. Historical Society cp
Official Paper of City of
Affiance, County of Box
Butte and United States
Land Office
SOMETHING DOING JUNE 25, 26, 27
The Alliance Herald
TWO SECTIONS
TWELVE PAGES
SECTION ONE
PAOC8 1 TO 8
VOLUME XX
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA I THURSDAY. MAY 29, II3
NUMBER 25
CALIFORNIA DISASTER
33 Killed, 200 Hurt in Collapse of Pier
at Long Beach on Saturday
THOMAS BECK VICTIM
Thomas Beck, stepfather of Geo.
D. Darling, of Alliance, and one of
the earliest settlers In the county,
was one of the victims of the terri
ble accident which occurred at hong
Beach, California, last Saturday noon,
in which 33 were killed and 200. in
jured. At three o'clock. Saturday after
noon, Alliance time, The Herald is
sued bulletins telling of the accident,
but it was not known until five-thirty
when Mr. Darling received a mes
sage from his brother-in-law, Mr. Ben
edict, that Mr. Beck was one of
those who were killed.
Mr. Darling received a telegram
Monday morning asking him to come
to Long Beach, and he left on the
jioon train, going via Sidney, Chey
enne and Salt Lake City, arriving
In 1.OUK Beach yesterday afternoon.
Account of the Accident
The following account of the ac
cident is taken from the Rocky Mount
lain News of Sunday:
Los Angeles, Cal., May 24. Thirty
three persons were killed and 200
injured, .some of them seriously,
shortly after 11:30 this morning,
when the Long - Beach auditorium
collapsed, carrying the crowd that
was waiting for the doors to open
for the Empire Day celebration, down
to death and disaster. Fully 300
persons went down In the crash and
fell forty feet to the sand. Most of
the dead and Injured were women.
The floor of the walk leading to the
auditorium without the slightest
warning broke in the middle and col
laDsed. forming a funnel of debris In
which men, women and children
crashed to earth. Wreckage cover
ed them and their cries were terri
ble. The uninjured immediately began
the work of rescue. Police were
rushed from Los Angeles and the
dead carried Into another room on
lhe pier.
Jt panic ensued immediately after
the collapse and men and women ran
screaming in search of friends and
relatives.
Women Crushed in Debris
The cries of the injured and the
dying filled the air. A few women
were killed by the force of the fall.
but most died by being crushed
the wreckage.
Following is a list of .the dead:
Mrs. August Bartz, Long Beach.
Young Bon of H. L. Baylls, Lob An
geles.
Thomas Beck, Ixng Beach.
Martha J. Bennett, Long Beach.
David Black, aged 7, Long Beach
Mrs. Chesshire, Los Angeles.
Richard George Dowle, Pas
business In February, 1893. He was
in business with George Darling for
several years, Mr. Darling later pur
chasing his Interest before he moved
to California. He took a prominent
part In the upbuilding of Alliance dur
ing the early years of its history,
and Is well known to all old lime
Box Butte pioneers.
He Is survived by his wife and the
following Btep-chlldren: Geo. Darling,
Alliance; Mrs. V. K. Benedict, Ixng
Beach; and Frank Darling, Pocatello.
Idaho.
Mrs. Darling Receives Telegram
Mrs. Darling received a telegram
from Mr. Darling this morning stat
ing that the funeral of Mr. Beck Is
to be held at the home In Long Beac
Friday afternoon at two o'clock. It
i was thought at first that the body
might be brought back to Alliance
for interment.
Big Cattle Sale
Mrs.
adena.
M rs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
The big sale of cattle advertised
in last week's Herald took place at
the Alliance stock yards Monday.
Owing to liberal and judicious adver
tising there was a good attendance
of cattlemen. Among those In at
tendance were J. Kerr and Ed. Wil
liams of Aurora, Nebr.; Albert Lang
ford and Beatty, Scottabluff; Bona
fleld, Hyannte; Miss Lynch, Hyan
nis; Jeff McRea, Buffalo, Wyo.; Ed
ward F. Peterson, Thelma; Will G.
