The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-28
GIRL IS KILLED.
IN COUNTY TOUR.
TRAGIC ENDING OF FARM INvEs-
TIGATING TRIP IN MARION.
HURT IN DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
Today Is Road Drag Day In Center
Vile and 2o7 Drass Were Regis
tered Early This Morning. Du-
buque Gets X. Of c. Conn.

Knoxville, Iowa, May 81. - Kate
Shivers. 20-yeaT-old daughter of NJ.
M. Shivers, Marion county's wealth.
est farmer, was instantly killed, M.
NJ. Shivers seriously injured, and
Mrs. Ben Hudson slightly hurt in an
automobile accident which marked
the tragic ending of the farm inyesti-
cation tour conducted in Marion
county under direction of experts
from the agricultural college at Ames.
The accident occurred late in the
afternoon as the investigation party
was on the road to its last stop. The
Shivers car was last In a train Of
twenty or more which had made the
trip Of nearly a hundred miles around
the south part of the county.
M. M. Shivers was driving the big
six-cylinder machine and four others
were with him, three of them women.
They we're travelling rapidly. As the
car turned the corner a half mile
west of Harvey it struck a small
tree beside the road.
Miss Shivers was thrown from the
car, caught under the edge of the
machine, and instantly killed. Both
Mr.. Shivers' arms and two ribs were
broken and he was probably injured
internally. Mrs. Hudson received cuts
and bruises about the arms and
chest. The other two occupants OF
the car were uninjured. The auto
mobile was practically wrecked
Persons living near the scene Of
the accident rushed to the assistance
of the injured and telephoned ahead
for the members of the touring party
to return. BY the time the news
reached them, the investigators had
reached the farm of Mr.. Andrews
and had gathered to hear lecture
by Rex Beresford on beef cattle ex-
hibited on the farm. The telephone
message that one of the party had
been killed and two were dying was
announced to the group. 1t had
marked effect upon the gathering,
Several men of the crowd who know
and cried. The crowd dispersed at
once and went back in cars to the
scene of the tragedy
The injured we're taken to the
home of Tom Harvey, close to where
the accident occurred. Doctors were
called, and Mr. Shivers brother, also
wealthy landowner or the county,
was summoned. After an eXamina-
ton it was announced that Mrs. Hud-
sons injuries were not serious, and
that unless it should prove that Mr..
Shivers had internal injuries he
would probably recover. The body
of Miss Shivers was placed in cot
fin and taken by automobile to the
Shiver's home. eight miles southeast
OF Pleasantville.
The tour extended over nearly 100
miles. At the start more than TWEEN
ty automobiles filled with farmers.
experts. townspeople and politicians
made up the train and the number
was increased as the party went
along. The farms of Mr.. Shivers, w
A. Hollowell H. A. Overton, 7. r.
Gregory and Mr. Andrews were Wis
tied and brief stops were made at
several others. The entire party
stopped for dinner at the town of
Dallas.
The tour was under the direction
of John Gregory of Knoxville, presi-
dent of the Marion County Farmers
institute. 1t was the first of a num-
Der of such tours that will be taken
part in this summer by the Ames ex-
perts.