Loup City Northwestern
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VOLUME XL
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. March, 18th 1915.
NUMBER 13
RECKLESS BIRDMAN
FALLS TO DEATH
Lincoln Beachey, Who Flew at the State Fair, Kilted in a 7,000 Fall Into
the Bay at San Franoieoo. dearly Fads on Ship.
A WONDERFUL BUT RECKLESS AERONAUT
Many of our people who attend
ed the State Fair last year will
remember Lincoln Beachey, the
dare-devil airman who looped the
loop, flew up side down and did
aerial stunts high in the heavens,
which sent thrills down one’s spi
nal column, day after, and whom
many of our people also witnessed
in like flying at Omaha later dur
ing the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities,
will hear with horror of his tragic
death here recorded.
Sunday of this week. March 14,
H" he was making his second spec
tacular flight at the Panama Ex
position in San Francisco, and
when some 7,000 feet in the air.
the wings of his machine crumpled
and he fell into the bay, from
which his body was later recov
ered at a depth of 40 feet below
the surface, where the body had
fallen, strapped to the heavier
parts of the machine, which had
weighted his undoubtedly already
lifeless form to the bottom of the
bay. 1
Beachey on that day was mak
ing his flights in a monoplane, in
stead of his own little biplane, to
which is ascribed his fatal acci
dent, being a heavy and more
cumbrous affair. He had made a
I flight in the morning at a great
| height in perfect safety, but had
tried none of his more spectacular
stunts, giving the machine a try
out, as it were, reserving espe
cially for the afternoon his up
I side down flight.
: Going up in the afternoon, he
! arose to a height of 7,000 feet,
shut off his machine and made a
drop of a few thousand feet: then
in attempting to right it up, the
great wings were seen to collapse
and in sight of the horrified mul
titude the aeroplane and it£ occu
pant shot downward with fright
ful velocity into the bay, barely
missing a vessel lying at the gov
ernment transport docks.
Lincoln Beachey was regarded
as the most skillful, as well as one
of the most daring of American
birdmen. He was born in the
city where he met his death in
September, 1887, and was thus in
his 28th year, and commenced his
his experience as a baloonist when
but 13 years of age.
He is the second birdman we
have seen in flights at the State
Fair, who afterwards met death
in their hazardous undertaking,
the first being Hoxie, who fell
6,(KX) feet to his death at Los An
geles a few months after.
* > *
HYMENEAL
At the residence of the bride’s j
mother, Mrs. Dorella Bent, one
and a half miles west of Hazard,
Nebr.. on March 10. 1913, Clara
Alta Vera Bent, and Walter Clyde
Robinson. were united in marriage:
Rev. A. A. Randall, of Broken
Bow, officiating. Promptly at 2:30
p. m. Miss Miriam Bent, sister of
the bride, took her place at the
piano and began playing the wed
ding march, and the bridal party
came down stairs, first Rev. Ran
dall entered the room, closely fol
lowed by Little Dorothy Bent,
youngest sister of the bride who
scattered- flowers in the path of
the wedding party, she was fol
lowed by Mr. Geo. Bent, brother
of the bride and Miss Grace Vera
Robinson, sister of the groom,
who took their places on the flower
strewn rug, and stepped aside for
the bride and groom, who entered
and took their place under the
large white wedding bell, and the
ceremony took place, the room
was decorated with jonquills and
ferns.
llie bride was dressed in a soft
white silk, covered with white silk
chiffon, and a long white chiffon
veil, and carried a large shower
bouquet of white and delicate pink
roses, and narcissus: The groom
wore the conventional black with
white vest. There were about
thirty of the relatives of the bride
and groom present at the wedding,
and a bout se venty-five friends pres
ent at the reception in the even
ing. They were the recipients of
a large number of very useful,
beautiful and valuable presents.
Both the wedding and reception
guests were served with ice cream
and several kinds of cake. The
bride has lived here since child
hood, and is a very charming
young lady, she has always been
foremost in church and Sunday
school work, and has been teach
ing music for a number of years.
