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BOX BUTTE COUNTY FAIR AND RACES, SEPTEMBER 27. 28. AND 29, ALLIANCE. NEBRASKA The Alliance The Leading Paper of Western Nebraska 3,000 Copies 12 Pages One Section READ BY EVERT MEMBER NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION. ALL THE NEWS OF ALLIANCE AND WE3TERN NEBRASKA OFFICIAL ORQAN NEBRASKA VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. IT REACHES HEADQUARTERS FOR 15,000 FIREMEN TOLUME XXIII ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1916 NUMBER 41 Herald ED HAYES, INDIAN, KILLED BY SAMMY LUCKY TUESDAY NIGHT Colored Boy Kills Former Friend in Cold Blood at Midnight with Two Shots from Rerolver at Corner of Third and Laramie Following Dance -Murder Result of Jealousy Ed Hayes, a full-blood Choctaw Oklahoma Indian, who passed as a colored man In Alliance, was shot and instantly killed at 12:20 o'clock Wednesday morning by Sammy Lucky, a colored boy, at the corner of Third street and Laramie avenue. Lucky fired two shots at Hayes, the first one striking him In the right shoulder and turning him part ly around. The second shot was fired immediately afterward and e truck Hayes in the head. He fell without a sound, falling on his face In a large pool of water next to the sidewalk. This shot entered an inch above the left ear and came out two inches In front of the rieht ear. This is the shot that killed. The trouble was caused by jeal ousy over Mrs. Hester Clemmons, a colored woman, who came to Alli ance a month ago from Lead, South Dakota, whose husband and child live in Duluth, Minn. Her husband runs a barber shop at 513 West Su perior street, Duluth. A colored dance had been held at the Marks hall, over Hamilton's gro cery store, on the northeast corner of the street intersection. The dance bad closed and the people were leav ing. Hayes had been dancing. Lucky had been at. the dance but, according to Mrs. Clemmons, who was also known in Alliance since coming here under the name of Miss Johnson, he did not dance but stood around the sides of the room with his hat pulted over his eyes. Hayes and Mrs. Clem mons had left and gone down the stairs, he ahead. Lucky followed them down and while on the street crossing going south to the Gadsby building, he paf-ed her, catching up wt Haye a. the corner. Hayes ti i i ned to go west towards the MeCorkle builditffe when Lucky shot him without waWng. The body lay in the pool of wafer until Chief of Police Jeffers, who "had been at i ihe depot, aim Dr. L. W. Bowman ar rived. They lifted the body from the water and laid it on the side walk. Dr. C. E. Hershman, acting for the coroner, soon arrived and or dered the body taken to the Darling undertaking establishment. Immediately afior doing the shoot ing Lucky walked west to the Me Corkle building and then went Bouth and east, going to his room in South Alliance. He told his landlord that he hail shot Ed Hayes. The land lord told him that In would get caught enyway arid to go up to the police station and give himself up. On the way to the police station Lucky stopped at the home of Ger trude Jackson, who lives near tin Burlington tracks, across the street ast or the Newberry warehouse. Lucky handed bis revolver, which was a new blued steel Iver-Johnson revolver of .38 calibre, to '"Dusky" Norwood, a colored Burlington por- ; Mrs. Clemmons after the shooting . . T l. : .. .1 . .... Clin ana gone eusi on jiuni mini, aii--went to the room of Norwood in Ger trude Juckson's house. She was fol lowed there uuickly by Norwood LABOR DAY WAS A HUGE SUCCESS More Than Two Thousand People Went to Fair Grounds and Participated in Event Alliance people and her neighbors turned out en masse Monday after noon to the fair grounds to partici pate in the annual Labor Day pro gram. Conservative estimates place the attendance at the grounds at ov er 2,000 people. Members of the various committees, Secretary Busn nell and President Mallery of the Commercial Club, and other patriot ic citizens were "busy as bees" In seeing that things were kept going. While the races, nail driving coo test and baby contest and other fea tures of this order were going on in front of the grand stand, two games of ball were played on the diamond There was plenty doing all the time and no one complained of not being well entertained. "An event not on the pre-arranged program was a horse race between "Jack," belonging to C. L. Lester & Company and ridden by Bullock, and "Seven Stars," belonging to Benja min Harrison and ridden by Zediker. Jack