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VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1920.
NUMBER 36.
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BREAK UP GANG OF
FREIGHTJfllEyES
Organized Stealing From Three Ruf
roads Between Kansas City
ami Hillings
Burlington Special Agert T. J.
Smith, Sheriff Miller o' 'Uance,
Sheriff Crane of Hot Sk D.,
and Deputy Sheriff Schai -d-more
have succeeded, a
months of strenuous work, in o.
log ip a gang" of eleven men k
were organized for systematic tlu '
on three railroads. The depredation. u
took place on Burlington, Northwest
ern and Union Pacific trains between
Kansas City and Billings.
Special Agent Smith made the In
itial capture. On March 28 he ar
retted Walter Duke, an ex-brakeman
on the Wheeling & Lake Erie rail
road. Duke made a complete con
fession, Implicating two others, John
Bergen and William K. Robertson.
Bergen was arrested the following
lay at Edgemont, but escaped the
special agent there, e was recap
tured at Denver and returned to
Edgemont, passing through Alliance
Monday.
In hearings held at Hot Springs,
Bergen and Duke pleaded guilty, and
are awaiting sentence. Robertson
pleaded not guilty and was released
on bond of $500 awaiting trial by
the district court.
"Savers" Garfield, alias Grover
Shavers, alias William Smith, was
captured the last of the week. He
has confessed to the robbery of the
store at Ardmore and Beveral boxcar
robberies. "Shavers" Garfield not
only implicated others in his confes
.ton', but told the officers of the sys-
tem used and the secret codes ana
plans the gang, had been operating
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under. Members of the gang wouia
hang around when freight cars were
loaded, and by means of chalk marks
In various designs the other thieves
would know which car to break open
and what they might expect to. And.
John Wallace of St. Louis, Roy
jnn of . Kansas City, Gus Miller of
Denver. William Dorrlty or si. ixuis
and one other man have been piaceai
under arresi ana win uo uiuu&v
Hot Springs for trial,
The thefts were confined largely to
tobacco, cigarettes, ana shoes, ai
though silk articles were occasional
iv added to the loot. There was a
readv Bale for these, the thieves say,
Snecial Agent Smith has recovered
eighteen pairs or Bnoes, as e" '
several pairs of silk Btocmngs, wmcu
were discovered In the room of John 1
Hamilton, colored, who rooms with a
family In West Lawn aaaiuon.
ilton has been Ight Cher ai me oui
Kneiton reBiauraut. uo r i
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the search, the officers say, but it is I
believed that he will be apprehended.
The eanR was organisea aouuii
- t . 1
three months ago, ana nave maa J
away with thousands of dollars
worth of stuff ln the short time wey
have been operating. They did not
confine their efforts to boxcars exclu-
sively. as the Ardmore robbery will
testify, but occasionally oroae luw
stores and dwellings. It is probable,
the officers believe, that the Alliance
robberies during the past month or
two win De iracea o
JUDGE HARRINGTON 1 E
FILES FOR DELEGATE
T0HtinnB have been filed for Judge
Tamoa J Harrington OI U XNeill H
candidate for delegate to the demo-
,.r.tt, national convention from the
siTth roneresslonal district. Judge
Harrington, who has been one of the
administration leaders In the district
for twelve years, was on the bench
la the old Fifteenth Judicial district
and still holds the distinction of be-
inz the youngest man ever elected to
the district bench in the state, teing
. . a i
but a few months over the constitu
tlonal limit when first elected
ED HENRY PURCHASES
I. E, TASH RESIDENCE
A, deal was consummated yester
day by which E. D. Henry becomes
the owner of the residence property
of County Judge Ira E. Tash, the
consideration being $10,000. Pos
.u.iah will be riven June 1. Mr.
Tash has purchased a lot and if he Is
unable to purchases someining mat
,! will nrobably build.
iSV AM
Harold Beans will go to
Edge
tnont tomorrow to take the position I
"of electrician at that place. Walter I
Mnllana. who has been at Edgemont!
for several months, will come to AI
liance to take the position of elec
trldan here.
TUB WEATHER
For Alliance and vicinity: Unset
tled weather tonight and Saturday;
probably enow; not much change In
temperature.
