Official Paper of Box Bu M y
wiCK A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Taper of the City of Allbnc
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'VOLUME XXVIII.
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ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1921.
No. $
VS
Arthur jqnes killed Alliance
saturday eve when hit by auto
driver runs leaving victim dying
AOUN(J FARMER VICTIM OF CARELESSNESS OF AN UN
KNOWN AUTOIST, WHO DRIVES CAR INTO HIM
FROM REAR ON WEST TENTH STREET
COMMISSIONERS OFFER A $200 REWARD FOR INFORMATION
.Many Volunteers, Including Odd Fellows of Alliance and Hem
ingford, Assist Sheriff Miller in Searching the County for
Traces of the Death Car and Its Driver Many Clues
Come In, But None Have Led to Capture
r
$200 REWARD!
The board of county commission
ers have adopted the following res
olution, which is self-explanatory:
WHEREAS, Arthur K. Jones was
by some person unknown to the
officers of Box Butte county, Ne
braska, carelessly and negligently
killed in a motor vehicle collision in
the limits of the City of Alliance,
Box Butte county, Nebraska and
upon a public highway and,
WHEREAS, we desire that prop
er punishment shall be meted out to
the perpetrators of said act; and,
WHEREAS, it is provided by law
that the Board of County Commis
sioners of Box Butte county, Ne
braska, have the just right and au
thority to offer a reasonable reward
for such acts;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLV
ED, that the Board of County Com
missioners of Box Butte county,
Nebraska, hereby offer reward of
the sum of $200 to be paid out of
the general Fund of said County to
such person or persons who shall
furnish the evidence resulting in
the arrest and final conviction of
the guilty party or parties, 6aid re
ward to continue for a period of
sixty days from the 4th day of Oc
tober, 1921.
Hater this 4th day of October,
1921.
GEO. W. DUNCAN,
r GEO. CARRELL,
C. L. HASHMAN,
Board of County Commissioners.
The commissioners at first plan
ned to offer a $500 reward, but
found the statutes limited them to
$200.
Arthur R. Jones, thirty-five years of
age, a well digger with a farm home,
near Berea, was struck by an unknown
autoist at Tenth and Platte streets
on the West Tenth street road leading
nut of Alliance shortly after 11:30
Saturday night This was the second
.serious automobile accident in or near
the city within twenty-four hours.
Mr. Jones was driving a Ford truck,
loaded with pipe, four-ly-four lumber
-and other supplies for well digging,
and was headed for his home near
Berea. There were no witnesses to
the accident, save the driver and pos--sibly
other occupants of the car which
struck him, bo far as is known. The
theory of the officers is that the load
on the truck started to slip, and that
the victim got out of his car and went
-round to the rear of the truck to re
arrange it. While he was lifting on
the pipes, preparatory to pushing
them farther back on the truck, a car
from behind struck him.
One of the two inch pipes was driv
en nearly through the abdomen, sever
ing an artery. The thumb of his left
hand was almost torn off by another
pipe, and a third pierced his abdomen.
The artery severed was the femoral,
and in the opinion of Harry Wells,
mortician at the Miller mortuary,
where the body was taken, death must
have ensued from loss of blood within
seven or eight minutes after the acci
dent. The driver of the car which struck
him sped away from the scene of the
accident, leaving his victim in a dying
condition. The accident happened just
-within the city limits, and Tim and
raui ucuonuiu. wno ariiveu .
fccene of the tragedy within a few
Ze? L "7
, ,.., ,, .... ; 1
vtu a vii men vrwjr w w v. ui in
IBerea.
Talked With Dying Man.
The McDonald boys thought they
recognized the victim, "la this you,
a t rr: -T ..11 1 1 -. . 1 I
Art," Tim McDonald asked,- and re-
ceived an affirmative answer. The
next question, "How did it happen?"
was answered by low murmurs, ami
they could 'not catch the reply. Mr.
Jones was then dying, and within a
few seconds had breathed his last.
One of the McDonald boys fainted
"when his brother sought to assist the
dying man by unbuttoning his coat
and making his last moments easier,
Th authorities were notified . and.
the body taken to the Miller mortuary,
Relatives were summoned by tele-
graph.
Frank A. Jones, younger brother
.and partner of the dead man, was
called to Alliance immediately, and
took charge of the funeral arrange
ments.
