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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1917)
Leading Newspaper of Western Nebraska The Alliance Herald READ BT EVERY MEMBER NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION. ALL THE NEWS OF ALLIANCE AND WESTERN NEBRASKA OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S AS80 CIATION IT REACHES HEADQUARTERS FOR 15,000 FIREMEN 12 Pages 1 Section VOLUME XXIV ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA.MAY 24, 1917 NUMBER 25 ATTEMPT TO BLACKMAIL? Two Chadron Men, Five from Oma ha and One from Chicago Are Charged with Conspiracy DIRTY ALL THK WAY THHOKiH Say Bunch Conspired to Get Young Wife Into Office of Dawes Coun ty Attorney at Night County Judge K. M. Slattery and County Attorney B; D, ("rites, of Dawes county on Tuesdny tiled in court at Chadron complaints chart: )ng conspiracy to blackmail against Chief of Detectives Steve Maloney of Omaha; Harvey Wolfe, president nf the Omaha detect ie asportation; C. W. Pipkin, former Omaha police de tective and secretary of the Omaha detective association; Glut A. Tyler, Omaha detective; Phil Winker, pri vate detective of Omaha; W. S. Dol an, private detective of Chicago; Al len Or. Fisher. Chadron attorney; Charles I. Day, Chadron; and Louis K, Mote, Chadron. The complaint alleges that the de fendants conspired to obtain the presence of Mrs. R. Hood, young wife of Robert Hood, an aged and wealthy Chadron banker, and E. D. Crltes of Chadron, county attorney of Dawes county, in Crltes' law of fice at 10 o'clock on the night of Monday, May 14. and that part of the plan was to have three of the de fendants. Philip Winker, Charles L Day and Louis K. Mote, enter the of fice and charge misconduct between Crltes and Mrs. Hood. Claim They Drew Revolvers The complaint further alleges that Winkler. Day and Mote came to the office and found Mrs. Hood there with Crites and with drawn revolv ers attempted to force each of them to pay If 500 and sign written ac knowledgements of misconduct. It is further alleged In the com plaint that the purpose Of these ac knowledgements was U prevent ('rites from completing prosecutions of some of the defendants and to atop him from again being a candi date for public office. The complaint also charges that Mrs. Hood's signature was to be used in an effort to obtain $1,000 from Robert Hood. Philip Winkler was released on a $3,000 bond. Bonds for Stephen Ma lour . c hief of Omaha detectives, and the other defendants, were placed at $8,000 for their appearance at Chadron a week from today, Thursday, May 31. The two Chadron attorneys. EL D. Crltes and Allen G. Fisher, are. both known locally, and the affair is be ing watched with great interest not only In Chadron, Alliance and over western Nebraska, but at Omaha and over Nebraska generally. Follows Political Fight W. S. Dolan. the Omaha detective who is one M the nine defendants charged with being in the alleged blackmail plot, is reported to have stated that the trouble is grounded on an Omaha political light between ' Johnny" Lynch and Mike Clark of Omaha. Dolan says he and others were making an investigation for Robert Hood with regard to the con duct of Mrs. Hood and in their ef forts to get inside information en gaged Klsie Phelps of Central Baths. 1606 Harney Btreet. Omaha, to get a line on Mrs. Hood by getting in with her crowd and attending her parties. He says that Klsie Phelps was a friend of Paul Sutton of the Omaha police, to whom she contided, and that Sutton told 1 Johnny" Lynch of Omaha. According to Dolan's story Lynch was sore Oil the hunt li because of work supposed to have been done for Sheriff Clark of Douglas county in putting the lakeside resort at Oma ha out of business. Then, according to Dolan, Lynch sent Button ' Chad ron to slug their game. Harvey Wolfe, president of the Omaha Detective Association, says that Hood, the Chadron banker, was to pay the detective agency men $7 a day and expenses. As near as can be learned the whole affair is a dirty one from start to finish. Sentiment In Chad ion and Dawes county is said to Un divided, according to the particular Dawes county hunch an individual happens to be lined up with. Vari ous personal opinions are being ex pressed Which are based, it is report ed, largely on past p erfortna nces of Main Chatlron individuals AfUM) MAKSLAND MOTH Kit A NSW FltK LAST (ALL On Thuisday night Mrs. Klizabeth lenimon of Marsland died at the home of her daughter. Mrs Man Hughes, of that place Death MM following a long illness from the ef fects of which she lost both her sight snd mind. Deceased was about seventy-eight ears Old She beta III' a widow eleven years ago. Mis. I., m mon was the mother of