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NEBRASKA'S POTASH HIGHWAY IS NOW AN ASSURED PROJECT The Alliance Herald EIGHT PAGES Local EDITION "THE MINT MAKES MONEY WITHOUT ADVERTISING ; NO ONE ELSE CAN." Printer's Ink. VOLUME XXTI. ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBKUAHY 27, 1919 NUMBER 13 EM KILL OFF T GERMAN PRISONERS UNDER BOLSH HOUSANDS i RUSSIAN RULERS STRIVE TO CAPTURE ESCAPED SOLDIERS AU8TRO-QERMAN WAR PRISONERS KILL HUNDREDS IN FIN NISH CITY CARRYING OUT ORDERS OF RUSSIAN SOVIET THAT RUSSIAN DESERTERS BE DRIVEN FROM CITY LONDON, February 27. Hundreds of people have been reported killed in the city of Helsingeners, Finland, in battles between Austro Otarman war prisoners and Rusian deserters. Tehe Austro-Gennan war prisoners were attempting to carry out orders of the Russian sariet to rid the Finnish city of thousands of Russian deserters who .mad fled there for refuge from the Washington. iCvery effort by 'he state department to secure the re lease of an American cittzen nared Xolomatlano, condemned to death by the Bolsheviki, had been met with demands that cither Eugene V. Debt r Thomas J. Mooney be exchange? for Kolomatiano. It also was said the Bolsheviki had offered to release American Consul Townsend, who was arrested some time ago, if either Debs or Mooney was pardoned. The state department today made public this statement obtained from a man who was imprisoned with Kolomatiano in Moscow: "Kolomatiano was condemned to death by the Bolshevist government n Dec. 3, 1918, and was Incarcerat ed in the Kremlin at Moscow under particularly rigorous conditions. late as Jan. 17 he was kept, in a cell tlosely guarded by twelve soldiers of the Red army, whose conversation constantly dwelt upon revolutionary politics and particularly the expedi ency of slaying all foreigners in'Rus sla." ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING OF N. P. A. RnrrewNful KckMoii Held at Lincoln, Thursday, Friday and Satur day, Feb. 20-21-22 The annual business meeting of the Nebraska Tress Association, which was held at Lincoln last Thursday, Friday and Saturdaywas fairly well attended. Nearly all of the program as rendered was inter sting to the newspaper men and visitors in attendance, and in point f real benefit to the fraternity the session was considered one of the best ever held. The opening meeting was held at the Hotel Lincoln, Thursday after noon, at which an address of wel come was delivered by Mayor J. E. Miller and a response by lion. Den nis Cronin, editor of the O'Neil Frontier and Btate senator from Holt ounty. The big event was the banquet riven by the Lincoln Commercial Club, Thursday evening, at which addresses were made by Governor McKelvie and others, and music was furnished by the Doane College La dies' Glee Club. Gov. Allen of Kan sas was to have Given an address but could no- be present on account of being called east. H:s place on the lrogrr.M wi s ably H'ed by Hon. Ad dison E. fl'ildon. w'o recently re turned from the war zone In France. The program for Friday and Sat urday was interesting chiefly to edi tors and printers, but contained luelt that patrons of newspapers and Job printing offices could have listened to with pleasure and profit. Following the usual custom, the ice president was unanimously elected presl 'ent for the ensuing year, it being understood that the ewly elected vice president will be elevated to the office of president a year hence. It Is also th custom to elect alternately a republican and a democrat to the office of vice presi dent. Following officers of thevas sociation were elected: Will C. Israel, Havelock, presi dent. E. R. Purcell, Broken Bow, vice president. O. O. Buck, Harvard, secretary. W. O. Edgecombe, Geneva, treas urer. Members of executive committee: Clark Perkins, Aurora; J. H. Walsh, Crete; Don Van Dusen, Blair; Hugh McGaffln, Polk. Upon invitation of the people of Cering, presented by A. B. Wood, editor of The Gering Courier, ' and Will M. Maupln. editor of The Ger ing Mid-West, it was decided, by vnanlmous vote, to make that city headquarters for a summer excur sion, some time in August, the exact date to be left to the executive com littee. John W. Thomas represent ed The Alliance Herald, In charge of the round table Friday afternoon. Brief as this report is, it should state that The Nebraska Printer, so ably edited by the retiring secretary, A. D. Scott, was again made the of Iclal paper of the' association. A real live, honest-to-goodness