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ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THUKSDAY, MAUC1I 20, 1?19
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AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE ATTACKED
BY JAPANESE POLICE WITHOUT CAUSE
UNOFFICIAL ADVICES TO WASHINGTON INDICATE THAT
JAPANESE POLICE WERE ENTIRELY TO
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JAPAN WAS WEAKENING RAPIDLY IS REPORTED
Representative Fuller of Massachussets says French Minister
of Desire of Japan to Desert Allies Statement ,
Causes Great Exoitement
(International News Service)
WASHINGTON. March 20 Un
official advices received in Washing
ton this morning indicate that the re
teat serious fighting at Tien Tain,
China between American soldiers and
Japanese was precipitated by attacks
aade by Japanese police upon the
Americans.
The American soldiers are report
ed to have given absolutely no rea
son (or the attacks made upon them
by the Japs. After ' being attacked
they defended themselves and the
trouble, now quieted, threatened to
become serious and has been the
eause of official reports and investi
gations. Bending the receipt of official ad
vices from American diplomatic of
ficers at Tien Tsln the government
officials at Washington refuse to dis
euss the unofficial reports.
WASHINGTON, March 20 Rep
resentative Fuller of Massachusetts,
in a statement made public today
that M. Delanney, French ambassa
dor to Japan, told him that Japan
was prevented from switching from
the side of the Alies to that of Ger
many In the world war only by the
entry of America into the war and
the coltapse of Austria.
The sattement of Representative
Fuller created a sensation In official
circles and the reply of Japanese rep
resentatives is looked for with Inter
est. t MILLER UNDERTAKING PAR- '
LORS OPKJTED FOR BUSINESS
.Glenn Miller. well-known Alliance
, u i rnitur,. dealer,-, Jlbla week apnoun
'he opening to the public of un
i certaklng parlors at 128 West Third
street. For the past several months
Mr. Miller has been busy getting into
shape to care for this new branch of
his business. He has . purchased a
Modern equipment, including a mo
tor hearse and has arranged well apt
pointed parlors. In charge of the de
partment will be Mr. Harry E. Wells
experienced undertaker and director
f funerals, who Gomes' with the best
t recommendations.
Not Bonds "Note"
Thos. C. Byrne, state chairman of
the coming Victory Loan in Nebras
ka, has directed all workers to drop
the use of the word "bonds" and re
fer to the government's obligations
as "notes" in the coming campaign.
These notes are to be repaid in five
years or less.
WOMEN WILL VOTE
AT CITY ELECTION
Suggestions and Instruction! for
. .Women who will Vote for First. .
Time at Coming Election
The attorney general of the state
f Nebraska has ruled tht women
may vote In he spring elections.
Under the Partial Woman Suffrage
Act of 1917, women may vote for the
following officers and measures: '
1. President of te United StaK'J
2. All county officers, such as
commissioners clerk, attorney, res
isster of deeds, sheriff, assessor, sur
veyor, etc., (except judges.)
3. All city, village, precinct and
school district offlc rs. such as mayor
eouncllmen, clerk, treasurer, engin
eer, city attorney, city assessor, etc.,
(except Justice of the peace and
police pudge.)
4. Women may vote on all ques
tions submitted to the voters the
manner of the submission of which
is not determined by the State con
etltutlonsuch as bond issues, etc.
The law further provides that
special ballots be prepared for wo
men voters having only the names
and questions prlntel thereon for
which women may vote. Your ballot
will, therefore, be your guide in this
tatter.
Registration rules vary according
to the community in which you live.
Find out from -your city or town
olerk. or from a man voter, tho re
quirements in your community and
oomply with them.
In order to vote you must have
lived In Nebraska, six months; your
county, forty 'days; prlcinct, town
ship or ward, ten days.
Tou are urged to be early at the
polls and to take with you some
woman likely to neglect this oppor
tunity. Election officers are usually court
eous and helpful. Apply to them for
further Information, it you need it
Your vote is absolutely your own
affair. You are alone in a booth when
you mark your ballot. Place "X" op
" posKo tho name or measure (or
waioh you wish to Toto.
told
SOLDIERS LEARN THE -
GERMAN LANGUAGE
Harold Thomas, Now at Coblenx,
Germany, Writes Brothers of
Studies Taken by Soldiers
The following letter was received
the last of the week by the Thomas
boys, brothers of the writer Harold
S. Thomas now with the Third Ar
my of Occupation at Cobleni, Ger
many. He tells of the studying of
German and other languages by the
soldier boys:
Headquarters 3rd Army
American Expeditionary Forces
Office Chief Signal Officer
Coblenx, eGrmany, Feb. 14, 1919.
Dear Brothers:
I am writing this letter on the
same principle as that used by J. W.