Comstock, Denver, Colo. ; Wm. Io
dence & Son, Hemlngford; C. E.
Williams, White Clay. Many others
were present, including about ten
otherB from Hyannls and some from
Oshkosh.
Something over eight hundred
head were sold at auction and pri
vate sale. The stuff was as adver
tised in regard to breed, the cattle
being nearly all white faces, but
they were in very poor condition for
a sale. Brides not being' dehorned
they were scrubby looking. Nebras
ka grass will make a big difference
in tlie looks of them within a few
months and those who purchased
will probably make good on them.
Kd. F. Peterson of Thelma, (iarden
county, and Miss Lynch of Hyannis
In I were the heaviest buyers. Mr. Pet
terson's purchases amounted to near
ly S14.WK) and Miss l.vnih s to more
I than $10,000. Jeff McRea of Buffa
lo, Wyo., also bought quite a bunch
n '-tuning me eleven bulls that were
sold.
Oieon & Townsend were well pleas
ed with Col. Coursey s work in hand
ling the sale and have engaged him
for a sale at Sheridan, Wyo., within
the next few weeks.
Beach.
I). S. Holmes, Long
A. K. Hill. Orange.
Arthur C. Helps, Long Beach.
Lily M. Holmes, Denver, Colo.
Ada E. Ingraham, Pasadena
Harold Letts, 10 years. Long B CP
Mrs. C. H. Lawrence, lxra Angeles.
Mrs. D. J. Lomas, Los Angeles.
Mrs. Warren C. Ietts and daugh
ter, Dorothy, Long Beach.
Mrs. Anna Longfellow, Pasadena.
Mrs. Frank Matthews, Ixm Angeles.
Fannie B. McGee. Long Beach, for
merly of Fort Morgan, Colo.
Mrs. Pauline McGehee. Long Beach
Mrs. D. McPharron, lxng Beach.
D. McShears, Long Beach.
Mrs. Jamei Nichol, Long Beach.
Emma Prlgmore, Long Beach.
Elizabeth Hannah Richardson,
CHILD'S
LEG BROKEN
IN AUTO
ACCIDENT
Mrs.
Mrs.
Orange
Mrs.
Miss
Mrs.
Mrs
Mrs
Mrs.
Mrs
Calif.
Frank Shaw, Los Angeles.
Anna Stone, Long Beach.
Dan Thomas, Long Beach.
C Valentine, Long Beach.
Williamson. Los Angeles.
D. E. Wallace, Long Beach
Jane Wyvel. Casa Verdugo,
Helen, the four year old daughter
ut Mr. and Mrs. James Potmesll, was
accidentally run over by C. A. New
berry, in his Ford runabout, in front
of The Herald office at 5:30 Monday
afternoon. The little girl was taken
to si. josepn g hospital in the auto
l .dr. Newberry and her father
v. nere n was round that Her leg was
broken above the knee.
It is said by witnesses that no par
titular blame can be attached ot any
one for the accident, as Mr. New
berry was driving slowly at the time
and the little girl became scared
ni iudi uracil? in tront of the car
She was with her mother but h
rur ahead, and when she saw the
r.uto coming, ran back towards her
n other, the auto striking her before
Mr. Newberry could stop. It is not
believed that the fracture will result
s i l-uislv.
deck were
heads of other
on the second
deck then gave
dropped down a
woodwork to the
Double Decks Collapse
When the floor collapsed, hundreds
ol persons on the top
p'uuged down on the
hundreds crowded
Oeck. The lower
way, and all were
chute of shattered
tide-washed sands.
Only a comparatively small num
ber of meu re caught In the trap,
aa most of the male ceL brators were
taking part In the parade. Many who
were not standing on the section
which collapsed were drawn or push
ad Into the vortex and those who
escaped crowded panic stricken
toward the outer wall of the pier,
starting a wild scramble for safety.
