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VOLUME XXIII
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1916
NUMBER 23
Welcom'e Nefor. P. E. O'
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THE ALLIANCE HERALD, IN BEHALF OF THE ALLIANCE CHAPTER, THE CITY OF ALLIANCE, THE ALLIANCE COMMERCIAL CLUB, AND THE PEOPLE OF WESTERN NEBR
ASKA, WELCOMES YOU TO OUR CITY FOR YOUR ANNUAL STATE CONVENTION, HELD ON WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK. WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU
WITH US AND TRUST THAT WHEN YOU RETURN TO YOUR HOMES OVER THE STATE YOU WILL CARRY WITH YOU MEMORIES OF ALLIANCE THAT WILL BE BRIGHT PLACES IN
YOUR PATHWAY OF LIFE. THE BUSINESS SESSIONS OF THE CONVENTION ARE BEING HELD IN THE COURT ROOM OF THE COMMODIOUS BOX BUTTE COUNTY COURT HOUSE.
THE ACCOUNT OF THE CONVENTION, UP TO THE TIME OF THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ISSUE OF THE HERALD, IS GIVEN BELOW.
CITY PURCHASES
PUMPING ENGINE
Ifagine Capable of Tumping 1,."00,
OOO Gallons of Water Dally Or
dered at Cost og $6,782.00
The city of Alliance, through the
council, has purchased a new cross
compound, Meyer gear crank and fly
wheel pumping engine, for Installa
tion at the city electric light plant,
suitable for pumping 1,600,000 gal
lons of wa'er dally, at a cost of $6,
782.00. Representatives of several differ
ent manufacturers and sales agents
attended the council meeting Tues
day evening and presented their bids
and arguments. After receiving the
bids and hearing the arguments a
committee was appointed, consisting
f Kibble. Davis, Snyder and Hughes,
to meet Wednesday night and report
for the special council meeting Fri
day night.
The committee met Wednesday
night and a'ter thorough Investiga
tion, accepted the bid of the Merkle
Hiaea Machinery Company, of Kan
sas City, who were represented by
F. M. Beeson, a formor Alliance man
and formerly a member of the Alli
ance fire department.
The description of the pumping
engine, as given in the bid, is as fol
lows: "10 and 18x19x18 cross com
pound, Meyer gear crank and fly
wheel pumping engine, sultnblo for
pumping 1,500,00 gallons of water
nr twentv-four hours against a do
mestic pressure of 50 pounds and a
fire pressure of 100 pounds when op
erating at 140 pounds steam press
ure. The engine to be furnished
complete upon foundations furnish
ed by the city. Ana to rurnisn one
IB sauare feet surface condenser In
the suction, t a condenser to have ,
seamless drawn brass tubos and steel
tube heads. The engine to cost in
stalled 16.782.00, with delivery In
four months.
TORNADOES AT ELLSWORTH
Three Twister VMted Handbill on
Saturday Afternoon Without
Much Damage
Three tornadoes visited the vicin
ity of Ellsworth and Bingham Satur
day afternoon. While they looked
terrifying they did but little damage,
tearing up some outbuildings and de
stroying the porch from one resi
dence in the hills.
One tornado formed south of Ells
worth and another one north at
sbout 4 o'clock In the afternoon. An
other one was seen about the same
time north of Bingham. They were
accompanied by a heavy rainfall.
The weather at Alliance at the
time was cloudy and looked rainy
but there were no indications here of
the twisters which went east. A
facetious Alliance man remarked
that such things could now be expect
ed, since the stormy times at the
Chicago conventions.
BAPTIST CONVENTION
Delegates Arrived Today and Yester
day for Baptist Association
Meeting Today
The annual convention of the Bap
tist Association of Northwestern Ne
braska convened at 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon and will continue in ses
sion over Sunday. The "Dry Nebr
aska" banquet will be held at 6:30
o'clock Friday evening. The tickets
ro limited to 100 plates. State Sup
erintendent Carson of the Anti-Sal
mon League will be one of the speas
ers.
CHARLEP WILSON IHJUP.ED
tiiutioi'b Team IUiii Away ul Farm
llils Morning, Injuring Well
Known Fanner .