nine child ren, of whom five are living. Three of the children were with her at the end. being Carl of Colorado. Itoy of Crawford, and the daughter. Mrs. Hughes. The funeral was held at the Hnghes home, the sermon being preached by Rev. Fuller of the Mars Is nd M. E. church. The Men Who Made Prohibition Effective Stat Journal St'. HK if a ft am aHl - -1 1 JOHN N. NORTON Representative from the Thirty-ninth district While many men are entitled to distinguished mention for their ser vices in seeming prohibition for the state of Nebraska, three are three whose staunchness at a trying time give them strong claims for the hon or of making the prohibition bill the tower of strength that it is. These men are Representative Norton of Polk County, Representative Flans burg of Iancaster county and Repre sentative Thomas of Box Butte coun ty, whose pictures are herewith pre sented. Th ae three men composed the membership of the conference com mittee that fought it out with the three wet conferees sent by the sen ate and wrested from them by sheer bull dog tenacity all the vital things that the contest was over. They were able to do this in part because they knew the house was back of them, but it required three men who knew what they wanted and who re fused time and again to give an inch from their position to stand up under the tremendous pressure brought to bear to get near beer thru for the brewers. If near beer had been per mitted, prohibition would have been impossible so far as beer selling is concerned. The wets were willing to concede everything, even to denying to the individualswhom they repre- LLOVD O. THOMAS Representative from the Seventy third district senfed, the drinking men of the state the right to have any liquor at all in their possession. Mr. Norton is serving his fourth term as a representative, and his clean cut progressiveness and his abll ity have won him leadership in the house. He was born on a farm in Polk c ounty on May 12, 1878. He Is a graduate of the University of Mich igan and also of the Wesleyan college of oratory. He has served four years as clerk of Polk county and 2 terms as mayor of Osceola. He is a demo crat. Mr. Flsnsburg was the expert law yer on the committeee, and his analy sis of the bill as presented and amend ed by the wets' made it possible to balk ail efforts to get near beer per mitted thru legal subterfuge. He also secured the saving clause to one real concession made the senate, that which covers possession of a reason able amount of liquor in one's home for his personal use. Mr. Flansburg stood from the beginning for aclause that makes the possession of liquor prima facie evidence that It was kept with the purpose of unlawful sale or UBe, in any civil or criminal action under the law. Mr. Flansburg celebrated bis 35 birthday on May 3. He was born in Alma, removing to Lincoln wilh the LRONAHI) A FLANSHI'RG Representative from the Thirtieth district family of his father, C. C. Flansburg, in 1893. He graduated from the Lin coln high school and went from the academic department of the Univer sity of Nebraska to the law school. He graduated in law In 1906, cover ing the three year term in two years. He entered the practice of law with his father immediately thereafter. The only official position held prior to thiB, his first term as a legislator, was deputy city attorney under his father. He is a republican. Mr. Thomns is one of the owners and editors of one of the liveliest pa pers In the state, the Alliance Herald. He was born July 8.1889, at Elwood Neb. He was educated In the public schools at Maywood, Alma and Bea ver City and a denominational school at Orleans. He started to learn printing when nine years old. Later he graduated from an Omaha buslnes college, and for several years travel ed for typewriter companies. After a short incursion into the real estate business in Alliance, he bought the Herald. He has also had experience in managing a big irrigated farm near 3cottsbluff. He was elected by a big majority as a representative for Box Butte and Sheridan counties, in a republican district. He is a dem ocrat and was one of the leaders of the late session. COMPANY Ti INSPECTION Captain Wallace, Federal Officer of Inspection, Viewed omMuty In Alliance on Sunday RVOIW TO HK FAYORAHI K ARE THERE ANY SLACKERS HERE? Alliance Hankers Hay Hut Few Appli cations Are lteing Made for liberty Loan Honda ABOUT WJ.ooo NOW HC HS III ItKD AURORA DEMANDS THE FIRST HONORS NEW OIL COMPANY 0R6ANIZE0 HERE Claims Made bj un.rn School that Arnold Wchi First in Content Red Cloud I 'oitteMMIIt Bucked up by Superintendent FlSher and teachers of the Aurora high school. Hugh Aruold claims first place in the state high school de clamatory contest which was helci in this city Thursday evening. The prise was given to William Mcllridc, the contestant from the I ted Cloud high school, hut Aurora now claims that this was done through "Miscalculation." Superintendent A. K. Kisher of the Aurora schools on Monday Bent a tale gram to Superintendent K. B. Hays of Chadron. secretary of tin high school declamatory association, which read as follows: "According to official figures you gave my contestant. Aurora has- first plate both in grand sum totals and in ranking as follows: Grand sum totals, Aurora, 1.108: lied Cloud. 