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4 fOj ' Official Taper of Nov Uutte County v. TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Official Taper of the City of Alliance VOLUME XXVIII. ALLIANCE, DOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1921 NO. 20 CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD ITS FINAL MEETING TONIGHT iLAST REGULAR SESSION BEFORE LEAVING OFFICE Disposition to Leave Most Up to City Manager the New Council Problems and The present city council will hold 3ts last regular meeting at the city Siall this evening. It may be found necessary to hold a special meeting or two, but this is not thought likely, un less, some emergency should arise. The primary election to select candidates :for the new council comes on March 15, the regular citv election on April 5, and the new council will hold its first official session on April 11. Some lime between April 5 and April H the oldouncil will probably meet to can vass the vote and Issue certificates of election. There are a number of measures hanging fire, chief among which may be listed the welfare ordinance. This ordinance was submitted some months ago, following a series of meetings held under the direction of the Re. Theodore Hansen of Omaha who urged all sorts of civic welfare measures and presented a model ordinance. The council has thought that in many ways the proposed measure was too drastic, lut has hesitated to lay it on the table, and yet has not felt like passing it un amended. The welfare committee, rep resenting those who favor the ordi nance, and a committee from the coun cil consisting of City Attorney Metz and Councilman Johnson have had in charge the remodeling of the measure, but all that has been done is to report progress. History to Repeat Itself. Last month the city attorney was 'abyent from the city at the time the council met, and alhough a number of supporters of the welfare program were present, they were pacified by the mayor and the matter again went .over. It is altogether probable that history will repeat itself again tonight. The council, judging from its per formance the past two or three months, is exhibiting a disposition to pass no ordinances unless the emer gency is pressing. The general thought .seems to be that the new council and the city manager will have it all to do over again if they shouldn't ap prove. So far as the welfare ordinance is concerned, the idea seems to be that the city has struggled along for years without a welfare superintendent, and that if necessary, the matter can go t over till the new council takes office. ' fome of the provisions in the pro posed ordinance, even after it has been cut and pruned and revamped, are such asjto arouse some little adverse comment, and the present council is apparently not unwilling to pass the buck. Of course, the probabilities are that there will be a delegation or two pres et at tonight's session, and they may make such a strong showing that the council will accede to their demands. However, with half a dozen other ordi nances hanging fire, it isn't likely that the council can be moved to action un less the members really desire to do it. Another ordinance that is before the council is one setting the license fee for billiard halls; a third names the occupation tax for motion picture theatres, and still another has to do with the license fee for electricians. There is also to be presented an ordi nance setting a fee for house movers. If the council takes a legislating streak, they can settle a lot of ques tions tonight. The Primary Election. It had been the intention of Mayor Rodgers to present to the council the question of whethertnen who had paid their filing fee as candidates for coun cilmen, but who had neglected to file a formal written acceptance, should be permitted to have their names placed on the ballot lor the primary election. ; The city attorney has ruled against it, and Mayor Rodgers last Friday an nounced that Mr. Metz' opinion would be accepted. There is but one of the candidates who would have liked to make the race out of the three who failed to complete their filing. Art Welch, whose admiring friends forced him into the race for city coun cil, has been busy explaining the past two or three weeks just why it was that he never completed the require ments to enable his name to go upon the primary ballot at the election March 15. Mr. Welch has never been a seeker after