Nearly All Are English
The victims were subject or for
Hter subjects of Great Britain, res
ident In southern California
Sck Pioneer Her
Beck came to Box Butte couu
IHJMi, locating at Nonpareil be
Alliance wm started lit tu
years of age and came to Amer-
tie as IV t.ein; l.oin in
He was the first hardware
BOY GETS BROKEN ANKLE
t.eorge Ditsch, son of John Ditsch
south of town, received a very pain
tu! Injury Monday by being thrown
rroiu a horse, one ankle bone being
Drosen. He is getting along alright
and will probably not be permanent
ly injured by the accident.
Memorial 2av
Ingram
Ht tbe Ccmetars, frtoa? afternoon
3:00
3:13
3:45
Assembly
Eulogies at each grave
America, by male quartette
E. G. Leing
Hon. I. E. Tash
4:00 Address
r. J. Was
C. C. Smith
Howard Reddish
J. W Guthrie
Rev. 0. S. Baker
4:45
5:00
Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
.... Male Quartette
ed tight and then fumigated for four
days. Book were opened and mag
R7lnes strung on wire in order thst
the fumigation be thorough, so that
there Is absolutely no danger of con
atglon now.
The llbararlan request that all
books now out be returned to the
library, in order that they be fumi
gated, excepting books In the homes
of quarantined persons. These they
will be requested to pay for and keep
I. O. O. F. PICNIC
BIG PREPARATIONS
FOR CONVENTION
Committees Appointed Last Night
to Handle Arrangements
for Convention
l.O.O.F. lode No. 168 la arrang
ing for a picnic to be held In the
near future for the member and
their famllle. It la probable that
It will be held at Crawford. Partic
ulars will be announced later.
LOCAL
NEWS m
Firing Salute
Finale, Taps
Firing Squad
E. G. Laing
4$
Automobiles will start leaving Alliance shortly
after one o'dock for the purpose of taking pas
sengers to the graveyard, returning with them
after the completion of the program.
Mb
Pre nuptial Parties
Miss Vesta Clark, who during the
past two years has made many
friends In Alliance as milliner at
Harner's Ladies' Toggery, has been
making a three weifcB' visit at her
home in Van ert, Ohio, preceding
her marriage to Charles E. Alspach.
which is to take place on Saturday
of this week at Los Angeles, Calif..
where they will make their home.
While at her home In Ohio Miss
Clark was the recipient of many
parties given in her honor. Following
paragraph is from the Van Wert Bul
letin of May nra:
Among the number of pre-nuptlal
parties being given in honor of Miss
Vesta Clark win be a miscellaneous
shower to occur Thursday evening, at
the home of Miss May Wassenberg,
of Elm street, and an informal even
ing to be given by Mrs. Abner G.
Jones, of Elm street, Friday.
ey. who with his family removed to
Palisade, Colo., recently and where
he is engaged In the restaurant bjs
ness. He expressed himself ns bf
Ing well pleased with the town and
says that he has a good business.
PILKINGTON SELLS POOL HALL
T eonard I'ilkingtoii sold his pool
' V, yesterday afternoon to Edward
King, a son of William Kin. Win
King is the owner of the building in
which the pool hall is located. We
understand that Pilk received a good
price for the business.
REBEKAHS ELECT OFFICERS
Studio at Bridgeport
Miss Eunice Burnett, vocalist and
teacher of voice culture whose pro
fessional card has been running in
The Herald, opened a studio at
Bridgeport the first of the week.
She will spend each Sunday in Al
liance and will be in her studio here
the latter part of the week. Her
studio is now in the Episcopal parish
house, the old church building, 214
West Seventh street.
On Friday night. May 23rd, the fol
lowing officers were elected by the
Hebekahs for the ensuing term. Mrs.
("has. Jeffers, Noble Grand, Mrs. H
H. Brandt, Vice Grand, Mrs. W. I
Drake, secretary, Mrs Win. Zehrung
treasurer. Mrs John Snyder was
elected delegate to the Rebekah As
sembly, which meets In Lincoln In
October.
