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VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY JUNE 8th, 1920.
No. 65
WILSON SCORED IN
KEYNOTE SPEECH
"Senator Lodge Condemns lllm, Not
as Democrat, But as One Whose
Ideas Are Vit-Amerlcan
(Late Telegraph News Bulletins)
Senator Lodge, who delivered the
Skeynote address at the republican na
"llonal convention today, launched
Immediately into his attack on Pres
ident Wilson's policies. . This had
toeen expected, and the senator pur
sued Me expeeted course rigorously,
His condemnation of the Mexican
xolicy was applauded.
The greatest problem facing the
country. Senator Lodge declared, is
he gj eral state of unrest. He
charged the democratic party with
titter fa;l ire, and declared that if the
republican party makes a like fall-
. ure, tin country will be faced wan
the chaos now in Russia. President
"Wllsou he condemned, not as a dem-
. crat, but as a man who ideas and
theories are un-American.
The speaker condemned the social
istic tendencies of the present ad
ministration, and made an appeal for
observance of law and order and the
Tights of property. Caustic com
ments on President Wilson's actions
In peace negotiations were followed
3sy an emphatic defense of the sen
ate's course in falling to ratify the
treaty and the league of nations.
Can top Profiteering
Profiteering can be stopped, the
senator declared. - Only a portion of
the living cost can be reduced by
farther legislation, ho said, but much
can be done under laws now in force. 1
The way to stop profiteering is to en
force the law now on the statute
Looks. He demanded a reduction in
the quantity the circulating medium.
The convention adjourned at 1:35
wntil 11 Wednesday morning.
Off to a Late Start "
The convention was off to a late
start. The hall filled rapidly with a
quiet crowd. At 11:35 a. m. the con
vention was called to order by Chair
man Will Hays. 'He ' declared ' that
there would be' no balk in this con
tention, and therefore he proceeded
to nominate as chairman Senator
Lodge, who had previously been se
lected, and then declared him unani
mously elected.
Chairman Lodge was escorted to
the speakers' stand by Chauncey M.
Depew, Myron T. Herrlck and Mrs.
J. B. Hume, California delegate.
Proapects of a Deadlock
The big guns in the presidential
campaign are being wheeled into po
sition. The republican national con
Tention is now in session, the dele
sates having not together in the big
convention hall at Chicago this morn
ing to nominate a candidate for the
presidency for one of the two big po
litical parties.
. Wood, Lowden and Johnson sup
porters wer edriving hard for the ad
vantage and all of them were claim
ing gains as the balance of the unln
etructed delegates rolled int oChl
cago. But the best claims for any of
the three amounted to little more
than one-fourth of the total delegate
strength on the first ballot and it
takes a majority o nominate.
With prospects of a deadlock thus
becoming better hourly, favorite sons
and dark-horse possibilities' in
creased their activities and further
tangled the knotted reins of control
for which the party leaders are
wrestling.
The outlook helped, too, to enliv
en th esquabble over contested con
vention seats and the struggle over
permanent organization of the con
vention. At least some, and possibly
all, of the 137 contests decided by
the national committee will be brot
before the credentials committee for
a rehearing, and a few may be de
cided finally by the convention itself.
Watch Herald Bulletins
Beginning about noon today, The
Herald has been receiving tele
graphic bulletins of the progress of
the convention. These have been
posted as soon as received, and have
been rad by narly every passerby
with a great deal of Interest. There
is more than usual Interest in this
presidential campaign. These bulle
tins will continue to arrive during
the days of the convention, 'and can
be seen at The Herald office. Alli
ance cltlsens are therby enabled to
follow the events of the convention
almost as rapidly as they transpire,
elegatesalmdg: est ( ls-ded E o
Attorneys Eugene Burton and Lee
Basye left Monday morning for Har
rison,. Neb., where they will appear
before Judge Westover to try the
case of Thomas Barnes vs. E. C.
Barker, an equity suit.
TUB WEATHER
ALLIANCE, Neb., June 8 .Gen
erally fair tonight and Wednesday
continued warm.
HAIL 8UPKRINTKNDENTW
TO MEET IN ALLIANCE
A. O. Smart, general superintend
ent for the Wyoming district of the
Durlington, has called a meeting of
all the division superintendents of
the district, which will be held at
Alliance Wednesday. The following
superintendents will be in attend
ance:
T. Cone, Sheridan division; J. II
Aydelott, Casper division; J. C. Gris
ingcr, Sterling division; O. L, Griggs
Alliance division.
ine superintendents will discuss
measures necessary to "prevent and
reduce fire losses
KICK ON QUALITY
OF PAVING BRICK
Chamber of Commerce Directors
Vote to Keep Investigating
" . Committee on Job .