won by the length of a neck. Home tiood I kill Games The first ball game was for five innings, played between teams from the Burlington railroad machinists and boiler makers. The lineup was us follows: BOILER. Hockey Whaley Filkington Price Butler Mart Nolan Dickinson Edwards Hard MACH. Carlson .McNulty Wright Hammond Ruck Miller Field I Ionian Hunsickcr c P lb 2b 3b If rf HS cf W. J, BRYAN ON CHICKEN HUNT William Jennings Bryan with "Brother Charley" and Edgar How. aid Spending Two Days Hunting on Graham Ranch South of Alliance WILLIAM JENNINGS IBRYAN The score was as follows: Machinists 2 0 2 0 0 4 Boilermakers 1 1 0 0 0 2 The game was umpired by Hop kins and Rolfson. William Jennings Bryan, Charley Bryan and Edgar Howard arrived on train number 41 Wednesday room ing from Lincoln for a chicken hunt of two days on the big Hall & Gra ham ranch south of Alliance. The I party was met at the depot by Rob ert Graham, T. J. O'Keefe, J. C. Morrow and a reporter for The llrr 1 aid. i Mr. Bryan carried with him a ; package of "home-made Jam" which I he refused to trust to the care of The conteFt between the regular 1 anyone else, statinK that it was made Alliance and Hemingford teams was an exciting and interesting one. It was refereed by Copsey and Pilking ton. Hemingford ran up five scores in the first inning but only made two by Mrs. Bran and that he was tak ing it to his daughter-in-law at Tun con. Ariz. Immediately after their arrival the party were taken to the home of T. more while Alliance did not get I J. O Keere on Box Butte avenue started until in the third, when they .where they were breakfasted, leav ran up four digits. Amsberry got to ing at once for the ranch in order to hrst when the Hemingford catcher get the morning chicken shooting, dropped the ball after three strikes, i They stayed at th ranch over Wed Amsberry then made the first score nesday and today ar.d will arrive this w hen Whaley brought in two in the ! afternoon or evening. Mr. Bryan third. B. Walker, catcherd for Hem Ingford, was accidentally struck on the right knee iaj In the fifth, but bravely stuck It out. although suffer ing great pin. Sanford of Hem ingford made a two-base hit In the n-at that broutrht forth cheers from lutnn ut ttiM (1:1 lift II nd who (the spectators. The Heniingforcl witnessed the shooting. Norwood I team deserves much c redit for their stHVed there with her until after Lucky had given him the gun. Norwood took the gun from Lucky who proceeded to the police station and gave himself up. He confessed to the shooting, stating that he h: 1 intended to kill Mrs--. Clcnimons but that Hayes got In the way. This is not true, accordine to the other wit nesses. Lucky was taken bv Sheriff Cal Cox to the county Jail and lin k ed up there tine showing, for they played good bus" hall all through. The lineup of the teams was as fol lows: ALLIANCE 1 olen Kenning ; lea son McNulty Whaley Wilson ! St-lnman will take night for the Denver train the south, going Alberquerctue, New Mexico. In an interview with Mr. Bryan he stated to .a Herald reporter that he would stop Saturday night at Alber querque to speak. From there he goes to Preticott, Ariz., to meet his son who Is attending court at that place. Mr. Bryan stated that he would speak at Prescott. Phoenix and at Tuscon, the home of his son. Af ter n visit there he will start east, speaking at different points as he goes. When asked regarding his attitude on th Nebraska candidates he stat ed that he did not care to make a state i ent at this lime and added, "Don't make the mistake the Omaha World-lleiald made the other day in attempting to quote me on state can didates. I am for the prohibition amendment, and will Hpend the last week before election In Nebraska, and perhaps a little longer. I told the rational committee that I want- out to- ed at least the last week for my first to ' home state." WILD SESSION OF U. S. SENATE; ASHURST AND PENROSE CLASH Ariiona Man Fights Wordy Rounds with Pennsylvania and Kansas Senators All Trouble Caused by Debate on Proposed Cor nipt Practices Act Owen Defends Measure OPENING OF THE ALLIANCE SCHOOLS largest Enrollment Id History of the Public School of Tills City '2i on the List The Alliance schools opened Tues day with the largest enrollment on record. At the close of the first day Super intendent Pate reported 824 names on the rolls, 174 of which were cred ited to the high school. Emerson school had 260, and Central 390. Last year at the end of the first month the enrollment was 789, or 35 less than