T. in one I Just received. By the
use of five carbons I am answering
Dad's letter of January 20 and am
killing five otner birds with the same
stone.
I suppose you would all be at war
again if they held elections In Amer
ica like they do over here in Ger
many. The party that gets beat
starts a revolution to get there any
way. Now that the wet and dry
question has been practically settled
in America, the democrats ought to
have things pretty easy, after they
get started again. 'Old Doc Tanner
ought to come over here to Ger
many; tho Boche might give him a
monument or an iron -cross. What
they ought to do lwth him in Nebras
ka 18 to tie fcim to a monument and
make him walkrthe plank !ny the
UII0OVUII IIIVI) ,
Am now wearing my new : "Tan
Browne" belt It Is just like the
"Sam Browne" except it doesn't havo
the "Sam" over the shoulder. . All
non-coms In Tq 'Troop are required
to wear them. By slicking up a lit
tie, leaving off your overcoat, and
going out a l'ttle after dark you can
get beaucoup salutes, especially from
men on leave.
Was glad to hear that Paul re
celved his discbarge. Well, he was
entitled to it. Anyone who served
in the army as long as he did and
didn't get to come across is entitled
to a good deal of credit. It s not a
question of whether he would like it
after he got over aere; we all know
that if we had our say next time we'd
stay in the States. You never know
how hard It is to get along without
things until you have to.
Will probably be wearing my gold
stripe by the time you folks receive
this. Am going on my sixth month,
Was In England five months ago.
Have been here in Coblenz two
months.
The Rhine Is full of ice. and big
cakes like huge lily-pads have been
floating down for three days. They
took the Dridge of Boats out to save
it, and traffic has almost stopped. 1
haven't any desire to cross the Rhine
any more unless it is to do an "Eli
za" across the Ice. Have been across
several timeB via the Bridge of Boats
and the ferry. Also, by interurban
from Nieder-Lahnstein.
If I talk poor American when
get back home you'll have to excuse
me until I get "onto" the language
again. First I learned the bloody
Hlngllsh and got so I would say
Blrmingum, thrippence, haypenny
etc., without thinking. Then, wben
the bloomin' Hlngllsh had all said
good bah-eee, we had to learn
brand-new lingo.
We had our first touch of French
at Le Havre (Lahv). Wben we got
off the ex-cattle boat from Southamp
ton we hd a 50 kilometer hike (may
have been about 42 kilos less) up
hill to our camouflaged rest camp
French as she Is "spoke" is not half
as hard as French as she is "writ1
I never could see any sense in spell
ing "eggs" like this "oeufs" and
then pronouncing only the first let
ter. If I ever intended to visit
France again I think I'd get on
good case of adenoids and learn
couple of litle rules, and I could talk
as good as any ''Frog".
But wo all learned tho language
pretty well back in France. Besides
"raercl", "tot sweet" and "beau
coup" all you had to know was
"avay voo". With the aid of "avay
voo" you could get anything you
wanted. And here was where your
calisthenics cams in handy. I al
ways wondered why we had them
anyway. , If you wanted a tooth
brush, you would say, "Avay too
swish swish" (with the proper calis
thenics). Also, the French kids got
to be expert at the English language
They could all say (after you told
them "shocolah feenee"), "Ahve oo
seegarette?"
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ANARCHY WILL BE
MENACE TO WORLD
IF PEACEDELAYED
PEACE TREATY IS NECESSARY
WITHIN MONTH TO AVOID
SERIOUS RESULTS
New Movement Planned to Include
Austrian Cities Martial law
Continues in Berlin
(International News Service)
PARIS, March 20 The world's pro
blems are now resolved into a race
between t e forces of anarchy and
those of law and order. The necessi
ty for a prompt settlement of the
problems before the peace conference
Is more apparent today than ever be
fore. Unless the first treaty of peace is
completed within a month and is
signed by the great powers, the in
evitable result will certainly be most
serious to civilization. The above
statement was mace today by one of
the biggest factors at the peace con
ference and shows exactly what the
Insiders feel concerning the need for
haste In getting something accompli
shed which will permit the world's
affairs to be diverted Into commer
cial channels.
BERLIN, March 20 According to
newspaper reports circulated here to
day another revolution 1b being plan
ned by the Spartacides which will in
volve the German and Russian Bol
shevik! and the AuBtrians. The Move
ment is to spread to Vienna and
other Austrian cities, according to
the reports, and will be the largest
attempted so far.
Martial law continues in Berlin
and the city is again quiet.
