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LOCAL EDITION The Alliance Herald VOLUME XXV ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, NOVBMBHR 28. 1918 NUMBER 52 HI,KS WILL OBUniVIU FIRST SUNDAY IN Ilia '1111111 The first Sunday in December has wen designated an the time for the memorial day of the Benevolent and Protective Order of ElkB. The Alliance lodge will observe the day by short services at the club rooms Sunday afternoon. J. B. Mil ler has been selected to give the ad dress and approprate music will be a part of -the program. All members, their families and friends are cordially urged to attend. SEVEN THOUSAND AMERICAN BOYS ON WAY HOME 'thousand of Others Expected to Em bark Within Coining WMk Itritisli to aCiry IO.OOO VICE-PRESIDENT MARSHALL SPEAKS IN OMAHA DFX ), fl PRESINENT WILSON WILL GO TO EUROPE SOME TIME NEXT WEEK LEAVING EARLY FOR CONFERENCES WITH ENTENTE STATESMEN PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL PEACE CONFERENCE WASHINGTON. D. C.-Presldent Wilson expects to sail next week for Hurope to attend the opening of the Peace cnference, and he expects to re turn to Washington soon after the middle of January. PlanH for his trip are going ahead but no details have been made public outside of the orig inal announcement that he would leave immediately after the opening of congress on December 2nd. How ever, 1 twas said today that President Wilson expects to be back on Amer ican soil within six weeks after leav ing. There has been no Indication when the peace conference will assemble, but the general belief here is that It will convene immediately after the Christmas holidays. The president goes in advance to confer with the entente statesmen, and it is expected the broad outline of the treaty will be framed beforehand with a view to its adoption soon after the conference meets. The president was understood to have dscussed his trip with members of his official family at the regular Tuesday cabinet meeting today. Reports of censorship of the news of the peace conference were met to day with the statement that not only would there be no censorship,, but that the American newspaper corre spondents would be given all facili ties possible for transmitting their dispatches. Correspondent sent from this country will make the trip on a nav al vessel which will be placed at their disposal. They will eave next Mon day ahead of the president, because there is no ship available which can make as fast time as the steamer on which Mr. Wilson and his parly will sail. Vice-President Marshall will ap pear at the Omaha Auditorium on the evening of Dec. 6th to address the Nebraska War Won For Perman ent Peace Convention. This is a series of conventions being held in every state in the union by the League to Enforce Peace. Hon. Norrls Brown is president and Lysle I. Abott of Omaha is secretary of the Nebraska branch of the League. Since announ cement was made of President Wilson's plans to visit .France, vico president Marshall has been brought into the lime-light and his appear ance in Nebraska will arouse Btate w;de interests FRANCIS E. SWARD WRITES FROM FRANCE Censors Cut Out Parts of letter in Regard to Dates, length of Time to Cross Ih Ocean, Etc. CONVALESCENT MEN FlftST Not .Man Fighting Unite Expected to Reach This Count!) Before Christmas. WASHINOTON Army transportr tion officials said Wednesday that the steamers Minnekahda, Lapland and Orta, which are bringing home 7.000 American soldiers from Englandi pm babjy will arrive at Nen York about December 2. No active divialoU of ilio American expeditionary forces can be landed in the United States before BhliefiilMi Se reXary Baker said today. The pol icy of returning first the thousands of casuals and the auxiiary troops from England will postpone the movement of first line troop swho have been designated for release by General Pershinsr. News from France today that the Twenty -seventh and Thirtieth divis ions, which have been fighting with the British Fourth army, have been withdrawn with only approximately 12. "00 officers and men in each, does not mean that these orcanlzations have been reduced to less than half of their norma 1st length in the severe fichtintr on the British front before the signing of the armistice. NEW YORK CITY- Although t e British government may be compell ed to use virtually all Its available transports for the return of :ts own end colonial troops, arrangements for the ear'v transportation home of apprxlmately 40.000 American troops bo Uritish ships have been effected, iwht tn anttioritn- mtve British quarters rnu inciuum 2.000 who have been tra'n-n in . i i . . a , I) 1 1 i l 1 1 tpn HK- rsen ior uumc uiiwen ports. October 20. 