6L 'I ' s Give Freely to the Salvation Army Home Service Fund-Drive Erie's September 27th' t .t. ... A I Local J J Section J The Alliance H D I Sixteen J I Pages J THE MINT MAKES MONEY WITHOUT ADVERTISING; NO ONE ELSE CAN." Print 's Ink. VOLUME XXVI. ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THUKsDAY, SEPTEMBER th, 1919 XUlIiiLR 4J ERA At STEEL WORKERS STRIKE GROWS MORE SERIOUS RIOTING KESCLTS IS FATALI TIES AND STATE POLICE . HAS BEEN CALLED Unions Claim 842,000 Men Are Out And That Others Are Going Out If Not Settled. Steel plants throughout the coun try have been almost at a standstill since midnight Sunday night when a strike called by the steel workers' union was called after all attempts ; to obtain the recognition of the t union by the United States Steel cor j poration had failed. The union ex i ecutives claim 342,000 steel work- ers are out and that unless there is submission on the part of the oper : ators more will leave their work. Near Pittsburg, the center of the trouble, several deaths have occurred : as a result of the rioting subsequent and the state poljice has been called ; to the assistance of the local force. : All attempts made by the workers to hold public meetings have been frus trated thus far, but in so doing It has been necessary to place under arrest many of the leaders. Both factions claim progress and both declare j their determination to stand their ground to the end. The strike is one j; f the greatest momeft ever known to the country and may extend to the allied industries. PITTSBURG, Pa.. Sept. 24. Late this afternoon striking steel workers attempted to hold a meeting on the borough line of McKeesport. The ; borough authorities have forbidden , mass meetings, and have broken up ' several attempts of the union men to gather In open places. The meet ing was near the line between Mc Keesport and Glassport and about 1,500 men assembled there. The authorities of both places, assisted by a detachment of state police, or- dered the meeting abandoned. There was some resistance and a . general fight started in which, so lar as police reports go, no one was eriously hurt. When the disturb ance was over, the McKeesport po lice had taken twenty-four men Into ' custody and sixteen others were in the Lands of the Glassport authori ties. While organized labor's board of strategy was in session here today mapping out further plans to bring Tlctory to the union steel workers of the country in their struggle with the employers, the operating execu tives of the corporation involved were straining ev.-ry neve to check a spread of the strike. Police Soared lii.it Z.ute. FAKKELL, Pa., Str-t. 2i. .More than luo pistols, rifltri -and tholguns were confiscated tby loc; 1 and state police authorities here today when eveiy house In the riot zone was searched. The searching parties met with no resistance and all was quiet in the city throughout the day. j .Seventy-five persons were arrest- j ed on the streets for carrying guns. ' They were given preliminary hear-j ings lomgnt ana were bound over for the October term of Mercer county court on charges of carrying concealed weapons. The bail in each case was set at $1,000. Officials of the Carnegie Steel company reported the return of more men and an increase of oper - atlons. All plants of the Sharon and Sharpsville are still closed down, but announcement was made that several were expected to resume operations toon. leaders Say Sleuth Incited Riot. BUFFALO, N. V., Sept. 24. Leaders of striking steel workers in the Buffalo district said today, after a conference that Governor Smith would be asked to order an investi gation of yesterday's riot in Lacka wanna in which one striker was killed and four persons wounded by rhots fired by plant guards. Henry Streifler, general chairman of the strike committee, charged that the steel company, "through hired detectives, Incited the Lackawanna riot for the purpose of bringing in the state constabulary and breaking the ranks of the strikers." Lackawanna was calm today with seventy state troopers patrolling the streets and breaking up all assem blages of strikes. More Plants Closed. CLEVELAND, O., Sept. Striking steel workers made here today when two plants closed, halting production of 24. gains were steel and leaving only one finishing plant In operation. According to union of ficials 1,000 men were added to the list of Idle. They also were encour aged, they said, by instructions Is sued to police today by Mayor Harry L. Davis that no strikebreakers be permitted to enter the city. YOUNGSTOWN, O., Sept. 24. Although the shutdown In the steel plants is complete in the Mahoning valley, the momentum gathered during the first tew hours of the strike has carried even beyond the goal. It has spread t the fabricat ing plants, two of which are closed. They employed about 760 men. The Toungstown Pressed Steel company . was also forced to close today. 