1.091 By rank Aurora took two I rats and second: Red ('loud had two first and fourth. Arnold should be given hist place." Frank Si in etevant of Chadron won second place. Oral Harvey of Alli ance represented this district but was not named among the winners. James Patterson of Rushville was to have represented the Chadron dis trict but was not in attendance at the contest The coolest was announced for Wednesday night of last work but was postponed until the following evening owing to the fact that the trains were late and the contestants did not reach the city until early the next morning Kxeaptlonal oratori cal ability was displayed, and all showed careful preparation and training. The contestants Mere as follows: William McBride. Red cloud: Frank Sturdevant. Chadron; Hugh Arnold. Aurora. (ieorge K Clark. Leigh; Oral Halve-, Alliance; and trace Station. Weeping Water MKT Al TO T1RK UIJ4fT -On Frida. May 1H. one I Firestone smooth tread auto casing. I with inner tube and w heel nm j lost from tire carrier, on road In I ween Hemingford and Allium Size of casing. 32x3 Sfa lilt-hen Name I of Lloyd Thomas on mini lube. Rr j ward will be paid for return to The j Alliance Herald. Alliance. . cbr. 2:,-2t-;t7 1 Co-operative lev eloHiH-nt Co. Or guuized with Capital Stock of ftoo.ooo Loral People In Yesterday afternoon the prelimin ary organization of the Co-operative Development Company was complet ed in this city. The incorporators are for the most part local people, or persons known here. The capital stock is to be $100,000. with the pal value of the- share at $100 The company will be incorporated under the laws of Wyoming The princi pal place of business will be at Cas per, with a branch office at Alliance. The company is organ i.eu for ex ploration and development of oil lands and leases. An official of the company states that the company controls a large acreage of land in Wyoming near Douglas, which is be lieved to he oil-producing land. It is stated that there is no intention of selling stock at this time. Those Interested in the company are: President. R. S. Pryce of Cas per: vice president and field manag er. M. F. Mac Donald of Alliance; secretary ami treasurer. Warren Man y The directors will be as fol lows: R. S. Pryce. Casper; Fred Still. Douglas; Tresie I'hilbin. Nor folk: Maude Hawthorne, Douglas: Mrs. Gertie Emery, Douglas; George McFall. Alliance; W O Man v. Alli ance; Howard Meeker, A. Meeker. Hazel Meeker. Bessie Meeker, .1. F llendrix. A 11. Volker and M F Mat-Donald, Alliance A. Meeker and M. F Mat Donald lefi today for Douglas where they expect to begin preliminary opera tions Imniediatelj HORSE INSPECTION HERE ON MAY 29 French Army Officers Will He Here Next Tuesday to Accept War Horses for French Gov't Next Tuesday, May 29, the horse inspection scheduled to have taken place Tuesday of this week will be held at the Alliance stock yards. The inspection, conducted by C. L. Les ter Sl Co., was postponed one week on account of the had weather. The French army officers will be in Alli ance next Tuesday and the inspection will be held at that time as advertis ed While a number of horses wore brought in for Tuesday's inspection, the large number were not brought In, owing to the condition of the roadF following the rainy spell. The French army officers were in Den ver and telegraphed Mr. lestei that they would leave Monday night in order to have plenty of time here, but Mr. Lester wired them to post pone coining for another week. In order to have a large supply of hors es on hand. The same prices will be paid as announced. Klsewhere In this issue appears the display adver tisement announcing the inspection. MILLKR SFLLK HIS Murom ha Nil mtohm Conley Miller has sold his second hit ml store lorated al the corner of utipavetl Boi BUtlS avenue and Set ond street to T .1 Thompson of Daimebrog. Ncbr. Mr. Thompson is now in possession of the business. The new owner is a brother of .Charles and Ciene Thompson. well known ram h men Mr. Miller will remain with the new owner for a week or ten days, after which it is likely he will engage in the carpen ter business in Alliance. t. lei, n