PAGE' 2. PLATTSMOUTH SOU-WEEKLY JOURNAL- MONDAY, JULY 31, RESHER AND FOUR HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT The Omaha Merchant's Spine is Brok en Mother May Die. Car Goes Over Bank. Aloert V. Diesher of the firms of Dresher Bros, and Dresher, the Tail or, was seriously injured Sunday morning at 7:30 when the automobile he was driving went over a fifteen foot embankment on the Wabanei road two miles east of Clarinda, la. The automobile turned over twice, throwing out the occupants of the ear i,nd injuring all of them except 2-year-old Virginia Wyman. Dresher suffered a broken spine, two broken ribs and dislocation of the bin. He is expected to live. Mrs. Helen Dresher, his mother, suffered' a dislocation of the hip and internal injuries. She may die. Mrs. AI Dresher's spine was in jured. . Miss. Louise Dresher's ankle was dislocated, a bone being driven into the joint. Mis. Cecil Wyman, a friend of the Dresher family. suffered a bad con tusion of the head of shoulders and a severely wrenched spine. All of the injured were taken into Jennelworth hospital, Clarinda. Dresher was immediately put in a plaster caste. Within two hours he was able to move his toes and the at tending physician believes that he will not be paralyzed in spite of the frac ture of his spine. The party had been visiting with Mrs. A. V. Dresher's parents at Grant City, Mo., and were returning to Oma ha. Rounding a turn near the Oak drove school house. Dresner evidently miscalculated his speed and the sharp ness of the curve and he drove over the outer edge of the embankment. The automobile rolled over on him. Little Virginia Wyman was thrown clear of the debris and was uninjured. Her mother was pinned beneath the wi eckage. the upturned automobile resting on her head. Her condition Is serious. Because of her age. Mrs Helen Dresher is thought to be in the most id a r ge r. The steering wheel ar.d one wheel were broken from the car. Passing autoists rushed to the res rue. Dr. P. II. Kiilingsworth and Drs. Van Meter and Sherman from the state hospital worked over the injured ail uay. Several parties of relatives and friends motored from Omaha as soon as- they learned of the accident about noon. The party had left (Jrar.t City Sun day morning and had made rapid time on the road home. WINS NEW OVERLAND CAR The above is from the World Ilerak of this morning. Mrs. Ah V. Dreshei is a daughter f Hon. E. S. Carver and . wife of Grant Citv, Mo., our former home, and we were their near neighbors for several years when Mrs Dresher was a little girl. We trust they all will recover from their in juries. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN CASH PRIZES FOR AUTOMOBILE PARADE -The committee in charge of the au toRjf.bjle parade on Thursday, August "1. the opening day of the "Home "nnng" festival have completed their arrangement for the prizes and the cash prizes will aggregate $100, for tiie best decorated car and the mo.-t comical design. The classifica tion of these prizes will be announced later. Designs for decoration of cars may be seen in the Patterson & Wynn garage free of charge and those who .are thinking of taking part should call and see the many different de signs to. get an idea of the manner in which thc-y desire to fix up their car. - For- further information parties should call on C. E. Haney, chairman of the -Parade committee. This will be one of the big events of the "Home Coming" and every auto owner should take part in the big parade. Fred W. Young of near Union was in the city for a short time today meeting his friends in this city who had assisted his son, Dorrell Young, in the automobile contest that has been conducted by the Nebraska City News. Dorrell was the winner in the contest and is now the owner of the new Overland touring car that was offered to the first prize winner. Mr. Young feels very grateful to his friends throughout the county who assisted him in the contest. BROADWAY GIRLS AT AIRDOME THIS EVENING The following from the Missouri Valley Times gives a very pleasing notice of the "Broadway Girls" which have been showing in that city and who open a week's engagement at the Airdome tonight: Hal Wattles' "Broadway Girls," who have been appearing at the Air dome this week, conclude their en gagement this evening. This company has played to capacity business dur ing their week's engagement and are without a doubt one of the cleanest and classiest organizations that ever appeared in our city. Lou Coast, the Jewish comedian; Harry Fisher, the ballad singer; Frank Winfield. Hal Wattles, the Irish comedians, and Miss LaMay, the soubrette, are all exceptional artists in their respective lines and much applause has greeted their efforts. Bert DeVaile, the fe .male impersonator and also 'pianist, has some of the cleverest work ever done in vaudeville, and he s;"cly makes a handsome woman. It is safe to say there were a good many "oh and ahs" Monday