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VOLUME XXVII.
THE ALLIANCE HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1920
NUMBER 59
f IKS CONVENTION
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E.B. P.O. ELKS
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DMORROW
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'Grand Rxnlted Ruler WIU Arrive
Wednesday Seclal Meeting
' Tonight"
The state convention of Elks will
convene tomorrow morning at 9:15
o'clock, when hundreds of visiting
delegates and members of Alliance
lodge will gather for a business ses
sion. 11. E. Gants of Alliance,
deputy grand exalted ruler, Will
make the address of welcome, and
the response will be made by Frank
Green of Lincoln.
' Grand Exalted Ruler Frank L.
"Rain, who originally planned to be
present on the second ' day of the
-session, will arrive on No. 41 Wed--nesday
morning, and his address will
nt the feature of the first session.
;, Earl D. Mallery will make the pre
sentation speech. Mr. Rain will leave
Wednesday evening on No. 42.
Arrangements have been made to
lave a big reception committee meet
all trains. The grand exalted ruler
will arrive on No. 41 Wednesday
morning, and In addition to the re
ception committee, a band will greet
the chief officer of the order. Dis
tinguishing hats have been provided
for members of the reception com
mittee, but every member of the Al
liance lodge is an ex-offlcio recep
lion committee all by himself. ,
7 V Special Meeting Tonight
' All Elks interested In the success
of the convention and this includes
every member Of Alliance lodge
.are asked to meet at the lodge home
' this evening for a special session, at
-which the final details for the recep
tion and entertainment of the visit
ors will be perfected.
Everything is now in readiness for
the arrival of the delegates. The
-city has been decorated, the program
.and entertainment features planned,
and there will not be more than ten
minutes lost time during the two-
-flay session. The Elks home will be
. open day and night during the con
vention and race meet, but admit
tance will be by paid-up membership
card only, all visitors' permits Lav
Jng been revoke temporarily.
jf . ). . . Program of Convent lojt"
i 'The visitors will': begin arriving
this evening. The first event on the
two-day program is a parade of all
Elks, headed by a thirty-piece band,
which will start from the lks. lodge
at 8:30 a. m. , The business session
will follow the parade. The grand
exalted ruler will make an address
following the address of welcome
and response, after which the Grand
Island lodge will put on the initia
tory ceremony. In the afternoon
the delegates will attend the races.
In the evening, there will be a ban
iuet at the armory, followed by a
- grand ball at the Elks club.
Thursday morning, there will be a
second business - session. Officers
will be elected and the next conven
tion city selected. A round-table
discussion, "Good of the Order," will
follow. The afternoon will be Bpent
at the races. At 7:30 p.. m. there
-will be a concert by the Omaha saxa-
-phone orchestra. At 8:30 comes the
. big boxing program,' and at 10 p. m
a smoker and vaudeville at the club
rooms. ' .
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tiik weather
For Alliance and vicinity: Tart
ly cloudy tonight and Wednesday;
probably showers southwest portion;
warmer west portion tonight.
TRAINS DELAYED WHEN
ENGINE TURNS OVER
The : engine drawing passenger
train No. 141 turned over Monday
afternoon six miles from Deadwood.
The baggage and mall cars were de
railed. No one was injured and the
cars were not particularly damaged.
The traffic was Interrupted only a
short time.
GIRLS FIND STOCK
OF BOTTLED BOOZE
IJght Sacks of Contraband Liquor
IMseovered Hidden Under Wild
'Hone Hushes ,
WAS THERE BOOZE GAR
ON SHRINERS' SPECIAL
The Shrlnera' special train that
passed through Alliance last Friday
on Its way to the convention at Port
land was the cause of several hours'
anxiety on the part of Omaha police
who are said to have , a nose for
booze and who rather pride them
selves on beating Gus Hyers to it.
The report is out that one car on
this special was loaded with al
coholic beverages, but . no Alliance
Shriner came forth smacking his
lips. Here's the story of the search,
as told by the Bee:
The police Thursday conducted an
unsuccessful search for a carload of
liquor which is said to have been a
part of the special train which left
Omaha Thursday night , conveying
250 Omaha Shrlners to . Portland,
Ore., It was revealed last night.
Tips that the Shrlners would be
well equipped with a sufficient quan
tity of the forbidden beverage to
moisten . their throats on the long
Journey were received , by Police
Commissioner Ringer , Thursday
forenoon. .
