Loup City Northwestern A LIVE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN A LIVE TOWN vul MLXXXYl LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, APRIL 5,1917 NUMBER 16 KAMARAD MEETS HIS END Lotus Kadasrod. the . •nfessed slav • r of A! • Park •* arht * - aped from *d at Oru early Tue*4a: mom mg was ra .<-4 to the barn on Pa: Braden's arm loan* • • m >-•- northeast of Loup I'tty earn Wed-.rsday morning by the •here of Vali-' • >unty and a posse of tamo -» Mr P-ad-* d;~ . vered the man in :.e ban. shortly iwfore the sheriff • th the v ««d hound* appeared on the ha’ the hound* were hot on the tra •? : murderer and tiad Iren hut a *! rt 'a r behind him all night Th* alarm »i- given at <>>!5 :• of the bant ami went ta'o t.ere he was Boon di« ' -red and ordered to surrender, h 1- • -lu'-d to do util answer-d ■’ *ht*< ■ r at the po*se lie wa> lo .’d * • r - a rafter on the ea*t -so* of *n* *h*-d to who t several shots »* re d ;^d at.d he was soon brought i’i»t from h;s fe-rvh thouch it ts be *ved tha* t.t - shot that proved fata! “as self ■ ‘*-d a* he was wounded and see rig that he ottld not - * ate immtrted *u: ole rather than sur render to the officers of the law T !ai the hla. test murder ever re rded r» this part of th*- «*ate been . vri.pe: ?t - 'tide, d for-uttate that tifi one wa- : ;*t • r kill- d • the pur 'Jit of Kan • *ad a- he was : rnted and a* desperate There is t • doubt thaf - wa* a**.- - : r hi- e* ape from the •td Jail at d f *he guilty parties are 1 ?•-*-!.• • -d :t w:;! go mighty hard trth them LITCHFIELD EVENTS. V K 1 'ioftt for u good Tiiti Amer *>- 'Tf --i> n returned home from < itnaiia Tuesday fa" 'V - *a* a t»a--*neer to Grand inland Wednesday W P Vi. 'tui** T>'«e«! a load of ■ ar.* to Omaha Sunday Km-*” Vo- e h*« our hated the S 1* ’ - >n re-dert property. T » * * :■*!.* s :d ■ hoe* to r *■ .V «*•• ha : ' Monday. Ve It •• t at »;■ - a jijs--r.se* Grand i-att-i ’•'.*-•!• .--da' on business j, hi :••--* »■*. u t--j-e*-r *n Grand ’-land " ■ -.j’ rerun nr in "he even ing1 !>» ' •' >n • •'!»•!, from Baird ~"ia ■ * <**■ k afr-r bus:t:- -- mat ? ■ ar- wen! *o Omaha, on *: d»» t.* v>- : hi* brother for a few days J • r He*? .r e d »wi> f—,m Hvannfs ' r a f.-w da' - ' - • w ith Fred and family '"as - ■*-i"r£ a: <1 son* ;,-e unload ■nw •» J l rase traftora today ■Tueadav Mar*' ■ re ®r,d V R Fasiabrook frori their trip to the sand hiH» *bi* week G F ■-•'» of He»dersr» who ha — •). ' • !.£- Jifob Shirley. returned home Thursday \!r- ‘’hefer* who i* an invalid »a» *o G-and i*!mnd. Sunday, bv ber son. r ha pel r a'v’.r- *’j*-‘ of Jter.net*. Neb. a ■ro'her ■ of Ira Moler. -it,a Th*jr.jjgv r F A»*•'• : - - * - Vo.,If Point ear er v •*» *: -d lu< k to vou A G T - * ■- - i are to-'-i ,-e their fij. •e nil1 l tie-* 1*1 to I *r Golf’s • - pt t**r *1 e their new brick i:» re:nr tie* ' ’ " .i hold hi* annual ' -’ ’ Hamt Ire sale it l.lu-hfieM ' 1 ’ ’ -’ ’'I' He had t** da:* ■* :-* sa ahead — pet a date v * ’ ’ Mrt \ T> :*’ irlmr Ost ar I " “ and younger brother, fame in from Ord on 3b It keeps them busy run ning from one store to the other There is a petition out and to be f 'U!.d at the state bank, asking the B. a M u> make 43 and 44 regular stops : - ,el of flag. Everyone call and sign. 1 N Auusin of the state bank, is tal : c lessons driving his new car wf h he purchased from A. L. Fletc-h ■ • H-- is under the able tutor. Everett Morse. Thomas Simonton. son-in-law of A J Wilson, and brother-in-law of Mr. nd Mrs John Heapv. who has been ■ r»- visiting, returned to his home at Purdham. Friday Frank L. Scott of Shelby, who has been visiting with his sons and look ■ s nfter h:s land interests here, was a passenger east. Wednesday. He ex pects to return this week. Mrs W W Engleman and Mrs. Maud Lu key went to Omaha to be j I"- sent »;th Mrs. r.ert Taffee. who underwent an operation for appendi 'i- She is reported as doing fine. The Spelts Bros., shipped a load of - i[ to the Grand Island market on Monday Joe Spelts, who has had a • ry -.-vere attai k of pneumonia, we :iri clad to say is getting along line. A D. J u es sold a Hampshire fall boar ’o W H Ellers of Roca. N’eb In mentioning the sale of A. D. Jones’ j ladled bull last week. It was described - a polled durham and it should have !