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Official Organ Nebraska Stock Growers Association and Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen's Association jf - S - TEN PAOKS Leading Newspaper of Western Nebraska The Alliance Herald Tell The ai Saw It in Th Herald VOLUME XXV ALLIANCE, BOX Bl'TTK COUNTY. NKHKAKKA, DKCKMBKK 127. 191' M MBKK 4 YOUNG GERMAN IS HELD UNDER SERIOUS CHARGE TOlNi MAN ARRESTED NEAR ALLIANCE MONDAY MAT BK A SPY HAD MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS Arrested For Making Treasonable Ut terances, and Many Maps and Photos Found on Him A young man, a German, is being held at the county jail pending a preliminary examination before United StnteB Court Commissioner Judge Berry. The suspect was arrested near Al liance, because of treasonable utter ances and hailed to the court house. On being searched he was found to have in his possession a very expen sive camera with numerous photo graphs of railroad tunnels, divisions, head gates, etc. In addition to these were a number of undeveloped films which Judge Tash believes, when de veloped, will prove to be pictures of the potash plants and sugar beet factories in this part of the country. The young man also hpd numefous individual maps of the northwest states North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Washington and Oregon. Besides this he had a very complete map of Canada. These evidences alone would be enough to put a man up before a firing squad were he caught in Germany with the same amount of data of the German em pire. The I. W. W.'s are enemies to the government, as their activities, in the past have shown. The suspect is also an 1. W. W., as he had in his possesison their song book, rules and by-laws. If a spy it is probable that the young German is one of an assign ment of men delegated to plot the northwest territory and report to our enemies on the resources and condi tions here. We have industries here that are highly valuable to the country. For instace the potash in dustry alone is a development of the war. inasmuch as before the war we depended upon Germany for all our potash To cripple these plants would be quite a feather in Ger many's cap. The chances are that some effort to do the plants harm will be attempted before another year passes. There are also the im mense sugar factories at Bayard. Scottsbluff and Gering. We are get ting short on sugar right along and if for any reason the plants were put out of order this source of food sup ply would be seriously affected. Judge Bery received a wire Wed nesday, saying that papers would be sen: to cover the suspect's case and to go ahead immediately on receipt of the papers and hold the prelimi nary examination. This examination will determine whether or not the evidence ugainst the German is suffi cient to brand him as a spy and for delivery to the United States federal authorities for punishment. The punishment in that case would be very severe, in all probability. Engineer in Serious Accident Engineer N. T. Shawyer, on train No. 109, had a very unfortunate nc cident yesterday. While at Ells worth when out on the running board of the engine, he slipped and fell to the ground, breaking a lag, He was brought to Alliance for treat ment at the hospital. BEET GROWERS CONFERENCE Oeorge Harms, Who U on the Sugar Be"t Growers' Committee, Gives Report Will Have Bashethnll Team Some of the younger business men in the town arc planning on having a basketball team this winter. Sid ney and several other of the towns have asked for playing date-: already. If Alliance only had a good gymna sium the men could put out a mighty good team, as it is they intend to practice where they can and a little later on play some gemes with Sid ney, Scottsbluff and other towns. There are only five men thus far that are prospects for the team Rex Coryell, Bud Darnell, Lester Harvey, Jack Hartman and Jack GleaBon. Mr. Gleason is trying to organize the team and will attend to Uie matching of games. George Harms, of Bayard, one of the sugar beet growers' committee in Washington to obtain a fixed price on sugar beets from the food admin istration, stated today that the food officials have agreed to have a com mission of five appointed to investi gate and agree upon the price. This commission will hold hearings in Scottsbluff and other sugar beet growing centers, with a view to fix ing a satisfactory price. Mr. Harms aays that unless a price is fixed which will allow the growers a fair profit the sugar beet output in Nebraska will be reduced 50 per cent. Charged With Pro-tiermanism P. J. Knapp was taken to Lincoln yesterday to appear before the State Council of Defense. He