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VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEB KASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1920.
NO. 84
AUTO SMASHUPS
WEDNESDAY Hi
Hre People Injured When CW
turns llrlght Headlights'
Cause Another.
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Five people received more or less
serious Injuries about 11:30 p. m.
Wednesday evening when a big Lib
erty six automobile, driven by sixteen-year-old
Lyle Berzlna. son of J.
C Berzlna of this city, plunged off
the bridge three miles this side of
Berea, on the Alllance-Hemlngford
road. The car overturned and threw
several of the occupants out. pinning
ethers underneath.
The accident was due to a com
bination of youthful driver and
speeding. There were two cars In
the party, the first of which contain
ed Terry Davidson and Leo Walker
of Hemlngford and the Misses Nellie
Wright and Dora White. The two
cars had been racing all the way. Ac
cording to the story told by one of
the occupants of the wrecked car.
Blcknell and Anderson had hlreu
Berzlna to drive them to Hemlng
ford. His father was out of the city,
but was expected home that evening,
and they were trying to get to Alli
ance before he arrived.
The Hemlngford boys had the
lead, and were setting a Bltff pace.
Berzlna had turned out all the lights
on his car, and was driving with the
spotlight alone. Berzlna attemptea
to pass them at the bridge. The
first car crossed the bridge without
difficulty, but the spotlight threw the
light a good distance ahead of the
xar, and they did not see tne Drianei
In time to gauge it properly. But
two of the wheels hit It, and the car
turned over.
Berzina7as soon as he could get to
his feet, saw that there were others
to take care of the Injured, and set
out along the road, in the hope of
getting assistance. The car ahead
kept on, until some of the occupants
noticed that they were no longer
being followed. Alter a few minutes,
suspecting- an accident, they turned
hack, and met young Berzlna.
When they arrived at the scene of'Cf Mr. and Mrs. George Simpson, re-
the accident, they found that two
other cars were on the prounV pilot
ed by W. R. Harper and Norman
McCorkle. They crowded the oc
cupants Into one of the cars, and
"brought the Injured to Alliance. '
Walter ("Spooks") Anderson wai
the most seriously hurt. He receiv
ed five broken ribs, and an Injury to
the back. An X-ray photograph tak
en Thursday evenlns showed one cf
the vertebra to be Injured. For a
time It was feared that he might not
recover, but jrcsent indication are
more favorable. He Ij now at St.
Joseph's hospital.
Miss Genevieve Dotr-n. received a
"badly wrenched shoulder, the pain
from which was sufficient to make
ter delirious. . She is now resting
easily, and will make a rapid recov
ery. Her twin sister, Geraldine,
was badly bruised.
Kenneth ("Ikey") Blcknell. son o
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Blcknell, received
a broken hand, an Injury to the
tJaw. and bad "bruises about the head
and shouldeTs.
Lyle Berzlna, the driver, war
thrown clear of the machine. He
was only slightly bruised. He went
to the hospital with the rest of his
passengers, but was released Thurs
day morning.
Lights Blinded Driver.
Half an hour before this accident,
-another car turned over at the same
bridge. This car was occupied by
Charles Thompson, C. M. Butler,
Harry Moorish and Charles Tilton.
As they approached the bridge, the
lieadllghts from another car, coming
from the opposite direction, blinded
- the driver, "and he was unable to see
the bridge. As In the other accident,
the right wheels did not strike the
bridge at all, and the car overturned.
The men were all thrown from tile
car, which was not damaged, save
-for a demolished top. The occu
pants righted the car and proceeded
-to Alliance with It. Their Injuries
.Were confined to bruises.