The groom, though born here and
having lived here a number of
years, has been for the last four
years, with the United States Nat’l
Bank of Omaha, where he still
holds a position. The new couple
will reside at 2840 So. 85 St. Oma
ha.
The' ixorcttwestem joins with
their many friends in yishing
them a long and happy wedded
life.
EASTABR00K—WOLFE
A special to the Omaha Bee from
Litchfield, under date of March
14. gives the following interesting
marriage announcement, the bride
; being the daughter of ex-County
I Supervisor George W. Wolfe,
and republican candidate for
representative from this county
two years ago; “Miss Mary Wolfe,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Wolfe, and Ray Eastabrook. both
of Litchfield, were married at
Grand Island, Nebr., Thursday.
They were accompanied by Henry
Wolfe, brother of the bride, and
Miss Mae Hines. They will live
on a farm near town.
NOTICE
In compliance with instructions
received from the Secretary of
the State Banking Board, and in
Co-operation with orders sent out
by the Comptroller of the Cur
rency to discontinue permitting
overdrafts, and for the following
reasons, after April 1st next, we
will discontinue the practice of
cashing any and all checks where
the maker or account has not suf
ficient funds to his credit to pay
the same.
First: It has been found that
patrons who favor conservative
banking disapprove the overdraft.
Second: The overdraft is one
of the worst abuses of country
banking. It consists, as a rule,
of the customer making a loan to
himself without the knowledge t^r
consent of the bank’s officers,
without note or security.
Third: W herever the privilege
of overchecking is used for the
purpose of getting business, it has
been observed to introduce a lax
ity in the bank’s methods, wholly
inconsistent with sound banking.
Fourth: Both State and Na
tional Banking Departments pro
hibit the payment of checks on
overdrafts.
Fifth: All Courts hold the
payment of checks on overdrafts
illegal and make personally liable
i the officer of the bank who. per
mits sudh payment.
Sixth: While it would seen:
that in a few cases this ruling
might work a hardship, it will nol
limit the credit of our good cus
tomers in any way, and we wili
continue and endeavor to helf
them in every possible way a.‘
heretofore and is in keeping with
the better banking, greater effi
ciency and equal treatment of all
customers demanded by the great
reforms of the banking laws ol
the country now being passed and
instituted, both State and Na
i tional.
All patrons are requested to co
operate in making it effective.
LOUP. CITY STATE BANK.
Court Adjourned
To March 30th
Kearney, Neb., March 6.—By
virtue of the authority* vested in
me as district judge, it is hereby
ordered that the term of court to
be held in Sherman county March
9. 1915. be, and the same is here
by adjourned, to March 30, 1915.
This adjournment is made be
cause of the unprecedented storm
| prevailing and the impassable
condition of the roads.
Bruno O. Hostetler,
District J udge of Sherman Coun
ty, Nebraska.
Chas. Bass,
Clerk of the District Court of
said county.
The town of Callaway, on the
[Kearney & Black Hills road was
without train service or mail for
an entire week, on account of the
snow blockade. The use of a ro
tary snow plow was necessary to
clear the tracks for traffic.—Ra
venna News. We don’t know
that they had anything on Loup
City at that.
DIME NOVEL
Alleged Confession of Suicide In
cludes Chapter of Crime at Aurora
6. WARNE BELIEVED BE DEAD
The following Associated Press
dispatch, which appeared in sev
eral of the state papers last week,
has aroused considerable local
curiosity:
“Sioux Falls, S. D., March 4—
Murder of an unnamed man in
Kansas City, July 3, 1913, assault
and attempted murder of a girl
named Powell at Aurora, Neb.,
the same year, strangulation of a
new born child by mother at Kear
ney, Nebr., and efforts to killGer
hardt Warne of Baltic, S. D., are
narrated in an alleged confession
of Glen Smith, alias Charles An
derson, suicide, turned over to
State’s Attorney C. V. Caldwell
of this city today by the parents
of Warne. Smith killed himself
at Kansas City in August, 1913.
Warne’s parents received the al
leged confession addressed to their
son that month, but withheld it
until today. They asked the state’s
attorney to help in locating the
missing son.”