The train was not scheduled to
leave until Thursday night, but Po
lice Officer Hans , Boegh was de-
itf-tf to the - station at 1 p. - ti. by
Police lispector ' Pattullo 'and ''or
dered to remain until the train left,
it is said. r v '
During the afternoon the car
which is said to have contained the
liquor was switched about in the
railroad yards and was not found by
Boegh, according to the police.
About the time that the train was
scheduled to leave the station, no
liquor having been found. Police Of
fleers C. A. Jensen, F. S. Aughe and
E. Brown were sent to the sta
tion to conduct a more thorough
search. The train left promptly at
10:05 and the officers did not arrive
at the station until the train was
well on its way' to Portland.
Unless all indications fail, there'll
be no drouth in Alliance this week.
With the big crowds in the city for
the race' meet, there will be a har
vest for the fellows who wisely pur
chased big stocks before the Great
Dry Spell and have buried them out
in the sandhills in places of which
the coyotes alone wot. These hot
days, with dust from the race track
In the throat. Will give" many a man
who has been on the water wagon
for years a thirst that water, pop
and Bevo will not satisfy.
Lasr Friday afternoon, four1 young
girls were walking along a road a
couple of miles, south of Alliance,
picking wild flowers. The wild rose
bushes are plentiful along that road.
Anybody can see them. These girls
had picked an armful or two, when
their eyes discerned no less than
eight gunnysacks concealed behind a
long row of wild rose bushes. Girls,
like men, are curious. They kicked
the sacks, and heard the sound of
glass. One of them, more curious
than the rest, opened a Back and
there were bottles and bottles of
booze, with the , virgin - clay still
clinging to the bottles. Eight gun
nysacks a small fortune.
CAPTURED AFTER
A LENGTHY CHASE
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Ill
Mitchell, After llelng Released
Twice-, Finally Nabbed at
' Harrison.
TRIPlTO ALLIANCE
. BYfTHE AIR ROUTE
Aviator Bob Copsey. brother of
Dr.. H. A. Copsey of this city, ar
rived in Alliance shortly after noon
today in his big aeroplane, with Jay
Walker accompanying him as pas
senger. The start was made yester
day afternoon, but the weather being
jH)or, the pilot decided to remain
over night . at his brother's ranch,
near Broken Bow.
The machine averaged a mile
minute In traveling time. The air
currents bothered considerably,
descent at Bingham being necessary.
This was the biggest difficulty of the
trip, as the machine made a forced
landing and the spot was 'too small
to permit a ready ascent.
Mr. Copsey will remain in Alliance
during the week, and it is possible
that some exhibition flights may be
made. Another air machine arriv
ed about 10:30 from Julesburg, Col
A third machine will be here sone
time today or tomorrow from Grand
Island. i
Miss Avis Joder, deputy county
clerk, is taking a two weeks' vaca
tion. The first week will be spCnt
at home, and next week she will go
to North Platte to visit a brother,
K. U Pierce and wife of Hemlng-
ford spent Sunday lu Alliance.
. Ed Mitchell of Heinlngford receiv
ed a fine of J 50 and costs In county
court by Judge Ira E. Tash late
Monlay afternoon, following a plea
of guilty to a charge of Intoxication.
The costs in this case ran consider
ably higher than the fine, - the
amount being $65.90. As to the ex
cessive Costs, thereby hangs tale.
'Thursday evening, according to
the deputy sheriff. Mitchell entered
the Drury pool hall at Hemlngford.
He was lit up, and carried a large
shotgun. After an argument in which
the shotgun figured prominently, al
though it was not used, the pool hall
proprietors Jumped into their auto
mobile and came to Alliance, where
a warrant for Mitchell's arrest was
issued. Sheriff Miller proceeded to
Hemlngford. , . ,
1 The sheriff searched Mitchell's
house Friday morning. During the
search, Mitchell escaped out of the
rear entrance and proceeded to make
a getaway by the automobile route.
The alarm was spread by telephone.
The officers at Crawford placed Mit
chell under arrest, but were convinc
ed that they had the Wrong man and
let him go. Again, at Harrison, the
officers thought he answered the
The girls, not fully realizing the j description, but released him after
value of their find, waved their arms' some questioning. "( Later, however,
wildly to some men in a nearby field, i they saw his car headed for the
The men. fearing that a wild garter-1 Wyoming border and caught up with
snake was attacking them, rushed him exactly forty rods this side of
toward them, , The girls were several the state line.
hundred rods away. Had tue men.- ewirr Miller brought Mitchell to
Jacob Gompert, one of tho sub
stantial citizens of Mitcboll, Neb., la
In St. Joseph hospital whero he was
operated on last Saturday for ap
pendicitis. Nine years ago Mr Gom
pert was injured while driving a
mowing machtnn. The team . be
came frightened and ran away,
throwing him In f ront - of the
sickle and severed both legs
completely below the knees He wus
forced to crawl more tlmn a nulo and
It was three hours before any aid
came to hi in. He was taken io a
hospital and operated on and came
out alright. Dr. Sla?l states that bis
present operation is very successful
and he is making a good recovery.