civic political honors at least not this year and the re proaches of the men who feel that he deserted them have been grating rather harshly on his ears. The fact is that at the eleventh hour, Fome of his friends notified him that they had passed around a petition bearing his name, and these men want d to know whether he would make the Tace. He demurred and they filed it for him, someone paying the $10 filing fej. Mr. Welch's working hours are from 4 p. m. to 12 midnight, and this means that with good luck and a substitute available, he could attend about one council meeting during the year. Naturally, as any man under the cir cumstances would do, he appreciated - "c. DAM.. OF KEEPING QUIET Some men in business are too quiet they are too dignified and modest for their own good. The story is told of a young boy who was warned by his parents to keep quiet when company was .around . He olteyed so well that finally people though he v:; an idiot. The business man who keeps for ever in the background is liable to be looked upon with suspician. Don't forget this. If you have a genuine service, people like to know about it. It never does any harm to blow your horn if you have some thing to blow about, savs Business Chat Your message, if properly deliv ered to the reader, through the ad vertising columns of a legitimate paper, lets the reader know you are not afraid to come out in the open and declare yourself. It also lets the reader know that you are not afraid of your competition. It also lets the reader know that you want to develop a trade that will keep your stock fresh and up-to-date, rather than have it lying in the shelves until it is stale. t Don't be too quiet. Make a noise that will attract the attention of the buyer and develop your trade to where it ought to be. the honor of having friends sufficiently interested in his candidacy to file his name and pay the fee, but even this compliment wouldn't make it any easier for him to take care of the duties if he should be elected. He dis covered that if he neglected to file an acceptance, that put an end to the dif ficulty, and he followed that course. For a time it appeared as though his name would go on the ballot anywav, but the city officials have finally de cided that he may be permitted to use the one avenue of escape open. Progress Reported on Legislative Program Of American Legion The boxing bill, the Japanese land act and the Norval language law, all of which have had the backing of the Nebraska American Legion, have been E asset! by one house of the legislature, egionnaires are now concentrating their efforts on securing similar action from the otJier legislative branch, and on pushing their own bill for a two million dollar appropriation to buy Liberty bonds, the interest of which will be used for the disabled, sick and needy service men and their families. The bill to legalize boxing and wrestling in Nebraska struck some rough sledding in the House, and was amended at the last minute before passage so as to limit admission fees to bouts to one dollar. The legion legislative committee is fighting this amendment in the senate, where they hope to get it through in its original form. The Japanese land act, as passed by the house, is in line with the American legion stand at the Cleve land convention, and prevents orientals who cannot become citizens from own ing land in the state. The Norval law, as finally approved by the senate, strengthens the exist ing Siman law in providing for the use of the American language. Sena tor Norval, the introducer of the meas ure, favored the modification of this statute, but the bill was so amended that the original purpose was reversed. Considerable publicity was given the bill as a result of the fight the legion had started to rid the state of the unlawful use of German and other foreign languages. Sidney Takes Game ; And Alliance Boys Drop to Third Place By losing last Friday evening's bas ketball game to Sidney, the Alliance high school basketball team was automatically shoved into third place in the western Nebraska high school league. Sidney and the home team were tied for second place and the visitors were the winners in one of the tightest games of the season. The score was 61 to $o. The game was hard-fought from start to finish. The Alliance boys had every reason to believe that they would romp in easy victors, nut tne visitors upset the dope sheets. Coach Prince is of the