Warne spent some time in Au
rora a few years ago and married
Miss Stella Rosenberg, who still
makes her home here. The Powell
girl referred to is evidently a
granddaughter of the late William
Lakin, w ho w^as here about the
time indicated. She is now mar'
ried and lives in Kearney. If such
an assault was attempted it was
not made public at the time and
no one here seems to know any
thing about it. There are several
peculiar features about the case,
and those who are familiar with
the inside facts are inclined to be
lieve the above dispatch a fake.
Sheriff Powell received a letter
from Warne’s sister in South Da
kota several months ago, written
along somewhat similar lines, but
was so little impressed by it that
be took no action in the matter.
A copy of the Sioux Falls Dailv
Press of March 4, has just reached
The Republican office containing
BIG REVIVAL
MEETINGS ON
Rev. Spoonts, the Cowboy Evange
list, Begins a Whirlwind Cam
paign in This City
TO BE HERE ONLY ELEVEN DAYS
Monday evening1 of this week,
Rev. Spoonts of Jacksonville, Ills.,
known far and wide as the “Cow
boy Evangelist." began a religious
whirlwind campaign in this city
at the Presbyterian church. A
goodly crowd was present to greet
him as he stepi»ed to the front and
introduced himself to his hearers
as having been a cowboy for years
on the range in Texas, was married
and had a wife and two children,
was :* feet and 14 inches tall, and
if he lived to see Febr. .”>1, of next
year would be 73 years old. He
is a tall, angular man. with good
J nature beatniiK' fnjfl.bis counten
Itktc*, ana irum Bne moment be
stepped to the front of the stage
and gazed down into the faces of
his hearers, his every word, quaint
expression, and earnest arguments
and admonitions, held the closest
i attention of all. even to the usual
little restless tots present. At
this writing, Tuesday afternoon,
much, though favorable, comment
is heard upon all sides, and the
general impression seems to pre
vail that the meetings, through
his efforts and through the help of
the members of the various re
ligious denominations cannot but
be productive of much good.
Mrs. Charles J. Peterson and
little son, Raymond, who were
visiting relatives and friends in
Omaha, returned home the fore
part of last week.
what purports to be a complete
copy of Smith's confession. It
indicates that i>ersistent efforts
were made to kill \\ arne during
his residence in Aurora, and that
at least two attempts were made
upon the life of his former sweet
heart. Miss Powell. The docu
ment shows considerable familiar
ity with the geography of Aurora
and describes the spot where the
alleged assault upon the Powell
girl was committed at a bridge in
the northwest part of town near
the Leighton (Lakin) home.
In commenting upon the case
the Sioux Falls paper says:
That \\ arne's sweetheart was
assaulted with a shovel and left
for dead in an isolated place was
corroborated yesterday by the
girl's mother, who is now in the
city and who visited the state's at
torney s office, and that a man
named Glen Smith, alias Charles
Anderson, did commit suicide
about the time the letter is dated
is vouched for, according to Mr.
Caldwell (the state’s attorney), by
the authorities of Kansas City,
but there is no corroboratory evi
dence yet of a baby being strang
led nor can Warne be found to
tell of the alleged attempts upon
his life. He has been missing for
some time and the belief is ex
pressed that he is dead_Aurora
Republican.
DIED
Last Sunday evening, March 14,
191-I, at her home in this city,
after a painful illness lasting foi
months, caused by cancer of the
stomach, Mrs. Martha Knoepful
Schuman passed from this earth
into the great beyond, leaving a
young husband and an infant
daughter. Deceased was born at
Farwell, Xebr., February 21,
1886, and was a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Knoepful, who still
reside on a farm near that place.
I She was married to Henry Schu
maa of this city on the 16th day
of May, 1911, to whom were born
an infant daughter, who with a
devoted husband survives her.
The funeral services take place to
day (Thursday) at 1 o'clock from
the St. Paul’s Evangelical Church
in this city, Rev. Guth officiating,
and interment will take place in
Evergreen cemetery. Deceased
leaves, besides husband, daughter,
father and mother, four sisters
and one brother, as follows; Mrs.