Williams Writes From Franco
Johnny Willianme, Alliance flreboy
now serving in France with tho A E
F, was one of those who left with
Company G and who has not yet re
turned home. Johnny writes The Her
ald editor as follows: "February 10,
1919. Dear friend Lloyd: I am now
In Mauvages, France. I would like to
write to all the boys but we are too
busy, so I am sending you a copy of
the Stars and Stripes, telling about
the 32nd division, which I have been
In since I have been in France. I
receive The Herald from Penrose
Romig every once in a while, so
when you are through with tho Stars
and Stripes you can take it to the fire
hall. Give my best wishes to all tho
boys. I don't know when we will
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home, but I hope it Is soon. Johnny1"1 mere should be no question of
Williams, Battery B.119FA, APO
754, A E F."
Next week Rev. Eplor will go to
Lincoln to attend the state Idolater
lal Institute.
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I.AR(iE 'CROWD ATTENDS THE
. . FASHION SHOP OPEMXii
Eclipsing all previous similar oc
casions the formal opening at Thif
Fashion Shop last Saturday was K
tended by the largest crowd ver.
The artore was profusely decorated
with cut flowers and a really remark
able showing of correct apparel for
ladles greeted the many visitors. All
day long the place was filled with
eager lookers and buyers and many
were the expressions of appreciation
of the great array of pretty things.
Mr. Isaacson Is more than pleased
with the business accorded his popu
lar store since its opening three years
ago and that his faith In the future
is great is evidenced by the constant
effort he puts forth to make It more
and more attractive and the values
greater and greater. '
Jese Selby (lets Into Trouble
An attempt 4a being made this
afternoon to make a settlement of
the Jesse Selby case. Mr. Selby, wtl!
known colored man, was charged In
a complaint filed against him of sel
ling moitaged property, including a
team and furniture. The balance on
one mortage to a Jocal furniture
dealer amounted to $125 and to a lo
cal bank of $56. Selby, who returned
from Orleans, Nebraska, to Alliance
this morning in company with his
wife under the guardianship and
eagle eye of deputy sheriff Cy Lalng,
claims that he was not aware that lie
was committing a misdeed when he
sold the mortsged property. He sold
the team and furniture last week and
departed Friday evening with his
family on a railroad pass to Chicago,
stopping over at intermediate points
Aliance may be designated by the
government weather bureau as a per
manent point for tbe recording and
reporting of weather conditions. The
matter has been taken up with tbe
authorities at Washington with this
end in view and has been favorably
received. There Is a small set fo gov
ernment recording instruments here
b t the work of keeping records has
been entirely voluntary. If Alliance
is designated as a point by tbe bu
reau it is probable that an expert will
be stationed here. Daily reports by
wire will then be made to the head
quarters for the state Lincoln.
M!nne Candidate For Council
Jin. .- j a e for elt ven years
a resident of t..e .hird ward is candi
date for councilman from his ward.
nr. uaione was lor several years
employed at the light plant and is
well versed in the needs of the de
partment. His petitions met- with the
greatest approval and were signed by
nlnty-slx of the residents of the ward
Only fifty signers were necessary
be"1 ne secured the greater number
his being an avowed candidate. If
elected Mr. Malone says he will favor
all things that are progressive and
will at the same time make every en
deavor to help secure full value (or
the money expended by the city.
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DEMONSTRATIONS OF
'THE PALMER METHOD
Hiiiei-oti School Crowded with Visit
n tlil altcmoort 4nu'h Impove
inent In Penmanship of Putilft
Emersons school is crowded with
visitors this afternoon. A deinonr. ra
tion and exhibition of tbe Palmer
method of penmanship is being giveu
under the direction of Miss Elsie
Johnson, Palmer expert. MUs John
son, who has been Instructor in the
Palmer method during the past year,
and who leaves Alliance next week,
has been teac ing at Central school
lit the mornings and at Emerson in
the afternoon.
All of the teacvers in Emerson
school have, by constat study during
the past few months, received certi
ficates in the l'almer method. All
Central school teachers will receive
certificates before Miss Johnson
leaves.
Class work and demonstrations
have been giveu this afternoon in all
of the grades ut Emerson. The exhib
its In the different rooms include
samples of penmanship on Septem
ber 4th and on March 11th. The con
trast and Improvement shown Is won
derful. The Palmer method is rapid
ly supplanting all other methods of
penmanship in this country.
The teachers at Emerson school
and their grades are as follows:
Kindergarten Miss Josephine Gan
son; First grade Miss Esther Ter
ry; second grade Miss Glea Soper;
third grade Miss Ores Jennings;
fourth grade Miss Francis Nolan;
fifth grade Miss Elizabeth Hledlk;
sixth grade Miss Cora Beal3;
seventh grade Miss May Engle;
eighth grade Miss Gertrude Mc
Hugh, principal.
An exhibition and demonstration
will be given at Central school Fri
day afternoon. There is a contest on
between the schools over the attend
ance of visitors who register.