1918. Mr. E. G. Laing. Friend Bert: Well I suppose you think I have forgotteu all about you and the promise I made to write, but I couldn't find anything I thought would be of interest while I was at Ft. Sam Houston. Don't know as this will be of interest but will try my luck anyway. We were just a month comng from Ft. Sam Houston here, including the time we spent in rest camps in Eng land and on the French coast. We were on the water and had fine weather the first few days out but to ward the last it was bad and wo had a rough sea or it seemed that way to me. The celling of our "state room" tried to fly down and hit me a couple of times but by hanging on to the table I managed to avoid a collision. We were in a convoy of ships besides the war ships we had along for protection and then out and met us. So I guess the subs don't stand much of a chance if they are out any more as I saw in yester day's paper that they had all been called in. You know we get (Taily papers here. They are Paris editions of the New York Herald and bioago Tribune and have all the news of iu terest in them. Well after we landed in England, and rested a day or two we went to the and crossed the channel so we got to see a good deal of England as we had our ride in the day time. It looks like a nice country but H is a little too crowded, -so I guess I won't settle there when the scrap is over, as I like lots of room. Dot to see some of France by day light too. as we were on the train about going at a snail pace. I like France better than I do England, but the U. S. A. has them all beat. Where we are BOW every place has its vineyard besides some have sev ere! acres and one can buy grapes in the "treet bnl I don't like then M well as thOte we get M the state-. It seems rather late for flowers but tbejr are still in hloom both wild and taint , and I don't believe we are any far ther south thun you are In the D. B. They also are having all kinds of gai d n vegetables. As fur as Camp life goes it is jus! the Fame as hi ing in America with p lot of foreigners around. All I have against it is that it takes so long to " t any mail from home and I aura miss the Alliance papers. 1 don't know where they get all 'hat stuff In the States abou-i the good looking French girls. I nave seen a good many of tLem and the proportion I consider good looking I small. Hut even at that they ha the English beat They have some money system here. I bought a newspaper yester day. I gave the fellow an American dime and got three coopers In change One was from Italy, one from Eng land and the other from France. Be sides I have received Belgian and Swiss money in change at different times, so you see If you Judge by the change you get you might be in any of Europe's deeeal countries. Well I can't think of anything more to write about ro will close for this time. Give Mrs. Laing and tie children my best wishes, also tell 'Blondy' hello. With best regards, Pvt Francis E. Sward. M R. V., 309 M. T D.. American E. F., France. BANQUET TENDERED HARVEST HOME FESTIVAL TO REV. F. E. BLACK I DELIGHTS GATHERING Alliance Minister Who Lf IW T. night for OlOfOUaa Work K Guest of Honor. Rev. F. E. Black, pastor of the i llance Prebyteiian church, was the. guest of honor Wednesday eveninc at a basque) tendered to him at the Alliance Cats iy the men of bit church. Ray, Black tendered I If services to the Y. M. C. A sev. iral months ago. word coming to him .iu a few days ago that the association was ready for him to go to Fram e As pastor of the church at Alliance and ns one of our prominent public BM I!, Itev. Black has made good In the fullest sense of the word during his years of service In the city, and his severance of connection with th local church is deeply regretted in not only his congregation but also by the people of the city. A year or more of service on the battlefields of France and Belgium, earing for the solder boys who must remain there for policing work, w!ll give Rev. Black an opportunity ' come back into personal touch wi.li the men and the scenes of the most famous war in the history of th . world, and the experience gained will be of value to him during the balance of his