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Al.UANCK, BOX BUTTB COUNTY, NKUUA8KA, Tlll'KSDAY, MAY J, 19V)
NUMHEU 21
TWENI i H10USAND PERSONS SAW
WAR "ACES" PERFORM WEDNESDAY
LARGEST CROWD EVER GATHERED IN WESTERN NEBRAS
KA WITNESSED SENSATIONAL FIGHTS THE SPECIAL
TRAINS WERE CROWDED TO CAPACITY
Music Furnished by the Fire Department Band Much Appreciated
Address by Dowling During Forenoon at Court House Wind
Prevented Carrying Out Program as Fully as Planned
The largest crowd of western Ne
braska people ever assembled for any
orasBion gathered in this cKy Wed
nesday to witness the exhibition of
the aerial forces. The crowd has
been estimated to have been of as
many as thirty thousand, but a con
servative figure no doubt would
place the total as about twenty
thousand.
Auto loads of visitors began ar
riving Tuehady evening and contin
ued to arrive during the night and
early Wednesday morning hours, un
til by noon Wednesday there were
not less than 1,000 auto loads of
visitors from outside towns. Nearby
towns, including Hemingford, closed
up business for the day and there
were hardly enough citizens left
there to police the town.
4,250 visitors arrived by train,
many coming in on the night trains
Tuesday night. Hundreds who came
by auto brought their lunches and it
was a- familar sight at noon time
Wednesday to see them calmly lunch
Ing along the streets, occasionally
taking their eyes ofT an aeroplane
overhead long enough to take an
other bite of fried chicken.
The special train in which the
aviators and their helpers traveled
arrived at eight o'clock and was Im
mediately parked on the main line
of the Burlington Just west of (own.
F. E. Reddish of Alliance very kind
ly made the loan of the use of a level
tract of land at this location- which
made un excellent site for starting
and landing.
During tbe morning a number of
.. Alliance people-were riven the plea
sure? of an aeroplane trip and soar
ed for many minutes overhead. The
planes were gotten into excellent
shape and after preliminary (lights
the big show started at 1:30 o'clock.
There were as many as eight planes
in the air at one time and plenty of
excitement for all. Unfortunately for
tbe thousands who were watching a
high wind came up shortly after 1:30
and the clouds of dust which it rais
ed caused discomfort to many. The
high winds were also responsible to
a certain extern, for the omitting of
some "stunts" which the aviators
might hace pulled off. As it was, bow
ever, there were 'flip-flops' and
"tail spins" and "loop-the loops"
enough for all.
The most comfortable altitude as
sumed by many in watching the sky
was that of placing a pillow under
the head and leaning far back. Ma"ny
Alliance people were noted with a
stiff neck this morning. Hundreds of
small boys solved the problem by
lying flat on their bucks while they
watched the sky
The soda fountains, drug stores, I
refreshment stands, garages and
L nro mv ih prowl. suVrel i e to
ov.. h.,t Kitr i.:.n n.Hnv
had anticipated.
The Alliance Herald
maintained
an information booth in front of the '
office which was presider over by a
corps of Alliance school teachers who J
dispensed information and handed
out circulars adveitising the city and
county, wuiie uuuuicua ui uui-ui-
town visitors registered a tthe booth
The expense of printing and distri-!
buting the 10,000 circulars was met ' given by the Alliance. Fire Depart
by advertisements inserted by The,ient Band of thirty pieces which
Oveiton Garage, First National Bank ' under the leadership of Director Har
CJ. M. Burns Real Estate Exchange,
Thomas-Bald Investment Company,
John O'Keefe & Son, The First State
Bank, Sturgeon Brothers Garage,
George A. Mollring, Nebraska Land
Company-, The Fashion Shop, A. H. j The dance given by the fire de
Jones Company, Mann Music & Art partment at the armory was one of
Company, The Horace Bogue Store, tne most successful events of the day
Schafer Brothers, The Chandler-Hup-
mobile Agency, Alliance Steam Laun -
dry, Prudential Life Insurance Com-
pany James A. Pierce, district man
ager, Drake & Drake, and E, T. Kib
ble & Company. A corp of small
schoolboys distributed these circu
lars and saw that one was placed In
each auto visiting the city.