Charles Wilson, well known Box
Uutte county farmer, living fourteen
miles north of Alliance, was injured
at 11 o clock this morning wnen a
loam which he was. driving ran away,
throwing him to the ground. The
wagon ran over his chest, Injuring
his back.
Mr. Wilson was brought to Dr
Jeffrey's office in Alliance for treat
ment
On June 7 there were twins, a boy
and girl, born to Mr. and. Mr. M. M
Hale. Mother and babies are doing
fine.
THE PROGRAM FOR
FOURTH OF JULY
Preliminary Program (Shows That
Celebration Will be the Best Ever
Held In Western Nebraska
The committee appolnVd by the
commercial club to arrange the pro
gram for the Fourth of July celebra
tion, to be held In . Alliance, met
Wednesday evening and prepared the
following tentative program:
6:00 a. m. Sunrise salute.
9:00 a. m. Band concert, 3rd and
Box Butte Ave.
10:00 a. m. Exhibition by Alliance
fire department on Box Butte
Ave.
100 yard dash by members of fire
department.
Relay race, 4 men on team.
100 yard race, open to all.
G'rl's cow pony race.
Men cow pony race.
Pie eating contest.
12:00 m. Dinner.
1:00 p. m. Night aiarm
tlon and contest, picked
exhibi
t earns
from fire department.
Water fight.
2:00 p. m. At City Park.
Sack races, potato races, girls'
and boys' races, wheel barrow
races, shoe races, etc.
8:30 p. m. At City Park:
Exhibition by fire department
pulling out fire using chemical
engine.
-9:00 p. m. Fire Works.
The committees In charge of the
program are as follows: i s
Foot races: Mayor P. E. Romig,
VW. O. Barns. Dr. Geo. J, Hand.
Fire Department : Leonard Piklng-
ton, F. D. McCormlck. Floyd
Thomas.
Horse Races: Bruce Malery.l F. It.
Allen.
Base Ball: P. D. Gleason.
Fire Works: W. O. Barns.
AFTER THE SPEEDERS
Larue Number of Complaints Slave
Itenched Alliance Oflicent that
Autoists Exceed Limits
The large number of complaints
which have been reaching the Alli
ance officers In the last few days re
garding the exceeding of the city
speed limits by autolsts will undoubt
edly result in some arrests unless
the warning is taken and the city
ordinances are more carefully ob
served in the future.
Several near accidents have hap
pened in the last week or two by au
tolstB'who were speeding on the
main streets. The officers have in
structions to Ktop and arrest speeders
who do not make an effort to observe
the speed laws. A city ordinance.
enacted lapt year, covers the proposi
tion thoroughly and will b- enforced.
NEW KING AUTOMOBILE
Alliance Physician ICerelve Fine
Elght-Cj Under Itoadster for
Use in His Practice
Dr. George J. Hand. Alliance phy
sician, received on Monday of this
week a new eight-cylinder King road
ster, to be used in his practice. The
car was purchased through Black
Brothers of Lakeside, the agents for
this territory, and la one of the hand
somest in the city.
The car Is of sixty horse power and
Is well adapted to the sand hills, as
well as-tQ good roads. It is equipped
with ell modern conveniences and so
equipped in the winter time It will be
comfortable. The doctor surprised
The Herald oflice force with a wel
come ride Tuesday in the new car.
fctcnilnnl Grocery to Move
The Slumlord Grocery Company,
now located at the corner of Third
and Lara!'le, In the Gadshy build
ing, which was recently purchased by
the Masonic Building Association,
will move within the next six weeks
to the Reddish building, on Box
Butte avenue. Wilson Brothers will
move into their new building as soon
as construction progresses far
enoueh and the store room they now
hv.v in the Reddish block will be oc
cupied by the Standard. In prepar
ing to move, the Standnrd will cut
stocks as low as possible in order to
save drayage and announcement will
soon he made of a special clearance
sale.
I. O. O. F. Memorial Kunday
The members of the I. O. O. F. ob
served their annual memorial Sunday
June 11 w'th appropriate ceremonies
at Greenwood cemetery. A large
number of Odd Fellows and tbelr
families attended.
