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VOLUME XXXII _ . LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 13, 1913. NUMBER 1
RUNAWAY VICTIMS
ESCAPE LUCKY
Vehicle Overturns and Occupants Thrown to The Ground. Team Became
Frightened at Man Picking Corn.
EH MITE TO LOIP CITY.
Mrs. George West and Mrs.
Bertha Polenz had a perilous run
away experience last Monday aft
ernoon, while on their way to
Loup City, to attend a meet
ing and banquet of the Eastern
Star. When at a point about ten
miles north of Ravenna their team
took fright at a man who was
picking corn at the side of the
road, and commenced to run The
team jumjied a small embankment,
crashed their way through a wire
fence and upset the buggy. Mrs.
West alighted upon her head and
shoulders, and Mrs. Polenz struck
the ground with sufficient force to
inflict very painful bruises. Help
soon reached them and they were
cared for and arrangements made
to return them to Ravenna the
PRACTICAL “FIRE
OORT’S
Every day may be made fire-preven
tion day by giving practical effect to
the following ‘ tire don'Us”complied by
George D. Porter, director of public
safety of Philadelphia:
Don’t go into closets looking for
clothing with a lighted raaich.
Don’t kindle tires in stoves with
kerosene.
Don’t put hot ashes and coals in
-wooden barrels or boxes.
Don’t thaw out frozen water pipes
with a torch or lamp.
Don’t allow waste paper, excelsior
and rubbish to collect.
Don’t use gasoline for cleaning in a
closed room.
Don’t look for gas leaks with a
match or lamp.
Don’t allow lace curtains near gas
brackets
Don’t allow oily rags near stoves or
about the premises.
Don't allow sawdust to be used in
cuspidors or on the floors.
Don’t throw waste paper in a fire
place.
Don’t throw cigarettes or cigars
away if lighted.
Don’t keep matches in paper boxes
or lying about carelessly.
Don’t hang your clothing near open
tires or stoves.
Don't fill lamps after dark, and
never when lighted.
Don’t allow rubbish in hallways or
on lire escapes.
Don’t forget to have the chimneys
of tour home cleaned once a year.
Don’t fail to look twice at every
thing that looks like fire.
Don’t leave everything to the land
lord; inspect your own building.
Don’t fail to notify the chief of the
fire department of anything you may
see that is dangerous and liable to
cause fire, remembering that every
da\ is fire prevention day.
BUYS LAND IN THIS
COUNTY.
We received a pleasant call last
Saturday from Mr. John Young
quest of Aurora, who has been
here for a number of days past
closing up a deal between his son
in-law, Dwight L. Jacoby, and
his son, M. R. Youngquest, for
merly of Logan township, but now
of Watertown, S. D., whereby
Marsel gets 240 acres of Mr. Jaco
by’s fine section of land in Logan
township, which leaves Dwight
stili with 400 acres of good soil.
We understand Marsel and family
expect to come back here from
South Dakota within the next year
and take charge of his newly ac
quired land. We also understand
that Clarence Youngquest, who
also went to South Dakota about
a year ago, will return to Sher
man county to make his home.
Father Youngquest ex|tects to re
main for perhaps a week or so
longer. It will be remembered
that some two or more years ago
he suffered so severely with cata
racts on his eyes as to be practi
cally blind for eighteen or more
same evening. Fortunately neith
er lady suffered any broken bones,
their injuries being mostly sprains,
bruises and contusions from which
they will fully recover in the
course of time.
BRYAN ENDORSES
TALBOT
Talbot, head consul of the Mod
ern Woodmen of America, who,
with the other big paid head of
ficers of the order, has nearly dis
rupted thrj organiztion by their
high-handed work in trying to
raise the assessment rates on the
membership, has been endorsed
for re-election to the head of the
order by the great Chautauqua l
secretary of state, Talbot and Bry
an formerly being law partners
and having a fellowr feeling com
mon among grafters. However,
we hardly believe Talbot would
have a ghost of a show if each
member of the order had an indi
vidual vote.
Now that Gov. Sulzer has been
“vindicated” by election as asserab'y
man, he comes forth with the pro
nunciamento that, he ia still, legally
governor, that his being deposed was
illegal and demands his salary as de
facto governor. And he will undoubt
edly get it—in the neck.
