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Nebraska State Volunteer Fire
men's Association
President Harry J. Hauser. Fremont.
First Vice President John W. Guthrie. Alliance.
Second Vice President Wm. P. McCune, Norfolk.
Secretary- K A. Miller, Kearney.
Treaaurer V. R. Tobin. Sidney.
Chaplin Rev. W. C. Kundln, Crawford.
Board of Control Jamb (Johr1nK. Seward, chairman; C. H. Mae
tera. Auburn; C. R. Frar.ler, GoihonburR; H. H. Battling, Ne
braska City; Clyde Deckwlth, Crawford.
A Department Ik-voted to tin" Interest of the Volunteer Flremeu of
the Mtate of Nebraska
Edited by Lloyd C. Thomas, State Publicity Chairman.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS DEPARTMENT ARE ALWAYS
WELCOMED
Addreaa envelope to: State Publicity Chairman Firemen's Aaa'n,
The Alliance Herald, Alliance, Nebraaka
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STATKH OORVHfflOM WAt CAI,I,KI OFF
The York Democrat of May 9 seems to be of the opinion that the anntiHl
atnte convention for 1918 haa been called off and that it will not be held in
that city. We have not yet been, advised of tbla fact and do not wish to
ronvey the impreaalon that auch la the rase until the offlcera of the associa
tion have ao advlaed ua. We hope to be able to give definite information in
our neit iaeue for the benefit of the boy a over the atate.
The York paper contained the following article In a recent iasue: i
The atate convention of volunteer firemen will not meet In York next
January, aa contemplated. There are aeveral reaanna for this. The drat
one la the fact that the new hotel will hardly be avuilable by that time, and
York'a hotel facilitiea are not of the beat. Another one ia the fact that thin
la not deemed a good time to be figuring on Upending money for big social
gatherings. Right now tharc Is something bigger at stake than conven
tions. Many big organisations are calling off their nnnual conventiona in view
of the war situation, having decided to devote all their energies aii.l money
to the national defense It la estimated that the fireinen'a convention
would have cost York not les than $2,000. and It has been decided that
this, together with inadequate hotel facilities, render It inadvisable to go
further with the project.
19IH CONVENTION NOT OQIIK1 TO YORK
Fremont, Nebr . May 29 The 1918 annual convention of the Nebras
ka State Volunteer Firemen's Association will not be held at York. Harry
J. Hftuser, president of the association, has received the following letter
from the York department: "Owing to the fact that our hotel will not be
completed in time for the 1918 convention York will be unable to entertain
the convention at that time. (Signed) Lee Carey. President; Roy K. Davis.
Chief; W. .?. Gardner. Secretary."
The board of control and offlcera of the state association are making
an effort to have another Nebraaka town act as host for the convention.
Scottsbluff planned on asking the 1919 convention. They may decide to
take It one year ahead. With two new hotels being erected there they
should have ample facilities for caring for the delegates
CHKMICAI, WAGON FOK Ml I II I I. I , DKPARTMFM
The following item regarding the purchasing of a chemical auto truck
for the Mitchell volunteer department is taken from the Scottsbluff Repub
lican: A representative of the Itepublirun was at Mitchell Wednesday and
waa a guest at the Community Club dinner. The city of Mitchell together
with a number of farmers of the community have ordered a chemical fire
wagon, and it will be used by both the city and the farmer, in case they
need it. The wagon has been ordered, and will cost $2,100 laid down. The
Community Club has done a meat deal to bring the people of Mitchell and
the farmers surrounding them Into close relation, and we know of no place
where the fanner and the merchant are more closely allied than are the
people of Mitchell and surrounding country.
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VALENTINE, NEBRASKA
6ERMANS LOST HOPE
SAYS COLORADO MAN
Member of Colorado National tiiutrd j
Who Visited llattlettelds Tell of
Atrocities Practiced in War
Denver, Colo.. June -This is a
story of "No Man's lind." It is a
atory of the depravity that can so
debauch (he soldiers of one nation
that their foemen scarcely will be
lieve until they see for themselves.,
It is a story, too, of No Man's Men
of the stricken people who once call
ed Belgium home; of the men und
the women, and. worst of all. of the
children of that country, who have
felt the weight of Prussian wrath
thru three years of increasing mis
ery. It was told by a strong-limbeil.
swarthy )oung American who had
spent six months in Kurope and who
came back to the western country to
join the hosts these states will send
across seas lie is Louis S. Mot tar
ty . one-time student of psychology
and lecturer on metaphysics, now
Corporal Moriarty in Troop K. First
Colorado cavalry, now In service in
Uolden.
"1 have seen British ofticers who
had been crucified alive on the side
of a barn, pitchforks driven thru
their chests, their tongues torn out
by the roots and pinned to the breast
of their uniforms- and I come back
to the United States to And the pac
ifists telling you America has no bus
iness in this war.