44,000 Idle In District. A total of 44,000 men are Idle In the district, but how many of these LETS GO!" A few days ago, when it appeared to The Herald that the Alliance Community Club was being made the subject of some rather acrimonious discussion, this newspaper rushed editorially to the defense of the or ganization in which and in the of ficials of which it has the most thor ough confidence.. Happily, an incident that threat ened to cause some unpleasantness has died a-bornlng. It was but a tiny cloud that cast a momenti Shadow and passed on into oblivio. It did good, though. It cleared tht atmosphere and left a better per spective. N Everybody, now, including .The Herald, has forgotten It. Everybody is in good humor again. Everybody is for Alliance and for Alliance's hard-working commercial organiza tion. And by everybody we mean every body. The Times, esteemed con temporary of The Herald, up the street a piece, has In a manly, well written and very readable editorial signified its complete satisfaction with the work of the Community Club and with the earnest efforts of its secretary. And by everybody we mean to in clude The Herald, which is In a most happy state of mind toward the Community Club, toward its nine di rectors, toward its secretary; and, incidentally, toward Mr. Ben J. Sal lows and the periodical which he so ably edits and publishes. The editor of The Herald; who hopes and trusts that he is a good citizen of the town in which he earns his living, .Is pleased to rise in his place and an nounce that In his respectful opinion there are plenty of other good citi zens in Alliance, among whom Is Mr. Sallows: Now, let's don't ever again have any of this darned foolishness. Let's either work unanimously to gether for Alliance or else pick up our beds and walk. "Let's go!" , .. . - ; Let's ALL go! are strikers is not known. The claims of union organizations ap proximate 90 per cent of this num ber. STRIKE PLANNED BEFORE WAR DECLARED THOMAS S n.itor Thonuis. oenioerat, of Col orado, criticised labor leaders for calling a steel strike, in an address late today in thv senate. Referring to the refusal of strike leaders to postpone the strike until after the labor conference called next month by President Wilson, Senator '1 nomas said: "I believe the principal object of calling the strike at this time was to so disturb and bedevil industrial i omit ioijs. us. to , fores .the hands of the president's conference and com-j pel it to yield to the extreme de-1 inands of those extremists who now have the upper hand.' j Basing his address on his resolu tion which denounces strikes of vio lence and declares the "closed shop" to be unamcrican. Senator Thomas asserted that the strike was called on the "flimsiest excuse" the refusal of Chairman Gary of the United States Steel corporation to meet the union representatives. Referring to reports that 211 strikes are in progress in the coun try and sixty-three others threat ened, Mr. Thomas asserted that no strikes could be successful without violence. "The spectacle of hundreds of thousands of men engaged in such enterprise becomes almost civil war," he declared. "The situation practically is one of war and the in nocent bystanders the vast major ity of the people bear all the per ils and burdens of this intolerable situation. "This steel strike is not a move ment suddenly sprung up nor sud denly conceived. It was planned be fore the war to occur when condi tions were favorable. "There are no grievances involved in this strike," Mr. Thomas con tinued, "which are not ex post facto. It is staled that this is a strike for power. The leaders propose to en force their will upon great industries so that it will lead to the closed shop.!' BILLION OF LIBERTY ROXDS KET1RED BY GOVERNMENT WASHINGTON, Sept. .25. Nearly a billion dollars of Liberty bonds have been ret'red and paid off by the government with loans returned by the allied governments and cer tain taxes which were paid in bonds themselves. The total of all issues of bonds ran to $17,000,000,000 Great rBltain already has repaid 132,000,000 of the billions she owes the United States, and France has also made a small payment. In all, the allies owe are United States about ten billion dollars. "WELCOME HOME" FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS NOVEMBER I) AY" " -R OF EIGHT- EN. vlub and Other Orgmil. V of Alliance Will Unite ti: ( H.vtnr; Out Apiuo prlate Program. The Alliance Community Clr.b, to gether wilh 1he other orders and or ganUi'toiis ol the city, is tutanglng a "f-te day' program to lo carried out in honor of the returned soldiers, sailors and marines of Box Butte county on Saturday, November 11. 