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The Alliance Herald
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VOLUME XXV
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, 8BPTKMBBH 12, 1!H8
KILLED;
23
NUMBER 41
INJURED IN WRECK
FAST PASSENGER TRAIN NO. 43
RUNS INTO WORK TRAIN ON MAIN
LINE 7 MILESJAST OF ALLIANCE
Wreck Caused By Negligence on part
of Employees Virdict Returned
by Cornor's Jury
WILL ABANDON THREE
U. S. LAND OFFICES
Additional Work Will Ite Placed on
Alltam-e Office from nl ntlne,
North Platte anil o , in
LIST OF DEAD
FRANK I. WHIPPLE, Valentine, Nebraska.
GEORGE C. REED, Breckenrdge, Missouri.
E. K. WILSON, 1525 Main street, Kansas City, Missouri.
ARTHUR BOUCHER, Waverly. Missouri.
JOHN D. ROCK, Mullen, Nebr., salesman, International Har
vester company.
FELIX CASTRO, Antioch, Nebraska.
RICHARD JONES, Antioch, Nebraska.
LLOYD PERRY, Antioch, Nebraska.
TWO UNKNOWN
LIST OF THE WOUNDED
D. H. WHEELER, Huron, S. Dak. Back wrenched and lower
limbs hurt.
C. E. COOTER, Hoffland, Nebraska, ankle broken and other min
or injuries.
DAN FITZPATRICK, Alliance, back and shoulder wrenched.
JAMES KEELEY, Ellsworth, Nebraska, injured severely.
J. S. BAKER, Springfield, Kentucky, left leg broken above ankle.
Both legs badly crushed.
JAMES GILLESPIE, Coffeyville, Kansas, right leg crippled.
JAMES TRIGGS, Troy, Kansas, hurt inwardly and back badly
wrenched.
THOMAS TRIOOS, Troy, Kansas, three ribs broken, bone in left
leg broken and face quite badly cut up.
JAMES W. HUTCHINSON, West Berkely, California, both legs
broken and shoulder wrenched.
CHAS. LAMB, Denver.
K. NOMURA,, Antioch, both legs bruised.
MODESTO GORGAS, no address.
HENRY HEJDUK, Hoffland, Nebraska, ankle and leg crushed
slightly.
J. G. GORZA. Denver, Colorado.
F. SOULAS, no address
IRA S. GRIFFIN, Kansas City, both limbs badly bruised.
S. AKITOMA, Hoffland, Nebraska, back sprained, side and limbs
slightly hurt.
W. A. ANNEN, Hemingford, Nebraska.
CHARLEY SHOULDICE, Kansas City, limbs badly bruised, but
no broken broken.
J. H. BURNS, Alliance, Nebraska, right leg hurt, back sprained
and foot sprained
L. B. STONE, Antioch.
I. C. CHILCOTE, cream messenger on baggage car on 43 and 44,
between Edgemont and Broken Bow, was thrown about six feet and
fell on left side over a cream can, few ribs broken on left side and
other minor injuries. Lived at Dunning, Nebraska.
JOSEPH MONTINEZ, Antioch, bruised badly through chest.
Condition serious.
S. FLOHANSHO, Hoffland, both limbs badly bruised
JOE MUNOZ, limbs bruised up.
Eleven men were instantly killed and 23 seriously injured Wed
nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock when west bound passenger tram No.
43 crashed into a work train seven miles east of Alliance, near Bird
sell siding.
The passenger train had just rounded a curve and the
engineer, Dan Fitzpatrick, was unable to see the work
train until he was practically upon it. He immediately ap
plied the brakes and leaped from the cab, hollering to his fireman
to jump. The engineer and fireman of the work trian also jumped,
escaping injury.