the high record made Tuesday. Professor R. E. Holch of Oilman, 111., Is the new director of the depart ment of manual training and mathe matics. Mr. Holch Is a graduate of the University of Illinois and was teacher of mechanical engineering In the University of Louisiana. Miss Mary Wilson of Rushvllle has the department of languages, Ger man and Latin. Miss Wilson suc ceeds Miss Sherdeman, who resigned to accept a position in the schools of Salt Lake City. Miss Wilson has had five years' experience as a teach er in the schools of Rushvllle, Lau rel and Nellgh. She spent six months In Germany perfecting her knowl edge of the German language. At the Central school there are two new teachers. Miss Lucado of Fairfield, Nebr., has the third grade, and Miss Chambers of Sidney has the sixth grade. Both new teachers at this building are graduates of the Peru state normal. At the Emer son school there is one new teacher, MIsb Mabel Walter of North Platte. Miss Walter Is a graduate of, the Keurney State Nor mal. -r : Superintendent Pate Is highly pleased with the auspicious begin ning of the schools and In confident the year will prove to be the lest In the annals of Alliance's highly effici ent educational system. Washington, Sept. 7 The senate yesterday Indulged In one of the wildest sessions of Its history, dur ing a debate on the corrupt practices bill fathered by President Wilson and Senator Owen of Oklahoma. At one point during the proceedings a personal encounter between Senators Ashurst of Arizona, a democrat, and Curtis of Kansas, a republican, was averted only by teh interference of Senator Smoot of Utah, another re publican. At another time Senator Ashurst called Senator Penrose of Pensylvanla a liar and refused for a time to retract his statement, tho it was wholy out of order, and the chair and a number of his democratic colleagues Insisted he retract it Fin ally he made an equivocal withdraw al. In opening the debate on the measure, Senator Owen said the bill was Intended to prevent corrupt practices during the present cam paign. He Intimated strongly the repub licans were going out to buy up the country. He asserted the den ocrata were following the straight and nar row path and that they Intended to make the republicans do the same. Those statements aroused the re publicans, who pitched Into the de bate In dead earnest. They asserted they were willing to have a corrupt practices act passed, but they didn't want any hypocrisy about it. Sen ator Curtis said he did not care to be personal but he was In Oklahoma during Senator Owen's recent cam paign for re-election and the Okla homa n could be followed around the state on his trail of large-sized checks. CAR OF LUMBER BURNS ON TRACK Mrs. Clemmons, who was dressed 'Amsberry in a black and white checkered sport skirt and white shirtwaist, was not located until two hours after the shooting. Chief ..f Police Jeff era. Sheriff Cal Cox. special day Marshal L. W. Curtis and a Herald reporter searched through the houses of sev eral colored people. Going to the depot thty found Norwood add ques tioned hi iii. He denied knowing any thing of the shooting and said that he knew lio'hilltt of tli whereabouts of .M-s. Clem oils. alt'wMlgli he knew tier bv sight. The otlicers and the iJarnell HEMINGFORD 3b San ford ss Phrig lb Woods v B. Walker If Butler 2b Nohe cf J. Walker rf Spacht p It. Walker The score was as follows: Hemingford 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 ( Alliance 10 0 4 0 3 0 0 1 ( List of Prie Winner The list of nrize winners for afternoon was at- follows: 1. Boys' sack race, 50 yds., age 12 to 16. 1st prize, Leon Alter; 2nd prize. Homer Barnes. 2. Boys' sack race. 25 yds., age 6 to 12 years. 1st prize, Chester Yount: 2nd prize. James Cusick. 3. Girls' foot race. 50 yds., age Trainmen Hurry to liet Car of Gm.ho line out or Wa Tronic le. la eel for Several Hours 7 8 the INDIANS INVADE CITY OF ALLIANCE ronnrter then nrocn'le. to his room, i 1 2 to 16. Is? prize. Lucile Butler; followed by Norwool at a distance. j.,,! prize, Gladys McCool After thirt;. minutes or pounding on the door at the Gertrude Jackson house, in which his room is located. they succeeded in petting a response, 4 Cirls' foot race. 25 yds.. 8 to 12. 1st prize, pearl Campbell; 2nd prize, Gladys McCool. -Girls potato race, 2f yns., u ' - .... .1 .V. I ... - .., n v.n1l- A colored woman nnauy opem-u iurnn J6 JKI prize. rnn vmiiu'-n. door. She. was ruliy ciressea anu onrt prize. Franc-en vtormwoou. answered the description of the wo -Boys' foot race. 50 yds., age man whom the officers were srter. i o to 1 6. 