1 The celebration, which is to be held on the first anniversary of the signing of the armistice, will include a free show at the Imperial theater, athletic stunts, a big banquet at 6 o'clock and will terminate with a dance during the evening. It will be county-wide and everything will be free. The entire day will be given over to the giving to the boys the welcoming they deserve and in evi dencing the appreciation felt for the service they have rendered to their country. The Community Club will be as sisted in particular by the following representatives of the various or ganization or the city: Knights of Columbus, John W. Guthrie; Ma sons, Ira E. Tash; Alliance Volun teer Fire department, L. E. Filking ton; Red Cross Mrs. S. W. Thomp son; T. P. A., Roy Strong; I. O. O. F., John Snyder; B. P. O. E., A. V. Gavin; Federation of Railroad Brotherhoods, H. F. Hacker. It is the purpose of those having a part In this movement to make this event but the first of snnual dem onstrations and it is hoped by them that no man of the service, regard less of the branch, fail to attend this entertainment. The plans have been in the making for several months and not until the Box Butte county boys had all returned was the date set. Further particulars will be pub lished 'as the committees proceed with the arrangements for the pro gram and entertainment. . ETHIOPIANS AGAIN IN SHOOTING SCRAPE Charley Brown Mixes in "Funny Game of Cards." Struck at "No torious . Itluo" and Gets Shot ia Wrist." W. E. Foster, colored, better known as 1 lie "Notorious Blue," was showing a rot her colored man how to play suui poker. He annoyed Char ley Brown, erstwhile husband of Gcldie Kulicr, and Blown took a poke at hit l. Foster was under the weather nnd had a bad feeling in t he back of hi head or the pit o.f his stomach, or some other vital part of law anatomy. . Therefor Foster journeyed forth and found him a revolver. When Brown came forth from the card party he was' greeted with a fusilade of bullets, one of which struck him in the left wrist. Both landed in ad joining cells in the city Jail, where they . languish while awaiting the pleasure of the officers of the law in Box Butte. This Is the story in a nutshell. ., As to particulars. Charley Brown married Goldle Fuller some months ago. Goldie was a local colored belle and very popular. But after marriage, it seeniB that her charms waned and the fickle Brown looked over other pastures. Goldie was l I T told him that he could keep his at- j I.TU111JIIS HI UU1IID Ul ICTMVd. He went to Wyoming and Montana, but ever and anon he wandered back to Alliance and, according, to his story, spent a few pleasant hours in her company. He was "sick.' That was why he did not work. It seems that many of his fellow colored men also get "sick" when work becomes tiresome. In the party Wednesday evening were Goldie, other colored women, J the Notorious Blue (who was also "sick") and other colored men. Fos ter left first, after the argument, and according to his own story, he ran and got a gun from Willy Sees, a colored woman who told him not to take the gun. He grabbed it, ran forth and, meeting Brown with an other man called loudly, "Look out, look out." Then he fired four times at Brown, who broke and ran, falling once or twice. Asked by The Herald reporter If he had fired to kill, he said he did and that he was sorry he hadn't killed Brown, because any "niggah who would insult a sick man ought to be shot." Brown, upon hearing this tale, rose on his cot of pain and said that it was a good thing he hadn't a gun or there would have been a different story. Had not strong Iron bars In tervened there might have been sn other duel, with bare fists. And so Goldie has applied for a divorce. Brown has a wrist which stopped a bullet, one of four which followed