jockey club was organized at Bridge port last week which promises to furnish some diversion for the lov ers of racing during the summer. The new-born club contemplates a three-day meet with the fastest kortea In the state participating. Bolsheviki. POTASH HIGHWAY CONVENTION HELD SENECAJUESDAY Two Hundred Dee I gates Attended Annual Meeting and lianquet Tuesday at Seneca ENTHUSIASM WAS UNBOUNDED Live Wires from Alliance Attended and Took Active Part Ex cellent IteMrts Nearly two hundred good roads entehusiasts from t'e territory along the Burlington from Grand Island to Alliance attended the first annual meeting and banquet of the rotasli Highway Association, held at Seneca on Tuesday, February 25. Speakers on the program included M. J. Cox, cashier of the Stockmen's Bank of Seneca; Dr. F. W. Bass of Broken Bow; J. L. Housekeeper of Lincoln, for the Portland Cement Association; a report by the secre tary, W. D. Fisher of Alliance; a report from the field manager, W. R. Dutton of Merna; an address by S. E. Smyth, secretary of the Omaha Automobile Club; discussion led by A. F. Merritt, consulting engineer for the state highway commission; and a descriptive address by Jay Hig glns, supervisor Of the government forest reserve at Halsey. Officers elected for the ensuing year "were: President, J. C. Moore, Anselmo; vice president, John M. Turner, Thedford; secretary, Lloyd C. Thomas, Alliance; treasurer, C. C. Canirbell, Mullen. Reports from the delegates show ed that a large amount of the pre liminary work for the Potash High way had been completed and that the securing of the balance of the right-of-way and the preliminary surveys would be completed during the next few months. During the past year the sandhill counties have been particularly ac tive in laying their plans for the building of the highway. The general oplnloli of the dele gates was that the Potash Highway would be completed within four years and that it would be a hard surfaced highway from Grand Island to Alliance, built with the assistance of the state und national government under the federal aid provisions. Those attending from Alliance In cluded E. G. Laing, C. E. Clough. Glen Miller, W. D. Fisher, Otto Zam zow, A. D. Rodgers, W. C. Mounts, J. M. Miller. Roy Close, C. Myers, W. T. Craven, W. R. Harper and Lloyd C. Thomas. SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MAY CONVERT POLICIES War Risk Bureau Works Out Plan for Six Kinds of Insurance Available to Soldiers Washington. Conditions under which soldiers or sailors now hold ing government life insurance may convert these policies within five years into other forms which can be carried with the government during their lifetime were announced today by Colonel Henry D. Lendsey, of the war risk insurance bureau. Rates will be made public soon and the new policies will not be available until then. There will be six different kinds of insurance ordinary life, twenty payment life, thirty payment life, twenty-year endowment, thirty years endowment and endowment payable at the age of sixty-two. All policies will contain clauses providing that in case of permanent total disability of the Insured man, the guvernment will make monthly payments to him and premium payments will cease. This amounts virtually to old age pensioning and disability Insurance and insures that no man who has served in the army or navy need ev er be destitute if he carries the gov ernment insurance. All policyholders will participate in dividends, and earnings of over 3 per cent from the insurance fund will go into dividends. Since the reserves will be Invested In govern ment securtles. it Is certain that there will be large dividends-to be (Continued on Page 4.) KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ' INITIATE BIG CLASS Sleclnl Services in Alliance Sunday Were Followed by lianquet in Alliance Armory At special services held In Alli ance on Sunday forty candidates were Initiated by the Knights of Columbus. There were a number of visitors from out of the city. At 7 o'clock a banquet was served to two hundred people at the armory by the Cater Service of the Alliance hotel. Music for the banquet was furnished by the Alliance String Quintette. The toastmaster was J. C. Morrow, Grand Knight of Alli ance council. Interesting and ap propriate talks were made by Acting Mayor L. H. Highland, President J. S. Rhein of the community club, County Judge Ira E. Ta3h and Lloyd C. Thomas. The program for the day was fin ished at Reddish hall following