The superintendent In charge ot
'the "bricklaying end of the paving is
'feeling tolerably good the last day or
two. After losing the prize brick
'layer, rho was a regular nine-day
'wonder at picking them up and lay
' lng them down, he took two men out
of the ranks, as it were, and put
them on the Job. Thursday they laid
over 1,400 square yards of brick,
. over 700 yards apiece. Six hundred
yards la a mighty big day's work
and there are few who do much bet
ter than the 500-yard mark. The
work is proceeding rapidly, and there
ian't much- doubt that the first dls-
trlct will aoon be out of the way,
fosilblr br the end of tne moniu
v Tiwo -weeka ot good weather should
scouts okoaniez i
thh khtoxd troop;
Thursday a new Boy Scout troop,
known as troop 2, was organized
vlth James P. Burlington, Jr., as
ft Vntnimlor and Inv II Vnnro nit
.nt. The new troop is holding
- meetings with the older troop
fi aey gei ruiiy organizeu nnn hi
tl H meeting applications were
rect ft ad patrols formed.
' Ti$ ons received were: Clar
ence 1 Clarence Butler. "Oe
bert Co jston Sherwood, Vern
Orlbble, .uce Epler, Frank Hodg
klnson, William McCoy. Wynn Rob
bins, William Davee, William Irish,
Jack Dacy, Elbert Howe, Elmer
Johrmen and Parker Davis.
At present Assistants Hamilton
and Vance have charge of the meet
ings and the activities for the win
ter has been lined up and
Scouts are real enthusiastic over It
Monday night was the- time set ,
for examinations and a good number
of the new troop passed their tender
foot test. It Is expected that they
will advance rapidly and show the
older troop some good competition.
At present the main thoughts of
the scouts rest on an attractive
tarnnie modol whtrh u to h rivpn tnilu "e, ... 7 , vuuM.iiy nn
the best signaller in troop 1. Sep-
tcmber 30 is the date set for the ' v"u,"6rt. -,
elimination . contest to decide to whcn the councl pa?Bes an ordl:
whom the honor and mMn' n. I nancf' " upend" thL, rul? and
The wig-wag method, using one flagi6hoota her, trough. The telephone
and the international Morse code. Is franchise wil have to go
the manner In which the signalling h " route, and this Is a hard
. . . . . road to travel.
19 lu ur uuiiCi
A Boy Scout Tag day Is being
planned and if all arrangements are
(made It will be held on the 25th of
j this month. The purpose will be to
raise money for financing the work
for both troops.
KARL SIMPSON IS
CRUSHED BY TRUCK
Six-Year-Old Son of (Jeorge Simpson
Falls Under a Heavily
Loaded Car.
Karl Simpson, the six-year-old Bon
telved
nccr..
f-'al injuries Tuesday after
vheii he fell fron the to" of "
truck) oad of wheat. He struck the
gv und Just in front of one of the
rea:- whee?s, which, passed over "Ms
chfc'. He wa taei' '- tl"
th; cflice of Dr. C. E. Hershman, but
died a few seconds after his u,riM
'.here, witbout gaining consciousness.'
The accilent happened ah-u- n-"'1
p. m. The child had just Deen dis
missed from school, and met his
father's truck near the city park.
The father stopped the car, the boy
climbed on. but no soond h 7h
driver started than the car struck a
slight obstruction and lurch, d, ami
the child lost his balance, falling
directly under the moving wheels
The boy's father was driving the
truck, and is almost prostrate since
the accident, although no possible
blame attaches to him.
Funeral services were held from
the First Baptist church at 2:30 p.
in. Thursday, with Rev. J. Onin
Gould In charge. Schoolmates of the
boy, who was in Miss Eva Crocker's
class at Central school, sent a beau
tiful assortment of flowers, and there
was a multitude of other floral offer
Ings from other classes in the city
schools, as well as from friends.
MAIL PILOT WINS
CRAWFORD AIR RACE
Nearly ten thousand people were
in Crawford yesterday for the Tri
State fair and the conclusion of tne
Omaha to Crawfor dalrplane race,
the first of Its kind in the state. A
big delegation of forty cars was in
attendance from Alliance. The
weather was ideal. Among the In
teresting events was the winning of
the 2:15 trot by Whit loot, t e
Shreeve gelding, which took all
three heats.
Clarence C. Lange of the govern
ment air mail service won the air
race fro mthe Ak-Sar-Ben field In
Omaha to the Dawes county fair at
Crawford, Neb., a distance of 470
miles.
