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Leading Newspaper of
Western NEBRASKA
The Alliance Herald
Tell 'Em You
Saw it in
The Herald
VOLUME XXIV
ALLIANCE, BuX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, NOVEMBER 29, 1917
M'M HER 52
December Sixth is "Smokeless Day' to Boost the Soldier's Christmas Fund
Thursday. December 6, is here
by set hshIp ns "Smokeless day"
in all Nebraska.
This proclamation has tho
hearty approvaj and support of
Governor Neville.
Nebraska us are asked to give
up their cigars, pipes and ciga
rettes on that day and give the
money to the Omaha Daily News
Red Cross fund to send every
Nebraska soldier in an army or
navy camp a Christmas gift.
Or, if you, Mr. Man, simply
can't get along without your
smoke for a day, you may donate
the amount you will spend on Nebraska Hi lit rots a worthwhile
that day for your cigars, tobacco Christmas reinelnaiice.
gnardftiMn when
state.
they left the
or cigarettes.
Arrangements are being made
for the collection of the fund in
Alliance by the Herald, and in
every city, town or hamlet in the
state.
The pift will not be very ex
pensive. Kneh yuletidc package will cost
approximately $1, but the senti
ment and love that will prompt
Ministers are to make an appeal ,hc ending will make it invalu
from their pulpits next Sunday.
School children are being en
listed in the one-day campaign.
Local newspapers will take it
up in their neighborhoods.
able to the Nebraska soldier.
This ChristmaB fund in general
for the soldiers has been indorsed
by General Leonard Wood, in
.John 1!. It ore head, ex-governor
of the state, has also strongly
indorsed the fund and has con
tributed to it.
Nebraskans need not wait until
the prescribed date to make their
contributions to tbe fund. Neith
er are men who do not smoke and
women bared from contributing.
Not less than $15,000 will be
Th moil y will be spent by the Daily News. On "Smokeless
the Nebraska Red Cross anil ev- day" Contribution boxes will be
.iy cent teknowledfed in the placed in the Alliance stores and
Mniaha Daily N ws. An account- places of business. When you see
inK will be made of the expendi- a "Smokeles day" box don't for
tures. get the soldier boys and add your
The Nebraska Ked Cross has in- contribution. Donations can be
tlorsed the movement and is co-op- made at the Herald Office. Checks
crating trith the Omaha Daily or money orders will be received
News. through the mail. Where the
The Alliance Herald will co-op- name of the donor is given it will
erate with the Omaha Daily News be published in both the Herald
in covering Alliance and sur- and the Omaha Daily NewH.
command at Camp Funston, and needed to make certain that ev- rounding territory. The Herald
In fact, everybody will be help- by General George H. Harries of cry soldier receives a Christmas will receive donations for the fund
ing in this great big move to give Camp Cody, who led the Nebraska Rift
Don't forget, Thursday, Deoem-
L nd se that they are forwarded to ber 6, is the big day.
DID NEGRO FIND
POT OF MONEY
IN BOX COFFIN?
"BUCK" WASHINGTON, COLORED
MAN WHO DUG I P BONES, MAT
HAVE FOUND MONEY
LLOYD SMITH IS
FIRST LIEUTENANT
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Smith Re
ceives Comm tuition After Train
ing at Fort Snelling
LEFT TOWN IN DIG HORRY
Opinion of Authorities Over Find of !
Bone in Box Coffin Still Divid
ed As to Its Origin
That "Buck" Washington, the ne
gro who dug up the box coffin in
which were the bones of an old being,
either human or animal, may have
found a pot of gold coin in with the
bones is the opinion of several of his
former associates in Alliance. Wash
ington left town very hurriedly the ;
next day after digging up the bones
and be appeared flush with money.
His associates do not know where
this "flushness" came from and some
believe that he found a good sized
roll with the skeleton in the box.
Another theory advanced is that 1
Washington might have found some
evidence in tbe box that would have
have Incriminated the person or per-
one who buried the skeleton, if it i
waB a skeleton, years ago and that
he was furnished the wherewithal to
aove to a warmer clime in order to i
get him away from the Investigation
which is being made as to how the
bones came to be buried in an old
box in an alley.
Scores tt people have called r. Tbe I
Herald office during the past week
to view the few bones which were
found in the box. The partial re-;
mains of the pine box are in the pos
session of F. E. Sweeney, an old set- 1
tier wLo 's helping in the investiga
tion Fvioence tha the box was an
old one is ehown by the fact that the
nails with which it war put together
were the old-fashioned cut variety,
much older than the wire nails which
1 ave been used in Alliance since it
Carted, twenty-eight years ago.
