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.
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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.
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