Lange took off at the Ak-Sar-Ben
field yesterday morning at 8:?1 and
landed at Crawford at 12.41. Ed
ward Gardner of the Nebraska Air
craft company of Lincoln left Oma
ha at 9:12 and arrived in. Crawford
at 1:36 finishing second. War
ren P. Kite of the Grand Island Aero
company hopped off at 9:09 and
landed at 2:04 in third place.
Lange piloted a ship owned by A.
H. Feters of Omaha. He was in
third place at Grand Island, the only
stopping place on the course, having
taken an hour and 33 minutes to fly
a distance covered by Gardner in an
hour and 10 minutes and by Kite in
an hour and 23 minutes.
PHONE FRANCHISE
IS JNIRODUCED
Council Will Take It Slow and Ka,sy
Phone Company May lie Out of '
Trenches, by Christ inns'
It begins to look as though the
Nebraska Telephone company were
due to get their franchise, althougj
they are by no means out of tho
woods yet. At the Tuesday evening
meeting of the city council, the fran
chise ordinance was formally Intro
duced by . Councilman Harry John
son, and the regular statutory course
will be followed. This means that,
with good luck, the company will .
al,have a franchise by January 1. OfWtack on other grounds. The train
rnnrnp. rrmrp innv n nnipriinnn roir.
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Jred and If thl- st.ould han.H
tor over a year and a hair, the
telephone company nas been trying
with poor success to get a franchise
th,rugh l,he clly Tue coun - j
c11 h" aIWBy, be?n . Pleasant and ,
n8reeable. nd ua ,ent a willing ear,
I sent, but they have not nerved their
Under the regular procedure, an
ordinance is Introduced at the first
meeting, and is laid on the table
gtntly. without discussion. TMi wa?
done
At the next meeting, tile sec-
rimd "I. --I: l-l I
At the November meeting. It will be
tin for third rpnalnc and flnnl Mb
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sage. The phone company oo
out of the trenches by Christmas.
Last month the phone company I
made its final capitulation. They
Korwarded through Clay Harry, the
local commercial, manager, a fran
chise ordinance that granted pretty
nearly everything the council had
asked. Among these concessions
was a provision that, in cases where
buildings were moved, the company
would stand the expense. They
-ireed also to place poles where the
city council wanted them placed, to
remove poles for paving and other
causes, to hold the city without !a
1 billty for damages, . and several
I other things, and finally, agreed to
' remove all poles and wires from a
large portion of the downtown dis
trict within three to five years I
the franchise was granted.
(Continued on page 7).
blairtfinds booze
among the flowers
L. D. Blair, who several weeks
ago purchased the Tatro greenhouse
after the proprietor, discouraged bv
financial difficulties, had surrendered
It to his backers, the First National
bank, has .been busy the past few
weeks repairing the ravages of ne
glect and planting new stock.
Tuesday afternoon Mr. Blair was
at work In the greenhouse, spading
up one of the flower beds. He had
Just started at work and was dr:fTn-
the spade deep with all his energy.
He struck a snag, but unfortunately
went clear went clear through the
obstruction, which when the earth
wan turned awav from it. turned out
tn K ,r kniiin nt nrinm whfalrv
Before he could save It, hardly a
drop was left. Frantic spading un- worried as to the outcome."
covered but. one more quart bottle,! Raymond Robins drew the ap
and this, alas, was empty. j plause of the crowd when he sprung
The label on the bottle had been the "He kept us out of war now
obliterated, but the revenue stamp he la keeping us out of peace" slo-
was still Intact. The odor, the
aroma, was that of expensive, stuff.
Mr. Blair was so overcome by the
awful damage he had done that be
shut up shop for the afternoon and
refused to spade another foot. Some
men would have feverishly spaded up
all the other flower beds, but Mr.
Blair Is made of sterner stuff.
Mr. Blair's tale of buried treasure
has been received differently in de
ferent quarters. Some of his frlelTas
look at him with cold eye and say to
hlra: "Don't come that stuff on us
we're not going to be fooled Into
helping you dig your flower beds."
