Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 24, Hammond, Lake County, 12 July 1913 — Page 1

WIT? LAKE CONTY TIME WEATHER. POSSIBLE SHOWERS .TODAY FAIK SUNDAY. TIDIES HOME WITH YOU VOL. in., NO. 24. JULY 12, 1913 -EIGHT P. AGES. SATURDAY AND WEEKLY EDITION-

SHOCKING FATALITY

HAPPENS

Young Southerner Is Electrocuted At Hammond By South Shore Road's High Voltage Which Passes Through His Body. A number of people witnessed shocking fatality at the intersection of the B. & O. terminal, near Columbia avenue, in Hammond, yesterday afternoon when A. D. Martz, 6438 Parnell Venue, Chicago, was electrocuted by a high tension wire of the South Shore, 6,600 volts passing through his body. Death was instantaneous and the re mains were removed to Burn's morgue in .Hammond. , i Martz was employed as an interstate commerce man for the B. & O. terminal and met his untimely end In a most peculiar manner, very fevr cases of the kind being on record. The accident was witnessed and described by Jesse James, an Erie railroad engineer, residing at 94 Douglas street, Hammond With a. tape measure In his hand, Martz attempted to measure the dis tance between the high tension wire on the South Shore line and the track. Ha threw the tape over the charged wire and as Martz touched one end of the tape to the track it formed a ground. There was a sharp flash and the 6,600 volts passed through his body, killing him Instantly. .Dr. Hale, of East Chicago, did everything in his power to revive the victim, but his efforts were futile. It is doubtful If Martz was aware that the cloth tape line, which he was using, contained at least a dozen Invisible hair-like copper wires and as soon as the tape line touched the tension wire and the rail, the voltage was carried to the ground. The end of the tape line was burned as also was Martz'a hand. An Inquest will be -held Mmtlm today. . , Martz Js .?4jrear Id. and boarded at 438 Farttell street, Chicago. His parents live at Frederick, Maryland, and arrangement sare being made to ship the remains there for burial. ROYALTY IS COMING FOR S0NDER RACES Prince Henry and Princess Henry. Prince Henry of Prussia, the sailor brother of the kaiser, expects to revisit the United States this summer for the great international ya yachting events, the Sondor races at Marblehead. Other royal personaj;es are likely to tame time. J pet OVSI- I iere at the be hen

WHITING'S NEW POSTMASTER

George W. Jones. Washington, D. C. July 12. The Senate in session yesterday unanimously confirmed the appointment of George W. Jones as postmaster at Whiting made at the recommendation of Congressman John B. Peterson. DIES AT WORK FROM HEART FAILURE Empl oye American Maize Products Co. Drops Unconscious To Floor. Julius Dimiter, 21 years old. an em ploye of the American Maize Products company at Roby, was found lying on the floor In an unconscious condition by fellow employes yesterday noon, and although every effort was made to save his life, he died an hour later. It Is thought that he succumbed to an attack of heart failure. The remains were removed to Baran's morgue, at Whiting.-, where - atrnquest . wttl;"b held todar. ' Fellow workmen found Dimiter unconsicous. His head was resting on his arms and at first it was thought that he had been overcome by gas fumes. A. O. Mitchell, in charge of the Northern Indiana Gas company's pulmotor. rushed the pulmotor to the Roby plant and worked on Dimiter from lu o'clock until 4-o'clock yesterday, afternoon. Dimiter had been dead half an hour before the pulmotor arrived and although the pulmotor crew succeeded In getting perfect resperatlon, the victim's heart failed to respond. Attending physicians pronounced it useless to use any more effort, as there was no hope of bringing him back to life. The victim is 21 years old and boarded ' on Indiana boulevard. A search is being made for his relatives and funeral arrangements have not been made. NEGRO WHO LURED GIRL IS CONVICTED