No trace of the driver of the car
that struck Mr. Jonas hu been found,
I Conditions at the scene of the acci-
I tient snowed that the car had been
struck vtith sufficient force to either
puncture the radiator or else discon
nect it. There was no question that
when the driver of the death car rode
away, there was no water in the radia
tor. The car struck Jones with suffi
cient force to drive the heavy galvan
ized pipes through the back of the
seat in the Ford truck and through a
board two inches thick. The pipes
were not driven entirely through the
victim's body. Paint from the fenders
was found on the four-by-four posts.
The driver, despite his damaged car,
( made a quick getaway. Nearby resi
l dents claim to have heard the crash.
Search for Missing Car.
I Although there was little to identify
the car and no one to identify the
driver, the city and county police au
thorities immediatelv took up the
search for them. Sunday morning
Sheriff J. W. Miller appointed n nu .
ber of special deputies, and the city
was searched thoroughly ior traces o.
' the damaged car. In the afternoon,
l the local I. O. O. F. lodge held a spe
cial meeting, and volunteered their aid
, in the search. Sunday afternoon fifty
or more men were combing the city
and outlying precincts thoroughly.
j At Hemingford the Odd Fellows,
under the leadership of William Claik.
organized and took care of the north
I end of the county. Perry Mailey, at
the request of the dead man s brother,
organized the Alliance Odd Fellows.
The Alliance volunteers went through
Alliance and a carload went out on
every main road from the city. There
were a number of volunteers who also
continued the search Monday.
Half a dozen clues came into the
sheriff's office Monday, and although
several of them seemed to be good
leads, nothing was found when they
were traced down. Special Agent
Martin of the Burlington, who went to
Hemingford on the early train Sunday
morning, reported that when he step
Ded from the train a Hudson automo
bile drove up, making a tremendous
racket, the sounds indicating tnat the
fan was striking the radiator. Three
young men dismounted from the car.
At the time the special agent did not
know of the Alliance accident, and be
yond making a mental note of the
noise, made no investigation. Sheriff
Miller and several deputies left for
Hemingford to investigate as soon as
word reached them, but the car had
disappeared.
At the Eugene Rosenberg farm,
near Hemingford, it was reported that
a Hudson car, badly battered, without
lights and running at great difficulty,
had stopped for some reason or other.
Two or three other clues came in,
but when investigated nothing definite
could be learned. It is believed, how
ever, that the driver of the car which
struck Mr. Jones was accompanied by
two or three persons, and that if some
of these do not come forward, the of
fer of a $500 reward by the county
may induce those who know something
o,f the circumstances, to communicate
with the officers, especially when they
realize that they are doing the public
a great injustice by keeping still.
Father Helps in Search
Marion Jones of Gresham, father of
the dead man, was in Alliance for the
funeral services yesterday, and has
" laiCII
taken an active part in the search for
) lhe driveP of the car which killed his
Public sentiment has leen deeply
stirred by the tragedy, and if the dam-
aged automobile or its driver is to be
found within the confines of the coun
ty, nothing will be left undone to make
! the search complete.
Probate proceedings were started in
county court yesterday, a petition be-
ling hied asking for the appointment
of Cole Bond of Gresham as adminis
trator of the estate and guardian for
the three children.
There is some fjuestion as to what
punishment can be given the driver
who ran away leaving his victim to
die, but the officials are inclined to be
lieve that he can be brought to trial
on a charge of manslaughter if found.
Under the circumstances surrounding
j the accident, it is possible that the
accident may have been unavoidable,
I The road was newly graded, and very
dusty; the Ford truck was of an old
model, and if stopped, the lights were
j not burning, and even if the engine
were running, the tail light was ob-
bcured by the endgate of the truck,'
. which was hanging down. The car
was stopped on the north side of the
road, and a driver, coming from the
rear, nrght not have seen the man in
the road until too late to turn out. On
tne other hand, there is nothing that
will excuse the offense of running
away after the accident.
Funeral Services Monday.
Funeral services were held from the
Miller chapel Monday afternoon, at
2:30, in charge of the Rev. Mearl C
Smith. The remain were taken to
Gresham last night, and will be laid
beside the body of his wife.
Arthur Rolon Jones was born in
Whitman county, Kansas, near Drift
wood, Neb., on the 23 day of July,
1SG6. At the age of one year his par
ents moved to Butler county, Neb.,
where he resided most of hi life until
he moved to Box Butte county. Neb.,
in 1917.