Henry Becker and Mrs. Henry
Kaiser, of Boelus; Mrs. Carsten
Juergensen of Farwell, Xebr.:
Mrs. Elmer Saeger of Missouri,
and Chris Knoepful alsoofFar
well, l>esides a large circle of lov
ing friends and neighbors. The
Xorthwestern joins in sympathy
with the bereaved husband and
other relatives over their irrepar
able loss of a loving wife, daugh
ter and sister.
\ special stock train over the
U. P. last Sunday for South Oma
ha,took eightcars from Loup City,
four from Rockville, two from
Dannebrog and the balance of
fifty cars off the Ord branch.
THE EKLUND
MILLER WRESTLE
WarreR Miller Corrects Wrong Im
pression of Defeat By Ekiund
WEIGHT OF MEN NEARLY SAME
We received last Saturday a
letter from Warren Miller at Ans
ley correcting to some extent the
wrong impression given in our ar
ticle taken from the Lincoln Daily
News of his defeat by Ekiund at
Mason City a short time since.
We give Warren’s letter in full as
the best evidence of the incorrect
ness of the News account:
Ansley, Aeb., March 12.—Dear
Burleigh: Didn't receive your pa
per till today, telling of the match
between Eklund and myself. The
Jvews got it a little mixed on the
weights, Mr. Eklund weighing 192
pounds and I weighing 206, with
our clothes on. That was our ac
tual weights. I am willing to ad
mit that Mr. Eklund is good. He
can beat Gion and, did beat Anton
Stecher since he came down. I
was not in good shape the night
of the wrestle, having a bad cold,
and I lost my head and couldn’t
do anything. 1 had a dozen
chances to beat him, but couldn’t
clo it. I am going to wrestle him
again as soon as the roads dry up.
I have money that says I can beat
him twice in an hour. I had him
almost down a dozen times, but
lost my bead and didn't know
what to do. You wait and see if
.[ don’t give him a good trimming.
.Lee Scott has matched him for
$25 a side and all gate receipts.
They wrestle as soon as the
weather clears up. Eklund is the
quickest and best scienced man I
have ever wrestled. Please put
this matter right about the weights,
especially, Yours,
Warren Miller.
Farmers, Take Notice
I have just as good a plow man
as can be obtained, and we will
make your plows run like new.
Bring your discs in and have them
sharpened. It is a good time to
have the work done before the
busy season begins.
12tf A. C. OGLE.
STOVE EXPLOSION
FATAL TO CHILD
Little Tot Burned to Crisp When Gasoline Stove Explodes and Calais
Home Catches Fire at South Omaha.
THE ENTIRE FAMILY TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Samuel Galizia, 20 months old,
was burned to a crisp and his par
ents. his grandfather, and a roomer
are in a serious condition in the
South Omaha hospital as the re
sult of a gasoline stove explosion
at the Galizia home at 3:30 o’clock
yesterday afternoon at 2604 M.
street in a building controlled by
L. C. Gibson. The loss to the
building was about $4,000.
Mrs. Galizia had but recently
returned from an Omaha hospital
and was in bed. The father was
frying steak on the gasoline stove
and the baby was in a cradle be
side the stove. The father went
into the adjoining room to attend
to some of the wants of the mother
when the stove evidently flared up
and exploded, instantly envelop
ing the cradle and the entire room
| in flames.
i he fattier, Tony (.ializia, the
grandfather, Frank Palaz, and a
roomer Joseph Paipavina fought
in vain to reach the child, even
| the mother rising from her sick
bed and joining in the battle all to
no avail. All these were more or
! less burned about the hands and
face, while the mother is in a seri
ous condition from the effort. All
are in the hospital.
Mrs. Vozliarodo, who had been
visiting the family, had just taken
her children with others to a mov
ing picture show and thus escaped
injury from the flames.
Detective Michael Gillan no
ticed the flames and hastened to
the rescue of the family, but too
| late to save the little child.
SUPERVISOR’S
PROCEEDINGS
Loup City, March 2, 1915.