WILMER T. ANDERSON
DRAWS A $50 FINE
Wilmer T. Anderson was fined $50
and costs In county court last Friday
afternoon on a charge of assault and
battery, the complaining witness be
ing Mrs. Lottie Crow, 128 Missouri
avenue. Anderson pleaded guilty,
but the court permitted both' the de-1 fleeting Cyclone.
Fight Hugs Are Due for a Treat
Tli u ml ay Evening at Hoof
; Garden ' ", r ,
The boxing bugs of Alliance wilt
egt tbeir first glimpse of Johnny
Griffiths Wednesday. The battler
will pack their grips this afternoon
for the big fistic show Thursday. To
night's rattlers ate carrying Johnny
Griffiths and Navq Rostan towards
the scene of battle. Both men will
loosen up at the Efks gymnasium
Wednesday with local boys. Thurs
day Is the day of rest as the boxer
will save all their energy that day
for the stiff program of the evening,
. The original program, carried four
bouts as it was necessary to shorten
the time in every way possible. la
the curtain raiser we now have an
eight-round , exhibition between
Texas Tommy In this corner and
Cyclone Johnson of Denver. ' This
bout has aroused considerable local
interest-and all the followers of tha
might Texan have staked the family
Jewels, the Henyards, callopers, ' 'n
everything on the local boy. Texas
has shown much class in his recent
workouts and the latest rumor wa
have is that nets will be stretched
over Box Beauty avenue to catch th
fendant and the complaining witness
to tell their story, so that he could
arrive at a fair Idea of how stiff a
fine should be imposed.
The story ran something like this:
Anderson's wife has taken her baby
and left some two or three times.
Each time Anderson has been able
to persuade her to . return. On the
last occasion, however, be has been
unsuccessful. Mrs. Anderson has
returned to the home of her brother,'
Mr., Crow.. Anderson somehow con
ceived the Idea that Mrs. Crow has
been keeping them apart, although
Johnny Kinney, the chairman of
the Denver Elks entertainment com-'
mlttee, reports his boy, George Man
ley, In the old proverbial pink.
George Manley has everything '
champion should have. His left band
Is the fastest that the writer has ever
seen a big fellow-carry, There arc ;;
lots of little fellows with a sweet left
but when this boy Manley steps out
in the old top ring class there will ba
a lot of the good tnlddewelghts much ;
surprised at his eft and he can sock
with It too. . There are many
flashy fellows who can't .break a
been nearer, this tale might have
been different. '
. For, rushing down the road, como
two 'v large automobiles. The eide
curtains. .were up, 4 Thjs auXowabUc
came atralght to the rose" bushes aud
the girls. Two men alighted from
the cars, claimed the . sacks, and
without awaiting permission they
killed no time, for they could see
the. men from, the field nearby com
ing, toward the spot loaded those
sacks into the automobiles, which
drove away, merrily tooting their
horns Just as the three men from
the field arrived at the spot. Their
tongues were hanging out from their
exertions, but there was no reward.
Gone were the automobiles, the nun
aud the evidence. Only tho wild
rose bushes and the girls remained.
It was a long walk back to the
field.
WRESTLING MATCH
: A BICATTRACTION
One of the biggest attractions
scheduled for race meet week in
Alliance is the wrestling match for
the welterweight championship of
the world. Jack Reynolds of Cedar
Rapids, la., will meet Pete Buiukot
of San Francisco, in a finish match
that will be a delight to lovers of the
mat ' game. These men have met
twice before and each has a victory
to his credit, bo it will be a hard
fought match. In addition to the
purses, a tnousana aouar cnampion-
ship belt goes to the winner. There
will be two good preliminaries.
The match will be pulled off at
the roof garden nn the evening of
Friday, June 25. The seats have
been reduced in price to $3, $2 and
$1. A special invitation has been Is
sued to ladles to attend.