is guilty, it Is claimed by many, of unpatriotic remarks bordering on pro-Germanism. An acocunt for his actions and an explanation of the same will be asked for by the State Council. ANNUAL MEETINGS HELD AT LINCOLN Box Unite County Should He Well Represented at Organized Agri culture Week Organized Agriculture Week, when more than thirty farm organ izations in Nebraska will hold their annual meetings, will be held in Lincoln during the week of January 14 to 19. Preparations are being made for handling the largest crowd in the history of the meetings. The en tire program will be more or less in iluenced by the war spirit. Men of national reputation have been se cured for the meetings and the farm er will be given an opportunity for discussion along 'any line in which he may be interested. No matter in what special line the farmer may be interested there will be from two to a half dozen meet ings of particular interest awaiting him. In practically every case there will be special discussion of the problems to be met in handling crops profitably in war time, for instance, the Nebraska Coru Improvers' as sociation will take up, 'First Crops in Relation to the War Problems." The dairymen, among other things, will discuss, Nebraska Conditions for Milk Production." The Home Economics association will hold a special conservation day during the week. The Horse Breeders' associa tion will take up the "Prospects Af ter the War." Tuesday, January 5th has been de signated as Box Butte county day at the meetings and every farmer in Box Butte county owes it to him self to be present at one cr more of these meetings if it is at all possible for him to get away. Some of the adjoining counties are arranging for special cars to Lincoln and it is hopeu that Box Butte county will also be well repre sented. A single item gleaned from one of the many meetings during the week has often, during the year, more than paid the expenses of the trip to Lincoln. For further infor mation regarding the meetings see the county agent. ACCIDENT IN RAIL ROAD YARDS .'c Engine From Havelock Put Out of Commission Wednesday Afternoon A brand new engine No. 1977 was put in the hospital Wednesday afternoon. It had just been received from the Havelock shops and was quite a credit to the system up to the time of the accident. The crew as signed to the engine started to leave the yards and when out a. little ways smashed head-on into a string of box cars. The engine made kindling wood of two of the cars and went half way into another car. The engine was bent up in the center and had the smoke stack, headlight and cow catcher torn clear off. The wreck put -the big engine out of commis sion and it will probably be sent back to Havelock to be put into shape tuitable for service. (Charged Willi Grand Larceny Complaint was filed at the court house Wednesday against Charles O. Smith by Walter Anderson. The charge against Smith is grand lar ceny, as Anderson accuses him of stealing two Burlington pay checks amounting to nearly one hundred dollars, a $15 watch and an overcoat. This case will be tried this week. VOLUNTARY INDUCTION INTO THE U. S. ARMY Men Who Do Not Want to Walt for Draft ( all May lie Sent to I amps for I minimi ASKS MERCHANTS TOR CONSERVATION Mule Council of Defense Asks Deal ers In the State to Shorten Hours and Reduce the Deliveries Governor Neville has forvnrded to the local exemption board a telegram from the provost marshall general instructing them in methods of en forcing the voluntary Induction syB tem adopted by the government to enable men subject to the second draft to be sent immediately into the army service. " Men who do not care to wait for a call under the draft may present themselves to the local boards and be sent to places other than mobolizatlon camps. The latter camps are not sufficient ly stocked with supplies to care for more men at this time, so registrants who desire to be voluntarily inducted into the service will be Bent by lo cal boards to any of the following points: Aviation Section Signal Corps, to Kellyfleld, San Antonio, Texas. Land Division, Signal Corps, to Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Medical De partment, to Medical Officers' Train ing Camp, Fort Riley, Kansas, by local boards west of Mississippi and to Medical Officers! Training Camp, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, by local boards east of the Mississippi. Quartermaster Corps: To Camp Joseph Johnson, Jacksonville, Fla. Ordance Department: To Karitan Depot, Rarltan, New Jersey. Infan try: By local boards of Pacific Coast States to Fort McDowell, California: By all other local boards to Camp Greene, Charlotte, North Carolina. Organizat'on