he Alliance I
u
RALD
'a,
8,
OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION. REACHES EVERY MEMBER
OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA "T ATE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION
IT REACHES EVERY DEPARTMENT. HEADQUARTERS FOR 15,000 VOLUNTEER FIREMEN
VOLUME XXI
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1914
NUMBER 22
PREPARING ATTACK
ON WATER WORKS
flexicans have trained guns on water works at Vera
Cruz-Funston has built breastworks and prepar
ed for assult reinforcements being sent to
him from United States.
HOPE OF MEDIATION ABANDONED
Washington, May 6 General Fun
Kton at Vera Cruz has notified the
war department that the federals
are concentrating twenty miles west
of Vera Cruz and that they have
trained their field artillery on the
pumping station. The federals are
guarding the railroad to Mexico City,
evidently expecting a forward move
ment by the American troops.
' The secretary of war has given
Funston authority to extend his lines
as far from Vera Cruz as necessary,
therefore he has advanced outpoBts
a mile beyond the pumping station,
eleven miles west, and built breast
works as well as taking other pre
cautions. NEW RESERVOIR
FOR WATER
Petition to iiicreawe city storage ra
pacity acted upon favorably
A petition signed by the fifty prop
erty owners was rpesented to the
council last night asking that a Res
ervoir having a capacity of 200,000
gallons being erected on the property
of the city near the light plant.
Councilman Romig In support of
the petition said, "The matter should
be given immediate attention. There
is nothing that is more essential to
the welfare of the city at the present
time than an additional reservoir.
During the months of July, August
and September, it is Impossible to
get sufficient water to even water the
lawns and should a disastrous fire
break out during this time the whole
city would go up in flames. I call
your attention to the urgent need of
immediate action."
The other members of the council
were of the same opinion as Mr. Ro
mig. The petition received favorab
ly action and the Mayor Rodgers ask
ed that three members of the Com
mercial club be appointed to co-operate
with the city council in the
matter of securing estimates on the
coBt of constructing the reservoir.
REV. F. A. WOTEN
TO LEAVE SOON
Rev. Frank A. Woten, the pastor
of the Christian church for the past
twenty-one months, has resigned and
will leave for Chicago about the first
of June where he will enter school
for the summer. Rev. Woten has
been a tireless worker since conilug
to Alliance. Thru his efforts the
membership of the church has Jbeen
largely increased and a handsome
church edifice has been erected. The
announcement that be Is to leave
the city is heard with genuine re
trei not only by the people of his
church, but by the people of Alliance
in general.
Rev. H. J. Young, who is now
holding a pastorate in Iowa, will
take Rev. Woten'a place.
UNION MEETING
GREAT SUCCESS
About one hundred and twenty
five women atended the union meet
ing of the women's organizations of
Alliance churches which was held
at the United Presbyterian church
yesterday afternoon. The program
was carl red out as announced and
with an unusual degree of prompt
oess. The addresses were very in
teresting and the musical numbers
were greatly enjoyed. The after
noon passed without a tedious mom'
ent. Following the program a. de
lightful luncheon was served by the
refreshment committee.
Returns from Trip
Den Anderson returned Thursday
morning from a two weeks' pleasure
trp to Roanoke, La., where he visit
ed with friends and relatives. ' ' '
Secretary Garrison says that Fun
ston has discretionary powers and
should take every precaution to In
sure the safety of the American forc
es at Vera Cruz. It is generally be
lieved that Btrong reinforcements
will be sent to Funston within a
week.
The mediators have announced
that Carranza has been completely
eliminated. They feel sure that he
would not participate and are going
ahead without him. Bryan said
that the mediators are not confined
to any particular issue but that un
less Carranza participates there Is
very little to mediate.