The directors of the chamber of
commerce, at their meeting Monday
evening, voted to continue the com
mittee which, a week or so ago, In
vestigated the back flushing of the
sanitary and storm sewer ditches.
One member of the board last night
called attention id Ihe fact that the
brick now on hand for city paving
was not the best in quality. The
specific defects alleged were that
they were not uniform in size, shape
and finish and that they were badly
chipped and battered at the corners
and elsewhere.
Very few of the directors had
made an examination of the brick.
but they voted to put the matter in
the hands of the committee which
had "handled theother matter. Again
their position was made plain. They
ara not seeking to heckle either the
city authorities or the , contractors,
but they do expect to oo everything
in their power to see to it that the
city's contract work is done in ac
cordance with specifications.
Mayor (lodgers- said Tuesday
morning that the contract under
which the paving was being laid was
very strict in its provisions and that
if tho brick were not up to specifica
tions, they would have to be before
any were laid. The contract calls for
the removal of badly chipped or por
ous brick, although minor chips will
not make any material difference, as
the whole is covered with a light
coating of asphalt.
COURT HOUSE NOT
A TRYSTING PLACE
SBMBi
Couples who have been accustom
ed during the evening and on Sun
day to wander about the Box Butte
county court house, spooning in the
shadows .and watching the world go
by from the windows of some of the
offices, are out of luck from now on.
Janitor Carp has decided that there
are other and more suitable trysting
pjaces, and be has taken down -the
welcome sign and is getting ready to
use his official snickersnee.
The court house Janitor is a re
gularly appointed deputy sheriff, and
is likewise1' custodian of the court
house grounds and building. ' He
takes a whole lot of pride in it, too.
He isn't down on love-making far
from it but he prefers that it be
done elsewhere. Two Alliance busi
ness men suffered the other day be
cause of the fact that couples have
been spooning In the court "house.
Mr. Corp shooed a bunch of them out
last Sunday, and proceeded to make
assurance doubly sure by locking all
the doors. The two men were hold
ing a conference in one of the offices,
and the Janitor didn't hear .them.
When they finished, they found the
only way to leave was by means of
the wludow. '
The spooning stuff is the only
thing that will disturb - Mr. Corp's
even temper these days, ' unless a
pedestrian persists in trying to make
a path across the fine court house
lawn. Mr. Corp didn't yearn to be a
deputy sheriff, but he has discovered
that when he wears his badge of .of
fice, strangers accept his admonitions
with more deference and less chin
music. .
The Mesdamea W. II. Boland, R.
J. HU1 and W. E. Connors and little
daughter were guests of Mrs. John
son of Antloch Tuesday.
Miss Leona Wheeler of Ellsworth
returned to her home today from a
shopping trip In Alliance.
RANCHER KILLED BY
FALL FROM HORSE
Body of Wlllliun Wilkinson ftrand
Friday Morning Was Hid
ing Fractious Horme
William Neal Wilkinson promt
nent rancher living twenty-eight
miles northeast of . Alliance, , was
found dead on the prairie two miles
distant from his ranch early Friday
morning. He had been dead ' fcr
twelve or fourteen hours at the time
Ihe body was discovered. The cause
of death is not' certainly known, but
it is believed that ho either fell or
was thrown from his hsrse, and was
trampled upon by the animal.
In company with his son, Raphael,
and a horse trader, he had started
for Antloch Thursday evening. When
three miles from home he decided to
go back. The next morning the horse
came in with saddle and bridle, and
a searching party was organized.
Mr. Wilkinson was riding a trot
ting stallion, said by his son to have
been a fractious animal. The sup
position Is that the horse stumbled,
threw him off and then the horse
kicked him to death. Two or three
large gashes In the side bear out this
theory. . Whether death was lnstan
taneous Is not known. ,
Mr. Wilkinson hall been a resident
of Box Butte county for over twenty-
five years. He filed on the present
homestead, seventeen miles north
and east of Antloch, a quarter of a
century ago. He was sixty-four
years old at the time he met - his
death. v
The victim of : the accident was
born in Edmonton, Ky. In 1879 he
was married to Miss Emma Selden at
Burlington, la. SIX' children were
born to them,, five daughters and one
son, all of whom survive: . Mrs.-Re?
