Nebraska Newspapers

    Loup Ctty Northwestern
volume xxx
LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. MAY 2. 1912
NUMBER 25
Profession Cards
KOBT.P. STAKE
Attorney-at-law.
LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA
NIGHTINGALE & SON
towr iu CownvLii
LOUP CITY. NEB
K H MATHEW,
Attorney-at-Law,
And Bonded A t*>tr*ctor.
Loup City, Nebraska
AAEON WALL
Lawyer
Practices in all Courts
Loup City, Neb.
ROBERT H. MATHEW
Bonded Abstracter
Lorr Citt. • Nebraska.
Oah set of Abstract books in county
oTk. LONG ACRE
PBYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office. Over New Bank
TKLKPHONK CALL. NO.
A. J. KEARNS
PBYSICIAN AND SURGEON
2M» ofllte at Uecldrorr
I «© Utura East of Tr epbute (V&trtl
Luup City - Nebraska
A. S. MAIN
PHYSICIAN ill SURGEON
Loup City. Nebr.
< rtbce at Kesiit no*•.
T«.i«i»h<mc Connection
S. A. ALLEN.
OE.YTMST,
UNTP CITT. !»EB.
ep stair* in tb* re* Stile
iSmL buildm*'.
W L. MARCY,
DENTIST,
LOUP CITY, NEE-,
UK PICS: Ka*l Side Public Sciumie.
Phone. 10 on M
C. E. Thornton
The Drayman
Att*-nd» a I r<ier> promptly andj
t»rel-.:> I i..«t either lumber yard
or T*| tors, eitiuer.
V. I. McDouall
Prompt Dray Work
Call lumber yards or Taylor’s
elevator Satisfaction guaran
teed Phone ♦> on 57
% Satiate « aauMrr is of More Value Than
Saat **kelieU <•! kilter.
A. L. GILBERT
High Grade and Artistic
BOOSE PUNTING
run ::::izz isi m
PAPERING
W. T, Draper
The Old Reliable
PLASTER E R
Be** of work always
Phone 1*< on ti Loup.Ot) Neb.
C. E. Stroud
Formerly of Kaiwas city.
Painting, Papering
and Decorating
Special attention paid t» Autos
and Carriage'. All tops re
newed and repaired All work
guaranteed. Phone 0
Enele & Cook
Ceatrartnr* and Builder*
LOUP CITY NEB.
Call and see us and allow us to
figure with you on above
work.
Allen J. Furgeson
LOUP CITY, NEB
Treata all diseases of all
dometic animals. All calls
answered promptly.
day call, Phone 0
Bight ” 7 on 72
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Date
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Address
Several Injured
In Tornado.
Considerable damage done to
St^ck and Property
Last Thursday evening about 5
o'clock the heavens became overcast
with the inkiest black clouds ever
noticed by our people and darkness
settled over the city. To the west
immense clouds were seen approach
ing, rolling and tumbling over each
other in extricable confusion. As
the clouds apcroached from the north
west moving rapidly they assumed a
lighter cast giving the appearance of
great wind in the heavens. People
sought their caves, preparing to get
into safe quarters and all feared re
sults. However the bigger end of
the storm passed to the north of the
city and save for a high wind, heavy
rainfall and some small hail, no evi
dence remained in a short time after,
when the storm passed, the air balmy
and the sun shone forth with brill
| iancy.
However, elsewhere all had not been
so well. Two miles out from North
Loup on its way to Ord. the passen
ger train with Joe O'Bryan at the
throttle got the full benefit of the
storm. Will I'eterson. who was at
Grand Island, as a federal juryman
last week, had a talk with Engineer
O'Bryan the day after the storm and
he gave the following account of the
disaster to his train, which was
blown from the track and a number
of passengors injured. He said he
pulled out of North I.oup and saw
the storm approaching and attempt
ed to cross its track. The wind com
t mg so -trong and hail so heavy he
; and the tire man could not stay in the
'■ cab. and fearing the result should
? the train be going, came to a full sx>p
just liefore the full force of the storm
wa> on. and he and the tireman got
under the engine for safety. Soon
they heard the noise of the air brake
system and thought something wrong
when about that time the baggage
man came forward and crawled under
the engine with them. The baggage
. man informed them the cars had
been blown from 'lie track and were
lying on their sides, some of them
leaving their trucks on the rails.
Climbing back into the cab they pull
ed rapidly to Ord and getting phy
sicians returned to the scene. They
found some 14 passengers more oi
less injured and took them to Ord
while a special was called from Grand
Island with physicians on board, who
! assisted the locals in caring for the
J injured. When the storm struck tin
train it was accompanied by huge hai
stones tiie size of a base balls, wbih
one picked up measured 11 inches ii
circumference. All the window light!
in the care on the storm side weri
broken out and when the cars went
over the passengers were huddled to
gether on the far side.and the train
being at a standstill probably ac
counnts for the less fatal results, al
though one passenger was feared to
have concussion of the brain, at last
accounts as he was found uncon
scious and afterward relapsed into,
uncosciousness after coming out of it
for a few moments.
