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Cfficial Paper of Box Butte County
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Paper of the City of AUianct
VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY NKBKAKKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1920.
No. 95
SAYS PRO-GERMAN
OPPJM LEAGUE
IIARIIY 11. FLEHARTY DEFENDS
rEACE COVENANT.
Ainwers Objections Made by Oppon
ents of World Agreement to
Put an End to Wnr.
Harry B. Fleharty, prominent
Omaha' attorney, addressed an Alli
ance audience Friday evening at the
Imperial theater, in behalf of thl
league of nations covenant. The
meeting was under the auspices of
the Box Butte county Cox and Roose
velt club, and twenty-flve members
of that organization, many of them
women, occupied the stage with th6
speaker. There was a good-sized
audience present, and the speaker
was given the closest attention
throughout the discourse. A number
la the audience were republicans,
and although the speaker asked for
questions, and promised to answer
with the utmost courtesy, none were
raised.
Mr. Fleharty made a most temper
ate address, rather different nl tone
from the discourses with which Alli
ance has been favored so far during
the campaign. . Perhaps the chief
objection to the speech arose from a
mistaken Idea on the part of some of
the audience that the speaker claesrtd
all supporters of Harding with the
pro-German element which is strong
ly supporting Harding. While Mr.
Fleharty made it plain that he held
' this element In very low esteem, he
did not, as has been reported, make
any charge that any opponent of the
league should be classed with the
disloyal pro-German element.
liullots Instead of Ilu'lets.
The pro-German element. Mr. Fle
harty charged, Is doing its level best
to do with the ballot what it could
not do with the bullet. As proof of
pro-German opposition to the league,
he cited the results of referendum ;
elections on the adoption of the cov-1
enant in Switzerland. In Zurich, a
. canton in which the majority of the
voters are of German extraction, the;
vote on ratification was 66.000
against, and but 40,000 for. In Vaud,
a French canton,, there were over
50,000 votes cast in favor of ratifica
tion, to less than 5,000 against It. i
The American Monthly, of which
George Vleregg, former editor of
The Fatherland, is editor, is out
spoken against the league. The
speaker read extracts from various
copies of Mr. Vlt -rr.gg s monthly,
boaie of them reading in this way:
"The men who voted for war spoke
for hate." "The men who spoke for
Woodrow Wilson or any of hit- -er
must be driven from public life."
"We must hold the balance of
power." Vieregg urges readers of
the American Monthly to "vote for
Harding."
The German-American Alliance, In
resolutions adopted at its recent an
nual convention, used such phrases
as "certain enlightened expressions"
of the republican platform and can
didate, announces Its "unalterable
opposition to the league of nations"
and condemned the "perfidious for
eign policy" of the United States.
"It will be perfectly satisfactory if
Mr. Harding will seek his advice
where he sought his support," was
another quotation from Mr. Vieregg's
monthly. The speake made it plain
that there are two German elements
the good and the bad, and he de
clared that these extracts made It
plain that the bad element was be
hind Harding, and declared that if
Harding were elected it would prob
ably be due to the votes of that ele
ment. (JueHtloiiH Answered.
The remainder of the speech was
concerned with answering various
arguments made against the coven
ant. Mr. Fleharty first answered
the question: Will it draw us into
war? The league, he declared, is
for peace and against conquest not
the peace of the coiled serpent, the
armed peace but the triumph of
right, order and law. There are two
methods of keeping International
peace. One was discovered by Julius
Caesar, who kept the nations of the
world under subjection. The other
way is by means of organized society.
The league of nations is not a new
thing. The idea was born years ago,
and has come to light in forty or
more different forms. The speaker
discussed but one of the3e, the Taft
league to enforce peace, suggested in
1915. He compared article 3 of the
Taft league with the article 10 of
the present covenant, and found the
twd articles almost identical word
for word. The Taft league was sign
ed by Mr. Taft and sixteen repub-
"s, jet it is the repub-
licansX today objecting to ;
'dentical in & league not,
of their may
Six
The next Object Uk isidered was
the claim that under de league, the
United States would be at the mercy
of Europe, and the charge that Eng
land has six votes to our one. This,
ho declared, was not wholly untrue.
England's colonies were represented
i t the peace conference and signed
the covenant. Each province has a
representative in the assembly.
The assembly, the speaker made
clear, is an advisory body only. It is
authorized to hear disputes and
make recommendations. It has Juris
diction in "Justiciable matters."
which he defined as matters coming
under recognized interational law.