A list of many of the prominent
out-of-towu'-cltUens who registered
at Tbe Herald Information booth will
be published in the next issue of The
Herald.
With the hundreds of autos from
out-of-town only a few had bad luck.
One autoist who drove from Cordon
had two tire blowouts on the way
and arrived at three o'clock, Just as
the last airplane was coasting to the
ground. He left 189 with tbe local
tire dealers and was glad that he and
his family had aeen one plane at
least.
Tbe Herald acknowledges with
pleasure visits from many editors
from neighboring towns who called
at tbe office to pay a friendly call and
who paid their compliments in the
highest terms to the busy little city
of Alliance. Among those who cal
led were editors Snow, Brewster and
Pollard of Chadron, Maopin of Ger
lng, Westenrelt ot Scottsbluff, Wel
ton of Mullen, Wlsner of. Bayard,
NIGHT POLICEMAN IS
STRUCK BY CAPTIVE
Drunk Arrested liy
Til) lor KM'aw's
Sunday Mornin
MTirer Shoots
Several
Times
Night Policeman Nova Taylor
broke the spell of calm that has
reigned wlthtn the city for several
weeks, Sunday morning when he
opened fired upon an escaping pris
oner and fpllt the atmosprere nine
different times with bullets from his
trusty "machine" gun. i
The officer had picked up a fellow
whom he did not know and proceeded
to land his victim within the confines
of the city bastile, when the said
victim decided the caliboose was no
place for him. Upon reaching the en
trance to the city hall Marshal Tay
lor put away his club and reached to
open the door. Junt as he did so the
fellow in custody struck him and be
fore Taylor could regain his equili
brium his prisoner was well started
on his way. The marsball. after ad
monishing the fleeing man to stop,
opened fire with a net result of in
creasing the fellow's speed and noth
ing else. Tsylor then decided to
watch the car, purported to bo the
prop'Tty nf the escaped prisoner.
Shor.ly the supposed owner returned
and was again told to consider him
self under arrest, but as before he
again figured It was easier to get
away than to explain to the police
judge and accordingly too - flight.
Again, the officer opened fire and
with the same Biicces3 as of the pre
vious ocassion, at any rate he " has
not as yet been captured and the real
owner of the car appeared on the
Bcene Sunday morning and claimed
his possession.
KIBBLE MARKETED
AN ENORMOUS PORKER
Poland tliina Hoar -Weighed Seven
Hundred and Sixty Pound when
f'ci!d for Pork on Tuesday
E. T. Kibble, well known Alliance
real estate dealer and proprietor of
a fine Box Butte county farm which
is managed by his son, Lloyd, on
Tuesday of this week marketed a
Poland China hog from the farm
which weiehed 760 pounds and
which was valued at $136.80.
The hog was two years old and
was a fine specimen of the Poland
China breed. Mr. Kibble and his son
season. Tl y are supplying a number
Pf Box Butte county
farmers with
thorobreds for their herds.
wilsox of Bridgeport, and others
The Hon. M. L. Dowling of Madi-
8on, Nebraska, made an interesting
speech to several hundred at the
( ,-ourt house at noon, with particular
, reference 10 me victory ioan.
So.iae of tbe best and most enjoyed
event s of the day were the concerts
iey thrilled thousands by its exeel-
lent music. The town of Bayard
brought along Ks excellent band
. which gave Bayard splendid adver-
tising by its good music.
Hundreds enjoyed the music furnish
' ed by the largest orchestra ever play
jng at an Alliance dance. A number
of out-of-town people stayed over un
til the midnight trains to enjoy this
dance and they were well repaid
The special train carrying the avia
tors pulled out at four o'clock in the
afternoon for Cheyenne, immediately
following the close of the exhibition
The special trains left from 7:00 to
7:30 o'clock In tbe evening.
