THE ALLIANCE HERALD, AUGUST 1, 1918
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NEBRASKA
NEWSPAPERS LED
The newspapers of Nebraska led thoM of all Other states in the
Tenth Federal BstttTl district in publishing news items about the
third liberty loan, Colorado was second,
Oklaboma third, and Kansas fourth. Ne
braska also led in editorial matter, publish
tug almost twice as much as Kansas, which
was second, Nebraska also led in the space devoted to cartoons. Ne
branka was third in amount of display advertising used for liberty
loan, which shows lhat the newspaper men of Nebraska devoted more
free space to boosting the loan in proportion to the advertising re
ceived than any other state.
Hemingford
Km nk Speilman returned Sunday
tron Omaha and Kiillerton. Neb..
h' rt he ppent last wcok
Arthur Dow visited Alliance Hun-
diiy hot ween trains.
Dr
(I up
illy.
("urtire, of All inure, wan tall
this way Monday profession-
Huilienh. formerly of this
place, but recently of Crawford, was
in town Friday for a few hours.
Ktta Mitchell visited
couple of days during
in AlliatK"
the week.
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Mrs. Clark olds returned from
Low? Pine, Neb., the middle of the
week, where she had visHed Mrs.
Frank Olds for some time.
Miss Daisy Caha returned from
Scottsbluffs Wednesday where she
had ben visit in for a few days.
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Butler was in Alliance Thurs-
.1.
day.
Ray Snow went to Alliance
day, returning; Monday.
ed 1he last two weeks to frive the
people of our town an entertainment
such an they put up, and the interest
taken In so worthy a cause.
Mr. and Mrs. Franzen, of Mitchell,
Net , formerly of this place, (nine
ever Saturday and remained over
Sunday with friends
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Q. F. Iledcecoek unloaded a car
loud of autoes here the first of the
week.
Mrs. Scott, a sister of Mrs. Wilbur
Melick, arrived from Wyoming last
week and reminded a couple of days
with her sister. Mr. Scott was ;aken
in the draft to ('amp Dodge, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott visited here about
six weeks ago when on their way to
their Wyoming homestead to bein
housekeeping. Mrs. Scott will re
turn to the home of her parents,
which Ib located a short distance
from Camp Dodge and where she can
be near her husband while he Is In
training.
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M ts. Geo. Clayton came up from
Alliance Sunday for a short visit with
her daughters, the Mesdames Wil
liam Cory and H. O. Wlldy.
UNCLE SAM REQUIRES YOU TO SPEAK ENGLISH
Here's a Chance for Yon to Learn.
Sun-
Tho announcement on July 4th that one million American soldiers
had been safely transported to France to cive battel to the Hun on
the western front served to focus at
A GREAT RECORD tention upon the great accomplish
MADE BY THE ments of the war department under
WAR DEPARTMENT. the direction of Secretary Baker.
At the request of the housi
committee on military affairs the secretary submitted to congress
summary of the progress made during the fifteen months America has
been at war. The manner in which the statement was received is re
vealed in the following letter:
July 3, 1918.
Hon Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Secretary: Your letter, in response to one from me
requesting a summary of military achievements since the declara
tion of war, and particularly during the past twelve months, was
read to the committee on military affairs at a meeting this week.
At this meeting there were 19, out of a total membership of
21, present.
Upon motion of Mr. Kahn, of California, I was unanimously
instructed, as chairman of the committee, to extend to you and
your department our hearty congratulations upon the remarkable
accomplishments M disclosed by your very interesting letter.
I waB further Instructed to place these" facts In the Congres
sional Record.
I take great personal pleasure in communicating to you this
action of the committee.
With highest regards. I am,
Yours, ery sincerely,
S. H. DENT, Jr.. Chairman.
The secretary's letter which drew forth the tribute quoted above disclosed:
Since April 6, 1917, the regular army litis increased from .1.791 officers
and 121,797 enlisted men to ll,36r. officers and S14,:i76 enlisted men; the
national guard in federal service, from 3.733 officers and 76,713 enlisted
men to 17,070 officers and 417,441 enlisted men; the reserve eorpB in actual
service has Incneased from 4.000 enlisted men to 131,968 officers and 78.560
enlisted men; the national army has been created, with an enlisted force of
approximately 1,000,000 men.
