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Leading Newspaper
of Western Nebraska
The Alliance Herald
VOLUME XXV
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. The Herald
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ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, APRIL 18, 1918
NUMBER 2(
ALLIES BEGIN
THE COUNTER
OFFENSIVE
HUN LINES FOR SIXTY MILES
IN FRANCE UNDERGOING
FURIOUS BOMDARDMENT
NEW DEVELOPMENTS HERE
Total of Fifteen Ships Were Sunk
by German Subs During the
Past Week
London, April ih. The expected
counter-offensive of the nllies against
the imnding Htm armies in France
has apparently bCgSLU, French and
English artillery is furiously bom
barding the GtRHM lines and the
area hack of the lines for a distance
along approximately sixty miles. It
Is believed thai the counter-offensive
of the allies has started and that Mg
developments can he exacted at
once.
The losses to British shlppiug, hy
mine or submarine, in the past Week
totaled lifteen. according to ttie ad
miralty reort.
SEDITION BILL IS
BOX BUTTE SPUDS
STATE OEEICIALS
FULL OF TEETH
FOR RED CROSS COMING TO ALLIANCE
itm
Hacked by Representative One or More Carload of Potatoes
Thomas and Other Houm Mem
bers Becomes a State Law.
Will He IVonatetl to the Ked
Cross by Our Farmer
KKI) CHOSS PLAY SATURDAY
The Thedford Home Trlent com
pany will put on a production at the
opera house Saturday. A matinee and
evenirg performance will be given.
There are thirteen members in the
cast. An added inducement is offer
ed in the evening performance when
Miss Sabarjaroff will sing. All the
proceeds of both afternoon and even
ing performance will be turned into
the Red Cross fund.
John W. Guthrie left Tuesday
night for Chicago to attend the wed
ding of his younger son, Charles.
OCR Fl'TT'HK RECORD
Those who realize, in compari-
son with what other men have
done, that their re;il and person-
al valuation has been under es-
timated will be given an oppor-
t UBlty to make corrections by di-
rict application to the chairman
of the Council of Defense.
It has been impossible, owing
to the amount of work involved,
for the committee to check up
each card handed in and those
which may have been overlook-
ed. This will be done within the
next few weeks. Severr.l have
made voluntary corrections.
It is the intention of the com-
mittee to secure an equitable
valuation from everyone. All
subscriptions will then be coin-
pared with the cards and each
will be entered as a permanent
record of Box Butte county citi-
zens during the world war.
Those who willingly correct
their cards or those whose cards
will be corrected for them will
be given an opportunity to take
up the additional amount of the
government securities at the
fourth Liberty loan. Those who
have willingly assumed their
share will not be asked to take
an excess amount.
In adjusting the distribution
of the war securities committee
does not seek to be severe upon
any- one who is willing and ready
to assume his share, but ways
and means have been devised to
effect a Just distribution.
Some men have been called
before the council of defense
and others will be called in the
immediate future. This experi-
ence can be avoided if correc-
tions are made voluntarily be-
fore the time set for the hear-
ings.
With the exception of a very
few the committee reports that
it has found everyone anxious
and willing to do his share in
financing the government and It
is not Inclined to impose an ex-
tra burden on those who are
willing to save those who are
not When this war is done Box
Butte county must be in the po-
sition to report "one hundred
per cent loyalty and efficiency."
There is certain to be a general
summing up at the end and Box
Butte county must be represent-
ed at the review with head up
and eyes to the front. To this
tbiB end the assistance of each
and everyone is needed.
LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE
Nebraska's sedition bill, intro
duced at the call of Governor Neville
by Representative Llyod Thomas, of
Alliance, and other members of the
House, was agreed to by both houses
of the legislature on Saturday night:
and on Monday went to Governor Ne
ville for his signature, becoming a1
law immediately thereafter. The bill
is a drastic one, full of teeth, and de
fines sedition and provides means for
preventing sedition.
The bill is as follows: "A bill for an
act to define the crime of sedition,
to prescribe penalties therefor and
to provide for the prevention of sedi
tion, and to declare an emergency.