life. Readers of The Herald will ha 1 an opportunity to see these scenes with Rev. Black by means of letters from him which are to be published jn this paper, THOMAS P. MAHONEY OIVKS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY Thomas P. Mahoney, former Bur lington fireman of this place, died October 24, "Somewhere In France" of influenza contracted while fight ing for our liberty, according to word received by hiB brother, W. J. Ma honey of this city. He left here In May this year for Camp Funston. went overseas in August with the Eighty-eighth divis ion, one of the strongest divisions to go overseas. His death came as a great shock to his many friends. He was a man that will be greatly missed as hia whole life waa pent in helping oth ers; he was genial, affable, courteous, gentle and loving, with a pleasant word and kindly smile for all. He was 24 years old. He leaves besides his aged parents three brothers: W. J. Mahoney of this place. John J., in the navy, and Edward of Chicago; four sisters:: Mrs. Joseph Heffern, Plqua, Kans. ; Mrs. H. Seaman, Kansas City, Mo . Misses Elizabeth and Agnes, Kansas City, Missouri. Splendid Program Was Main Fentin-e of the Evening ggO Enjoyed Sim In I Evening i 1 he annual Harvest Home Festival Wt" held at the Christian rhureh on Ti sday evening. A large and appre ciative audience of three hundred ami fifty enjoyed the get-to gether social evening. The program consisted of music by Prof and Mrs. Townsend of the Townsend Music Studio; aeveral se lections from the Robin's String and; a splendid address by Superin tendent Pate on "After War Condi tions;'' a talk by Pastor Epler; an a rcae b tour little girls and the audience voiced the patriotic sentl men' of the occ; slon by singing "The Star Spangled Banner." In the basement of the church were boot lis where refresh mentr.. farm prod mis and fancy articles were placed on sale. 'i he church and friends are appro elating more and more the annual Her veal Home Festival as it is on coming more popular each year. The church was decorated with flags and grain products which made one feel glad that he was living In this great present time. SI SPENDERLESS. GAHTEHLENS; WHAT ARE POOR.MEN TO DO? For the government har. contract ed for 29,000 000 yards of webbing to be delivered before March 1, despite the declaration of the arm istice. It requires 150 yards to properly outfit a doughboy for a year. This large order practically com manderB the entire available sup ply of webing. There will be none left with which to naku suspenders and gar ters. Won.-n as well an men will be affected. Supender and garter manufactur ers are already advising men to take care of their supenders, pa ch 'am up with bits of old galousea reppe and string, because they will soon find it impossible to obtain new ones. Of course, the suspenderless ro'i dition will not bother those who use belts, hut statistics show fli fullv sevrm-v nor cpnl of I ho men in America wear suspenders. Will these en have to turn to ! wearing the old Roman toga or blankets like the Indians? Moral: Save your presnt suspen ders and garters for future patehc.e GERMAN EMPIRE EACES A RAPID DISSOLUTION. EX EMPEROR HOPEFUL BAD FEELING BEWTEEN THE PRUSSIANS AND BAVARIANS , IS ONE OF THE CHIEF 0AU8ES FOR THE PRESENT DISTURBANCES I'NITED WAR WORK AMPAION ( 'EOS ED NATI RDAY EVENING Tim United War Wo k campaign closed las-: Saturday with Box Butte county fulling behind the required QUOU by L . :i 7 r. . although We passed the original quota, which was 17, 422.00, to the extent of $7,303. The following amounts were sub set Ihed at the various b;tnlcs In Box Butt ecounty: First Nr.tlonal. Alliance, $6,661.50. Alliance Nallomil, $4,3 50.50. Hist State, Alliance. $3,760.01. First Stnte, HemlBgford, $3,625.00 First National, Hemingford, $6, 238.00. SUPPLY OF TURKEYS AMPIE FOR HOLIDAYS There will bt no shortage of tur keys for Thanksgiving, the food ad ministration announced today In urging housewives to prepare a holi day menu in keeping with food con servation for world relief. Reports to the administration, it waa aald, also show that the supply of chick ens, ducka and geeae la good, WE MPST FEED GERMANY HO THAT THEY CAN MAKE AMENDS Omaha, Nebr., Nov. Shall we feed Germany? That la the queation that la uppermost In every ones mind. Opinion la divided, many favor ing them shift without food. "We have Just two courses to fol low with Germany," says Federal Food