Physicians and surgeons who have
viewed the bones are somewhat di
vided in their opinion as to whether
they came from a human being or
an animal. If from an animal why
were they buried many years ago
in a pine box coffin with a glass top?
If from a human being why were they
sawed into pieces? One explanation
given was that the bones might have
been placed in the box and buried
there by school boys recently as a
prank, they knowing that the sewer
would be dug and the bones found.
This is discredited by the fact that
the box was so old and rotten that it
quickly came to pieces when brought
out and also the ground in which
they were buried showed no signB of
having been recently disturbed.
Old timers and early settlers are
remembering of a number of mysteri
ous disappearances in early years in
Alliance. F. E. Reddish, who settled
in Box Butte ccunty before Alliance
was started and who has been with
the town since its start, remembers of
a number of people who disappeared
in the early days without a trace. J.
C. McCorkle, another pioneer settler,
remembers of several murders among
the early cowboys one who was
murdered in the "Broncho lake dis
trict,' 'and another one in the Nio
brara river district.
Until a satisfactory explanation is
made of the finding of the bones the
Question refuses to remain settled. It
is believed that there are more bones
under one of the large piles of dirt
taken from the sewer excavation.
When these piles of dirt are moved
the bones found may help to decide
the question as to whether they are
human or not.
Lloyd M. Smith of Omaha, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Smith of Alliance,
has received a commission as first
lieutenant in the infantry. Reserve
Corps, after training at Fort Snelling
for the last three months. Earl M.
Cline of Nebraska City, former teach
er in tbe Junior Normal at Alliance,
and it mc time candi ia.e for nomin
ation for state superintendent, was
commissioned a captain in the Infan
try Reserve Corps.
Joseph L. WeBtovcr of Rushville,
former Alliance attorney, son of dis
trict judge W. H. WeBtover, was com
missioned a first lieutenant. Walter
C. Weiss of Hebron, first assistant
chief clerk in the Nebraske house of
representatives at the 1917 session
was commissioned a first lieutenant.
P. C. Shockley of Brownlee received a
commission as captain.
Other western Nebraska young
men received commissions as first
lieutenant in the infantry, reserve
corpB, as follows: F. M. Stuart of
North Platte; Harry P. Conklin of
Minatare; Carl P. Jeffords of Brok
en Bow; Claiborne Perry and Wm.
Richie, Jr. Bridgeport attorneys;
Thomas M. Tiehman of Bridgeport.
R. J. Mathews, Scottsbluff; Wil
liam McDonald and C. W. Helxer of
Valentine were commlsaioneed- as
first lieutenants in tbe artillery re
serve corps.
J. E. Brown of Rushville was com
missioned as second lieutenant in the
infantry, reserve corps. D. J. Collier
of Lisco was commissioned a second
lieutenant in tbe regular army, infantry.
SOLDIER SON WAS
KILLED IN WEST
Son of E. E. Smith of Alliance Killed
In California While Enroute
I in Training Camp.
What Governor Neville Says
of Smokeless Day
BT GOVERNOR KEITH NEVILLE
"The least we can do at home is to avail ourselves of ev
ery opportunity to render more pleasant the life of the cour
ageous men of Nebraska who have so nobly offered their all
in our behalf.
"I cannot too heartily commend your worthy endeavor
in co-operating with the Red Cross in the plan of providing
a gift for every Nebraska soldier on Christmas Day.
"I most cordially approve the idea of having Ne
braska men contribute the cost of one day's smoking to this
fund.
"Every man ought to be willing to give what his to
bacco costs him for one day, regardless of whether he ac
tually does without his smoking or not.
"One day's self-denial would not mean very much to
the men at home and it would mean great things to the men
in the army camps.
