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VOLUME XXI
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1914
NUMBER 12
VERY UNUSUAL
WINDOW DISPLAY
Nebraska Telephone Company Mak-
inn Interesting and Novel Di
play at IW Hire
"The big display windows of the
B Hive are the center of many
eyes since the first of the week.
Crowds are often seen in front of the
window, looking at the novel display
placed there by Manager Currie of
the Nebraska Telephone Company.
complete telephone switchboard
aad system. In mlnature, has been
placed In the window, Including the
poles, wires, phones, etc. Signs,
placed at different points, call atten
tion to things of interest.
In the foreground is a western Ne
braska ranch and farm scene, de
signed by Mr, Kewer, proprietor of
the Bee Hive. It Is very realistic,
and includes the farm stock, farm
Implements,' etc. : "Mutt, and Jell",
in realistic poses, make the onlooker
laugh. Mr. Currie ano Mr. Kewer
both deserve commendation for orig
inality. Display windows in the city
Cores seldom equal this one in at
tractiveness and the power to secure
attention. Children should see it as
well as the grown folks.
No Hope for Recovery
Yesterday John T. Graham receiv
ed notice from Vinton, Iowa, inform
ing him of the serious illness of his
father and requesting that he come
to his bedside at once. He left on
42 last night. Word received in Al
liance today conveyed the encourag
ing news that Mr. Graham was some
what improved, but there is little
or no hopes of his recovery.
1VU Sell More Milk , -Oscar
Evans of 622 Yelowstone
avenue has been selling milk from a
few cows but has decided to go into
dairying more extensively." He has
had a supply of milk tickets printed
for the use of his customers and will
purchase more cows.
GERMANS ARE AFTER
THEJVORLD TRADE
Important (Step in German 'hiiimIk
to Wrett Commercial Suprem
acy Tn km Tomorrow
Berlin, Feb. 2f An important
step tn the German campaign to
wrest the commercial supremacy of
the world from the Anglo-Saxon will
be taken here tomorrow, when lead
Ing manufacturers and exporters
from all parts of the empire will
gather to perfect the organization of
the German Association for World
Trade. The formation of a German
American Trade League was the or
iginal plan of the promoters, but
they have now decided to widen the
scope of their enterprise so as to in
clude a campaign for export trade on
behalf of Genua uy in all the' mark
ets of the world. Tlie South Amer
ican field is to receive first attention
" ''
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Alliance was 26 years old Wednes
day. Above is shown a picture of
the town on the day it was "born",
February 25, 1188. Some of you
old timers probably remember the
aeene. This picture will recall early
days to you. Look at that picture
and It Is generally understood that
the approaching visit of Prince Hen
ry of Prussia to Bra nil, Argentina
and other of the South American
countries In reality is but a part of
the International buBiness-gettlng
campaign undertaken by the Germ
an manufacturers and exporters and
warmly sanctioned by the government.
Given Federal Sentence
Chadron, Nebr., Feb. 25 Word
was received here today that E. P.
Earl, a resident of this place, has
b een given a sentence of two years
by the federal grand jury at Lincoln,
for the violation of the Mann act.
Ills preliminary bearing was held
here.
SNOWING IN
SUNNY SOUTH
Flrct Snows la Twenty Yearn In the
Southern State Races
Are Called Off
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 25 A heavy
snowfall prevails today throughout
the south. In many places this is
the first snowfall in twenty years
and children who had never seen-
snow before are experiencing the
pleasure of northern children. Geor
gia is covered with three inches.
The races have been called off at
Charleston, S. C. Alabama, Louisi
ana, Mississippi and other states are
all experiencing the unusual sight.
The damage to crops will not be ex
tremely heavy.
RETURNS TO HIS
HOME IN DENVER
Vice President of Julius lVartte Fire
IHlMrttnent Supply Company '.. .
CSoeN to Ilia Home
D. L. Cubberly, vice president of
the Julius Pearse Fire Department
Supply Company of 304 Jacobeon
Bu'lding, Denver, who spoke at the
Are department smoker Monday ev
ening, returued to Denver Monday
noon, visiting several towns in the
North, Platte valley on his way back.
Mr. Cubberly made many acquain
tances while here and proved him
self a fine entertainer at the smoker.
He thoroughly understands the mo
tor truck proposition as well as oth
er questions which confront fire de
partments. His firm represents the
Seagrave motor fire trucks.
V. M. 1. C. Notice
The meeting of the -Young Men's
Bible Club at 7:30 Thursday even
ing of this week will be unusual in
character and some Important mat
ters will be considered. The attend
ance of all members is requested and
a pood time is assured to those pres
ent. Dr. R. L. Ivans of Crawford was
in the city this morning.
