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\Loup City Chautauqua Commencfea Sunday July 26, Five 0ayt Loup City Northwestern I OFFICIAL PAPER OF SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA. ' LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN SHERMAN COUNTY. THE PAPER THAT THE PEOPLE READ VOLUME XXXIII LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. July 16. 1914. NUMBER 32 THREE RUN OVER - BY AUTOMOBILE Mrs. *1 Ciart mi Two Cbddree of Ord, Run Over by Auto and AH Escape MHb Mieer Injuries. APPARENTLY INAVOIDABLE ACCIDENT. evening an avtdrnl ue f urred <« tiie street* wkvb, for fortunate ending, o»uld not le d-pi a ted afire tn a thousand times. At about !*:«■» o'clock in the evening W.E.1 Hunting u> driving down the street from the north in tending to torn the < <>rper to the west at the old First National Bank corner. A» he approached tiie corner be ■ ' wntd Mrs. Will C lark and lier children crossing the street going south to the Milfori corner. He u« driving slowly. ■» I us custom is. but seeing Mm. Clark lie threw thr clutch out. Mrs.t lark saw him and started to move quickly to tin* south and he threw the dutch in again and turned in behind them. One of the children called to bis mother that a car was coming, and die. evidently thinking that an other car was coming, turned quickly and ran lark to the mirth west immediately in front of tiie 1 *unnmg car. >be had her arm- about tiie children and all three were run over by the car. Mr. thinning lad jum that in stall' thrown Uj* dutch *». bua when tic pedestrian* «»u«r lark in front of the car he attempted to rek-mar it again, but in hi* baste insssed it ami fell forward unto the steering wheel with such force as to knurk the breath out of him. tie wa* momentarily unconscious hut rallied «o as to step hi* car lie foce further lamage was di ne. friend gut in the car with him ami helped him home with it. The injured woman ami children were looked after at once by on looker*. Tliey were taken at once to the Billings Imupital and found to he ouCMdertity bruised, but do butte* broken. Mrs. Clark was tie- worst hurt. The car had paani over all ibeir Indies, but all were fortunately BUMrd by tiir w iieek. How this could happen is a* fortunate as remarkable. Being a small woman Mrs. Clark** body wa* able to slip lie tween liar iuttooi sineld aisl the Attempt to Bern Ori Pest Office At a ;»U- hour last Thursday lugUi a futile attempt was ap|wr etdty rnadr u< hum the Ord post ufler. John U aiti. Turn Wright and K«'> Culliaa were in a photo graph gallery acrruM the street from the posUdhne when their at - —■ u-tition waa arrested try a fire id the dtawwajr. They rut over and rat iigmsbed the flames lie fore any damage aasdone. They found a punt flask that bad been filled with kerosene and a patented ci gar lighter on the Site flooring of the poaluflfc* entrance. I Kit near the wood panel through which there are openings for depositing mail from the ouUaie. It »eem* probable to .lames Milford, who owns the building, that the attempt had been made to drop the opened bottle of oil into the mad bus and then ignite it with the lighter, but the was too thick few the opening, an the flame wwt started outside. The patuflor it m the big brick build ing that is a part of the big Mil fund store, a frame structure. Mrs. Garrett and little daugh ter are here from Aurora riaiting with the lady 's brother. E. M Marrd. m Route t. efcrth without fatal results, but not. however, without severe bruise*. Her hi|»s and legs were greatly injured ami many other injuries were received on other l*arts of the body. < hie child had a deep cut on her forehead and the !*oy had his face and one leg badly bruised. All an- doing well and Mrs. Clark is able to sit up this morn ing and w ill lie out of the hospital ! in a few days. Tins i- one of the accidents that in. one can be much blamed for. Mr. I tunning was driving very slowly and Mrs. Clark knew of lus pn-sem-e. But being frighten ed by another call of an approach ing >ar was naturally confused and. thinking only of saving her < iuldren. put her arms around diem and all went dow n in a heap. Had she not done this one or both | of them would have lieen hit by j lhe wheels of the heavy car and i probably killed. The accident was a severe shock to Mr. Dunning, and of course he is doing all that can lie done for tlie relief of the injured ones. —Ord Quiz. , AUTO AND MOTOR NEARLY CLASH Will Hawk Has Gloat Shave Frew a Serious Collision. - I MOTOR JUST GRAZES CAR Last Saturday evening, as Will Hawk was autoing to his home a few miles south of town, accom panied by his wife and another lady, he narrowly escaped having his car demolished by the incoming U. P. motor, and perhaps serious accident or death to the occupants. The accident, or near-accident oceured at the crossing east of the depot. Mr. Hawk was just about to drive across the tracks, and near the main line when he saw the motor coming, and thinking it not safe to speed across ahead, at temped to reverse the car and back, but instead killed his engine. Motorman Morris saw the car so perilously near and coming and put on the reverse and brakes but was unable to stop so close and just grazed the Hawk car which had stopped so close to the rails. While no on was injured, yet the closeness to it left all concerned in a rather nervous state of mind for some time after. J. E. Simmons and wife of Sa lem, S. D., and Mrs. Robt. Smith of Palmyra, arrived by auto last Thursday night for a few days’ visit at the home of W. T. Owens. They returned to their homes Monday morning, Mrs. Owens ac companying Mr. and Mrs. Sim mons to their home for a visit.. 