the banquet. There was a strong feel ing of good fellowship and interest ing speeches were made by both lo cal and visiting Knights. Ground is being broken for the new school building at Bayard. The school board is making capital of the exceptional weather and pushing the work as fast as is possible. MITCHELL PALMER IS UNITED STATES PRESIDENT WILSON APPOINTS CUSTODIAN OF ALIEN PRO PERTY DURING WAR AS SUCCESSOR TO GREGORY PRESIDENT TO MAKE ONE MORE PUBLIC SPEECH WASHINGTON, February 27. The apointment of A. Mitchell Palmer, custodian of alien enemy property during the war, as succes sor to Attorney General Gregory was announced today. The appoint ment will take effect on March 1st. . , WASHINGTON, President Wilson will make one more publio speech during his short stay in tW country, before- bis return jto France on March 6th. He" will speak in New YorTf City onlEe night of March 4th. LONDON In the sanctuary of England's honored dead, West minster Abbey, where kings, statesmen and poets lie in their eternal sleep, there assembled today the most notable personages of the Brit ish empire to witness the most brilliant social event of the reign of King George the marriage of Princess Patricia Connaught to Com mander Alexander Ramsay of the Royal Navy. This is the first royal wedding in the Abbey in six hundred years. PARIS. Premier Clemenceau left his residence at 1:55 o'clock Wednesday afternoon for the first time since he was shot last Wed nesday. The premier's face, which showed signs of the fever he had suffered from, bore a pleased smile in acknowledgment of the greet ings of a large crowd which was watching for him, COMPANY G SOLDIER 1 SUFFERS IN HOSPITAL! Harvey Benjamin, Alliance Soldier i (ashed in France, Is in Hos pital at Fort Kiley IT.. . T" 1 1 .. O O iiomj ix-iijuumi, usi'U 0 fell 9, son of Charley Benjamin of Alliance, I is seriously ill in the army hospital! at Fort Itiley. Harvey was one of ' the members of Company G and was j gassed while in France. Ills lungs, and stomach are in terrible shape,! and his father, who visited him a week ago, has no hope for his recov ery. N In addition to having a son in the war, Mrs. Benjamin has five nephews, two of wliom were killed; one other being gassed; and one oth er wounded. Mr. Benjamin was in the city the first of the week looking after his property interests here. He expects soon to return to the bedside of his son at Fort Itiley. REPORT FIGHTING RENEWED ON ARCHANGEL FRONT IN RUSSIA BOLSHEVIK TROOPS REPORTED DRIVEN BACK ACROSS FRONTIERS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WANTONLY . MURDERED BY BOLSHEVIK TROOPS LONDON, February 27. Bolshevik troops that invaded Esthon ia have been driven back across the frontiers, according to informa tion received today. Fighting has been renewed on the Archangel front in Siberia and the British troops have captured Sv- 4 " - short bus intense battle. At Perm hundreds of persons "have Ucj wantonly murdered by the Bolshevik troops. Nails were driven into the shoulder straps of captured officers and priests were horribly mu tilated before being put to death. Vladivostok. In an engagement between Japanese and Shevlst forces, twenty miles east of Blagovlesht chensk, capital of the Amur prov ince, he Japanese lost two officers and eighteen men killed an1 twet.ty men wout ded. The Bolshevist force w est mated to number ,01. Brigadier General Inagikl of "ha Japanese staff In Siberia, in a state ment regarding the Japanese de- AN ENTERTAINMENT BY THE WOMAN'S CLUB Alliance's Live Women's Organ I ta Uon Will Entertain at Im. pcrial on March 8 The Alliance Woman's Club has been very active In war work during the months in which our country and soldiers needed help, with the result that the club treasury is now at low ebb. In order to replenish the treas ury the patriotic and energetic wo men who compose the membership of the club will entertain at the Im perial theatre on Thursday evening, March 6, taking the time usually given to vaudeville. The club is to receive as Its share of the proceeds fifty per cent of the receipts of the evening. The mem bers are lending every assistance to those who will take part. Officers of the club are: Mrs. W. W. Norton, president; Mrs. Lee Basye, secre tary; Mrs. L. L. Smith, treasurer. The program for next Thursday evening will be ns follows: "Vocal Sala Mrs. Vernon C. Ben nett of Omaha. Skirt Dance Miriam Harris. Vocal Duet Mesdames Rhein and Bennett. Reading Mrs. Ray Stansbury. Vocal Solo Mrs. J. S. Rhein. Song