JlUAHCE jfERALD
Published every Thtirfda by
The Herald Publishing Company.
Incorporated
JOHN W. THOMAS. Editor and Mgr
WARREN a HARDING.
Ohio Man Who May Be
Chosen to Nominate
Taft at Convention.
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1912 JUNE 1912
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THURSDAY. JUNK 6, IM2
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WISE CRITICISES ARCHBALD
'n lis Inst week's issue, the Co ler
County Republican, a Taft itapP Piter.
begin to hedge by announcing that
should Roosevelt be nominated at
the Chicago convention It will sup-
pnik hi in
.Joseph Oberfeldcr of Sidney hits
bwtt appointed : si-Oam serge iillt at-j
arms of the democratic national con-:
-ntlon at Baltimore, tin appointment
that la e-uito pleasing 'o this m-ws-pnajef,
Road the advertisements in The;
Herald, and then patronize die ud- j
1 'fa. My so doing you will be '
doing yourself a good turn by trans-!
acting business with reliable bust i
men, and Inc'dcnta'ly su will
be favoring with your tra4e i!
who deserve It. It wouldn't hurt
the paper If oci aslonally you would
mmelon to advertisers thai you saw
lhe:r annouiKenu utt-s In The Herald.
The ladles' aid societies of sever
al of the Alliance churches have a
dopted a practice that is worthy of
omulution. On the last Wednesday
of every month having five Wednes
days u union inoeUug la beld, the
ladles of one church entertuiniug
those of the other churches. I.rsI
week the ladles of the I'nitcd PreO
byterlan the First .Presbyterian and
the Methodist churchl I ire guests
of the Baptist ladles at the Baptist
The confidence that old timers
have tu ngrl; ullural proapecta of this
country should be encouraging to
persons who have Imesieel in laud ,
here with the expectation of farm us :
This confidence is shown by prepur
atlcns for engaging In farming more
extensively. I. L. Aches 1 who Is
agent for the Rumley Oil Pull trac
Hob engine and plows has poM three
outfits this season and I . revelvid
ajiother which lis has pi sepectl of
selling. Tlie threw naona who
have already purchased are O. M.
Hatch of Angora, J. R. Van Boskirk
and Mrciles Brotihers.
Attorney Says Judge Was Too Lenient
in Wire Pool Caaea.
Washington. June i- (Tatted dttnea
Atioint) Wise of New York, before
the house Judiciary committee, gave
nls opinion of the judicial conduct of
Judge Robert W. Archbalel of the c om
merce court in the wire pool anti trust
cus.'h in New York last July. Judge
Arehbsld find mot of the elghtly oild
defendants 1 1,000 each after they had
pleaded guilty to criminal violations of
the Shetmati law.
Mr. Wise expressed the view that
the defendants secaped with inade
quale tines. He also gave the comtn't
tee his reaeotte for eomplaintng
against the use of the rolle cobteadraj
phas
Mr. Wise rogd from the court rec
ord and retterai I (h'e objections ho
had made tie n to Judge Archhuld's
rulings.
MRS. EBELING ASKSD:V0nCE
Poisoned Flowers.
Chicago. .Mine 4 Mrs. Rose RbeV
ing charged that her husband had
sough! to harm her by sending her a
box of nolsoned flowets The accuaa
tion was made in a hill for divorce
filed in th" circuit court against Fred
t rick Kbeling.
The complaint avers that the flow
era were sent her aftr she had In
sructed her attorney to prepare the
divorce plea, and that the fumes of
the floweis, which were American
Beauty roses, overpowered the ser
vant, who although warned from the
box by Mrs. labeling, opened the pack
uge and r-Mc.oved the rose?.
Mrs Kbe'lns' says that her hatband
has property !n California and Mis-
aoun aim .'.n income 01 azeu a mourn.
mm PRESS MEN ALMITTEO
Members of Republican National Com
mittee Gather in Chca0 Two 01
the Candidates Have Headquarters
at Same Hotel.
ChiChfO, June 4. President Taft
has written to ('hull man Harry S. New
of tin; tubuoii. mittee on H.rungcm ins
101 the Bet lone Kcpubll. an conven
tion suggesting that the meetings oi
Hie nntioual committee at which con
tests are heard be thrown Opeg to the
yress and to the public.
