Alliance Herald
VOLUME XXVI.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2.1, 1919.
NUMBER 47.
SMITH BOUND' over
TO DISTRICT COURT
JUond of 3,0OO for Man Charged
With Relieving Jack Hiordnn
of III Diamonds ,
County Judge Tash at a hearing
held Tuesday morning bound one
Richard Smith over to district court
on a charge of highway robbery and
fixed bail at $5,000, which was not
furnished. Trial will take place dur
ing the November term of court.
The prisoner conducted his own
defense, and showed an extensive
knowledge of court procedure. He
was adept In cross-questioning and
knew all his rights under the law,
though he stated that he had never
been admitted to the bar. He did not
take the stand In his own defense,
where he could be cross-questioned,
but he made use of every means to
discredit the evidence against him
and build up a case.
The offense with which Smith was
charged took place early Monday
morning, when Jack Rlordan was
proceeding home. He was within a
few doors of his home on Box Butte
avenue about 1 o'clock, when, from
behind the fence near the Grassman
residence, a masked man jumped up,
thrust an automatic pistol in his
face, and commanded him to throw
up Ills hands. Rlordan started to
run, but his legs refused to carry
bim, and he fell to the street. When
be got on his feet again, an argument
ensued with the stickup man, who,
finally lifted a two-carat stud from
his shirt, stripped a three-carat ring
from bis finger and then proceeded
methodically, to go through his
pockets. He didn't overlook a single
bet. Rlordan pleaded with him to
let him keep his watch, which was a
gift from his mother, but the holdup
man said he couldn't afford to do
that there wasn't enough money on
bim. With a parting injunction to
so straight home and not look behind
bim on the way, the highwayman de
parted. Rlordan telephoned the police Im
mediately, and got hold of Night
Watch Taylor, who left Special Agent
T. J. Smith to call Chief. Reed and
Sheriff Miller. He went Immediately
to the passenger station, where he
bad hopes of locating the culprit,
whom he suspected would be likely
"to hurrjr outof town.' ' A search of
the station yielded no result, and he
rode the Denver train out to the
"Y" and picked up a couple of negro
lads, whom he proceeded to take to
the station. On his way, he saw
Smith climbing through a train of
boxcars ana tne lauea caueu
bj. name and asked whether the Den
ver train had come in yet. Upon
beinis informed that It had gone, he
turned back, and Taylor and his two
prisoners followed to the carrou
M.rknmith corner, where Smith
turned west and was for a few mo
ments out of sight.' When they caught
sight of him, he waa in the gutter,
tJndlnar over, and he was at once
placed under arrest and marched to
the notice station wun ins iww w
red boys, searched and lodged in
the city Jail, where he septn the
irht. or what remamea or.
,At daylight.. Chief Reed. Officer
Taylor, Sheriff Miller and Deputy
Lalng took up the trail. In a patch
ot thistles to the rear of the Carroll
tii.vmtth shoD. a woman's black
stocking was found containing Rlor
dan's watch and pocketbook, together
with a quantity of other Jewelry.
The two large diamond were found
mi riintunce away. .
Smith, who is a man about fifty
Tears of age. with dark hair. Bome--ht
erav. denied the robbery even
after he had been identified by Rlor
dan. When searched, a gun
fnnnd on him.
At the hearing, he tried every
means to impeach Taylor's testimony,
and said that the two colored boys
who were present at the arrest would
bear bim out. Judge Tash ordered
them brought into court, and at the
prisoner's request, requested the
sheriff to bring them over. The pris
oner then requested that one of them
be excluded from court while the
other testified, but all these precau
tions were of no avail, for the boys
told stories that corroborated Tay
lor's in every detail.
. Jack Rlordan Identified the pris
oner at the hearing In a way which
left no doubt in the minds of the
court or the sepectators that Jack
believed him to be the man.
It was rumored Tuesday evening
that the prisoner, had signified a will
ingness to plead guilty, but this could
not be corroborated by The lieraia
Another rumor that is said to have
caused some consternation in certain
circles was to the effect that the pris
oner bad "squawked" concerning cer
tain poker games. This, too, was un
founded. '
Smith came to Alliance a week ago
from Grand Island, and worked
short time In the Burlington eatir
bouse.
ALLIANCE DKFKATP.t)
1V BAYARD TKAM
I Oses by Score of T to O In Fi-ldiiy'a
('nine Say ltayard Player
Ineligible.
In the first six minutes of play,
Bayard received the only score re
corded and defeated Alliance, 7 to 0,
In a football game last Friday at
Bayard. At only one time thereafter
did the Bayard men have a chance
to score, and they failed to make the
riffle.