He was married on March 3, 1908
to Bertha Bond at Gresham. To them ! m" of skipping out of the county
was born three children, Nellie Irene before tneir numbers were called, con
Jones .aged twelve, who lives at the lsts of twenty-one men, the majority
Odd Fellows home at York; Marion .' whom are listed as residents of Al
Arthur Jones, a son, who lives with'l'ance The, list is made public by
an aunt at David City, Neb.; and Ber-'. Brigadier General Omar Bundy, com
tha Mae Jones, aged nine, another j Handing officer of the Seventh corps
daughter, who lives with her grand- j area, with headquarters at Fort Crook,
parents at Gresham, Neb. j Neb.
Mrs. Jones died at Gresham, at the The publication of the lists over the
time of the birth of the youngest 'country has been going on for some
child on August 23, 1915. (months In other parts of the nation,
Mr. Jones was a member of the Odd but just recently the Nebraska names
Fellows Lodge at Gresham, and was have been made public. The first lists
also a member of the Woodmen of the published contained a number of men
World lodge at Gresham, and was listed by error, many of whom made
affiliated with the New Light Chris- service records. In order to dim
tian church near Gresham. (inish the possibility of error, the lists
Other relatives of Mr. Jones are have been carefully gone over by the
his father, Monroe Jones of Waco," local draft board for Box Butte county
Neb., Mrs. Mrs. Mabel McCoy, a sister and so far as possible corrections have
of Henry, Neb., I-eona Swan, a sister
of Mitchell, Neb., Neal Jones, a broth
er of Gresham, Neb., Earl Jones,
Charles Jones and Paul Jones, broth
ers of Waco, Neb., and Frank A. Jones
of Alliance, a brother. Most of them
were present at the funeral.
Program Complete for
Harvest Festival to Be
Held Here October 15
, I
The program for the harvest home
festival to be held in Alliance October
.15, at which sa all-day free entertain
ment will be offered to Alliance s
guests on that day, has been practic
ally arranged. Among the attractions
listed are prizes for the family coming and who vere under the jurisdiction of
from the greatest distance; the larg- the local board named, were, accord
est family coming in one car; the in? to the public draft records, classi
oldest car driven to town; the car with ed and reported by the draft authori
the most mileage; the worst looking ties as deserter. from the military
car; obstacle race for "ords; most service of the United States. Actual
distance on a pint of gasoline; tug-of- expanses not to exceed $50, to include
war between Ford cars; open auto reimbursement for the amount actual
race, 3 blocks; standing start; squaw ly expended, but not to include allow
Pony race, 2 blocks; Indian pony race, ance for services, will be paid to any
3 blocks; school boys' race, 1 block; civil officer or other citizen for the
school girls' race, 1 block; chasing apprehension and delivery to military
greased pig by squaws; auto race, one control of any one of them. If any
jlock with change of tire; Indian one of them is apprehended he should
boys' foot race; Indian girls' foot be delivered at, and reimbursement for
race; auto truck race, 1 block, stand- the actual expenses incurred by the ar
ing start; open novelty race; fat men's resting officer should be claimed at,
race; boxing and wrestling exhibi- the nearest Army poet, camp or sta
tions; Indian wrestling and athletic
events, and Indian war dance and har
vest moon pow-wow.
Tne following merchants are Btag
ing the exhibition, and will give away laws of the United States, or of any
tickets on the Ford automobie that is State, Territory, District or possession
to be given away on that date; the of the United Statc3, to arrest offend
only rules being that the winner must!ers, summarily to arrest a deserter
be present at the drawing and no from the military service of the Unit-
tickets are to be held by any Alliance
merchant:
The Famous, The Golden Ru'e,
Harper's Department Store, New
berry's Hardware Co., Hirst's Grocery,
Mallery Grocery, Duncan's Grocery,
Mnrcrnn'a firrwerv. The National Store.
E. G. Laing, Thiele's Drug Store, Hol-j Order No. 2 Earl F. Broderick,
sten's Drug Store, Brennan's Drug 501 Laramie, Alliance, Neb.
Store, Alliance Drug Store, George D. Order No. 4S9 James M. Clark, Fay
Darling, Glen Miller, Schafer Auto ettevillc, Tenn.
Supply, Alliance Tire Works, Horace Order No. 500 Apostolis Darasklis,
Bogue Store, Baer-Alter Shoe Store, ' (Apostolus Darsokis), (Opostoios), Al-
Loursey & Miller, U iiannon & Neus-
wanger, ine farmers union, Mign-land-Holloway
Co., The Fashion Shop,
Wiker Music House, Dole Variety
Store, Roy Beckwith Clothing Store,
McVicker Millinery, Palace Market,
E. Essay, Model Cleaning Shop, Cor
ner Barber Shop, Imperial Theatre,
Joe K. Smith, Model Market, J. E.
