PRIZES
IN THE
IMPERIAL
BABY
CONTEST
For Babies Receiving the
Most Votes, Any Age up
to Thirty Months
First Prize
BABY CAB AND ROBE, AND BABY'S FUR COAT. TO
BABY'S FATHER A STETSON HAT. TO BABY'S
MOTH EH A CASSEROLE. $5.0O BANK ACCOUNT
AT FIRST STATE BANK. ' . .
Second Prize
TON OF COAL. BABY'S HOCKING CHAIR AND SIL
VER SET. SWEATER COAT TO BABY'S FATHER.
BANK ACCOUNT ALLIANCE NATIONAL BANK.
Third Prize
HIGH CHAIR. SACK OF FLOUR. BOX OF APPLES.
GOLD NECK LOCKET. TOASTER STOVE TO LUCKY
MOTHER.
Fourth Prize
PIANO BENCH. BABY'S TOILET SET AND ALUMI
NUM SET. WHEELBARROW.
Fifth Prize
BABY'S GOLD BRACELET. BABY'S MtX'CASINS.
DOZEN CANS ASSORTED FRUIT, CAN PEACHES,
COFFEE, CHERRIES, OLIVES. HEISEY'S WATER
SET.
Sixth Prize
FIVE POUNDS BUTTER. SUIT CASE. DOLL.
Contest Closes
Tuesday Night
February 9
Prizes Given on
. WednesdayNight
Imperial Theatre
LOCALS
NEWS m
Wm. Klnft returned Saturday
noon from a trip of a week to Den
ver. Mr. King stated that the
weather was very fine there, differ
ent from the recent cold weather in
Alliance.
Claire D. Hausner, of Grand Is
land, representing the Burroughs
Adding Machine Company, was In
the city Friday on business for his
company.
Philip Thomas, of The Herald
force, spent Sunday at Hemlngford
Isltlng friends.
E. O. Price, of York, who travels
for the Ely-Walker Company of St.
Louis, spent Sunday In Alliance vis
iting with Glen Miller. Mr. Miller
and Mr. Price are old friends and en
Joyed a visit on Sunday together.
J. PIgman, cashier of the McGrew
State Bank, at McGrew. in the North
Platte Valley, was in Alliance Sun
day and Monday, leaving for McGrew
at noon Monday. He states that
business is in a prosperous condition
in the valley.
Who stole the chickens? Philip
None, proprietor of Nohe's Cafe, lost
seven chickens last week to some
miscreant who pried a board off the
pen and took the chickens, between
darkness and daylight.
C. A. Currle, special agent for the
Nebraska Telephone Company, and
former manager here, was In the
city Friday attending to telephone
company business and calling on
friends. He now resides at Grand
Island.
The Rebekah Circle met Friday
night at the home of II. P. Coursey.
There was a good attendance and
all enjoyed themselves and were
well entertained by Mr. and Mrs.
Coursey.
M. J. Grady, a laborer, was fined
ten dollars an dcosts Friday morn
ing in police court for fighting. He.
had no funds and will be compelled
to lay out the fine in Jail.
W. R. Harper left on Wednesday
of last week for eastern points on
business and to accompany Mrs.
Harper, who has been visiting rela
tives in Virginia, to their home here.
Harry Zickert left Wednesday for
Ellsworth, where he has a home
stead.
A. V. Gavin, chief dispatcher at
the Burlington headquarters, has re-
urned from Friend, Nebr., where he
was called a short time ago on ac
count of the serious Illness of his
mother, who is slowly improving
from an attack of apoplexy.
W. W. Bott, manager of the wind
mill and pump department of the
Dempster Mill Manufacturing Com
pany, of Beatrice, is in the city on
business, accompanying their travel
ing representative, Wm. Nleman.
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Clifford and
little son came up to Alliance last
Friday from their home fifteen miles
southeast of Antioch, returning on
4 4 Saturday.
Mr. und Mrs. Karl Sterns and lit
tle son are on a trip south In Hor
Ida. They will make several stops
on their way to the state of flowers.
Mrs. Gus J. Appelburg, of Hot
Springs, So. Dak., entertained at a
delightful kenslngton at the home of
Mrs. L. Z. Holloway, last Friday af
ternoon. A delightful lunch was
served to the guests at Holsten'B
drug store. The Invited guests were
Mrs. L. Z. Holloway, Mrs. L. L.
Smith. Mrs. L. 11. Highland. Mrs.
Wm. Mltchll, Mrs. Lloyd Thomas.
Mrs. (J. J, Appelburg returned to
her home In Hot Springs, So. Dak.,
Friday morning, after a short visit
in Chicago. Omaha and Alliance.