HUERTA TO IN
CREASE ARMY
Provisional Governor of Mexico has
Formerly Dedinod to Acceed to
the Nryan-WUson Demand
COLONEL BRYANS CHANCE.
Huerta, provisional president of
Mexico has formerly declined to
accede to the Bryan-Wilson de
mand that he resign and get out of
Mexico affairs, and on the other
hand it is said that Huerta intends
increasing his army to 500,000
men. There's a chance for Col
onel( ?) Bryan to organize anothe r
regiment, as he did during the
Spanish-American war and then
resign before action on the plea
that he has to be in Washington.
There is, however, not the least
danger that Bryan will expose his
hide to Mexican bullets, any more
than he did the Mauser lead in
Spanish-American times, or even
go so far as to make a bluff, as he
did then.
Monday, the effete East was in the
grip of a wind and sleet storm, which
practically suspended railroad and
street car service in the eastern cities
and country. A seventy-mile gale
was what Buffalo got in addition.
And here in Nebraska we were enjoy
ing balmy Southern California weath
er.
•_' i
Mrs. C W. Thornton was called to
Ohio last Saturday morning by the
news that her good mother was lying
at the point of death and that . her
immedia’e presence was required if
she expected to see the mother before
Bbepnssed away. ’The many friends
of Mrs. Thornton will sympathize
with her and hope she may reach the
bedside of the loved parent before too
late.
Loup City Boy
Honored as Debater
Last week Wednesday evening
at the State University a prelimi
nary debating contest was held to
select two teams from the Univer
sity to debat against Minnesota
and Iowa, the debates to come off
December 12 in Lincoln and Iowa
City, respectively. Cliff Rein of
Loup City was chairman of the
debating contest, and among those
awarded the honor of debating
against Iowa, at Iowa City, was
another Loup City boy, C. A.
Sorensen. Loup City is honored
in being the home of such notable
and talented boys as Cliff Rein
and Chris Sorensen.
months, but his eyesight is now
restored to him sufficiently to read
and transact basiness, although,
of course, will never be back to
the normal state, owing to his ad
vanced years. However, he is one
of the most hale and heartly men
of his years one could meet and
one of the most pleasant and com
panionable of men as well.
CHIIRCH NOTES.
Baptist—Morning service at 10:30.
Topic, “The Second Coming of Christ”
Sunday school at 11:45. Evening topic
‘•Bunyan's City of Destruction.”
Presbyterian—Annual dinner to
morrow (Friday) evening in the
church parlors. Everybody invited
to the eats.
Swedish—Services will be held at
the Swedish church Thanksgiving
Day Nov. 27, at 2 p. m. After ser
vices, the Swedish ladies aid society
will have their annual sale. Many
beautiful and useful things will be
sold. Everybody welcome.
Presbyterian— Interesting t sub
jects, good singing, and special music.
More, there is thatindetioable “home”
feeling which will make you want to
; come again. We’ll expect you next
Sunday: 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
1 Men, you are especially invited to
; meet with the Men’s Bible Class
whijh meets at the 11:45 Sabbath
' School hour.
Miss Kuby Charlton has been ap
* pointed assistant librarian of the
1 Iowa State Teacher’s School at Cedar
) Fails, Iowa, and leaves next Monday
morning for Cedar Falls to began ber
’ duties. Her ho6t of frisnds will con
gratulate ber od ber preferment, and
> | follow ber with best wishes.
COUNTY SCHOOL
NOTES
By Supt. L. H. Currier.
The Nebraska Educational Assooia
lional held at Omaha last Week was
an enthusiastic meeting * Only eight
teachers from this county were en
rolled. I am sure that everyone of
these eight teachers feel more than
repaid for having gone.
The following teachers and the
county superintendent were enrolled:
W. T. Ragan. John Sorensen, Mary E. [
Screen, Klea McNulty, Lila McNulty.
Stella Jamrog, J. M. Ostry, Mellie
Sterling.
William T. Aufrecht director of
district number 23 was the only mem
ber of a school board from Sherman
county enrolled.
Dist. No. 48 during the month of
October had an enrollment of four
teen: eleven of these earning attend
ance certificates. The following are
the names of these pupils Clarence
Galloway, Clarence Myers, Willie
Garner, Emery Garner, Will Gress,
Julius Gress, Tbere-a Matjka, Joe
Matjka and Mary Matjka.