SIDNEY VS. ALLIANCE
1UGII SCHOOL DEUATI
Tonight at 7:30 o'clock the Alli
ance high school will debate with the
Sidney high school the subject, "Re
solved, That Congress should pro
hibit striking on railroads doing In
terstate 'business." Alliance will
maintain the affirmative side ami
Iney the negative.
following students will repre-
he Alliance high school: Wil-
umiii, iuwiru wuuuw, jiuwi
. . . T- .1 1 f T1...I.
Sv .ton.
Everyone Interested Is cordially
invited to attend. No admission will
be charged.
ROBBERY AT THE
HARPER'S STORE
Thieves Make Away With Silk Un
derwear and Hosiery
Wednesday Night
on
The W. R. Harper department
store was robbed Wednesday evening
of a quantity of silk underwear and
hosiery. Entrance was gained
through the basement. The author
ities have no clue as to the Identity
of the thieves.
The discovery was made Thursday
evening, when the cash In the reg
ister turned up $10 short. It was
impossible ofcourse, to check over
Block but there at
Money amounting to $500, in the
art fa vrna no InilfhAn
"
LEONARD RELEASED
ON INSANITY CHARGE
Harry Leonard, morphine addict
. n
fannaoiAfl t Vi a rtrkllA f f 1rwV film
. . , tr,
film frnm tamn.
tation, . was given a hearing before
the insanity board last Tuesday
morning, and was released." He left
the same evening for Lincoln, where,
he said, he will apply at the 'state
hospital for the drug treatment.
InnorH when nepn hv a Herald
renrpRAntntivA- failed to exihiblt all
0f the signs that the average reporter
dear,y love8 tQ perceive ln a drug
, H H ouite calm, and
iounged on the cell bed while he told
of h,8 dlsllke of Delng interviewed.
He talked Intelligently, too.
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11 "J" JTUU JUBl u lum 1. 11c
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" : ,.. what
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(ha n(tl. r.,,. saM hA -....ij wrip
me Up anyhow. I'd much rather you
d,dn.t Ba anytning, j bave a mother
and tWQ BlBter8 and jd prefer to run
no chance8 of them hearing of it, If
lt,B aU tQe Bame tQ you Tne chle(
wU1 g,vJ you my name but , don.t
8ee where the public is concerned in
my misfortunes.'
Properly encouraged, however, Mr.
" ' an . Tn tnpt
he was a little difficult to shut off.
He evidently Imagined it was his
duty to praise the town and the
county, and he did so. He said some
nice things about the city cops, and
the kind of meals they secured for
him. Ills cell, however, was too
warm. But he spilled nothing con
minus uiiubch, Bate iuai .
been using morphine for some ten
years. He wanted to stop. He was
willing, ne Bam. 10 go 10 me eiaie
hospital, although be dldn t seem
wildly enthused over the prospect
The county insanity board saw uo
reason for holding him under an in-
Banity complaint, and released him
Tne hat was passed for him, and
enough money collected to buy him
a ticket to Lincoln, where he said
he would apply at the state hospital
for treatment. As yet the daily
DaDers have not chronicled his
arrival,
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
L. M. DEAL SUNDAY
News was received this morning of
the death of L. ul. Beal at Denver,
where be had gone for medical treat
ment. The bdy will be brought
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neia sunaay anernoon, Apru .
Mr. Beal has resided on a ranch
- 1 near Alliance for some time and
leaves a wife and five children, also
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Beal,
816 Cheyenne, and five brothers and
I a sister, R. W., Hugh. Frank, T. J.,
I Edward and Mary Beal, all residing
here.
CITY ELECTION
NEXTTUESDAY
VoUrs Will Have to Write ln Names
of Candidates for the
Kthool U.xml.
Four members of the city council
and two members of the school
board will be elected at next Tues
day's election. There has been little
interest manifested in the event, and
the probabilities are that a light vote
vi ill be cast.
The candidates are: Councilman,
First ward, H. D. Hacker. A. V.
Gavin, whose term expires, refused
to become a candidate for re-election.
In the Second ward, O. C.
Moore, the Incumbent, and L. T. Bur
row are the nominees. E. D. Henry
has filed for re-election In the Third,
and will be opposed by Arthur
Wright, 'n the Fourth ward. L. H.
Highland seeks re-election and until
the first of the week was without op
position. Monday, however, Bliss
Sturgeon consented to run for the
office and his friends will write his
name on the ballot.
There are no candidates for the
school board, F. W. Harris and K. J.