The city and county officers of the
law deserve much credit for the ex
cellent policing done. Special depu
ties had been sworn in to handle traf
fic and look after the crowds.
One of the most interesting ex
hiblts on display In the city and one
which attracted the attention of hun
dreds was a collection of official Ger
man photographs Iron crosses and
other souvenirs from Germany, sent
by Sergeant Harold S. Thomas from
Coblenz to The Herald at Alliance
The collection was placed in the dls
play windows at the W. R. Harper
department store. Colonel A. J. Han
Ion who was with the company of
aviators, made a special trip to the
Harper store to view the collection
and pronounced it one of the most
interesting seen by him. Colonel Han
Ion paid Tbe Herald office a visit
while in tbe city.
rj h2 Student
I. V. ' -
The Nebraska farmer finds his
profitable. He hones to be able to
CITY PHYSICIAN FINDS i
THE WATER IS PURE
Sample f oty Water and Burling-
ton Water both Show no Harm
ful (pi-iiih Hidden Therein
Dr. George J. Hand, ei'.y physician
recently submitted samples if water
from the municipal water system and
from the Burlington railroad water
system to chemists r.t the slate uni
versity for the purpose of learning
the condition of the same.
A report received by Dr. Hand on
Tuesday on both samples fihows that
nciih'-r is contaminated and that
li-th are healthful.
L!-):;iSI.ATinX M-::-!lKl
, TO KAVIi POTA.XII INDUriTIU
President Wlslsoii
y ad vise Sent-.4
Hitchcock tlmt liMatlon needed
to Protect XcbriiNka Industry
Washington, D. C, April 28 Re
plying to u request that some steps
be taken to ristrict Importation of
German potatii into this country.
President .Wilson in a cablegram to
day advised Senator Hitchcock of
Nebraska, that it wks doubtful
whether any restrictive,
could be made effective in
ter without further action
measures
this mat
by con-
gress.
He pointed out theat potash was
one or the articles which the allies
had seen lit to permit Germany to
export in payment for food and t hat
France now was offering potash for
export from Alsace-Lorraine.
XIMHCK OF VISITORS
r.STIMATKI AT 8,MH
Burlington railroad Brought In a To
tal of -l,:HM Passenger on Kegu
lar and Sjkn lal Trains
The estimated number of visitors
to Aliance on Wednesday from out of
town runs from eight to ten thou
sand. The Burlington railroad
brought in a total of 4,360 passeng
ers on its regular and special trains,
divided as follows:
Train No. 302 40 passengers.
Train No. 32150 passengers
Train No. 41 250 passengers.
Train No. 44 900 passengers.
Train No. 304 470 passengers
On special from Guernsey. 1100
Passengers.
On Special from Ravenna. 850
passengers.
The railroad handled its passen-1 windows attracted no little atten
ger business In excellent shaie .there , , ion this week because of the very
beinj no delays In the service, j artistic manner in which they were
either In arriving or leaving. The decorated. The decorations were in
specials left between 7 and 7:30 J red. white and blue and intcrmlngl-
o'clock in the evening.
The estimated number of autoes
from out-of-town is estimateu ai
from 800 to 1200. Each auto car
ried an average of not less than four
passengers. This would make a total
f from 3200 to 4800 visitors coming
by auto.
In spite o' enourmous number of
visitors in the city the police work
was well done. There were no dis
turbances an traffic was bandied
without accident.
Don't boast brother, of being the
boss at your house your wife might
hear you and then.
LAND OFFICE BOUNDARIES CORRECTED
Washington, D. C. April 26, 1919
By Executive Order of April 8. tbe
President directed that the boundar
ies of the Alliance and Broken Bow
land districts in Nebraska, be chang
ed by the transfer of all lands within
the former Valentine land district
from the Broken Bow to the Alliance
district. Tbe date the Executive Or
der is to become effective will be
laterftxed by the Department.
The above dispatch to Tbe Alli
ance Herald marks the end of a fight
which has been made for several
months to get tbe western Nebraska
land office boundaries re-adjusted
since tbe North Platte and Valen-
in
nr. c ..j-..,. - v "f7". ii i
research work both interesting and
raise Rtill larecr crops.
