Local
Edition
VOLUME XXV
The Alliance Hertc
12
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ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NKBRASKA,
iMBIB '26, 1918.
NUMBER 43
RAY WILSON KILLED BY NEGRO
BARBER- MURDERER STILL AT LARGE
Young Lisco Farmer Flashed Roll of Bills Promis
cuously and Was Robber's Victim Shot
in the Back Three Times
Evidence Produced at the Inquest Saturday Night
Points to Negro Barber as Murderer
Negro Still at Large
OHO KM LOWS AND HKIH KAIIH
MM r DEBICATE V. HAUL
A number of Odd Fellows and Re
bekshs motored to Antioch Monday
evening in response to an Invitation
from the same order to aelp dedicate
their new hall at that place. Tile
evening was spent in a aocial way In
dancing and games, after which a
very delightful supper was served.
We can vouch for the Antioch people
as being royal entertainers and skill
ed in the culinary art. All departed
at a late hour.
i RKPVBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR I sits ALLIANCE
ber who is missing and whose name
no one seems to know Jbut who was
known to the local colored people as
Barber."
Wilson's body was taken to Lisco
on Monday by his father and burial
made there Monday afternoon.
CHARLEY WYKOFf
ON MEDITERANEAN
8. R. McKelvIe, republican candi
date for governor, spoke an aud
ience at the Phelan opera house
Wednesday evening, following a din
ner at the Alliance Cafe at which Mr.
McKelvIe and State Railway Commis
sioner H. O. Tayjpr were the guests
of honor. Mr. Taylor, who is a can
didate for re-election, also spoke at
tie dinner and the opera house. The
men are both orators of ability and
were given excellent attention by the
audience which-heard them.
Former Alliance Railroad Boy With
Bob lulls in France, Plays
Baseball.
Chas. F. Wykoff. Alliance volun
teer fireman and railroad man, Is
now located in barracks which are
only a short distance from t ie Medi
terranean sea, according to word re
ceived from him by The Herald this
week. Charley wants to hear from
Alliance people and his brother fire
men should take time off to write
him.
Charley's letter reads as follows:
"August 15, 1918. Have not receiv
ed a letter from you or any one else
since I have been in France, except
from mother and at last I now have i
; the right address so slip us a line
j Bob Ralls and I.
"The weather here is fine, rather
J .lot in the'day time but cool at night.
The V. M. C. A. Just visited us and
orougni us some Daseball outfits, u
NATIONAL POTASH
PLANT BURNED
Ray Wilson, aged thirty-six years,
wae shot in tne back three times
shortly before eleven o'clock Friday
evening, at Second street and Lara
mie avenue, dying a few minutes af
ter the shooting. Wilson had arrived
in Alliance Friday morning to attend
the auto races t.iat afternoon and ap
peared to be much under the in
fluence of liquor, flashfng a large
roll of bills at frequent intervals.
The only clue the police have as
to the identify of the murderer is the
statement of Simon Pitts, a colored
man and! former Burlington em
ployee, who said at the inquest Sat
urday night that a colored barber, !
employed at John Stark's colored
barber shop, had asked him to help
rob Wilson about thirty minutes be
fore tie. murder.
Wilson was employed on a farm
ten miles north of Lisco, near, his
father's farm, and is survived by hlB
father, who came to Alliance .Satur
day morning; his mother, two sisters
and a brother. According to tne evi
dence introduced at the inquest, he
had just sold some hogs, receiving
over 400.00. He went to Bridge
port on Thursday. Arriving there, he
learned of the auto races at Alliance
and was driven by auto to Alliance,
accompanied by Mrs. Allans Bur
roughs, her daughter, Mrs. Rut.i Mc
Kinney and ten-year-old son, Lyle
Burroughs. "Doc" Clawges, Bridge
port auto dealer, drove them to Al
liance. During the afternoon and evening
W'iUirm nnnamntlv noroirctrl n unnnlv i nnnVilMtr Kan .....J ..........
of llauor and "lagged un." He at-! the first we hnv rp,.eir,i unH ' Bav nearby buildings from the fla
tended the auto races, flashed his I sure are entovinir them. A - nf ! PH-
roll of bills .most of the time, and 1 baseball has been arranged already
New Potaah Plant at Antioch, Rrmct
ed at Cost of 980O.0O0,
Burned to Ground
Fire, starting at one o'clock Mon
day morning, in u chute at the Nat
ional Potash plant at Antioch, com
pletely destroying the building and
ruined a large part of the machin
ery. The brick walls of the building
are believed to have been uninjur
ed arfd cr.n be used In the rebuild
ing of the plant.