Stern, whose terms expire this year,
having failed to file for the office.
The Herald endorses the suggestion
that the voters of Alliance impress
them into service again, which can be
done very easily by writing their
names on the ballot. These men
have been on the board for some
time, are familiar with the work and
the plans of that organization and
have proved most faithful. The
school district Is now ready to begin
the construction of new buildings,
and experienced men are needed.
When you come to these places,
write down the names of F. W. Har
ris and K. J. Stern.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
MAKES TWO RUNS
The city's fire department made
two runs Wednesday evening be
tween 6 and 8 p. m. The first call
came from the McDonald apartments,
where a defective flue had caused a
little blaze, which was extinguished
before the truck arrived.' tJ ';
The second call came from 523
Laramie, where two electric, lighi
wires had caused a blase on a -telephone
pole in front of the -W. R.
Harper desidence. Mr. Campbell of
the city's electrical department made
the necessary repairs.
OMAHA LIVE STOCK MEN
IN ALLIANCE APRIL 14
The Omaha live stock delegation,
composed of commission men, pack
ers, newspaper men ana siock yaras
representatives will leave Omaha on
April 11 on their annual tour to the
South Dakota, Wyoming and Mon
tana stock growers' conventions.
The delegation will arrive ln AI
liance at 11:20 a. m. Wednesday,
April 14, and will leave at 1:30 p.
m. Members have expressed a de
sire to meet shippers and business
men during their stay in the city.
THE SPLENDID SIN"
AT IMPERIAL TONIGHT
Tonight's program at the Imperial
is featured by "The Splendid Sin,"
starring Madeline Traverse. It's a
story of love and Intrigue, of plotting
and other Interesting things, written
about a woman who tells a noble IK
and engages in a noble deception. A
comedy, "The Farmerette," and the
Universal Screen Magazine complete
the bill.
Here's How
IN THE HERALD AUTO
MISS MARGARET BARRY
MR, RALPH COX
MR. D. M. KELLY
MISS SARABEL NEWMAN
MISS LYDA GASSELTJfO
MRS. JT. WONG
MISS GRACE JCINSTOX
'First Period" and Big
SAT. DAY OF DAYS
IN AUTOCOMPAIGN
Big Votes End April 8 Win 1 r liose
-All lVpend o.i Ef
fort Now
.They're coming down the stretdt!
' Contestants ln The Herald's big
$3,000 prize and automobile cam
paign have reached the turn, man
euvered themselves into position for
the stralght-away, and from now
until the end of the "first period"
this Staturday night will be battl
ing for supremacy under whip and
spur.
Vote Totals Soar
'Within easy reach of the two mil
lion mark leading contestants are
putting forth exceptional efforts, and
this week will Bee higher vote totals
than ever before. Miss Margaret
Barry retains the lead of the race.
She is doing some splenuid work dur
ing the last days of the first period
and can be expected to maintain a
rapid pace.
Ralph Cox has come up two places
and is now safely berthed In second
position. Mr; Cox Is getting his
stride and predictions are that he
wtll be well out in front within the
near future. Just a pace behind him
Is B. M. Kelly of Angora who has
made some spectacular gains from
time to time. Miss Sarabel Newman
on account of Illness has dropped
back to fourth place. She has made
a splendid record and her many
friends hope that she will soon be
able to be out and again take up the
standard.
Miss Lyda Gassellng of Hemlng
ford will be heard from later in the
week and may prove the surprise of
the campaign. The race has now
narrowed down to Beven so It is more
Interesting and exciting than ever,
Contestants realize that right now is
the time to do things, and that IT IS
nsTrrn TO BE SAFE THAN
SORRY.
Seed Will Win
:Th crucial test is now at hand
If you ever intend doing anything
BIG in this race, du it www. iu
f heinsr second, third, fourth
I h mace. GET UP AT THE TOP
and STAY THERE. Now Is the time
to aecure an insurmountable reserve
vote. Now Is the time to make rea
sonably certain of the prise you most
dewIL; ,Min. after this Saturday
night, will It be possible to realUe
the full voting power for subscrip
tions. This is final ana ra.r w-.
.--I it vnn entertain any desin
whatever of belnj declared winner
of the big Blx-cylinaer.
Reo touring car. worth $19 8 5 to be
awarded Saturday night. April Xf
jut three week, from this Saturday
not fail to turn In evory
67. . ...v...,lr.lnn to TOUT aC-
avauaDie - -
'first
count before the ciobo oi
Not' to do so simply means that
n redouble your ef
forts during the remainder of the
race to make up for lost grounu
A
ir.no-.tprm subscription
NOW
ha tiia verv ones needed
to
Ilia aw - w .
'.in,h the biz prizes: they couli
hardly help but win one of the major
awards.
How 'Period" Will Close
The "first period" will end with
iho rin.inff of The Herald omce sav
irriav nieht. The time Is set for 8
p m., but should candidates not be
able to report ln full by that hour
he time will be extended to meet
t
k .,uimnia. Contestants are
requested to come to The Herald of
flee as early in the evening as ..on
venlent. They will be waited on in
dividually in order first come firs
Berved. The Herald office will b
closed as soon as ALL candidate?
have reported In full, and with ltr
closing the first period ends and thf
BIG votes will be over. There wil
They Stand!
AND PRIZE CAMPAIGN
824 First
S23 Cheyenne
.....Angora
... 223 Toluca
Hemlngford
815 Cheyenne ....
1011 Box Butta
..-1 ,898,500
....1,874,300
....1,85,500
1,585,800
1,009,500
857,150
218,400
Votes End Saturday Night
jonltively be no subscriptions c
crpted for the first period after Sat
urday night, no matter what the con
dltions, EXCETT subscriptions con
iained In letters post-marked Satuv
ay, April 3. This permits out o
town candidates, and friends of clt
ronteMpnM residing outside of Alll
nc to MAIL subscriptions as late bt
f clos'ng hour of the first period
nd get big votes therefor even If the
orders do not reach The Herald unti'
Tuesday.
Confidence Assured
Candidates may reBt assured of ab-
tolue confidence so far as their re
ports are concerned. Impartial treat
ment Is guaranteed each and every
contestant and Inside Information
will positively not be given out. Tin
campaign manager must necessarily
be a clam in this regard and it l
hoped that contestants will exercise
the spirit of sportsmanship and not
ask for details that could not b
given to one and all alike.
MITHODIST CHURCH
PLANSJPPROVED
Gift of Several Thousand Dollars
Will Result From Action of
Board of Architecture
Word has Just been received that
the plans for the new Methodist
church In Alliance, which are being
prepared by J. R. Smith, architect
of Lincoln, and which are noarine.
completion, have been approved by
he Methodist board of architecture.
This board has been created since
the centenary campaign last year,
n which $40,000,000 was raised for
home missionary enterprises, the
larger part of which will be expended
ln aiding churches to build new
church edifices. Before any church
can get assistance from this fund.
their plans must be approved by a
central board of architects. This Is
to make sure that buildings will be
planned according to the latest and
most modern methods.
The approval of the Alliance plan
means that the Methodist church will
receive a gift of several thousand
dollars for the new building. The
exact amount Is not yet known, and
may not be available until next year,
but the gift Is now an assured fact.
Alliance Methodists are greatly
pleased at "the announcement. The
first set of plans prepared were
turned down by the board. '
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DIRECTORS MEET
The directors of the Alliance cham-
ber of commerce held a short session
following the Joint meeting with the
board of directors of the fair as
sociation Monday evening, and mat
ters of routine business were dis
cussed. J. W. Guthrie, ex-presldent
of th state association of local in-
surance agents, who met In conven -
tlon here last week, presented the
thanks of the delegates for the vari
ous courtesies extended to them.
Secretary Jones reported that in -
dlcations were that the wholesale
grocery house which has been flirt-
ing with us for several months past
Is about ready to make definite an-
nouncement that It will establish a
branch house here. The secretary
also reported that an individual who
Is seeking a likely location for a po
tato flowering mill has selected Alli
ance as a good site. He needs noth
ing save moral support, having suf
ficient funds at bis disposal to put
the project across. The secretary
will see that he is given every pos
sible encouragement.
The taking of local weather obser
vations was discontinued at the time
City Manager Smith left Alliance,
largely because of the difficulty of
finding Bomeone to get the report
tn on time, secretary jones minx
he has found a man who will fill thf
bill, and some of these days we'll be
able to compare current Alliance
weather with that of previous years.
It develops, also, that someone
was ln error concerning the cham
ber's "welcome" sign. The word had
gone out Borne weeks ago that the
sign had to come down as soon as the
paving was started. Preparations
had been made to erect it at the Bur-1 to escort them to the dance and to
llngton station. Now the city au-ltake them safely home after the fes
thorltles say that removal Is unnec-1 tlvlties are over. The eliglbles will
cssa - and that it need not be re -
moved inlesa the club desires, which
It most certainly does not. For the
time being, therefore, the welcome! This Is the last dance that W. R.
sign will not greet the eye of pass
Ing strangers unles sthey descend
from the varnished ears and ' walk
out on Box Butte avenue.
Girls wanted at Alliance Steam
laundry. tf
PHONE COMPANY
REPORTSBIG LOSS
liast Sunday's Wind and Sleet Storm
Damages Equipment to the
Extent of fUJOO.OOO
The wind and sleet storm which
swept Bouthwestern, central and
northeastern Nebraska, southeastern
South Dakota, southwestern Minne
sota and northwestern Iowa last Sat
urday night and Sunday uornlng,
caused damage amounting to about
$300,000 to the property of the Ne
braska Telephone company. Other
telephone companies, as well as tele
graph properties, also suffered heavy
lOHHl'l.
A wet snow and rain fell in the
greater part of tho storm area, freez
ing as it struck the wires, cross-arms
and poles. With the lines weighed
with ice the heavy wind snapped
thousands of poles and the wires
were carried down with them.
In general the storm extended in
an easterly direction from western
Nebraska to Lincoln, Columbus and
Norfolk, Neb., Storm Lake, la., and
Worthlngton, Minn., and In a south
erly direction from north and west
of Sioux Falls and Worthlngton
through the Rosebud country In
South Dakota as far south as Aurora,
Neb. Alliance was not ln the direct
path of the storm.
As Boon as the location . of the
damaged areas could be determined,
repairmen with poles, wires and
other telephone materials were
loaded on trains and auto trucks
and despatched to the points indi
cated in the early reports as being
most seriously affected. Thousands
of poles, copper wire and other emer
gency supplies kept on hand by the
telephone company were sent out
from Omaha, Grand Island, Norfolk,
North Platte, Holdrege and Lexing
ton in Nebraska, from Sioux City and
Storm Lake ln Iowa, ana from Sioux
Falls ln South Dakota. A special
train from Omaha carried four car
loads of poles, two carloads of wires,
cross-arms and miscellaneous tele
phone material and six carloads of
auto trucks for use in making re
pairs. From many points throughout the
central western states repair crows
were loaned. by other associated Bell,
companies and ' hurried : t'o Tthe-
strlcken territory. By Monday night
nearly 1,000 men were at work re
pairing the damage and strining tern--porary
lines to provide emergency
service between the important com
munication centers as quickly as
possible.
This is the third large sleet storm
which has damaged the property of
tno telephone company this winter.
Last November ln a storm around
Grand Island and Norfolk, Neb., the
Nebraska Telephone company lost
approximately $75,000. Lees thanr
two , weeks ago a similar storm
around Sioux Falls resultea ln a loss
l0( nearly $35,000. Because of. the
prohibitive rate, due to the unusual
risk, no insurance Is carried by the
telephone company on its outside
1 property.
Toll service is nractlcallv restored
throughout t e storm area, but the
Borvice will be a little slower than
usual, due to emergency routing, for
the next week or so, until the repairs
are complete. The main circuits are
now built up with temporary wires.
For the past few days, It has been
necessary to go through Denver and
Kansas City in order to reach
Omaha. .
This storm is one of the best ex
amples of the use to which the com
pany's depreciation fund Is put.
F. A. May, commercial superintend
ent, on his last visit here had some
difficulty ln convincing one or two
councilmen that such a fund was
necessary. There are mighty few
companies In the state which could
i have weathered such an enormous
I loss.
LEAP YEAR DANCE
TUESDAY EVENINO
On Tuesday night, a leap-year
dance will be held at the local Elks
I hall. A five-piece jass orchestra has
I been secured. Under the rules, It
1 is up to the ladles to ask the men.
(be limited to Elks. The ladles are
I advised to make their selection early
I while the assortment la yet large.
- 1 Harper will have charge of as chair
man of the entertainment committee.
All of the others have been good suc
cesses, and Harp doesn't want any
failure to mar the record. It's up to
I the girls to see to It that nothing of
the kind happens.