5 Killed 1 Seriously Hurt in Automobile Accident Theo. I>. Wilson on Tuesday of this week handed us a copy of the Angeles Examiner of June S*>, containing the account of an a ito accident at night at the U-ach near that city, in which ti\e i«**«.pie were killed, one of ti.eml>eiiig Miss Myrtle Brandon, a ni.-e jf Mrs. Wilson. A party of mx were joy riding, when by s< me reason the car got out of the road and in the dark plunged over a l^o-foot cliff, resulting in the death of five of the party and bro king both legs, collar bone, taro rile, and hip fracture of the sixth. The body of the injured man and the dead bodies of his mother, sister, boy friends and Miss Brandon lay at the bottom oi the cliff for hours before being discovered. The account is of one of the most horrible and thrilling kind in the history of auto riding. The Examiner gives a picture of the cliff and the scene below with a startling and vivid account of the ride to death, which may be seen at this office. Mrs. Wilson will have the sympathy of our j>eople over the deplorable death i of her niece. One week ago last Saturday, j .lames McDonald, who removed I from Loup City to Kdgewood. Iowa, about a year ago. while working in iii- carpenter shop then*, got bis left hand caught in iIh* circular saw which he had in 'ia!!c*d to run with gasc-line power. iar>d tiad the index middle fingers torn off and thumb and third fin ger lacerated in a fearful manner, j ! rendering timt tnemlier useless i le*reafter for work at his trade- as carpenter. The many friends of that genial gentleman here will deeply regret the unfortunate and terrible accident, which will na turally unfit him for continuing a : livelihood at his chosen trade. It is hoped, however, that in the long run he may leave profited thereby. ■ — —•. Don’t Forget to File by the 18th Remember, the date for closing the filings of candidates before the primaries will lie this week Saturday. July 18th. There is some contenti-m that the close will be on the 2<*th, instead of the 18th. but if y<*u wish to be a de ; facto candidate before the pri ! maries. you would better not de j lay till the latter date before til ing. or you may get left. j O. A. Woods, wife and d&ugfa : ter visited last Sunday with rela I tires in Howard county. Mrs. LH. Knight Suffers Relapse Mrs. O. Benschoter left Mon day morning for Edgewood, la., called by a telegram that her mother, Mrs. L. H. Knight was very low and might not recover. Mrs. Knight suffered a paralytic stroke some four weeks ago, from which she was reported convalesc ing evidently she suffered a re- J lapse, though no particulars were received further than given above. She was accompanied to Edge wood by her sister-in-law, Mrs. S. F. Reynolds, who will visit her brother, James McDonald, victim of the circular saw accidont men tioned in another column this week. A number of friends of Mr. and Mrs. James Johansen gave them a genuine surprise party Monday evening of this week, it being the twelfth anniversary of their marriage, by invading the Johansen home to the number of twenty-five ond taking possession. A good time was had by all. Judge Wall is enjoying a visit from his brother-in-law, Mr. Huttinger, from Alaska, where the gentleman went from Seattle, and who is on a trip to various portions of the states, WILL WRESTLE TO A FINISH Miller and Kersenbrock Have Match Te Right. GUARANTEED A FINISH MATCH. This evening, our local cham pion of the mat, Warren Miller, will again take on Farmer Kersen brock of Lincoln, with whom he wrestled some weeks ago for an hour and a half to a draw. This second contest is guaranteed to the Northwestern to be a finish wrestle, no draw to go, and one or the other will have his shoulders pinned to the mat. This the writer has the assurance will be a certainty, no draw to be consider ed. The Farmer is a seasoned wrestler and one of the very best in the state, and one who has wrestled such men as Df- Roller of Seattle for 90 minutes before getting pinned to the mat, and Roller is known to be a top notcher in the game. Miller has never been thrown since his first contest on the mat, which was by Joe Stecher, when Warren was new to the game. Since that time, Miller has thrown such men as Lee Scott and has made such good ones as Jack Meyers weaken and squeal quits. You shonldnot miss seeing the boys work and you may be sure there will be i something doing every minute I from the call of time till one or the other is defeated. A Dwindling Political Party The figures presented by the re* public national statisticians show fairly conclusively that the pro gressive party will cut a small fig ure in the coming elections. They indicate that while the democrats have not lost any great number of supporters