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MAIN STREET OK ALLIANCE OX FKBIll AltY
(Courtesy of
and then at the city of Alliance as it
stands today, the Metropolis of west
ern Nebraska. What will it be twenty-six
years from today? That de
pends upon its citizens. The organ
isation of the new commercial club
Is going to have a great influence on
WILL GIVE
UPTHEDODY
Mexican Rebel General Promise W.
J. Ilryan to Kxliunie and (live
Body of Denton to IT. 8.
Washington, Feb. 25 Secretary
of State W. J. Dry an received by
wire today a promise from Gen.
Francisco Villa that the body of Wil
liam 16. Benton, British subject,
would be exhumed and turned over
to Amerjcan officials for examination
some time In the near future.
From the character of the wounds
discovered on Benton's body, physi
cians will be able to say whether
Benton was killed by a pistol shot
as his friends claim or by a firing
squad as Villa aserts. It is general
ly admitted in official circles that
such an examination will be of great
value in either affirming or disprov
ing an important point in the gener
al explanation of the affair made by
Villa.
That the Interest which the Amer
ican government is taking in the
Benton episode is pleasing to Great
Britain was Indicated after the Brit
ish ambassador had conferred with
Secretary Bryan.
Sir Cecil remarked:
"The United States is treating the
Benton case exactly as though he
had been one of their own citizens
they could do no more."
The British ambassador telegraph
ed Mrs. Benton that if the body was
produced by the constitutionalists
she should immediately have compe
tent surgeons examine it.
These surgeons say it would be
Impossible successfully to conceal a
murder by afterwards discharging
rifle bullets into the body.
MuKical Hunch
Short & Edwards, who appear at
the Crystal tonight, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, are musicians ex
traordinary. They bring music from
light globes, make one Instrument
plas as two. and do other mystifying
and laughable tricks. Harry Du
que recommends them personally as
being the best ever.
WILL TAKE
PICTURES
Hurry Dubuque I Ara lining to Have
Moving Picture Operator in
Alliance in June
Harry Dubuque, proprietor of the
Empress and Crystal theatres, is ar
ranging for a moving picture opera
tor to be in Alliance in June at the
time of the stockmen's convention
to take pictures of the scenes shown
The' 111 m will bo-shown at his thea
tre trie day after be'iig k?n.
The pictures of the 'firemen at
Columbus in January are being ar
ranged for. It is loped that they
cau be uliowii in Alliance within a
short time. The Alliance depart
ment will be seen several places in
the pictures.
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25. 1 HHH.
Henry Bonn, Crand Island, .Nebraska)
its growth. If you would build
up
our city you should put your shoul
der to the wheel and do your share
Help make Alliance a city of 60.000
people twenty-six years from today
We have the opportunity.
MINISTER IS
? BADLY INJURED
Wood Ijke Minister Had Thre Ribs
Broken In Runaway on Way
Home Hunday
Valentine, Nebr., Feb. 25 Wil
liam Bartlett, a minister who lives
at Wood Lake, was brought here to
day, for medical attention, suffering
from three broken ribs. The doc
dorfc at the hospital are afraid that
blod poisoning may set In.
Bartlett was coming tn from an
out-of-town church on Sunday and
while driving down a bill the wagon
ran?up on the horses and frightened
them, causing them to run. They
turned short at the bottom of the
hill and the wagon tipped over, the
box falling on Rev. Bartlett.
VILLA WILL
I PERMIT EXAM.
1
Mexican Rebel General Offers to Al
low Examination of Hentou'n
1 llodi by V. IT. Surgeon
Washington, Feb. 25 Gen. Fran
cisco Villa has offered to allow the
United States government examine
the body of William Benton, the
British subject who was killed on
hia order. Villa refuses to allow
the body to be removed from Mexi
can Boil. The American government
has accepted the offer and will send
physicians and surgeons across the
border to make an examination of
the body in order to determine
whether or not Benton was killed by
a firing squad with rifles or by a re
volver in the hands of villa.
President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan had been seriously consider
ing the proposition of sending gov
ernment troops across the border to
exhume and recover the body of Vil
COMMISSIONER' PROCEEDINGS
Alliance. Nebr.. Feb. 21, 1914.
The Board of County Commission
ers met pursuant to adjournment.
Ollkers present, C. L. Hash man,
chairman; J. M. Wanek. and S. C.
Ueck.