The twenty-seventh Annual con
vention of Nebraska Grand Chapter,
P. E. O., convened at the court house
In Alliance at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning, June 14, with nearly one
hundred delegates from over the
state in attendance, as well as a large
number of visitors. The noon rtain
from the east Wednesday noon
brought in eighty delegates. The en
gine drawing the train was decorat
ed with yellow and white, a large
yellow star decorating the front of
the engine and the sides being drap
ed with yellow and white bunting,
with the letters "P. E. O." Conduc
tor Cotant, B. I. L., was in charge of
the train, which was met at Lakeside
by Chief Dispatcher A. V. Gavin, B.
I. L.
The guests were met at the sta-
tion with plenty of autos. The Boy 1
Scouts assisted in caring for the bag- J
ga ge.
The Convention Program
The state officers arrived Tuesday
and were present for the executive
board meeting Wednesday morning.
From 3:30 to 4:30 Wednesday af
ternoon the delegates enrolled at the
court house. The court house is
beautifully decorated lwth the P. E.
O. colors, white and yellow. The dec
orations consist of yellow and white
bunting and yellow and white Mar
guerites. Wednesday Evening Program
The convention was called to or
der at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening.
The devotional exercises were con
ducted by Mrs. Lue R. Spencer, first
vlct president. MrB. Capitola Tully,
president of AH, the hostess chapter.
delivered the address or
welcome,
which was as follows:
AnmtDSH OF WELCOME
By Mrs. Capitola Tully. president of !
Alliance Chapter: i
To me has been given the rare op- j
portunity of welcoming to our city 1
the state crand chanter of the sis-!
terhood of P. E. O.. and I wish I
might express to the satisfaction
which those of us. members or chap
ter AH, feel in your visit here. We
are happy in our homes at the
thought of this visit from you ana 1
am sure that your star will admit you
10 the most "reserved . Our nearly
leuire is to pronote the efficiency
and enjoyment of this convention.
We all love to mark tlie passing
years by the friends they bring us.
May the one impression at least
which you carry away with you be
that you have added to your list of
friends the members of chapter AH;
and when we separate and you re
turn to your homes with our well
wishes, may the influence of this
gathering be
"Like a wreath of scented roses,
that entwines each heart,
Cntil time and change In .concert
shall tear the wreath apart."
Most of you have truveled many
miles to be with u. and have proba
bly for the first time begun to realize
that our Nebraska is a state of mag
nificent distances. We hope that
the brilliancy of the stars awaiting
you in Alliance h:.ve led you on In
your Journey, us the star of old led
;lie 'wist? Men" to the ardent city
of Bethlehem, and may all your an
ticipated pleasures become realities.
To welcome to Alliance a state
convention of the sisterhood of P. E.
O. Is a pleasant duty, and to those of
us to whom the history of northwest
Nebraska is familiar ,it is another
event compelling the startling real
ization of a wonderful transforma
tion. Who of you had been permit
ted a view of this section of Nebras
ka even in bo short a time past a
the date of the organization of chap
ter AH. could have forseen euch a
change?
Except for a healthful climate, no
great natural advantages are to be
found here. Ceaseless energy, In
domitable ambition, and the faith of
pioneers has built a city in which we
all take pride. This growth of Alli
ance into one of the most ambitious
cities of the West is but the index of
the growth and development In the
country, which is nothing Bbort of
marvelous.
"Soddles" have given place to i
large ranch house, with every mod -
ern convenience, and with the unl -
versa, use of the. -utomo
iiiiihi remote iuiit.ii 'yuaiumui o
become our often calling neighbor.
All this has cone within the time
that some of us have lived here. The
changes wrought in tho twelve years
that it has taken l E. O. to uecide
to co're and see us, have made us,
so we proudly think, quite worthy to
be seen.
Distances sometimes inclines to
cynicism, a nearer view to optimism.
May It be so with our long stretches
of rolling hills and wind-blown prai
ries. Now that you are here In their
midst, may their environment help
shed the light of truth and Idealism
upon thia convention.