The fire quickly reached the roof
of the frame structure and was be
yond control of the volunteer fire
fighting organization comprised of
Antioch citizens who worked heroic
DOCTOR K. J III M.I IS
(XIM1NG TO ALLIANCE
It is ! ,,y hut weve unable to do more tin
continued to do so during the eve- :
ning. Clawges was called to Bridge- J
port and left early in the afternoon.
Shortly after ten o'clock Wilson,
Mrs. Burroughs, her son and daugh-'
ter, were sitting in the Burlington'
depot, waiting for the midnight train
OB whici they intended to return to
Bridgeport. A colored man stepped
up to Wilson and asked him to step
between the boiler makers and rip
trackers. This day is a legal holiday !
in France so we are not working.
"Sure wish, Lloyd, you and the'
bunch could take a dip with me in I
the Mediterranean sea only eight
mil Si from the barracks. Well, dear
friends, as you know the rules and
regulations of the army no news,
so I'll close. Hoping to get at least
. o
?'
outside. The colored man answered ' one letter hofore I riali iii.mc- tu-n
from date.
Cpl. Chas. F. Wykoff,
Company N, 35t.i Engineers, care A.
P. O. 7f2, A. E. F., France."
me description oi me now missing J years
barber. Wilson followed him out and m
.was seen to go uorth on Box Butte
avenue.
When next seen Wilson came run
ning east on Second street from i
alongside the blacksmith shop, just i
after five shots had been heard from j
the alley back of the shop. He ran !
across the street and fell face down- i
ward on the sidewalk in front of the
Paillips rooming house. Clifford
Sward was standing in front of the j
rooming house when .Wilson stagger-1
ed up and fell. A doctor was imme
diately called but the victim had ex- j
pired before he arrived.
Wilson had been shot three times. 1
One shot lodged in the back of his'
left arm; one went into his back on
the left side and came out in front
and the third, the one t'-at apparent
ly caused death, lodged in his spine.
Taree negros had been seen to go
west along Second street just before j
Wilson was shot. They had appar
ently tried to rob him and as he ran
one of them had drawn an automatic
revolver and shot-him at close range.
His roll of bills lay under him where
he fell on the sidewalk.
' At the inquest held Saturday night
the jurors were John Brennan, Ed
Henry. W. A. McLain. R. J. Hill,
Jerry Rowan and W. H. Swan. Wit
nesses examined were Simon Pitts, '
colored; Mrs. Ruth McKinney, Lyle
Burroughs, aged twelve; Mrs. Alleny
Burroughs, all of Bridgeport; and
Clifford Sward of Alliance.
The jury brought in a "John Doe" I
verdict. The police fare unable to 1
find a clue'as to the whereabouts of
the colored barber implicated by
Simon Pitts.
The plant Comprised two complete
potash redaction units ami was erect
ed at a cost of aproxitnately $3(o,
Both the Nation."! and United Stat
companies were housed in the plant,
the former operating on the lakes of
the Beck ranch mid the late on
the Eldred ranch lakes.
I Company officials heve announc
ed that the work of re-huilding Will
'start without delay :nd that new
! machinery to taJte the place of that
burned plant, wil be ordered at qm .
The war department announced on
Saturday that
army overseas
each member of the
SHERIDAN POTASH
COMPANY ORGANIZED
might receive one i K. T. Kibble of Alliance Heads Ht
package from home for Christmas. In
ortler to insure delivery of the gifts
to soldiers Christmas day, the pack
ages must be mailed on or before
November 15th. Packages must be
shipped in standard ' containers,
which will be supplied upon applica
tion to t le local Red Cross chapters.
To insure the one-package rule being
followed, a coupon bearing the name
and correct address of each soldier
now serving in France will be sent
over by General Pershing. The cou
pon will entitle the sender at home
to mail the package.
'mMHiy Which Will Erect Small
Plant Near Antioch.
The Sheridan Potash Company,
with a capital stock of $50,000, lias
been granted a permit by the State
Hailway Commission for the sale of
$30,000 worth of the stock for Me
purpose of erecting a ten ton plant
on a lake northeast of Antioch.
E. T. Kibble of Alliance is, presi
dent of the new company; J. D. Wal
ker, vice president, and B. Kibble,
secretary-treasurer. The lake they
have is about eight acres in extent
and, according to the report of Dr. O.
E. Condra, state expert, contains
A committee of five from each of
the following churches: Baptist, Dis
ciples, Methodist and) Presbyterian,
met last Thursday evening In the
Presbyterian church and organised
the campaign.