and Clog Dance TOPS Y. THc NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL SECOND NEBRASKA ROAD INSTITUTE The second Nebraska Road Insti tute will be held during the week of March 10 to 14 at the University of Nebraska. All Nebraska engineers, surveyors, highway commissioners and others intended In the improve ment, construction and maintenance of Nebraska's public roads are In vited. The institute wua inaugurat ed last year with an attendance of nearly 200, and with nearly every county in the state represented. Some of the subjects to be discussed this year are: Nebraska's New Hoad Laws, Proposed Change of the Fed eral Act of 1916. Financing Hard Surface Roads, Construction and Maintenance of Different Types of Road Surfaces, Stone and Gravel Concrete Work, Location and Pres ervation of Corners and Land Sur veys, Preliminary Surveys for per manent roads, Hand Hill Roads, and Tractors. &nd for the return of tie aim and equipment of the 1,500 Cossack le volters of the force of Gereral Kal mikeff, who have been iM'l5- charee f the American forces, ?ays tv is not concerned about what becomes of the Cossacko, altho he believe that the soldiers guilty of killing their officers at the time of the mu tiny In January should be tried. UNITED STATES TO SAVE WORLD IS WORD OF PRESIDENT WILSON - PRESIDENT ASSERTS LEAGUE OF NATIONS TO FAIL IF U. S. STAYS OUT BOTH SIDES STILL HAVE BIGGEST CARDS TO PLAY IN FINAL PEACE CONFERENCES WASHINGTON, February 27. That both sides to the contro versy over the league of nations still have their biggest cards to play is the official Washington opinions today, when the discussions of the members of the foreign relations committees at the dinner Wednesday evening with President Wilson became known to both houses of con gress. The president told members of "! committees that unless the United States entered the league of nations the league would fall and chaos and turmoil beyond description would re sult In Europe. Views of the Re publican members opposing the league constitution as reported to the peace conference apparently were not changed by the conference. The president was said to have told the senators and representatives that the league constitution adopted was proposed by Great Britain, but was not the one drawp by General Smuts, one of the British authorities on the league proposal. Drats pre sented by the United States, France and Italy were rejected. Chairman 1'itchcock of the senate committee Bald the president held that derisions of the league's execu tive council on disarmament would not be binding until specifically ap proved by each signatory nation, and thnt consequently the American con gress would have the opportunity to pass on the apportionment of arma ment for every nation concerned. The president said this section had been misconstrued. Concerning the clause giving the right to the league to consider acts threatening world peace, President Wilson said that C-e clause was in definite, and would be made more clear by writing in a safeguard which would require that every recommen dation by the council should be un animous. , 1 It was also satd that the president Informed the , enatow and' represen tatives that the disarmament provis ion would not interfere with the mil itary training of men, but that it was evdent that a trained body ef men would not be a danger to worl I pence if their armament supplies wore kept in check. Mr. Wilson said t e provision fnr et.forcnlg the determination of tho council In case It was disobeyed by (3) It authorized rhe state board any nation would apply In only one ; 0f irrigation, highways and drainage case, and that where the party , to co-operate with the county oih agalnst whom a decision was rendei-j cai9 in laying out a system of roads ed had property, Including tei rKory. ; for the Btate. In Its possession, which it would not j What plun was followed by tf surrender. .state board In, mapping out the pro- In conceding that some sovereign-! posed system of highways? ty must be surrendered by member-! (i) only roads approved by the ship in the league the president de- clared It was Inconceivable that there could be'any concert action by na tions to eliminate war and protect the weak unless each nation was will ing to give up something. Willis Wolfe, sou of Mrs. Emma Wolfe, arrived in Alliance Friday. He served several months with the American forces in Frnnco and has Just received his honorable discharge from the army. EYES OF THE WORLD" AT IMPERIAL