The train seemed to eome to a halt for a brief second when they
struck the work train, then express ear crashed through the smoker,
taking everything in its way, until Nit halted half way through the
smoker, where about forty men were penned among the wreckage,
which completely litered the car. Conductor Cotant battened to
Birdsell tiding where he put in a hurry call fo Alliance for doctors
and nurses, who arrived at the scene in an incredibly short time, do
ing everything in their power to relieve the Buffring of the injured,
who received first aid from physicians and nurses before being taken'
to this city, where part of them were placed in the St. Joseph hos
pital and the balance were taken to the Alliance hotel, where they
are receiving the best care possL
ble. Ii. Cotant told a Herald re-1 .lust before going to press word
porter that it seemed an though was received of the death of J. o.
everybody from Alliance was at ', Dole, vales occurred at Denver, fol
the scene when he returned from j lowlag an operation for an abscess on
Birdsell, where he put in the call I the brain. Mr. Dole has Keen ron-
for help. nected with the potash plant at Anti
With the exception of a few, every j
The Pnited Strifes general land of
fice nt Washington hns derided to
abolish the government land offices
at Valentine, North Platte and O'Neil
in Nebraska. This will leave only
three offlceR in the state Alliance,
Broken Bow and Lincoln.
Much of the work nov. being han
dled by the Valentine and North nd $2,000 is offered In prises. "Tnd
CHERRY COUNTY FAIR
COMING NEXT WEEK
Complete Pingnuii in t In
This lnue of nl.niln. Fron
tier Itmys ami Fair.
Western Nebraska people who en
Joy real entertainment will read with
interest the announcement and! com
plete program In this Issue of The
Herald of the Cherry county fair and
frontier days ente-talnment at Val
entine on September 17, 18. 19
and 20.
There will bo exciting auto races
Platte land offlcr-s will be transferred
to the Alliance land office, of which
T. J. O'Keefe is register anil J. C.
Morrow receiver. The department
announces that the step Is tahsp in
Nebraska as In several ether states,
because of a vast reduction in the
amount of business done and the
fact that It was difficult to secure
officials at the low salaries paid for
this purpose.
It is said that no change tn officials
will resul from the decrease In the
number of Nebraska offices.
Barnes, lady wild steer and horse rid
er, will appear In each day's program.
Champion rider and roperB winning
a', the Cheyenne frontier dnys will
nisi, appear.
You should plan on attending this
aSHertr.Inment.
ii
Tuesday evening about 50 frlendB
of Floyd Donovan, who Ib home on a
fifteen day furlough, gathered on the
lawn at Central school for a good
time before Floyd leuves for Fort Sill
where he has been stationed. The
evening was spent with music, games,
sonts und speeches. Floyd told of
camp life at Fort Sill and gave some
Interesting facte, some of which
Were not familiar to every one. i nose
who heard him
veiv much. At late hour ice cream
and wafers were served. Kveryone
reported a SjOd time and Wars espc-
.lohn H. Morehead, successful can
didate at the primaries for t'nited
States senator on the Democratic
ticket, recently issued a statement
thanking the Democrats who voted
for him in the recent primaries. He
said he favored prosecuting t lie war
I I Mil mm til Hi 1 1 , i i
".V.. ' "le m " clsllv glad that they COUld entertain
position to dictate terms of peace. I- .... i. .uu, im. lui...
1 uie in niiiiiin i n . " i ' ....j..
leaving for France.
in i
Dr, A. O. Krucr.son, formerly owner
oi a ranch near Ellsworth, :s now lo
cated in Oroube., and has sent oir: the
: following notice to his friends: "You
,! eordiulU invited to cell at No.
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OF All
TANK UNDER PRESSURE KILLS
ONE MANANDINJURES ANOTHER
Huge Air Pressure Tank Explodes
Stunning Several People Nearby
Blew End of Tank 300 Feet
a
IT 18 THOUGHT AIR GUAOE WAS OUT OF COMMISSION AND
AS THERE WAS NO SAFETY VALVE ON TANK THERE IS
NO TELLINO THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE IT HELD.