The score should have been re
corded as a tie, for Alliance made a
touchdown in the second half which
the reftree refused to arlow on the
ground that he had Inadvertently
blown his whistle.
A claim will be filed with the state
board of control of the high school
athletic association that one, man on
the Bayard team, Simmons, who
played guard, is ineligible. . Simmons
came to Bayard this year from Fort
Collins, and it is said that he is not
up In academic work and therefore
not eligible. , In all probability, the
game will be forfeited to Alliance.
George Purdy, who was injured at
the beginning of the game with Bay
ard, will be out of it for at least two
weeks, it Is said.
ORGANIZE DRIVE EOR
ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL
Prominent Box Butte County Citi
zens Taking Part in Campaign
for Members and Funds
At a luncheon at the Alliance Cafe
Tuesday evening the county organi
zation of the Roosevelt Memorial as
sociation was completed and plans
made for making a quick and short
campaign, to end next Monday eve
ning, October 27. The luncheon was
attended by representatives of the
Alliance newspapers and by promi
nent Alliance and Hemingford citi
zens, wno pledged tneir services to
aid in making a success of the cam
paign in Box Butte county to raise
the quota of $445 for the county.
Earl D. Mallery of Alliance is a
member of the state committee and
is taking an active part in directing
the work in Box Butte county. Lloyd
C, Thomas Is county chairman of the
association. E. L. Meyer is chairman
for Alliance and G. M. Jenkins Is
chairman for Hemingford. Judge I.
E. Tash Is chairman of school work
and speakers in Alliance and Is tak-
ing an active part In making a sue-
cess ot the campaign. Supt. E. R.
Wright of Hemingford is In charge
of the school campaign there.
Mrs. A. J., Mallery of Alliance
Is In charge of the work among the
women's organizations. Charles
Brlttan Is county treasurer and all
ftntrihutions of funds are to be
turned in to bim at the first State!
bank! The publicity committee con-
slsts ot B. J. Sallows of the Alliance
Times, George L. Burr., Jr., of The
Herald and A. M. Vance of The Hera- j
Ingford Ledger. Other appointed on made. They tailed to take into ac
tbe county committee who are tak-1 count the constitutional provlscion
lug an active part in the campaign I
are W. R. Harper, Supt. w. it. race, i
Marcus Frankle and Glen Miller. . . I
The quota for Box Butte county is
not large. Every person suDscnu-i
InK to the memorial fund, no matter
how small. the contribution, will beltQe ievy made for the current year
sent a certificate of membership in8 the amount limited by the constl-
the Roosevelt Memorial association,
The association is strictly non-partl-1
san in character and those who be-1
lieve in true Americanism are asked
to Join. Contributions of , a - dime
from school children are Juai as wev-
come as larger contributions from
the business or professional man or
woman.
Those who are not called upon ty
the committee may make their con-
trlbutlons direct by mall or in per-
son to any member of the commit
tee. mentioned above, at any news -
Daper office or bank in tne county, or
at Miller s news stand. .
NOTICE
Notice Is hereby given to all drtr-
ers of automobiles that the ordinance
governing the use of mutuer cuioui.
n,t ordinance regulating the speed
mtnr.iiriTAn vehicles Will DC
strictly enforced.
O. W.
Chief of Police.
j. w. Reinmuth of Sidney bai
ftled a complaint against Stormey
ind Arthur Vlzlna, brothers, which
-hareea them with disposing or i
rtPaeed tractor to W. W. Norton.
One of the brothers is in the hos
Pltal and the other Is being neio.
At n adiourned meeting of th
onunrtl. held Friday evening
.v km nr Smith & Chambers c
Scottsbluff for sanitary sewer an
water extensions In the city was a
eoted. The total bid was 30,00f
which was the exact amount ot thi
engineer's estimate.
Housing Committee Appointed
At tlic Community Club's big mass moetinp in the court
house on the ovoninp of October 15, a resolution was passed
directing the chairman of the meeting President (Jlen
Miller of the Community Club to appoint a committee
which would draw up articles of incorporation for a $100,
000 company, the purpose of . which will be to build, new
homes in Alliance. This steering committee will also have
general charge of the campaign to raise the necessary funds
and get under way.
President Miller called a special meeting of the Com
munity Club directors the following evening in order to
confer with them as to the personnel of the committee, and
he has now announced its members to bo as follows:
O. L. Griggs, F. A. Bald, II. A. Copsey, J. W. Guthrie,
M. S. Hargraves, B. J. Sallows, A. 1). Kogers and F. W.
Harris. By request President Miller will also serve on the
committee.