evening when he took off his wig and disclosed his identity. His costumes are beautiful anil he has several thousand dollars tied up in costumes, wigs and other accessories. The chorus has been working in hard luck, as Miss White injured herself by falling the first of the week and she danced with con siderable difficulty, and Miss Gray has been unable to appear for two nights, as she had ptomaine poison ing. However, the girls did very good work. The entire troupe is compose i of splendid people and they have been hooked here again in the near future for a week's engagement by popular demand. P. J. SPECIAL IN NEW HANDS The store house special made a great dash this afternoon to catch No. 23, with a consignment of ma terial for the west and Conductor Co'tner, Brakeman Seivers and En gineer Hunter sure made some time in. getting, to., the depot in time to hve .the material shipped. : ' i i - - i Yrank E SchLiter was a paener this morning: for Omaha where he will spend the day in that city with his wife at the Immanuel hospital. HAULED UP BEFORE THE POLICE JUDGE FOR FIGHTING This morning Vern Bates and W M. Baldwin, residing south of th city were present in police court to give an accounting of themselves for a disturbance that they had occasion ed in the alley in the rear of the Hatt meat market last evening. Both men were handed a fine of 2 and co.yls and Baldwin settled . his claim amounting to $5, while he and Bates were allowed to go to raise the amount of Bates' fine. The affair in which the two men were involved was not serious am was largely a argument between the men and during which Bates who was not in the best of shape, fell against a lock on the door of the barn of Mr. Hatt and secured a very copious nosebleed as a result which gave him a very startling appearance with his face smeared with blood. The quarrel or argument was witnessed by parties on Fifth street and Chief of Police Barclay called to the scene where ho secured the two men and escorted them to the city jail to spend the evening and rest up from the stren uous debate. It would seem from the statmnts of parties who were present that Bates was drinking and did not seem to have a very clear under standing of what he was doing and struggled and argued with his friends until he lost his balance and fell against the lock with very serious results to himself. The boys will have time to repent of their action and re flect on the folly of getting into such useless and dangerous discussions in the future. WORST HEAT WAVE OF 15 YEARS IN U.S. HAS ONLY STARTED The Chief Forecaster Says Nation Will Swelter for Week or 31 ore NEBRASKA WILL ENJOY SLIGHT RELIEF SATURDAY SAVES HIMSELF BY JUMPING No Change for Iowa or Kansas; Great Crop Damage May Occur. Chicago, 111., July 27. The north plain states, including Nebraska, the Dakotas and Minnesota, will enjoy slight relief from the present "hot wave" by Saturday, but there is no indications of any relief for Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin or Kansas, the forecaster at the local govern ment weather bureau said tonight. Every government weather bureau in Indiana reported 100 degiees, Pier re, S. D., Grand Rapids, Mich , and Davenport, la., each reported J 02 de grees and with the absence of ap preciable lake breezes the me-cury in Chicago rose to the 100 nutik and l;oke all reco as since 1011. At 7 o'clock UiThiht. nieccrding to the local bureau, every go eminent weather station between th? Al!e- ght.iies and the Rocky mount ported a maximum of W d.. mo:e. ee. "e- or Guy Gould, wife and little daugh ter, Jane, of Havelock arrived in the city Saturday evening for a short vis it at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. brteight. Mr. Gould returned this morning to his duties while Mrs. Gould and daughter will remain for a more extended visit. CASTOR i A Fcr Infants and Children In Use For Over 3G Years Always bears the GignatuieoC Washington. D. C, July '!. A "Bermuda high" is the official cause of the worst heat wave that has en veloped the country in fifteen years. Translated from the cryptic lan guage of the weather sharps, that means a great area of high pressure air has been mobilizing n the weath er drill grounds in the Atlantic of Bermuda for the last mor.th and nv has let the full power of its offensive fiom the seaboard to the P.ock moun tains. For weeks it has stood like a solid wall against heated currents trying vainly t move f i om the interior over the ocean arid now as it whirls rapidly along it is gathering heat and mois ture from the tropics and sweeping them northward over the continent in to the vacuum of so-called "low pres sure areas." Belief Far Off No relief is premised from phenomena which in the east caused sweite: ing city dwellers to Jight fires in their homes to dry out the humidity, or which in the Mis sissippi valley is threatening to de stroy millions of dollars worth of food crops. Chief Forecaster