him on his retreat, and Fos ter, the Blue, lies on his bed of pain In the city bastlle. And thus end eth another chapter In the history of the almost weekly battles which are stagVd In Alliance among; the unde sirables. THE SALVATION ARMY RAISING FUNDS FOR WORK DRIVE IS LlltEllALLY SUPPORT. El) IX HO X BUTTE COIXTY THIS WEEK Two More Days to Subcr(b to tde "Home Service" Fund Elk Aiding iir Campaign. Box Butte county has been asked for $4,000 by the Salvation Army. The big drivve, which was started on Monday morning, will continue until Saturday night and while there Is yet considerable to be raised, the prospects are good for puttng the county "over the top" once again. The Salvation Army has come in for great praise from the returned fighting men of Uncle Sam's forces for Its work "over there" and it has planned a great work to be put into effect at home provided the neces sary funds are available. The pro gram wll Ibrlng about the construc tion of several relief homes within the Btat of Nbraska and the exten sion of the service now rendered by the faithful band of workers. The Alliance lodge, B. P. O. E., has officially endorsed the movment and Is behind the drive. Together with the committee the lodge is see ing to it that no one is overlooked and that all will have an opportu nity to give to a worthy cause. Desks have been placed in each of the banks and the postoffice .where your subscription will be taken gladly by the young ladles In charge. The soldiers have a warm place In their hearts indeed for the Salvation Army and every citizen who appreciates this service which has been rendered should give liberally to the cause. NEW REO SIX BEING SHOWN BY THE JL H. JONES CO. The A. H. Jones Company, Keo distributers, is showing one of the new model-, light six Reo cars. It has several very great improvements and -is surely the last word in auto mobile perfection. Among other new features it has an overhead oil ing system which cares for the lu brication of the valve rocker-arms automatically. Mr. Calvin D. Walker, manager of the Alliance branch, Is expecting daily a shipment of this new model and hopes that within the next few weeks he will be able to supply or ders which he now has on file. VIIHUR-MSNPN MATCH AT THE IMPERIAL MONDAY t The much talked of Wheeler-Cannon wrestling iMrtc!i i? to b" rt'fi at the Imperial theatre on next. Mon day evening immediately following the picture ishow program. Both men are local men and well known. Mr. Wheeler has been employed by the Burlington lines as fireman for a couple of years here and has upon several occasions appeared on the mat. Mr. Cannon, though not quite so large -as his opponent, is a wrest ler of real ability and Is employed at the C. W. Nation barber ship. Both are experienced at the game and the go is one of keen interest by reason of the fact that each has numerous warm supporters. PALM IK SAYS FOOD PIIOKITEKRS ARE CHECKED WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. Re ports of excessive profits by manu lactuiers and wholesale dealers of clothing are bcin ginvestigated by the department of Justice. Attorney General Palmer said today that pros ecutlons would be instituted wher ever justified Aa soon as congress passed the amendments requested by President Wilson, making the food control act applicable to cloth ing and providing a criminal penalty for hoarding and profiteering. Mr. Palmer will meet a committee representing the Association of States' Attorneys General here Octo ber 6 to decide how the law enforce ment agencies of the federal and state governments can co-operate in punishing hoarders and profiteering. Herbert Hoover has written Mr. Palmer, declaring that the campaign already Is proving of value an durg- ing that speculation by traders who merely bought to boost the price be stopped. GEORGE A. MOLIJUXO IS INJURED IIY AUTOMOBILE Mr. George A. Mollring of Alliance suffered a very painful injury, on Sunday afternoon, when as he was leaving the grandstand at the fair grounds he was struck by an auto mobile being driven backward. Mr Mollring's left foot was badly crused. The accident happened as Mr. Mollring, accompanied by S. A. Mil ler, passed to the rear of a line of cars parked near the grandstand Neither was aware of the oncoming of the machine until Mr. Mollring was struck. Though fortunate that the result was no more serious, the injured man has suffered greatly since and wil lbe for several days unable to get around