Stegg Furniture Store, Lee Moore
Grocery, Mann Music & Art Co.
The Pine Ridge Indians, who are in
Box Butte county for the spud harvest
are enthusiastic over the harvest fes
tival, and promise to be out in full
force to compete for the prizes. Chief
Blackhorse, who is rounding them up
tor the event, says there will be five) Order No. 521 John McMullen, Al
hundred or more Indians here onthat liance, Neb.
lute. He has prepared a list of the! Order No. 617 Chas. Edward Owen,
Indians who will participate in the j Alliance, Neb.
various events. j Order No. 133 Frank Ryan, Alli-
Among the Indian queens who will! ance. Neb.
tak part in the squaw races and the Order No. 770 Charles Sadler, Alii
greased pig event are isted Rose Croc- ance, Neb.
odile Eyes, Nancy Chief, Mrs. Red Order No. 710 Vilies Herbert
teather, Mrs. Big Blue Horse, Mrs.
Runs-Close-to-the-Lodge.
The braves who will participate, in
clude: Walking Elk, Willie Cross
Dog, John red Feather, Titon Yellow
iiawic, uiue noise, crocodile Eyes,
Mark Yellow Hawk, Charley Black
horde, jr., Big Hawk, Joe Yellow
Thunder, Edward Brown Boy, Harry
Brown Boy, Joe Runs Close to the
Lodge, Chief Blackhorse and others.
Mr .and Mrs. Clendenin Mitchell cf
Chadron, who were in Alliance at the
Eastern Star meeting Friday evening,
were guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. W.
Irish while in the city.
Rev. G. C. Robberson, pastor of the
Methodist church at Mitchell was in
Alliance toda visiting with Rev. M. C.
Smith.
TWENTY-ONE ON
THE BOX BUTTE
SLACKER LIST
GOVERNMENT MAKES PUBLIC
NAMES OF DRAFT EVADERS.
Polk-e Authorities So Far Unable to;
Round Up Any of the
Yellow Tribe.
The so-called "slacker list", consist
ing of men who evaded the draft by
been made. It is possible, however,
that some of the men on the list en
listed during the war in some branch
of the service and notification thereof
was not given or failed to reach the
local offic'als.
Alliance has always had a rather
large floating population, considering
the size of the city, and the most of
the men listed as draft evaders are
probably members of that class. With
no relatives in the county to be dis
graced, it was a comparatively easy
matter for them to shove on to some
other city, where the possession of a
registration card would make them
immune from molestation,
General Bundy's communication fol
lows :
Fort Crook. Neb., Sept 26. 1921.
The men who names appear below,
. tion
The law (160th Article of War) pro
vides that: "It shall be lawful for anv
civil officer having authority under the
ea states ana deliver mm into the
custody of the military authorities of
the United States."
Local Board for the County of Box
Butte, Satte of Nebraska.
Order No. 722 John Floyd Ander-
I son. (Flovil Anderson. Alliance. Veh.
liance, ;seb,
Order No. 50 Thomas Davis. Cleve
land, Neb.
Order No. 4 Cliff Franklin, Alli
ance, Neb.
Order No. 761 Jacob Walter Hast
ing Manderson, S. D.
Order No. 517 Fred Holloway, Box
Butte Ave., Alliance, Neb.
Order, No . 56 Syivester Mack,
(Maek), (Moek), Kansas City, Mo.
Order No. 77 Jack Vere Mahoney,
(Jack Mahoney), Alliance, Neb.
Order No. 572 Charley Martin, 725
W. Band, Denison. Tex.
Order No. 290 Abe Mcintosh, Owy-
hee, Nev., (Avyhee. Nev.)
Shultz, (Schultz), Box Butte, Heming-
ford, Neb.
Order No. 214 George Sinner,
Sweetwater Ave., Alliance, Neb,
Order No. 456 Jesse (Jessie) Sum
mers. 12S Veil
ellowstone, Alliance. Neb.
Order No. 209 Leroy Liberty Tay
lor, (IRoy Liberty Taylor), 1303 L.,
Lincoln, Neb.
Order No. 534 Lawrence Walter
Van Eman, (Laurence W. Vaneman.)