County board of supervisors
met this afternoon with all mem
bers present. .1. H. Welty chair
man. W. O. Brown. Dan McDon
ald, Emil Kozel, Hiyo Aden, F.
L. Richmond, Wenzel Rewoliuski,
Lamont L. Stephens county attor
ney and L. B. Polski clerk.
Board on motion went into ex-1
ecutive session.
Standard Bridge Company were
on motion awarded contract for
the building of bridges for the en
suing year.
Keystone Lumber Company was
awarded contract for lumber as i>er
their bid.
County Clerk ordered W.Thorn
ton 10.00 as per order of County
Judge.
Board adjourned till 9 a. m. to
morrow.
March 3, 1915.
Met this forenoon with all mem
bers present.
Between road districts No. C>;
and 11 the present dividing line is
ordered reversed on the west three
miles giving to No. 6 the east sta
tion and No. 11 the west station.
Tucker consent petition was}
next up for consideration said i>e-'
tition prays for the establishment
of a road commencing at the sec
tion corner to section 19, 20, 29 j
and 30, township 15 range 15 and |
running thence west on section
line between sections 19 and 30, i \
mile more or less, to the quarter j
corner between sections 19 and 30
township 15 range 15 and there
terminating. The board finding
I that all the provisions of the law
had been complied with that said
road is a public necessity on mo
tion ordered said road established,
platted and recorded.
Dwehus road petition next came
up for consideration said petition
prays ft die establishment of a
road coS^ ung at the south side
of the right of way of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company on the
section line between the nw? of
section 9 and the nei of 8-13-13
and running thence in a south
easterly direction and parallel with
said right of way to the quarter
section line between the northwest j
j quarter and the southwest quarter i
[ of section 9-13-13 and running
thence on the north side of said
quarter section line across said
Union Pacific Railroad Companys
right of way be established join
ing road now established on north
side of said right of way said road j
to be 50 feet wide. The board:
finds that all the provisions of the
•law have been complied with, that j
the land owners adjoining said
proposed road have waived all
claims for damages that said road
is a public necessity on motion
duly made seconded and carried
ordered said road established plat
ted and recorded.
Kaston road petition now came
on for final hearing said petition
prays for the establishment of a
public road commencing at the
southwest corner of section C-14
13 running thence east on seetion
line 2 miles between sections 6 and
7 and 5 and 8 township 14 range
13 to intersect with road No. 159
and there terminating. The board
finding that all the provisions of
the law have been complied with
that said road is a public necessity
on motion ordered said road es
tablished platted and recorded and
awarded the following damages.
Frank Kaslon 30.00
Jas. Sack 5.00
Paul Chilewski 105.00
Frank Wardyn t>0.00
F. J. Kaslon 30.Ul»
.Jacob Contor 50.00
County Superintendent was on
motion allowed $50.00 for clerk
hire. Board on motion adjourned
for dinner.
Board met after dinner. Dan
McDonald on motion made tem
porary chairman.
Clerk was on motion instructed
to have the jail cleaned, repaired
and disinfected.
Board on motion purchased 2
carloads of bridge lumber from
the Keystone Iaimber Company,
as per their contract 1 carco be
delivered at Hazard and Litchfield
and 1 car at Rockville sizes 3x12
16.
Claims committee reporter- that
they had allowed all claims ex
cept deduction made for delinquent
taxes which report was on motion
accepted and the clerk ordered to
draw warrants on the respective
funds.
General Fund
A. S. Main, vital statistics 7.75
Albert Anderstrom, vital sta
tistics 4.50
L. E. Dickinson, vital statis
tics tax 2.25
C. W. Gibson, vital statis
tics 2.50
Klopp & Bartlett, supplies 5.08
“ “ “ 16.45
YV. T. Owens. Co. Assessor 13.86
E. G. Taylor, coal 30.20
Loup City Mill die Light Co.
lightJmos. 13.65
W. H. Rettenmayer. labor
Co. Supt. 10.50
State Journal Co., supplies 48.58
Dr. J. YV. Jones, quarantine 7.00
University Pub. Co., sup
plies 5.00
\\\ T. Owens, express 35
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