EIGHT MEN JOINED
U. S. AIR SERVICE
Local IUm Tiiltlng office does Big IIiinI.
imsh on Aerial Circus Day will
go to Fort Crook
. The IT. p. Army recrultingf sta
tion at Alliance, of which W. E. Con
ley is In charge, did a rushing busi
ness on Aerial Circus day Wednes
day. Eight applications to enlist in
the ir servlre were taken by Mr.
Conley during the day. Six of these
hud pfissed their examinations suc
cessfully this morning and will go to
Fort Omaha for final examinations.
Fro'ii Fort Omaha the, men who
pi ,s will ho sent to Fort Crook for
tfi'i' In i"'l iiH-jpniient,
Mr. Conley, who hats born In
charge here since the reopening of
local recruiting office, yM return
to Omaha wlUiln a day or two. lie
will be relieved by a Mr. Redmond.
t HM't S PAY" SPUKK PHOVIN
to in: i..pi:nkivk pahtimk
Morton Sweeney, Jo Porrin and
Thos. Morse, each In answer lo n
charge of havlnit unlawfully pur
chased whiskey from John Doe, were
given a hearing in County court this
morning. The men were taken up
yesterday by the officers when It ap
peared thai they had Imbibed quite
freely. The Hist two mentioned were
giv-n a fli-e of $100 a;id coats,
amounting in all to $107.20 nnd Mr.
Morse was sentenced to do sixty days
time in the county Jail. He had pre
viously been before the court on a
rii.iilar. charge.
PKTIUXJItAD Ot'CfPIKD HY
AN1I-HOI.SHKYIK 'fKOOPS
An I'pconliriiicel l(eort at Ijondon
sa n that Bolsheviks have been
IK fettled at Ittisc.ian Capital
London, May 1 An unconfirmed
report received here today says that
Finnish and Anli-Bolshevik Russian
troops have defeated the Reds and
have occupied Petrograd.
The increasing hunger and starva
tion among the inhabitants f the
districts occupied by the Bolshevists
has caused them to lose their mili
tary power and the news that they
have lost Petrograd is not an entire
surprise.
The W. R. Harper Store display
i
ed were a number of pictures, direct
from Germany, that proved exceed-
Ingly attractive and interesting to
the passer-by. The Harper Store
boasts as well decorated windows, al
ways, as are to be found In. the west
ern part of the state and the displays
for this week are but exceptionally
good specimens of Ihe window trim
mer's skill.
From the meager reports gathered
concerning the work of the W, C. T.
U. for Red Cross, one woman have
needed to work continuously for 10,
000 years to have accomplished tbe
same amount.
tine office were discontinued. These
districts were all thrown Into the
Broken Bow office district at first.
Senator Hitchcock, In a communi
cation to The Herald some time ago,
promised to take the matter up with
the president on bhf return from bis
first trip to France. This was done by
tbe senator, which the excellent and
favorable results for Alliance. "The
Alliance Herald, officials of the Alli
ance laud office, cltlzers of Aliance
and citizens of Valentine and other
parts of the district effected, have
taken an active part in the fight for
re-adjustmeot, in which Senator
Hitchcock handled the Washington
end.
PEACE TREATY IS TO DE SIGNED
WITHIN NEXTJORTY-EIGIIT HOURS
CONFERENCE WILL TERMINATE WITH AFFIXING OF SIGNA
TURES TO PEACE PACT AFTER LONG AND STRENUOUS
SESSION ALL NATIONS ARE FULLY SATISFIED
Allied Powers Will Sign Treaty Regardless of Position of Italy, Who
Now Wants to Get in Again China to he Protected
in Shantung Settlement with Japan
ORGANIZED A NEBRASKA
DIRECT PRIMARY LEAGUE
lieiullne ltrpiiMlcutin and Pcimx-rat
Partliuited In Meet I or at Lin
elell Hotel on Tuesday
(Special to Alliance Herald)
Lincoln, Nebraska, May 1 At an
enthusiastic meeting held at the
Lin dell Hotel in Lincoln Tuesday
afternoon state senator C. Petrus
Peterson presided. A Nebraska direct
primary league was organized to cir
culate petitions calling for the refer
endum on the bill changing the Ne
braska primary law.