Administrator Wattles. "We can elf er permit them to starve by slow stages and have with It con sequent anarchy and all the things that go with it or else we can feed them and help them build up a stable Government which can make repar ation for the damage they did , "Germany must pay dearly for the ruin and desolation which she Ims caused. She must make reparation In fall But she must be fed that she can make these reparations. "Every answer of humanity an-! i selfishness is 'fiat Germany should be fed. And that is Mr Hoover'l policy But she must pay for OTerj ounce of food she gets and she nnr l create a stable government which can make amends for her wrongs. UNfOON Dispatches received here from the headquartes of the American army of occupation now in side the borders of Germany say that bad feeling has developd be tween the Prussians and Bavarians In the German army which is now with drawing before the American army. The trouble is said to have reached such a stage that the Bavarians and Prussians refuse to divide Utelr ra t ions with each other or to share bi lets. The Prussian officers continue to contend they are returning home with the hope of being eventually able to bring about the reinstatement of the former emperor to power. The soldiers or a German division according to reports reaching the Americans, said they favored a mon archy. The ex-emperor continues to be a popular Idol, according to their w.'m" Th they believed William Hohensollern eventually would be returned to the throne when the soldiers reached home and their Infuence was felt throughout the country. Beyond Treves the withdrawing f.erman troops are being received with open arms by the civilians in the villages. This Is reported by British soldiers reaching tho American Hoes. Everywhere, the Britishers said, the civilians had strung signs of wel come over the village streets and wore receiving t-e German soldiers as heroes. HI'HINEHN HOUSES WILL BE msi ,i am, DAV holiday Most of the stores in this city kept pen until 8 o'clock last evening so that all nous- wiveg in Alliance would be able to supply their wants for the great Thanksgiving dinner today. Consequently they will icmaln closed today to allow the clerks to Join in the Thanksgiving festivities. The banks will observe the holi day by remaining closed ns well aa the postoffice which will observe the usual holiday schedule. Mr und Mr. D. W. the proud parents of born Wednesday. Johnson are i baby boy Mr. E. 0. Drake spent the latter part of last week in Bridgeport on profeeeioaaJ business. ,SHSi ' jju ' " ' -A r 0 K .Basepa pynsay ; j,V' rlBI9MHE9ifi3MH9HMfefla&fe aoMMKEBrTOrjq0.T' "pF $fllJ&' " ' JhsBSf" '-ff2s8nL?' n. 'lc?E?f "V1 nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnaav aMP'VnkLnnvlnnBonnnnnnnnnVnnnnnnnn I EXPORT MARKET ON POTATOES WILL ADVANCE t'bit ago Market Slow and Draggy Hut Oesnmlwdon Men Look For Bet ter Prices to Lome. IDAHO CROP IS EXCELLENT Wartn Weather Conditions EasX We-k in Hinnoaota tanned V"'1 ( , irtrkfts mi Northern spuds WHERE THE WILD TURKEY CALLS THE REAL THANKSGIVING BIRO Chicago On account of the cele bration of the Signing of 'In- armis tice in this city last week the potato market opened a day late for the week. The demand remained rather quiet, boh here and on -the outside, as buyers seemed to he taking stoctc onuly as their pressing needs re quired. Bnantfta have been quite lib eral but are expected to show a de crease by the opening of next week in view of the lighter movement from producing see, urns this week. There is a good deal of speculat ion on the market of the trade as to what the market will do with the advent of cold weather, which may be expected most any time. Some are of the opiniou that the market is in for an advance, while others think it has about struck Its gait and will hold pretty close to prea m nt levels. A good deal seems t depead on Just what disposition haa been made of the stock that has al ready moved. The records show thit around 12.000 more cars have mov ed to date, than had rolled up to the same time last year. Where those 12, t09 cars are seems to be the puz xler. Opinion is divided on that poi it there are those who tho bulk of them , nave gono into consumpthe hanneis. while others opine that the smaller dealers -liroughout the country, recalling bis trou ble from freezing last fall, has laid in a supply to take care of a port Ion of his winter trade. (Continued on Back Page)