1 ft prize. Kay uutier; inn Norwood then followed the party n I prize. Vern Butler. to Tie room and she confessed that 7 Boys' foot race, 25 yds., age 6 h was Mrs. Clemmons. On asking u 9 1st prize, Donald Katen; 2nd for the levolver she stepped to t he ! p,-,,, Charles Cross. bed ar.d pulled it from under her pil- jt. -Boys' foot race. 25 yds., ago 9 jow Mo 12. 1-d pr.ze. Donald Katen; 2nd -If you men hadn t totn nie nu ,priWi WeHey Katen. you were, I would have Killed you I lit nd of Siouv member of the Irwin Wild Wet Show kh-iiU sevxcraJ hour in town Braves, squaws, pappuses, young men and maidens, or the Hioux na tion invaded Alliance today. This band or aborigines are on their way to the Pine Ridge reservation In South Dakota. They have been ap pear inn in the wild west stunts in Charlie Irwin's show. The show On ished the present schedule at Kansas City, th' main body of per formers going to Cheyenne, while the Indi ans made their way to their home in Dakota. I tie Indians left the main caravan reeded In getting n-ost of the debris pu Sidney and wereco. pelled to wait oin 01 me way wnen ine uerrics ar- m Alliance several hours to get a rived. The burned car was a steel- J train for the Ubrk Hills country rramed one and ordinarily the rrame Many or the hand will return to the A car or shingles In charge or Con ductor W. K. Cunningham burned on the track a short distance east or Crawford Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Near the burning car was a tank car of gasoline, and the trainmen lost no time in getting the oil to a place or sarety. The shingles binn ed rapidly and It was soon apparent that nothing could be saved. A der rick was ordered from Alliance to the scene of the fire to clear the track but the train crew had sue-1 1 work and trucks could have been saved, but so hot was the fire of Ihe shingles that the girders, trucks and wheels were warped so as to be prac tically useless. The cargo or shin gles was consigned to a lumber firm at Forest City, Mo. No. 4 2 was delayed four hours and thirty minutes by the blockading of the track. show- but some of 1 hem have com pleted their contract with the man agement of the wild west concern and will not leave the reservation ataln until next year. The natives were Interested in seeins the dis plays in the store windows in Alii a nee but they did not part with much of their money while here. BANQUETED FIRE BOYS J. M. Miller, Proprietor of Alliance Cure, Showed Appreciation of Work in Substantial Way A couple of weeks ago the Alliance fire department was called to the Al liance Cafe by a fire caused by the explosion of a gasoline coffee heat er. The boys did good work in promptly putting out the Are. Last Thursday night J. M. Miller, proprie tor of the cafe, showed his apprecia tion of their good work by tendering 11 banquet, served In courses, to the boys who took part in putting out the fire. Those who were present around the banquet table were Romig, Rolf- son, Atwell, Cole, Pilklngton, Nicol- al, Gladson, Harold Snyder. Lloyd Thomas, Charles Schafer and Mr. Miller and Mr. Kern of the hotel. Following the serving or the ban quet the boys drank to the health or Miss Martha Lux. who proved her- seir a heroine at the fire, and initial ed Mr. Miller as an honorary mem ber or the department. AMer pass ing a vote or thanks for the fine meal they mounted the big auto tire truck and returned it to the city hall, not wishing Mr. Miller any bad luck but promising to be as prompt again at the next fire which he might be un fortunate enoiiidi to have. 3,500 ATTEND AT GORDON WcdneMliiy Was Gain Day at Sheri dan County I'air AlllniM-e t W rentiers Applauded "Dutch" M tinitr and R-y Trabert the Alliance middleweight wrestler appeared before a crowd of 3,500 people at the Sheridan county fair at Gordon Wednesday afternoon. The men wrestled ror twenty-three mln uteH as a preliminary ror the appear ance or Joe Slecher, the world's champion wrestler, and his brother Anton. The crowd enthusiastically applauded the work of the boys, who also had on Monday, Labor Day, ap peared as a preliminary before the appearance of Joe Steelier at North Platte. George Mollring's pacing horse, "Major," won first in all three heats of the free-for-all trot or pace, lak- , Ing the purse of $200. Mr. Mollrlng will remain al Gordon during the balance of the fair, which closes Fri day. He will go from there with his horses to Ch.idron. where the Da we county