from the ranks of those who voted the ticket in 1912, the republicans who went off after Roosevelt have very gen erally returned to the republican fold. Only a nucleus will remain for the progressives and the fu ture existence depends upon whether the old parties will split up into their natural divisions. The old south is in the saddle in democratic congress, and it is re actionary. The east is in closer touch with the southern sentiment than it is with western. If the two old parties are captured by the standpatters—and the chances favor them because the big politi cians and the organization are theirs—the progressives in the republican and democratic ranks might all leave and join the Roosevelt party. But this is un JiKeiy Decause experience has shown that party ties and the hope of party victory are powerful co hesive forces. There is no im mediate prospect of that political explosion which will force the natural alignment of progressives on one side and conservatives on the other. With the reaction that has come, thfc republicans stand an excellent chance of regaining lost ground. This is especially true in Nebraska, where the party has been dominated by progres sives for six or eight years.—Lin coln News. Accidently Sheets Hie Foot Off Wednesday after noon of this week, jnst after the noon hour, Fred Foster, met with an accident, necessitating the amputation of his left foot just above the toes. Mr. Foster bad taken a nap after dinner and upon leaving the house to hitch his team noticed a big rat and getting his shot gun to shoot it made a misstep just out side the door, causing a pre mature discharge of the gun, the shots penetrating the foot just above the toes, necessitating the amputation of that member, which was performed byjthe Drs. Bow man, when called to attend the injured man, and as we go to press shortly after the operation, he is resting nicely, f RIGHT ARM BADLY BURNED — Miss Vida Cowling Has Harrow Es cape From Serious Accident. GASOLINE IN WATER EXPLODES Last Friday morning, while as sisting her mother with the fam ily washing, Miss Vida Cowling of this city was badly burned on the right arm from the elbow to wrist, and also burned somewhat on the right side of the face. Mrs. Cowl ing had placed some gasoline in the boiler of water on the stove and placed the cover thereon, and a few minutes later ask her daugh ter to go in the room and remove the cover. As she did so, the gasoline exploded, the flames bursting therefrom and burning her quite badly as related above with the exception of that por tion of the arm, which was not ex posed, and received a great blister the full length, and the slighter bums on the right side of the face, which will take some time to heal, and the consequent attend ing the same, the young lady will soon be all right again. Among our announcements this week will be found that of Ray mond L. Dale, former superin tendent of our city schools, a well known educator of the state, and at present one of our successful fanners. Should Prof. Chile re ceive the nomination and subse quent election, he will take with him to the senate a well stored mind and ability to represent his constituents in a most satisfactory manner on all questions of im port. ' - ' AGED FARMER DIES OF INJURIES Old and Respected Fanner of Knar CaNoway, Oita of Blood Poisoning From Cuts Bocoivod Sunday in a Binder Accident. TEAM BECAME FRIGNTEREB ARB RAN ANAT. Robert Gorden, an old and re spected resident of the county, living about three miles west of Gallaway. died of blood poising Tuesday of this week as a result of being badly cut and mangled last Sunday by a binder. It appears that Mr. Gorden was engaged in cutting wheat and when the accident occured had stepped in front of the team hitched to the binder. The horses became frightened and started to run, knocking the old man down and in such a position that the binder passed over his body. The machine did awful work and when assistance arrived it was round that outside of other dangerous injuries Mr. Gordon’s right leg had been frightfully cut and mangled. _ Dr. Bryson of Callaway was called to attend the injured man and for a few hours entertained hopes that amputation might not become necessary. But shortly afterwards, gang rene set in and the surgeon realiz ed that the leg must be sacrificed in order to save the patient’s life, if such a thing were possible. Oa. Sur*a*.v Dr. G. L» Mvilkw Old Fireworks Explode in Kitchen Stove One of the almost amusing, though serious sequences of the Fourth occurred at the Joe O’ Bryan home on the morning after. In the yard the remains of-a fire works ballon was found unburned. Seeing that there was in the wreckage a parcel evidently con taining some sort of explosive he warned his wife to take care of it so that the children would not harm themselves with it. Accord ingly she put it in the stove along with other litter picked up. Then she touched a match to the stuff and went on about her work in all serenity. Presently there was a great explosion in the kitchen and the head of the house went to see what was up, while the rest of the family was scared too. It was found that the lids and all the top of the kitchen stove had been blown off and along with it went the the tea kettle. Things looked bad enough, but after all the damage consisted in a smoked up kitchen and a shock to the nerves. It did not take the family long to figure out what had caused the explosion.