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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1918)
The Thrilling "Inside Story' "Confessions of a German Deserter" Starts this issue. Read it. TWELVE PAGES Leading Newspaper of Western Nebraska The Alliance Herald Tell Them ' jrsaw 1 1 i n T-aN Tr a 1 d VOLUME XXV ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTK COUNTY, NEBRASKA, URIL 25, 1918 Xt'MiiKK 21 WAR IN SIGHT BETWEEN THE HUN AND DUTCH GERMANS GAIN MILE ON THE BRITISH WEDNESDAY IN DRIVE TOWARDS AMIENS HEAVY FIGHTING IN FLANDERS Indications Today Point to Sub scription of Over $3,000,000,- 000 for tlve Thirty Liberty Loan. London, April 2 5. Preceded by a heavy artillery preparation over a wide area of the battle front, the Germans have started a new drive to wards Amiens, but so far with only slight successes. The Germans cap tured the village of Villers-Breton- neux after all day fighting. The official statement issued by the French war office last night says that the French-American positions south of the Somme and on the Avre wen attacked by the Germans in consider able force early Wednesday morning. This is the first intimation of the lo cation of American troops on the Pi- cardy front. o Amsterdam, April 2 5. Local newspapers announce that the Ger man minister to The Netherlands has left The Hague for Berlin, and that the Dutch minister to Germany is on his way from Berl'n to The Hague It is reported thta difficulties have arisen in the negotiations between Germany and Holland and that the negotiations are not making head way. This evidently forecasts war between Germany and Holland. LOVE LETTERS WERE ODD FELLOWS HAD NOT READ TO JURY ANNUAL ROLL CALL COUNCILMEN FAVOR NEW EIRE BUILDING I !! Ik WeMover Hided Against At- Hundred Member of Allianc e tempt of Miller's Attorney to In- I I No. tOH Met Wednesday In troriure letter-., to Wife Patriotic Demonstration A sensation was sprung In district one of the most rousing, genuine court Wednesday afternoon when the patriotic demonstrations ever held in attorneys for E. K. Miller, defend- Alliance was held at the lodge room ant in a lawsuit Instituted by Archie! Wednesday evening by I. O. O. F. McNeil, attempted to place before lodge No. 168. the event being the the jury letters from McNeil to Mil-' first annual roll call. One hundred ler's wife which were of an endearing members of the lodge were present nature. Miller alleged that he found and letters from about twenty mem the letters, of which there were hers, unable to be present, were read seven, in his wife'B trunk at their . by Secretary Martin when t heir names farm home near Berea in June. 1917.; were called. McNeill, according to the evidence. As the name of each member was introduced, had leased a quarter sec-! called he responded by giving a tion of land the northeast quarter , short talk. The lodge has four mem- of section 3f, township 26, range 49, bers- Hoy T. Perry . C. A. Hansen. from Miller. By the terms of the con tract Miller was to furnish McNeil with board and room, with tools, horses and implements, etc., and llc Nell was to receive one-third of the crop raised thereon. Karl Hulme and Frank Hedengren in the army and as their names were called Chairman Lloyd Thomas re ponded for them. Patriotic songs were sung during the meeting. B. V. Heeve3, when his Things went along n'cely until name was called, responded by sing- .lune 28, 1917, vhen Miller found the: ,,. "Keep the Home Fires Burning," package of letters from McNeil to bill the gathering joining in singing the wife in the bottom of her trunk. MC- chorus with him. Noble Grand Hicks Helleve Thai Fire DeCMWtUMSH anil I ig!n IH-partinciit Should lie Given New IliiildirlK MR. MILLER'S FUNERAL DEMAND FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON DAT A TAP? I UIHIULO Aited Alliance Man lllirted In Green wood Cemeter) Pall Hearers Were Itailnmd Men " i. more r mm tor Neil was forthwith ordered rrom the house and Miller offered to furni h him with bed and board at the home of his son, several miles away. gave an interesting talk at the close Of he meeting. ft, T. Watson, who leave! MOB for the training camp, .'