Black Who Stopped With 1517 toLTZl up

Year Old White Child In Hammond Sentenced. As told In a late edition of The Times yesterday, George Thompson, aged forty-four years old, a negro white slaver, who brought a fifteen-year-old white girl to Hammond and remained over night here in a Hammond hotel last January, was covicted in the Federal Court in Chicago on a charge of rape on two Indictments, the penalty of which Is ten years in the penitentiary and $20,000 fine. Lured Girl to Hammond. This case was an especially flagrant one. Last January Thompson lured the girl from her home in Chicago and took her to Hammond. From there he took her to Nlles, Mich. He went through the form of a marriage, but knew that she was under age and that the marriage would be annulled. When he brought his victim back to Chicago he was arrested by the United States marshal and. Indicted on a charge of violating the Mann white slave act. State's Attqney Maclay Hoyne also charged him with rape. Because the offense against the state is punishable by a more severe penalty, the United States authorities allowed the negro to be taken to trial on that charge. Instead of putting him on trial Judge Cooper oreded a nolle pros en tered and turned the negro loose without even notifying the United States officials. Found Guilty In Hoar. "We intend to convict that man," exclaimed Assistant United States District Attorney Kimball when he heard what Judge Cooper had done. "His crime was so extraordinarily brutal that we wanted him to have the heaviest punishment possible. Now that he cannot De punished Dy tne state we will see what we can do with the same I evidence."

BOND

SHE NOW (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, July 12. Gravel road bonds worth S12S.000 will h ffVrnH tn sali by County Treasurer Swanson a .sihis next Monday and on the 17th of ' thin month (nnntu in.UtAp IaK,., ...in ...a.. .......... vw.,.j . . Lini ivii j t,.ic.j. n 111 Offer 100.000 worth of bridge bonds for sale, $75,000 Leing for the Eorsythe avenue bride in East Chicago and the balance for the Hobart bridge. Thek county treasurer's office now does i more than three million dollars worth of i business a year. At the close of the : iirst half of the year Lak county rank ed as the second county in the state for the taxes collected. Since the first of this month the treasurer's office had already paid out $i09,000. nearly a million dollars. Today the oitice has on hand $1,025,000. Since the first of the year, nearly half a million dollars, or $496,000 worth of gravel road bonds have been disposed of. Commercial paper now brings as high as 6V4 per cent, and gravel road bonds only bring 44 per cent, consequently the latter are now any more the desirable investment that they used to be. and contractors are finding it rather hard to dispose of them. The board of reviews adjourned on July 1st after a thirty day session without making any material changes in the figures submitted by the various township assessors. The board this year was composed of Messrs. William Black, county assessor, "Cully" Swanson. county treasurer, Chas Johnson, county auditor and Clarence M. Kennolett of Gary and, Eugene Farley of Crown Point, the latter two having been appointed by the circuit court. WESTON HAS IViANY QUEER PERSONALITIES Veteran - Pedestrian - Ex-f hibits a Number of Them In Hammond. WESTOX'S ECCENTRICITIES. Invariably walks down atalra backwards, no matter . bow many lllghta. He doea It for luck. Wears wblte duck suit and white silk hat whenever he arrlveafn Chicago .Cleveland, or Sew York. Has Captain Hanlon of the Hammond police escort him to Sheffield avenue everytlme he comes here. Remembers the cities he vllt, and they are many, by some article of food he ate at his hotel or by the Chief of I'oller. He thinks Hanlon Is the chief In Hammond nnd he nlwaya keeps the Majestic In mind for tbe rich custard he gets there. John Glennont proprietor of the Hotel Majestic is a Edward Payson Weston fan although he does as little walking himself as is possible. Everything is done to make things pleasant for the veteran ped when he passes through for by Weston's remarkable memory. "One would never suspect that little things made the impression on him that they do," said Glennon yesterday, "but the first thing he said to me when he arrived was, T want some of that ricecustard pudding you gave me two years ago," and "You had your wife sew a button on my pants the last time I stopped." CHESTERON MUST BE AG00D TOWN Two boes played In" luck Saturday night, and all because the key of the Porter luck-up was lost. They had been violating the majesty of the law to such an extent that Alderman Goetens, of Chesterton was summoned to run them in. Capturing his men, he marched them up to the bastlle, and then proceedings stopped. The place was locked, and no key coujd be found. In this dilemma the prisoners were told to "git," and they got. Chesterton Tribune. ANNOUNCEMENT OP SHOOT The second shoot of the Chicago Interurban League of Gun Clubs will be held on the ground of the Chicago Gun Club. Sunday, July 13. All members are requested to attend. There will be no shoot on our home ground that day. CREDITORS GET 2 PER CENT. Judge Glvins of the Vanderburg Circuit court has ordered payment of 2 per Cffft to the beneficiaries of policies past due in the American Life Annuity Company. Claims aggregate $80,000 and there Is only $2,000 In the hands of the company. Evansvllle persons who Invested $26,000 in the company's notes will receive nothing. The company was organized in Evansvllle. John P. Downey was appointed receiver several caonUis ago.

PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER AND FIANCE GO TO CHURCH IN CORNISH, NEW HAMPSHIRE

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Miss Jessie Wilson and Francis B. Sajrre on way to church. Miss Jessia Wilson, the president's youngest daughter, and Francis B. Sayre of New York, to whom Miss Wilson s engagement has recently been announced, visited the Old South church in Cornish, N. H., with the President and Mrs. Wilson last Sunday, where communion was taken by the president's femily. This was the first occasion that the young couple have been seet. together since the announcement of their engagement, and of course . the photographers wereonhand. '

D. EDERHAS Daniel i VtmCjtf1 .tO supply-house, was slightly injured yesterday afternoon when thrown from a motorcycle which;' he was driving at tremend'uous rate' of speed on South Hohman street. That he escaped instant death is thought remarkable by witnesses who saw . him sail through the air for fifty feet and light on his hands and knees, to rise and walk about, apparently unhurt. Eder, who is the son of George M. Eder, was out for a spin with the throttle wide open. His flying motorcycle swirved as the wheels struck the old C. C. & U. railroad tracks at Ken-l u'nr,H Th. muhino went nnn wgv an1 thf Arlv.r nnother Quit a l!ttl iam. age was inflicted on the machine. Plan Big Celebration. Plans for a big union Labor day the indications are that owing to the the indications are taht owing to the united efforts of all the unions in the region, that it will exceed anything in Lake County's history. Joint committees from the Lake County Trades and Labor Council and the Buildina Trades Council have already been held and the, preliminaries have been disposed of. Heretofore these organizations held 1 their picnics Independent of each other.! ,, - . . , . The. next thing to be decided is the , , , . , , ,,. - location for the picnic. Lake Woods , . . .. . . ,, . Park between Hammond and Gary is ., , .. n the favorite snot if suitHble arrangements can be made for transportation with the Gary and Interurban. 1 ne cooperation oi inese two organizatlons assures big scale. everything to be on a1 COMES TO LONDON FOR SOCIAL SEASON z&t f i fin':

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Lady falmeny. Lady Dalmeny has Just come to London for the season. Before heT marriage she was Dorothy Grosvenor, younger daughter of Lord Henry Grosvenor and a cousin of the present Duke of Westminster. Both Lord and Lady Dalmeny are great racegoers, his lordship having horses of his own. Lord Dalmeny Is the oldest son of Lord sabrr.