The more The Herald sees of the workings of the Com
munity Club the more thankful we are that we are located
in a town which possesses such' an organization. The mass
meeting referred to is a typical instance. It was distinctly
a Community Club affair, the call for the gathering having
been issued by the officers and directors of the club. Prac
tically every man present was a member of the commercial
organization and those who were not ought to be. It was
a matter of general knowledge that the housing problem in
Alliance is a serious one, and growing daily more serious,
but it was not until the Community Club itself took the
matter in hand in a thoroughly businesslike manner that
we began to solve the problem.'
Without a doubt the Community Club is Alliance's
most tremendous asset. The Herald, for one, appreciates
it and the work it is doing, and we are glad mighty glad
to be. numbered among its members.
CHANCE TO VOTE ON
SOLDIER MEMORIAL
nut Special Legislation Probably Will
lie Needed to Finance
the Project
The question of voting bonds to
build a memorial hall in honor Of
the country's soldiers will be 'placed
on the ballot for 'the constitutional
convention election November 4, but
In all probability nothing will be de
termined thereby save the wishes of
the voters.
County Attorney Lee Bayse, who
haa taken the matter up with the at-
torney general, a recent letter from
whom reads in part as follows:
'The act fails to provide for the
voting of bonds, and without such a
provision that course cannot be
pursued.
"The legislature in passing senate
file No. ,18, evidently, assumed that
the counties and townships, who de-
sired to appropriate money for the
purpose of erecting a memorial hall,
would have plenty ot funds from
which the appropriation could be
which , limits the levies of taxes by
counties to fifteen mills on the dollar
, We know of no way by which the
county can make this appropriation,
except that tney set apart a portion
cf the levy for that purpose, and If
tutlon, and Is apportioned among the
und8 for carrying on the ordinary
COunty business no appropriation tor
building a memorial hall can be
maae out of the taxes for the current
year."
jt j8 hoped that some way out of
the tangle may be devised, and it is
possible that a satisfactory solution
may be arrived at. At any rate, the
question will be voted on, those in
charge of the plan state.
1 good WRESTLING
BOUT IN riiosrwur
It is announced that a wrestling
bout between Joe Stakes of Scotts-
bluff 1601 and Green, who won one
. ff A B wheeler a few weeks
ago wlll take piace in the city arm
ory aDOut the first of the month. A
reeular program, wun some gooo.
Drelima. is being arranged.
Another prospective bout, scnea-
uled to take place around Thanks
jiving, will be between A. B. Wheel-
;r and Lee Scott, a husky young
'armer who has been training th
last few months wun resea a
lavenna.
City Manager Smith report
he purchase of a number of Ugh'
.lng arresters, which will be Id
tailed as soon as they arrive. Tbt
III serve to protect the plant ar
ransformeri from possible damap
y an electrical bolt. Transformt
t expensive these days and dll
alt to obtain, and the city manat
iiev that Drecautionary measui
are advisable.
GET SET TO JOIN THE
: TRIP TO BROADWATER
Passenger Space Will He lletterved for
J . Any Member Who Wants
to Make Trip
f "
rom present indications tne auto
mobile trip to Broadwater and Osh
kosh, which is to be made next Tues
dayOctober 28. under the auspices
of Ihe "Alliance Community Club, will
be a successful affair. It is as yet
more or less uncertain how many
members of the club expect to at
tend. When notices of the proposed
event were mailed out to the mem
bers there was enclosed In each let
ter a postal card for reply, but a
great many of these cards have not
yet been returned to the office of the
secretary.
Up till Thursday at noon, however,
the owners of twelve automobiles
have signified their intention of driv
ing their machines, and, as all of
them will have room for additional
passengers, it would appear evident
that a least a fair sized crowd will
in attendance. No doubt other fa
vorable replies will be received be
fore the 28th.
Passenger space will be provided
for any member of the Community
Club who would like to make the
trip, but who has no car of his own,
if he will make this fact known in
time to the secretary at club bead-
quarters.
ANOTHEIl CASE WHERE
CO-OPERATION PAID
It seems to be a fact that some of
the members of the Alliance Com
munity club take their mtmbershlp
quite seriously, and that the feelings
they entertain toward business men
of the town who refuse to affiliate
with the organization- are not the
kindliest.
! On Saturday there came to Alii
ance an out-of-town man wh
wanted a minor operation per
formed. He confided to an Allianc
friend, a member of the Communjt
;iub, that Dr. X was the man he ha
n mind to do the work. "What d
ou think of him?" inquired the ou
if-town man.