The council is the real power of
the league. It is the body that de
cides questions of Bo-called "interna
tional honor." The United States
with Great Britain, Japan, Italy and
Fiance, is a member of the council
in perpetuity. The other our mem
bers are to be named by the five.
But even this does not give European
nations an advantage, for the coun
cil, which makes all final recommen
dations, does so by a unanimous
vote. Instead of placing the United
States at the mercy of Europe, this
unanimous vote rule gives the Unit
ed States an absolute veto power.
(Continued on page 2)
T. P. A. GIVES ITS
WILDDUCK DINNER
The second annual wild duck din
ner for the members of Post M. Ne
braska Division, T. P. A., was held
in the Palm Room of the Alllano
hotel'Saturday evening. Plates wen
laid for one hundred members of the
post and their wives. The feature
was a roa3t wild duck for each of the
banqueters, together with such trim
mings as cranberry sauce, dressing,
potatoes, creamed peas, ice crcar.i
and cigars. It was a completely sat
isfactory banquet from soup to cle
ars, and inasmuch as the feeding o'
not begin until 8:30, was appreciat
ed even more than is usual.
The committee in charge of the
banquet consisted of Joe Luttrell, S
W. Thompson, R. C. Strong, Joe
O'Connor end Jack Hawes. well
known traveling men with headquar
ters at Alliance. These men not only
bagged the wild duck for the feast,
but had charge of the program.
Following the dinner, brief talk?
were made by Mayor A. D. Rodgers,
a member of the post,; Rev. Stephen
J. Epler, post chaplain; Captain J.
B. Miller, who is soon to Join the
ranks of the traveling men, having
accepted a position with a Denver
concern beginning the first of the
year; Lloyd C. Thomas, Ben J.
Sallows, Jack Hawes, Fred Hitch
cock. George L. Burr. H. P. Cour
sey, L. H. Highland, Dr. C. E. Hersh
man, Mrs. C. E. Hershman. S. W.
Thompson, Joe Luttrell and Secre
tary Roy C. Strong.
Post M was organized March 13.
1918. It now has 21C members and
is one of the largest organizations of
traveling men in the west.
MINATARE AND MELBETA
WANT ALLIANCE ROAD
C. E. Clough of Minatare has
written the Alliance chamber of
commerce as follows:
"The commercial clubs of Mina
tare and Melbeta are anxious to get
a road marked and mapped between
here and Alliance, also from Mina.
tare to Kimball, Neb., and were
wondering if you would co-operate
with us in this road.
"This is a good route and there
Is but one hill south and the county
engineer is going to have the road
rebuilt there to not more than a
10 per cent grade. Also we have a
committee working to have the com
missioners Jay out a road through
the hills north of Minatare so we
can get some money spent on it.
"Please let me know what you
think about this and if favorable
will come to Alliance to see you."
J. W. Guthrie, secretary of the
Alliance organization, has written
Mr. Clough that the directors have
considered the matter and will be
glad to co-operate with Minatare,
Melbeta and Klmbal for a road.
These towns have been invited to
send representatives to Alliance to
meet with the directors next Monday.
Attorney O. E. Nelson is back in
Allfence, after an absence from the
city of several weeks, during which
be was on his homestead.
Born To Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Darveau, a son.
licafk
NO BOOZE FOUND
IN EMIGRANT GAR
Itepoit That Many Ciiaes of Canadian
Club Were in City Wore
Unfounded
Sheriff J. W. Miller Monday re
ceived a telegram declaring that a
certain emigrant car, en route from
Canada, lontained borne seventy-five
cases of Canadian club whisky.- A
full description of the car was given,
and armed with the necessary pa
pers, the sheriff and his men de
scended on the local yards.
- There they found the shipper, a
iiL-.I man with a disgusted look on
his face. He tolu them that the car
uaJ b en entered At Casper, and that
the officers there had not only
wrecked the contents, but had piled
the debris in heaps over the floor.
He extended the officers a pleasant
welcome, however, and handed them
a hatchet ana invited them to go
ahead and see if there were any more
chairs that the bottoms could be
knocked out of, or boxes that could
be destroyed.
The sheriff, after a slight InvestL,
gallon, decided that the Casper otll
cers had done their duty thoroughly,
and the emigrant -car was not mo
lested further. The owner of the
goods In the. car stated that on leav
ing his home In Canada, he had
made the fatal error of offending a
banker, and gave it as his opinion
that his enemy Jiad taken this means
of getting even.