without the as sistance of a walking stick or crutches. COMMUNITY CLUB VERY HEALTHY ORGANIZATION The Alliance Community Club is one of the really healthy organiza tions of western Nebraska. It is also one of the really successful commer cial organizations. On the occasion of the last checking of the books of the club by Mr. Rufus Jones there was found a total membersnln of 112 and a significant fact concern ing this membership ia that each and every one is paid in advance. Throughout the country thore are numerous commercial bodio or ganized along similar lines as is the Community Club, and some of these have proven very successful, but none more so than our own local club. For several years It hrs been considered a standard of comparison among the other organizations and Its achievements have been the mar vel of all who are conversant with the facts. The above showing is Indeed a creditable one and bespeaks pros perity and success for tho club for some time to come. , NEW OFFICERS IN FIRE DEPARTMENT Firemen Will Take Active Tart in Aslstlng Community Club to Entertain the Soldier Hoys. A number of new officers were elected Wednesday evening at the regular meeting of the Alliance Vol unteer Fire Department to fill va cancies caused by resignations. Roy Miller was elected as secretary; L. E. Pilklngton. John Hodgkinson and Ed Brennan as trustees; and Ward Halt as chief. The new officers were sworn in and took their offices. L. E. Pilklngton was elected as representative to set on the commit tee being appointed by the Com munity Club to handle the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Homecoming day on November 11th. Many of the firemen are returned soldiers and all will take an active part in making a success of the day. BAYARD COMING TOR FOOTBALL GAME FRIDAY The uRyard high school football aggregation is coming to Alliance for a game with Coach Prince's eleven on Friday afternoon. This, the firs game of the sen son. promise to be a good one despite the fact that most of the players are new at th gair i. Since the opening of school Mr. Prince has had the boyB working dil igently and they have shown wonder ful impro :nc i.t a.j they itoceeded. High school students hnve made ttioronch ranvav fnf the city 1m their et.-"t s; Mi iv, t"i;.t o-:'. nn ! t) r-.Mi'.laiu-H i r . i k p to !".- very VJ'id. RESIDENT QUART FRS va mm !N mm There Is an unusual demand fo'- residence quarters in Alliance jus. now and there seems to be no possi bility of Immediate relief for the rima'lon. Secretary Rufus Jones of hp Community Club, who is called upon numerous times daily, is very desirous that those who have apart ments, sleeping quarters or rental properties of any kind get in touch with him that he may advise those who Inquire at his office. His tele phone is 74; call him up now. PRODUCE DEALER WILL NOT LOCATE IN ALLIANCE The announcement wa recentlj mude that Mr. Philip Duffy of Cen tral City would In the very near fu ture locate in Aluanro and establish a produce business, but later devel opments indicate that Mr. Duffy has changed his plans and will remain at his present location. Mr. Duffy is one of the larger produce dealers of the state and it was hoped that he would find the field here tempting enough to cause him to make the move contemplated. MEMORIAL BUILDING PRACTICALLY ASSURED Petitions Will He Presented to Coun ty ConimlKHloners at Next Reg ular Meeting. The petitions for the erection of a $76,000 Memorial building in this city to commemorate the bravery of the soldiers, sailors and marines of the world war and previous wars have been properly signed and will be presented to the board of county commissioners at Its next regular meeting. The structure petitioned for Is to be designed and built with the Idea of providing a suitable place for holding public meetings and such other features as the commissioners believe should be incorporated. There Is reason to believe that the board will take favorable action In the matter, which must be referred to vote of the people before final ac tion is taken. No opposition what soever was encountered by those who presented the petitions for the signatures of the taxpayers and vot ers and on every hand there was hearty approval of the propositi n. ANGORA BEATEN . BV ALLIANCE'S . BAUJOSSERS MATCHED (JAMK LAST SUNDAY WAS VERY IXTEltESTIXa CONTEST Largest Crowd of Season Saw Vis itors Ijoma After They Had Ap rently Won the $1,000 Stake. Angora's baseball team