THEATRE Itemurkahle Story of California Noted Author to lie Keen in Film In Alliance by Readers or "The. Eyes of the World" In book form will recall In that remarkable story of California many people and situations that should provide rare opportunities for character portrayal. For this rea son many who were charmed by Har old Bell Wright's graphic and melo dramatic romance of California will probably see in the elaborate film version at the Imperial theatre on Saturday and Sunday a drama of ab sorbing interest and strength along these lines. As for their opportunities take, for instance, the character of lie Orange, the cynical writer, as re vealed in his own words in the novel: "Worknlg! Me? I don't work any where. I am a literary scavenger. I haunt the Intellectual slaughter pens and live by the putrid offal thai belf-respectlnc writers reject. I glean the ttlnking materials for my stories fro'ii the sewers and cesspools of (e. For the dollars they pay I fur nish my readers with those thrills that public decency forbids them to eperience at first hand. My books breed moral pestilence and spiritual disease. The unholy filth I write fouls the minds aul pollutes the im aginations of my readers. I am an instigator of degrading immorality and unmentionable crimes. Work! No, young man, I don't work. Just now I'm doing penance in this damn- d town. My rotten imaginings have proven too much, even for me and the doctors have sent me west to recuperate." REGISTRATION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF STATE JGHWAYS Review of Ilond Matters Prepared by Highways Trnnort Commit, tee Council of Defence 80 NEW HIGHWAYS FOR STATE Status of legislation Analyzed by Questions and Answers Kent Out by Educational Division There is much discussion of the road situation liv western Nebraska Just now and many inquiries are made as to the status of the legisla tion passed by the lawmakers of the state during tie past two years. The following quoitloniialre sent out by lh- Educa'.lr.al dlvtai-h, l-ighways Transport Committee, " National Council of Defense, of which State Engineer George E. Johnson is chairman, explains the matter fully and will be read with interest by those who have become enthused with the good roads building pro gram: ' . , . What action did' the legislature ' 4 wo yean . ago take with . regardta road improvement? ' - t ; (1) It appropriated fil 0.000 to meet the first three years of fdral appropriation for highway construc tion. (2) It pledged the s'hio and the 1919 session of the leglsI.-Mura to ap propriate funds to n;; i h-t federal ' appropriation for 1919 pud 1920. United States department of agrleul- turOe were chosen. (2) The pyMem of roads con- nects all of our county seats with each other and with the main high ways. (3) Thrpe roads to be Improved were selected on the basis of the most bene:? to the greatest number of people. Who wculd be benefitted by the establishnu nt of this system of state highways? , (1) Everybody In the state would b benefitted indirectly through the greater general prosper ity following the improvement of roads. ' (2) Three-fourths of the popu lation of Nebraska would be bene fitted directly because 75 per cent of our people live on. or within four . and a half miles of this system of roads. What has the state board of Irri gation, highways and drainage ac complished during the last two years through the use of state and federal funds? (1) Plans and specifications have been prepared for 952 miles of railroads. (2) Sixteen hundred miles- of roads have been surveyed. (3) Contracts have been let for 215 miles of roads at an aggregate cost of $528,678. What kind of roads are being planned? All of the 215 miles of roads un der contracts are to be of earth con struction with permanent bridges and culverts, except 3Vt miles of sand-clay road in Hall county, and 5 miles of brick road in Lancaster county. How are the funds obtained to fi nance the hard surfaced roads? The cost of, grading and an addi tional $2, tOO per mile is supplied from federal and state funds. The balance of the expense is borne by the county and the property owners adjacent to the roads. Does the present appropriation of federal and state funds provide ade quate means to complete the im provement of roads aa planned? It does not. Moreover, the coun ties are not able under the constitu tion to provide the money in addition to carrying on their present county road system. How then Is it proposed to raise (Continued on Page 4)