A number of wild reports concern
ing this car and ls contents v.ere i'i
circulation. The story got out that
135 cases of the best whisky had
been located and taken to the office
of Judge Tash, although the therlff
is usually the officer privileged to
euard such finds. Another variation
of the rumor was that the republic
ans had secured this amount of
whisky and were intending to stage
a rally the night before election.
Several good democrats, hearing this
latter tale, began to talk of voting
for Harding, but the error was dis
covered in time.
Marriage licenses were issued
from the county judge s office Mon
day to the following couples:
George B. Andress, Sheridan, Wyo.,
and Miss Esther Sheldon of Alliance;
Ben F. Hammer of Okmulgee, Okla.,
and Miss Ruth E. Cox of Mullen;
Fred W. Dodge of Creston, la., and
N'eilie L. Williams of Newcastle,
vVyo., and Louis F. Barta and Miss
Matilda Morava, both of Heming
ford. THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Alliance and vicinity:
Generally fair tonight and Wednes
day: colder tonight, with frost.
Your Objections
These things are facts. There are
things concerning which there Is no
ambiguity or cause for argument:
The league of nations covenant
does not give England six votes to
the United States' one. True It is
that the British provinces each have
a vote in the assembly of the league,
and the United States has one. The
assembly votes only on questions in
volving accepted international law
and is an advisory body only. In die
council of the league, of which the
United States is a member in per
petuity, the nations have but one
vote, and In all vital matters the
decisions of the council must be
unanimous.
Does NOT create a super-govern
ment outranking those of member
states or maintaining armies to over
awe them; but is a treaty In which
the members pledge themselves to
maintain a condition of International
morality akin to that maintained by
every civilized State within Its own
borders.
Does NOT commit members to ob
ligations they cannot get out of. A
nation may withdraw from member
ship on two years' notice, if its in
ternational and League obligations
have been fulfilled, just as a partner
may withdraw from a partnership.
Does NOT place the United States
in a position where It can be coerced
by the vote of other nations in the
Council or the Assembly, as the
power of these bodies Is almost
wholly advisory and even for. this a
unanimous vote Is required on all
vital matters.
Does NOT Involve the calling out
of American soldiers in case of local
squabbles in the Balkans or else
where. While members of the Lea
gue are obliged to take part in a boy
cott against a nation that attacks
BAYARD WINNER IN
HARD FOUGHT GAME
Alliume Football Team Iocn ly
Score of 19 to 7 on the I men I
(Gridiron Saturday.
The husky foo'bnll squad from
Bayard got the surprise of thtlr
young lives when they went up
against the Alliance high school
football team on the local gridiron
here Saturday afternoon. Accompan
ied by a band and nearly three
hundred Bayard boosters, who arriv
ed In a special train Just before the
game started, they had expected to
find Alliance easy picking. Estimates
givf-n before the game were to the
effect that Bayard 'would win by &
60 to 0 score without much difficulty,
and Bayard boosters who were over
conlldent on the goose-egg proposi
tion found Alliance people who were
willing to see their raise.
The game was one of the hardest
fought contests ever held on the
local gridiron. The Alliance team,
with an average of 135 pounds per
man, didn't loom so very large as
contrasted with their 160-pound op
ponents, but they battled like wild
cats. During the first half, Bayard
outplayed the home team, smashing
their way for a single touchdown.
'. During the second half, the Alli
ance team earned the honors. Bay
ard made the first score, but failed
to kick goal. Thin the Alliance back
fi Id smashed' through the heavy op
posing line for a touchdown. Dur
ing the whole of the fourth quarter,
the ball was In Bayard's territory.
Three times Alliance carried the baP
within the ten yard line, but lost on
fuinbleB.
In the last three minutes of play.
McKelvey of Bayard broke through
the Alliance defense and made a
spectacular run of ninety yards for a
touchdown. The other two touch
downs for Bayard were made by
Setnmons. Fowler made the score
for Alliance, and Dally and Garvin
feptured as ground gainers. The play
was close throughout, but luck war
with the Bayard team.
The Alliance team made a re-
jinarkable showing against the team
, ...
mai is conceaea 10 nave a mtgnty
good chance for this year's cham
pionship. HOLD AX INITIATION
Sheba chapter, Royal Arch Ma
sons of Alliance held an afternoon
and evening session Mbuday for the
purpose of initiating five candidates.
Five of these, Messrs. Schroedtr,
Fine, Griffith and Wooldrldge, were
from Sidney, and Ernest Scharschug
was the Alliance candidate.