>een a red polled. Mrs Taffee and daughter. Edna, ! were passengers west on 43. which -• ipped on flag for them. They are co : g Pi Baird to visit with the Farns worth family. We understand Mrs M. > is going to visit her son at Hill Oitv. F L Arnett and son have purchased he north half of the Potter building >-'id w ill move their g-oods over as soon as Th<- exTensive improvements are 'nished We T'nderstand there is to a full glass front on our side of The street. Albert Moxlev. nephew of the Mox • v who bought the George Swealey tarn. now owned by McC’une. in Pleas • ; Valley, was a passenger to his • me a* Otis. Colorado, where he 'WT.s a half section of land He was • -> To aTTend the funeral of his uncle. I. ’ Fuse- our poular barber, who ‘ as been assisting James Gill for some ’■•mo long enough t . capture one of li:r m 's' popular and worthy young ~ -v:«s Amy Williamson, who ■ will nel v impanied him to in,;, a where hs folks will meet them attend the wedding ceremony. 'Me will m:-s Miss Amy and the best u hep of all who know both parties ‘.I go wuh them Lone may thev live and happy may thev be. Mrs. ' » a-c La’ g a ompamed them as far as Grand Island BONE-HUNT. Mr Jacob C. Bone and Miss Ethel ' a Hunt were united in marriage R* v Vincent R. B»ebe at the Meth t'.f«onage in Loup City. Wednes 1 afternoon April 4th. 1917 at two <•< V: Thev were attended by Terry • t and Clara Hunt, brother and sis *r of the bride. The br:de is the daughter of Mr and Mr O C Hunt most estimable peo !e who live six miles west of Loup •v She la a young iadv of most ex •nt qualities who has grown o womanhood in this vicinity. Tic re- m is the son of Mr and Mrs. J ; Bone whose home is three miles * rthwest of Loup Citv. He is a young " : w !u> is steady and industrious i ' nmmands the confidence of those re acquainted with him. The two -Hu lies represented in this union are iml.ered among the well-to-do higli -- re-;e>ct»-d people of Sherman c-oun The bride wore a lovely wedding irt -s of white silk poplin. After the erenionv the young couple drove by *uto to tlie home of the bride's par - « hi-rc a feast of good things was t read for forty guests. The next dav ■ noon a big dinner was served to in :■ d gu- ts at the hom< of the groom’s parents. 'Jr and Mrs Bone will immediately ■■" to farming four miles northwest ■ f Loup ( tty. This happy young couple have the congratulations of their many triends, who join in wishing them hap •cte-- and prosperity in their new home A QUIET CITY ELECTION The city election Tuesday was a quiet affair. Only 226 votes were re corded. more than 100 less than the vote at the spring election last year. W. T. Gibson was elected mayor with a majority of twenty-seven votes. The surprise of the election was the vote on pool halls, pool fiaii* being voted out by 45 votes. Pete Rowe was re elected city clerk. Following is the vote: FOR MAYOR 1st 2nd Total Maj. Ward Ward ; G. W. Collipriest 42 55 97 jW. T. Gibson SI 43 124 27 FOR CITY CLERK Pete Rowe 70 44 114 3 !Seth Richmond 54 57 111 FOR CITY TREASURER L. Hansen 120 94 214 214 FOR CITY ENGINEER Edwin Ohlsen 39 43 82 T. W. O. Wolfe 85 56 141 59 FOR COUNCILMAN 1st WARD E.T. Beushausen 40 Oscar Bechthold 83 43 FOR COUNCILMAN 2nd WARD Wm Graefe 47 James Bartunek 50 3 FOR AND AGAINST POOL HALLS Xo 73 61 134 45 Yes 51 38 S9 LOUP CITY NEWS NOTES. Dailv sells for less. — Try Chase's first—it pays. J. B. O’Bryan was an eastbound passenger to Lincoln. Monday morn ing. Mrs. Joe Lewandowski visited with relatives and friends at Ashton. Tues day. Mrs R. S. Young went to Central City. Monday for a. visit with rela tives. Dr. Carrie L. Bowman was an east bound passenger to Lincoln Tuesday morning. Miss Delma Nielson went to St. Paul last Saturday to spend a few days visiting. Dwight Willis went to Omaha. Sun dav via Ravenna, returning again on Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs S. A. Pratt, of Pleas anton. were in our city Monday visit ing with relatives. | Miss Lila McNulty spent Saturday with home folks, returning to Com : stock that evening. Carl Amick came up Saturday from ♦he University to spend his vacation ; with his parents and friends. George Lesrhinsky came up from Lincoln. Saturday evening to spend his spring vacation