fair begins, September 12. Among those who attended at Gordon Wednesday were Dr. George J. Hand and Lloyd Thomas of Alli ance, who accompanied Maunler and Trabert; W. R. Harper, Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith. A nu'.iber or autos filled with Alliance people are planning on going over Friday, the last day, where they will boost for the Box Butte county fair, to be held the last of the mouth. SECURE ANOTHER EXPERT AVIATOR 'Bower Will Kill Date of the 1jU t'apl. McMllleci He I Guaran teed to Ik; a Good Oik DEATH OF MISS HAMPTON FniM-ral of Prominent Alliance Young ltd to IU Held at 'i O'clock Frida) Afternoon BOUGHT BON TON CAFE J. Uojs shoe race, i a jus. im prize, La-iihcrt Kn'.ost; 2nd prize, Victor Martiu; 3rd prta-, James c un sure." she said. While interviewing the woman oaii iw.v iini to the door and noti-.i.-L fied Norwood that he was called to 10. 100 yd d;.sh. 1st prize. J. go west to Billings on train number) a. Dolan. 2nd prize. Ray Butler. 41. due in at 4:15 o'clock. He wm 3rd prize, Wm. Pullman, accompanied to the depot by Officer I . Single wheelbarrow race. 50 Curtis and the railroad officials were (yds. 1st prize, Victor Martin; 2nd (Continued on last pago) (Continued on page 6) . F. Stephen Piircliaoed Hon Ton ('ale and Sold Fixture to l.&ing and Miller for Tlielr Cafes F. F. Stephens, proprietor of Ihe Stephens Bakery, the first ot the week purchased the Bon Ton cute and in turn sold the fixtures to J. M. Miller of the Alliance Cafe and Cy laing of the Silver Grill. These men will make use or the fixtures. Mr. Stephens expects to move the bakery soon to the former location or the on Ton care. Ijowr)' New Shoe Store G. W. Iwry announces the open- I ing or his tine store at 206 Box Butte avenue, Friday, September 8. This is an exclusive shoe stock, selected with grent care by Mr. Lowry, who has had twenty-live years' experience in the sboe business. He will carry a complete line or men's, ladies' and children's shoes, toods or the best make and In styles that are In vogue. No doubt this exclusive shoe store will receive a liberal patronage from the public. One-thlr l off on Wellerware at Rhein Ik Rousey's. The goods are high class and the supply will soon be exhausted at this bargain price. 40-21-7586 The funeral of Miss Josephine Hampton, who died Wednesday af ternoon, will be held from the Hamp ton residence at 606 Cheyenne ave nue, at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. Miss Hampton had been suffering for five years from extreme nervous ness and spells of acute melonc holia. It was during one of these spells Wednesday afternoon that she slip- M-d down into the basement of theli any pay. home and ended her life. The body was round at 5:30 o'clock. Miss Josephine Hampton was born in October, 1892. being twenty-four years of ace at the time of her death. She was a graduate of the Alliance public schools and had stud led advanced courses at Lincoln and In Ios Angeles. She was one of Al liance's most accomplished young la dies and had a host of good friends. Her parents and relatives have the sympathy of many in their hour or grier. Interment will be made In Green wood cemetery, liev. J. B. Cams, pastor of the Methodist church, will have charge of the ceremony. The American Aviation Associa tion is tilling the dates made vacant by the sudden death of Captain Mc Millen. McMillen was booked to ap pear at the Box Butte county fair, and his death put the management of the fair on their mettle, as they are determined that the aviation fea ture must be enjoyed by the thous- auds who will utend the fair. The Aviation Association has not!-' fied the Mir officials that W. E. Bowr era, n expert aviator, will be here to till the contract made ror the ap pearance or McMillen. The fair man agers have bad a new contract drawn, which provides that the avi ator who comes to the Box Butte county fair must fly, or he will not The air currents, here are rather tickle and there is a good excuse sometimes for the exhibitor to refuse to make a flight, but in that case he will rorfeit his allow ance. "No fly, no pay" is the slogan that the rair managers have adopted and the American Aviation Associa tion understand that there will be no deviation from the sentiment of the directors. Bowersof is a daring man and hia flights here will be sensational, be cause of the capricious air currents and because he is anxious to fill the dates of the late Captain McMillen, so that there will be no protests from the fair manager or the general public.