Clifford. Long Lake; Mrs. Harry Fot-
mesil, Hemingforf; Mrs. Lillian Hig-
gins, Beatrice; Miss Victoria Wilkin
son, who is employed as a teacher in
the Alliance schools, and Miss Dessa,
who lives at home... The son, Ra
phael, also lives at home. v
The body was sent to Beatrice on
No. 4 4 Saturday, and was accompan
ied by all the members tf the imme
diate family.
GRADING GANG IS
MAKING DIRT FLY
The gang of grasers are making
the dirt fly on Third street this week.
and Incidentally they are kicking up
considerable of a dust. However, the
discomfort Is being overlooked be
cause things are happening, and un
less they happen pretty rapidly, the
paving won't be In before the snow
begins to fly. The graders use a ma
chine that gouges the dirt out of the
street, loads It on wagons and makes
a speedy operation of waat was for
merly the most "difficult part of pav
ing. It Is a somewhat larger machine
than the ditch digger, and takes sev
eral horses to -. push and pull it
through the streets.
The curb and gutter ' gang hav-i
about finished the laying of the curb
on the first block of Box Butte ave
nue, and will be ready to tackle the
second block tomorrow. They, too,
make considerable headway after
they get started, and if the rains
don't descond or the floods come for
a week or two, strangers will be able
to tell that the city's streets don't
grow this way naturally, but are due
to a laudable effort to improve them.
The other city Improvements are
safely out of the way of the paving
men, although it will take a week
or two to finish the storm and sani
tary sewers.
A large crowd of men are unofficially,
superintending the work of paving
construction, and are not afraid to
offer suggestions and advice when
they feel they are needed. If this
project doesn't go through according
to specifications. The Herald will
Interview a bunch of them and find
out why.
In the list of pupils who had made
a record attendance for a number of
years which was published a short
time ago the name of Vera Lalng of
the Eighth grade at Emerson School
was given credit for being neither
absent nor tardy for five years.
This should have been seven years
Instead of five.
R. M. Bulger left Monday evening
for Arcadia, Neb., where he will visit
the remainder of the week with a
brother, C. W. Bulger, and Inciden
tally will endeavor to persuade him
to return the favor during the races.
Miss Violet Orleans left Monday
night for Chicago to make her future
borne.
BOOSTER TRIP
FOR RACE MEET
Chamber of Commerce Will Organise
F.xrumlon to Half a Dosen
Neighboring Town
The race meet committee of the
Alliance chamber of commerce,
which met at the club rooms Mon
day evening, made plans for i
oooster i rip to advertise the race
meet to be held here June 23, 24 and
25. The trip, as outlined, will Include
HemlnBford, . Marsland, .. Belmont,
Hay Springs, Crawford, Chadron,
RuKbville and Gordon. .In order to
make all of these, It may be neces
sary to spilt the excursions in two
parts, or to take two days, and this
point will be decided later.
Prospects are excellent for the big
gest race meet ever held In the west
ern part of the state. There are now
thirty-eight horses at the grounds,
and thirteen more will arrive this
week. The new stalls have been
completed, .making seventy-eight
available. All of these will be filled
when the time for the meet rolls
around.
Entries for the various races will
close June 14, and they will be for
warded to the headquarters of the
American Trotting Association at
Chicago, where they will be exam
Ined and the local association notl
fled if any vt the horses entered are
Ineligible.
v On motion of J. a Rheln. It was
decided to draft a mildly-worded pe
tition to the C. B. & Q. officials, ask
ing that extra sleepers for the Den
ver and Omaha trains be stationed in
the local yards during the meet, so
Alliance visitors will not only be able
to make reservations but will be able
to retire several hours before their
trains pull out. ,
Stores Will Not Close'
It has been decided hot to ask the
stores to close during the race meet.
Some of the merchants suggested
that the city's visitors during the
three days will not all be out at the
races, that some of the women will
f-wsmt a place to rest or an opportun
ity to shop. Alliance merchants will
probably leave only a clerk or two
on duty during the races, but the
stores wll be open.
mere are a lew boxes and auto
stalls that have not been reserved
for the meet, and The Herald ex
tends this information as a free tip
to prospective visitors. Get your
reservations In early. There will
probably be plenty of places left for
visitors, but the cream of the pick
ings will be spoken for In advance.
The horses are beginning to arrive
in droves now. W. H. McClure will
come In some time this week with a
car load of harness horses. Ed
Gould of Kearney is also scheduled
to show up with a carload. If. L.
Hurst of Coldwater, Has., will be
here Tuesday with a third carload,
and Otis M. Smith of Omaha has ad
vised Ed Bishop to expect him the
week before the races with a carload
of trotters.