The following officers were elect
ed by I. O. O F. lodge.. -No t 1C;
Tuesday evening. H. H. Brnnnt
Noble Grand. A. J. Ma'cy. Vice
Grand, Lloyd C. Thomas, secretary
been
Los
htat
She
the
Bishop Duffy Here
Bishop Duffy, of Kearney, stopped
over In Alliance from Monday after
noon to Tuesday noon. He came
from the North Platte valley and
loft Tuesday uoonr for Chadron.
While In the city Bishop Duffy Wa
called on by a number of the proinin
ent business men. C. A. Newberry
took him for an auto trip around
the city. The Bishop said Mass at
the academy Tuesday morning. He
stopped with Father Donnelly while
here.
What was the Big Noise
At fairview Church
The Sunday school and W.C.T.U
organizations of Fairview will give
a joint Children's Day and Mothers
Dav program at the church 1 Sunday
June 8, beginning Immediately afte
the preaching service which opens at
10 o'clock h in A good program has
been arranged, consisting of readings
recitations, pantomime and songs by
the children and older ones. A cor
dial invitation is extended to all
BAD CASE OF APPENDICITIS
John Teyrl of Cheyenne county
v.:.s brought to Alliance on Tuesday
l Dr. Hedlund of Dalton. He was
suffering with an unusually had ease
Of appenuUitls and was at once tak
en to St. Josephs hospital where! U
Relation was performed that after
MM. He is doing as w.-ll as could
! expected.
BINGHAM LADY RECOVERING
Mr
ty in
fore
slaty
leu when
Si o' land
mau la
la busiut
being in
berry for
hrry iu
e In Alliance
ere for about
llMt with C
Ut fl e
and
I"
Mr. New-1 days
WHS
New
Mrs R It Kin aid of Bingham has
been In St Josephs hospital at AMI
mice since l.i .'J She was opera'
94 on last Saturday and is .-ttina
K 0U all right now ; ,i, road
to recovery.
Mr Fraci
ng his Interest in the points before re;
Harry Frace of Rodtiev, la . neph
ew of Judge Gregory Zurn. left on
Sunday on his way home, after vtslt-
- -s fie re lor the vw
will
hing
stop at
home.
ten
other
Business Houses Close
The Alliance banks and the offices
in the court house will be closed all
day tomorrow. Decoration Day. No
mail will be dellvereel by carriers.
The general delivery window at the
postuffice will be closed except from
2 to :i p.m. Other business houses
will be closed during the afternoon
unless there are special reasons for
keeping oikii.
About '.i-.M Monday evening cltl
izens of Alliance were startled by an
unusual noise that sounded like the
detonation of a cannon or the explo
sion of a dynamite bomb. No one, so
far as we have learned, has yet been
able to tell the cause of the noise,
altho there have been many conjee
tures. Some thought it was Deput
Marshall Charley Hill taking a final
shot at a stray dog, as the quarantine
on dogs was raised the next morn
ing Others Burmised that a band of
militant English suffragettes had
landed in Alliance and were begin
ning operations. Ol' Bill Dew, of
the Semi-Weekly Scandalizer. claims
that it was The Herald's subscrip
tion list being punctured, but that
cannot be as it is still swelling and
not near the bursting point yet. It
iii.. have been an automobile blowliug
up or it may have been the high cost
of living taking a fall owing to the
do erotic revision downward, of f ; Thoroughly Fum, gated. Return
may have been the collapse of the i Books Requested
smallpox scare in Alliance. wiiaiexq i
Thompson Here
Harry Thompson Hustling piano man)
Transferred to Denvr
Harry Thompson, the piano man.
who went to Omaha a few deys ago.
is again in the city selling high grade
pianos. Mr. Thompson states that
transferreel to Denver
.v Mueller and Is now
high grade line of the
Company, leading est-
in the same territory as
He will be In Alliance
he has been
by Schmoller
handling the
Denver Music
ern MOll i s
here'ofore
for some time.
Library Opened
it was, It was a big noise.