1 LICENSES WERE
ISSOED IN A WEEK
Com. 'gc Tash is Getting To
Re .n Expert Tier of The Ma
trimonial Knots
Judge Tash has had avery busy
week in the matrimonial department
He issued nine licenses since last
Wednesday and performed the mar
riage ceremony for seven out of the
nine couples. Two of the nine
licenses were issued to Alliance coup
les, one to Howard L. Meeker and
Miss Freda Sellers; the other to
William F. Coupons and Miss Agnes
F. Riley.
Four Mexicans, none of whom
could read and write English, applied
for a license Judge Tash said that
he made out a license for two of
them and married the two he thought
were guilty, but wasn't sure yet as
THANKSGIVING
GAME WON
BY SCOTTSBLUFF
OUTWEIGHED, ALLIANCE PUTS
PUTS UP A STIFF FIGHT, BUT
I OSES TO VISITORS
WAS A HARpJOODHT DAME
Large Crowd of Holiday Observers
Witneas Lively Gridiron Contest
Tills Afternoon
Scottsbluff was very much sur
prised this afternoon by a stiff oppo
sition from the Alliance team. The
to whether he had married the right boys from the Bluffs trotted out on
couple.
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE
FOR HEMINGFORD
Construction Will Start at Once on
An Attractive New Building to
Care for Growing School
BELMONT TUNNEL
CLOSED ONE DAY
One Hundred and Fifty Feet of Tun
nel Hoof Fell in on Freight
Train Last Saturday
(Contributed).
The Hemlngford school board has
been compelled to build the new
school house by employing a fore
man, who will in turn, employ the
help necessary. The advertisements
for bids ran in the Ledger for three
weeks, but none of the local contrac
tors filed any bids, and hence, the
work has to be done by the method
of day work.
The new building is to be located
on the southeast corner of the half
block, donated by the O'Keefe family
to the school district, which lies Just
weBt of the Catholic church property
the City Water works lot, and the
Delsing residence lot. It will face j
the south and the plan is the work I
Professor Crawford participated in
his second wedding Wednesday after
noon. He happened to drop into the
court house about five-thirty and was
called upon by Judge Tash as witness
of the marriage between Miss Ruth
M. Speak of Ft. Benton, Montana and
Walter M. Trent of Halsey.
Other llcenseB issued were tq:
Clarence L. Skinner and Mariam M
Lewis, both of Spade; Andrew Iver
son of Dunlap and Mary M. Iodence
of Hemlngford; Hobart L. McLaugh
1 1 n and Miss Eneetlne Thomas, both
of Marsland; Harry W. Delsing and
Lena Annen, of Dunlap; Edgar E.
Riddle and Miss Gladys Huated, both
of Antioch. The names of tbe Mex
icans are unpronouncable try your
luck; Fran t.il id id Munoy and Miss
Mary Owye.
On the whole Judge Tash receives
his share of the business from Cup
id's archery.
en
tered the tunnel when a large beam
at the top of the steam shovel, which
was about a foot too high, tore out '
the stretch of heavy beams. This
started a cave-in which extended for
Madison C. Smith, aged twenty
three years, a member of the national
army and Bon of Ernest E. Smith of
Alliance, was killed accidentally in
Siskiyou county, California, while en
route from the training camp at El
Ctntro, California, to the training
camp at American Lake, Washing- 0f Architect Sidney M. Foster of 1 about one hundred and fifty feet in
ton, where he had been transferred. Gordon. I,ne tunnel. No one was injured in
The boy's father was appraised of i it meets the approval of Deputy the accident but traffic was com
the death of his son from the fol- j state Supt. Woodward who was here I pletely tied up.
lowing telegram, received November this summer, whose advice was asked Four crews responded to the call
26th: "Burr Oak, aKnsaB, Novem- by the board as to the stylo of build- for wreckers, two from Alliance and
uer in, ruiiuwiuK teieram r- ,ng most guitable. and is in line with
ceivea toaay ti uentro. canrornia, j the ideas of construction as recom
November 26th. Madison C. Smith, mended by the Educational Depart-
All traffic on the Burlington west
of Alliance was held up tor twenty
four hours, from 2:45 o'clock Sat
urday morning until 1:45 o'clock
Sunday morning, when a steam shov
el on extra train number 5253, in
charge of freight conductor Roberts
pulled out a stretch of the twelve-
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V.k , . i 7- V t taJ Alllannce People Signed Petl-
'i ' i u u u i i I'm .'.Mi, iur t ai I u a u u
rock.
The extra freight had Just
PORPLE CROSS WAS
FULLY ENDORSED
tlons to Congress to Pom Law
Asked By Purple trow
enroute to American Lake training
camp killed on twentieth in Siskiyou
county. Body now held by coroner.
Born in Burr Oak, only record here.
Please endeavor to locate relatives
and ascertain disposition of body. C.