EQUALIZATION BOARD
ADJOURNS TO JULY 6
W. R. HARPER ATTENDS
COMMUTE SESSION
W. R. Harper returned from Lin
coin Tuesday morning where he bad
been in attendance at a meeting of
the republican state central commit
tee. C. A. McCloud of York, was
elected state chairman and the mem
bers of the committee have arrang
ed to have a member of the execu
tive committee appointed from ach
congressional district. Mr. Harper
will probably receive the honor front
this district.
The Alliance race meet and tho
Elks convention have attracted
good deal of favorable attention in
the eastern part of the state. Mr.
Harper discovered, and be predicts
a record crowd for the next 3 days.
The Box Butte county " board of
equalization, which met at the court
house : from Tuesday to Friday of
last week, after hearing a number of
complaints and requests for changes
In the assessment rolls, adjourned to
July 6, when a final session will be
held. So far, the complaints which
have come in are of small import
ance. No large reductions nave
been asked for.
It has been suggested that com
plainants who wish changes made on
the books should apply first to their
precinct or county assessor. Th3
board of equalization stands as a
sort of a higher court. In a num
ber of Instances the complaints
which have come up could have been
adjusted without bringing them be
fore the board. No changes will be
made until the precinct or county
assessor has been consulted, there
fore taxpayers can save their own
time and that of the board by gov
erning themselves as suggested.
According to County Assessor
Keegan, indications are that the real
estate valuation this year will be
about 25 per cent higher than the
last assessment. Personal property
will doubtless show a loss from last
year. There is less ready money for
taxation, and livestock of all kinds is
worth less money. A good share of
the money has been Invested in land.
Alliance Saturday night, and he
was allowed to remain in the county
bastile until Monday evening, .when
Khe trial was held. Mitchell pleaded
tf.-Uy. and the fine ana costs , were,
paid by his friends. A nuraberot
Hemlngford citizens were, present
during the proceedings. ,
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ROOF GARDEN OPENING
DRAWS LARGE CROWDS
The public opening of the Lowry
& Henry roof garden, held last Sat
urday evening, drew immense
crowds. Practically everybody in Al
liance, as well as hundreds of people
from the surrounding country, went
through the big garage and ended up
their Inspection tour on the roof,
where the Wlker orchestra furnish
ed music for hundreds to dance.
From two to three hundred couples
were on the floor most of Jthe time
from 9 to 12.' A light rain early in
the evening didn't keep many away
The twenty-two numbers on the
dance program were given titles ap
propriate to the 'occasion, some of
them being as follows: '"Self Start
er See 'Em Go." "If It Rains, Put
the Top Up," "With a Flat Tire,'
"Big crowd now is your steering
gear working?" When windy we
furnish windshields to . dancers,"
"Spark plugs work fine in moon
light." "Cut-out that Shlmmle" and
"Throw her in high." There was
one dance No. 13, which was
ladles' choice.
The Cole-McElroy Jazz band has
been secured for this week, and
dances will be given nightly when
the roof garden is not engaged for
.the boxing and wrestling match. Be
ginning Sunday, open air union
church services will be held Sunday
evenings at the garden.
the latter denies that there Is any- pane of glass, but this Manley has :
thing to this theory, and Anderson's some ' punch.',. ;
wife says she came to the conclusion Jimmy Hayes of Kansas 'City, in-
not to return without any assistance, vaded Denver last winter and upset
A few days ago, the defendant at-1 all the-dope palls when he stepped
tended the revival meetings and be-out and copped the Denver Athletic
cume converted. He conceived the l club champVnBhlp in (the middle-
plan of taking the revivalist and hid weight class. Hayes ,Vd , Manley -wif..uatoaha,CcawMMM
to pleadU both' clahit iUeBUi;:;; ',"
hls'-case for mm.' They were unsuc
cessful. Mrs. Crow explained then
that Mrs. Anderson had made up her
mind not. to return and Intimated
that Anderson's visits were becom
ing not only too frequent, but too
pestiferous. Anderson remarked that
if she dldnt keep her -
nose out of his affairs, he'd bust her
over the head. ,
"Tyler," Mrs. Crow, said sweetly,
pionshlp r6t 'CoIoradwAf,J they rp
going to fight it out right hero in Ne
braska. ' ; ;' : ' . ". ''
i. Very many things 'may be said
about Griffiths but they seem so un
necessary when we say that Johnny'
Tillman wanted three thousand
smacks to enter into difficulty with
him we say nearly enough. The Jer
sey City club has offered Urltton a
lousy ten thousand to tangle with.