Reverend A. A. Lay ton. pastor of
the Baptist church, was elected chair
man end Professor W. R. Pate was
elected sectetary. The following
fecre chosen as chairmen of tne fol
lowing committees:
Prayer meeting committee Mrs.
A A Lay ton.
Personal vorkeni Rev. S. J Ep
ic r.
Music committee Mr. Mann.
Usher committee W! D. Fisher.
Entertainment committeeMrs. J.
L. Nicolai.
;li;h school committee Prof. W
I: r.ue.
s.tnshine chorus Mr. S. J, Epler.
tlUlMttg committee C. rf. Fut'e.
I ' legation committee J. S. Rhein
Advertising committee F. A.
Bold.
finance committee A. T. Lunn.
Meetings are planned to hegi.i
about November 1, 1918.
FEDERAL INSPECTION GOVERNOR NEVILLE
OF NEDRASKA SPUDS
Twelve or More Officials to be nam
ed For scat I. .ns m Aliance, Heat
ingfoixl and Other Points.
RAILROAD CARMEN
HELP RED CROS
Patriotic Trainmen Make Substantial
Donation to Alliance Chapter
on Wednesday.
The Brotherhood of Railway Car
men, with members at Alliance, Se
neca, Edgemont and Dead wood, on
Wednesday made a donation of one
iiundTed dollars to the Aliance chap
ter of the Red Cross. They have the
sincere thanks of the members of the
chapter who assure them that the
money will be put to a good ubc
The committee making tie dona
tion for the organization were P. S.
Voant, H. D. Hacker, James Dobry
and Geo. Hrasky.
OCTOBER I1TII DATI'i SET FOB
HEARING CELEBRATED CASK
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 26. The state
Supreme court has set Friday, Oct.
11th, as the date for hearing the
celebrated potash test suit, in which
T. L. BrlggS of Antioch, candidate for
the state legislature, seeks to enjoin
the state board of Educational bands
and Funds from executing a mineral
lease on a section of School land in
Sheridan county to any one else than
himself.
POTASH COMPANY TO
BUILD SMALL PLANT
Nebraska potatoes this year when
shipped from producing points of the
state will bear the official inspection
stamp of the federal food adminis
tration for Nebraska. All licensed
denlers haldlng potatoes must see
that their shipments are inspected.
To carry out the provlsons of thin
order. Ourdon W. Wntles, Federal
Food Administrator, will a point in
spectors at nil principal shipping
points of the pots to growing dis
tricts. Those nppolntments will be
made upon recommendation of R. F.
Howard, Sectary of theFood Admin
istration. The duty of the inspector! will be
to examine all c.vr lot shippments, to
determine the grades of the potatoes,
and to i: sue certificates designating
the grades A normal charge of $2 per
car will be exacted for such Inspec
tion. The purpose of this Inspection is to
enforce the recent promulgations pro
vldlng for the sorting and grading of
potatoes and to prevent the ship
ment of those unfit for human con
sumption grades one and two may be
shipped, the car must designate the
grade of the commodity.
Grading of potatoes Is made im
perative upon nil handlers with the
grower as the ouly exception. How
ever, If he sells to dealers who have
to comply with the grading provis
ions it Is felt that be will consider his
best interests by shipping only grad
ed potatoes.
Twelve or more Inspectors will be
appointed immediately, nrobabiv at
j these points Long Pine or Oordton,
I Hay Springs or Rushville, Chadron
i Marshland or Belmont, Hcmtngford,
Aliance, Smftabluffs. Morrill, Mlna
tare or Baird, Kimball, Sidney and
Kearney.
The regulations will standardize
Nebraska potatoes for the first time.
will 'relieve Nebraska from the un
favorable reputation she has. regards
I Ing her potatoes. The grading will
be beneficial to all It will mean
! more money to the producer.
less loss to the handlers, and a snv
I ing to the consumer."
HERE ON TUESDAY
Nebraska's War Governor TeUs AJ
ltance People of Work Done Dur
ing Ills Administration.
E. O. I I KEfl AKDT
Alliance Men Head 'oniMtiiv Organ
laed With Capital of gftOO.OOO
to levclop l.iiK.-s
Miss Laura Mounts entertained a
few friends last Saturday evening at about $350,000 worth of potash
a dinner party in honor of Mrs. Axel j
Johnson, formerly of Alliance, but I nHHKU) AH 'Ol'N'TY SHOWS
now living in Sioux Falls, S. D. Those
present were Mabel Worley, Alta
Young, Nell Shrewsbury. Mrs. Axel
Johnson, Mrs. Fred Feaglns, Ruth
Rice, Avis Joder and Alva Hamilton.