The army has increased in fourteen months from 1,114 officers and
202,510 enllBted men to approximately 160.400 officers and 2,010,000 en
listed men.
The number of men in France or en route to France, including com
batants, medical service, service for supply, and all :he units which go to
make up an entire army, is on July 1, practically 1,000,000 men.
The death rate per thousand among all troopB regulars, national army
and national guard in the United States for the week ending May 31 was
4.89, and for the week ending June 7, 4.14. The death rate for disease only
among all troops In the United States for the week ending June 7 was 3.16,
the record low rate since that of November 2. 1917.
Transportation in France: With the completion of the organization of
five new regiments and 19 battalions of railway engineers there will be over
45,000 Americans engaged in railroad contsruction and operation in France,
Nine regiments of railway engineers have been in France since last August.
There have been produced for the railroad operations of the war de
partment in France more than 22,000 standard gauge and 60 C. M. freight
cars and more than 1,600 standard gauge and 60 C. M. locomotives. In ad
dition to this, purchases of both cars and locomotives have been made
abroad.
A double tine of railroad communication has been secured from the
French by army engineers, extending from the coast Op France to the bat
tle front, including the construction of hundreds of miles of trackage for
yards and the necessary sidings, switches, etc.
Aircraft production (training planes, bombing planes, combat planes,
and guns therefor, and production of Liberty engines) :
Deliveries of elementary training planes to June 8 4,495
Deliveries of advanced training planes to June 8 820
The average weekly production of advanced training planes during
April was 22; during May was 45s ; week ending June 8 was 78.
To June 8, 280 combat planes were delivered. The weekly average of
this type of machine in April was f. ; iu May, 28; and for the week ending
June I was 80.
Six thOUMBd eight hundred and eighty elementary training engines
wart delivered lo June 8; 2,133 advanced training engines were delivered
to same date.
More than 1,000 Liberty menus have now been delivered to the army
and the navy. The average weekly production in April was 96, in May 143,
and in the Oral week of June nr.
Thirty-seven thousand two hundred and lifty machine guns were de
livered for use on aeroplanes before June 8.
Hides and ammunition: More than 1,300,000 ritles were produced in
America and delivered between the declaration of war and June 1 of this
year.
Deliveries of new (Jolted Btatel model 1917. the so-called moditied Kn
id, liave passed the million mark. In the two weeks precediug June 1
mere than 66.0110 lilies were delivered. Sufficient rifles are being received
now to equip an army division every three day a
Ordnance supplies, artillery, llrowning guns, ate.: As to machine guns,
h itvy Browning guns for instruction purposes are in every national guard
Cans and national army cantonment in this country where troops are in
training. During May inure than 900 of these heavy machine guns were de-
li t red.
More than 1,800 light Browning machine pm were delivered in May
Probably the most difficult undertaking in the outlining of an armv Is
the manufacture of heavy artillery. Not only are the forging and machiu
mg prooaasee extremely difficult, but it has been necessary to create ntanu
lh-turiug facilitits for I vast proportion of the program. Sixteen plants
ti;i U be provided for the manufacture of mobile artillery cannon. In
practically all cases these plants had to be retooled, and in some cases they
were built from the ground up. The same difficulty is met in the design
and manufacture of artillery carriages, but the artillery program is now ap
proaching a point where quantity production is beginning.
The first of four government owned shell fitting plants has been com
pleted and is beginning to produce. In addition, a number of private plants
are at work loading shells.
Vast as were the privately ow ned facilities for the manufacture of pow
der and high explosives, the government has provided additional facilities
which are very much larger than those which private enterprise had ei I ft tad
uiuutiuir 'lif-mo if. 11 n, 11.. . die oil 1 liv w it 1 o U SOlUUOIl OI I lie
problem of the motorization of field artillery. The pioblem of motorization
of light artillery has been a constant factor in slowing up the advance of
troops to awuit the bunting forward of their supporting guns. Tractors
A. M. Miller went to Omaha Sat
urday night to attend to some busi
ness matters.