Section 1. If any person with in
tent to obstruct, hinder, delay, dis
courage, hamper, or otherwise inter
im' with the efficient prosecution of
the war in Which the government T)f
the United States is now engaged,
hall,
(a) Speak, write, print, publish,
or circulate any word or statement
or do any act encouraging disloyalty
to the United States of America, or of
a nature reasonably calculated to
bring into disrepute the United
States of America, or
(b) Speak, write, print, publish or
circulate any statement tending to
cause insurrection or sedition, or
(c) Speak, write, print, publish or
circulate any statement tending to
incite resistance to lawful authority,
or
(d) Interfere with the enlistment,
mobilization, equipment, movement
or transportation of any of the nnval
or military forces of the United
! States, or the military forces of this
! state, or
(e) Obstruct or discourage any
(activity of the state or federal gov
ernment in the prosecution of the
i war, or
i (f) Obstruct or discourage any ac
tivity having for its purpose to ren
j der aid of comfort to the armed
l forces of the nation during the war.
or
(g) Obstruct or discourage the
lawful raising of funds for the na
tional defense, whether declared by
the resident of the president of the
United States in the form of subscrip
tions to loans or the sale of govern
ment securities, or
(h) Conceal, hoard or destroy any
food or food supplies of a character
declared by the president of the Unit
ed States or any duly authorized rep
resentative of the president of the
; United States as necessary for the use
j of the armed forces of the United
i States, or the forces of the allies of
i the United States, or
(i) Interfere with, or discourage
the enlistment of persons into thei
military or naval forces of the United
States, or any auxiliary organizations1
; including the Red Cross, or
(j) Speak, write, print, publish or I
ciruculate any statement or perform
imy act in violation of the act of
congress of the United States, known
as the espionage bill, being title of
in act of congress approved on the'
1 1 r.th day of June, 1917. or any au
, thorized executive odred of the presi
dent of the United States issued un
j der said act , or
(k) Call, arrange for. hold, or
participate in any public meeting
SVOWed purpose of organizing resist
ance to the government of the United
States, or
(1) Speak, write, print, publish or
circulate any statement encouraging
the abandonment of any enterprise!
necessary for the efficient prosecution
of the war, or
(m) Being physically able to work
and not engaged in any useful occu
pation, refuse employment or remain
habitually idle when useful employ
ment is obtainable.
Any person so offending shall be
deemed guilty of sedition and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined in
any sum not to exceed ten thousand
dollars, or be imprisoned in the coun
ty jail or in the state penitentiary
of any period not to exceed twenty
years.
Sec. 2. Whoever shall aid, abet
or procure any person to commit any
of the acts mentioned in section 1
shall upon conviction thereof be fin
ed in any amount or imprisoned for
any period for time for which the
principal offender could be fined or
imprisoned for the principal offense.
Sec. 3. 'if any person with knowl
edge that any of the acts mentioned
in section 1 of this act have been
committed conceals such information
from the proescuting officers of the
state or harborB or protects a person
known to him to have committed any
of the acts in section 1 set out, any
person found guilty of such conceal
( Continued on Page Three)
Members of the Box Butte county
farm bureau have a movement on
foot whereby one or more carloads of
potatoes will be donated to the Ked
Cross.
The potatoes will he donated by
the farmers of the county and ship
ped either to Lincoln or Omaha,
where they will he placed on the mar
ket and the entire receipts will be do
nated to the local chapter of the Red
Cross. An effort is being made to
have the railroad furnish the trans
portation free.
The farmers in the eastern part of
the state have donated over $80,000
worth of hogs to the Red Cross and
the farmers of Box Butte county will
set die pace for western Nebraska by
donating one or more carloads of po-
t stoes,
i A car of potatoes disposed of In
I this manner will give the potato in
Idtislry considerable publicity and any
farmer desiring to donate 25 or 50
j bushels of well-graded Karly Ohio po
tatoes should notify the county agent
i at once.