Leading Nebraska Republicans
and Democrats participated In the
meeting, including Deecher Howell
and N. P. Dodge of Omaha; Charles
Bryan and Frank A Harrison, who
had charge of the successful cam
paign of Senator Norrls last fall- and
many other prominent Nebraska men
Lieutenant Governor Pel Barrows
who helped to put the objectionable
bill through the state senate, viewed
the meeting from the hotel lobby hut
did not venture Into the room. The
movement is endorsed by progres
sive Republicans and Democrats
over the state; also by the Omaha
Daily News and World-Herald ; the
Lincoln Sta-le Journal and Lincoln
Star.
The ttate ' executive committee,
whirh will hfive charge of the refer
endum campaign was orgnnled and
Includes vwo Republic! s, two pe.-io-
crH'v8,-. two-frrtn e ach o the f-jrer'.S
f.nd women's orgr.nizatlona of the
utate.
Th Ke s U cit-1 for Ihe executive
comisii'.tce and '.lie organisations
they jepresept are:
Union labor, Hairy G. Piatt and
F. M. Coffey.
l)ei.;ocra'.s, C. W. Ri-jpn r.nd Jacob
North.
Republicans, A. P. t'o-ivr r,nl J.
Cordeal.
Farmers union, C. 11. GiiKtaf'
and J. O. Shtoyei.
Women's orKunizu'.lons, Mis. F.
Ilanlsoii and ilr.. C !J. l.)f t:
Farmers' co-ep-railve utaiey
F. Wiilton on 1 A. IS. Web- r.
F.
on
A.
PAVINU WIDTH TO BE
" SEVENTY-TWO FEET
City Council itt Adjourned fft ! a
Monday KeverHc Former A ttoii
on Pat Iny
After lengthy discussion by mem -
bers of the council and by Alliance
property owners who were present,
the council at its adjourned meeting
neia Monday evening, voted to re
verse its former decision as to the
width of paving and sidewalks in the
new paving district and the widths
will now be as follows:
100 foot street walk. 14 feet;
paving, 72 feet.
CO foot st rent walk, 10 feet; pav
ing 40 feet,
80 foot sin et walk, 12 fe-et; pav
ing 56 feet. J
A number of the heavy property
owners in the new district were pres
ent and discussed the mutter with
the council. Some were for wider
walks, some were not and some were
not particular.
The councl 1 decided to call a spec
ial election for the voting of bonds
for tbe installation of the storm sew
er in the paving district. This will
spread the expense in an equitable
manner and the city will not have
the opportunity of having a present
made to it of several lots in the east
part of town.
A number of plumbing and pool
hall icenses were granted. Tbe mat
ter of the extension of water mains
was discussed. As soon as funds are
available tbe mains will be extended
to care for the residence districts
which require them.
VALUABLE BOOKLKTS ICR.
CEIVKD BY COMMUNITY CLUB
The Alliance Community Club re
ceived recently a few booklets sent
out by the National War garden Com
mlttee that have a real value and
that tbe peple of the community may
ben fit thereby Rufus Jones, secre
secretary, has placed an order for a
limited supply of the same. "War
Gardening and Home Storage of Veg
etables" and "Home Canning and
Drying of Vegetables" are tbe re
spective captions and those interest
ed will be furnished wHh a copy ot
each upon application.
DEW DROP IX S CLOSED ON
ACCOUNT OF NO LICENSE
The Dew Drop Inn, owned by C. E.
Phillips, recently convicted of selling
boose, is closed. The city council has
as yet not authorised the granting of
a new permit .