opinion that his proteges lost because of the great American failing, overconfidence. Hamilton Weadon Dies Suddenly of Heart Failure Hamilton Weadon, a retired farmer who has lived in Alliance for some years past, died suddenly Saturday night at the home of his son-in-law, W. J. Van Velzen, 704 Sweetwater avenue. The cause of death was heart failure. The remains were taken to Lowell, Mich., for interment. Mrs. W. E. Rousey of Hill City, S. D., visited her father, John McDonald and old friends in Alliance last week. ALLIANCE CAGE MEN GO TO LINCOLN FOR STATE TOURNAMENT ELEVEN BASKETBALL PLAYERS TO REPRESENT THIS CITY I Fund to Pay Team' Expenses Are Being Raised by Subscriptions By Alliance Merchants Eleven boys from the Alliance high school will go to Lincoln this week for the state basketball tournament. The fortunate ones are Frank Dailey. Robert. Bicknel... Raymond Brown!' Koyal I rwin. tseth Joder. Ivan Wonir. . . . Joseph Fowler, Leonard' Pat. Leste'r Gross Fred Purdy Lee Strong. , The boys will leave the middle of the week for the state high school kn..utknti t. i 1 M,io,, o .i.:: i u..: uu"w ni.iu.ix lie uu.mk men to raise sufficient funds to pay their expenses, and mighty few people re fused to contribute to it. Heretofore the expense of the trip has been borne by the chamber of commerce and the athletic fund of the high school but this year the chamber of commerce doesn't feel financially up to snuff, and the other method was pursued. The Alliance team has been placed in class B, in which the schedule for the opening games follows: North Platte against Fremont. Clay Center against Seward. Sidney against Nebraska City. Alliance against Stanton. Geneva Indians against State Farm. Plattsmouth against Gothenburg. Benson against Columbus. Central City against Wahoo. ' Nebraska's eleventh annual high school basketball tournament will be staged in Lincoln Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. Two hun dred and one teams and more than 2,000 hifrh school athletes are entered in the basketball classic. Classification of teams and drawings for play in the tournament are an nounced through the press. Six play ing floors will be used lor the first round. Play will start on four floors at 8 a.m. Thursday. The Lincoln high school floors will be used in the after-. noon OniV. The Coliseum and Armory floors Will be Used as much a possible dut- ing the. tournament- The first round of play in classes A to E inclusive will be heltl on these floors. The university "N" club and the uni versity l. M. C. A. are assisting the athletic department of the state uni versity in staging the tournament and caring for the players. Members of the Nebraska varsity team will be used as referees in the games in a great part. $175 Damage Results From Early Morning Blaze on Box Butte A fire discovered amout 3 o'clock this morning at the rooms occupied by D. S. Davis and family, 209 ' Box Butte avenue, resulted in damage esti mated at $17."). The chief loss was in clothing and groceries burned. The blaze was discovered by a young man rooming there, in a corner of the kitchen, some distance away from the stove. There was no fire in the stove at the time and the cause of the blaze is unknown. The family think it due to spontaneous combustion or the mouse and match combination. Mrs. Davis was quite enthusiastic in her praise of the work of the fire department. They arrived within four minutes after the alarm1 was turned extinguished the blaze quickly end didn't even break a dish, she said. The firemen entered the building thro igh a window, access to which was gained by the roof of the adjoining building. The Are did not spread beyond the kitchen. Annual Meeting of Chamber of Commerce At Armory Tonight The annual meeting and banquet of the Alliance chamber of commerce will be held at the armory at 6:30 a'clock tonight. A committee of six members has been selling tickets for the event, and a large attendance is promised. On this occasion a special effort has been made to get the wives of the members to attend. The chief business of the meeting will be the election of a new board of directors, the terms of all but three of the present board of nine having ex pired. O. S. Spillman of Pierce, Neb., will make the address of the evening. Following is the program: Invocation, Rev. A. J. Kearns. Community singing, led by J. P. Mann. Presidents address. Glen Miller. Secretary's report, Geo. M. Carey. Address, O. S. Spillman of Pierce. Election of Directors. The Grand Matron of the Eastern Star, Mrs. Anna J. Davis, of Alliance, will visit the Aurora chapter on Tues day, March fcth, at which time a special meeting will be held in ber honor. HERMIT WOLF FOUND GUILTY OF VIOLATING THE PROHIBITION LAW I GIVEN SIXTY DAYS IN JAIL BY JUDGE TASH Charged With Giving Away Booze and With Illegal Posses-. . mom Will Appeal Kermit Wolf, better known as "Pete" Wolf. was sentenced to sixtv Jdays in the county jail by Judge Tash V'" "'""If JT JU,,Ke l 1 1" I inu iiiv it purino' nn a rrm nt 'i imt I :l.:7 . . y-i" ! "V" J ZJF1??1 V " ? 