FRED J. UETZOLD ENTERS
THE RACE FOR MAYORALTY
Fred J. Betxold, well-known Alli
ance pioneer has cast his hat into the
ring and Is an avowed candidate (or
mayor. The necessary petitions have
been circulated this week and Mr.
Betzold Is busy enlightening his
friends on his Ideas of how the city
should be managed. He Is one of the
first contractors to come to this
section of the co ntry and has, since
the founding of Aliance engaged In
several business enterprises and in
such he has been successful. He be
lieves the crty should receive the
same value for dollars expended as
does the individual and says if ele
cted ho will devote his time to the
end thtt such will be the case.
Louis N. Frankle of Denver.
brother of Marcus Frankle, recently
spent several days n Aliance visiting
the latter.
CITIZENS SEEK
ANIEXTENSION Of
WATERSERVICE
WANT MAIN EXTENDED OV
n-ATTH AND KMERSON ST.
FROM SIXTH TO TENTH
Council Setwioii Tuesday Kvenlnc
City's Hooks to be Audited by
Hxpert in Near Future
At the meeting of tho City Council
on Tuesday evening a petition signed
by seventy-four of the property hold
ders Interested was presented pray
ing for the extension of tho water
mains on Platte Street from Sixth
street to Tenth street. This section of
tho city is well situated for residence
site and no doubt considearblo build
ing will bo done in tho near future If
tho water la to bo furnished. On Em'
erson street sew era go connections
havo already been made but still no
water Is available. Tho city clerk was
Instructed by the city council to have
an ordinance drawn which would
create a water district of tho section
and which Is the first step toward the
granting of the prayer of these Inter
ested. In the discussion It developed
that heretofore water main exten
sions havo been made on tho order of
the council and paid for by tho city
in tho whole. This, in the opinion of
the city attorney and prominent mem
bers of the council, is not as It
should be and In the future such mt
ters will likely be handled by the
creation of water districts.
Various and sundry bills were pre- '
sented for payment and were allowed
with the exception of police force
bllis of Leonard Pllklnton and Cal
Cox for services rendered during the
absence of the regular police. It was
the sence of the meeting that this ex
pense should be borne by the men
who were Away from their work.
The Finance committee reported
having contracted with the Wlggln -Babcock
Co., for the auditing of the
city's book, work to commence nt
once. This company. It will be re
membered performed, a like service
about seven years ago. The cost of
tbe Vork will be about $700. . ,
' ''"5i'hTfetjuvt tf East Alllsnee tct
ftents for permission to put -la side
walks at tho present grade was re
ferred to the Street and Alleys com
mittee snd will likely not be acted
upon until the new council takes
charge. These walks must be laid or
that portion of the city will forflet
Its city mail delivery.
Several prominent citizens were
present at the meeting and expressed
themselves on matters of interes. to
the city.
JURY FINDS DETECT! YH
iUnTL OF MANSLAUGHTER
After deliberation extending ov r
twenty hours the' Jury in tho coe
against Dectlv Landry, charged wi h
the kiling of Miss Sylvia Kelly nf
Morrill, near Henry Nebraska on the
night of December 11th. returned a
verdict convicting the young man f
manslaughter Friday afternoon. .8
tnce will not be passed by Judge II -bart
until the close of the erm of
court and until the friends of tha
convicted man decide whether or no
an uppeal wil be taken. ,
ENLISTMENTS OPEN FOR
NEW REGULAR-ARMY
EnliMnient Period from One
to
Three Year- Pay Same As
Wur lime lluil
It la expected that traiuinz in tbis
country will be of short duration, so
that the applicant will very quick'y
be sent overseas. The great oppor
tunity or participating in the rec in
struction period and going over the
battlefields of France under peace
time conditions. The latter is some
thing that money cannot now buy!
Tbe educational opportunities are
great.
The pay will remain on the war
time basis, viz., from $30 to $81 per.
month, in addition to board, lodging,
clothing, medical attendance, etc.
For men without previous service
the period of enlistment is three
years. For those with previous
service there is provided a one or
three-year enlistment period.
All branches of the New Regular ,
Army are now open. Men desiring
assignment o Motor Transport
Corps, Tank Corps, or Air Service,
will be enlisted for Infantry, (or as
signment to tbe service desired.
The applicant must be between
the ages of 18 and 40 inclusive. If
between 18 and 21, the applicant
must present either birth certificate,
baptismal or school certificate; or if
neither of these is available, then af
fidavit of parent or guardian with le
gal evidence of guardianship. Men
up to the age of 65 years can be ac
cepted for the Staff Corps. All ap
plicants must pass the usual physic
al examination and be able to speak,
read and write the English language.
Men with dependents cannot be ac
cepted. A Job for the man without one!
An education (or the man who wants
to loam! An opportunity to travel
at the government's exponaet Apply
at Army Recruiting Station located .
at Alliance. J
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