LETTER FROM YOCKEY
1 1
first "f
Idling received a loiter
tin- we. k from Chart) V
the
oek-
Afte-r having been closed for over
a month, the Alliance public library
opet'ed ye-sterda aliernoon. Several
days were spent in thoroughly fumi
gating the books, furniture and en
tire building The- building was seal-
Rev. Ware and family arrived this
noon from Mullen.
E. R. Sly went to Sterling, Colo.,
Tuesday night on business.
W. R. Metz, of the law firm, of
Boyd & Bnrker, returned yesterday
from a short visit with relatives In
0 mali a.
Mrs. Joe L. Westover ha return
ed from her extended visit with rel
atives on the North Western rall-
oiul.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Caha and Mr.
and Mrs Alex Mulrhead, of Hetnlng
ford, were Alllnnce visitor on Wed
nesday.
P. E. Reddish Is having his build
ing, which Is occupied by the Snyder
confectionery and cigar store, re
painted thh week.
A. E. Clark, editor of the Hetnlng
ford Journal and the Fanner &
Unncher. was a caller at The Herald
office Tuesday.
Geo. E. Hughes was at Lakeside
Monday and Tuesday attending to
some tiusincss preparaotry to leaving
Alliance for the west.
Miss Fannv McCoy returned Mon
dny from a three weeks' visit with
friends in Sioux county. The return
trln was made vt ' im asaiitly t
automobile.
Mrs. J. H Carroll left this mom
Ing for Harrison, going on J 1 via
Crawford. She will be gone severs
weeks looking after things on their
Slcux ( ounty farm.
Mrs Jerry Rowan, who lias
visiting trieiols ami relative's in
Angeles for some time, left
city on Sunday for Alliance.
stops at one or two points on
way home
Cnon receipt of a telegram from
Crinnle Creek. Colo.. Sheriff Cox ar
rested Jacob Jesse, Tuesday, and
holding him for extradition papers
Jesse is charged with wife deset
tlon.
Miss Grace Uhoades departed on
the noon train Monday for Scottsblu
where her parents reside. She ex
posted to remain in the sugar city
about a month and then return to
Alliance.
Chas. E. Ford, president of th
First National bank, Is in tbe city
Mr. Ford, whose home Is In Chicago
makes a western trip frequently
looking after his banking int'-rest
In weetern Nebraska.
Editor Arthur E. Clark of th
llemingloid Journal was in Allium
Tuesday between 44 and 4.!. lie In
forms us that everything is lovely
In our sister town anil buslni s:-. good
all of which sounds g;xd to The
Herald.
Jo. A. Kline of Streator. Ill . well
known In Alliance and Bex Butte
county, arrived Tuesday morning and
will remain a few days looking after
his land Interest here. Mr. Kline
Is one of The Herald's constant
readers in the "Sucker State."
Mrs E C Whetstone entertained
Tuesday evening in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. E Hughes and son and
daughter, who left this morning for
Seat'U and other points The other
guests present were Frank Merrltt.
Ml Florence Albe anil Ray West
o t r of I .akesidt
I. M. Rout ii returned last Friday
from Kansas City, accompanied by
A r Hemingway, who remained till
Sunday noon. C. K Gould of Fort
Collins, Colo , district muiiagt r of the
Forest Lumber Company's western
yards, met Mr. He-mmgway here on
business, remaining :u Alliance fr in
Saturday morning till Monday night
Attention is called to the adver
tisement of th. S A Fcst.r Lumber
Co. appearing in this issue of The
Herald A good slock of lumber Is
carried in ithe Alliance yard A. L.
Conkliu. the manager, thoroughly un
derstand the lumber business, and
readers of this paper w ho favor him
with a call when in need of anything
in his lino will find him or
grc able salesman lo deal with
Marie McMorri left the first of
the week for Joplln. Mo.
BIG TIME PLANNED FOR
A number of the buRine men met
the city hall last evening with the
executive committee of the Box Butte
ounty Fair Association, completing
rrangements and appointing com
mittees to prepare for the big stock
men's convention In June. A. D.