1 u7 . i""' e?n h- haV1" ,.ntox,cuVn,r . r tl w V?lon VJ f .P'"ce other than his dwelling. Had Juihre .Tash seen fit to impose a fine, it would nuve wi n on eacn oi ine counts. Wn1. .. . ai l u.. ...... ney E. H. Boyd, immediately took steps to appeal, and the amount of the bond was set at $.100. Wolf remained in the county Jail until 6 p. m., at which time a bondsman was secured for him and he was given his liberty. The case wil come up for trial at the June 7 term of district court. . County Attorney Basye for the state called as witnesses Margaret Barry and Marie McCurdy, both of whom told similar stories of the events of the afternoon of February 10. The latter said that the two girls hud gone to the rooms of Charles Nation on West Third street, above the cream station, about 4 p. m. They met i First National bank corner invited them to come up themselves, and had told them there was a piano there they might play. On" arriving at the rooms, they found another man there. They declared they d'd not know him, but the second man was later identified as "Slim" Harring ton of Antloch. They sat around and talked a while, and then, the witnesses said, Harrington produced a bottle laoeiett ine oi repsin, containing a colorles, li.mid. and this was passed , i . i I i t i . e ti i around, all of them taking taking a drink. Both the witnesses were emphatic in1" 4";V " y n ' - oain. i : i. .ir i. ,i:.r i Juce the intoxicating liquor, and that he did not hand it to them. The Uuvrv will lvnn1r Eomo nf ii;,i ,i ...itUin cv,m.f ;ma i "C'l Th ' V, W , he.l nnnlie, I sick. They put her to bed. applied cold clotf.f. to her forehead. She stayed in bed some ten minutes, then got up. fell to the floor, and was put to. bed again. The party stayed at the rooms until 7:30, when they took the sick girl out and walked her around. They stopped at Harvey's cafe, ordered hef a cup of coffee, and after taking one sip of it she fell to the floor. They again took her for a walk, this time to the depot. Attorney lioyd lor tne dciense nere moved that the testimony be stricken j from the record, as it had not been shown that the defendant had given the girl any liquor. Judge Tash over ruled the motion,, and the McCurdy girl continued with her testimony. At the station,, she said, they met one of two people, and finally one young man, who took the girl home ami had his mother care take of her until she had recovered. The Barry girl corroborated the tes timony of her companion in practically every respect. Both of the witnesses were positive in their statements that the defendant had not given them any of the liquor, and were equally posi tive that the other man was the guilty party. Miss Barry stated that she did not see who produced the liquor that her back was turned at the time. Later, in response to one of Attorney Basve's questions, she said: "He (Har rington) gave it to Pete and Pete handed it to oh, I had my back turn ed." .She said at the time the liqir was produced she was looking over the Denver Post for styles. ihe did not remember whether she had become in toxicated, or what happened after. 5 o'clock. Charles Nation testified that he had come to his rooms in tne arternoon twice, that he had been offered a drink but refused and that the second time he came, about 7:30, he found the four of them had left. George W. Powell testified that he had seen the two girls and a man in the Burlington depot between 8 and 8:30. He stated positively that the one girl was intoxicated, and qualified as an expert witness by saying that he knew the symptoms of intoxication quite well, and that not alone the stagger, but the smell on the breathy furnished evidence sufficient to con vince him. County Attorney Basye later recall ed Miss McCurdy to the stand, and she changed her testimony in one respect She