We aim to make you as glad to
have come as we are glad to have
you come, and we hope to make you
long remember with pleasure your
visit to the capital of the slate of
Good-Fellowshlp. Alliance.
"We Just shake hands at meeting .
With many that come nigh;
We nod the head in greeting
To many that go by;
But welcome through the gateway
Our few real friends and true.
Then hearts leap up, and straight
way There's open house for you, dear
friends,
There's open house for you."
The response, made by Mrs. El
llnor O. Kemp, treasurer, was as fol
lows: HESPONKK TO WEIiOOMF.
By Mrs. Elltnor Kemp, treasurer of
Nebraska Grand Chapter, Fuller
ton, Nebr. :
Madam President and Sister P. E.
1. s:
Your president has accorded me
tne pleasant privilege oi manning
chapter AH in behalf of the conven
tion for their cordial welcome and
delightful hospitality.
No doubt we all felt that our P. E.
O. sisters here would be glad to have
us with them but I'm sure we were
pleased and a little flattered when
our chapter received that official
looking letter from Alliance Commer
cial Club and we found that the busy
men had paused to make recognition
of our coming and bid us welcome.
We are delighted with your city and
Its evidences of thrift, energy and
culture and these days spent In your
pleasant homes will ever remain a
cherished memory.
This Is a Joyous occasion for Ne
braska P. E. O.'b. It celebrates the
entrance of our sisterhood Into new
'territory and a territory of which we
are most proud. A few days ago I
heard Chancey Depew, who by the
way is a more vigorous and enter-
taiuing speaker at 82 years of age
than many men are at 50, say that
we as Americans don't appreciate
our country, that we are so accus
tomed to our blessings that we take
them as a matter of course and don't
realize what we have. May not the
same thing be said of us as Nebras
kans that we are not sufficiently ap
preciative of our state.
. Did you know that Nebraska cov
ers more square miles than does
New York state? Wo think of Mass
achusetts, the oldest New England
: tate, as being immensely wealthy,
and of course she Is. but In our Btate
coffers at Lincoln there are more
than $300,000 In Massachusetts
state bonds. One hears so much of
culture east, yet Nebraska has a
smaller per cent of illiteracy than
any eastern state. Probtbly most
of us are so well protected by hus
bands, brothers and fathers I hat It
has not been necessary for us to con
sider the property rights of women.
but I had an incident called to my ai
tentlon a couple of years ago In Tex
as. A friend in San Antonio whose
husband had died a few ycain before
had Invested her money i:i a raini!
hotel, a new building well construct
ed Hnd furnished, !n a desirable lo
cation. Th) income from It provid
ed w-j'.l for herself and two children
She was a charming widow and h
young man came to woo. They were
sitting on the veranda one evening
when the young man casually men
tioned what he Intended doing with
the hotel when they were married.
Needless to say, my friend was
astounded. She consulted a lawyer,
and found that the minute she mar
ried, her husband would acquire ab
solute title to her property. What
ever she may have thought of the
man, she loved her children devoted
ly and she broke the engagement
next day. But such conditions can
not exist In Nebraska. Here a wo
man has absolute title to her own
property and her husband is unable
to sell or to give even a mortgage on
any real estate without her signature.
Then we have a compulsory educa
tion law. the mothers' pension law
and In fact the women of the state
have little to ask In the way of laws
favorable to them unless perchance
tbey want a suffrage law, and they
may R that a little later.
When we consider that It has been
! " ' y '
; .,oted on th
his month since our
he first constitution
the advancement
our. state has made along all lines.
Our first legislature waB composed of
37 representatives and 13 seuators,
8 of whom came from districts bor
dering on the Missouri river and but
five from all the rest of the state. The
population has Increased fro n 120,
000 to 1,000,000. our last legislature
was composed of 100 representatives
and 33 senators. The western part
of the state has developed rapidly
and has now a goodly representation,
not only in numbers but in ability.