"Dr. X is all right," replied U
ocal citizen, "but I don't like hi
ecause he Is one of the few m
u this town who refuses to help
i supporting our commercial c
anlzation. There are several ot)
apable doctors here, just as capal
i he is, who belong to the organ!
on. You will do me a favor
oing to one of them. I'll Jot do
lelr names for you."
And he did. And one ot them
te job. And Dr. X lost It. A.
3 lost a fee which would have p
Is dues to the Community Club
couple of years. Now and ti
lere arises an Instance which 9
prove that, even from a -'
andnolnt. it pays to be a mm'
ot the Alliance Community club.
DADDY" IS somi:
MIMCAI, COMITDY
Imperial Theater Secures a Tuneful
Attend Inn for Next Monday
I'Xt-niiiff, October 27.
Kllroy-Ilrltton's tuneful musical
comedy ,"Oh Daddy" will be seen at
the' Imperial theater on Monday eve
ning, October 27. There can bo no
doubt "Oh Daddy" will prove one
of the blKPost mimical plays to put
in at-this port this season. It has
been plained in the most complimen
tary language by the New York and
Chicago dramatic critics where It
had a long and successful run.
The book and lyrics are by Rich
ard C. Maddox and the music by
T. II. Wlllhite, a pair that knows all
the Ins and outs of building musical
comedy., Grace Manlove and Clar
ence Backous are at the head of. the
caHt. "Oh Daddy", was produced
originally in Atlantic City, N. J., and
then taken to New York city, where
it played for more than eight months
after which engagements In Phila
delphia, Boston and Chicago fol
lowed. (
The singing and dancing features
call for the services of a large cho
rus which has been selected with the
Idea that they had to sing, to dance
and always look attractive.
ALLIANCE HIGH MEETS
SIDNEY TEAM FRIDAY
Business Houses Will Clone During
Game The Remainder of
Uie Schedule.
The Alliance high school football
team will meet the fast Sidney ag
gregation at the fair grounds Friday
afternoon, and a big attendance is
expected.. Ninety-nine per cent of
the business houses of the city cheer
fully signed a petition to that effect
which was circulated Wednesday,
and the boys will be disappointed If
an enthusiastic gang of rooters does
not fill the stands.
Unless all signs, fail, the contest
will, be an exciting one from start to
finish. The Sidney aggregation wal
loped the Sterling, Colo., eleven last
Friday, which is evidence that they
are not to be sniffed at. Sterling, by
the way, is the hereditary enemy of
Alliance high, and though they are
not on the local schedule this year,
much the same joy will be felt if
the Sidney bunch is defeated as
though Sterling . Itself had passed
under the rod.' Alliance won over
Sidney last year, but the honors have
been About even on the average.
According to Coach Prince, the
Alliance team is fit and ready and
eager for the fray. With the excep
tion of Fullback George Purdy, who
received Injuries last Friday In the
game with Bayard that will put htm
out of the runntng for a couple of
weeks, the lineup is unimpaired.
Purdy'a place is being taken by Lee i
OH
Strong, who Is showing up well In of the two towns have forwarded as
practlce. He has shown himself to surances that they will be delighted
be a good line plunger, and the coach to entertain the Alliance visitors. The
Is not a bit downhearted over tne
prospects.
Following Is the lineup for tne
Friday game: Frank Bailey, le;
Ivan Acheson. It; Robert Laurence
and Harold Gavin, lg; Lester Beal,
c: James Fowler.. rg; John Donovan,
rt: Clinton Brennon, re; Ray Ed
wards: ob: CaDtaln Howard Lot-
spelch, lh; Lee Strong, fb; Glen Jo-
der. rh: Seth Joder and Fred purdy,
subs.
'This Is the third game on the sea
son's schedule and there are nve
more to come. The big game of the
reason, and the one which the team
nost hopes to win, is that with North
Pitt on November 7. 'ineywiu
lay Chadron Normal as a Homecon
n day attraction, and tbe.?nanx
Ivlng day game will be with scotr
luff at the latter city. The reman
tg games are:
rwnher 31 Hot SDrlngs. S. D. (
ot Springs.
Mnvpmhcr 7 North Platte I
'liance. ' ;
November 11 Chadron Norm?
Alliance.
November 21 Sidney at Sidnv
November 27 Scot ts bluff i
ottsbluff.