CITY OFFICIALS
ARE APPOINTED
Council make npMiiitinent8 of of
ficers for the coming year
At the council meeting last night
officers were selected for the ensuing
year. P. E. Romig waB elected pres
ident of the council; VV. R. Metz, city
attorney; Dr. H. H. Bell wood, city
physician; Chas. Jeffers, chief of po
lice; Mrs. Grace Kennedy, cashier
and bookkeeper; John Carlson,
street commissioner; Frank Merritt;
teamster and sprinkler. A, C. Dow,
superintendent of the light and wat
er department; Pete Large, night
marshal; Steve Jackson, collector of
dog taxes; Sheldon Peg, city scaven
ger. The following committees were ap
pointed: Swan and Snyder, streets
and allies; Romig and Snyder, fin
ance and purchasing: Swan and Fle
ming, health and sewer; Romig and
Fleming, fire, water and light; Sny
der and Swan, licenses; Fleming and
Romig, printing; Swan and Fleming,
ordinances; Romig and ' Snyder,
claims.
PUEHLO LIKES
WILLEYS TRUCKS
James Keeler, of the Keeler-Cour-
sey Company, local agent for the
Overland line of automobiles which
includes the Willeys auto fire trucks,
received an interesting letter the oth
er day from Sam Christy, chief of the
Pueblo Fire Department at Pueblo,
Colorado.
The letter reads as follows: "Mr.
Clitrk of the Willeys Company asked
me to write you in regard to our
cars. We put in three this year but
so far haven't used .them enough to
have any line on them. We built
our own beds and the weight is about
6600 pounds with three men on. 1
really bought because on comparing
the specifications we found tha-t in
our judgment none of the rest had
it on the Willeys and as far as we
have gone they are entirely satisfac
tory.
"Vv'e nave two La France comblna
tions, one Knox Tractor, one Victor
pump and the three Willeys in serv
ice. I believe that where a city goes
In for 15,000 or 16.000 the La France
is tthe best buy. Out for the other
stuff we are .satisfied. Respectfully,
TULLY PURCHASES ROADSTER
Chas. M. Tully, the well known
Alliance ranchman and capitalist,
on Wednesday purchased a White
"30" roadster from Dean M. Gilles
pie, after giving the car a thorough
try out in the sand and hills around
Bronco Lake. "I believe that it pays
to buy the only high grade little car
made." said Mr. Tully. "I have
had the agency for cars myself and
have tried many makes, but the
White just suits. It costs more
good things usually do but I be
lieve it Is well worth the price."
PROTESTING FOR
FEDERAL IILDG.
The Omaha World-Herald on Sat
urday contained the fololwlng dis
patch from Washington:
Washington, D. C, April 30.
Work on the extension of the feder
al building at Lincoln will be begun
this fall, acordlng to plans of . the
treasury department. A list of for
ty-seven extensions and special pro
jects is now before Assistant Secre
tary Newton awaiting his signature.
Lincoln is sixth on the list, and the
projects ahead of it are quarantine
stations. Plans for bidders will be
prepared this summer.
The' proposed postoffice at McCook
is placed sixteenth in a list of 104
buildings for which aprpopriations
have been made, but which are not
yet under contract, in a report sub
mitted to congress today by the pub
lic buildings commission. Postmas
ter general Burleson filed a minority
report in which he declared that cit
ies of less than 0,000 population or
with postal receipts less than 1 15,000
or in which rent paid for postoffice
space does not exceep $1,000 per
year, should not have government
buildings.
On this basis he finds no justifica
tion for buildings at Alliance, Aur
ora, Chadron, Falls City or Wahoo,
although the public buildings act of
1913 carried authorizations for
buildings in the following amounts:
Alliance, $90,000; Aurora, $56,000;
Chadron, $125,000; Falls City, $71,
000; Wahoo, $56,000.
Mr. Burleson would also bar Cen
tral City from the list of cities where
the erection of public buildings is
justified. According to the majority
report, Nebraska is one of the fifteen
states in "which there are no cities
with postal receipts in excess of $10,
000, which are without public build
ings. , t
A special meeting of the executive
committee of the commercial club
was called on Sunday, following
which the following telegram was
sent to M. P. Klncald, representative
at Washington, C. W. Norrls and G.