PRACTICE RACES ARE
DRAWING CARD
. Tbe second series of practice races
proved a big drawing card last Sun
day at the fair grounds. Three
races were scheduled for t'oe benefit
of the crowd which assembled early
in the afternoon and furnished Inter
ested spectators while the trotters
were going through their paces and
the" Car Toads and the Fire .Depart
ment baseball teams battled "on the
diamond.
Two harness races were on the
practice crad. In the first Harry R.
winning over Billy Darkaway, anUi
in the second Litton Jr. winning
from Teddy Townsend. Peggy Fon
lell was the third entry in the first
race, all the participants coming
from the John Larlmore stables.
George Clark of Kearney owned the
two horses that took part in the sec
ond race. A third .race was put on
by Clyde Curry and Elmer Bullett,
who furnished horses for . an addi
tional attraction. Curry was the
winning rider.
The ball game between the Car
Toads and Fire department was won
by the latter by a score of lt-1.
Griffith pitched for the Fire depart
ment and Granger for the Car Toads;
Rockey caught for the Fire depart
ment and Irby for the Car Toads.
Next Sunday there will be a game
between the Fire department and the
Alliance Cubs. .
Mr. Foley of Omaha, auditor for
the Emerson-Brantlngham company
of Omaha, was with Mr. Haggarty
the last few weeks on his territory.
l&t MMim SCHOOL IS
NOW IN SESSION
eM-a-a
The eight-weeks' summer school
opened yesterday with an enrollment
of sixteen (ten In the high school
and six In Jhe grades.) It Is ex
pected that the attendance win be
much larger by the end of the week
Tho purpose of this school Is to en
able students to make up credits or
to make additional credits. There
ar eno classes scheduled for the aft
ernoon, the subjects being handled
in morning and evening sessions.
The following studies will be taught
Algebra, Latin, American History,
General Science, Geometry, Physics,
Principal Prince and Miss Nation are
instructors. ,
ESCAPE AFTER
BRUTAL CRIME
Unidentified Fiend Violates Eleven
Yenr-old Girl at Newcastle,
Wyoming
OSAGE, Wyo., June 8. Special to
The Herald. Ferol Carlson, eleven-
year-old daughter of W. H. Carlson,
a tool dresser from Grey bull, Wyo.,
was criminally assaulted last night
by an unknown man, who made his
escape. The girl was taken from an
auto tent by her assailant. The car
was being driven to Osage by the
father, and the stop was made near
that city. The sheriff from Newcas
tle Is on his way to the scene of the
crime with bloodhounds and a large
posse has been organized. The en-
tir ecountryslde. Is aroused and the
chase will be taken up Immediately.
It. M. MORGAN DISCHARGED
. , in police court case
R, M. Morgan, Alliance grocer,
was discharged yesterday afternoon
In police court, following trial on
complaint made by City Physician
George J. Hand, that he bad violated
city ordinances In allowing refuse to
accumulate in the rear of his place
of business.' The' complaint charged
that he did not provide cloned recep
tacles for refuse from his butcher
shop. . ; ' ' -
Mr. Marcum was operated upon at
the St. Joseph's Hospital yesterday
He Is doing very, nicely.
HEMINGFORD DEDICATES
MEMORIAL TABLET
A splendid bronze tablet was for
mall ydedicated Monday evening,
June 7, at the opera house in Hem
Ingford, Neb.
The tablet was artistically draped
and covered with the big G. A, R.
flag" and placed on an easel on '
platform of the opera house In full
view of the blgaudtence. The pro
gram consisted of band -music, pan
tomimes, male chorus, and an ad
dress by the pastors.
Mrs. N. A. Rockey presented the
tablet and gave an appropriate f'V.
Fay Mulrhead and -Gladys Caha
stood on either side of the easel
dressed as Goddesses of Liberty and
while the band played, "Nearer My
God to Thee," the tablet was slowly
unveiled by the girls.
Rev. N. G. Palmer of Valentine
gave the dedicatory address which
was practical and worth while.
The program closed with "The
Star Spangled Banner" by the buna
The memorial 'will probably be
placed In the base of the flajs pole.
This is a splendid memorial to the
many boys who went from Hemlng
ford and vicinity and will be a last
ing token of our appreciation of the
service they rendered .to our coun-
try.
The big all day service at the
Methodist church last Sunday at
Hemlngford was a great success and
a great crowd attended the meeting.