said that Harrington had produced the liquor, passed it to Wolf and Wolf had placed it on the table in reach of the Barry girl. Attorney Boyd again renewed his motion that the case be dismissed, first because the state had failed to show that Wolf had given away in toxicating liquor, and second because there was some doubt as to whether the litiuor at the party was intoxicat ing. He declared the Barry girl was subject to sudden spells of sickness, and argued that it had not been shown that sickness or intoxication was res ponsible for her action. Judge Tash overruled the motion, summed up the evidence and pronounc ed sentence upon Wolf. The judge 1 TOIUVS HICHAM) -l'e One The nrenrnt city rounrtl will hohl the rttinl imilni iv.cotjjirf , or tit inn er this pvpnlntf. The Alllanr hlah arhoo't' hakMlnll (nni w III ro to Lincoln for Hip mate tournament. K.imlt CIVli'") Wolf alvi-n a mxtv- ility Jail fentpnrc rnr . violating tin- prohibition lawa. ' In lliiilnni V (l.'i lHiiiKtoly rontvat held at the high a hool Monthly evening. ('. .f. Allen, homesteader neur Itnuuhi. Wyo. met rteHth when nuto turned over near HU kory poMoiricp. Iae T lleinlnRford. Jury at tiering; flnilw John Oiiytou gulll'v of MKftllult. Mn i k1h ml. At the Movlen. , Vmr Three t.akrolile. certified epiid hi lnii higher prlee. ' Paw Fear I'MltnrUI: The fact that dlnahled aol illern ate compelled to otpHnlxe to wet JiiMtlre for themHelvex la the greateM, enaine 01 America today. . Handout flhotw """ oie ra; Five Comment and riarnmnient. 'AIIm to f'.raoe and lleauty." Amerlran Lett ion Notex. rae RIk "The C'owpunrher," a aerial atony. Pace Sevea) C'laa-ilAed adverllnenientx "Here's the Muale Write Your Own Word." romle atrip. Weekly Markettrram. Real ltal TioiiHlem. Pane i:iM At the Chuirhe. I'vraonala. Society, Wo If at The he waB convinced that It was a ler and he ha.l case of intoxication a plain jag ami up "and w.mirJL"? Jljfi "". ! I the world, he was satisfied that Wolf was guilty on both counts. Following the hearing, County At torney Basye filed a complaint charg ing Margaret Barry with intoxication. Sheriff Miller Immediately served the warrant, and the girl was released on her own recognizance until a date for the healing was set Both of the girls were called into r f ), Vh i0n'ya '"i0 V i'. T .V I "7"UW"V4 . ncu it?Miiuuiiy ui monuay s fiearinsr JlJ J ' at .variance from that given earlier. - I'rflliminnrv fntif ncf ' '"""J VAilllCOl, Held at High School on Monday Evening The preliminary declamatory con- test was held at the. high school audi torium at 7 o'clock last' evening. The following was the program: Dramatic. "Littlest Rebel," Evangeline Ache- son. "The Swan Song," Mary Becker, "A Few Bars in the Key of G, Lois Uoyer. "Joam De Costa," Klsye Harris. "The Colors," Edna Hv les. "The Greatest Gift," Mildred Pate, Madame X," Ruth Stanton "Mistress Penelope, Violet Walker, "Snakes, the Soldier," Helen Young, i Vocal duet Elsie Simpson, Violet Walker. 1 Humorous. . "Rejuvination of Aunt Mary," Eula Barranger. "Tho Mustard Plaster," Eva Beal. "Hunting an Apartment," Lorea Ed son. "Coming Out of Miss Cummings," Frances Fletcher. "Naughty Zell," Miriam Harris. "Who's Afraid?" Margaret Schill. "In a Street Car " Vera Scott. Music. Decision of judges. from each of the above classes. These six in addition to two in the oratorical class will appear in the final contest at the Imperial theatre, Thursday eve ning, March 10th. In the dramatic class, those selected were the Misses Lois Boyer, Violet Walker and Mildred Pate. In the humorous, the Misses Frances Fletcher, Eula Barranger and Mar garet Schill were chosen. The two to appear in the oratorical class are Robert Lawrence and Sterling Harris. American Legion Refutes Charge Soldiers to Blame For Wave of Crime Ex-service men are not responsible for the crime wave which has swept over the various large cities in recent months, according to Col. Edward Munson of Washington, D. C, who has just finished an investigation of al leged crime among veterans. While former service men and wo men comprise one twentieth of the en tire population of the country, records of police and criminal court dockets show that they have cause 1 only one fortieth of the troubles that have been aired during the last six months. A more or less general opinion that veterans aie active in crime is caused by the fact that thousands of crim inals, who were not in the world war have falsely