M. Hitchcock, Nebraska senators:
"Information here is to the effect
that the postmaster general opposes
erection of public buildings for which
appropriations have been made, a
mong them is Alliance. Alliance
postal receipts last fiscal year were
$14,975. Land office receipts .last
fiscal year exceed $50,000. Showing
too strong to be denied. We request
you to take up this matter immedi
ately in our behalf. Important let
ter follows. (Signed) Alliance Com
mercial Club, by J. W. Guthrie, pres
ident and W. D. Fisher, secretary."
It is suggested that every Alliance
citizen write a personal letter to the
above Nebraska representatives in
congress and urge that Alliance be
given a fair show.
MRS. HAZEN LAID TO REST
On Friday, April 30, 1914 at 10
30 a. in. the funeral services of Mrs.
Robert Hazen Elsie La Vangu
Boon were held at the residence of
her mother, Mrs. Kate Bjon on the
comer of Yellowstone and 4tb Sts.
A hert sermon was nruhoi y
Re'. V. C. Barrett, and .i ftwuU.Ut
patig several impresive songs and the
body wan laid to rest in Alliance cem
fctery.
Mrs. Hazen was born at Liberty
Centre, Iowa, Sept. 10, 1893 and
came to Alliance with her parents in
1890, when she has since resided
most of the time. On Jan. 13, 1912
she was united In marriage to J. R.
Hazen. On March 2nd 1914 they
buried their only child Henry C. Ha
zen aged one year and six months.
Mrs. Hazen died after a brief illness
from blood poison brought on by ov
erdoing at a fire that burned their
residence a few weeks before, April
28, aged 20 yrs, 7 mo., 18 days.
Friends were very kind to the be
reaved family in their hour of Bor
row, and many tokens of sympathy
in flowers and other kindnesses were
sincerely appreciated appreciated by
the afmily.
BIGGEST WHEAT CROP IN YEARS
Topeka, Kansas, May 2 The big
gest wheat crop in years Is promised
in the Kansas wheat belt as well as
in Colorado, Oklahoma, the Texas
panhandle and in southern Nebras
ka. The above territory has just
had heavy rains up to two inches in
depth. The condition of Missouri
wheat crop la reported as one hun
dred and one point.
t ill Itl II CROWDED
FOR WEDDING
On Wednesday evening, April 29
the marriage of Miss Bernice Krld
elbaugh and Mr. Samuel Grant TU
lett was solemnized at St. Matthews
church. The bride is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. Kridelbaugb. Dur
ing the fourteen years she has mnde
Alliance her home she has won the
affectionate regard of all who have
come to know her. The groom is a
engineer on the Burlington and Is
held in high esteem not only by the
men with whom he is associated on
(he road bt by all of his acquaint
ances. The interior of the church had
been transformed Into a bower of
beauty for the occasion. P. E. O.
colors were dominant in the decora
tions. The chancel rail was banked
with marguerites, ferns, and srallax.
Yards and yards of white and yellow
tulle formed a canopy overhead. The
aisle from the street to the alter was
carpeted with canvas. White rib
bons roped the aisle on each side.
Before the wedding party reached
the church the spacious auditorium
was filled to its capacity by the wed
ding guests.
Promptly at 8 o'clock the bridal
party marched down the aisle to the
strains of Lohengrin's wedding
march. The flower girls, Celia Wei-
denhamer and Nell Gavin, led the
way carrying draped baskets filled
with margeurites. They were fol
lowed by Mrs. E. C. McCluer, matron
of honor. Miss Grace Fickle, ' the
bridesmaid .came next. Then follow
ed the bride leaning on the arm of
her father. They were met at the
chancel rail by the groom supported
by the best man, Mr. Frank Herron
of Dead wood. Here the bride and
groom took the Episcopal betrothal
As they proceeded from the chanc
el rail to the alter, a full vested choir
sang "O Perfect Love" At the alter
the sacred "marriage service of the
Episcopal church was read by Dean
Ware, the officiating clergyman.