Tho Alliance Herald $2.50 a year,
Are Answered
another member contrary to the lea
gue covenant, they do not otherwise
agree to join in making war.
Does NOT place peace above Just-
Ice, but provides for war as a last re
sort to restiain an aggressive nation
and does not forbid war against a
nation that refuses to accept the
awards of League tribunals and In
case of disputes where no decision
can be reached by the Council or As
sembly;
Does NOT prevent the division or
union of existing nations, but keeps
open every means of effecting
changes in national boundaries ex
cept by exteral aggression.
Does NOT affect the constitutional
authority of Congress to declare war,
although Congress will be morally
bound by this treaty, as by every
other. The Council can recommend
war but only Congress can declare
war.
Does NOT destroy the Monroe
Doctrine. On the contrary, the Mon
roe Doctrine for the first time in his
tory is expressly recognized by all
the members of the League, and Its
principle extended to the world by
means of the provision that the ter
rltorlal Integrity and political Inde
pendence of all the members shall be
preserved.
Does NOT Interfere In tne domes
tic affairs of any nation. That also
is expressly provided against. The
League has no right to interfere
with revolutions, rebellions, Imml
gratlon, tariffs and other internal
problems of Its members, although
It may take notice of them and make
recommendations when such matters
threaten the peace of the world.
Does NOT exceed the treaty power
under the Constitution. The United
States has during Its history entered
Into treaties involving all the powers
affected by the covenant.
i
GF.IUNG ItUNAWAY
IS imOUUIIT HOMt i
A hapy father and mother and a
fortunate girl are included In th
persons of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
I'irer, and their daughter, Miss
ThMnift, at their home In Gerlng
the parents being happy over the re-
urn of their daughter from a run
away trip and the latter fortunate
because of her escape from the pit
falls of Denver.
The girl, who Is but fourteen years
of age, had run away from the fata
lly home at Gerlng about ten days
ago, accompanying n girl named
'Martha" and two young men to
Brush, Colo., where the girls separ
ated from the boys and went to Den
ver, expecting to secure employment.
They succeeded In finding employ
ment," but Theltna was persuaded to
return home with her parents.
From photographs published In
the Denver newspaper, the Piter vlrl
s recognized as the young lady who
was picked up by Officer Taylor In
Alliance during the race meet
months ago, at which time she gave
her name as Rhobey Matthews. The
girl was on the verge of Joining a
carnival, the managers of which bad
promised her a position as a snake
charmer. Her- companion had been
hired as a dishwasher in the cook
tent. Officer Taylor collected enough
money to send the pall back to
Scottsbluff.
Alliance went wet today the first
.now fall of the season.
FINE WEATHER SUNDAY
BRINGS OUTJOLF BUGS
Exceptionally fine weather brought
out twenty-flve or more who spent
last Sunday afternoon golfing at the.
Country club link at Broncho lake
A conservative estimate would place
(he number of lost balls and broken
clubs at least double the total of any
previous day. For the first time
since the inception of the Country
club, there were as many women as
men on the links, and the game
shows evidences of growing popular
ity among the fair sex.
It's a little too early to hear very
much of the phraseology of the
game, although there are a few
gelfiends who LabLte about their
stance. But one or two players know
what a "stymie is," although the
majority of them have learned to dis
tinguish the caddie from the greens.
A number of kids picked up small
change last Sunday by doing the
caddy act, and it is said that the
Players find It a relief to have them
handy to do the swearing when some
bonehead play indicates It. The
caddies so far are all sympathetic,
although in time it is feared they
may grow supercilious after they
have mastered the fine points of the'
game and know how to .distinguish!
the dub from the man who can mak
it in par.
So far thb) season the weather has
been ideal, and the golnendB hope
there will be another month of play-
Ing weather before they are com
pelled to stow away their clubs until
spring. As yet there has been no
snow in Al'.iatue, although at Scotts
bluff, only a few miles away, the first
snow of the season fell last Thurs
day. RED CROSSlMEETING
IN ALLIANCE NOV. 5
At the meeting of the Red Cross
directors, held at the court house
Monday evenin, it was derided to
hold a Red Cross regional confer.
ence In Alliance November 5, at
which representatives from fourteen
neighboring cities and towns will be
present. The meeting will be held
In the district court room.
The object of the conference is to
pave the way for the 1921 Red Cross
roll call, whicn begins November 11
and extends to Thanksgiving. The
meeting will be open to all who are
Interested In Red Cross actlvitites.
as well as Red Cross directors. A
luncheon will be one of the features
of the program.
