take her lift: by drinking poison yesterday afternoon but was unsuccessful It Is said that the attempt followed a quarrel with her husband The pollen made no Investi gation The husband refuser! to allow the wife to tie taken to a hospital PSwiufgy ji Before You Leave let us convert all the money j'ou will need on your vaca tion trip into checks We issue them in any convenient denomina tion and they are absolutely safe as they can not be cashed by any one but your self Continental National Bank 28 South Meridian Street Chamber of Commerce Building HOTELS HOTEL DENNIS ATLANTIC CITY acing the sea and overlooking the famous Boardwalk Every room connected with pri vate bath or having hot and cold running water Capacity 600 WALTER BUZRY The 100000 Who Order Milk Nover a woman has boon compelled to order Polk's milk There lias always been plenty of common milk for sale in this city But people have learned of the care we take with this milk of our sanitary methods and have seen the 100000 iran milk each day liccauBe it is bo pure cleun and good They use it because they appreciate a bettor milk and have faith in uh Order of i is' New 3700 North 634 It WnMwk HOTELS AND RESORTS Coolest Watering Place in America GRINDSTONE INN COTTAGES Li WINTER HARBOR MAINE Motoring Golf Tennis Boating Bathing Deep Sea and Lake ishing URNISHED COTTAGES OR RENT Otto Hansen The Lincoln Phil powerful Business Getters ror Small Mercbanto Nt WANT 11.