with home folks. Mrs. A. R. Purvine went to Aurora Monday morning to spend the ween visiting with relatives and friends. A. E. Chast returned home Satur day evening from Ord. where he had been on business the past few days. Miss Florence Leininger came in Saturday evening from Fremont to spend a few days with home folks. Albert Magnuson. who is attending the University at Lincoln, came home Monday evening for a short spring vacation. Mrs. Joe Zaworski went to Ashton Monday morning to spend the day visiting. She returned home on the passenger. = -™il The New Edison “The Phonograph with a Soul” is conceded by the music critics of more than three hundred of America’s principal news papers to be incomparably superior to all other devices for the reproduction of sound. This remarkable new musical invention brings into your home a literally true presentation of the art of the world’s great musical ar tists. After you have heard the New Edison you •) could scarcely be contented with a talking machine. • In our locality A. C. Ogle is licensed by Mr. Edison to armor. ■ .*»- trhis new instrument. You will not be importuned to buy. Visit the new garage and hear this wonderful invention. A large number of records on hand. The New Edison sells for $100 and up A. C. OGLE _ V \Y J. McMullen, came up from Grand Island Sunday via auto to help out at the Times independent office this week. Asa J. Farnham went to Centr. 1 City. Monday morning to meet his wife and baby. They arrived here -n the evening. Mrs. Harve O'Bryan and daughter i came up from St. Paul. Saturday and visited between trains with her father. O. Bensehoter. Paul Schumac returned home Satur day evening from Ashton, where he had spent the past few days visiting with relatives. — The Misses Bessie and Alice Con ger went to Arcadia, Saturday even ing to spend Sunday with the H. S. Conger family. Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Lee and chil dren were westbound passengers to Sargent last Saturday evening for a tew days visit. PLANTS-CLARK. An ideal home wedding took place Wednesday. April 4. 1917. at the farm residence of Mr. and Mrs. E. J Clark. I six miles southwest of Litchfield. Xe | braska. At five o'clock in the afternoon Miss Nora Alice Clark was united in ; marriage to Mr. Roy C. Plants. While the happy young couple stood beneath a beautiful alcove of smilax. arranged ; in the parlor. Rev. Vincent R. Beebe of the Loup City Methodist church read the marriatre #:nes. using the beautiful and impressive ring service, thus uniting two happy hearts for life ] Only immediate relatives witnessed the ceremony. After congratulations ; the guests were ushered into the din j ing room where a sumptuous wedding dinner of three courses was served. Numerous and beautiful gifts were presented by relatives and friends. The bride is a daughter of Mr and ! Mrs. E. J. Clark, who have been liv i ng near Litctofield for a numbpr of j years and are among our progressive | and prosperous farmer folks. She is | one of the choice,young ladies of I Sherman county, gracious and talent ed. and ha= been teaching school near her home. She was becomingly gowned in a wedding dress of white messaline trimmed with white silver lace. The groom is a member of the Loup City business firm of I>. T. Plants «v ! Son and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Plants of Loup City. Nebraska. He is a young man of sterling character, winsome personality, and business ability, who with his father is enjoying a generous patronage in the hardware, furniture and implement business. He has the good will and respect of all who know him Mr. and Mrs. Plan’s come from two of the finest families in Sherman conn ty. Future success awaits them. They have the best wishs of many friends for a long and happy life together They are taking a wedding trip by auto to Omaha. Lincoln, and relatives in York county. They will he at home in Loup City after May first. BESS GEARHART MORRISON. The entertainment given by Bess Gearhart Morrison was one of the best ever given here. Very often an ent"r taiment given by a reader, alone. 