D. W. Butler and Frank Nagel
schneider autoed to Alliance Thurs
day, returning the same day.
Mrs. Palmer, of Council Bluffs, la.,
Is visiting her daughter. Mrs. Fred
Neeland and family at present.
Glen Pierce, who has been attend
ing normal at Chadron, returned
here Saturday, the normal closing on
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wiltse autoed Up to
Crawford Sunday and spent the day
with friends, returning Sunday even
ing.
Wm. Cory returned Sunday from
a week's outing and recreation. No
doubt Mr. Cory enjoyed his vacation
to the fulest.
John Walker Is visiting with his
sisters near Jlreh, Wyoming, this
week.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ira Phillips were
called to Marsland Thursday night
on account, of the illness of Mrs.
Phillips' father. Mr. A. S. Enyeart.
loiter Mr. Knyeart recovered suffici
ently to be taken to an eastern hos
pital Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mulrhead auto
ed up to Marsland Friday to see Mr.
Enyeart, who was ill at his home
there.
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Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Melick came
in on 41 Sunday morning. Mr. Melick
waH returning from Omaha, Where he
had been on business and Mrs. Me
lick had been visiting with her
mother at Bennet. Nebr.
Miss Frances Freil is visiting in
town this week, a guest at the home
of her frandmother, Mrs. Etta Michael.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Jenkins were
entertaining Mr. Jenkins' sister and
husband, who came from their home
at Seattle the first of the week.
JO
Mrs. Will oJhnson returned the
first of the week from a couple of
months' visit with friends in Mis
souri, Iowa and other places east.
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Colonel and Mrs. Fosket were In
coming passengers on 4 4 Tuesday
for a visit with old time friends and
relat ives.
B. U. Shepherd and wife, Mrs Mr-
Clung and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Vaughan returned Tuesday front
week's camping and outing up in the
mountains. They took in the fron
tier days celebration at Cheyenne
while they were gone.
to r
Mrs. WIU Pruden and son, Ken-
tie n rt-:imed Saturday mm a cou-u.-
of nt nths' visit with relativ- s at
Randolph. Neb.
c. J. WiMy sold two carloads of
horses last week to Council Bluffs.
Iowa, horse buyers. They were a
fine bunch of animals and were ship
ped from here Friday.
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The play "Along the Missouri."
given at the opera house last Fri
day night for the benefit of the Bed
Cross, was well attended and enjoy
ed by all and netted the Bed Cross
something like $100. Mr. and Mrs.
Vance, who had the play in charge,
are deserving much credit for the
way in which they, together with the
young folks of the town, have work-
PRESIDENT OF PERU
NORMAL RESIGNS
t' "vm's r.rc Prt I .y lite 'iip.'ut. night acno-d lor till foreigners
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ami nil Otttem nol Hfical'lUfr ih Prglisb language burn Im.W
you nr.t 10 lie. i Mm'' Pi ki'lah lartfnoge if you i ici A i
your home. Endorsed by the Council of Pefens t'iill
Miijii it-d net all InliffMtiffli in pessary.
KOBKRT ORAHAM, Chairman Com i i i DcfeiAM
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NOTICE
Tin DUBiet and kddrcMff of the boys who are in the service
have been coming in very slowly. The state desires this at once and
unless the people respond more readily a lot of expense will be gone
lo in securing it directly from Lincoln. Every one Is requested to
send the name of a brother or any relatives that are In the service
to Captain Boy C. Stioug, of the Alliance Home Guards. This ap
plies to all in Box ButtC county. Do not put it off but do It now.
ROBERT GRAHAM, Chairman Council of Defense.
President D. W. Hayee, of the
Peru state normal, after serving that
institution for eight and one-half
years, tendered his resignation to the
state normal board the first of this
week, to accept a more lucrative po
sition. He will become a representa
tive of a New York colonization bu
reau with his headquarters in
Omaha.
Following is his letter of resigna
tion :
"July 29, 1918. The State Board
of Education. Lincoln, Neb. Oentle
men: "I hereby tender my resignation as
president or the Nebraska state nor
mal at Peru, the same to take effect
September 1, 1918, or as soon as my
successor can be elected, books audit
ed and proper transfer made.