—Ord Quiz Unique Way to Get Farm Hands Ambrouse Huntington, a farm er residing west of Gitner, last week posted the following sign along a highway in front of his home: “I need five harvest hands for more tlian a month. Wages. $3 per day; chicken once a day, washing, mending and a bed in the haymow. Every worthy young man hired will have a chance to marry one of my pretty five daughters. If he wins one of them be gets 160 acres of land thrown in. But he's got to make good in more ways than one." Huntington had more than a half hundred applicants. The five lucky ones are hard at work in the wheat fields today. However, they are far from happy, for it became known that the five daughters, ranging from 18 to '25 years old, are planning to leave in a day or two for an extended vacation in the New England states. J. L Bailfie, who has been vis iting friends at La Fox, Ills., since last October, returned home last Friday. It seems good to have him back amoog us once more. Miss Lillie Lofholm resigned her position with the Loup City Mercantile Co. last Saturday evening and Miss Elizabeth Lein inger Monday morning accepted the clerkship made vacant by her resignation. Miss Leininger wiil undoubtly fill in a most satisfact ory manner the place made va by Miss Lofholm. P. L. Curry and family were down from Elm township Tues day, ooming to attend the Wild West show, which failed to mater ialize. Of course, Porter came to please wife and children, not that he cared for a circus. Art Eisner has been wrestling with sciatic rheumatism the past few days. 9 Year Old Boy Breaks Am While riding after the cows Tuesday,the 9-year-old son of Mrs. Zwarowski, near town, had his right arm broken near the wrist He was passing under a tree on his pony when he was caught on a limb and dragged from the ani mal’s back, resulting in the acci dent as noted above. Dr. Bow man was called and set the broken bones and the lad will be all right in a few days. of this city was sent for, but when he arrived he found that his ser vices were hardly needed as the patient was then breathing his last. The deceased was about sixty years of age and one of the pros perous fanners of the southwest section. He leaves a wife and children.—Broken Bow Chief. Meeker FoHnd ii Seattle Wash. Howard L. Meeker, the young farmer residing near Llewellen, who last February mysteriously disappeared between Chicago and and Grand Island, has been lo cated, but no effort will be made to bring him back to Nebraska. He is now in Seattle, where he has been for six months. Meeker, it will be remembered, took a car of horses to Chicago and sold them on the market there. They were from his father’s ranch, the father being one of the ranchers of Garden county, Nebr aska. It was learned that the horses were sold and that the young man visited his mother, who was ill in a Chicago hospital. He left her, telling her he was go ing home. That was the last seen °f him by friends or relatives. However, later it was learned that he had bought a railroad ticket from Chicago to Grand Island. Ihe young wife of Meeker, who was left at Llewellen dung to the idea that her husband had been murdered and the father was just as certain. A large sum of money was posted as a reward, but this failed to result in locating the missing man. Later, thongh, the reward was pulled down and now word comes to Omaha that How ard L. Meeker is in Seattle. At the time of his disappearance there were some who hinted that that there was no murder, bnt that it was simply a getaway and that there was another woman in the case. It now develops that this is the situation. Recent developments show that young Meeker was met by a nurse of that place they went west, not stopping perman ently until they reached Seattle. I ' ile T ns Turtle Twice Dr. Weinman, the veterinary surgeon of Arcadia, had an auto experience one night last week, which he does not care to repeat. He was out in the country on a call, and was hitting the air about as fast as the wheels would turn, when in some manner the car turned turtle twice over, but he succeeded in getting out of it in nearly correct form, while his car was not so lucky and came out of the contest in a rather dilapidated condition. Some men are born lucky, some men achieve luck and some men have luck thrust upon them, and evidently the doctor is a sample of the trinity. The management of the Ravenna Creamery Co. which suffered such a disastrous fire a short time since wishes the Northwestern to tender their warmest thanks to the friends generally mid toe patrons of their creamery here for their as sistance at the time of the fire and since, for the sy mpathy exended, and for the most generous res ponse of all patrons to continue their business under the trying circumstances following the loss of their plant. The company be lieve and have every reason so to feel that the people of Loop City and surrounding country are the very salt of toe earth among to the best of living humanity.