The county superintendent had the
pleasure of attending tne first meet
ing of the boys and girls club recent
ly organized in district number 31.
Short talks were given by the follow
ing pupils:
Housekeening, Nina Stickney; dress
making. Ella Stickney; Perchereon
horses, John Klimper: raising chick
ens, Mabel Jensen; raising horses,
Tracy Critel.
These talks were followed by a de
bate on the question. Resolved that
raising bogs is mo e profitable to the
people of this section of Nebraska
than raising horSes.
Affirmative, George Klimper
Negative, Walter Stickney.
All teachers are requested to send
to this office announcements of pro
grams or any other news of i«»M»t j
GOVERNOR TlRNS
MURDERERS OUT
Quietly Opens Penitentiary leers and
Lets Loose Criminals on *u-C*h_>
tied “Furloughs”
SIMPLY TRAVERSITY OR JUSTICE, j
It has lately become known that
during October Gov. Morehead
quietly opened the doors of the
state penitentiary and turned loose
two dastardly murderers and a
rape fiend by a process called
“Furloughs,” a newsort of means
to turn convicts loose from the
prison walls after the board of
pardons has refused to pardon or
parole same. One convict turned
loose in this manner was Jay O’
Hearn, the murderer who shot to
death a saloonkeeper in Omaha
while trying to rob the till, who
was convicted of the crime, sen
tenced to be hanged, later sentence
commuted to life imprisonment,
and who was refused pardon by
Gov. Aldrich in 1911. Another
convict murderer “furloughed'' by
the governor was George Johnson,
the Omaha negro, who was serv
ing twelve years for murder, in
the second degree. The third
convict was one George Younger,
a negro convicted of criminal as
sault on a young girl in Lincoln, a
dastardly outrage, which provok
ed intense wrath of the people at
the time.
It is said that there is no law or
precedent for such athingas “fur
loughing" convicts, and the right
of the governor to do such a thing
is severely questioned. T5ie con
stitution gives the executive the
power to reprieve, pardon or com
mute sentences, subject to certain
regulations of law. It is admitted
that a “furlough” merely means
that the governor, on his own re
sponsibility turns loose a convict,
runs the riskaof getting him back
in case he commits another offense
or the governor desires to return
him to the penitentiary for any
cause, but common sence would
dictate that when such a fellow
succeeds in getting out he kisses
good bye to the prison bars and
skips out of reach. In the above
cases it is claimed that 0‘Heaan
has left the country and his where
abouts are unknown. Younger is
said to have gone back to Texas,
where he came from prior to his
committing the crime against the
young girl, for which he was re
ceiving sentence. In liberating
O’Hearn, the governor is said to
have made the excuse that the fel
low was young when he did the
murder and that he had been pun
ished sufficiently, in his estimation,
but that if there was too much
row over it’ he would return him
to the pen. But if he has vanish
ed, how could it be ? In liberating
the other two convicts, the excuse
was given that they were suffer
ing from tuberculosis, but as a
matter of history it has been found
that such cases released to die re
vive very quickly upon being re
leased, which have led to much
scandal in the past.
Some years ago, while publish
ing a paper in another town, the
writer had occasion to look up the
records of terms of Jife prisoners
at the penitentiary in Nebraska,
which proved that the average life
term in the state up to that time
had been a fraction over seven
years. Is it any wonder, then,
thai life-time sentences have but
little terror to those comitting
murder in Nebraska?
THIRTY-NINE PAIR
DIVORCED
Thirty-nine mismated couples
got their freedom from their mates
in L&ndcaster county at the Octo
ber term of court. Twenty-nine
of the divorce cases were institu
ted by women and ten instituted
by men. That’s going some.
AGED RECLDSE
PASSES AWAY
Charles Schroth Veteran of Late War
of the RaheHieii, With Re Ap
parent Relatives, Dies Here
LIVED IN LOIP CITY ELEVEN YEARS
On last Thursday, Nov. 6, 1913,
occured the death in this city of
Mr. Charles Schroth, an aged re
cluse, and veteran of the War of
the Rebellion. For the past 11
years he has been a resident of
Loup City, a recluse, with appar
ently no relatives and alone in
the world. He came here from
Custer county, where he still
owns land, although just before
coming here it is understood that
he sold land to the amount of $25
00 ho $3000. Just what he has
done with the money, outside of
a few hundreds of dollars he placed
in a local bank, is not known,
though it is supposed he had it
hidden away. He was known
hereabout* as “Santa Claus” mak
ing few friends and being very re
ticent over the history of his life.