One of the leading senators of the
last session was from Alliance We
should feel proud of our state and
we have a distinct admiration for the
people of this section who in a com
paratively few years have made the
virgin prairies to blowom with their
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(Continued on page 7)
RECKWIIH AND WIFE
IN PACIFIC SHIPWRECK
Alliance People Kaved In Shipwreck
Wednesday Night In Which
181 People May lie Lost
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Beckwlth, who
are on a visit to the Pacific coast,
were saved In the wreck of tho pas
senger liner Bear which went on the
rocks off Cape Mendocino at 10
o'clock Wednesday night, and In
which 134 people may have lost their
Uvea.
At noon today a telegram was re
ceived by John Havlik, In charge of
the Beckwlth store in Alliance, stat
ing as follows: "Boat went ashore at
ten o'clock last night. Both safe."
The message was sent from Cape
town, Calif., this morning and sign
ed by Roy Beckwlth.
The following telegraphic special
dispatch regarding the wreck was re
ceived by The Herald this afternoon:
San Francisco. Calif., June 16
Eighty-two of the two hundred and
sixteen passengers and crew of the
passenger liner Bear, wnicfi went
ashore on the rocks off Cape Men
docino. Calif., have been rescued.
The ship was enroute from Portland
to San Francisco.
Five bodies have been washed
ashore off Eureka, Calif. The bat
tleship Oregon and other ships are
searching todHy for other life boats
which were launched at midnight. A
heavy fog today prevents the locat
ing and finding of the boats.
When the boats left the ship at
midnight." two hours after she went
on the rocks, the sea was smooth,
but a heavy swell followed, making
the landing of the boats difficult. At
least one boat was smashed on the
rocks.
It 1b believed that many of the 134
missing passengers will be found In
boats as soon as the fog li'ts. Among
those rescued are Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Beckwlth of Alliance.
MAYOR GO HG EAST
Will Thoroughly Investigate lt
Manager Proposition oil Trip
through Eastern Cltle
Mayor P. E. Ronilg will take his
annual vacation shortly af u r July 1
The mayor will make hh ex ten led
trip through the east and will give
about two w eeks to invest leal ion til
the city manager proposition.
Dayton. Ohio, one of the nrnt !
les in the United States to operate
under the city manager, will be one
of the cities visited, other ci'ii:
both large and small, operating u:i
ier city managd', will be visited f
the purpiipe of finding out what re
suits aie e, ur.d uinl .. ; ins plur..
SENEGA VS ALUAXRE
Fast Seneca Team to Play at
Fair Grounds Next Kuuday
Afternoon
the
The Seneca fast baseball nine will
play the Alliance team at the Fair
Grounds in Alliance next Sunday af
ternoon. Pitcher Maupin of Ashby,
who did excellenly last Sunday after
noon In the game between iJliance
and Bridgeport, will pitch for this
city. The Seneca team is a fast one
and the game promises to be Inter
esting. The schedule for the balance of
the season will be arranged during
the coming week and announced in
the Herald.
Alliance went down to defeat last
Sunday before the fast Bridgeport
team to the tune of eight to one.
The Bridgeport team is a fast aggre
gation and although the local boys
did their best, they could not hold
the visitors down.
A good crowd attended the game
and were well entertained. Follow
ing the game a riding exhibition was
given by Dwlght Zedlker and other
rough riders which was much en
Joyed by the crowd. What might
have been a serious accident hap
pened when a eclion oi the t,jail
rail In front of the grand stand gave
way when the crow 1 was leaning
against it, precipitating many lo the
round. No one was seriocsly hurt.
Jack Rlordan, who handled the gate
receipt thrown to the "iuuihI
with the money, but escaped with
homing more man a spraineu ami-.
The game was enlivened by Shep-
herd, who cnuKht three high om
(files), and held them tight, by a
three bagger In the last half of the
fifth by Whaley and by Maupin's ex
cellent pitching.