Twenty-One Members of Nebraska
Ho'use of Representatives Sched
uled for the May Convention
WARNING FROM THE
FUEL ADMINISTRATOR
ANOTHER TAX LEVIED
BY JUDGE TASH
On Wednesday of last week Repre
sentative Lloyd Thomas, of Alliance,
In behalf of the Alliance Commercial
club, invited the Nebraska House of
Representatives to send a delegation
tO the annual meeting of the State
Association of Commercial clubs in
this city on May 21st and 22nd. His
invitation was accepted by the house
and the following delegates appoint
ed to attend :
Christ Anderson, Uiistow.
L ; Todd, Union.
George A. Hunt, Crete
Jacob Sass, ChaiCO,
j. f Fuits. Beater city.
D. F. Schwab, Lebanon.
F. K Stearns, Morrill.
J. A. Axtell, Fai-bury.
rorrue W. Grecnwa't, Broken Bow.
Theo. osterman. Central City.
j. ii. Crnddock, Omaha.
Dwlutit S. Dalbey, Beatrice.
fjoorge '. Walte, Lincoln.
Oeorgi W. Remkcr, Frlls Cily.
11. .1 White, Ainsworth.
John Murti y, Alvo.
Dennis Cronin, O'Noll,
Etlgene Meal, Ognlnlla.
C. W. Trumble, Hazard.
Al V Dafoe, Tecumsch.
George Jackson, Nelson.
Borrow Money If Nccewr- to Put in
Your Xext Winter's Supply of
Coal Baiif
A whole trunk of booze in the es
timation of Judge TaBh is worth one
hundred dollars. After paying the
price of the booze transportation here
and express, then $100 on top of that
Irvun Zedieker found that he had
plucked a lemon in the garden of
fruit instead of a basket of plums.
The trunk of booze was confiscat
ed by the local police last Saturday
The offender was hailed to the county
court, where he pleaded guilty to the
charge of transporting liquor from
Wyoming. Judge Tash assessed the
charges for the privilege and the
county fund was swelled accordingly.
.Mrs. H. H. Dietrich, rf Mullen,
spent several days this week with
Mrs. Ray Hoag.
Inconvenience of paying for coal
in the spring or summer, when it will
not be Beaded until autumn or win
ter should not influence any consum
er to delay placing his order and se
curing his supply. It is far wiser to
borrow money in the spring to pay
for one's coal than to wait until aut
umn or winter, when. If the coal has
not been mined end shipped, money
CM not procure it.
The fuel administration, through
the state fuel administrator and local
committees, Is prepared in every rea
sonable way to aid public utilities, es
sential Industries, retail dealers and
domestic consumers in placing their
orders and in securing assurance of
a sufficient supply of fuel. All these
governmental agencies, however, are
powerless, if tin consumers then
selves fail to act. Again, therefore,
the fuel administration urges every
one to piece their orders immediate
ly. This should ordinarily be done
through the medium of supply that
the consumer has relied on ill the
past If this course Is followed, It
may he hoped that the suffering and
loss of the past winter will not be re
pee ted. If It is not done the consum
ers themselves will be to blame.
LESS POTATOES
AT CHICAGO
IN UST WEEK
PRICES ADVANCED ON KAN.
SAS CITY MARKET ST.
LOUIS DECIDED SHARPLY
BOX BUTTE CO. GOES OVER TOP
Up to Thursday noon the subscrip
tions to Liberty bonds in Box Butte
county was approximately $450,000.
Tilts does not represent what the final
total wil be sllnce a large number of
the subscriptions were not yet In. As
the i.uota for 'his county was $268,
000. the ri suits show a big surplus.
The Equitable Ufa Insurance com
panies plan of taking out a five year
life Insurance policy, which on the
termination of the contract gives the
jf a Liberty bom! 'o the amount
at policy, netted Sfcti.ooo worth
of bonds to date The plan also fur
nishes good life Insurance, inasmuch
if the policyholder dies his bene
ficiary gets (be face of the policy plus
the premium paid In with 4 per
cent interest.
As soon as complete returns ft re in,
an official report drawn up by Chair
man Graham will be publishtd.
ATTENDED BIG SOCIAL AT
HfMINCiORD SATURDAY
Alliance Citizens .boned In the ! p-
tion to New Comers in Hcming
ford Territory.