The complete list of injured is as
follows: ('lias. Davis, Ord, abdominal
bruises, bruises on right leg and cut
about head:S.C. Stephenson, Aurora,
wrist cut: M. H. Mann, right arm
and shoulder bone bruised, possibly
slight internal injuries: Levi Hamil
ton, Ord. brakeman, face cut and
hands bruised: S. IL Battson, Lincoln,
bruised on leg and cut on head: Wm.
O'Hara. Kansas City, hip hurt and
knee bruised: C. A. Hager. Ord. head
bauised: Mrs. Stevenson. Inglewood.
Colo., left arm sprained: J. S. McDon
nell. Omaha, sprained wrist: Myrtle
Schaurs, North Loup, ear cut: F. W.
Henderson, Grand Island, bruised
thigh: Henry Herald, I’lattsmouth.
scalp wounds and cut about face:
Oliver Fox, North Loup, face cut:
George M. Simms, Burwell, left wrist
sprained, leg bruised: Haul Lane,
Lincoln, right knee bruised; B. F.
Masters, conductor, right ankle
sprained: I. V. Woods, mail clerk,
slight internal injuries.
A phone message from Adam /aim,
in the extreme northwest corner of
Elm township tells of severity of the
same storm probably that wrecked
the Ord passanger. About two miles
west of Mr. /aim's the storm, which
partook of the nature of a twister,
tore to pieces the new residence, and
other buildings of \Vm. Smith, level
ing everything to the earth, scatter
ing farm machinery, waggons. bug
gies and other articles all over the
land. Farther east at Corey's it still
got in its work, leveling things here,
if we understand aright, it took tive
head of horses, hurling them into the
air. carrying them some ten rods and
down through a bunch of trees, one
of the animals being so badlv injured
it had to be shot. Two miles far
ther. it struck the Mills farm doing
destructive work, reducing buggies
and wagons to kindling wood and
making havoc generally. And from
what wecan learn from other sources,
the storm took windmills, barns, out
buildings and loose stuff all along its
route eastward, and how much beyond
the wrecked train we are not in
formed.
Telegraphic dispatches later in the
dalies say the storm played smash all
over the country between Ansley and
Mason City in Custer county, the
Algernon school house, in which were
the teacher and twelve pupils, wa*
lifted in the air and carried over lot
feet, and being litterally torn tc
pieces in the fall, but only one of the
1 pupils being slightly injured. A mar
: ana wife, named Runkey, in a bug?]
between Ansley and Mason were in
the path of the storm, their buggy
being torn to pieees and the woman
injured so badly her recovery was
doubtful. Another sehoolhouse near
Ansley was badly demoralized, but
no serious results to pupils. The
home of one I>ebosh was unroofed
and kitchen blown to pieces, while
at the Lyman West farm the same
results prevailed, the entire house
being moved from its foundation, but
in neither instance were any of the
families injured. The home of
Ernest Bristol was blown away, ex
cept one corner, in which Mrs. Bris
tol and children took refuge and were
unhurt. The home of a Mrs. Ash
worth. near the first-named school
house, was blown irora its foundation
and turned around. At the home of
Andrew Comer, the wife was pinned
under a heavy cupboard until re
leased by her husband later, the wind
playing havoc with the house. A
Burlington passenger just missed the
same results attending the Ord train,
just getting into Mason ahead of the
storm.
coming back to aherman county,
the storm struck hardest, seemingly
at Fritz Bichel's, where the center
of a branch of the big storm passed
between his big residence and mam
moth barn, picking up loose stuff and
lifting a hay rack up over the barn
and plunging it head down into the
ground. Luckily the house and barn
escaped. Some joker without the
fear of such storms, cabled to the
Northwestern that Fritz had notseen
his big auto plow since the storm,
while another fearful liar sent us a
wireless that the storm lifted the
mammoth machine over into an ad
joining field and plowed up an hun
dred acres of Bichel's soil before the
storm let up.
Besides the reports above, the
Northwestern has not received from
its corps of correspondents notice of
any further damage the tornado
twister did in its wild race for doing
destructive work.
Our people who have the friend
ship and acquaintance of Mr. and
i Mrs. R. H. l’erry, since Mr. Perry
I has been connected with the Key
i stone Lumber Co., will regret to
learn that they left us yesterday
morning for lloldrege, this state,
where they will make their future
home. Mr. Perry being connected
with his father in his big lumber in
terests iu this state, and will have
his headquarters in that city. The
worthy couple have made a host of
friends who will sincerely regret the
change in Mr. Perry s future bus
iness relations, which takes him away
from the best town and people in the
state (with apologies to the people ol
; Holdrege for the truthful remark)
: when we had thought him bound
to us for the future in business with
1 the Keystone. However our loss is
j Holdrege s gain, and we wish Mr
iand Mrs. Perry abundant success anc
happiness in their new home.
Resting On
Ocean Bottom.
~
Monster Liner Now Probably
A Flat Wreck,
Does the wrecked liner Titanic now \
rest at the bottom of the Atlantic j
two miles below the surface, the depth
of the ocean where it went down. or«
would it stop and tloat at a consider
able depth under the water owing to
the enormous pressure? This is a
question that many have asked dur
ing the past week.