"I have seen Belgian boys ami
girls of 5 and 6 years of age with not
only their hands hoped off. but
maimed for life in ways that sicken
ed me ami 1 CO Me home to find
peace-at-uny-price advocates telling
you America has no moral right to
interfere it. Kuropean ((Uarrels.
Went as smdeiil
"When I went to the hatlettelds of
the Mons and the Somme regions."
he continued, "1 went as a psycholo
gist, to study the cite, ts of war upon
human nuture and human minds. I
found the trail of a ruthless bestial
ity that led, every time, to Prussian-
Ism to Kultur.' 1 have returned
I "A young Parisian, a chum of
mine while I was at the front, sent
word to me that he was dying and
wanted to see me I found him
wounded and mutilated, with death
a matter of minutes. For three
quarters of an hour I held his head
In my lap and listened to the mes
sages I was to give his family and
friends and when he died, altho 1
sm not superstitious, I went to a
mirror to see If my hair had turned
gray. v was the best
friend I had in France and I knew
then that sooner or later I must get
in the fight against these enemies
I who were laying waste the manhood
of nations.
Iljoyal to America
"But I did not enlist in an allied
.army, for to do so I would have had
to give up allegiance to the United
I State. I instinctively felt America
would enter the war and I knew It
would have been in long ago if its
people could have known whnt I have
known and seen."
Psychology is not uppermost in
Corporal Moriariy's mind Just now.
But he digressed a space to touch on
the psychology of religion in Its rela
tion to the men in the trenches.
"Men have gone Into the wwr firm
In their Christian belief, substantial
and sincere worshipers of God," he
said, "and these same men have come
out, often, with every shred of faith
stripped from their souls. Others
have gone to the trenches agnostics
--atheists, some of them -and have
emerged from the Inferno staunch
converts to the teachings of Jeaus
Christ. How can you account for
such anomalies? It's beyond me.
"I recall one incident when I wit
nessed a whole company of British
soldiers transformed in a trice into
raving nonbelievers. I guess most
of them recovered their poise after
ward, but for the time they were
madmen; for them for the moment
there was no God, no heaven, no
faith In man or beast. It came about
while they were attending the burial
services for their company captain.
The chaplain, who was kneeling at
the side of the open gtave, had been
with them since they entered the
trenches: he was the favorite of the
regiment, if not, indeed, of the div
ision. Falls into Grave
"As he was commending the soul
of the commander to the Almighty, a
shrapnel shell burst a few yards
away and a stray piece struck the
chaplain in the head, tearing off the
aide of his face. Of that entire com
pany, he was the only man hit. His
body fell into the grave beside that
of the captain.
"Someone yelled a curse upon the
Germans. In a moment it had turn
ed to blasphemy, and a dozen mani
acal soldiers seized
Bible and stamped It
stamped and pounded
pulverized into the
new-made grave."
Corporal Moriarty had a sight of
the German liquid lire at work when
he was with the French army. But
he does not like to talk of that, for
he knows that no protection against
it has been invented by either side,
anti he knows, too. that the Germans
will be the last to give up its use.
"My most vivid recollection of li
quid fire is based on an incident af
ter the Germans had repulst-d an at
tack of French troops by resorting
to it. After the engagement we in
the trenches heard a shriek that
seared our hearts with its agony. I
looked out thru it periscope and saw
a French soldier Staggering about in
circles, clutching at his lace and neck
and gouging chunks of flesh from
, his cheeks. He tottered toward our
, trench, ribbons hanging from his
if see and blood streaming from head
'and band. iWfl could see the li
Otlld lire eating into his body as he
fell in the last paroxysm a few feet
I from the periscope. Then
the French went right out and cap
it und the opposing trench from the
Germans and I don t ihtnk tfiey
bothered to take a singre prisoner,
eit her! "
Do tor Kills Batterer
Part of Mariarty's time in the
lines was spent in company with a
French army doctor. One day they
were walking over a strip of No
Man's I.and that had been taken by
British troops that morning. A'
wounded man raised himself on an
elbow and called to the doctor and
American. I
"For God's sake, doctor, can't you
do something for me?" he cried out.
The fellow had lost both legs and his
bodv was shattered by a shell explos
bark to No Man's Land to Join, with
the other American legions, those al
lies of humanity who know there can
be no compromise with the outlaw
army, who know they would be un
true to the faith that Is in them if
they make peace until militarism is
dethroned.
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I will cheerfully say that Cham
berlain's Tablets are the most satis
factory remedy for stomach troubles
and constipation that I have sold in
thirty-four years' drug store service,"
writes S. H Murphy, druggist, Wells
burg, N. Y. Obtainable everywhere.