ADVISORY B0AR0S- . WAKE UP BOARD S ' 1 ' State Board of Accounting Certifies Lake County List To Governor. TIMES UVREAl AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis. Ind.. July 12. The state hoard rf arnounti tniiav certified ;to Governor Ralston a lone list of re - , ports, charging Lake county officials with retaining various small sums U legally in the years between 1905-1909. Another report charged John C.'Becker, township trustee of North township. Lake county, and formerly president of the trustees' -association with over payment of his advisory board to the extent of 116.80 and constructive charges aggregating $22S. Becker wished to stand suit on the question whether he should pay back to the county the sums alleged to be due, and the state board sent down the reports with that understanding. The other former county officials against whom charges were filed all -. , . . were members of the county council of ' Lake county, and the sums charged against them were recorded by the state ... . board because of alleged excess salary they received. One, of the officers has explained .. to the board that with the rar)id Erowth of the DODulation of Lake county it has been Imperative that the county council increase its schedule of special meetings. Many members had to neglect their other business. Those charged, . with the various amounts, follow: Albert. Foster, $120; Henry O. Batterman, $20: Fred Seehouser, $120; Otto Huldegrandt. $125; Frank Sharbuck, $47.50; John A. Johnson, $40; Henry, Lundt, $35; William E. Vater. $150; John J. Wood. $20; Henry Aulwurm. $35; Jacob Rimback, $35. HAMMONDJVIAY GET IT. Judge Fred Barnett returned from the meeting of the State Bar Association at Indianapolis enthusiastic alley in favor of bringing the 1914 meeting to Hammond. As this meets with the approval of all members of the Bar Association It jis quite possible that a committee will be sent from Hammond to request the executive committee of the state association to grant Hammond the honor. AUTO ACCIDENT VICTIMS RECOVERING Mr. and Mrs. August Kehl, victims of an accident at Clark road last Sunday night, when a South Shore interurban struck their automobile, have been discharged from Mercy hospital at Gary and gone to their home at South Chicago. Mrs. Prince and Mrs. Cross who were in the party when the accident occurred are still patients at the hospital. Reran Union Scoot. Conatry Clas Ions; ent. for chevr or smoke. Fares nlnir eat. and Sweet Una flae eat. Manufactured from the choicest leaf Sahnrrsi ltlTHIr ffi"ttf Tobacoa Cm,

l(. H. BELL E

Koeaath M. Dell, 56 years old, former upertntendent of tbe G. H. Hammond company, and a bis Hammond lriwrty omtr, committed Bulcide thin forenoon by abootlnsjr himself In tbe forehead. He died Intttantly and his body la now In Murphy'a morgue In South Chicago awaiting Inqueat aebeduled for next Monday morning. The only explanation for the rash act is that temporarily he was mentally deranged at the time. His chauffeur Frank Andries, 7102 Michigan avenue was an eye witness to the'shooting but could not reach the side of Mr. 3ell in time to prevent the fatality. At the South Chicago police station Andries told the following story in broken English. "Mr. Boll bought a Smith and Weston 38 caliber revolver yesterday. He made no explanati6n at the time. This morning he ordered me to take out his wife's electric car and we went to the Kenwood bank and to the Woodlawn bank. He stepped into both and transacted business. Then we went down town to the loop and talked to people there. Next we went to his home at 1319 Fifty-second street, and I think that is when he got the gun. He told

GARY CITIZENS' PARTY

HOLD

Three Parties in Fusion to Name Ticket Opposing Knotts and His Administration

(BILXETIKf.) R. O. Johnson was nominated on the citizen's ticket of Gary. for mayor at 240 this afternoon on the second ballot. The convention rose la a wild de-anonatrntton-that nearly lifted the roof of the Ontkran Theater. (BITLLKTIIV.) The nominating convention adjourned at noon to meet again at 1(30 p. m. at -which time nominations are scheduled to be made. An unusual thing happened in Gary politics to-day. , A political convention was opened up with prayer by a min ister, of the gospel. Rev. J. P. McClenahan, pastor of the United Presbyterian rhurrh. who delivered the invocation iat the Citizens' convention. ' The convention of the Citizens' party j or iary was caucu i ' , (OCIOCK Dy lerapmaij vim" " i Ham F. Hodges, who utterea in nis keynote address the following explanation of the fusion party: ATTEMPTS TO FREE PRISONER W. (Hammond Crowd ' Tries to Liberate Burglar. Detective Sergeant John Flynn of the detectU-e bureau battled with a crowd of men and women at West Hammond, 111., according to a Chicago paper this morning, yesteraay aiwernoon when an attempt was made to take from him Rudolph Lunhauser, a confessed burglar. The detective had taken Lunhauser to West Hammond to recover a watch stolen from the office of Dr. L. E. Zins. 183 North Clark street, which the prisoner said he had pawned there. Women in the place notified friends j of the prisoner and the mob formed. , The detective was struck several times with bottles, but, drawing his revolver, he forced his way to Zlns' automobile and the party fled across the state line. In Hammond a policeman came to his assistance and the mob was dispersed. Lunhauser was brought back to ChiI cago. ELKS END GRAND LODGE SESSION Rochester,N. Y., July 12 -ninth annual rjeunion of -The fortythe grand lodge. Benevolent Elks, closed with! Protective Order of a ball last night in the state armory, Prizes were awarded yesterday for the various Elks competitions as fol- ! lows: Competitive drill Denver, first prise, $500; Battle Creek, Mich., second, $300; Syracuse, third, $200. Best band in line Alexander's Band of Wllkesbarre, first,, $50; Elks' Band of Battle Creek, Mich., second. $100. Greatest aggregate mileage in attending the convention Seattle, first. $250; Denver, second, $100. Most unique uniform in line Sayre. Pa., first, $300; Cleveland, second, $200; Detroit, third, $100. Most attractive float In paradeSeattle, first. $500; Sayre, Pa., second, $300; Wllkesbarre, third, $200. Best appearance in line Buffalo, first. $200; Denver, second, $100; Detroit, third, $50. La Vendor cigars are pronounced exceptionally good by all amokers. Adv.