According to university professors
the wreck is now resting on the ocean
bed two miles below the surface. It
is probably crushed to some extent:
and occupies less space than when on
the surface, ow ing to the enormous I
pressure of the water at that depth, j
With a column of water two miles!
high pressing dow n on it it is apt to1
be more or less flattened out. The i
pressure at a depth of two miles un-:
der the water is +.000 pounds per i
square inch, or twenty times the >
pressure in a locomotive boiler under
high pressure.
There are fortunes in money, jewels i
and other valuables in the wreck, but >
these will never be recovered. Divers:
are never able to get anywhere near a
wreck unless it is comparatively near
the surface. According to Naval Re
cruiting Officer C. B. Bradley, the lira- j
it below the surface at whicli divers '
usually work is 100 feet. Some have 1
worked as far down as 120 feet, but1
several of these daring ones have paid
the penalty with their lives, expiring
after being brought to the surface.
The pressure at even that depth is too
great for man to live in. The depth j
which the divers can reach is about j
the same in the diving suits and in
the diving tells. Ultimately it is a
question of pressure, and it is neces
sary to keep up enormous air pressure i
for a depth of 120 feet, so that few
can stand it and live.
Mr. Bradley said that it would be
difficult to see an iceberg at night at
a great distance. A light could be
easily seen a long distance away, but
a berg is so near the color of the
water, and then too the Titanic was
steaming through ice. The slap was
i traveling at a good rate of speed, and
| it could not have cleared the iceberg
i unless the berg w as sighted close to a
, quarter of a mile away. For the
great length of the Titanic would
make short turning difficult, as the
stern would tend to keep her on the
i
straight course.
The compartment doors on the big
liners are worked from the bridge,
Mr. Bradley said, and. when such a
i vessel sttikes, the officer, by jerking
a lever can close the compartments
and prevent the water from getting
back into the other compartments.
Had the Titanic struck squarely, he
said, the first compartment would
have filled, but the drop or side-clos
ing water-tight doors would have
been closed at once and prevented the
other compartments from being filled. !
the ship would have gone down a lit-!
tie by the head and itcould have kept |
afloat. But the Titanic struck a
glancing blow and ripped the steel
plates from the bow back through
several compartments, so there was
no way to keep her afloat.
The bodies, with the exception of
those in rooms of the ship, if any i
were in rooms when the vessel sank,
would not go to the bottom as did the
ship. They would go down to con-!
siderable depth and there float about
until destroyed or disintegrated
The ship probably does not rest
directly beneath the point where she
went under, but may be a mile or
even several miles away. For she
went down bow first and would take
a slanting course to a great depth and
then probably slowly would settle for
the remainder of the distance.—State
Journal.
Results of the
Primary Election
Republican Democrat
President
Roosevelt Clark
U. S. Senator
Morris Shallenberger
Commit, Leman
Howell Hall
Governor
Aldrich Morehead
Lieut. Governor
McKelvie Diers
Secretary of State
Wait Kelley
Auditor
Howard Richmond
Treasurer
i George . Hall
Attorney General
1 Martin Morrissey
Superintendent
Delzell Clark
Railway Commissioner
Taylor Harman
Land Commissioner
Beckman Eastham
Congressman- 4>th
Kinkaid Taylor
Senator—22nd
Hermansen Wink
Representative—5"th
Wolfe Trumble
Oonnty Attorney
Pedler Pedler
Assessor
Owens Charlton
A. C. OGLE
Blacksmith and Wagonmaker
& Does all kinds of plow work
--Lister Lathes made to FIT
Agency for Ford Autos
Your patronage solicited
A. C. CHiLE
Big Discount Safe
I Will Sell the Balance of the
GREAT WESTERN
MANURE SPREADERS
At a big discount until the first of May,
owing to lack of room
I also have on hand a large line of John Deere
Farm Machinery
And other Implements
O. S. Mason, Owner
4* 13 0 See Loup City B 5 &
IF YOU ARE GOING
To Build a House or Barn
OR ANY KIND OF CEMENT
Construction
As Cellars, Caves, Sidewalks, and Floors,
Call and get our prices
SUY STOUT, Manager
Handpainted China In
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eflects your
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\\ heu it is of correct quality.
And artistic design
That is the kind we
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The Gem Theater
On the dates mentioned below we will show the
Special Pictures as Follows
Pat he* weekly each Ihnrsdry night
Lead kindly Light ’ May 4th
Red Cross Myrtar ” Hth
Brutus ’* ” 18th
Blot in the Scutchon ” ” 25th
Cardinal Woolsey ’ ’’June 1st
Girl and her Trust '* ’ 8th
How Washington crossed the Deleware ’’ ” 15th
Panama Canal ’* - 22nd
The Bounder 29th
These are pictures that you should not miss because you
may never have the opportunity to see them again. Don’t
forget the date. Admission 5 and 10c.
A. 0. LEE. PROPRIETOR,