"If elected, I will support the gov-j
ernmcnt in every effort to prosecute
i the war," said In
"On the question
; of peacH terms I will support and fol
low the lead of President Wilson."
j He said he was in favor of supprvaV
i Ing the profiteer and placing the
TIT 1 1 1 ' I 1 1 : i 1 Ml n it. ii iT tho .- Mitr.ti
large incomes. He also snlrf he f
urea action ry uie govern :,,i :;t
create large reservoirs where ', . ii r
plui water of the Missouri COO Id be
'impounded and used tor Irrigation
1 purpose! in Nebraska and Other W I
ern states.
! WELL KNOWN NEBRASKA $2.20 MINIMUM PRICE
MEN IN OIL COMPANY
Lincoln Petrlenni Compaaj Making
RajM Advances in Development
in Wyoming oil District.
OCB for the past few months. Before
' .1. .. I .. . .
ne in the smoking car was either I ",al " wa8 mecnanic on !ie
killed nr seriouslv ininred the onH Alliance division here He ni mdl
ones escaping injury in this car ware
those who were able to free thsm-
, known in Alliance and his death
came as a sad shock to his m mv
friends here. Funeral arrantem-
will he announced late
selves from their seats and get Into
the aisle when they saw the end uf
the express car coming in on them.
ThoBe who were unable to get clear ! There will he the usual .serv.e. at
of their seats were either killed on1"' Methodist church nexf Sur.day
injured. The express car made a ! W1,h I'reachii c at 11 a. m. and T :I0
p. m.
clean nweep cf eve:ything in the car.'
taking men, seats, grips, etc.. and pil-1 0r. j. B Qajitomerlf Pastor of
ing them in a solid mass from floor i the Alliance Methodist church, WM
to ceiling in the rear end of the car. visitor in Alliance one day last week,
l-'vrV Hunt in tlii. via a f-.r-r. frmn I .... 1... . Ku . m . - .
- mwm 1 mm uio nUj 10 aitenn tne M K. con
(Continued on Page ference
The Lincoln Petroleum company, a
Nebraska organization, is making'
j rapid strides in the Wyomim otl dis
trict adjacent to Alliance, Tba di
rectors of this company ar iii well
j known Nebraska Don John M,
I Stewart, Klmer B. Stephen. ton .
I Frantz B. Stewart, Mark V. Wood,
i John M. Alexander and GeorgC I
I Woods.
The Olearocki Wyoming, Gasatte
recently contained the following ar
ticle regarding the company:
"The Lincoln Petroleum company
of Lincoln, Nebraska, has taken over
the 120 acre holdings of the Jupiter
Oil company in the Big Muddy held
and now has the hole down about
1400 feet. This 120 acres is part of
the (Jlenrock Sheep company land,
and is within 90 rods of the famous
Fenex property, which is said to he
flowing ebOttl 600 barrels a day. The
remainder of the sheep company V
land is held by the Midwest Oil
company. All wells that have been
drilled on this section have ben big
producers, flowing from 300 to 600
barrels per day.
"The Lincoln Petroleum company
has alx tak-n over the 320 acres
held by the Glenrock Oil and Oas
company in section 6. The well drill-
I ed by the Clenhurst Oil company in
! this section is down to the Shannon
sand (1300 feet) and is considered a
good 40 barrel well, but the (Jlen
hurst company intend:; to go down to
the Wall creek sand, as it Is practi
cally assured of getting S V 1 well
at that depth.
"Oil men consider the tracts that
the Lincoln Petroleum company have
'acquired to ho two of the eboieest in
the Bit' Muddy field."
About 11 o clock Tuesday morning this city was startled by an
explosion which rocked the entire city, caused by the large air press
ure tank used by J. W. Tynan in the rug cleaning business on Lara
mie avenue, bursting, instantly killing Mr. Tynan and rendering C.