Delbert Sutan, a negro, whose
home address is Mitchell. Nebr, was
found dead in an automobile late to
day. The body was taken to the
Darling undertaking parlors.
Mrs. Axel Johnson of Sioux Falls.
S. D.. arrived in Alliance Friday
morning for a short visit with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Tash.
SYMPTOMS OF CONVULSION
When Wilson came to Alliance j
Friday morning he had on the out-i
sidle of his roll of bills a new twenty j
dollar certificate. He tore from the
lower right hand corner a piece of i
this bill about one inch wide and one i
V- j
and one-half inches long, giving It to
Lyle Burroughs. After t-ie shooting, j
this bill was missing from the roll
and the officers now have the small
H. A. Cribble from the Mallery
Grocery Co , left Monday night for
Kansas City and other points on a
two weeks' vacation.
Miss Lena Jamisson left Sunday
noon for Hemingford Where she will
teavi this winter.
Miss Mabel Worley was hostess to
a few of her friends last Monday eve-
piece torn from the bill. If the of-J nlnK at a dinner party complimentary
fioera can locate the torn bill they j t0 Mr8 John80n of 8ioui Fttllll
may be able to trace the colored bar- South Dakota.
For many years Custer county has
had periodical convulsions over the
question of county division. Sheridan
county now shows symptoms of belni
afflicted in the same way. With Up
growth of the DOtMh industry driv
ing towns have sprung up in the
south side of the county Antioch.
Lakeside and lloffland. Antioch
claims to be far away Die largest
town in the county. The Northwest
ern railway cuts ucross the extreme
uorthern part of the county and the
Burlington across the extreme south
ern part. This leaves a strete.t of
from thirty-to fifty miles between
railroads, and mighty poor roads for
auto or wagon traffic, The south
side wants to be cut off and made in
to a separate county. The north side
opposes because it would be left with
practically all the bridges to build
Petitions are being circulated for a
rote of division and already the air
is showing traces of sulphur.
A. J. Picket ell, manager of the
Djerks' lumber yard at Antioch. was
in the city on business Tuesday.
Announcement was made the last
of the week in the eastern Nebraska
dailies of the organization of t tie As
sociated Potash Plants with a capital
stock of $"00,000, for t ie purpose of
building several small potash plants
on lakes in the potash district.
The company is headed by Lloyd
C. Thomas and F. A. Bald of Al
liance, who have associated with
them men of experience in the potash
business. The company was organ
ized under the laws of the state of
Nebraska and has the approval of t ie
Blue Sky department of the State
Railway Commission, a permit hav
ing been granted for t le sale of
stock. ,
Included in ls company's hold
ings are over 4,000 acres of lakes In
the potash district, there being sev
eral combinations of potash lakes on
which small plants will be erected
Testing has been going on since early
this spring on the lakes
A large portion of the stock to be
sold for financing the company has
been subscribed and the company ex
pects to begin the erection of its
plants within a short time.
Men between the ages of 18 and
45. married after August r,th, will
not be allowed exemption from army
service on account of their marriage,
according to regulations issued Sat
urday by General Crowder.
IS i
Jerry Rowan -lias bought the Wor
ley residence at 4 08 Cheyenne Ave.,
and will build a modern bungalow.
F. M Broome of the Valentine
land office, was in this section call
ing on old friends this week.
!
A. A. Law, of the Duncan grocery,
was called east by the critical illness
of his mother.
E. O. Lukeli.ir.lt was born at
Kearney,, Nebraska, December 20,
; 1888. He died a! Bridgeport on Sopt.
i, j'Jis. ,vir l,ukehardt came to
Alliance from Hastings as an em
ployee of the Burlington railroad.
Ieaving the road le went to Casper,
Wyoming, whee he went Into bus-
DCt, After having established
good barber business his health fail
ed him and he was forced to seek a
lower climate.
From Casper he went to Rexburg.
Idaho, and then on to Portland and
later to San Francisco. Here he took
very pick and was brought home.
Ieath was due to typhoid fever. In
terment was made in Greenwood,
cemetery at Alliance.
Deceaoed leaves to mourn his loss
his wife, son and lis mother, Mrs.
Tim Moloney of "Alliance. The be
reaved relatives have the sympathy
of the entire community."
Keith Neville, Nebraska's war gov
ernor, spoke to a good slsed crowd
at the Phelan opera house Tuesday
evening. Ho was accompanied by
Charles W. Pool, secretary of state
and candidate for congressman In the
Sixth district, and by Mr. SmltJ for
te Omaha World-Herald.