1 e comes tiresome on account of its lack of variety, hut Miss Morrison has such an extensive repertoire and changes so completely from one character to another that from the first number to the closing she held her audience in tensely interested— Julesburg (Colo.) Advocate. The people of Loup City and vicini ty are indeed fortunate in being able to hear Bess Gearhart Morrison at the opera honse on Monday evening. April 16. Mrs. Morrison has occnpied the Chautauqua and lecture stage for years and will appear here under the auspices of the Central Faith Home at i Broken Bow. having generously do j nated her sen-ires for one week to this j very worthy institution to help them ! raise some money to carry on their noble work. Evejv one should attend this splendid entertainment and assist Mrs. Morrison in helping this worthy cause. Admission. Adults 35 cents, children 15 cents. This admission price is much cheaper than ever charged for her entertainments at chautauqiias. WOODMEN CONVENTION. The county convention of the Mod ern Woodmen of America was held in their hall in Loup City April 4. The convention was called to order by Clerk C. C. Cooper. R. D. Hendrickson was elected chairman of the conven tion. Loup City. Rockville. Ashton. Hazard and Litchfield were well repre sented. The first important matter be | fore the convention was the election of a delegate to the state convention t which will be held at Norfolk May 2. A i lively contest was on at once between j pete Rowe and Hivo Aden. After the dead lock was broken Hivo Aden proved to be too heavy for Pete and I be got skinned by c. small margin. I Mr. Rowe was then elected alternate ! by acclamation. Convention then ad ! journed. * BESS GEARHART IS COMING Bess Gearhart Morrison will be in I Loup City at the opera house on Mon day evening. April 16. She tours the middle Loup valley under the auspices of the Central Nebraska Faith Home i a charity organization located at Bro ken Bow. Neb., giving entertainments ; of one night each at the following I places: Loup City. Arcadia. Comstock I ^argent. Waiworth and Milburn. All proceeds, above expenses go to this I work. I Broken Bow had Mrs. Morrison on their lyceum course last winter and would be glad to have her again, but her contract with the lyceum people ’ prevents her being used by the Faith Home people on that line of road at this time. AUGUST BECHTHOLD DEAD August Bechthold died at his home here last night at about 12 o’clock, af ter several months of suffering. The funeral will be held at the Baptist church Saturday afternoon. Obituarv will be published next week. DEER CREEK NUGGETS. Tony Bonczynski is working for hi i'ather this summer. Thos. Lubash hauled hogs to Ash ton market Monday. Xowicki Bros., spent Sunday aftei | noon with Paul Kryski. Cyrus Bvdalek quit school last week on account of spring work. A few from here attended church at Ashton last Friday afternoon. Peter Glinsman has been in Grand Island the past week on business. Peter Glinsman has been in Omaha the past week with a car of cattle. Mrs. Josephine Lubash sold a load of coni to Paul Kryski last Wednes day. Mrs. Paul Kryski was a passenger cast. Tuesday to visit with her par ents. John Heins has been hauling hay from the Chris Hansen place the past I week. Tony Sotbbe has been in Loup City the past week attending assessors meeting. It is reported that Mrs. Josephine Lubash is quite low with pneumonia this week. Carsten Eris., have been sowing spring wheat in their corn stalks the past week. Farmers are sowing their oats this week and some are sowing in their wheat fields. Ignatz Goc hauled a load of hay to his place from the Stanley Smedra farm. Monday. Tophiel Bonczynski took Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bonczynski to Farwell via auto. Sunday. Did anyone get an April fool joke on you last Sunday? A few jokes were pulled off here. Ignatz Haremza lost a valuable yearling calf last Sunday due to the corn stalk disease. Mr. Deherski of Oak Creek, bought a stack of hay from Stanley Dymek of Ashton, last week. Farmers are planning to plant corn •his spring in their wheat crop the fields have dried out. Mrs. Thos. Lubash. ^who has been quite low for some time, has recover ed and is in new life again. Joe Peters of Ashton, is now taking j are of the George Dymek Ford since ; George has injured his hand. Dr. Dickerson of Ravenna was cal- 1 led to see