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UIS LIFE me to drive south and when we reached Stony Island avenue near the Pennsylvania tracks at 82nd street, he excused himself and left the electric. He went to a clump of trees about a hundred feet away and fired one shot in, the air to try the gun. I thought then that everything was not quite right and I ran to his side. I. heard a second shot and found him bleeding from the forehead. The shooting took place shortly after eleven o'clock this morning." Mrs. Bell is Just out of the hospital, having been released three days ago from St. Luke's where she was operated on for a tumor. ' The domestic life of the Bella during the past few years was clouded by the wife's charges of her husband's mental derangement and a subsequent divorce proceeding which la still pending la the courts. Mr. Bell Is said to be worth In the neighborhood of a quarter million dollars. He is the owner of the Lake County Savings and 'Trust bank building at the four corners la Hammond. Two daughters survive the father, they being Mrs. Emma Brown and Mrs. Anna Jones. B. L. P. Bell of Hammond who' is now at his summer home on Lake Winnebago is a brother of the diseased. A GETTING TOGETHER FOR GOOD. "A movement aaraiast corruption anil In favor of decency. It wan saggested by different ladivlduals that the thins to da vras ta a;et together to fight far the clty'a laterest." , ' Attorney Hodges staled that at times.' he had become so discouraged that he had set sixty and ninety- days as the time for his leaving Gary, but that he was now here to fight. Admission by Ticket. No one was admitted to the convention of the Citizens' party to-day who did not possess a ticket, of admission signed by Secretary W. J. Fulton. Each, central committeeman was allowed five tickets, each delegate one, each alternate one, and each candidate ten. In all there were 14S delegates and as many alternates. Pontus Heintz and Ike Bloom were appointed sergeanta-at-arms to take care of the doors, and these two big fellows kept non-ticket holders on the outside rrlmarlea Last Night Last night primaries were held In the (Continued on Page 5.) BECKMAN JR., IN GRAND RAPIDS William Beckman Jr., of the Beck- ' man Supply Company is In Grand I Rapids, Michigan the guest of an Asphalt Shingle firm. In the intervals ' between business Beckman will enjoy . the snorts at the summer resorts that arfi wltnin reach of the furnitUre city, HU 8tay ,9 jndennie. ( - j A Qas Range does away With dirt. No. Ind. Gas & Eleo. Co. . GUTHRIE WILL TRY TO PACIFY JAPAN Georpe W. Guthrie. Georjre W. Guthrie of Pittsburg, the new American ambassador to Japan. s now on his way to Tokio. In view of the late unpleasantness between the two nations, due to the California anti-alien law, Guthrie's post in the orient will be a most delicate one. The relations between the two countries will be larpely dependent on the manner In which be Laadlea the situation.

BIG CONVENTION