Others, in whom the light of hope
has not entirely died o.ut, have volun
teered their services In assisting with
the spadnig. But no man will ever
spade recklessly in that greenhouse
again.
The Alliance police, some months
ago,' discovered a whisky still at the
greenhouse when It was condu-
by William Tatro. Mr. Tatro at that
time declared that it was none of
his war, and that one of the worv
men must have been dry. If, as Mr.
Blair suspects -and hopes the stuff
It buried among the flower pots, this
man must have had an awful thirst.
CENTER ATTACK ON
1 LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and
)tMnonI Robins )iruN Hut
' One Campaign Inne
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.,
and Raymond Robins, who m",' re
publican speeches on a platform
erected near the Burlington station
Friday morning, made no attempt
n dlr-uss any of the campaign Issues
!ut the league of nations. Teddy,
r., took a few pokes at the much-ad-ertlsod
article X of the league cove
nant, and Raymond Robins. In the
Rhort time left to him. continued the
which brought In the speakers ar
rived a full hour late, which cut
down the time allotted to Alliance
considerably. A crowd of several
hundred was on han dto greet the
sneakers
- Among the audience were visitors
f rom Hemlngford. Marsland and o-or
tUe county, as well as a sprinkling
of victors from Chadron. Gordon
and other points.
A squad of worldwar veterans in
uniform provided an escort for the
speakers from the train to the plat
form, where the crowd gave them
an ovation. W. R. Harper, repub
lican county chairman, introduced
the sneakers. Teddy, Jr., resem
bled his father in a number of ways,
and has adopted mannerisms to
make the likeness still more strik
ing. He has a broad, comprehen-
.iv .mil and wnprt tn a frlendlv
way at two. ch,ldren w were 8ealed I
Roowlt bogan h a(ldre,H rt.-
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a nuntaflnn rrmii n attr wnin Ti
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him by his father In 1918. The
quotation did not serve as a text for
anything save some remarks to the j
effert that the great danger front
'nrt the country was that it -hoald
nwlvg rapidly from one extreme to I
tho other. Teddy. Jr., thought that ,
the prevailing spirit of class dlstinc
tlrn was one of the danger signals.
Ho followed with some observations
on the glories of equal opportunity
fcr nil in America, and how pleasant
it was that the estimate of worth In i
the land of the free was based on
character, not on money.
The speaker theii launched Into
VA.r , - , .1 til
m I , MMron '
said that he had four chlldren-and,
a gasp went up from the crowd for
.kmw k5 hV !iXin
sponslbllity Three of h Is ehndren
;kat T wafJom
actual experience, and the crowd ap-
plauded when he said that he didn't
want to see his children In -a war
that could be avoided. He charged
that the "Wilson league of nations
contains the seed of more wars."
Article X he characterized as a
death-trap. He told of the Shan
lung affair, and said that with the
United States a member of the
league, the nations under the cove
nant "right perfectly probably" de
mand that troops be sent to Ireland,
to- Berlin or to Russia to preserve
order. He also mentioned Poland as
an Instance that the league wou'd
not put a stop to war.
In Conclusion, he said that his
heart went out t o"you-all here Th
Alliance," and that he was quite
sure that this city would give the
republican candidate a big majority.
"Mv father Rtonnpd here two vears
ago." he said, "and I'm not at all
. Kan. He addressed himself mrrM
ularly to (he laboring men. He had,
he said, at one time in his life
worked as a coal miner, twelve hours
a day, seven days a week, at a dol
lar a day. He attacked what he
called the "labor article" in the
league covenant, and charged that
the league plan contemplated an in
ternational labor tribunal of 128
members, in which the United States
had but 4 votes. This tribunal, he
said, Is intended to deal with the
standards and conditions of labor,
and the yellow anu brown races have
greater voice than the Uulted
States. He seemed to believe that
there was a great menace In tnis,
although in times past American la
bor has never been content with as
low or lower standard of living as
the laborers of other countries, and
it is rather doubtful if a league of
nation could persuade them to do
so.