POTATOE WEEK AT LOUISVILLR
New Potatoes from Rio Grand
Valley Soon to Start for North
in Carload Lots
SO THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW
The Kaiser and his war lords have set the world pace for
monumental lying, the object being to not only deceive the peo
ple of other nations but the common folks of Oermany dsn,
the purpose being the perpetuation of and world-wide do
minion of the German autocracy.
Recently the Alliance Times has been breaking it's fool
neck in emulating the example of Kaiser Bill, the object evi
dently being to financially benefit its editor, who is interested
financially in the potash situation and who fears that he will not
be financially benefitted except by following his usual custom
of deceiving the public and bulldozing public officials by gross
misrepresentations.
People who are interested in knowing the truth in regard
to the leasing of school lands for mineral purposes and other
matters relating thereto, should read The Herald or some other
reliable newspaper and not draw any conclusions from state
ments published in The Times, until they have learned the facts
relative to the matters mentioned.
SPECIMEN OF TIMES' PREVARICATION
The Alliance Times of last Tuesday contained the follow
ing statement relative to a meeting of the Board of Educational
Lands and Funds held on Friday, April 12th :
Mr. Sharp later informed Mr. Hiig-gs that when
lie appeared at the state house lie was informed that
the meet in; was a secret session and he would not be
admitted. Later he secured entrance to the room and
found .1. J, Harrington, representing the Kidg-cll com
pany and the men who had been fighting Tor the valid
ation of existing leases, had been closeted with them
presenting the Bidgell side of the case."
It is very doubtful whether Mr. W. E. Sharp made the
statement credited to him above. It seems more probable that
it, like many other proven misstatements, was manufactured
to order in the office of The Alliance Times. A man who will
swear to and publish a false affidavit of ownership and after
wards claim it to be a "mistake" or "omission" will not stop
at juggling with the truth when it comes to financial benefits.
Be that as it may, it is absolutely certain that it and others
appearing in the same paper are absolutely false.
The facts in the case are: The Board of Educational
Lands and Funds met in the executive office of the governor.
Previous to the meeting and while the board was in session,
Messrs. J. J. Harrington, W. S. Ridgell, J. C. Quigley and W.
E. Sharp assembled in the reception room. Upon invitation of
the governor, they all entered the office where the meeting was
being held, all going in at the same time and all leaving to
gether. Neither of the other three was present for a moment
when Mr. Sharp was not. Whether they were or not is imma
terial, but this true statement of the facts in the case shows
to what absolutely false statement resort is being made in a
desperate attempt to bulldoze public officials by misrepresentations.
To show the good will that the peo
pie of Alliance bear to the Heming
ford newcomers, over thirty-tiv
prominent business men of Alllanei
attended the get-together meeting
held at Jiemingford last Saturday
night. This showing speaks well fo
Alliance spirit, considering the hard
day preceding the meeting, as Satur
day was Liberty bond day and every
one had had a hand in making the day
a success.
The (Meting was held to extend
Welcome to the 106 new families that
have settled in and around Ef ming
ford during the past year. It was in
tended to make the newcomers realize
that they were officially accepted as
members of the community and to
feel (hat the older residents were
glad to extend them the hand of wel
come Alliance representatives that ad
dreSSel the gathering were Judge
Tash and County Agent George Neu
wanger. Judge Tash voiced the
spirit of good fellowship and neigh
borly attitude with which Alliance
citizens viewed the citizens of IStta
ingford. Mr. Neuwangcr spoke of the
immense agricultural advantages lo
be found in this section of the state.
Entertainment tor tne seenini was
fttralehed by the Hemingford orches
tra, with free moving pictures by the
Hemingford Community club. Tom
and John Guthrie, of Alliance .ably
assisted the chorus in the singing
! After the amusements for the even-
; ing a regular food was provided. In
the words of Judge Tash are express
ed the feelings of very one present:
More good things to eat than we had
room for." Others attending from
Alliance were: W. C Mounts, F. W.
Irish, F. A. Hively. Bert Laing. Art
Irnvp, Chas. Urittan, Jay Walker,
Tom O'Keefe, J. C. Morrow, B. J.