.. given a handshaking reception at When the attorney for Miller in-, the close. F. J. Spon, who has en t rod need the letters they were object- listed, was roundly applauded at the ed to by the attorney for McNeil. The ' end of his talk. judge excused the jury from thej on invitation of J. S. Corp the court room while Miller's attorney lodge voted to attend th revival serv read several of the letteiB to the ices at the Baptist church Friday judge. Only four of the letters werei evening of this week to hear Rev. W. read, all of which were of the saniejT. Sherrod, the evangelist. The mem- tenor and which caused the Bpeeta- bers wil meet at the lodge room at Memoes or 1 no Al'iance city coun- Eihis Miller. ! Alliance, who died cil foVor the erection of a ne'v build- suddenly from hea-t failure In the Al Ing to hi use the Alilnr.ce V lunteer lfknce railroad yards Saturday uftct Flre department. The deptrtnieBt ! MOB, was buried Monday afternoon, in neeo oi p ui r equip en eluti and April 22. in Greenwood cemetery. Mr. Miller was born on September 30, 1X47, at Allentown, Pennsylvania, be ing aged 70 years, 6 months and 20 days at the time of his death. Mr. Miller was married to Harriet A. Wright In Pennsylvania on June 29, 1 867. He is survived by IiIb wife, three sons Guy and Hoy of Alliance, and Robert, of iMirant, Oklahoma; two daughters, Mrs. A. W. White, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Mrs. .lessle Steele, of Sheridan, Wyoming, and a brother, Wnlter Miller, of Omaha. Mr. Miller was one of the most re- s eeted resident! of Alliance. He came to Box Butte county In 1905. The fu neral was conducted from the home, the services being conducted by Hev. Stephen J. Bplerat 2: 30 o'clock Mon day afternoon. The pallbearers were railroad employes. Poet nor artist has ever been able to portray the grave In colors of brightness and beauty. Bryant, in the ' Hymn of Death," could not make the subject beautiful; and yet the cemetery with Its marble and Its tors in the court room to gasp for breath and then to roar with laugh ter. Judge Westover ruled that the 7:30 o'clock Friday evening s;nd at tend the service In a body. Refreshments were served at the letters were not material to the case; dose by the "chefs" G. H. Woods and they were not read to the mem-jnnd T. M. Lawler, assisted by other bers of the jury, most of whom look-, members of the lodge, ed when they returned, as if they would hi ve liked exceedingly to bear them. Miller, when being examined his attorney before the jury, said that he told McNeil, after the finding of the letters, "If I was as low as he was to write letters to another man's slcepin rooms i nd fire equipment. At a Joint meting Friday night of members of the special committee from the council and members of the fire department there were present: Councllnien Hills and Highland and Firemen Hill, Hand. Trahert, Thom as. Basye and Maunier. After considerable discussion of the bettering of the condition of the fire department, the councllmen ex pressed themselves as in favor of rec ommending to the council that the qui tion of Issuing bonds for a new biuldlns. be voted upon at the special election which will probably come tip soon, the main purpose of which Is to vote on the taking over of the Box Butte fair rounds. A new building, If erected, would be placed between the city hall and the Alliance steam laundry, adjoining the plunge on the north. The build ing would probably be two stories in height, the club rooms and sleeping quarters to he on the second floor and hr rnuliiniKnt tn he stationed on the first floor, opening on the street. The I ''"'"'j rh,r. thi,t n',s no. OOeOPBBt, IS BETTER RECEIPTS AT MOST MARKETS LESS THAN NORMAL DE MAND IMPROVED NEW SPUDS: ROLLING IN Very Careful Attention Should Be Given to the Potatoes That Are Selected for Planting for This Spring. fire department plunge, which was erected by the fire department, would connect with the rear of the building. The city light department is In need of more room for the storing of material and for a work room and room could be provided for these pur poses in the new fire building, If nec-espnry. , FARMERS ORGANIZE A STATE WAR COUNCIL Washington, April 25. From all reports to date indications are that the nation will oversubscribe the Third liberty loan quota of three bil lion dollars. At the rate the bonds wife, I would bump my brains out on Vbraska Fanners, Following Confer. have ben selling this week and from, the first object I struck. I would not reports received today, the minimum board him in my house any longer will be well oversubscribed. ! under the circumstances. I said I J would board him elsewhere. McNeil j said he woud not go and batch and I he would not board with the nelgh- ! bora." i Following a series of conference! Because of the prominence of the in Omaha the farmers of Nebraska, parties concerned, the