Mrs. Luhash last week who | is very sick with pjneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Maciejewski visited with the latter's mother. Mis. Josephine Luhash. last Sunday. We understand that Mike Lubash returned from Lincoln, where he had been attending the auto school. Misses Irene Rapp, Freda Piumbe- k and f’lara Xowicki went to Ashton last Friday to take piano lessons. John Warden of Papfin, has been out to Paul Kryski's farm the^ past week with the intention of buying it ; The Mike Slobuoczvski children be i can school Monday after being absen* ‘ for the past six weeks with the meas j les. Mr. and Mrs. John Woitasczewski 1 were called to the bedside of the la; j ter's mother. Mrs. Josephine Lubash who is very low. Miss Thretssa Xowicki has been in I Farwell the past week visiting with ! her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs" M S Platek. and family. Miss Bessie Fisher, teacher in Dist. Xo. 6. was a passenger to Loup City i last Friday evening to visit with her parents over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Lubash moved their household goods to Grand Island j — last Monday, where they expect to make their future home. • Jce Got- came up from St. Paul last Friday to visit with his patents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Goc. He returned to school Monday morning. Roman Demhowski came down from Loup City via auto last Saturday to visit with his uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs Frank A. llaciejewski. Leon F Lubash arrived from Kear ney. Tuesday, where he is attending the normal college, to be at the bed side of his mother who is very low. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Jezewski and baby of Ashton, visited with the lat ter's parents. Mr. and Mrs. August Maschka. and family. Sunday after noon. Mr. and Mrs Frank Bonezynskj. Jr., and family autoed to Farwell last Sun day to visit with the latter's par ents. Mrs. Xigorski. They returned the same day. Last Friday was the warmest day this year. It made a fellow think that spring was here but the next day it looked like and felt like winter was here again. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Platek and baby autoed up from Farwell last Sunday to visit witb the former’s sister. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Xowicki. returning home in the evening. Miss Maggie Peters came up from Farwell last Saturday, where she is employed at the B V. Maschka store, to visit with her mother, returning again Monday morning. A MYSTERY SOLVED. The bodies of Edward Parker, eigh teen years old and Bernice Berck. six teen years old. were found in I stra .v stack four miles southwest of St. Paul at noon Wednesday, a revolver con taining two exploded cartridges lay beside the bodies. A bullet had passed into the right temple of the boy and the girl. The two disappeared March 28. The girl dropped out of sight while on the way home from church. Her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Berck. thought she had been kidnapped and had started a search for her through the newspa pers. She was an only daughter. Parker was a Telephone lineman and had been going with Miss Berck. The boy and gir! were very much attached It was said that Mr. and Mrs. Berck had objected to Parker's attendance because of their daughter's youth. It was supposed for a time that the couple had eloped. Mr. and Mrs. Berck scouted this theory because their daughter was lightly dressed and took no baggage She had made no prepara tion whatever to leave home. Both she ind the young man had money in the bank at St Paul. Neither drew any nut and this aroused suspicion that hev hud met with foul play of some kind. From the appearance of the bodies hey had been dead since very short ' after liter disappearance. The re mains were brought to St. Paul The funeral services were held Thursday. ANOTHER BIG PUBLIC SALE. Lonnie Woods will hold another combination sale at his livery and feed barn in Loup City on Saturday. April 7. This will probably be his last sale of the season. Horses, cattle, farm machinery, household goods and many '"her articles will%be offered for sale, rhose having anything that they wish :o put up for sale should have it on he grounds by 2 o'clock