At a special meeting of the ci'
uncll Friday evening a ropreser.
e of the Nebraska Telephone coi.
ny was present to urne the p
:o of an ordinance granUne
nDanv the right to u i its si.-t :t
1 alleys fer lta wires uxid conduit-
a nurind of twenty yearn, ir
virtually granting a fr.tn.li! )
coMDUiiy. For this iivl- ie t
r Is to receive two telephones fi.
charge and the peru:i6-iif.n to
i company's poles for certain i
es. The company old frncJ
Ires July 20. and the company
n getting along without one s'r
t time. Th coiicll took
.'Ucr under ai'vireun.
COMMUNITY CLUB. .. .
DIRECTORS MEET
lUwIiitf Circuit A km tired Duffy Sure
to Conic - Booster Trip Set "
for October 28.
The board of directors of the Alli
ance Community club held their reg
ular meeting at the club rooms oa
Monday evening, with the usual fried
chicken dinner preceding the busi
ness meeting. There was much less
new business than ordinary, the ma-,
jorlty of the questions discussed be-,
lug holdovers. Progress was re
ported In a number ot things, how-'
ever, chief among which may be
listed the plan of organizing a rac
ing circuit.
Secretary Jones, In accordance
with Instructions from the. board,
wrote letters to several neighboring
cities and towns, and the replies havs
been sifting In the past few weeks. -Every
letter brought a reply, save the
one addressed to Torrington, Wyo.,'
and It Is not too late for the Wyo-'
mlng town to come in. Within s
short time a meeting of represents-'
tlves from the various towns inter
ested will be called, which will prob
ably take the form of a luncheon.
Another matter brought up con
cerned Mr. Philip Duffy, who - has
been reported as Intending to estab
lish a wholesale poultry house In Al-
liance. The club directors got in
touch with him some time ago, and
he decided to make tne move. Later,
he was reported to have changed his
mind, and still later he was said to '
have come back to his original in-
tentlon of establishing himself here.
Two of the directors told of personal
conversations with Mr. Duffy, who
has just returned from a trip through "
Illinois and Iowa, and were assured
that he Intends to locate here, al-
though It may.be a week or two be
fore he gets down to the actual work
of getting established.
. President' Glen Miller announced 1
the appointment of his committee to '
formulate articles of incorporation "
for the new housing corporation, the
names of which are announced in an
other column on this page. It was '
stated that McCook and Beatrice are
planning to build new hotels on a .
plan similar to the one that the hous-
lng corporation will adopt. Beat-
rice has taken no definite steps as
yet, but In McCook7 where a 1200,-
000 hotel 1 planned, the plan Is to
ask for one per cent of the subscrlp- .
tlon on demand, 9 per cent when ac-
tual construction begins and the
other 90 per .cent during various ,
stages of construction. The commit
tee to draw up the articles was
slated to hold a meeting Wednesday
evening, although it was not certain .
that all the members would be in the
city.
Tuesday, October 28, was the date
set for the booster trip to Oshkosh
and Broadwater. Secretary Jones
said that cards had been mailed out ,
and that replies to that time had
been very satisfactory.
The mayors t
mayor of Oshkosh will meet the y
party at Broadwater on the trip and i
will pilot them into his city, wnere
meeting will be held at 2 p. m.
Broadwater will be visited on the re-
turn journey and an evening meeting
will be held. It Is hoped that at least ,
fifty men will arrange to make the
trip. Plans are to make a start rromv '
the Community Club corner prompt-
uy at 8 a. m.
The house of representatives at
Lincoln on Saturday , passed a reso-,
lution Introduced by Matthewson of
Fillmore county opposing the league
if nations as now pending In the
United States senate, and calling
upon Senators Hitchcock and Norrls
o use their efforts to defeat it.
Representative Tom Briggs of An-
loch, representing Box Butte and
' Sheridan counties, voted in favor ot
he resolution opposing the league.
lepresentatlves Snow of Chadron,
larbour of Scottsbluff and Purcell
if Broken Bow were among those
otlng against the resolution.
On Saturday, October 25, one of
he greatest football games ever
dayed in the state will be played in
Jmaha. After considerable effort on
he part ot the alumni association ot
he University ot .Nebraska, ar-
angements were made to play one
-ame In Omaha, and Saturday next
lebraska will meet the University of
iklahoma on the gridiron. Crelgh
ton university will play Marquette
university as a preliminary, or post
ude. Nebraska enthusiasts are not
uite so anxious to risk real money
ii the Saturday game as they would
lave been a week or two ago, but the
core will be awaited with conslder
ble Interest, nevertheless.
Louis Schwabe of Schwabe
'rothers, local agents for the Chan
ter and Hupmoblle lines ot autos,
as in the city the last of th week
on business.
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