The president s lettci was received
at the national committee headquar
ters. In it suggests that Mr. Nt w
take eg with the coinm.ttee the mat
ter of open hearings,' and that If the
committee lade it possible the dellb
et at inns ovcy the contests, '2Z' ol
which have already been prepared 101
G.ibmlssion. be carried on in open ses
Hone,
Chgltmen New expressed the opin
ion that the attlon taken by the presl
dent will have jieat weight with tin
coinniitt ' . This, taken in connec
tl'jp itM the previous requ' .st of Coio
nei Rooeeveli for puhttchy of the con
test Rrgmuenla, indicates tliut the
doors probably will be thrown open
nt least to newspaper men, wlun tbe
coirmittee takes up the contested del
egate caeei Friday morning.
Not Expressing Opinions.
Few membera of the national com
taittge had reached Chicago, and ot
those hei niiie would exptess a ib ti
nlte opinion as to the anion of Ujh
committee on the. matter of public ar
gumcuts. 1 be president's letter was
the chief object of discussion at po
li.iiai headonartera god his declara
tion for public ity of the hearings is de
clared by his aappOrten now here to
Indicate thai the Taft managers be
lieve their cMitest cases are stronrly
fbcpai'd.
T he Tait head'-.rters was opu: !
h J..s an B. Ke.i b cf Indiana. The
Roseevefl :ti' the Taft headquai ur.
iiftve I) n ('stai)li-hed in the same ho
tel. Alexander B. Revell, head oi th-
Illinois ii-'adiuarti rs. who retOtncu
from Oyst r May. gave out a atnl in nt
outtfnlng what be a' la t. '.c:i !
Roatevelt'a attitude toward ooaveat
organization.
"We are? assured abcolutc'y ti.tt
there wio be a clear majority foi
Colonel Roosevelt on the first ballot.'
said Mr. Retrefl. "The prOBOOitlon i:i
eight ! to develop the trength
throughout the convention prelim
Inarfee, so that it eltlmetety erltl be
eonccntrated to the nomination of
Colonel Koosevelr t
"Ahsolute'y nothing else has. or will
be considered bv Colonel Roosevelt or
by at frtenda prior to or during the
coin enticn."
PERPETRATED BY WALT MeDOUCALLv
GUESS THE REASON AJSID WIN ATRIP TO EUROPE. T
Sexiuoia is the naane of tbe? mam
moth trees, some of which are esti
mated to be more- than two thous
and years old. lu order to prevent
the extermination of these? trees, the
Forest Service cf the United State?
lJepartment of Agriculture has under-1
taken within the lust few years td
replant them. Splendid success has
so far rewarded these efforts In
ting the young tree started, but it
ia not expected tha they will attain
the size of "giants oi the toreet"
during the present administra. ii i.
Conditiors In Cuba Are Improving.
"waslilngtcrt, .June 4 A distinct 1m
proVetpeBt In the conditions In th-
neighborhood of Daiquiri. Cttba, is re-1
ported to the state department. There j
Is a lack o: encouragement. However,
in reports from other points In Cuba
The consuls, while not reporting any
actual nprialoga, indicate the exist
ence of unrest.
Captain Rostron Pr;sented With Purse
Nw York, June 4. Captain Arthur
H Rostioii of the steamship Carpa
this, which brought into port the sur
vivors of the Titanic disaster, waa pre
sented with u dratt for I10.00Q, fund
subscribed by readers of the New
York American.
Roosevsit to Oppose Root.
Oy-t ' May, June 4. Colonel Roc go
roll leaved a Ions statement dortartflg
definitely gla intention to fljjht the
election of Senator Root as temporary
chairman oi the national Republican
convention.
SENATE AftlENFS NAVAL BILL
BIG TIME AT AtLIANCE
17th
ANNUAL
CONVENTION
OIF1 TUS
eitores Proviaion for Two
?5 and light Submarines.
?n, iL.'!ie T'!e aenata
i OAVi'i affairs restored to
ipropr'ation bill provision
nieships, atrfeken out by
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THE MARKETS
The Herald's railroad reporter was j
late In geitme copy reviely for Jhlsi
week's issue, hence tin- same was
crowded out, which we very much re-i
gre-t
kiud things to eat, with pleaaant sur
roundings, will have h fine opportuu
Ity to gratify their decree.
Judge Merry made an over Sunday
visit to Denver.
J. R. Raskin, proprietor of the
Scottsbitiff Steam l.auudr. was vis
iting friends In Ailkiuce the first of
tbe week.
Horn to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rebder
on Monday. June I, a boy
Miss Maude Martin of Lincoln, sis
ter of Edgar M. Martin, terminated
her visit in Alliance on Tuesday.