He lived and died in apparent
squalor and poverty, occupying a
little home in the northwest part
of Loup City, the rooms being
pitifully lacking in the necessities
of life, his bed being on two planks
placed on a couple of boxes, the
bed clothing of the same being
composed of old coats, pants,
shirts and rag* of various des
cription, which were burned as
soon as death claimed the old man.
There are many stories afloat about
deceased, some surmised, perhaps,
while others pieced together what
he had said at various times in
disconnected talks. From what
has-beer told us by those who
seemed to claim his friendliest in
terest, the old man’s history, if
gi\ren to the world would no doubt
be full of interest, from the early
boyhood days back in the Mother
WHO LEADS IN
TOUGH MEN
--
Council Bluffs Bandit Holds Bp Tho Through Chicago-Dunver Burlington
Ftyr/ Thursday Might.
GETS S300.00 AID SIX WATCHES,
Omaha and Council Bluffs seem
to be running a neck-to-neck race
to see which can furnish the most
and worst bandits and hold-ups.
The latest in which is a stand-off
between the two cities, was a hold
up of the through Chicago-Den
ver Burlington train last Thursday
night just as it pulled out of the
Country up to the day of his death,
but will probably never be told,
but were lost forever when death
claimed him. The following obit
uary is all that has been made
public, whether more is known or
not: i
Charles Schroth was born Aug
ust 8, 1838, in Wiesbaden, Nasau,
Germany. With many of his
countrymen he came to this coun
try in 1849, a boy 11 years of age,
with his uncle, bis first home was
in Pennsylvania where he grew to
manhood.
While living in that state, the
Civil War broke out and he en
listed in the 3rd Pennsylvania in
fantry. For thrde years he en
dured the hardships and toil of
that dreadful combat, serving in
the Army of the Potamac. After
the war he spent several years in
Chicago and then moved to Custer
county, Nebraska. It was about
the year of 1902 that he came to
Loup City where he has since
lived. For some time prior to his
death be had been in failing health,
and on November 6th, 1913, the
Great Reaper removed him from
the scenes of this life to the Be
yond whither all are traveling.
So far as it is known the de
Probably $5000.00
More for Clark.
The homeseeking department of
the Burlington railroad is advised
that Martin Tritch of Missouri,
who drew No. 1 in Uncle Sam’s
lottery and Arthur Stromsberg
of Stromsbreg, Nebr., who drew
No. * are both disqualified and
that Clark S. Reynolds of Loup
City, who drew No. 3, has been
notified to appear at Hyannis, se
lect claim No. 1 and make his
fling thereon, thus giving him the
choice of picking oat a farm on
the 1,000,000 acres opened for
settlement.
The two capital prize winners
in the land lottrey having dropped
out, is said to have added not less
than $5,000 to Reynold’s wealth,
and at the same time pushed all
those below him up two notches.
Unclaimed Letters
Remaining at the post office at Loup
City. Nebr. Month ending October 31
1913.
Ladles
Miss Maude Larsen
Mrs. Mary L. Clark
Miss Leo Hunt
Mrs. Ji8. O. Walter
Mrs. Laura J. Morgan
Gentlemen
Lars P. Larsen
Arnold Johnson
George Harris
Henry Daters N
irvin Bly
Frank Melkiake
A ugust Swanson
Fred Rosencrans
F. D. Persons
Frank Sole
N. M. Shoepkelt
William T. Taylor (two)
Harry G. Taylor (two)
Western Sales Co.
C. F. Walker
Persons claiming the above will
please say “Advertised” and give
date of this list.— C. F. Beushausen.
We heard a prominent Nebras
kan say the other day that the
Nebraska State Teachers’ Associa
tion was merely used by teachers
over the state as a pretext to get
away for an outing and that not
one-third of those going to the as
sociation could be seen at the ses
sions, but were to be found sight
seeing over the city.
Dr. C. F. Charlton at the U. S.
Navy, Is expected to arrive here tUi
evening tor a vWt with hie parents,
Mr. and Mn, A. C. Chariton.