In his speech the governor told of
the embargo on the exportation of
seed corn which was placed this
spriug, allowing the farmers of Ne
braska to buy their seed corn for
fnm to 5 per bushel, while the
farmers of Iowa were compelled to
pay from $5 to f 12 per bushel for
seed corn.
The governor also told of the cat
tle feeder situation In the state last
year and mow that a commission had
been sent to Washington which suc
ceeded in getting conditions reme
died so that the cattle feeders of Ne
braska did not suf'?r the loss which
for a time stared them in the face.
Charley Pool, in his talk, tola of
the work accomplished during his
terms as secretary of state, showing
how that als office has handled more
than twice tke business on the same
appropriations of the ten or twelve)
yc-irs before he succeeded to the of
fice. Following the meeting at the
opera house, the visitors were escort
ed to the armory, where the Bos:
Butte Home Guards first' drilled for
their benefit and then served thetn
with refreshments. Speakers at t u
armory wore Governor Neville,
Charley Pool, John W. Guthrie.
Lloyd C. Thomas and H. E. Gantz.
RAIN FIXES GROUND
FOR WINTER WHEAT
Henry Rainfall in Box Butte County
IHirinK This Week Insure a
Bumper Fall Wheat Crop
Went her Observer F. W. Hicks re
ports a rainfall of 2.20 inches sine
Monday night in two days and two
nights Although the heavy rain has
caused n delay in haying, the warm
WMther today is encouraging and in
Snres Plenty of time in which to dig;
the million dollars worth of potatoes
in the county as well as time for the
ranchmen to finish t le alying by of
a big supply of famous sandhill hay
the kind that makes the range cat
tie ; leek and fat.
Potato digging will now go ahead
with undiminished force and western
Nebraska will continue to keep in the
, lead.
MRS. N. T. SHAWVKK
j lilt; FOI RTH LIBERTY MIAN
CAMPAIGN TO OPEN SKIT. 2H
The Fourth Liberty Loan cam
paign will open next Saturday, Sept.
28th. The week following will be ae
rated to education, publicity and
preparation. October 6th will be
Liberty Ian Sunday. The actual
booking of subscriptions to the loan
will bjgin Monday, October 7th. run
ning throng i the week and ending
on Columbus day, Saturday, October
IStfe. The week of October 14-19,
inclusive, will be devoted to cleaning
up unfinished work and lookint: af
ter slackers if any there be.
Mrs. T. A Cross entertained -the
members of the B. Y. P. Y. at her
home last Friday night. A pleasant
time was enjoyed by all those pres
1 ent.
!
Miss Dora Coker entertained' a few
j of her friends at her birthday party
last Saturday evening. All those
present report a delightful time
!
Mrs. T. A. Cross. Wealev Cnrn u.wl
j wife, left Saturday for a few weeks'
visit in Missouri with Mrs. Corp s
relatives.
it
Mr and Mrs P. S. A bar left last
week to visit their son, who is sta
tioned at Camp Funston. Kansas.
J. B. Denton was called to Kansas
City. Mo., on business last Saturday
Mrs. N. T. Shawver was born near
Melbet;., Iowa. October 21, ISM. and
'died at Hastings September 23. 1918,
j following short illness. Mrs. Shaw
ver has- heen In poor health for the
past two years, but her condition was
not considered serious, although
about two week; ago. she suffered a
WMatal breakdown and was taken to
the Bnglealde sanitarium where she
died
Mrs. Siawver came to Alliance in
1905 with her husband. She was a
member pf the Christian church, and
of the Highlander and G. I. A. lodges
of Alliance.
The funeral was held at the Chris
tian ch.nch Thursday morning. The
followinK acted as pall bearers: E I.
Gregg. H, Johnson. L. M. Beal. A. D.
Rodgcrs, Orville Stevens and Robert
Iawrence.
Burial was made in Greenwood
cemetery. Those from out of town
attending tie funeral were her par
ents, Mr and Mrs. John Clure of
Iowa ; four of her brothers and ono .
sister.
She i;; survived by her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. John Clure: her husband,
N. T. Shawver; two daughters, Mar
garet and Thelma: four brothers and
two sisters.
Marcus Frank le. of the Famous
Clothing store, left the middle of the
week for Chicago, where he will at
tend t ie convention of the United
National Clothiers There will bo
abou five hundred members present,
representing about twenty-three
states in the union. The convention
will hold Its meetings on the top
floor of the auditorium. Mr. Fran
kle will select his spring stock and
also a few late fall and winter novel
ties Hrb Wehn came over to Alliance
froai Bridgeport Tuesday