;that Isn't very elegant language for I Griffiths during Judy. If you could
a man who has recently , been say ed J hear the silent one,. Tommy Walsh;
to use.
"Lottie," Tyler came back, "it's
none of your business!
how I talk." . ,
- And with those words, Mr. Ander
son let her have it. His blow land
ed on Mrs. Anderson's left eye,
which was sufficiently discolored to
become Exhibit A in the- case. ' Mr.
Anderson followed up this blow with
one that took her on the side of the
head, cutting the scalp. ' Mrs. Crow
then ran out the back door, and
neighbors, , hearing the news, called
the police. . Mr. Anderson fled, but
was overhauled.
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LEWIS P. JOHNSON
ESTATE PROBATED
County Judge Ira E. Tash had
rather a difficult problem put up to
him in probating the estate of Lewis are going to stick with
Frank Reed, who has been with
the Forest Lumber Company of this
city for some time, has been made
manager of the company's yards at
Berea, and will leave shortly to take
up the duties of his new position
The former manager at Berea has
accepted a position in Colorado.
DELEGATES TO STATE
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEET
The following were the ' delegates
to the Nebraska state Sunday school
convention, which met at Scottsbluff
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
last week:
Baptist church: Mr.' and Mrs.
Allen Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Wright, Mrs. H. U. Carpenter and
Mr. F. D. Mitchell. ,
- Methodist church: Mr. and Mrs. E.
D. Drake. Mrs. A. T. Lunn and Mrs.
A, P. Brown,
Christian church: Rev. and Mrs.
Epler and daughter Irene, Mrs.
Jennie Reed and Mrs. Tom Mlskl-man.
E. Johnson Saturday afternoon. One
claim presented was that of F. P.
Garvin for $612. Mr. Garvin had!
been a partner with Mr. Johnson In
the Silver Grill, later purchasing his
Interests from the estate. The claim
arose from the fact that at a time
shortly before bis death, Mr. John
son had drawn $408 from the funds
of the partnership to make a pay
ment on some land purchased of T.
J. O'Keefe. The check was introduc
ed In evidence and identified by Mr.
O'Keefq. ,
Some doubt was expressed by the I
explode about Griffiths, you would
be convinced that Griffiths could lick:'
a ring full of Brittons, Tillmanav
Dempseys and Carpentlers. MonsirJT
Deschamps has come through with
the modest offer of eighty million
francs for Griffiths to fight three
famous European boxers. " Griffiths
found plenty of soft pickings on hla 1
last trip, stopping, six opponents .in
eight rounds. Walsh thinks Navy
Rostan the toughtest ' bird in thl
welter class today and moaned loudly
and long when the local club wanted r
to stretch the argument two notches.
, Rostan who comes here with less
International prestige Is by no means
a slouch. Three weeks ago he hand
ed K. O. Laughlin, the tough middle
weight, a lacing Ten days, later th
same Laugblti boxed Griffiths even. '
Rostan Btoppel Art Maglrl before .
Magiil could get under way. Rostan -has
been a stumbling block for many""
ambitious boxers the past year. We
Navy," H -
was a good citizen during the later
war and the navy made a great fight
er out of him , in return. Ritchie
Mitchell, the crack Milwaukee light
weight recommends Rostan most
highly and Ritchie knows his stuff
about boxers. .
Those who turn out Thursday will
see a fight they can never forget and
we advise you to get there for tha
first bell. Action is going to be the
word and Abe Pollack is going to
keep the boys hustling every second.
In order that the . crowd may be
seated properly a large and compe-
polnted. The doors of the roof gar
den will be open at 7, the first bout
is on at 7:45.
cour, and the attorneys for both the I tent staff of ushers have been ap-
estate ana Air. uarvm as to now tms
$408 could have grown into $612. It
developed into a regular facer. Mr.
Garvin explained that after his part
ner had drawn the $408, half of
which was his, the bank had notified
mm mat the account was overarawn .Antloch, June 12- Mr. and Mrs.
and he had deposited over $400 toje. s. Lowe, a son. . J
BIRTHS
even things up.
. Later it was shown that Mr. John
son had drawn a personal check to
cover the amount borrowed, but had
told Mr. Garvin nothing of It. The
claim was withdrawn.
Monday, June 21 Mr. and Mrs.
C H. Jones, a son.
Sunday, June 20 8o Mr. and Mrs.
David Purinton, a son.
Lakeside, June 4 To Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Thompson, a son.
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