conditions are such that only white men may be sent to the places named in this order, there fore no negroes will be inducted under Section 150 until further or ders. Supply conditions are such that no men at present may be inducted under this method from- service in the cavalry, field artillery, coast ar tillery or engineer corps. Similar conditions at the mobolization camps prevent the sending to such camps of men voluntarily inducted. The common interpretation placed upon the provost marshal general's instructions are that registrants who desire to be Inducted into the service may choose the branch of service to be entered, cavalry, field artillery, coast artillery and engineer corpB not being now Included in the branches which they can choose. The local boards are placed upon their mettle to demostrate their efficiency as re cruiting units for the government. Under the instructions it would ap peal that either the registrants or the local boards may ehoose the branch of service in which men may be voluntarily inducted, with the branches limited as above. As the men are to be Eent a long distance local boards are cautioned to use the utmost care in physical examinations so that no unfit man may be for warded to his destination. Tran sportation and meal tickets will be provided for men forwarded. M. II Choir Entertained The Methodist Choir was most de lightfully entertained at the home of Mrs. A. T. Lunn last Thursday even ing. A fine large Christmas tree had been provided for the occasion and all decorations were carried out in red and green. The young people passed the evening with Christmas games and contests. About twenty present. Hugh Davenport spent Christmas day in Alliance, returning to Bayard Wednesday. Wedding Hells At the home of Miss Lottie Wil son, 304 Sweetwater avenue, on Christmas morning at 10 o'clock, Mr. Sam W. Carr and Miss Lillian A. Furze were united in marriage. Rev. Dr. Morris officiating. The home was tastefully decorated with dowers and evergreens, and a de lightful dinner was served in honor of the event The contracting par ties will make their home in Alliance. BIG SALE STARTS JANUARY 3 G. M. Burns' Big Sale of Merchandise in tlie Masonic Building G. M. Burns Is very busy this week getting his stock of goods in readines sfor the big sale to start on readiness for the big sale to start on be held in the corner room of the Masonic building at Third and Lara mie streets. The stock of goods is complete and consists of groceries, shoes, dry goods, notions, mackinaws, sweaters, etc. Also a full line of rubber goods. Prices will be so low that the stock will, no doubt, move quickly and all those- wishing real bargains n sea sonable merchandise would do well to visit thiB store. during the early days of the sale. The Nebraska State Council of Defense last week sent out two ap peals to merchants, one for the shor tenlng of the business day, and the other by reducing the deliveries in order that more men might be re leased for government service. The requests sent out are as follows: "The Nebraska State Council of Defense, recognizing the urgent necessity of conserving every pos sible pound of coal now used as fuel and for the purpose of generating electricity, and believing that a con siderable saving can be effected through the shortening of the busi ness day do hereby make the follow ing requests of retail merchants of the state of Nebraska, effective, Jan uary 1, 1918: 1. That Btores open for business not earlier than 7 a. m. 2. That on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday all retail Btores close not later than 8 p. m. 3. That no retail stores be open ed on Sunday. 4. Believing t' at the time Is not far distant when all stores will be asked to curtail the length of busi ness hours on Saturday we recom mend that whenever at all practical merchants of a town get together and mutually agree on an earlier closing hour for Saturday than is now In practice. 5. We alBO recommend that the merchants of the separate townB mu tually agree on as early as possible an hour for the turning off of all window lights. 6. It is clearly recognized that there are some lines of Dustncss that it may be impracticable for them to co-operate with this early closing re quest, such as rest. -in nuns "We (believe the people of Ne braska will recognize that this re quest is the outcome of war condi t'ons and we ask the co-cperation and endorsement of both merchants and consumers. The Nebraska State Council of Defense, having received a request from the Council of National De fense to recommend all means that will release the man power of the Mate, and believing that a consider able number of men might be so re leased by reducing the number of de liveries now being made by the re tail Btores of the state, do hereby make the following requests of the retail merchants of the state of Ne braska, effective January 1, 1918. 