case is recelv- thru the heads of their various farm ences in Omaha, Unite All Oodles in War Council HOME RED CROSS WAY ABOVE PAR Record for Past Year Bkeepffosuri Thedfonl Talent Plnv Makes Hit With Alliance People I the fancied echo of the silent voice, and the vacant place In home, social and lodge life, are mellowing r.nd up lifting In their Influence. They bring the best of human nature into the fullnesB of vigor, crowding back the sclnshncBB and ImperiousncBs of men, and impressing them with the duty of recognition of the value of friendship. It is the gloom of the churchyard that reveals to us more clearly the beauty of life. It Is the broken ties at the grave that prompts us to a fuller ap preciation of the tenderness of (lie ties that are not yet broken; and so while we mourn the loss of our dead we may rejoice that there Is no cloud so dark that there is no light behind it, no sorrow so poignant thai there is not a balm for the wvuund It Inflicts. FIOFFLAND OWNER HAS WAR INVENTION SIX KILLED IN TRAIN COLLISION ing much attention. I)r. Herman Iteinbold Perfects Pro cess Enabling Italic v to Gen erate Their Own Gas Dr. Herman Reinbold. of Omaha, one of the eight owners of the Potash Reduction company at Hoffland, thir teen miles east of Alliance, has per fected an invention which will enable gas for balloons to be generated as they fly and as they need it. The n ventlon has been adopted by the army. Gas now is supplied at Fort Oma ha by electrolysis of water. Tanks are tilled with gas under pressure and transported in trucks to replen ish the supply after some gas has been let out to permit a balloon to descend. The Omaha invention is a process for making a certain salt of lithium that can be carried with the balloon When a fresh supply of gas is Beaded a liquid is dropped on this salt. The balloon process generates hydrogen. One pound of the salt makes 180 cu bic feet of gas. Equipment is being installed to produce the salt in the New Jersey plant. Lithium is derived from spodumen and other ores in the Keystone dis trist of the Black Hills, where Dr. Iteinbold has controlled supplies of ores for years. Shipments of these ores to New Jersey for refining were held up in November for coal and food priority, but have been resumed this month, it is reported from the Hills, and twelve, cars sent to New Jersey. Beside the salt for balloon use an other Bait of lithium is produced there for use in Edison storage bat teries for submarines and destroy ers. Dr. Reinbold is known as one of the foremost chemists in the country and has taken an active part in the delopment of the potash industry in western Nebraska. CONSERVATION SEWING GARMENT UTILIZATION Home Makers' Association of Box Butte County Will Hold All Day Meetings During May no naw thnnter nronosition has fallen through because of the fact that all construction not necessary shall be done away with. This was the verdict sent out by the war indus tries board at Washington. organizations, have inauguuratcd the Nebraska farmers' war council, the first movement of its kind in th" United States to back up the govern ment in the coming third liberty loan campaign, and all other government activities. The organization has the hearty support of the agricultural press. The officers of the council are: Chairman- C. H. Gustafson, presi dent Nebraska farmers' union. Director O. G. Smith, presideBl Nebraska farmers' congress. Director E. R. Danielson, secre tary state board of agriculture. The Home Makers' association dur-j Secretary Frank G. Odell, vice ing the fall and winter months have president international farm congress. Uken up the study of conservation. Headquarters have been opened in cooking. Attention this month will the federal reserve bank or Omaha. Ik given to conservation sewing or j The presidents of the various afflliat- utilization of old garments and te- ed organizations w ill tins weeK sena tiles, which every woman has in her a letter to their members enclosing home. a service card for the farmers' signa- Mlss BherwiB w ill have the services ture. Every farmer In the state will of Miss Ada Johnson, clothing special-l be given an opportunity to pleiige ins 1st from the University of Nebraska, support to the government, and a All dav meetings are to be held practically 100 per cent response is throughout the county and every wo The Red Cross chapter at Alliance, ranks way above the average, both from the standpoint of donations rc- ceived and work turned out for the' soldiers. The interest