Mrs. Appelburg was accompanied by
Miss Vivian Holloway, the latter re
turning Sunday night.
M. A. Drown, a prosperous ranch
man from near Marple, twenty-five
miles northeast of Alliance, has been
In the city for a week. He came In
before the snow and Is waiting for
the roads to Improve before return
ing to the ranch. He states that
the snow north and east of Alliance
Is very deep.
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INVESTIGATION OF SUICIDE
(By Herald Correspondent)
Thedford. Nebr., Feb. 4 Officials
here have begun an investigation in
to the motives which caused Mrs.
Gertrude E. McKay to commit sui
cide at this place January 23.
Mrs. McKay was formerly Ger
trude E. Evans, her father, John 11.
Evans, having been county attorney
for Thomas county for a number of
years, but has recently resigned.
She was married to 11. C. McKay,
of Los Angeles, Calif., in 1907, and
had been living at that place until
recently, when she retunred to the
home of her parents.
The correspondent learned from
reliable sources that Mrs. McKay
made an attempt to "do away with
herself", in Omaha, last summer,
when she learned that she was pen
niless. Since then her parents have
watched ber carefully but she made
no other attempt, until ten days ago,
when her mother went upstairs to
take a "nap", and she and her bro
ther Pharon were washing dishes.
She sent her brother after some
cold water. When he returned with
It, she was leaning against a chair,
gasping for breath. He ran up to
her. Her breath smelted "of carbol
ic acid and a doctor was called. She
died in spite of all efforts to revive
her, telling them all that Bhe was go
ing where she would have no more
worries.
An investigation showed that Mrs.
McKay was in her right mind, as she
left several notes, concerning her
burial, the instructions being carried
out.
It Is r ported that officials are
looking for her husband, Herbert C.
McKay, as it is thought he unlaw
fully deserted her.
Royal Highlanders, Attention!,
Alliance Castle No. 43 will meet
In OadBby Hall for the year 1915.
Members will please take notice.
By order of
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
612t-5717
OFFICERS CAUGHT
A BAD BURGLAR
Man Wanted by Hillings and Shcrl
dan Official Caught In City
by KUli and J offer
0Mrnlt-l on Monday
Mrs. Leon Hancock, of South Da
kota, a sister-in-law of Oscar Dra
ma n of Alliance, was operated on
Monday morning by Dr. Slagle.
Albert Roth, aged twenty-two, and
Richard KWrln vhn rlalmarl tn ha
seventeen but who appeared much
older, were arrested Monday by
Special Agent L. L. Klsh and Chief
of Police Chas. JefTers, after they
had disposed of a large amount of
stolen Jewelry, a revolver, and other
articles to local parties.
At the Indiana lunch they dispos
ed of a Walt ham watch, valued at
twenty-five dollars, for two dollars,
and a new automatic rvit mvntvor
valued at sixteen dollars, for one dol
lar. They sold a valuable watch
chain and fob to Frank Wolverton
for fifty cents, and other Alliance
pan es received valuable bargains
which they were reluctantly com
pelled to nart with ch
located the valuables, from the con
cession or tne burglar. The local
men are now out hnih th viin.hio.
and the money which they paid for
mem. as me tnieves bad spent the
money oerore being apprehended.
Roth Was found tn hn miinh
wanted man and was thoroughly
nwrnifu wane m jau in Alliance
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
He finally confessed to the robber
ies. The story which he gave the
Alliance officers when caught was
that he was on a Sheridan street
talking to another man. when the
ponce came up and arrested the oth
er man. but the man arrested had
managed to slln him the fownirv mn
valuables before taken away. He said
mat ne siayea in snerldan two days
and then came to Alliance on a
freight train, arriving Sunday after
noon. The Alliance officers got into com
munication Monday with the officers
at Billings and Sheridan. They were
Informed that four houses had been
burglarized In Billings week before
last and two houses at Sheridan on
Thursday and Friday of last week.
Roth admitted breaking Into the
houses at Sheridan.
The Billings officers gave the de
scription of a lady's Waltham watch,
a chain with diamond slide, and a
number of rings which had been tak
en from the houses there. The sum
of thirty dollars In cash was also
taken from one of the nilliniu res.
Idences. The Sheridan officers gave
the description of a lady's watch, a
gentleman's watch, gold ring, locket,
automatic Colts revolver and dia
mond earrings which were taken
there. The above were among the
articles found In Alliance.