Mr. Robins also made capital out
ot proposals that had been made fbr
the league treaty, but voted down
He suggested that republicans ask
democratic leaders if it were true
that free speech and a free press
had been voted down; if It were true
TIIR WEATIIKU
ALLIANCE. Neb., Fair tonight
and Saturday; not much change In
temperature.
that shorter hours and a minim ' u
wage for women had been deferiud;
If an ajtl-slavery provision had been
defeated. Since none of these things
were really essential to a league
cavenant, It .Isn't surprising (that
they were omitted, Just as no provi
sion was Included providing for a
uniform method in all countries of
selecting dog-catcher.
The speaker was applauded when
he said that. If the republican candi
dates were elected, there would be
several changes In the cabinet, such
as the removal of Secretary Baker,
Attorney General Talnier and Post
master General Burleson.
Among the Scottsbluff visitors last
Saturday and Sunday was Police
Judge T. D. Roberts, of Alliance.
The Judge stated that this was the
first trip that he had made through
this valley since 1903, although be
fore that date he had traveled the
valley considerably on' horsebac,
pays the Scottsbluff Star-Herald. The
visitor stated that he could hardly
realize the great changes and the
unbelievable prosperity that was ap
parent on every hand. Of course he
had been informed of the progress of
the North Platte valley, but the ac
tuality was much greater than any
thing he had Imagined.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Kilpatrlck. Jr..
were guests at the Drake hotel Wed
nesday night. Mr. Kilpatrlck Is the
son of C. F. Kilpatrlck a rancher llv-
ing soutk of Alliance.
SPUD DAY DRAWS
GOOD-SIZED CROWD
Twenty ve Hundred People Attend
the Annual Celebration at
Hemlngford
A crowd that was estimated at
2,500 people attended the Spud day
festivities "inn 'Hemlngford, last
Wednesday. It was one of the best
program sof the kind that has been
presented in this part of the state
there, was something of Interest
happening every minute
genator c ypetrjui . pter8tm .
ad
he touched on several preseut-day
mg and '
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li v . V7s wtawis. it: tt am luiivnT'i
by Professor Wilson of Chadron nor
mal, who spoke for half an hour on
the new, constitution.
One of the chief attractions was
the army lunch served by the
American legion to the crowd. This '
free feed was Hemingford's treat
and was thoroughly enjoyed by the
crowd.
The ball game proved something
of a disappointment; the Alliance
bunch being more or less outclassed
by Scottsbluff, which won by a to
0 score after none Innings of pure
slaughter. It may be Interesting In
Lh,3..C.C"nrl r 'J .
Ti : . . . i ".,N8"e
the St'. Louis browns for next year.
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piea, Deing wunoui a pucner, out a
Hemlngford man was secured and
he lasted for an inning or so..
me uuio races were interesting,
although there w as a rumor to the
ffect that two of the three entries
declined to race with Ed Slaughter,
better known as "Spark Plug," a
colored entry from Alliance, and
that a frameup compromise was
made by the entries. Spark Plug
was ahead for seven out of eight
laps, and on the seventh turn he was
doing his best to keep his opponent
from passing him. At the close of
the race certain men In the crowd
made a dive for him, but the near
riot was averted.
Following are the results ot most
of the athletic contests. Further
particulars will be given later
Girls' race First prize, Edna
Whltacre, 15.00; second, Wilella
Johnson; 3rd, Lola Roberts, 92.00
Fat man's race First, Delman
Glass; second". W. II. Sedore, $3.00;
third, Will Abrams, 12.
Shoe race First, Rev. A. J. May,
$5.00; second. Foster May, $3; third,
O. Swanson, 12.00.
Ladies' race First. Viola Usto
hol; second, Edna Whltacre, S3. '
Foot race First. Fay Clark, $5;
second, Herbert Roby, S3.
.Egg raceFirst, A. H. Clark, 6;
second, C. Rowley.
Potato race First, Lloyd Ersklne,
95: third. Foster May, $2.