V. Barton, clerk of local board."
Am told this is your son." This tele
gram was signed by H. A. Modlin,
mayor of Burr Oak.
Upon receipt of the telegram the
father immediately notified the au
thorities to ship the body here. It
wil be taken to Ravenna on its ar
rival and burled beside his mother
at that place.
ATTEND FOOTRALL GAME HERE
Mrs. Eastman of Scottsbluff was
over to see her son play football this
afternoon. Among the other people
from that city to accompany their
team to Alliance were: C. M. Ma
theny, superintendent of schools; Mr.
Shaver, the principal of tbe high
School; and Willard Hamer. Substi
tutes for the Scottabluff team who
were over but did not get a chance
to show their speed were; Burton
Warrick, Mike Ryan, Harold Fox
Douglas Callahan, Robert Ripley, and
Beryl Snyder
RAILROAD DRAKEMAN
SERIOUSLY DURNED
Threw Kerosene on Hot Coals in Way
far Stove KUtre-up Caused Se
rious Burns About Head
E. A. Kenyon, a Burlington brake
man, was seriously burned abut the
back of the bead and right side of the
face Saturday morning at Crawford, school
when he atempted to revive a fire would make an ideal public library
with Kerosene. There had been a with the lower floor to be used for
fire in the stovethe night before farmers meetings, club meetings, and
Kenyon threw on some waste and various other kinds of public activ
ities. If this should come to pass,
the district, of cours, would dispose
of it to the city for the purpose outlined.
ment at Washington, D. C. The
building will be of Spanish Villa de
sign with flat roof, and stucco exter
ior. The stucco will not be put on
until danger of frost is passed in the
spring. Tbe dimensions will be 33
by 35 feet with 11-foot ceilings and
with 9-foot ceilings in the gymnasium
(basement). The main school room
is lighted by what is known as tbe
uni-lateral system, which eliminates
all cross lights and accompanying eye
strain.
It will also be equipped with an up-to-date
complete ventilating system.
Provision will be made for a hot air
furnace and a fuel room 9 x 12 is
arranged. The gymnasium will have
plenty of light. There will be. be
sides a vestibule, separate cloak
room for boys and girls, and a
teachers private room or library 9
x 12. In designing the building tbe
thought has been maintained to make
a room suitable for a public library
when the town s' all have grown to
the point where a new High School
building is required, which will be
built large enough to house the entlse
In that event this building
two from Crawford. Uuder the dir
ection of division superintendent
Weidenhelmer and his capable sub
ordinates the work was handled ran
ldly. Passenger train number 42 Fri
day night had Just pased through the
tunnel a short time before the acci
dent. Alliance filled with floating
rumors regarding the work of "Ger
man Spies" until the rrr.1 cause of
the accident was learned
large number of the people of Al
liance and surrounding teiritory
have signed the big petitions which
will be sent in tonight by George D.
Darling to Congress, petitioning that
body to pass the Moore Purple Cross
bill, known aB House Roll 5410, en
titled "a bill to render possible the
return of the bodies of our soldier
dead to their home burial grounds
in a sanitary and recognizable con-
the field at three o'clock with assur
ance written all over their faces.
This expression soon changed, for,
during the flrBt half Alliance had by
far the best of the team from the
beet country. ScottBbluff kicked off
to Alliance. Caryreturned the ball
flften yards. Alliance then by
straight line plunges by Davenport
made two first downs in succession
putting the ball on the Scottsbluff
thirty yard line. They then lost
the ball. ScottBbluff was held re
peatedly and then on a run around
left end calamity came to Alliance,
for Davenport in tackling Eli, the
husky half from the Bluffs suffered
a dislocated shoulder and had to
leave the game. Losing their beat
man put all the more fight la the
Alliance boys and they held for
downs. Taking the ball the Alliance
boys by a succession of forward pass
es advanced it to the Bluff fifteen
yard line from which O'Connor plac
ed a pretty drop kick over the goal
posts. Score, Alliance 3. Scottsbluff
0. The rest of the half Alliance was
on the aggressive all of the time in
the Bluff's territory their forward
passes were perfect.
The second half Alliance received
the ball and immediately punted.
Scottsbluff had changed their line
up putting Raymond in at the quar
ter and Vanderbig at an end. This
change helped the Bluffs, as the new
quarter showed better generalship.