( Laurence W. VanEman), Midway, Al
liance, Neb.
1. Any registrant who actually
served in the military or naval forces
of the Untied States during the World
War, and who has any doubt as to his
draft status, should communicate im
mediately with the Atjutant General
of the Army. Washington. D. C. rela
tive thereto, setting forth the facts of
his service, including the date, place
and manner of his entry Into the serv
ice and the exact names under which
he registered, the designation of the
local board with whom he registered,
the place of his residence at the time
of registration, nnd any other avail
able identifying information.
2. Any registrant who actually
served in the military or naval forces
of one of the allied powers during the
World War, and who has any doubt as
to his draft status, should report im
mediately, In person or in writing, to
the commanding officer of the nearest
military post, camp or station the
facts of his service, coroborated by
such evidence, or properly authenticat
ed copies thereof as he may be able to
produce, also the designation of the
local board with which he registered
the place of his residence at the time
of registration, together with any
with any other identificatifying infor
mation, and ask for an adjustment of
his case.
3. All names and post office ad
dresses following a single order num
ber and appearing within brackets
pertain to one and the same person
and represent the different spellings of
the name and the different addresses
of that man as shown by his draft re
cord and correspondence relative
thereto on the file in the War Department.
GIRL INJURED
WHEN STRUCK
BY AUTOMOBILE
LITTLE KATIIERINE CASE SUF
FERS CUT ON HEAD.
Auto Driver Turned the Corner on the
Wrong Side of Street and Girl
Struck by Fender of Car.
The third automobile accident for
Alliance and vicinity in three days,
came about 7 o'clock Sunday evening,
at the corner of Third and Laramie,
near The Herald office. Katherine
Case, eleven-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. O. Case, west Third street,
was the victim. The little girl was
struck by the fender -of an automobile
said to have been driven by Dick Van
Horn, employed by the Burlington
machine shop. She was thrown to the
ground and received bruises and other
injuries which made it necessary to
call in the aid of a physician. . I
According to reports of the accident.
Van Horn was driving a Chevrolet car
west on West Third street He turned j
south at Laramie. The Case girl, in .
company with several others, were
playing in the street, and several of'
them were running across from Cour
sey & Miller's garage to the Masonic I
Temple building. When Van Horn
turned the corner, he turned close to
the curbing on the east side of the!
street the wrnng side. The girls!
were all safely across save the victim, '
who was thrown to the pavement. It!
was said that if the car had made the
turn on the right side of the street,
there would have been no accident. As
it was, the victim ran squarely in
front of the car, and the driver was
unable to stop in time to avoid hitting
her.
Katherine was badly bruised on the
legs and arms, and a gash was cut in
her head above the right ear. Dr. F.
Peterson war called, and the scalp
wound was found to be more serious
than was at first supposed. A small
artery was severed, and when the
wound was closed with five stitches,
the flow of blood did not stop. The pa
tient was removed to the physician's
office, where the wound was sewed up
three different times. The girl was
very weak from loss of blood, but last
reports were that she was doing asj
well as could be expected, and that she
would recover.
Dr. Peterson said tha ta heavy braid
of hair on the side of the girl's head
that was struck by the fender probably
saved her from being killed. Monday
several reports were current to the ef
fect that she had died.
The Case family has been having
more than its share or misfortune the
past few weeks. A son is now ill in
an Iowa hospital, and two or three
days ago a baby girl in the family fell
from a teeter board, cracking two
ribs.
Beatrice Woman Seeks
Alliance Man Whose
Mother Died Recently
Mrs. Dora Phillips of Beatrice, Neb.,
has written to Chief of Police C. VV.
Jeffers, asking his assistance in locat
ing Charles Tubbs, believed to have
been at one time or at the present a
resilient of Alliance, Mr. fulbs'
mother, Mrs. William McCory of
Beatrice, died September 29, and the
body will be held at least two weeks
pending receipt of word from her ion.
Mr. Tubbs can receive further infor
mation by writing to 610 South Third
street, Beatrice. Those have Vnvl
adge of his whereabouts are lrged to
get this news to him.
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska: Fair to
night and Wednesday; rising tempera
ture tonight east and eouth central
portions; cooler Wednesday afternoon
or night in northwest portion,
TWO HURT WHEN
AUTOS COLLIDE
ONANTIOCHROAD
EARL JERGSON UNCONSCIOUS
FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
Bruce Hunsaker Thrown Through th
Windshield a Distance of
Thirty Feet.