asserted that they were ex-service men, Colonel Munson said The war department, he declared, has lrged the American legion to co-oper ate in an effort t6 stamp out all fakirs who get into trouble any try to hide behind the uniform they never wore. HOMESTEADER MEETS INSTANT DEATH WHEN AUTO TURNS TURTLE BODY FOUND SEVERAL HOURS AFTER ACCIDENT C. J. Allen of Near Douglas, Wj Killed in Accident Near Hickory PostofTice C. J. Allen, twenty-five years of g, Is believed to have been instantly killed about 7 o'clock last evening on, the Broadwater road, when his auto-, mobile turned turtle, pinning him un tlerneath.' The body was found thi$ morning near the farm of O. H. Moon, about two miles west of the Hickory postoffice, or in the neighborhood of twenty-eight miles southeast of Alli ance. The young man had been dad . for hours at the time the body waa discovered. Mr. Allen was a homesteader, and had a farm forty miles north of Doug las, Wyo. His mother lives nr Broadwater, and the young man was driving through from Douglas to visit with her. He passed through AU1-. pnee ome time yesterday. The last time he was seen alive was when bV stopped at the W. H. Archer ranch, about dark last evening, when, ' stopped and procured some oil. The car was removed from the body and the county coroner of Morrill ' county notified of the accident. Th remains were then taken to Broad water, to await instructions from rela tives. Allied Troops Due to March Into Germany Some Time Today An Associated Tress dispatch from London, dated Monday, stated that al lied troops were due to March lata l Germany today in accordance with th t.errnany today in accordance with ths decision of the allies to inflict on G.r- man v the nenalties nrovided for h-. many the penalties provided for be cause of the non-fulfillment, of her reparations obligations. Various ru- ' mors have been current during tha past eight hours, some of which, art to the effect that. Germany is pre pared to resist the invasion. No definite news has been received to thia effect, however. . ' . k- -. - After the Germans left the confer ence late yesterday afternoon Jhe Brit ish, French and Belgian premiers tele graphed orders for the immediate oc cupation by the allied troops of Ruh rort, Duisburg and Duesseldorf. Application of the penalties upon Germany for non-fulfillment of ber reparations requirements wad decided upon by thcullies at London yester day afternoon. The penaties in question were an nounced to the Germans last Thwrs tay by Mr. Lloyd-George, the British minister. They are: Occupation of the cities of Duisburf, Duesseldorf and Ruhrort in the Ger man industrial area beyond the Rhiae. by troops of the allies. Imposition by each allied country of such a tax upon German imports as it may deem fitting. No Salary Reduction For Teachers in The Alliance City Schools The board of education, at its meet ing last night, decided that for the coming year, at least, no reduction would be made in the salaries of teach- - , Lr!n..th h' mous vote they decided to retain the present schedule of wages, and this mean that beginning next year, some of the old teachers will receive ad vances. The schedule of wages for school teachers inAUiance was quite low last year, as compared with other cities of the same size in the state, and a aew schedule was adopted for this year. The new schedule was based on wages paid in some twenty-odd cities and towns in the state, such as Hastings. McCook. North Platte and Scottsbluff. and was considered as fairly adequate. The decision of the board to retain the present salary schedule will be well received in Alliance, especially by those who know something of the struggle of teachers over the country for adequate compensation. In a few places in the country, an attempt has been made to lower salaries, but the local board evidently believes that it is more important to secure competent instructors than it is to save a lew dollars each year. BIRTHS Born, to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Sanks, of Belmont, Addition, a baby girl, on March 4th. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Prall, March 8th, a boy. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Jacobs, March 3rd, a girl, Barbara Anne Jacobs. THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska: Fair tonight and probably Wednesday; colder east and south portion tonight rising tem perature V ednesday afternoon in wes portion.