shown by the 0 Tlk a, , ,.Mr E),, f wrk women is exceptional over forty turn ing out to the Tuesday night class this week. Every afternoon in the week, with the exception of Wednes day, finds the two different Red Cross rooms tilled to overflowing with en ergetic, women. Train at Itayiuil at Noon Tues day. KilliiiK Six Men Six men were killed and two man who is interested is expected to bring some old or unused garment and she will be assisted in making it over into a very attractive costuue . The schedule of meetings begin ning April 29, is as follows: Tuesday, April 30, Alliance group -Mrs. Fred Seidell. Wednesday, May 1. Boyd precinct Mrs. Wambaugh. Thursday. May 2, Mrs. Jensen, Hemingford. Friday, May 3, North clul Mrs. Rowley. Berea. Saturday, May 4, office at Alliance. Tuesday, May 7, Fairview club Mrs. Hand. Wednesday, May 8 Open. Thursday, May 9, Mrs. Guy Wor' ley. Friday, May 10, Mrs. H. H. Pierce, Hemingford. Saturday, May 11, Alliance group. If more particulars are desired re garding these meetings women may call Mrs. H. A. Groves, Aliance, presi dent of Box Butte county Home Mak ers' association. predicted. The Nebraska farmers' war coun cil haB been organized by the farm ers themselves and will be controlled entirely by them. The farmers of acta county in the state will co-operate with the county chairman of the liberty loan and other war activity committees. There will be a liberty loan meet ing inevery county school house and an active canvass of members of each organization by its own committee. The slogan of the movement is: "Ne braska farmers back the government." HOME GI AKDS 111'' UNIFORMS E. K. Beauchamp left for Scotts bluff Wednesday to attend to business affairs there. At the regul: r meeting of the home guards Wednesday night, George Heilman, Pilkington and several others blossomed forth in new uni forms. Every member of the pres ent guard that attends drill regularly iB to be given a uniform. It is also highly probable thut guns will be forthcoming. With these and the uni form! the Alliance home guards will develop the most efficient organiza tion in the state. Regular drill will be held next Wednesday with a spe cial officers' drill Monday evening. With the ye r ending April 20, slightly injured at 11:51 o'clock 1918, $6,158.72 has been received by Tuesday morning when Burlington the Alliance chapter. Of this amount train No. 49, an oil tank train, run there is yet left a balance of $696.44, ning at the rate of twenty-five miles $5,462.28 having been expended for, per hour. crashed into the rear end materials and supplies aur.ng thej of a work train which was standing year. Thetotal amount received is , still on the main line, three hundred larger as the money raised in the. feet west of the depot at Bayard, on drive last spring was for the war 'the Caspe'r line. fund, which is separate from the Those killed included 'our Mexi- fUBd used to Buenos the local chap-: ran laborers, a white laborer by the ter. BSms of Kissick and (J. H. Kittell. a Ourinu the year, the women and j farmer living near Brad ley. COBdUC girls carrying on the work have made tor Lovestead on No. 49. was slight 750 knitted ga meUtfi, 9,500 hospital' ly hurt in the wreck. No cxplana- garments, 12,500 surgical dressings tion so far has hi en given as to how and 2,500 muslin b: ndagea, In other, Klttell came to be on the work train words, this means that the patriotic, Responsibilitv for the wreck has women BaVS provided for tin com- mit yet been placed. It was SBOWlBI fort of 24.250 soldiers. It means very heavily at the time and the SB that if every chapter in the coun- Iglueer on the oil train was unable to try makes uc good a showing as the s(.,. tne work train until the eraek Red Cross chapter of Alliance that v'o. 49 was in charge of Engineer thurs will be no question of the Cowman and Conductor Ivestead American heroes having all the pos- The work train was in charge of Con sible comforts when fighting our bat- ductor Jackson and Engineer John ties on the edge of "No M; n's Itnd."