Frankenfied said today that the heat wave only had be gun. It is certain to continue through the week and probably longer. AN AUTOMOBILE CALAMITY SUN DAY MORNING In Seeking a Cool Spot to Spend Sun day, Six Omaha People To gether With Auto Drop Into Missouri Iiiver. Searching Parties Work Alt Day Seining for Bodies, But not One of the Five That Went Down Kecovered. The dead are: Willis Letner, 32, 521 South Eigh teenth street, a salesman for Schmol lcr & Mueller Piano Co. Mrs. Gertrude Letner, 28, wife of Letner, a pianist in the musical de partment at Brandeis Stores. Mrs. May Swift, 25, Kivard Hotel. Miss Grace Snyder, IS, a stenogra pher, 521 South Eighteenth street. Harold Larson, 22, 521 South Eigh teenth street. Thomas I. Swift, 2G, in charge of the sheet music department at Bran deis Stores, husband of Mrs. May Swift, was th.e only one of the party who escaped death. One of the worst automobile acci dent." '.hat h.i.s i.ver occurred h? this section .if (he .'tate ocemve 1 early y nday morn'.yr i i cut a n: e east of LaPl.itte wnen a party of Omaha i oiists nut d:img plunge i into the waters of th.e Mvouri river md five c the six r? .run in the car were drowned. The accident occurred at i:'.4." and wa - cr.u. cd evident. y by the ti;:er of the machine mistaking the iad leading iv : LaPlatte and in stead of choosing the one going west and leading to the camping grounds and it was clearly out of the question to do anything like rescue work. As soon as the fact of the terrible tragedy was telephoned from the nearby farm houses into Omaha, a number of the police of the South Side station were sent to the scene of the trouble but on their arrival, there was no trace of any of the bodies to be found. All efforts to lo cate the bodies of any of the victims were futile and when the car was hauled out of the river by means of grappling irons at 10 a'clock yester day morning the bodies had dissap peared from the car and had been washed away by the current of the river. Dynamite was used in an effort to bring the bodies to the surface but without success and it was thought that the dead had been born by the swift current down the river. A motor boat from this city was sent up the river with dynamite to assist in try ing to raise the bodies from the depths of the river but without suc cess. The car when it was recoverd from the river was not greatly dam aged with the exception of the wind shield which was bent and badly broken. Frantic and unnerved, Swift yester day gave a dramatic description of the tragedy. After quitting work at 9 o'clock Saturday evening at the department store, Swift played with an orchestra at a dance near Fort Crook. Letner and other members of the party called for him in the automo bile shortly after midnight. The group planned to spend the night at some camp along the river. Letner, who owned and was driving the car, was unfamiliar with the roads. "We were driving not much more than ten miles an hour," said Swift. "We had no place in particular to go. We also had heard that the roadway iii that vicinity was treacherous. Let ner excercised precaution. "My wife, Mrs. Letner, Miss Sny der and myself were in the rear seat. Larson sat beside Letner. Mrs. Swift and Mrs. Letner were playing ukeleles. The three women were singing softly. "The road we were in appeared to be in constant use. We had just 3EE For comfort and and satisfaction in work clothes wear the One Piece Overall Suit It's cool and conuciIj as it hangs from the shoulders so it can fit loosely it is not tirht at the waist. It keeps dirt and dust out and has no loose end to aggravate you and get caught in machinery. The ideal overall for motorists, machinists and farmers come in blue, khaki or stripes, in all sizes, colors guaranteed. Our price is Because we bought before the advance e. e a m n W & s 5Ti r EVERYBODY'S STORE 3Z FORMER PLATTSMOUTH BOY MEETS DEATH !N AUTOMOBILE RACES where a number of Omaha people were camping, the driver drove east passed three farm houses. t!u ha- on the river road ard without an in nijvulon of their danger the mem li : s of the party gaily rode to their death. The river at this point has taken a great deal cf land away from tho Nebraska side and a swift cur rent has cut into the bank until the "Suddenly I saw a stream a short; distance to the south. 