Adv. -June
Calling cards lor the ladles an
printed promptly and neatly At Th
Herald office. The prices are reas
onable. Phone 340 for samples an
price, or call at the office.
To the Public
"I have been using Chamberlain's
Tablets for indigestion for the pasT
six months, and it affords me pleas
ure to say I have newer used a rem
edy that did me so much good."
MrR. C. E. Riley, llion. N Y. Cham
berlain's Tablets are obtainable ev
erywhere. Adv-June
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASS'N.
The Annual Meeting of the Nebraska Stock
Growers Association will be held at Valentine, Ne
braska, on Monday, June 18, 1917.
Provisions have been made to take care of a
large, attendance. We hope and wish that all stock
growers of Northwestern Nebraska will be present
at this meeting. Matters of interest and much im
portance will be discussed.
CHAS. C. JAMESON,
Secretary-Treasurer.
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C e chaplain's
under foot -
it until it was
dirt from the
gftH Baa.
from the cauldron of hate and blood
and tire only long enough to tit my
self as a member of the American ar
my so that 1 may go hack with a rifle
and sabre in my hands instead of a
pen and camera, as I went before.
"The first study I undertook was
that of the facial expressions of the
men of different nationalities as I hey
met death in battle. After several
battles 1 would look on the features
of men of both sides who had died in
action. So I have developed, from
the sipii of many fallen soldiers, a
sort or symposium of the emotions Qn ' fw waH ,jKtorted with
of these different races or nations. jBUnring. and as he pleaded for sur
"The British by that I mean, of cease his sobs choked off his words,
course, the Canadian! and Austral-4 "Alva me ether shoot me only
do
ians as well as the English, the Irish
and the rest invariably died with a
mini smile on their lips, as if they
had relished the thought of doing
What they could to drive the Ger-'
mans from France and thereby
avenging Belgium. It was a smile
not of mirth hut of cold determina
tion. It was typical of the Anglo
Saxon, too. that he is able to grin'
and hear it' under any conditions.
Mpa Aiv Coin prtMd
"The French died usually with
their psj compressed or their fea
tures contorted in a look of Intense
feeling, either of hatred or of exulta
tion. The poilus seemed to die with
fire in their eyes, with the spirit of
the patriot who is lighting for not
only himself but wife, child and
country.
"The Hermans ami the Austrians
offered a contrast to both Frem h and
British The dominating emotion,
shown by iheir dying expressions,
was thai of haunting dread, of the
fear that comes to men who are fight
ing with their backs to the wall ami
who know it is hopeless. The Teu
ton pi isoners I saw brought in had
the same look of a hunted animal
I have seen them hold up their hands
at the approach of a British or
French soldier, long after they had
been brought Into the allied lines, as
if the Mpeeted even vet to be shot
down . "
Moriarty has been around the
world and made friends among all
peoples. He already has lost many
of his French and British friends
and the saddest experience, from his
personal viewpoint, lie related with
a wnoiesome anger.
the soldier collapsed,
in mortal pain at the
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onlv to writhe
doctor's feet.
The medical officer gave no an
swer, but. without tremor or hesit
ancy, he stopped and struck the sol
dier's head with a short, thick cane
he carried. It was ended. The doc
tor walked on, but Moriarty stood
rooted to the spot, the echo of that
crunching blow on the skull linger
ing in bis ears. i
Is that right, do you think?' i
Moriarty asked of the doctor later.
"It is my idea of right," he an-
t-w srad
"Does head, ttarteri know you are
doing it?"
"That is my business." And the
Incident was closed.
He Itebuff Woman
Moriarty thought he had run the
gamut at anger by the lime he had
reached Colorado. But the other
day he met a woman In Colden who
stopped him to say .
"You ought to be ashamed to be
wearing that khaki uniform "
Madam." he told her, "I would
he ashamed, after what I have seen
in Europe, if I did not wear it."
The woman ignored the rejoinder.
Well. I'm glad no son of mine has
enlisted
Moriarty lamed only long enough
.to aa I'erhaps so. but who will
protect you and your son or your
daughter if the German army comes
to this country, which it is not at all
impossible for it to do who would
protect you to their last drop of
blood but the young men who have
donned the khaki that you despise?"
I And so Corporal Moiiarty is going
Out Now
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"Eileen Alanna, Aathore ' ' and " Ireland, My Sireland" sparkling numbers from Vic
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Victor Bed Seal Records 6466". and 64666. Ten-inch, $1 each.
A brilliant duet by Martinelli and Journet
A beautiful dttmatie number from the opera William Tell, With a dashing climax lhal
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De Luca sings the famous "Largo al Factotum"
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Two collections of Gems from Victor Herbert's "Eileen"
Two rousing goad marches by the Victor Military Band
5!l others including
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I Charming Instrumental Selections f Sparkling Musical Comply fHirfmsjas
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