Letters were found on Roth, writ
ten from his home In Switzerland,
by his sister. They were written In
the Swiss language and were trans
lated by the wife of Special Agent
Klsh. who reads German and Its al
lied languages easily. The letters
stated that the sum of one hundred
and seventy-five dollars was being
sent to Roth to pay expenses and In
dicated that he had been a bad, bad
man "In his own home town." The
sister wrote him on January 19 that
she hoped he was not In trouble here
and that their mother had not heard
from him for n long time and want
ed to know how he was getting
along, that they hoped he would not
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Monument of J. Sterling Morton, Father of Arbor Day and He r clary of Agru til
ture in Cleveland's Flint Cabinet. Erected In ltMrt by the Arbor Day Memorial As
MKlation at a cost of filO.OOO. Stands in Morton Park, which Mr. Morton presented
to the City. Brona figure and granite work designed by Rudolph Evan in I arts,
ocated in a natural grove of forest tree.
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Nebraska City High School building, completed In December, 1912, at a cost of
8O,0O0 for grounds, building and equlnuei.t, occupying an entire block of ground In
the center of the city, with a Pulblc Library at the northwest corner of the block. A
wing of the building, not visible In the picture, runs at right angles to the rear of the
main building. This wing contains the inaiu auditorium, with heating capacity for
5O0 pupils. A gymnasium, kaine klze as the auditorium, takes up the baseiueut of
this wing.
spend the money for drink and that
he would get Into business In the
United States some place. The let
ters Indicated that he comes from an
Influential Swiss family. One of
them stated that Roth has a wealthy
uncle, about to die, who had willed
the larger portion of his estate t
Roth, who would be made a wealthy
man thereby.
Evidence against Roth points
strongly to the fact that he was the
man who on December 26 broke In
to a merchandise enr at tho nnrllnr
ton loading platform and who cut
bis band in breaking the seal, and
who was afterwards traced to tha
Catholic church, where hit hrnlra In
and did considerable damage. The
rignt front linger or hi srlght hand
had a bla cut. onlv nnrtlv hnial ir
denied knowing anything about th
Alliance roDoery.
Roth has been maklnr hl hoad
quarters In Billings. Scottsbluff, Den
ver and Alliance and Is believed to
be responsible for many of the rob
beries throughout this aertlnn nt th
country. He had thirty-Ova keys on
him when arrested. The keya wera
of all kinds and would open practic
ally any kind of lock, whether In
residence, office, desk or safe. II
had his shoes on over a pair ot
heepskin-llned house slippers. Tha
supposition is that he would remove
his shoes when entering a house,
making bis way about without noise
in i e suppers.
Sheriff MoBsberc nf ShorMan
rived at noon Wednesday and rainm.
ed this morning on train forty-one
10 oaenaan witn tne men. The Bil
lings Officers Were WlrnI tha h
was returning to Sheridan. Ther
wm assisi m prosecuting Roth at
Sheridan.
Ferris, the vounrop nt th mi
told a straightforward story of meet-
ins; uoin in a dox car this side of
Gillette. He has a fair alibi, and
will probably be turned loose to go
to tls home at Sioux City, Iowa,
where he stated his father, who Is
blind, makes a living by playing a
hand organ on the streets.
Roth will probably get "Man" at
Sheridan. Ferris will probably re
turn to his home, a sadder and wiser
boy. And the Alliance people who
parted with good money for stolen
goods will undoubtedly notify the
police the next time they are offered
genuine bargains of this nature and
will chant seriously the little re
frain: "Never again for me, for me, for me;
I got badly atung once, you see,
you see.
Take your trash away.
Hide It deep In the hay.
And get out of my sight,
Because I won't bite.
Never again for me, for me, for me;
I got badly stung once you see,
you see." ,
One Thousand Dollars Reward
One thousand dollars reward Is of
fered for the capture, conviction or
assassination of the culprit who pur
loined the checker board from the Y.
M. B. C. rooms in the McCorkle
block, thereby stopping the champ
ionship game. The participants In
the championship game refuse to use
any other board and are "up in the
air" until the old board can be
found.
DEATH OF JAMES SEAMAN
Aged Alliance Resident Ilts Friday
Morning at 7 O'clock from
Cancer of Stomach
James Seamen, father of Mrs. Hat
tie Owens, died at her residence, at
7 o'clock Friday morning. Death was
caused by cancer of the stomach. He
had been 111 for about ten days. The
body was taken to Waco, Nebr., Fri
day night. The funeral was held
there on Sunday.
At the time of his death M. Sea
men had no life Insur.; nr It Is
mated that he gave up $3,000 of In
surance last summer, ihinLtuK he
could not afford to carry It longfr.
Card of Thanks
Mrs. llatlie Owens extends her
heart fell gratitude to her neighbors
und friends who bo kindly assisted
her during the Bicknepa und death of
her father, James Si't;iiiijn.
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