1. That only one delivery per day be made. 2. That whenever possible all consumers endeavor to anticipate their wains andallow goods to be de llvered the day after they are pur chased. 3. Whenever co-operative deliv ery systems are now installed, that all merchants use this system If it is at all possible. 4. Wherever co-operative deliv ery systems are not now in opera tion, that all merchants earnestly try and organize one, if it is at all practical. "We believe both merchants and consumers will recognize the im portance of these requests and we nsk the co-operation and assistance "f all people of this state, in that it nay be effective as possible. " Leave for New Home Mrs. Horace Bogue and three chil dren left Thursday morning for Seattle, Wash., where they will make their new home. Mr. Bogue will be in the city for some time attending to hiB business affairs. The new addresi. of Mrs. Bogue will be after the first of the year, 416 West Corn stock, Seattle, Wash. SENDING OUT QUESTIONNAIRES Half of the Ouestlonnnires llav Already Keen Sent Out by V. S. Up to date Nos. 1 up to 400 have been sent out. In all, there are 803 numbers to be ma'led questionnaires, almost half of which have been sent out up to date. Wednesday Nos. 321 to 360, inclusive, were sent out; on Thursday Nos. 361 to 400, inclusive, were mailed out. If your number lies between 1 and 400, and you haven't got your questionnaire as yet, you had best go immediately to the office of the county clerk and see what the trouble is. Out on ProiNii'.on Wednesday L. M. Beal pleaded guilty to the charge of assault brought against him last week. As he Is a hard working man, Judge rash decided to leave the matter of a fine in hla own hands, so he put htm under probation, that as soon as he loat hiB temper again and struck anyone a fine of 2.r. would automa tically fall upon him. This theory of the Judge 1b a very good one. If the man paid the fine he would Boon forget It, but as long as he has the $25 the chance are he will try to keep It. As It waa. Mr. Benl had but to pay the costs. RED CROSS DRIVE ADDS EIGHT HUN DRED MEMBERS MB CROSS DRIVE IN ALLIANCH AHOITT I'P TO THE EXPECTATIONS W. C. T. U. PATRIOTIC MEETING THURSDAY An Excellent Program to He (liven in the M. K. Church, Jan uary 8, 1018. The W. C. T. U. will hold a pa triotic meeting in the M. E. church of tins city Thursday afternoon and evening, January 3, 1918. Every patriot, man woman and child, Is urged to be present with a flag and Red Cross button on. We want everybody to show how patriotic they can be. i The following program will be rendered : Afternoon 1:80 P. M. Devotlonals Mrs. J. W. Morris Piano Duet. . .Alta Young, Heo Lund Words of welcome Mrs. Keegan Women's Council of Defense Mrs J. B. Dole 'Keep the Home Fires Burning" Mrs. Lund Red CroBB Mrs. Jerry Rowen W. C. T. U. Patriotism Mrs. A. A. Layton Solo Mrs. . . Ralph Heal Home Problems Miss Sherwin Soldiers' Mothers. .Rev. J. W. Morris Song "Star Spangled Banner" Evening Program 7:45 P. M. Devotlonals Mrs. S. J. Eplor Cornet Solo Mrs. Waddell "Over There" Boy Scouts Reading Mrs. E. J. Laing Solo Alta Young Address, "Great National W. C. T. U. Convention at Washington" Mrs. A. A. Layton Offering Tenor Solo B. V. Reeves Benediction MEMBERS TAKEN UNTIL JAN. I. Mil h Huntllng Necessary lo Rcwch the High Mark Set by ( hadron Sixteen Hundred Feed Soft Cirn One of the most profitable uses for soft corn will be in feeding hogs and steers, according to the department of animal husbandry of the Unlver sity of Nebraska. One would be Jus tified in feeding considerable pro teln supplement in conjunction. OH meal and cottonseed meal are rela tively cheap taking into considera tion the cost of good corn. Ex per iments have proved that they are worth more than their weight in corn for feeding rattle. SOME GOOD ARMY JOBS OPEN 0Mrtiiiiltir for Mtn Who Arv Sub- I.l. I a I . . i i . , t vi .i. I1 ' i mirti -ill! - Army Draft Men subject to the draft may yet enlist in the Signal corps of the army or some authorized branch of the signal corps. To enlist in this the applicant must present a card, which can be obtained from the sig nal officer at Washington, D. C, to the recruiting officers which proves to them his eligibility to the service Men accepted under this authority will be sent to the regular recruiting depot or depot posts for enlistment Further information may be obtained at the local recruiting station in A) liance. Applicant for United States guard will be accepted from now on, and sent to regular stations for enlist incnts. The pay will be the same as in the infantry branch, dependency being no bar to enlistment. Our sentiment.