The application of County Judge
L. A. Berry to be absent from the
county for a period of several days,
and the appointment of B. F. Oilman
of Alliance, Nebraska, to till such
temporary vacancy, was approved by
the board and the said B. F. Glliuati
was duly appointed to fill such va
cancy and qualified to act as such
County Judge, upon filing the re
quired bond and subscribing to the
required oath. -
The following claim was examined
and allowed and the clerk ordered
to draw warrant on the Building
Fund for same: -
Rose & Peterson Ass'n. services,
$120
Whereupon the board adjourned
to meet at the call of the clerk.
M. S. 1 1 AUG RAVES. Clerk.
12-11-3269
MILLIONAIRE
IS ARRESTED
Wealth) California Mmi Ctuiruetl
with Violation of Mann White
Wave Act
Hocklin, Cal., Feb. 25 George
Burnham, of San Francisco, chief
deputy United States marshal for
California, arrived here today with
a warrant for J. Parker Whitney, a
millionaire clubman, charged with
violation of the Mann white slave
law. The warrant was issued after
a federal grand Jury investigation.
The woman in the case' gives her
name as Miss Genevieve Ilannan,
and her address as the Plaea hotel,
in New York.
According to her story, she met
Wbltney at the Plaxa botel in ths
early part of 1918, and on hit prom
ise to marry her, she says, she ac
companied him to Atlantic City,
Boston, Denver, Seattle, Vancouver,
nd finally to San Francisco.
She says she returned to New
York lant August, and was away ur
til Just before the New Year, when
she says she found that Whitney's
affection for her had died, that he
Ignored her and refused to fulUII any
of the promises that he had made.
WED ON WAY
TO MONTANA
Pastor Tnlted Presbyterian Church
Ties Nuptial Knot at Noon
Yesterday
At high noon Tuesday, Rev. W.
L. Torrence, pastor of the United
Presbyterian church, performed the
ceremony that united in marriage
Mr. Alvern N. Bathrlck and Mrs. Et
ta S. Jackson, the wedding taking
place at the U. P. parsonage tn this
city.
The groom Is a young man of pre
possessing appearance who was ' for
merly In mercantile life at Nelson,
Nebr. The bride is a Kansas school
teacher, which fact Is a strong com
mendation for her. Recently she
has been stopping la Denver. As
they Intend to reside at Hyaham,
Mont, where Mr. Bathrlck will go
Into business, they met in Alliance
enroute to their new home; and as
they are of the Persbyterian persua
sion they requested Rev. Torrence to
tie the nuptial knot.
-. The Herald congratulates and ex
tend? its very best wishes for a long
and happy married life.
SPEARS GIVES
FINE EXHIBIT
(liampiou Fancy 8hot Player of the
World F'Utertalned Irge Crowd
at Griffin Billiard Parlors '.' '
Tuesday eve. at the Griffin billiard
parlors a large crowd of local en
thusiasts were treated to a fine exhi
bition at billiards by Geo. E. Spears
champion fancy shot player of tb
world.
Spears easily defeated Spears Jr.,
200 to 34 running the game out with
an unfinished run of 100.
After the game he treated the
crowd to an exhibition of finger bil
liards, showing a control over the
balls with hia fingers that was at
niost iin-anny. After some extraor
dinary work with the cue in fancy
and diQicult billiard hots he enter
tained the crowd with a lecture on
billiurils and some clever pool shota.
A GOOD SALE
ON TUESDAY
Hi Crowd nt H.inie,. li mn I'liMio
Sal- mid liiiltliug Itiisk on l-lv-!
Ililig Ottered
Ttie day was fine for the Barnes,1
Wilson and Wilson sale at the T. H.l
Barnes pluce northwest of Alliance,
Tuesday, and a big crowd was in at
tendance, one of the larpest i-ver at
a public sale. Colonel Coursey, the
auctioneer, handed it to them right,
the b'dding was lively and the tttuff
brought very satisfactory prices.
Milk cows, good common stock,
brought from $67.50 lo $85.00 per.
head. The horses sold well, mares
brinpins $160 to $1K0.
This sale is another concrete dem
onstration of The Herald's conten
tion that it pays to advertise, if you
have the goods to back up your ad
vertisement. The big ud in the
weekly Herald of February 19, with
the handbills that were distributed,
Informed the people about the sale
and brought them to It. After ar
riving on the ground they found the
stuff advertised was there and in fine
condition to sell, and they were not
afraid to bid on it.
The W. C. T. U. meeting Thursday
afternoon win be held at the home
of Mrs. J. C. McCorkle at 2:30
o'clock.
r SOCIAL CLUB
BEING ORGANIZED:
I
IiiisineM Men Start Movement To
ward Organisation of Permanent
CHmmeNtal (Tub, Friday
Twenty-five -Alliance business men
after two hours of discussion, signed'
their names to the articles of lncor-
poratloa of the Commercial Club of
Alliance while seated around the'
banquet table at the Burlington ho-'
tel Friday night ; ' '
The meeting was called by some-
of the younger business men of Alli
ance who have been feeling the serl-l
ous need of a live commercial club4
In this city. .-They arranged the
smoker, prepared. the proposed arti-
cles of Incorporation and asked a"
their guests many of the buslnes
men of the city.' .