Rodgern acted a chairman during the
meeting and J. VV. Guthrie as secre-
ary.
The follow ing otn mi t lees were ap
pointed :
HNTERTAJNMKNT: J. W. Guth
rie, chnlnman, Carl Spacht. Dick Wat
ers. W. O. Harnes and Bruce Mal-lery.
FINANCE W D. Rumer. chairman.
W. Norton, W E Spencer, Geo.
Mollrlng, I. B. Tash, Robert Camp
bell, Frank Wilson and R. M. Hampton.
EXECI T1VE: Fred Mollrlng. C. A.
Newberry and F E Reddish.
Tournament Declared Off
Because of the fact that there
were only four entrien made for the
Firemen's tournament, to lie held at
the same time as the Stockmen's
Convention, and that six are requir
ed, the secretary of the N. 8. V.
F. A.. E. A. Miller, of Kearney, has
declared the tournament off.
Will Arrange Good Program
The Program and Entertainment
committee will meet Monday evening
and make up tbe program, which will
be a hummer. The business men of
Alliance are taking hold with a will
ami this year's convention promises
o exceed all previous.
Crawford Want Convention Next
Crawford la In the race for the con
vention in 1914 and making active
campaign to get it.
Fair Association -Meets
The executive committee of the
Fair Association met after the meet-
ng asranging for the convention, and
attendee! to business matters. Sec
retary Spencer was requested to con
fer with county fair secretaries In
other western Nebraska counties and
arrange dates so that the same at
tractions can be steisired for all fairs.
forming a circuit. This can easily be
done by arranging dates for fairs'
so that they will not conflict.
Money from County
A reeent law passed by the legis
lature allows a certain
money for county fair
The local association
this this fall.
amount of
associations,
will secure
Fun in a Cabaret
Harry P. Williams, who no success
fully produced the home talent play
for the Elks. "The Whirl o'
Town," a couple of years ago,
gain In our city Arranging for
production of another Elks play.
ed, "Fun In a -Cabaret." Sixty
the
a-the-call-Alll-
nnc peeople will appear in the cast.
Will Initiate Big Class
Knights of Columbus Prepare to Ir
itiate 30 New Members Sunday
The Knights of Columbus are Pre
paring to initiate a class of '.li) mem
bers Sunday into that crder The mei
ber of the order and the candidates
will meet at the hall Sunday morn
ing at ten o'clock and man h In a
body to the Holy Rosary church,
where Holy Mass will be said.
The work will be put on at one o
clock by a team which comes from
Omaha Sunday evening the Daugh
ter of Isabella will serve a banquet
ut the opera hguse. The Knights of
Columbus have strong membership
at Alliance, having neirly L'uo at
this time.
Will Attend University'
Supt W. R Pate will leave tomor
row night for Geneva, Nebr., where
B . has been engaged as an instruct
or In the-FIILmore county teacher'
Institute for a week. After complet
i i j. his work at Genevt, he will go
to Lincoln to take a summer course
of study at t lie Slate I'niversity, re-ti-.i'iaig
to Vl'ii'iice in August, in am
ple time to make preparations to
i.i!; up his w. rk here again as super-iite-ndeiit
of city schools.
B V Reeves recently made a trip
to Denver ou g .deal to trade ruenh
property for D-nver city property,
bu. when he got there he found the
p-tities thai he expected to do busl
lii -s wiih unwilling to trade unless
the) got the big end of the bargain
Mr Reeves has a good ranch prop
erly and i4ded he wouldn't give
it sway to the ikenver sharpers
Mollie D CheMUit. of the OrtUfk
Brothers sales force, was chosen a
the winner o the $25 prise for the
best analysis of the Orkln Broth. i.
advertising for their club sale, by
judges J II Moist. Uoyd C Thomas
and E G l.aing. yesterday morning.
The Herald had a full write up of
the same written, containing hw
analysts, but on account of lack of
loom cannot publish it in this Issue.