Earl Jergson, seventeon-year-oldr
youth in the employ of Jesse Wilson,
of Antioch, and Bruce Hunsaker ot
Ant'orh were badly bruised about th
head and shoulders as the result of
a collision between a Buick automo
bile, owned by Cecil Wilson of Lake
side and driven by young Jergson, and
a Cole "Eight" owned on driven by
George Lindley. The collision took
place on the Potash highway, about
five miles east of Alliance, near tha
farm home of O. K. Dye, shortly after
11 o'clock Friday evening.
This was the first of the recent ser
ies of three automobile accidents, andt
that no one was killed is due to s
traordinary good luck. The two cara ,
were badly smashed when they came,
together. The force of- the impact
swung them half way around in tha
road. The radiators of both cars wera
smashed, the engines of both can
were cracked, the steering wheel
were broken, the frames of the ears
bent and twisted. Two of the heavy
steel wheels of the Cole were twisted
out of shape.
According to Jesse Wilson, who wa
one of the occupants of the Cole,
George Lindley was driving it. Tha
other passenger was Bruce Hunsaker.
The three men had come to Allianc
In the afternoon, and had started noma
about 1 1 o'clock. The other car, drivA
en by Jergson ,had but one passenger,
Pot Welch of Ellsworth. Both car
were coming nt fairly fact rates of
speed, although Wilson said the Cole
was not being driven over thirty-five-miles
an hour. The Jergson bov was
not an experienced driver. Wilson
sond, and as he uppronehed. tended,
for Alliance, Lindley said: "They'ra
going to hit us right in the face." A.
second later the collision took place.
Thrown Through Windshield.
Bruce Hunsaker, in the Cole, wa
thrown straight through the wind
shield and struck the road a distance
of fully thirty feet in front of the car.
The other two men in the Cole were
not injured. Lindley, the driver, waa,
somewhat dazed, as when he got out
of the car he still carried a part or
the steering wheel in his hand
Jergson was the most seriously In
jured. He was rendered unconscious
by the shock, and was brought by Lea
Sturgeon, whb was called, to the St.
Joseph hospital in Alliance, where ha
remained unconscious for several
hours. Late Saturday morning he waa
removed to the home of Jesse Wilson.
He was bad'y bruised and cut about
the face and head, but there were no
internal injuries, and there are no
doubts that he will recover. Hunsakqr,
although considernbly shaken up by
his rapid flight through the air, waa
able to walk around within a short
time after the accident. His lower
teeth were broken off and several up
per teeth dislocated an' he was in-
jured about the head.
According to Jesse Wilson, Jergson
had borrowed the Buick belonging to.
his brother, Cecil, without the latter'
knowledge or permission, and wa
coming to Antioch. Cecil Wihon haa
been staying with Jesse the nnst few
days, during the absence of his wife,
who f away on a-visit to Kansas City.'
The Buick was nt the Jesse Wilson
home. Jergon has been in Jess
Wilson's employ for Feveral months,
coming here from Minnesota, whera
his mother now lives.
Others Miraculously Escape.
Pat Welch, riding with Jergson, es
caped without a scratch, as did both,
Jesse Wilson and George Lindley.
Welch had the same good fortune that
was with him in the big Burlington
wreck near Birdsell a few years ago,
when he was the only one in one of
the cars to escape injury or death.
He was somewhat dazed by the acci
dent, however, and was the cause of
considerable alarm to the others. Ha
declared that he thought Cecil Wilson
was driving, and the men searched the
nearby fields on each side of the roaoj
for Wilson's body. Cecil Wilson, how
ever, was safe at home, and when
Welch got his bearings he proclaimed
the fact.
One of the rumors connected with
the accident is that when one of the
men approached Jergson, who waa
thrown out of the car he was driving,
and asked if he were hurt, he replied
"No, but I'm drunk as hell." He then
relapsed into unconsciousness.
Rev. O. S. Baker, district superin
tendent of the Methodist church, who
has been in Aluanc since Sunday
lonkinir after the interests of the
church, went for Hemingford today.
He occupied the pulpit or tne Ittetft
odist church here Sunday night.
Seven hundred people attended tha
tone test given by Sibyl Sanderson Fa
gan. whistler, and George Wilton Bal
lard, tenor, at the Imperial last Fri
day afternoon. The comparison of tha
performers' work with the machina
was a successful demonstration.