The score by innings was as fol-
i lows:
I
I Bridgeport
j Allance. I
123466789
20030201 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-
NELLIE THOMPSON
SERVED WITH WARRANT
Charged With Keeping House of 111
Fame and Placed Under $200
Personal Bond Today
Nellie WeBton, alias Nellie Thorno-
son, was placed under arrest today
oj cnerin uai cox on a warrant
sworn out by Marshal A. B. Wheeler.
charging her with occupying a house
of ill fame on February 20, 1915.
ine complaint charged that she
did "on the 20th day of February.
unlawfully use and occupy a housa
of ill fame for the purpose of prosti
tution on lot one, block thirty, origi
nal town or Alliance." The com
plaint also charges her with belns
the owner of the premises.
Misa Thompson was brought be
fore County Judge L. A. Berry at two
o'clock this afternoon and placed un
der a i zoo personal bond. The trial
der a $200 personal bond. The trial,
which will be held In county court,
was set for July 15th. The penalty
Is a fine up to $100 or three months
in the county Jail. County Attornew
Lee Basye is repreoentlng the stata
and Attorneys Mitchell and Ganti the
defendant.
YOUNG BURG1AR BREAKS
OUT OF COUNTY-JAIL
Clever Crook licks Lock and Escapes
Monday mgnt from tlie uox
Butte County Jail
,
Charley Buel, arrested last Thurs
day evening by Sheriff Cal Cox for
breaking into the home of Perry
Malley, west of Alliance, some tlms
during Monday night, escaped from
the county Jail, on the fourth floor of
the new Box Butte county court
house.
How Buel managed to pick the
lock is a mystery. The sheriff be
lieves that he managed to make a
skeleton key from the tin spoon giv
en him to feed himself at supper
time. When deputy Miller took his
supper lo him Monuay evening he
was asleep and the deputy slipped
the supper under the cell door.
Buel was confined in the dark cell
at the north of the Jail. The cell
wan iuruem-.i with v liirxe Vale pad
. ji rf, wtiiru w.m picl.ed Mid which he
.cok tiiiti l.in.- ht least it lias not
u.n.,.1 t-in-e hid ti't..rtuie. Two
ith'T p'-i-otirs. (onniii:,i in tlie south
..l' of the Jail, claim that they did
..oi hear m
Uefure It'i ving, l.ncl had taken his
Lr 1 clotn;, an . tola it iruo strips
t.c'i :-,, i tseiiier, mating a
.nii lie evdelit( Ulteuu-
; hi M't In .invlf to the ground from
J .-. ..i ... Tii ' rope was
,. - '..)m tivu wnoleii blankets,
u.a lorn I nu; jiripti and
which were braid' i d into a rope more
thau twenty-live Vi et In U ngth. This
rope is on display in the windows of
the E. G. Laing t ore.
Buel had also taken three blan
kets, tied them together and proba
bly had Intended (o ue them as an
additional rope. They were lying on
the skylight whi Si is ovei the sec
ond floor. It appears that he had
planned to break through this sky
light and let himself down to the
first floor but found the stairway
leading to the second floor and the
sheriff's oflice. The heavy oak door
at the bottom of this stairway was
locked. Buel had wrenched the top
of the door casing loose and with this
board bad broken the glats out from
this door. He then went to the sher
iff's oflice, opened the door from the
inside, passed down to the first floor,
opened a window in the men's toilet
room, pushed back the screen and es
caped from the building.
The Box Butte county Jail was re
cently pronounced by Mr. Cunning
ham, state Jail Inspector, who was
here In May, to be absolut.-ly svfe.
and to be one of the two "perfect"
Jails In the state. No blame for the
escape is attached to Sheriff Cox or
his deputy, as every precaution had
been ued. The fact that it is prac
tically impossible for a person to op
en the dark cell door from th inside,
even though unlocked, deepens the
mystery. Wednesday evening The,
Herald reporter, who welgns 190
lda a)d who fw,ls able to care (or
nim8t.if under ordinary conditions,
w?g pict. in the cell and it was
t.,oged Dut ieft unlocked. He tried
i very poB8ibie way lo open the door
, M,.aue but Wtt, unable to do so.
;
- ' Mrs. Edith Swan Zediker and Miss
K n nice Burnett of the Alliance
School of Music returned from
Bridgeport Wednesday noon whera
they took part in the musical pro
gram of the founding of the Chris
tian Science church at Bridgeport.