Scottsbluff's first touchdown came
in the third quarter, resulting from
line plunges by the WeBterveldt
Brothers. These fellows by super
ior weight forced theirway through
tbe Alliance line. Bennett for Al
liance played a superior game at ta
ckle. Time after time he stopped
the opponents - plays before they
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wm miu ifu. i ne piay ui nit? uiuiib
was much stronger in the second half
I they opened up a series of passes
that were good for long gains. Al-
dition." j so their weight began to tell us our
The bill provides that the bodies men were weakened by the repeat
of our dead soldier boys be care d for Ml plunges of the heavy b: cks. The
bv exDerienced and scientific em-I loss of Davenport was severely felt
balmers on the battle fields, to be
eventually returned to their homes
for burial. There is a strong sen
timent back of the bill over the en
tire country and It will undoubtedly
then poured on some kerosene. In the
flareup that ensued the entire back
of his head, his ears and his right
eye were burned.
After being given emergency treat
ment at Crawford he was brought
to St. Joseph's Hospital at Alliance
and treated by Dr. C. E. Hersbman,
Burlington physician. Kenyon was
out today for his Thanksgiving din-Mr.
According to the head of a New
York draft board, the Irish are the
moat eager to fight, everybody felt
assured from the outset that the pro
German O'Learys and disloyal Sinn
Feiners were but a small minority.
Passenger train, west of the ncci- become a law at the coming session of
dent were detnured via Caspar, com- . confcress.
Ine down the North Platte Valley nnd
up to Alllnnc. Westbound trains
were sent via the same route.
PASSES FXAMTN ATTOW
Will O'Keefe. son of John O'Keefe
of AtttaSjGS), who took the preliminary
examinations a week ago. prepara
tory to heine accepted for training In
the bnloon school at Fort Omaha,
passed successfully and Is now enlist
ed tn the Si anal Corps subject to
Immediate call for active service.
The enclosed clipping from the Lin
WORK OEDINS ON
NEW POTASH PLANT
Stakes Set At Antiock For Site of
New Plant of National Potash
Company
Stakes were set this week for the
new big plant of the National Potash
Company at Antioch, east of Alliance.
coin State Journal will be of interest Tne I',ttnt win be erected on a forty
to friends in this end of th tate- acre tract west of the new Antioch
Mrs. Alice Becker announces
the engagement of her daughter,
Mary Pauline, to William L. O'
Keefe. Miss Golden Is I grad
uate of St Mary's of Notre Dame
and Mr. O'Keefe is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. John O'Keefe of
Alliance. He Is a member of the
Beta Sigma Beta and is now
connected with 'he department
of state.
H. O. Leavttt of Scottsbluff was
over to the football game this after
noon. Mr. Leavitt Is an old Har
vard star and is much interested in
athletics. He Is a strong booster
along that line.
depot
Messrs. O'Brien and Haynes, in
charge of the work, arrived in Al
liance from Omaha the first sf the
week and report that everything is
In readines for the rapid construc
tion of the new plant which will take
i Its potash brie from the lakes on the
Beck Bench, south of Antioch. This
company 1b financed by Omaha capi
tal Auotber plant will soon be erected
Just west of Lakeside, according to
present Indication. This plant Is to
be backed by other Omaha capitalists
rumored to be the Mets Brewery people.
sh he is an excellent mau on de
fense. However, the game was
hard fought and Alliance made their
opponents work for all they got.
the third puartcr, both resulting
Scottsbluff added two touchdowns In
third quarter, both resulting from
long forward passes. Out of the
three touchdowns the BluffB kicked
one goal, making the score 19 to 3.
There was a good crowd at the game,
and none were disappointed as It
was fast and Interesting all the way
through. Every man on the Alliance
team deserves credit for his playing.
Lunn, Bennett, Cary, Plato and O'
Connor played a strong game all the
way through. The back field for the
Bluffs made an exceptionally good
showing.
LINEUP
Alliance Scottsbluff
Lotspeich LE Pickett
Fleming LT Baldridg
Rider LG Ripley
Lunn C Stoner
Curtis RG McCoskey
Bennett RT Eastman
Plato RE Right
Cary QB Raymond
O'Connor LH McCubbin
Davenport FB Hans
Graham RH WeBterveldt
Touchdown Lawrence WeBterveldt
2; Mendall Westerveldt.
Goal from field O'Connor.
Substitutes Westervelt for McCub
bin; Raymond for Vanderbig; Bran
nan for Davenport.
Referees and umpire Hartman and
Schawb alternating.