Rev. N. O. Palmer of Valentine
and Rev. F. R. Williams of Marsland
were leaders in the program, the lat
ter leading the singing and the for
mer giving the principal sermons
and addresses. Many of the local
people were' on the program and ren
dered splendid service in the way of
talks and special music.
The pastor asked the people for a
subscription to cover a debt that has
been on the church and parsonage
and especially on the parsonage,
amounting to more than 11,100, and
all but $300 was given and that has
been provided for since by the good
people who are rejoicing In the foil
ing that the church Is tree from debt.
Thanls to all who helped to ma-e
is the success that It was. Tho bas
ket dluner was no small fearuro and
was splendidly Handled by th eladies
of the church.
BIG CROWD FOR i
ELKS CONVENTION
Pronpects for 1,000 Visitors at ta
State Meet Change in Box
ing Match Finns
According' to advices received by
the local Elks lodge, there will b
at least fifteen hundred visiting Elk
here for the state convention, to be
held here June 23 and 24. - Four
hundred ScottBbluff Elks will arrive
in a body, the first day and remain
tor the session. Large delegations
will come from Omaha, Lincoln,
Kearney and Gordon, and every
other lodge In the state will be rep
resented. With the race meet going on at
tho same time, there Is going to be
a shortage of rooms and it is up to
the citizens of Alliance to play th
host and do It ' graciously and.
cheerfully. The com mitt eo in charge
f accommodations has received a
number of proffers of rooms, but not
nearly enough to supply the demand
The chamber of commerce plants
now to call every house in the city
that has a telephone and ask how
many guests can be accommodated.
If you have a room, or several room.
or can make room, let the chamber
of commerce know about tt, or tell
the committee when they get you OS
the phone. . In listing rooms, be ear
to give the price desired and the .
street address. If possible, figure
out ways to accommodate a few more
than you had expected. ...
The ten-round boxing match be
tween Bob Boha of Milwaukee and
Knockout Brown of Chicago, which
has been cancelled when Chairman
Sallows was able to secure Jack
Griffith, the foremost boxer In the
welterweight class, who has Just re
turned from a tour In France and
England where he "cleaned-up"
on all the big boys he was able t
fight. One of three very good men
la this same class will be secured to
meet Johnny In the main event
which will go fifteen . rounds. The
principals in' the semi-finals, sched- - .
uled for ten rounds, have not yet
been definitely decided upon, but
fighting fans are assured of a live-
ly go. In the ten-round prelimina
ries Texas Tommy will fight Battling
Robinson, two dusky welterweight
fighters who are training hard, and
will undoubtedly -put up a ratting
good scrap. ,
IIYANNIS OBJECTS
NEW TRAIN SERVICE
'The new train schedule, inaugu
rated the first of the month by the
Burlington, doesn't meet with favor
In Hyannts, If one may judga by the :
following article, taken from it last '
Issue of The Tribune:
"Well, again the d"ar publ-c is the ;
goat at the Instance of the rJlroad
company. Lest Sunday t.e Turling
ton Inaugurated a train schedule be
tween Seneca and Alliance thu Is as
big a farce and outrage as could bo
perpetrated against any peorlo.v A
stub tand that is a poor name for it
was put on between Seneca and Al
liance which follows 43 west- and
precedes 4 4 east about ene hoar. If
you board 43 at any station east of:
Seneca and Want to go to some town
between Seneca and Alliance yoo
must get off at Seneca and loa' there
until the "stub" Is ready. If y-ju de
sire to go west or south of .vljanee '
you must wait there from 1? to 24
hours. If you wnat to go fro:.i Whit- ,
man to Hyannis, a distance cf IS J
miles west, you will have to take 28
hours to do so if you use the tialns,
or dig up $7.50 for an auto.
"It does look like a country pnlnt;
up to the thousands In revenu.v to sV'
railroad would receive more consld'
eratlon than the Burlington U doing -with
Its 'stub.' As a, possible rem-
edy we suggest that every tewn af
fected hold a meeting, select a citi
zen and all go together to Lincoln
and present the facts to thu state
railway commissioners. Don't depend
on petitions as they are eas'.ly pigeon-holed,
and besides, we can all ,
talk better than we can write. We're
entitled to better passenger trails
service and let's make a combined
effort to get it.
The two-year-old son of Howard
Young, residing near 'Pawlette, Neb.,
accidentally drank carbolic acid yes
terday afternoon and Is la a very
critical condition. Dr. Hershmaa of
Alliance is in attendance. Tho
father of the child had been using
the acid for the purpose of sterilis
ing a knife and the baby la some vsy
procured the bottle and poured some -of
the contents into a cup and
drank It. '