As they left tho alter the strains
of the Lohengrin wedding marcji a
galn pealed forth. At the chancel
rail the bridal party formed with the
bride and groom and marched from
the church followed by the best man
ami? bridesmaid, the flower girls and
matron of honor. The other mem
bers of the wedding party followed
immediately.
The bride was beautiful In a gown
of white charmeuse with a train. It
was trimmed in point de sprite and
pearls. She wore a full length veil
of white tulle and a cornet of pearls.
She caried a bcxjuet of bride's roses
and lilies. The matron of honor
wore a beautiful gown of yellow sat
in with an overdress of duchess lace
with train. Her hairs were orna
mented with an aigrette. The
bridesmaid was charming In a gown
of yellow taffeta and shadow lace.
She wore a yellow picture hat. Both
the matron of honor and the brides
maid carried boquets of La France
roses. The flowers girls wore dainty
white embroidery dresses with sash
es of yellow. The groom wore the
conventional black.
Following the ceremony the wed
ding party proceeded to the bride's
home 608 Big Horn avenue where a
recep'lon was held. Over two hun
dred friends of the bride and groom
called during the evening and ex
tended congratulations. A feature
was the cutting of the wedding cake
by the bride. The cake which was
a pi"esent of Mr and Mrs Philip Nohe
Sr, wus very elaborate. It was iced
to represent roses. White candled
doves were the feature of th decor
ations. The cake, together wii oth
er light refreshments, was served the
guests. Many messages of congratu
lations were received during the ev
ening from friends who were unable
to be present.
The bride and groom were the
recipients of hundreds of beautiful
presents including an array of cut
glass, silverware, china and 1'nens
at well as many otu-r l hi r ;.;.
The happy coupl dt";.rU I
right for an extendel em an;!
southern trip which wil include?. I'bl
ci go, 8U Loult, GHl'eu'on, Or
leans, and Chattaooga. They will
be at home after June first at 808
Cheyenne ave. The out of town
guests were Mr and Mrs J. M. Mc-
Creacken aof Oroville Cal., Mrs. Ber
tha Neubauer of Denver. Mr William
Eischeld of Edgemenot, Mrs Ross of
Edgemont, Mr and Mrs J. R. Phelan
of Denver.
STEAMER BURN
27 Of CREW 1ESCUEP
Steamer Manhattan picks up part of crew of stea
mer Columbia which caught fire from ex
plosion in hold and burned to water's
, edge on Tuesday.
BOAT WITH NINETEEN IS MISSING
Halifax. N. S., ' May 6 Captain
McDonald and thirteen members of
the crew of the steamer Columbian
were rescued today by the steamer
Manhattan which Is now searching
for" a boat with nineteen more mem
bers of the crew. The steamer burn
ed for forty-eight hours south of Sa
ble Island.
The steamer caught fire from ex
plosions In the hold. The cargo was
Inflammable and burned rapidly. The
wireless apparatus was destroyed by
explosions before it was possible to
use It. One engineer was killed by
explosions and one was drowned In
CENSUS TO BE
TAKEN IN CITY
Petition of citizen to count noses lu
Alltiance acted up by the
city council
The council look favorable action
on the petition signed by over fifty
cltfzenB asking that a census of the
city be taken at once. It is the gen-
eral belief that the census of 1910
does not show anywhere near the
population of the city at the present
time. ,
It is the belief of Mr. Fisher, sec
retary of the Commercial club, that
the figures would prove valuable,
not only in the matter of Influencing
favorable action in the matter of the
federul building, but would also be
valuable In advertising the city.
. RESOLUTIONS
The following resolutions were
passed at the regular meeting of the
Woman's Club of Alliance Friday af
ternoon: Be it resolved that:
The Woman's Club of Alliance ten
der thanks to all those who so kind
ly assisted the club in making the
Ninth Annual Convention of the
Sixth District of the Nebraska Fed
eration of Women's Clubs a success;
(signed) Sam Christy, Chief."
especially the business men who dec
orated the windows of their places of
business; those who furnished auto
mobiles; the High School orchestra;
the School of Music; and all others
who contributed to the programs or
to the entertainment of the guests.