Saturday af ernoon. This sale promises to be the biggest of them all. so come out as many articles will probably be on sale hat you may want. TEACHERS’ CONVENTION The Central Nebraska teachers' as sociation held their annual convention | in Hastings March 28-2&-30. There i were thirty-three teachers in attend ji.nce from Sherman eonutv. twelve of these from the Loup City schools and four from Rockville. The Sherman county attendance was second largest there. Sherman coupty had never been m attendance before. The opening session Wednesday night was held at the opera house. Music and physical culture program by the Hast ings high school girls and a speech by Mrs. Walker were the main features. Mrs. Walker's talk was upon the sul> ject of "Making our Worlds.” The opening meeting on Thursdav i was held in the M. E. church. The chief address was given by Ex-Supt. A. O. Thomas, who talked upon school con ditions in the State of Nebraska. He knows school conditions and has a live interest in Nebraska schools. The afternoon sessions were held in the high school building. All the dif ferent sessions were well attended Friday morning at general session Chancelor Fulmer gave an excellent ad dress to the teachers. Mr. Fulmer needs no introduction to teachers in the state as he is well known in edu cational circles as a man on the right side of every question. His address re eeived the hearty approval of all who heard him speak. Friday afternoon sesions were as us ual. held in the high school building. At the close of the afternoon session the Chamber of Commerce took the teat hers in automobiles to the various parts of the city. The teachers num bered more than 700 and it took quite a line of automobiles 10 accommodate all. Friday evening occured the Nebras ka Central District Declamatory con est. There were twelve contestants and each ones work was good. Aurora. Silver Creek and Sutton car ried off the first prizes. Excellent mush was furnished throughout by the Hast ings college glee club. Some of the school men from the north side of the Platte used their in fluence to bring the meeting to the north side next year. Next year's meet ing will be held at Grand Island. Supt. A. J. Dunlap of Central City, was elect ed president of the association and Supt .Leach of Sargent. Secretary and Treasurer, for the coming year It is to be hoped that the teachers from this section will attend in larger num bers nex’t year. 1 his was the first year that the local j teachers have attended the District sociation. The Northwestern intended giving a complete list of all Sherman county teachers attending, but could not *e cure the names of all. and have the following: County Superintendent L. H. Currier. C. V. Bitner. Ray Clark. J. W. Davrdson. Alice LeMasters. Nellie Grierson. Mrs. Beth Owen. Klea Me Nultv. Lena Smith. Mrs. Lettie Fos ter Ida Steen. Anna Clopper. Mable Daddow. J. W. Markin. Elida Lund. Alice Tangerman, Margaret McFad den. Retta Gasteyer. Garra Hill. Karl Gasteyer. Chris Hansen. Amelia Han sen. Mason Phillips, Maggie Christen sen. Beth Sharp. Blanche Fisher. Han nah Anderson, and Emma Rowe. OH. GIRLS!—SPRING STYLES! Our friend. Mrs. Bottomley. the fashion expert, has contributed a chat on springtime frills and furbelows that ought to interest every lady who reads The Northwestern. Her article 1 is in this issue of the paper EASTER marks the awakening of nature from its long winter’s sleep, the reclothing of the somber fields and forests in be coming raiment. EASTER CLOTHES are but a reflection of this natural and universal im pulse. They mark the casting off of Winter s cum bersome restrictions in the matter of dress. YOUR EASTER SUIT - should be selected in the spirit of the Easter tradition; should be seasonable in the matter of style but irreproach able from the standpoint of good taste. Adler Collegian Clothes have long been recognized as the standard of selection in the ready-to-wear clothing field. The new spring Collegian styles now on display in our store ' are all absolutely correct as to design. The choice is merely a matter of your personal preference. We will be delighted to assist with our expert knowledge of clothing values. L. G. LOFHOLM LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA t