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VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, Fill DAY, APRIL 9, 1920.
NUMBER 38L
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UNION MEN TO
BREAK RAIL STRIKE!
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Insurgents Meeting With Some Suc
cess, But a Powerful Opposi
tion Is Developing
Four conductors and eight brake
men, selected by Chairman Chlsholm
of the Alliance local, B. of R. T.. left
yesterday for Chicago, where they
Trill take the places of striking 'in
surgents" In an effort to break the
strike and make good the word of
their union. The railroad officials
are co-operating with them in every
tray. Three days ago traveling en
gineers and trainmasters on every di
vision were called back from their
regular duties and went to the seal
of the trouble.
According to local railroaders, the
Insurgents are men who 'are dissat
isfied with the administration of the
B. of It. T., the O. II. C. and the
Switchmen's union, and a year ago
made a big canvass in an effort to
gain enough members to put the
older unions out of business. Fail
ing in this, they bided their time and
the Chicago strike is the next step.
Railway men out in this part of the
country are loyal to the old organ
ization, and realize that contracts,
once made, must be kept if union
labor is to maintain its supremacy.
All over the country, news reports
say, the strike is spreading, and it la
Inevitable that traffic will be dimin
ished somewhat. Union officials
have characterized the strike as un
authorized and illegal.
Railroad officials and union lead
ers here alike agreed that Thursday
would bring the rea 1 test of
strength between the strongly in
trenched group of brotherhoods ana
the "outlaw" unions which have
sprung up under leaders who voice
their dissatisfaction at what they de
clare is the failure of the brother
hood officials to get more money for
their men.
In the Chicago district, .where the
strikes started eight days ago, the
railroad General Managers' associa
tion has set Thursday as the last
Iay for the striking switchmen, en
gineers and firemen to return. If
they fail to heed the ultimatum,
strike breakers will be brought In
and the vacant places filled, it Is
t said. I
The striking switchmen said that
engineers 'and firemen ha daban-i
doned engines on the Chicago. Burl
ington & Quincy; Chicago, Milwau
kee & St. Paul; the Chicago & North
western, and the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroads at Chicago.
Arrangements were made for a
conference today at CI eveland of
the chiefs of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen, Locomotive En
gineers' and Locomotive Firemen and
Cnglnemen.
Officers of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen continued with
their plan of bringing loyal members
to Chicago to take the places of
strikers. A dispatch from Sheridan,
Wyo., said that several members had
. started from there to join those from
other points nearer Chicago.
INSPECTOR JOHNSON IS
LOOKING FOR HEN
Inspector F. R. Johnson was in Al
liance yesterday, in searcb of some
200 men for work on the govern
ment forest reservation near Seneca.
He offers several month' work, an
eight hour day, with good bunks and
low food cost. A number of men
were shipped out on No. 41 yester
day, but not enough. Some ot the
best men will be held for additional
work at the close of the planting
season. The pay is not very high.
but living costs are exceptionally
low, and ex-Boldlers and others in
terested can secure information at
the Red Cross home service bureau
in the court house.
NORA LAUDER HELD
BY DENVER POLICE
Nora Lauder, colored, who left Al
llance Wednesday morning for Den
ver, was arrested on-her arrival in
the Colorado city due to a telephone
message to the Denver police by
Chief Reed. Bob Todd, colored, had
complained to the chief that Nora
had made away with a watch and
other Jewelry belonging to him.
No warrant had been issued for
her arrest by the county up to noon
today.
On a wire from a cousin, O.
McCracken, Chief Taylor Friday,
afternoon arrested Walter MeCrack
en, aged seventeen, but six feet tali
lust as he stepped off of No. 43. lie
la being held for further instruc
tions.
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Alliance and vicinity:
Increasing cloudiness tonight with
warmer east portion; Saturday un
settled; not much change in temperature.
BEN SALLOWS 1IAS
PAINKUL INJURY
Ben" J. Sallows, editor ot The
Times, suffered a painful Injury to
his left hand Wednesday morning of
this week. He was operating the lino
type machine and due to the absence
of a guard on the motor gears, the
tips of his fingers were enmeshed.
The bones are badly splintered as
shown by an X-ray photograph, and
the surgeon is yet undecided as to
whether it will be necessary to re
move the finger-ends.
CHARGE OF FORGERY
AGAINSTJELLIEHAN
A warrant was Issued in county
court Thursday morning for the ar
rest of James Kelliehan. The com
plaint, signed by C. A. Allen, owner
of the Box Butte rooming house,
charges that Kelliehan cashed a
check for $15 drawn on Pete Mane
wal at 3 a. m. Thursday, and that
this check later proved to be a forg
ery. Kelliehan could not be found,
and it Is believed that he has left
Ltown. Five blank checks had been
taken from Manewal's book, and It
Is possible that other forgeries will
appear.
Kelliehan was employed as cook
on the night shift by Manewal. He
was off duty about 3 a. m., and sh6rt
ly after that time showed up at the
rooming house, where he rented a
room, paying for it with the check
in question. He left immediately
thereafter, saying that he going to
get his suitcase. He returned a
short time a'terward, and evidently
went up stairs and out through the
rear entrance. The room showed no
igns of occupancy.
REPUBLICAN ORGANIZER
HERE APRIL 17 AND IS
Miss Bauer of Rhode Island, who
la speaking in different parts of Ne-.
braska in the interest of the Repub
lican party, will bo in Alliance April
1 7and 18.
Miss Bauer has a national reputa
toln as an organizer and public
speaker. Alliance is fortunate to be
able to have Miss Bauer two days.
Her evening meeting will b efor both
men and women and all should avail
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memBeives oi uui opportunity iu.
hear a most talented speaker.
THE WINNING STROKE" '
AT IMPERIAL TONIGHT
Tonight at the Imperial the at
traction is a play tof college life, with
George Walsh in the lead. And
George, they tell us, is a pippin at
depicting the harum-scarum, rollick
ing college lad who performs some
typical college stunts. George, It
seems, attended college in his youth,
and the stuff comes easy to him.
rhe scenes are taken at Yale unlvei-
Bity, and one of the features is the
Yale-Harvard 'varsity boat race. It's
interesting all the way through with
a regular thriller as a climax. Also
there is a Billy West comedy,
'Bright and Early," and a late batch
of current events.
Saturday night, "The Prodigal
Liar" Is the play, and it has an in
terestlng sound. We didn't get to
read the synopsis, due to the care
lessness of the management, but
William Desmond plays the lead, and
he looks like a good liar. There's a
Mutt and Jeff cartoon, "Fishing,"
and a Snub Pollard comedy, "Tough
Luck't to complete the bill that can't
help but be good.
The last episode of the thriller
"The Invisible Hand." is billed for
Sunday. The feature play is "The
Invisible Bond," with Irene Castle In
the lead. It's a dramatic photoplay
of married life, based on "The See
saw," and the producers say that it
strikes a happy medium between the
movies that make us think and those
that do not. We don't exactly un
derstand how it's done, but Irene
Castle Is an attractive little thing
Op, is she little? Op.: Never meas
ured her, but it mak l no dlf., you
can't tell by the plctui myhow)
and her talent isn't all In her feet,
as is the case with some dancers.
Another serial will start Sunday,
"Lightning Bryce," and a Big V com
edy Is thrown in for' good measure.
Higher
financing.
education needs higher
RACE FOR AUTO
IN HOMESTRETCH
Vote Schedule Will Re Smartly Re
duced a Week Fro niSitt
unlay Night
The Herald's auto and prize cam
paign Is now In the homestretch
but fourteen days remain.
Pep, Push and Perserverance are
the three keys that will un lock any
door In the world.
They will unlock the door to the
valuable prizes offered by The Herald
in its big auto campaign.
They will unlock the master door
that leads to the new Reo Six, and
the inner door that guards the free
trip to California.
HAVE YOU THE KEYST
Time for Action
The time for action in The Her
ald's campaign is at hand. The race
has been going along at a pretty
even pace but that can't last.' Some
one is going to show a burst of
speed and go right over the top. The
opportunity to do that very thing is
apparent. The vote totals are en
tirely too small to stand long. Just
a few subscription clubs would put
anyone of the headllners away in
the lead.
Mpke up your mind that you
MUST be FIRST when the list of
contestants Is published again next
Tuesday.
Have You the "Bug"?
Near the end of a campaign Just
when everyone is working to put his
or her nearest competitor away back
In the last row under the balcony
there is very likely to be an epidemic
strike some of the candidates. There
is a sort of germ or microbe that gets
into neoDle's systems and makes
them feel blue and pessimistic. That
microbe is a mighty dangerous bug
and the only way to keep that bug
from losing YOU this campaign Is to
feed It large amounts of real energy
Hustle and energy are sure cures for
the disease.
Some contestants become discour
aged when a competitor casts a larg!
number of votes, the very object of
casting these ballots being to weaken
competitors. Then, sometimes for
getful for the moment of the mag
nlflcent prises, a candidate will stop
by the wayside and bemoan his fate
The result Is that those who possess
more hustle, ambition and energy go
around him while he is thinking it
over.
Second Period Important
The second period of this cam
patgn is equally as Important as th
first. After April 17 the schedule
goes down and that reduction may
mean defeat for the very ones who
are now planning on victory by
standing on present votes totals.
The sale of advertising and Job
cards will be discontinued April 17.
The last week of the campaign votes
will be allowed for subscriptions
only. If you have prospects for
cards be sure those prospects are
closed by a week from Saturday
night.
No votes whatever will be Issued
at The Herald office the final week
of the campaign. Subscriptions and
cash to cover must be deposited in
the ballot box which will be placed
in a Jocal bank. The box will be
locked and the keys delivered to the
judges of the campaign. It will not
be opened until the campaign la over
and the final count begun.
Victory Lies Ahead
Victory lies ahead not behind
Just two short weeks and the. race.
will be over. You ran't depend on
psesent vote totals or reserves to
win. The last week of the second
period is bound to' be a hummer. If
you fail to take BIO advantage of it
you are lost not matter what your
present vote total may be.
HOW TO GET A
MILLION VOTES
A five-year subscription now
counts for 20,000 votes. EX
TRA votes 50.000 of 'em
are still Issued for every club
of $20. Now then; Twenty-five-year
subscriptions at 20.
000 votes each is 400,000 REG
ULAR votes. Twenty five-year
subscriptions at $12.60 each Is
$250, representing twelve $20
clubs, (and $10 over) or 600,
000 EXTRA votes. Add the
400.000 regular votes to the
600,000 extra votes and you
have a total ofl.000,000 votes
for only twenty five-year sub
scriptions. The sale of job
cards ean also be applied to se
cure a million votes.
S. A BARTLETT IS
HARBORINPUDGE
Man Wounded In Antlorh Fracas
Pays His Respects to the
Man W ho Miot lllm
S. A. Bartlett of Antloch, wounded
by Marshall Frank Knight of that
city last Saturday evenrng, Is not in
kindly mood toward the marshal
or the city authorities. Propped up
in bed at St. Joseph's hospital yes
terday afternoon, he told a Herald
reporter his version of the story of
the murder and the subsequent
shooting of himself by Knight.
Bartlett Is making a rapid recov
ery. "I had to," he said. "After 1
was shot they took me to the Steam
Heated rooms and left me. I had
to wait on myself all the time. Two
or three times I told them I wanted
to be taken to the hospital here, and
they promised each time that I'd be
sent on the next train, but it was
Monday evening before I got here. I
wouldn't be here now If I hadn t told
them that if they didn't bring me,
I'd get out of bed and walk to the
station." Despite the fact that he
had a bullet hole In his chest, Bart
lett Is able to get out of bed and
walk about the room.
The wounded man feels most bit
ter against Marshal Knight, who, he
sayB, has been trying to "get- him
for some time. He objects strenuous
ly to published accounts of the fray,
declaring that the story that the mar
shal's gun was accidentally dis
charged is all bunk. Further, be de
clares that he can prove his state
ment by Mayor Warren and two or
three other citizens, who were pres
ent at the arrest.
According to Bartlett, Knight was
fully six feet away from him when
the Bhot was fired, and that It was
after he was shot that he roiliy be
gan to fight. Then the marshal used
the butt end of his revolved to club
him Into submission. "I was afraid
he'd kill me," he said, "so I pre
tended to be laid out."
Bartlett tells a straightforward
story of the events of the evening
"I wasn't present at the station when
Flo came in," he said. "I was up
at Jack Craven's Flo's first hus
band. Flo and Jack and Marie drove
over, pi the car and they waited while
she came in to talk to me. She told
me that she wanted to come over to
the house: that she was afraid of
trouble.' Jackson had already fired
two shots in another room, and she
knew I was a good friend of both of
them and thought that I could make
him be decent."
The whole trouble was that Jack
son was Jealous. He bad once told
Bartlett, the latter said, that if Flor
ence ever came to town with another
man he'd "blow them both and
then himself." "I toia mm ne
wouldn't do any such thing that
he'd been drinking a little and was
just talking foolish, and. thought no
more about it."
luckH.m and Mrs. Feagln had been
quarreling all the evening, but when
they reached the house, everything
went lovely for some time. "Flo
was settln' on Jack's lap. and they
were loving each other, like they al
ways do," he said. "Marie was out
In the other room fixing up a lunch.
She'd been mixing the drinks for us.
There had been quite a few of them
I might as well admit it, we were
pretty stewed the last drink she
mixed with hot water and the others
had been with cold water. Finally
thre came an argument, and Jack
told Marie and me to .clear out. Flo
said to go ahead, she wasn't afraid
of the coward, and out we went.
Marie didn't even have time to put
on her coat."
They went out and had got nl'
as far as the back porch when the
first shot was fired. Five of them
came in rapid succession. They went
around to the side of the house,
looked through the window, and de
spite the drawn blind could see Flor
ence Feagln's body huddled on the
floor. Marie knocked at the front
door and asked Jackson to let them
n that she was cold, but they got
no response. Bartlett gave wane am
coat and the two of them decided to
notify the authorities. "We ran all
the wav." Bartlett confessed. "I was
cold and maybe a little scared.
knew if Marie and I went in there
he'd smoke us sure."
Marie got hold ot Night Marshal
Schrader, and Bartlett confined his
attentions to the day marshal.
went into the garage where the fire
denartment'a apparatus is kept," be
said, "and called him at his home
Then I went to Shepard's pool hall
and later to Donahoe's, where 1 go
a coat. I was trying to get a poae
all lined up so that when Knight
came down town we could all go
hunt for Jackson. I was Just going
Into the bowling alley when KHpht
ratne up and arrested me for being
drunk.
"When we got over to the Jail.
Knight was going away to leava me,
and I asked him If he wasn't going
to build a fire. Ho said he wouldn't
--he'd betmck after a while. I told
hl.u he wouldn't lock me up with
out he built a fire. I told hlin 1 d
rather be Bhot than freeze to dath.
Mayor Warren and three other men
were there at the time, and the
mayor told Knight to go ahead
that he'd take care of me. Then
Knight said that he'd look out for
me himself. When he started to shut
the cell door, I came out Then he
shot me, and he was standing abo-it
six feet away when he did it ti
fired three shots. One of them grazed
my head and another hit me in
the chest. Then he hit me with th
butt end of the gun."
(Continued on Page 12.)
OFFICERS MADE GOOD
0NK. P. DUTY
About fifty members of Alliance
post No. 7, American Legion, an
swered mess call at the armory last
night and made the chow (which
would do Justice to an officers' mess)
look like "sank sahnteems." If you
were not numbered among the fifty
you certainly missed it; it was like
the first feed you got after arriving
home with your discharge in your
pocket. Everything was Included in
the menu from ham and wienies
down, or up, to ice cream. Ex-officers
and "shave-tails" were on K. P.
and made a new record in the way of
service. Mike Nolan was right there
at the coffee boiler and didn't hes
itate a second to fill your mess cup
full (maybe that's the way thejr do
it In the navy). K. P. Burlington
was a little late but got "extra
fatigue" when it came to the clean
up. Mess Sergeant Meyer and K. P.
Morris and the rest are all very com
petent and we are going to suggest
to the government in the next army
we join that only officers be put on
K. P.; they can do the job well
enough.
The next meeting of the Alliance
post will be at the city hall on Tues
day evening. April 13, when the new
constitution will be voted on. There
are a number of important changes
in the constitution and every legion
member should be present to record
his vote for or against the proposed
changes. The Initiation of new
members will be brought up M this
meeting, also the organisation of a
base ball team. The room committee
will have a definite report. With a
piano and a victrola already, it won't
take long to furnish a room after we
get one. The women's auxiliary, for
mothers, sisters, wives and dauab
ters of ex-service men, will probably
be organised about April 21, but
definite announcement will be made
later.
HAPLAIN SQUIRES
SPEAK HERE APRIL 17
Chaplain Squires, a noted veteran
of
the great war, will give an ad
ress In Alliance April 17. He will
speak in behalf of the candidacy of
General Leonard Wood. The local
republican central committee is tn
charge of the arrangements, and an
nouncement of the time and placo
of the meeting will be made later.
USE NEW TRUCK IN
DRAGGING THE ROADS
C. L. Hashman, chairman of the
board of county commissioners, was
in the city yesterday. He reports
that the county's road force Is now
using one of the big ex-army trucks.
recently purchased, as well as sev
eral graders, in getting county roads
n shape. They are not at present
doing any work on the state high
ways. SINCLAIR REFINING CO.
MAY ESTABLISH BRANCH
The Sinclair Refining company,
one of the largest individual refining
companies in the country, is planning
the establishment of a distributing
branch in Alliance, according to Sec
retary Rufus Jones of the chamber
of commerce. Mr. Jones has held
several conferences the past week
ith George Wallace, of Chicago.
lease agent for the company, and it
a suitable location ean be procured,
the work ot construction will be
started. The company plans to erect
a warehouse 24x40 feet, a garage for
three motor trucks and three steel
storage tanks with a combined ca
pacity of 86.180 gallons.
The Alliance Herald, $2.50 a year
RESULTS OF
CITYJECTION
Hacker, Moore, Henry and Sturgeon
Klotted to City Council
Take Office Tuesday
H. S. Hacker was elected to the
city council over A. V. Gavin in the
First ward at Tuesday's election. O.
C. Moore was re-elected over L. Tl
Burrowes in Second ward; Ed Henry
defeated A. Wright in Third, and A.
B. Sturgeon won from L. H. High
land in the Fourth ward. The new
councllmen will go into office Tues
day. Official totals have not been com
plied, but unofficial figures show that
K. A. Harris and K. J. Stern were
elected as members of the school
board. A dark horse developed in
the race, Mrs. Mose Wright securing
a big vote In every ward. No filings
wero made for the school board, but
no other names had been suggested
for the place than those of the in
cumbents, Harris and Stern.
Interest was slight and there were
no evidences of any campaigning at
the polls or on the street. There was
a small proportion ot women voting.
fourteen out of a total of seventy
seven In Third being reported.
The official count by the city coun
cil will bo made Monday evening
and the official tabulation will be
printed in Tuesday's Herald.
BUSY WEEK AHEAD
FOR CITY COUNCIL
Next week bids fair to keep tho
city council pretty well occupied.
Monday evening the present council
meets for the last time, and on that
occasion they will count the votes
cast on Tuesday and announce the
result.
Tuesday evening comes the reg
ular meeting. The new members
will assume their offices on this oc
casion, and there is a whole lot for
them to do. In addition to the build
ing ordinance, there is the rearrang
ing of committees, and a rather full
program is the prospect.
Wednesday evening, according to
Mayor Rodgers, the council will meet
with representatives of the Nebraska
Telephone company and another ef
fort will be made to thresh out the
franchise question. E. K. Haldeman
of Grand Island, district manager.
was in the city yesterday, and the
upshot of his visit was the setting
of a date foe the meeting. There'll
be discussion, pro and con, of all the '
little problems that have been mulled
over before, and the probabilities are
that when the meeting . adjourns,
something will have been accom
plished, ,
COUNTY CONFERENCES
ARB CONCLUDED TODAY
Rev. J.. Orrln Gould, dMrict fi
nance director for the inter-churcb
world movement, returned to Alli
ance this morning from trip to '
Crawford and Bridgeport, where h
attended county conferences. Team
No. 13, composed of Rev. A. J.
Kearns of Alliance, Rev. S. J. Epler,
Rev. A. J. May of Hemlngford and
E. C. Newland of Chadron, had been
in charge of a series of these county
conferences, and the last one will be
held at Valentine today.
Plans will be announced shortly
for the work for Box Butte county.
Rev. Mr. Gould has received word
that the quota of each denomination
in the county will be $18,575. and
the other quota $3,161. This totals
less than $22,000, about $5,000 short
of previous estimates.
MRS. JAS. HUNTER
PAINFULLY INJURED
Mrs. James Hunter suffered a
painful injury to her right band last
evening. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter and
son and Mrs. E. T. Kibble had driven
out to the ranch to bring in the boy's
pony, and he was being led behind
the ear, Mrs. Hunter holding the
rope. The pony stopped suddenly at
the edge of a small mudhole, and
Mrs. unter, who had the rope wound
about the fingers o( her hand, suf
fered broken bones In two of the
fingers.
NEW TENNIS COURTS
AT TIED HIGH SCHOOL
Two new tennis courts are being
erected north of the high school
building. The ground was being
graded Thursday, and within a few
days there will be available another
form of athletics for the students.
Herald Want Ads get the business.
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