Sallows. L. A. Buckley, L. H. High
land, C. E. Rhein. Otto Zamsow, Glen
Miller, Lee Basye, Bob Reddish.
SENIOR CLASS SELECT PLAY
The senior class of the High school
have selected the play "Back to the
Farm." This is a play full of life,
pathos and humor and will be inter
esting to the school patrons. The
cast will be made up as follows:
Misses Corrine Mollrlng, Edith Red
dish. Leila Cutts, Beulah Reddish and
I Wilma Mote; Messrs. Leo Snyder,
j Walter Anderson, Louis Griggs,
j Ralph Wattewne and Howard Ben
: nett.
SPECIAL COCXCIL MEETING
A special council meeting will be
held Friday, April 26. At this meet
ing the council will consider bids for
the new septic tank. In addition to
this licenses will be Issued for pool
halls, plumbers, electricians and all
others in the class requiring licensee.
The car situation for the shipment.
of potatoes seems to have improved
slightly during the last few days.
Although immense quantities of po
tatoes still remain in the hands of
the growers, there is still hope that
SOSie of them oafl be marketed before
the new crop from the south entirely
destroys the market for 1917 pota
toes. It is very probuble that the
potato growers of western Nebraska
will be unable to dispose of much
more of the l y 1 7 crop.
The potato situation over the
United States, as reported by The
Packer, for the past week, was as fol
lows: Smaller Receipts at Chicago
"Chicago Under decreased re
ceipts and a fair demand the potato
market held steady during most of
last week and there wan a feeling lot
some quarters that the market might
show improvement before long.
Shipments from all producing sec
tions have been quite light and while
the shipments for the last five or six
weeks, prior to last week, have been
running around 3,000 cars. Ship
ments reported from all sections for
the week ending with Monday total
ed only approximately 1,756 cars.
The fact that farmers are now get
ting busy with their spring work is
held responsible to a largo degree for
the lighter movement, although the
low prices which have prevailed also
have been a factor.
The local demand has been fairly
satisfactory but operators report that
tho demand from the outside terri
tory has been limited. Some markets
to the south and southwest, which
ordinarily draw the bulk of their
supplies from state s nearby this mar
ket have ruled lower as to price than
the Chicago market which practically
shut off the movement in their direc
tion. A few cars contiued to arrive
each day from Idaho and other west
ern producing sections but the move
ment from that direction has greatly
decreased the last two or three Weeks
under lower prices. The freight
from those sections runs from 5 5 to
S8e per hundred weigh! and With the
top of the market lo re : t $1.20 tho
western shipper! have been unable to
profitably put cars in here.
During the last few days there has
been a growing con vie ion in the
minds of several of the larger opera
tors that the market might be expect
ed to show a firmer tendency during
the course of the next week. This
feeling has been prompted because of
the fact that shipments from growing
sections have been running consist
ently light. Some operators also held
the belief that buyers stocked up
pretty well two or three weeks ago
and ii is generally thought that these
supplies are pretty well moved out
now and that a better buying demand
may be expected.
The car situation seems to have
ben entirely relieved as country
shippers, as well as local operators,
report that they are are now able
to gel all the cars needed.
Tuesday the market was Bteady at
the opening of trading and by the
close of the day there seemed to be
a somewhat firmer tendency, Wis
consin and Minnesota bulk white
stock was quotable at 95c (y $1.05 per
cwt., and sacked stock wasquotable
at $1.05ii 1.15. with most of the trad
ing being done around $1.10. West
ern stock moved at $1.10 it 1.20. Re
ceipts were 53 cents and there were
146 cars on track at the beginning of
the day's trading.
The market held Bteady as to
price Wednesday although there
seemed to be a little better feeling
among the trade. New receipts for
the day were quite light,, totaling
only 28 cars. Wisconsin being the
heaviest contributor with 13 cars in
from that state. The total accumu
lation on track was reduced from
146 cars Tuesday to 128 cars st the
beginning of the day's trading. Deal
ers generally asked more money but
buyers held off to await develop
ments with the result that the market
was quotable unchanged.
(Continued on Page Three)