'Why, there is the river!' I shouted to Letner. The women continued with their song. "Some impulse led me to throw my leg over one side of the car. I seized roadway leads directly into the main hold of my wife at the same time. channel of the river and it was along Maybe she thought I was joking. this dangerous highway that th? Probably Letner suddenly swerved Omaha party proceeded to their the machine. I don't know. Anyway, death. Thomas Swift, the sole survi- I lost my hold on her. vor of the auto partv saved himself "In an instant I was catapulted to y leaping from the machine as it the ground and fell on my face. The icViml r i r l- tJir oni!vinl-mipf intn sinfinf stinnpn. Thp machine s llP"ht.S i ... nt'i . v i nv iiJi.Fciiii.iinin Ai.vx'i r I n t - , . . , the river six feet below and attemp- went out. The car, now a big, black " l" - - In the Tacoma, (Washington) News of July 24. appears an account of the tragic death in an automobile race of Frank Lake, a former Plattsmouth young man and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lake, old time residents of this city. Mr. Lake, who was a me chanic, assisting in the operating of the car of Ulysses Aubry, a driver of Tacoma, had accompanied Mr. Aubry to Portland, Ore., where they were to take pait in the race on the Portland race course. The death of the two men was caused by the bursting of the tire on the car of Aubry. The car tore through the fence along the speedway and overturned after plung ing down the bank of the first curve below the grandstand straightway. The car was completely demolished and the two unfortunate men hurled twenty-five feet when it overturned. Aubry died on the way to the hospital and Lake a few mintes after reaching that institution. Lake was riding as a mechanician as a favor to Frank I. eiits, Mr. and Mrs leaves a widow and daughter, residing in parent:-;, Mr. ar.d Mrs. Joseph Lake. He a ln-year-ohl Tacoma; his J. F. I.aVe, three brothers, Joseph R., W. C, an 1 Arthur J. Lake, all of Tacoma an 1 five sisters, Mis. Herbert Sharp, Mr.-. W. Straight, Mrs. J. E. Pitts an 1 Mrs. B. W. Edwards, of Tacoma., and Mrs. J. Linden of Seattle. Mr. Lake was the foreman of the Washington Machinery company at Tacoma. The friends of the family here will regret very much to learn of the utir timeiy death of the young man who was in the full flush of manhood, and their deepest sympathy will go out to the bereaved family in their hour of misfortune. The funeral of Mr. Lake was held at Tacoma on Tuesday afternoon. THE FRED NOLTING HOME SCENE OF MUCH PLEASURE Piatt of Tacoma, the regular man o the job of tending the car. At the time the accident occurred the car of Aubrv was being run at a high rate FORMER PLATTSMOUTH BOY BUYS FINE HOME N ST. LOUIS The young man referred to below is a son of Captain and Mrs. Isaac Wiles of this city, and has grown from an employe of the Burlington as a clerk in the shops in this city to one of the leading business men of St. Louis. We are pleased to learn of the advancement of Mr. Wiles. Mr. Wiles and wife arc expected back in this city to attend the "Home Com ing" celebration. The following is from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Isaac R. L. Wiles, vice president of the O'Xeil-Wiles Lumber company, yesterday purchased the beautiful country home of Charles Van Dyke Hill in Hampton Park. The house is on the west drive, near the southwestern intersection of the Clayton and Hanley roads, about 300 feet south of the Clayton road It occupies a high point fronting on Hanley road and West Hampton drive. The grounds arc beautifully embellished with forest trees and shrubbery and covers one acre. ' I l 'l . lni,n 1 1 1 i II room, dining room, kitchen and ser vants' dining room on the first floor, 5 bedrooms, 2 baths and 2 sleeping porches on the second floor and 3 bed room and bath on the third floor. It has hardwood floors and hot-water heat. There also is a garage for two autos. Miss Edna Shopp, who has been attending summer school at the State Normal at Peru, Neb., returned home to thrs city last Thursday and will spend the remaining of her summer vacation with her parents in this city. ted to assist his wife from the car form in the darkness, made a plunge, but without avail. The dead numbers There were shrieks that were muffled Mrs. Swift, Mr. and Mrs. Edward in a flash by the water. I heard a Lcfler of Omaha, Mrs. Lefler's sister, splash. who lesisdes in Lincoln, and anothe: "Then I found myself half way over unidentified woman. the bank. I clutched with my hands At the r,oint where the accident at the dirt. It crumbled. I could not happened the road lies along the flat grasp a supporting hold. Slowly I bottom land and is in very good shape worked backward and crawled away so that the automobile .party driving from the precipice. along at a good rate of speed would On my knees I searched about en not notice the near approach to the deavoring to find the road. I scream river and especially at night with con- ed, hoping to locate some of the per-s-iderable dust blowing and with the ?ons in the water. I yelled and begged fact that there is no fence or protec- them to answer, in my excitement, lien of any kind to prevent anyone My eyes became accustomed to the from driving directly into the river, darkness and gradually I discerned The first warning of their impending the outline of the bank, doom was when the driver of the "Then I ran up and down, continu Omaha car saw the muddy waters of ing to shout. Fatigued and panic the Missouri opening up