Churchill was in Alliance Ui r.dai SENIORS LIST F.N FH TO H.V CALAI RKATK SI ItMON The baccalaureate exercise for the senior class of the Alliance high school were held at the I'helan opera house Sunday evening. The mem bers of the class writ- dressed in rais and gowns and were seated with the faculty in a section reserved for them ll. J. Young, pastor of the christian share h, preached the ser mon. Hi., subject was, "Facing the Task of Life." Anions other things Rev. Young placed emphasis on the fact that in order to really he suc cessful in life a person must be well developed. ph.vsic-ally, intt-llert ually anil morally He offered the sug gest ion that each should have a def inite purpose, in life and strive to make the goal. SFNIOR CLASS to (.RAIM A I K FRIDAY Tomorrow (Friday) evening, graduation exercises for the senior class of the Alliance high school will he held at the I'helan opera house. The exercises will start at 8 : 1 f, Dean Charles Fordyce of the University of Nebraska will deliver the address to the graduates. An excellent program has been prepared No Intimation Given as to Proltahlc Dale I ... al Unit Will He Mus tered Into Service Captain Wallace, federal officer of Inspection, was in the city to inspect Company ;. thi new unit of Um Fourth regiment of the Nebraska national guard, recently organised here. The company Is now compos ed of eighty-seven men, all of whom WOrU present to answer the call. The company now has twenty-two mors than enough men. It. was necessary to have , company of sixty-five In ottlcr to have it accepted. There Is still room In the company for any who desire to Join. Captain Wal luce stated that his report to the federal authorities would be favor able as to Company O. Scottsbluff contributed widl to the organization of ihe compnny. An ovation was given to the Scottsbluff members al their home town Satut dny evening, being in the nature of a farewell. The uffair was hold In Weller hall there, which was packed to overflowing by the fathers, moth ers, brothers, sisters and sweethearts of the boys. Following thn exercis es at the hall a very enthusiastic crowd followed the boys to the de pot, where the Scottsbluff Boys' Band played appropriate music, and where the boys were bid godspeed by their parentn, relatives and friends. lu Federal Service Now A number of the members of the company gained the impression that the inspection was to be in fact a mustering In of the company to the federal service Immediately. The in spection was a part of the regular procedure and was necessary before the members of the company could receive federal pay. Captain Wal lace told the members of the com- nanv thai they were regularly en listed in the federal service and that in the future they were subject to wiir denartment orders issued to them through Captain Miller. Mem bers were instructed to pay no at trillion to orders or reports coming from other sources than from the captain of the company, but to obey all orders of the commanding oftlc- I er. any deviation from which would 'place them in the einbarraslng posi , tiou of deserting in time of war From Alliance. Captain Wallace ! went to Aurora where Company H i was Inspected. The organization of the Fourth Nebraska is now co.i. I plete. Mu-i Have an Armory All national guard companies are I required to have an armory, the- rent of which is paid by the government. A number of places were inspected but it is believed the Masonic temple will he the place approvetl. equip ment is being held at Fort Crook. Where the company will be ouillttr.l ami trained is not known. No inti mation has been given as to when thr oompunj will be sailed into n ice. A number of the members of the company living in Scottsbluff have returned to their homes to await or ders from headquu tiers , John Mut tox of Stol tsbl lift, second lieutenant of ihe company. SXpOCtS to remain in Alliance until the order to reKrt at Ihe training ramp is received. 'ISAACSON I'l IK MASKS MARY MOUAM STOCK A. O Isaacson, proprietor of The Fashion Shop, this morning pur- i h.isrti thr remaining stock in the Regan store from Mary Regan, at to cents on the dollar. Mr Isaac son told The Herald this morning that he would sell this stock at thr same price he paid for it 4 0 cents on the dollar. lie expects to hold a his sale next week at which he will sell not only the Regan stock at cut prices, but much of Ihe merchandise in bis regular stock. He advises the people of Alliance and western Ne braska to watch for his sale an nouncement, believing that this will aflord thriii an opport unity to make genuine savings in their purchases "The Liberty Ml of 1017" Offers Se.ial Advantages lu Honds No Others PossesH Al llanOS