PARIS, May 1 The agreement
made by the council of three and the
Japanese delegates to the peace con
ference regarding the Shantung pen
insula and Klao Chau by which they
are to be transferred to Japan, which
voluntarily engaged to hand Shan
tung peninsula back to Japan, Insur
es the signing of the peace treaty
within the next forty-eight hours by
the Allied powers, regardless ot the
position of Italy.
Chinese official circles seem to bo
genuinely concerned over the Shan
tung settlement. It la agreed every
where else that the terms. If accept
ed, will safely guard China's Inter
est far more, than could be done by
any other method.
Although overtures have not been,
made from efther side in the Italian
situation, there are indications that
Italy Is desirous of getting back.
Mrn. Vernon Cat. tie To Marry
Ithlca, N. Y., May 1 Mrs. Vernon
Cnslle, noted dancer and movie star,
is to be married on Saturday to Cap
tain Robert K. Tremon of Ithica.
Mrs. Castle's former husband was
killed in an aeroplane accident soma
months ago. '
. . Itepresentntive Iteyelven Ilomb. .
Gadsden, Alabama, May 1.. Rep
resentative John L. Burnett, chalr
mnn of the Immigration committee
of the last' national House of Repre
sentatives, narrowly escaped being
killed today when he started to open
an Infernal machine, received
through the malls. The lid stuck, he
been me suspicious, end called la the
DEADLY BOMBS SENT
TO PROMINENTiPERSONS
Thirty-live Binl. Discovered In the
Xew York Mull Were Kent
to Men of Prominence
NKW YORK CITY, April 30th.
Thlrty-iive bombs, sent to prominent
men off the lib'! ion. were discovered
! in thr'l'nited States mails here up
to midnight tonlr ht. . The men in
I iuK't in tlu list to Wiioiu bombs
, bad been sent were: Poitmasttr Gen
eral A. S. Burleson, Attorney Gener
I A. .Mitchell Palmer, Justice O. W.
i Holmes of tbe Supreme Court, Judge
Kenetaw Mountain Landis of Chl
i cago, Mayr John F. Hylan of New
J York City'i. John D. Rockefeller, J.
P. Morgi:n. Mayor Ole Hanson ot
jfieat'le ami other prominent men.
i The work bad the earmarks of I.
! W. W. and Bolshevist oriuin and was
1 a natien wu'e conspiracy. Telegrams
j were pent lo prominent men all over
ithe conn try, warning them to be care
I lul of packages.
I Rev. J. O. Gould, lt-fi Friday night
i for Grand I. land, to attend the Bap-
list Convention h"ld lit that place,
t He expects lo return home Wednes
day morning.
"HLARIS CF WE WIRID"
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
liojw rial Theatre lenlu rot Fa moil
War Picture Two Shows Daily
Matinee mid N'ilit
It is glorious to be an American.
One never appreciates and realizes
this fact for all its worth until he has
seen David W. Griffith s "Hearts of
the World" which is an enlc and a,
picture page of history that will un
doubtedly be stored away in the ar
chives of the government for refer
ence and study by future generation
No man or woman with an ounce of
patriotism in their soul but will be
carried away with enthusiasm and
and joy and when they see the story
of the world's great fight-for justice
and liberty Illuminated on the screen
with its' beautiful ove theme laid on
the historic spot of bleeding France.
Under the auspices of the British
government Mr. Griffith has repro
duced scenes of battle and action
that wll probably never be afforded
another dramatist and that are in
spiring in their awful truth and real
ism., With grim war as a background
this Shakespeare of the screen has
revealed a love story that is so sweet
and pretty one almost forgets the ter
rible circumstances under which it is
related. "Hearts of the World" Is D.
W. Griffith's supreme achievement.
It surpasses anything be has ever pre
seuted to an amazed public and only
goes to show there Is no limit to tbe
creative possibilities of his genius.
"Hearts of the World" is at the Im
perial Theatre Friday and Saturday,
May 2nd and 3rd, and It there is any
one fifty miles around who falls to
see it they wll only have themselves
to blame and will never forgive them
selves because this production is pro
fered to the public under circumstan
ces that places It within the range ot
everybody's purse.
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