in front of stricken, I stopped a moment to de li is car and before anyone but Mr. cule what to do next, lhen 1 remem- Swift could get out of the doomed bered the farm houses we had passed car it had leaped from the bank into a few moments before. twenty feet of water below and was "Awakening the farmers, I told carrying the remaining five passen- them what had happened. gfrs to their death. As Swift leaped "They ran back with me and again from the car he grasped the hand of we tried to get a response from my his wife to pull her out with him but friends. his hold was broken and the woman "Our efforts were futile. Someone plunged to her death with her com- suggested telephoning the authorities. panions. Captain Briggs of South Omaha and One of the residents near the scene men from Omaha police department of the accident was the first to re- came in automobiles." cpivn notice of the terrible trairedv Swift refused to leave the river and spread the call for help but as- bank. He watched the rescue workers s..-.f .mr o nrrived too late to save anv I constantly and occasionally aided of the members of the party from whem possible. drowning. A lady residing a short Mr. Thomas Swift, who was the distance from the scene of the trage- only member of the party saved and dy was sitting on the porch of her whose wife lost her life in the acci- farm home as the car passed her dent is a son of Patrick Swift, who home and states that the members was one of the old time engineers on of the party were laughing and talk- the Burlington before the strike of ing and while she wondered at a car 1888, and the family made their home being on this road at that time of I here for a number of years, the night, did not pay any particular attention to the incident until a few MOVIMJ TO PLATTSMOUTH minutes later when she heard the orncli n e the mnfbino tonlv its din of I . . t- 1 r C T XT I. ...In a rfpnth into the river. The ladv. Mrs. "enry tfecK, 01 .vicueun, i.tu, A. P. Batchelder. aroused her husband has recently purchased the Frank who was asleep in the house and he, !aus residence property, is moving without stopping to dress started on a to tnis city ana win maKe uiu run for the river bank. When a short home in the future. Mr. Beck, who is j u o,.,: ,v,o. v,,if la brother 01 Jonn isecK, resiaing ; lllSl.ini It 11K lilt: Li iIWUL. II" nBO iiuii 1 - rmrnrl bv the terrible exnerience and northwest of thecity, has been en- who sobbinfflv told the storv of the -gaged in farming near McLean and; " - I w - . . TT accident and implored assistance. The evjll now enjoy lite in tnis piace. tie j men hastened back to the river but .was a resident ot cass county several there was no sign of any of the party years ago being engaged in farming. just passed them. The families of the two men ha( been very much opposed to their tak ing part in the race and it was over their protest that the two unfortunate young man took part in the fatal con test. Lake, riding for the first time in a race, left his wife at Burton Satur day morning, telling her he was go ing to Portland to see his friend Au bry take part in the races Sunday Mrs. Lake was to take a later boat to Tacoma and bid her husband fare well at the train. The boat was delay ed and she did not again see her hus band alive, the first intimation of his taking part in the race was when she received the message of the death of Mr. Lake. The families of the two men were greatly affected by the ac cident and they had frequently urged Aubry to give up his amibition to become a racer. Mr. Lake was thirty-four years of age and had made his home in Tacoma for the past ten years, mov ing from Plattsmouth with his par- Yesterday the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Xolting southeast of the city was the scene of a m.-t pleasant surprise on this estimable couple when in the neighborhood of fifty of their old friends and neigh bors gathered to spend the day with them. The guests of honor were una ware of the pleasant time in store for them and the first intimation of the intended surprise was when the cars, nine in number, containing the friends began to arrive at the Xolting home and the members of the party announced that they were going to make the day one long to be remem bered. The party came provided with all manner of good things to cat and in the cool and shady grove on the Xolting farm a sumptious picnic din ner was enjoyed at the noon hour that was thoroughly enjoyed by every member of the paity. The day wa. spent in visiting and having a fine. ocial time among themselves until evening when they wended their way lomeward and the event will long bo very pleasantly remembered by Mr. md Mrs. Xolting as one of the hap piest days in their lives. The members of the party were old neighbors who had lived near the Xolting family west of this city before they moved o their present farm. 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