The following program, followed by
a Basket Social, will be given in Dist.
13, 2 1-2 miles southeast of town. Fri
gay evening Nov. 21 at 8 o’clock:
Flag Salute, School; Song, Ding
Dong Bell; Dialogue, A slight mis
understanding; Recitation, Grand
ma's Pumpkin Pies; Song, Old Cob
bler Green; Recitation, A Boy’s
Opinion; Recitation, A Good Boy;
Dialogue, Trials of a Teacher; In
strumental Solo; Recitation, Marian’s
Logic; Duet: Recitation, Changing
Colon; Song, Little Persimmon Tree;
Recitation, Helen’e Babies; Dialogue,
Goln’ Somewhere; Duet, Swing Cradle
Swing; Recitation, Going To Town;
Recitation, A Boy’s Pocket; Quar
tette, Maine Red, White and Bine;
Recitation, How He Helped Himself;
Recitation, Who give us our Thanks
giving Dinner; Trio, German Song;
Recitation, When Pa Begins to Shave;
Recitation, What a Boy Can Do; Vo
cal Solo, Midnight Noon, Recitation,
A Little School-ma’am; Dialogue,
Courtship under Difficulties; Vocal
Solo; Pantomine, Woman Suffrage;
Song, Golden Days.
All those wishing to go please meet
at J. W. Cowling's at 7:30 o’clock, a
way will be provided for all.
Lettie J*eugh, teacher.
Don’t forget the annual dinner to
morrow evening in the Presbyterian
church parlors. Double the number
of tables will be set for the accom
modation of the people over the num
ber us ally used, so that all may be
accommodated early in the game.
The usual splendid dinner will be
served for which the ladies of that
church are so well noted.
Don Charlton was up from the
University visiting his parents from
Saturday till Tuesdey morning wbea
he returned to his studies.
Council Bluffs transfer depot for
Omaha, the bandit, unmasked,
holding up the conductor, brake
man, porter and three passengers
of a Pullman, covering the crowd
with his arsenal, making the porter
take up the collection, securing
some $300 and six watches and
dropping off the the train when it
pulled iuto the Burlington union
depot in Omaha and disappearing
in the yards, about the coolest and
nerviest piece of work heard of
lately. And now we may confid
ently expect the two cities to en
gage in a controversy as to which
will have the honor of furnishing
the gun man and expert solicitor.
ceased leaves no relatives save one
brother, last heard of in Iowa,
but his place will be missed by
those who knew him in the Great
Army of the Republic, and as a
friend and neighbor.
BARR - FOSS NUP
TIALS
At the home of the Bride’s father
S. Foss, in Webster township,
Nov. 9th, at 5:30 p. m., C. Leroy *
Barr and Miss Wilma L. Foss
were united in the holy bonds of
wedlock and after the courtship of
three long years to date, two
happy hearts were made to beat
as one, by Rev. Slocumb of the
M. E. church, in the presence of a
few friends and the attendants,
Mr. Shenning, as best man and
Miss Grippentrog, as bridesmaid
and Miss Marie Miller as dressing
maid. The bride wore a dress of
white serge: the groom wore navy
blue serge. Their intentions were
to leave for Janesville, Wisconsin,
via Chicago, the following morn
ing, but t^e coming of the bride’s
brothers prevented and wait until
father and all go, later on.
It’s no use telling the good
merits of those young people, as
they are well known to all, but
we sincerely wish them a happy
and prosperous life.
PLENTY TIME FOR
SOUP-HOUSE ERA
It used to be said, and with
much truth, that strikes only pre
vailed when the Republican party
was in power, and that workman
were so busy trying to find jobs
during democratic times that
strikes were unknown. Times
have evidently changed as since
the Wilson crowd got in power
strikes are more numerous and
fiercely contested than ever in the
history of republican administra
tions. However, the souph-house
era has not yet got in its usuai
work; time enough before four
years have passed.
• RT A TIME IF
YOU PLEASE
/
Two weeks from today will be
Thanksgiving. „ Who will bring
the editor a turkey for that occa
sion! He is a little short on
money, but long on thanks a
plentiful supply of the latter will
be forthcoming upon receipt of a
good fat young bird. No, thanks;
one will be plenty, as the foreman
and family will feast with daddy
in-law at Dannebrog and the office
angel will go home to mamma at