!g0n. The engine on No. 49 was The company from Thedford play-iSO badly wrecked that it had to bt ed to two large audiences in the play 1 sent to the railroad shops at Have- given last Siit urday. The talent die- lock. Traffic was not blocked, as the played was exceptionally good and passing track at Bayard was used by was appreciated highly by the A111-' trains going around the wreck ance people. The name of the play I was "The American Flag." and dealt! ., with the trials of ti e Americr.n -r1 Ul L W nULbL bl ItU bassador during tne nun invasion. with a love plot to add zest. Specialty numbers were given by Miss Kniest, Mrs. Hershman and Mrs. HtanBDury, in me ..te-noon, ami missj The AUlna(.e chapter of Elks will Wilma Mote. Mrs. Thos. Guthrie and , ho,d open noU8e Friday nlght Apri, The demand for potatoes at the big markets Improved and receipts dur ing last week were smaller. There are still many thousand bushels of the 1917 crop In Box Butte and Sheridan counties which the farmers will probably have to let rot. An ef fort is being made to sell from 25 to 4 0 bushels of graded potatoes to the government for use at the training aniis Should this be done it would save out potato raisers much loss. The proposition of the establish ment of a potato starch and flour fac tory in Box Butte county is receiving serloiiB consideration and It is very probable that decisive action in the matter will be taken Boon. The fac tory could not be erected in time to save any of the overplus of the 1917 crop, but It would be ready to start In this fall and would give the grow ers a guaranteed market for their spuds Prominent potato growers throughout the county have signified their willingness to assist financially In the erection of a factory of this kind, to be erected either at Heming ford or Alliance. Chicago Market Better Chicago, III. The old potato mar ket held steady the first half of last week with tip price 5 cents higher than at the close of the previous week's trading. Receipts were about on a par with those of last week and still continued to be less than normal for this market and the accumulation of stock on track had not been excessively heavy it any time. It had been the gen eral Impression of the trnde that shipments from producing sections last week had shown a big increase over the former period but the fig ures issued by the bureau of markets on WedneBday showed that the total shipments from all sections for the week ending last Monday were only 2,041 cars, which represent an in crease of but 248 cars over the pre vious week, which is still consider able under the average movement of approximately 3,000 carB for the past (Continued on Page Tn) FREE Fl.OWEItS AND STOKE To celebrate the arrival of his beautiful new candy case, S. P. Jack son, proprietor of the Alii: nee candy store, wil I give i lower tree to ev ery purchaser, no matter how small a purchase, next Beturliy. The nt v case is in ;'.illid is a beauty and is fit ted to h SP the cmdy con: ' . n ly euol dttrlBi the lio tweather, besides show ing the customer the eaBdy arranged ti the most convenient manner to se lect from. ELKS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT Miss Yetta Soboroff In the evening 26, in honor of the boys called is and did much toward making the en- thft next tWQ draftg Everybody is tertainment so thoroughly enjoyable. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Brown were called to Ravenna this week to at tend the funeral of their friend, Mrs. George P. Hanna. Mrs Hanna died at Manhattan, Kans. where she had been living close to her husband, who has been at the cantonment at Camp Funston. invited to attend C e farewell recep tion and join in the farewell to the boys. An excellent program, consist ing of music, speeches by Robert Gra ham and Dean Shaw, dancing and re freshments will be provided the guests. No lnv'tations have been is sued. This notice can be considered jf all as a personal invitation to at tend. T' e high school girls are having a hard time getting their class picnic arranged. Due to the stubbornness of Howard Bennett and the three other boy members of the class. There are about twenty girls in the class who have decided what they want, however, the boys are trying to gave SVerytBlBI their way and dictate to teh girls what the class activities shall be. The tire department mind is mak ing good progress. Regular meet ings will b eheld Monday evening at the city hall. Musicians who are in terested in seeing a live wire band in Alliance should attend this meet ing. The Poatsb Reduction company of Hoftland has purchased the J. E. Rice ranch, southeast of AlliSnce. This ranch contains approximately 10,000 acres of land including some very fine hay land and a number of potash lakes on which the Hoffland company held lesses prior to the sale. BOO W. H. Ostenberg and Victor Jeep, of Omaha, two of the owner! of the Pota!h Reduction company of Hof fland, were in the city on business this morning, driving up from Hoffland by tuto.