- Exactly The author is unknown. A friend handed in a card with the following bit of classic rhyme printed thereon; and entitled "A Roast to the Kaiser:" "Here's to the kaiser The limburger cheese May Cie swell in his head Go down to his knes. May ho break his damn neck On 'he Hindenburg line And g to hell croaking The Watch on the Rhine!' " Seed Corn Situation Critical It is imperative that farmers se lect and care for their seed corn at once. Nebraska is facing the most critical seed corn situation in its his tory. Neighboring states are in as bad, if not a worse condition. Every farmer who selects his seed corn now and cures it properly can sell any surplus next spring at a good prico. Those who do not take care of their own supply may find the price so high next spring as to be almost prohibitive. Help send the Firemen's delegates to the convention by attending the big dance at the Opera House next Monday evening. Good orchestra Admission, $1 per couple. 4-lt The Rebekah Circle will entertain the members and families of the Re bekah Lodge Friday evening at the I. O. O. F. lodge hall after the regu lar lodge session. All members are requested to be present. The Red Cross drive and sale last Friday and Saturday succeeded in raising nearly seven hundred dollars and about elpht hundred new meru- bors. The isnle of articles donated was run off nplte successfully by Auctioneer ( 'sey. The people were very Ube-., in giving Items to be sold, all ci which were articles hat could be easily Bold. The largest donation was made by the Newberry Hardware company, and consisted of a chest of table sil verware. When put up for sale, no bid was made anywhere near the value of the silver to that the Red CrosB workers did not feel Justified n selling it. On being returned to Mr. Newberry a check for $35 was given in place of the silver. The largest amount of money raised was in the booth at the First State Bank and amounted to con iderable over the hundred dollar mark. A great many donations were taken In where the mon refused to give their names or accept a member Hhip button. This aided the local Red Cross all the more, as no part of such donations Is given the na- lonal organization. The biggest Nhaie.ni the money raised was on membeiBh'p fees. Alliance is a city of over five thou sand inhabitants; Chadron has a pup ii la i inn of 4,000. Alliance got a membership of 800; Chadron got a membership of 1,600 JuBt double. It is no fault of the workers here It Is the spirit and the great number or shitting, population that accounts for the difference. Still, there are a great many more around Alliance that should get In touch with the Red Cross and take out memberships. Mm. Rowan states that the mem bership campaign will be open until January 1st, so there is still time for non-members to Join. AIbo that af ter the first of the year the work of the Red Cross will be concentrated on surgical dressings and knitting. The work has been delayed a little because of inadequate supplies. A list of donators and those active n carrying on the campaign will be given next week. Eldred-Rhein Miss Eunice Eldreu and Mr, James E. Rhein, both of Alliance, were married at the Paxton hotel in Omaha on December 6th. The young couple spent a few days in Omaha and then Journeyed to their home at Wagner, S. D. Mr. Rhein is a nephew of J. S. Rhein of the Rhein-Rousey company, and has for some time past resided in Alliance, having made during that time a num ber of well-wishing friends Sere. Miss Kldred is a very popular young laiiy of the city. Her many friends extend to her their best wishes for happiness. LOCAL EIRM GETWHITE AGENCY Well Known i .a al Automobile Finn Add Another Line of High tirade Car The White Company, of Cleve land, Ohio, announces that the firm of King A Smith, of Alliance, have been appointed as their dealers in this territory for the high grade line of White automobiles and trucks. Charles M. Gillespie, factory rep resentative for the company, was in the city the first of the week on business. He covers the western territory in which Alliance is lo cated and frequently visits this city. He was pleased to confirm the ap pointment of King 6 Smith as Al liance dealers. To Speak at M. K. Cburch Mr. Morris will speak Sunday morning at the Methodist church on "Divine Purpose In Human Redemp tion." The topic for Sunday night will be "The Handwriting On the Wall." There wi'l be special music at the evening service. The publio is cordially invited.