A. Newberry unconscious.
The two men were conversing at the time about ten feet away
and were thrown about fifteen feet, where they were picked up, lying
side by side. Mr. Tynan was struck on the left temple by flying frag
ments, cutting a gash about two inches long, which is said to have
caused instant death, although those who arrived at th um w
appreciated his talk ! s a,, that he was still breathing Mr. Newberry was also struck by
. . i the fl v III" trai'lnelitw I WIW 111 .v lii.. 4.. 4t... 1 AAJ 1
. " ... v.. ,.,.w..i,,F Hi,,, hp nu- i i u 1 1 1 1 , dining a gaHti on
his arm, besides bruising him op pretty had and tearing his clothes in
Strips. He was able to walk lo the car by a little assistance and was
taken to his home.
The pressure tank wan ten feet Ioiir and three feel across the
ends und whs lying lengthwise on the ground, one end of the tank
was blown about three hundred and fifty feet through a cupola in
the O'Bannon leed store, another hole about three feet long was torn
through the lop of this same building, besides shattering windows
;is far as four hundred feet away.- The large tank itself was blown
one liuiKiied ft, t to the rear of the Miller luriiitme Kt fire t en pins nut
Vro Bee building, Omahft, Nebraska. . two fences on its way, which probably stopped it from going through
I evpect ,n 1,-ave )(,r Fram e early in , thv Y,.ai. ()f ,),, (,s,,lishmenl. Had the tank been laying endwavs
oTd dreT t S meanTm ! a j have escaped serious injury, as
i can be ... any service In refarring the "m,u'' Ut ol 1h" forcfl wm,ll hnv' kywartl.
you to the propar specialist, it wui j It could easily be seen that one and of the tank' was defective, this
please me Btep In If you ere able end being held on in two or three place's only, having been welded
if sick send for me." and not riveted. Mr. Tynan used a four horse-power engine in tilling:
,, ! the lank which was in operation at the lime. As it is believed the
i air gusgc us not, woraing properly it is thought were must iiavu
been several hundred pounds of pressure up at the time.
Ml Tviinn (aim tn lliiu eilv -,!,,, nt 1 , . 1 1 uin, I, ......
FOR 1919 WHEAT CR0Pio,,io' a,Kl was n ww lli,', i,,vot'if his time during the day to
tne rug cleaning DUSineSS,
The deceased was 46 years old and is survived by a wife, au
adopted son, Francis; father and mother, who live in Qalioo, 0.; and
two brothers. Funeral services were conducted from the Holy Rosary
church at 9 o'clock Wednesday with solemn high mass by Father
A :.. . .1 1 I....L II J i ti . . mm
President Wilson by proclamation, -,'U"'""Ki assisieu ny r inner tneason as tteacon ami rather l). Man
ning as suli-cleacon. rather .Manning presetted the funeral sermon.
Mr. and Mis. Karl Shields were among those accompanying the
body to Qalion, Ohio, where interment will be made.
Considerable itNk in (iuanui teeing
Wheal Trice one Vejir in Advance
Trmaha Price Pieced al $2.ih
has fixe.) the minimum price for'
wheat o" tba 1919 crop at $2.20 per
bushel. The b'sis irion which the
price is fixed is No i iii rtbera or its
e(uiVlilentS.
On tliis basis the Omaha price is
$2.18, which mcaai that the farmer j
, cun always market his wheat at not;
less than $2.18 in Omaha. less
freight.
President Wilson al: o : nnounced
that next spring be aIll Appoint a
disinterested commission whose duty
it will be to determine whether the
lacrosses' f; no labor -o.;t and in-
. reased cost of supplu s would justify
an increase above the $2. 21
mum.