I'rople seem exceptionally' indlffnrnt to the new bond issue of tin- United stntHB gorurninant known as "The Liberty Loan of 1917." All three Alliance nankn, the First Nat ional, the First Stale, and the Alll- anCS National, are accepting sub scriptions for these honds, or ruoro truthfully nre prepared to accept. subscriptions. Officials of the three hanks told The Herald that tbey had had practically no applications. It is prtdMbln that ono Alliance man will subscribe for $1,000 worth of the bonds, that being the largest amount even hinted at, ami this from only one man. There nre a very few others who expect to purchase a, few of the smaller denominations. One banker told The Herald that on Saturday he inquired of probably fifty men who came into his hank. asking them if they desired to make application for the purchase of the bonds. He states that most all or them gave him the "hs-ha." Asked the reason, he said It was probably because the interest rate is so low. Present indications make it doubtful If Alliance will purchase more than $2,000 worth of the bondB. and not over $3,000 at the most. One special advantage that Liber ty bonds have over all other bonds, nstional, state, municipal or corpor ate, is that if the United States dur ing the continusnce of this war shall issue other bonds at a higher rate of interest, the holders of these Liberty honds have the right to exchange their Liberty bonds for bonds bear ing the higher rate of interest, dollar for dollar. The bonds are nontaxa ble and pay I 4 per cent Interest. There are two kinds of Liberty honds. Bearer bonds are to be is- ' sued in denominations of $f0, $100. $500, and $1,000. These bearer bonds, which are payable to bear,-t. have Interest coupons attached which are detached by the holder when the interest installments they represent are due, and can be cashed at any bank the same as a United States terasury note Registered bonds are to be issued, which are reglster Sd as to both principal and Interest, in de nominations of 100. $.r,00, $1000 1 5, POO, $10,000, $f),000 and $100, 000; checks for the amount of inter est due will be mailed out semian nually to the holders of these regis tered bonds. If there are persons living in Alli am r or anywhere else who desire to purchase these mortgages on the Untied Slates, whether because the) feel It their patriotic duty or wheth er from a strictly InveOtMent stand point, any one of the three Alliance hank will take thnr application and deliver the bonds when issued. LINCOLN MAN NI.W PASTOR CHRISTIAN III lit 'II S. .1. Kpler. of Lincoln, has been engaged as pastor of the Christian church in Alliance to succeed H. J. Young, who preaches his farewell sermon Sunday Mr. Kpler will prrai'ti his tirst srrilion here a week from Sunday. He is a married matt with three children. The family will move to Alliance at a later date. Rev. Kpler is a college mate of Kev. Voung He is said to be a man of experience and a marked siiec-cBa in his chosen work HI T ON F CASK OF SMALLPOX IN ALIJANCK There is but one case of smallpox in the city, states Dr. Uellwood. city phjrslrlgn, and this is not a local case. Bert Kerwin who has been employed on the federal forest re serve at Halsey came down with smallpox and was on his way to his home at 1221 Ac-onia street. Denver. He came to Alliance to change cars and was found at the depot. Wlu-n It was learued he has smallpox Dr. Betrwaofl ordered him sent to the local detention hospital. II HOMtOS (JI AKANTINKO POM SCAKLFr FFXFR Fourteen homes in Alliance are under quarantine at the present time on account of scarlet fever, ac cording to a statement made by City Physician Dr. H H. Bellwood to t lo ll n a Id rstertl.i Dr Bcdlwood says that the authorities and physi cians are getting the upper hand of contagious diseases in Alliance now and asks and demands the co-opt i.i Hon of all titi.eiis in the work of eliminating these diseases from the city. nr H B. dimming, secretary of the state b oard of health, has in formed Dr. Bellwood thst he must not lax from the quarantine regula tions Klsewhere in this issue ap pears the statement of the secretary of the stale board ami of Dr Redwood THK OFFICIAL WKKkl.Y WKATHKH HFPORT .. According to the metrologies! rec ord kept by F W. Hicks. Alliance official weather observer for the weather bureau. Cnited States De lairiment of Agriculture, a total of 1.62 inches of fain fell in Alliance the past week. The total rsiofall recorded for May 19 was .45 inches; for May 20. ,$ inches; and for May 21, At, The official report for the wrrk ending Wednesday, May 23, is as follows: Mm Max Min Set Max. Preeip 17 79 38 64 IS 78 46 70 19 71 46 58 .45 20 64 45 45 .55 21 48 37 11 .2 22 58 30 r.l 23 34 60