Droad Jump First, P. J. Michael,
(Continued on page ().
COX ROOSEVELT
CLUB ORGANIZED
IIov Untie Coun'y Demorrnts Perfect
' an Organization for Iresl-
J dentin! Campaign.
A good-sized number of Box Butts
county democrats, among them being
representatives of practically every
faction In the local democratle
ranks, met at the former chamber of
commerce rooms In the Alliance Na
tional Bank building Monday even
ing and perfected the organization
of a Cox-Roosevelt club, which la
destined to play an Important part
In the coming presidential campaign.
These rooms have been secured by
the club as a permanent headquar
ters during the campaign, and
Philip Zobel Is already on hand
as a caretaker and general en
tertainment committee. The clut
rooms will be kept open a good share
of the time until election, and will
be general headquarters' for all dem
ocrats of the county.
In organizing the club, arrange
ments were made for the women
voters to take an active part In tho
proceedings, and there was elected a
double set of officers. An active
campaign for members Is now on
among both men and women, and
both In. matters of policy and enter
tainment, the new voters will be
consulted.
J. C. Morrow was elected as tem
porary chairman and W. L. O'Keefe
as temporary secretary. A constitu
tion and by-laws, -setting forth the
aims and objects of the organization,
was read and adopted. The follow
ing officers were elected:
General chairman Dr. II. II. Bell-
wood.
Vice chairwoman Mrs. D. Foley.
Vice chairman H. E. Gantz.
Secretary W, L. O'Keefe.
' Treasurer A. D. Rodgers.
Executive committee: First ward
John C. Morrow, Mrs. Claudia
Dole;
Third ward Eugene Burton, Mrs.
John Brennan.
Fourth ward Art Welch, Mra. H.
P. Toohey.
Box Butte Ed Cnrry. '
Boyd M. D. nealey.
Dorsey C. A. Burley.
' Lake A. H. Oroves. , '
1 Liberty -John Caha.
... Nonpareil Emory Abloy.
Snake' Creek John Burke. ' -
Running Water Win. Iodence.
Custodian Phtl Zobel.
A meeting of the executive com
mittee his been called frr next
Wednesday evening, at wh'ch vacan
cies wilt be filled. It Is the Intention .
to ioose only workers for the ex
ecutive rn"lt'ni T-m"'-M' will
, be open to-all' democrats and a wel
coming hand" will be extended to new
members..
The following committee appoint
ments have been announced:
i Finance Jack Riordan. chair
man; A. O. reaacson. J. W. Gut brie,
John O'Keefe.
Publicity Geo-ge L. Burr, chair
man; Tom O'Keefe.
Secretary O'Keefe Is atpo state
committeeman for Box Buftee eounty
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, w.U b he.dquar-
for general organization work In
this "section of the state.
The organization, when complete.
will constitute a formidable force.
d..,fT1rr.m t,,.
nned for tLe f,uh- and b the
:httMmn.frn i. t ,.ro.. u
be heard from. The intention is to
co-operate with the democratic coun
ty central committee in every way
possible, as well as to carry on a
campaign of Its own.
WOMAN RUNS AWAY
FR05I THE HOSPITAL.
Mrs. Saca Shelton of Upton, Wyo.
who was operated on at St. Joseph's
hospital in Alliance about a week
ago, ran away from the hospital
about II o'clock Thursday evening.
At 8 o'clock this morning Sheriff
Miller, who had been notified of her
disappearance, located her back of
the big cooking range in the Man
hattan restaurant and returned her
to the hospital.
The woman has been seriously ill.
and was probably suffering from a
delusion when she left the hospital.
She spent the night in the passen
ger station, and about 6 o'clock
phoned the Methodist pastor. Rev. M.
C. Smith, to come and talk to her.
She is a member of the Methodist
denomination. On his arrival, she
told him that she had heard soma
people at the hospital talking the
night before 'and that they intended
10 kill her. She waa running away
to relatives in Wichita, Kaa., she
K brother at Upland, Wyo., has been
notified to come for her. Mrs. Shel-
ton is about sixty years of age.