Following supper which was terv-
ed in approved style by the Burling
ton management, the meeting . was
called to order by Lloyd C. Thomas,
toastmaater, 0. A. Currie, manager'
of the Alliance telephone exchange.
talked first. He told of the success
of the proposed plan In other towns
and of his experience in the club at
Broken Bow. John W. Guthrie, the
well known insurance man, followed
Mr. Currie. Mr. Guthrie went over
the articles of incorporation In de
tail and thoroughly explained tbe
proposition. A. D. Rodders.- mryor
of Alt'urce, told of the need of a
commercial club in Alliance. P. E.
Romlg, city councilman, told of the
relation of a commercial club o mu
nicipal government. Roy Strong,
president of Post M, T. P. A., the .
local traveling men's association,
spoke for them and told of the good .
a commercial club would do the
traveling men. W. K. Spencer, .man-
aaer of too Alliance creamery, gave
his endorsement. F. J. Was of the.
First National Bank made a good;
talk and said that the matter should
be given deep consideration. Fred
UU(lfU9 ' amwvvf ; m- ti
O. Lalng, A. T. Lunn. II. L. High
land. J. C. McCorkle' and others
spoke. Everyone was enthusiastic-,
ally in favor of the proposition.
Up to date the following hare
signed the proposed articles of Incor
poration published elsewhere tn this
paper:
A, D. Rodders. K. G. Lalng, Clare
A. Dow, Fred Mollrlng J. W. Guth
rie. S. W. Thompson, F. J. Was, O,
A. Currie. W. R. .Harper. H. A. Du
buque, Guy Ickwood, J. C. SlcCor
kle, K. T. Kibble, Moist & Sallows.
Robert Campbell, Roy Strong. U. M.
Tincom, H. L. Highland, A. T. I.iuin,
L. E. Waildlck, .1. C. Vauphan, I IV
Romlg, W. 8. Kewer. W. K. Spnifrr.
J. Krldelbaugh, A. L. Gregg, V ' W".
Haarparten, Lloyd O. Thomas, W.
Rldgell, John W. Thomas, - G. II.
Stanton. F. W. Holsten, W. O. Hum
es. 11. FV Thiele, John Snoddy, E. C
McCluer, F. W. Irish, R. C. Souies.'
J. H. Herman, Acheson Brothers, F.
J. Peterson, J. 1. Emerlck, G. J.
Burke, M. K. Grebe, W. R. Drake.
C. C. Sinilli, J. E Rice, W. M. Lee.
S C. Reck, W. C. Mounts, M. 8.
llargjuvea, W. F. Kientop, Bruce
Mallery, Horace Bogue, Geo. Darl
liK. I H. Ketir.e.ly. E. C. Drake. B.
F. Giltiian. C. E. Marks. E. C.
Wulsman, Al Wlk. r, F. E. Wilson,
J. W. Hicknelt, Geo. Fleming. C. L.
Wilson, M. L Griffin, C. C. Rodgers.
Al Selffert. "Bill" ltecker, J. K.
Siearn, V. M. Phelps, A. V. Gavin, R.
II. Arriaoii. V. A. Hively, F. W. Reh
der, K. Kmcay, J. J. Keenan, F. J.
Spou. R. T. Watson, W. H. Matthles,-
Kverett Cook, Jack Rlordan, F. J.
Brennan. Joe L. Westover,' T. J. O'
kevfe, J. P. Maxfield. Geo. A. Moli
rlng, 8. A. Miller, Geo. Gadsby. W.
T. Schlupp, Robert; Reddish, How
ard Reddish, Geo. J. Hand, C. A.
Laing, Marcua Frankle, T. S. Field
ing, E. W. Ray, I. L. Acheson.
Tu Try Aeroplane Ambulance
London, Feb. 2 5 The Brtut.h war
ot'ice bas decided to experiment with
"aeroplane ambulances" to aicertalA '
the practicability of using nir craft
to transport wounded from a field of '
battle. Aeeording to semi-official an
nouncement the military authorities
will place an aeroplane at the dis
posal of the Brltlau Red Cross Soci
ety for the purpose of a demonstra
tion of tbe new method.
H. L. Oruiaby. Burlington ticket
agent, was called to Omaha, quite'
suddenly. He left this noon.