Bruce McDowell, Alliance tonsorial
artist, has demonstrated and is dem
onatratfbg that a business man can
make a successful farmer. J. C Mc
I'orkle, Alliance land man, had 160
acres of land which had been farmed
by his son, Norman, who was called
to war. Hruce met Mr. Mct'orkle on
the street one morning after one of
our numerous summer showt rs and
asked Mr. Mac what he had in Ihe
way of wheat land. Mr. McCorkle
mini-j told of the 160 acres lying idle,
wanting to be farmed, and made a
It is the desire and intention of : deal with Bruce within a few min-
all departments of the admini ;: r: tion
to give to the wheat gr:wer a fair
and stimulative return in order that
Bruce hied himself across the
SUGAR TO ADVANCE
TO 1 1 CENTS, OCT. I
The Sew Price Will fteSSSta la MNot
for Reasalaier f Yenr innt
to Oo U the tioveriiiuent.
Bngar prices will soar October 1.
landing at 11 cents a pound. And at
thai figure they will remain for the
ye.iT.
1 his was i. ride ! by
utes
street, bought a Font son tractor, andjeqaa ..ition bard Satti.tiiy
was in tne tieid plowing tne next ,
toe present acreage in wheat may be morning. W ithin four weeks he had
maintained." says President Wilson. ISO ai res of fall wheat in the cround.
discing and harrowing the ground
twice. Next spring he will be known
tie sugar
"I find a great conflict of opinion
among various sections of the coun
try as to the price that should be! as the "wheat king" and will tn- so in
and
IWI BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Preaching service at 11 a. m.
p. m.
Young people's miles at 7 p. m.
Cordial invitation to all to these
service. Rev A. A. Iayton, pastor.
named as the minimum guarantee. It
must be obvious to all, however, that
the factors which will make for in
creased or decreased cost of produc
tion of next year's crop cannot be d.
termined until the neir approach of
the harvest.
"In giving a guarantee pr:ce for
wheat one year in advance -the only
industry guaranteed by the govern
inent there is involved a considera
ble national risk. If there should be
peaeS r increased shipping available
before the middle of 1920. Berops
will naturally supply herself from i
the large stores of much cheaper
wheat now in the southern hemis
phere, and therefore, the government
is undertaking a risk which might, in
such an event, result in a national
loss of as much as $500,000,000 thru
an unsalable surplus; or in tiny event
in maintaining a high level of pr'ce
to our own people for a long period
subsequent to freedom in the world's
market."
love with farming that the barber
shop wil take second place.
ehafer brothers have recently in
stalled a four-panel switchboard In
their battery charging strtlon, allow
ing them to re-charge four types of
automobiles or other storage bat
teries at one time. The outnt Is as
complete but not as large as can lie
found in any of the large stations ii
the cities
trie Products company of Cleveland.
Ohio.
The hoard flxed a price of $9, less
2 p r cent at seal ourd for c. sh which
will make the i ice to .lit) COnBUttU r
11 cents.
This allows the fixed profit to the
whees; !er :;nd retail. :- ; nd for
freight.
The inc -eased cost cf prt-Juetion in
given as tilt) reason for the rise in
price.
This increase will not go to the
producer, however, but to the sugar
equalization board, which will buy
from the producer at .lie old price all
that remains of the old crop and sell
back to him at the new price. If there
It was made by the Elec-1 18 a pro tit it will go to the govern-
I iii Ant
WVtlti
The : ew price will not affect peo
ple, who buy at reti.il until about Oc
tober 1, for tho government haB or
dered w holesalers and retailers to
sell the stock now on hand and it in
about 30 days' supply at the old
! miie nf IL , nfc
This is done to ke-.-p down prof
iteering. lei
Lloyd C. Thomas, editor of The
Chester Pentlcr, of Autioch, and
Miss Artie s BOS of Bayard. Nebr ,
were united in marriage Tuesday
evening at 7:30, at the Baptist par
sonage. with the conventional ring
I ereinony. The groom's father and
sister acted as witnesses. Young Mr.
Dentler is eeseslstai with his father
in business and the young couple
went directly tc Antioch for the present.
Aliance Herald, Is In eastern Nebras
ka on a business rip this weeS.