' Central Cafe" la the name or the
ne eating house aoon to be opened
by "Bur Becker at 207 Box iVutte
avenue
Chicago. June 3. Closing prices:
Wheat July. $1.10; Sept.. $1."U.
Corn--Jul., Tx-oc; Spt., T24gC
Oats July. 49--;c; Sept., 4. i',
Fork--July. 1 7 ; Sept . $1! 85
Lerd July. jlU H."., Sept., J11.12'-.
Chicago Cash Prices No. hard
wheat, 1 JMtg491.lt; No -1 torn, 74fl)
76c; No. 2 white oats, 52" -tfi To'.t
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, June 3. Cattle Receipts.
16,0(10; steady to Lie up; oeeves, $H.o5
t9.40; weatern steers. $0.4i6 8 2'i;
stockers and feeders, $4 g&fj ti.rtj ; rows
and hei'ers. $2 83ti S.'i." . l alves. IJJd
i0. Hogs Receipts. 28,'MMi; rtrin
to luc i:p: light. 17.15ft 7.62' heavy.
17.20ft 7. 7e; rough, $7.2')ft; 45; pigs.
$:. -.'XI 7 2o; bulk. $7 :...? 7 .". Sheep
Receipt?, 2 ,oii); steady; natives.
$3t)ft4l; westerns. 4.0gfgJl;
yearlings. I5.2'.7.75; lambs, dft25.
Cormrlftee
Eattler'
Wash I;
committ
th" natal
for two '
the hor
In add It on to the battleships the
senate committee provides ror eight
submarine tOtpedO boats, instead of
four voted by the house; retains the
hous- provision fur six torpedo boat
destroyers, two fuel ships, a tender
to d:-strovers and a submarine tender.
The committee struck out the house
eljiht hour restriction on government
Contract work; adopted an amend
ment incorporating th Hobson plan
for creating t natiooal council for do
fa nj and provided the grads of ad
miral gad vice adagtrgl for the ooe
Baaadera in chief and record offlcera
in boatanagd i karectively in the Atlan
tic and Pertfle fleets, while the) bold
such com m i nds.
The romwlttea fixes the term of all
aglfated aaea at four years, with pro
vision for voluntary extension of ser
vice; authorizes the secretary to buy
war mat rial abroad in an emergency,
tmr pro ides for the f 1 .eOO.OO.i'round
heworld wireless svsini which the
house threw out ' the bill.
CONOENSEJ NEWS
Foreigners Flee From Chihuahua.
Chihuahua. Mex., June 4. Only 106
foreigners out of a normal foreign
popnlat'on of at least JM6 rgelda in
Chihuahna toiiay. Of the l.nuO Amer
icans who ordinarily live here, only
thirty hve men and seventy one wom
en remain. An official census shows
that fears of an attack on the rebel
city by the advancing federals has
practically depopulat d the town. Thir
t thousand people inhabit Chihuahua
fn time of peace, but today less than
tO.Ooe are here and the exodus is
gaily growing larger.
T
1 1 M ffaag
Democratic senators in caucus fruit
lessly tried to adopt a program witn
regard to the revision of the tariff on
migar. The chemical tariff bill will be
brought up In the senate this week
and the sugar tariff debate will follow.
Job Harriman and Lecompte Da via,
both oi whom were associated with
Claren c S. Darrow in the trial of the
McNamara brothers, will be witnesses
for the prosecution In the trial of Da'
row at Los Aggolea for alleged jury
bribing
The kindness with which Orris
Nonhrip, a thirteen eat old boy
treated James Burge. an old man. has
been rlegl) revvaidd The circuit
-ourt of Oiark county (Mo t has sus
tained the will of Burge, In which th
t.-.. i. .iai.tea ui-J
Nebraska Stock Growers' Association
JUNE 20, 21, 22
3 Flights Daily
By the Curtis Biplane with a
Noted A viator
Frontier Day Sports, Cow Pony Races,
Bucking Contests, Relay Races, Fancy Rope Spinning
FT. ROBINSON CAVALRY BAND
AND ALLIANCE CONCERT BAND
Exee .dmissicn to ti.e 0-ra.rj.d. Stand.
Uc Cia-xgre for -A.-o.tos ox ZBiAgrgries
Liberal Purses for Race Events
FOR CONCESSIONS SEE OR WRITE W. S. RIDGELL. ALLIANCE
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