was beaten by the Alliance nine last Sunday aft ernoon on the Alliance diamond by a score of 8 to 7. The game was rlnyed fcr a stake of $1,00 and was witnessed by about 600 people. In the first inning the Angora club started its scori Mg. Scharfenburg. the first man to face Pitcher Struble of the Alliance nine, was hit bv a pitched ball and passed to the first station, followed soon by Danta, who bunted successfully. Meiior, third in line, was out shortstop to first base and McNulty got a base bit, scoring Banta. Brennan, out by fly ball to left field. Al.'aucjs players were not so fortunate as to score and were up and down as follows: Brue, struck out; Butler, first on an error by shortstop and advanced to third on a hit by C. Hudkins. Black hit an Infield ground ball and went to the Initial station on the forced out-by Hudkins at second; Edwards whiffed at three and retired the side. Second inning: Angora Fennlng struck out, Perkins did likewise and McCauley was Irsued :t pa when he waB hit by the piuhed oail; Dove struck out and retired the side with McCauley still on first. Alliance Gleason went to first on an error by the shortstop, Stelnman was hit by pitcher; Gleason was out at second and Nation hit safely, advancing Sleinman to third. Strubel struck out. Third Inning: Angora Scharfen burg out on Infield fly to short, Ban ta got on by an -error as did Mellor and McNulty; Brennan was safe at first when the ball was played to home plate In an attempt to catch Uanta and Fennlng delivered the hit that cleaned the bases, .PerUlns , went U6w a-pitcher to first and Mc Cauley flied out to left. Alliance Butler was out on infield'fly to sec ond; Hudkins walked but went down when Black hit a ground ball which was played from short to second and EdwardH bit to second and was thrown out. Fourth Inning: Angora l ove out, shortstop to first base; Scl irf enburg elii .tnated by foul caught, by third baseman and. Banta on a fop fly hit to the Pame field. AlTlam 'Menr-s'n c.",:t'r '- o birme infc by .jit!n a fife binp1- ;Veln ian fallowed !'r! l.'.t: Nation waltc-ii out a w.ilk r iv' P-ruMa was fafe c;v an nfteiiipled double, rrorlt'g Clinton. Mine fipned r.nd Pi'Mer hit eufely for three sacks, scoring h."'. but v--- I' (' iMc' wh n HuMns was out, second to first, and Black, fly to second. , VifU: ra M-'lt" cut. srrt toTrstr McNulty. the fame route; Breuran Lit, followed by ; another hv.v. hy t- i:nina,v butjltjtfis went down on Infield fly touovt" ay side was retired.- Alliance EdVardn ws ont.rn asi unsuccessful rkint. Gleafon hit safely again, but nt ou m "pcond, when Stelnman -"Or safe at first on an attempted dbWblj and Nation flied out to deep center, t Six'.h Ancora McCauley got on when he hit to stfe territory, but wrb out at second on Dove's ground blow; Scharfenburg was out, second to first, and Banta wis hit by Struble; .Mellor knocked out a safe blow, scoring Dove, and McNulty was out. thirl to first. Alliance Stru ble hit safely. Brue was out, infield fly to first base; Butler hit, scoring Struble and Hudkins hit, scoring Butler; Black hit to deep right and secured his base when the fielders ran together and scored on Edwards' hit. Gleason was out to second and Stelnman struck out, retiring the Bide. Seventh: Angora Brennan and Fennlng were out, pitcher to first, and Perkins at short. Alliance Na tion out, second to first, Strubel on caught foul and Brue struck out. Eighth: Angora McCauley and Dove struck out; Svharfenburg down when high fly was caught by third baseman. Alliance Butler was sent to the bench when the catcher caught a foul, Hudkins got on when the first baseman missed a ground ball. Black struck out; Edwards beat ont a bunt, advancing Hudkins to third and Gleason was out on a high one to the center garden. Ninth: Angora Banta was, ont, third to first, Mellor on foul caught by third baseman: McNulty was safe on error of left fielder and Brennan struck out. The score by Innings follows: Alliance . 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 8 Angora .1 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 Summary: Struck out Struble 6. Fennlng 6. Hits Off Struble 6. off Fennlng 10 in 6 Innings; off Mellor, 1 in 2 innings. Bases on balls Off Fenning 2. Hit by pitched ball By Struble 3. by Fenning 1. Left on bases Angora 6. Alliance 11. Um pire, F. W. Newhouse. During the fourth session rain Jn terrupted the progress of the game and for a few minutes it seemed Continued on Page 4.)