The conference will be under di
rect supervision of the central divi
slon headquarters, American Red
Cross, at Chicago. Walter Davidson,
T. H. Allenson of the division of ci
vilian relief, and Mr. Van Tuyl will
be among the speakers sent out from
headquarters.
The local Red Cross directors
have decided to put across the roll
call and plans for the campaign will
be announced later.
Mrs. William Morris and daugh
ter, Ruth, returned Friday from Min
neapolis, where they have been for
the past three weeks visiting at the
home of Mrs. Morris' daughter, Mrs.
A. E. Swanson.
OBJECT TO SAND
FOR ANTIOCH ROAD
SAY SPECIFICATIONS ARE NOT
BEING FOLIiOWED
Chnniler of Commerce Says It Is
(letting No Co-oterntion From
Division Engineer MrLaln
The directors of the Alliance
chamber of commerce, at their meet
ing Monday noon at the Alliance
hotel, discussed the surfacing mate
rial now being used on the Antloch.
road. At the closo of the discussion.
Secretary J. W. Guthrie was directed
to communicate with George E.
Johnson, state engineer, and register
a protest. The following letter has
been mailed, and will probably cre
ate quite a little excitement before
very many days have elapsed:
Alliance, Nebr., Oct. 22. 1920.
Geo. E. Johnson, State Engineer.
Nebraska, Dear Sir: At a meeting
of the board of directors of the Alli
ance chamber of commerce held this
week, I was Instructed to write you
in reference to the material being"
used for surfacing on the Potash
highway between here and Antloch.
When Mr. McLean, division engi
neer in charge of 'that part of the
work, was here October 14th we
called his attention to the fact that
.the contractor was UBlng common,
sand for the surface in place of
gravel as called for in the specifica
tions. The president of the chamber
of commerce went himself over a
part of the road and took samples
of the material being used to use and
show at the meeting of the Potash
highway association being held that
day and which we expected Mr. Mc
Laln to attend, but which be failed
to do, with the object cf having him
state whether or not this material
was up to the specifications, but for
some reason or another Mr. McLaln
left town at noon and, either Inten
tionally or otherwise, avoided the
meeting.
Mr. Powell, from whom the con
tractor Is obtaining the finishing
material, says he can furnish gravel
but, of course, It will cost more and
he is shipping Just what the con
tractor orders. , Now we fall to see
why it is necessary to have sand
shipped from Bridgeport when they
have hills of It right on the highway
and the sand is no better than what
we have had for centuries In the
sand hills. It Is an absolute waste
of money and time to put the stuff
on that they are using as it dors not
help the road a particle and should
be stopped before It is too late.
Mr. McLaln, we understand, hts
stated that he has had no co-rpi ra
tion from the people of AP'.-.n-e.
Allow us to state that he has f?.'led
to co-operate wlih us !n any way in
the matter. He has repeatM'y
failed to ket-p his appointments
with our board of (MrerVrs and ha
come to town a number rf tlms ".nd
failed to let us kn.w be wr In cur
vicinity when w were extremnly
anxious to meet h'm an J go Into,
these matters with him.
The contract. If we are correctly
Informed, called for completion of
this part of the road nearly. If not
quire, a year apo pnd to ll y It Is ab
solutely impassable and the wrHer
itove to Aniio.h thi we k and had
to dur several m'les in order, tp
get there at all.
our county commissioners paid
$300 for a pit of alkali mud and
we ratg-d $300 more by popular
subscription for the same purpose
which should have been included In
the original contract price. We do
not know who is at' fault but re
spectfully ask that you come up and
see for yourself the kind of material
being used for surfacing as well as
to judge for yuurself the kind ot
work being done on this road before
it is allowed to go any further and
we protest most strenuously against
this part of the road being accepted
and paid for until it Is us to the
specifications and contract. Yours
truly. J. W. GUTHRIE.
Secretary.
U1U HEO SHIPMENT
ARRIVED SATURDAY
Four carloads of Reo cars, trucks,
roadsters and touring cars, were re
ceived by the A. H. Jones company
in Alliance last Saturday, and the
boys from the local garage were busy
all day Monday unloading them.
This is perhaps the largest shipment
of automobiles ever received in this
city at one time by one firm, the
freight on the four cars amounting
to $2,026.
According to Calvin D. Walker,
manager of the company, the Reo
factory Is going ahead producing
cars, although many of the bis fac
tories have found It necessary to cur
tail operations.