"I have been honored by being
privileged to serve the state normals
for nearly ten years, part of the time
as member of the state normal board
and Tor eight and a half years as
president of Peru. My tenure at
Peru has been longer than any other
president of the school, save one
There have been fourteen presidents
during the fifty-one years since its
esablishment.
"My action comes as a result of
careful deliberation covering a peri
od of several months in which I have
been considering a flattering offer of
a position in the business field, which
in addition to much larger financial
return also carries with it an oppor
tunity for service.
"It would be ungrateful in me not
to express my deep sense of appre
ciation for the genuiue spirit of loy
alty and co-operation that has char
acterized the Peru faculty during the
years which of necessity were not
without their trials and vexing
problems, requiring patience and
forebearance on the part of all. It
has been one of the great pleasures
of my life to enjoy their friendship.
and I believe their confidence, and to
work together harmoniously to the
end that a great student body might
receive the best within our power to
bestow; and not second, even to a
loyal faculty and hoss of fine Nebras
ka boys and girls, is my esteem and
high respect for the men of this
board who. by many courtesies, sym
pathetic counsel and advice, have
been the determining factor in mak
ing Peru one of the recognized great
normal schools of the west.
"In severing my connection with
such an institution, I beg to assure
you of my most hearty support for
my successor, and pledge my best
effort to do everything within my
power to the end that the future may
record even greater achievements
and prestige than the past for the
dear old school.
"Respectfully yours,
"D. W. HAYES."
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In'the matter of the estate of Rich
ard H. Watkins, deceased, in the
county court of Box Butte county,
Nebraska.
The state of Nebraska, ss.
Creditors of said estate will take
notice that the time limited ror pre
sentation and filing of claims against
said estate is October 5th, 1918. and
for payment of debts Is April 12.
1919: that I will sit at the county
court room in said county, on Octo
ber r.th, 1918, at 2 p. m.. to receive,
examine, hear, allow or adjust all
claims and objections duly nled.
Dated June 1st. 1918.
(Seal) IRA E TASH.
31-6t-9354-902 County Judge.
have been used by all nations, of course, to haul heavy pieces along good
roads, but they have been unable to develop tractors for hauling light puces
over shell shattered ground. On June 3 the ordnance department demon
strated a five-ton armored artillery tractor which proved capable of nego
tiating the most difficult terrain, hauling a 4.7 howitzer which weighed ap
proximately 9,000 pounds.
Approximately $90,000,000 are being spent to provide for the manu
facture of nitrate, which are essential in the manufacture of explosives,
but which have heretofore had lo be procured from Chile. The bulldiug of
these plants will add to our powder output, will have large amounts of
cargo space, and it is supposed after the war will produce nitrate for fer
tlllsini American farms.
Port facilities in France: Among the inoBt dramatic stories of the war
is that of the development by American engineers and American enterprises
of port facilities on the French coast. It is not permissible to say where
this development has taken place, but the scope of it may be judged by
the fact that it would be possible to handle during the month of July a maxi
mum of 750,000 tons at the ports of the American army in France.
It w,,- necessary, before troops of the American expeditionary force
could be landed, to Bend an organization of foresters Into the woods or
Prance, to send knocked down sawmills after them, lo cut down trees, to
shape them into timbers, and to build them into docks in order that our
troops might leave then ships. Fast as this work was and large as the lo
of troops has been accelerated, the facilities for dockage have kept pace
frith the shipments of troops and supplies.
Monument for Soldiers
By JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY.
:o:
A monument for the soldiers!
And what will ye build it of?
t an ye build it of marble, or brass, or bronae,
Outlasting the soldier's love"
Can ye glorify it with legends
As grand as their blood hath writ
Prom the inmost shrine of this land of thine
To the outermost verge of It?
A monument for the soldiers!
Kiiilt of a people's love,
And blazoned and decked and panoplied
With the hearts ye build It of!
And see that ye build it stately,
In pillar and niehe and gate,
And high In oe as the souls of those
It would commemorate!
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