MRS. PONATH
MRS. W. W. NORTON
MHS. L. II. HIGHLAND
Committee.
LAWBREAKERS GIVEN
SENTENCE
The two fourteen year old boys
tbt broke Into Newberry's hard
ware store Sunday night were brot
before Judge Berry yesterday morn
ing and after pleading guilty to the
charge were sentenced to the state
Industrial school at Kearney. As
this apeared to be the first time the
boys were ever guilty of any offense
they were paroled by the judge upon
the condition that they would make
a report to W. R. Pate, superintend
ent of the city schools.
MEN FINED FOR STEALING
C. E. Markman was fined five dol
lars and costs yesterday after plead
ing guilty In Judge Zurn's court on
a charge of stealing a pair of shoes
from the railroad company. Chas.
F. Wykoff was charged with stealing
two suits of underwear, one half dot
en sliver spoons and a sack of pota
toes from the freight housa. lie en
tered a plea of guilty and was fined
five dollars and costs by Judge Zurn.
leaving Uk ship.
The survivors suffered terribly dar
lng forty boars exposure in an open
boat. Their exhaustion was so great
that it was impossible to obtain a
coherent story from them several
uours after they were picked up. -
The Columbian caught fire Sunday
night when about 300 miles south of
Capo Race. A series of explosions
followed. Captain McDonald order
ed the wireless operator, James Dro
han, to send out calls for assistance,
bnt one of the explosions put the
wireless apparatus out of commis
sion ' ' i
PLANS FOR TWO
DAYS CLEANUP
Commercial club will co-operate with
the city In a program for
cleaning; up city
J. W. Guthrie, president of the
Commercial club,' was at the council
meeting last night and called atten
tion to the fact that, the Commercial
club was planning to inaugurate a
general cleanup movement in which
everyone in the city would be asked
to co-operafo. . Two days would be
devoted to the actual cleanup work.
Out, a great deul will be done along
the lines of influencing people to con
tinue the work after It is begun.
Secretary Fisher has proposed
that the unsightly cans that now oc
cupy places on the street corners be
replaced by neat circular cans paint
ed green bearing the slogan in yellow
lettering; "Help Keep Alliance
Clean." Mayor Rodgers stated this
morning that he was heartily in fa
vor of the suggestion.
In all probability the council will
take definite action in the matter of
co-operation at the adjourned meet
ing of the council which will be held
within the next two weeks.
CRAWFORD MAN BOOSTS NEUit.
Aran L. Hungerford, the Crawford
land man, has just issued a booklet
descriptive of western Nebraska and
the town of Crawford which surpas
ses by far anything of this nature
ever gotten out for this end of the
state. The booklet contains niinety
six large pagen and Is profusely illus
trated from cover to cover.
Mr. Hungerford has made a con
spicuous purcetts as a land man dur
ing the four years which he has been
engaged in the business. To use his
own words, will describe the reason,
"I have paid out for newspaper ad
vertising, catalogues, stationery, pos-.
luge, etc., in connection with the ad
vertising part of my business during
the past four years, more than $60,
000. How can I afford to do this,
you ask. Well, my sole aim In life '
is to settle up Dawes county and
northwest Nebraska. It is my hob
by, my dream, my ambition, and I
do business on the saute principle a
do the big jobbing and wholesale
houses big, quick sales and smalt
profits. , I owe the success that I
have enjoyed to the liberal use of
printer's Ink, coupled with the real
goods of merit behind it all good
land."
Ed Kesaler, brother of John Kess
ler, who live in the western part of
Box Butte county,, was one of the
victims of the bloody battle fought
at Forbes, Colorado, day before yes
terday. Kesaler was a carpenter at
the mine and was killed by shots fir
ed by the strikers. There were sev
en killed In this battle. Jobs Keas
ler was notified this morning of the
death of hie brother.