" : VOLUME XXVII. ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBUASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1920. NUMBER 39, .re MURDERER HERE FOR SAFE KEEPING Hoy Braunia Twice Brought Here From Bridgeport to Escape Possible Mob Violence Deputy Sheriff Gene Hall of Bridgeport brought Hoy BrauniH, murderer, bnck to Alliance Monday evening, where he will be held for safe keeping until a Jury is impaneled In district court, now in session at Bridgeport. He will probably ba Again retained to Bridgeport Friday. Roy Braunia, self-confessed mur derer of John Watts, rancher near Bridgeport, was brought to Alliance via automobile late Friday evening by Sheriff Dyson of Morrill county, In order to save him from the ven geance of friends and neighbors of the murdered man. Braunia, a young man of twenty-four, killed Watts, his employer, on Thursday morning. He was arrested a few hours later and confined In the Jail at Bridgeport, and later, when rumors of mob vio lence became prevalent, was brought here for safe keeping. Chief Nova Taylor took him back to Bridgeport Monday morning, where his trial was held in the afternoon. Sheriff Dyson's original intention had been to drive to Angora and catch the train for Alliance, but on arrival there a phone call from Bridgeport brought the news that several ranchers were on the train they intended to catch, and that in addition several autoloads had left that city, presumably filled with mob members. For a time, the Alliance 'ning. wnen special representatives oi police authorities wondered whether tne telephone company and other there might not be an attempt at ' citliens will be present and the fran rushing the city Jail, but if the chl uestion will be threshed out. Tanchers were bent on mischief tbey'Mayr Rodgers wants the advice of concealed It well after their arrival tne citizens on this matter, and pres- tn this city. wnen interviewed Dy a weraia re-; -... , . . . porter, the murderer showed no hes itancy in telling of the crime. He did not regret his action In the least, he said, and did not particularly worry about the outcome. He hoped that he would get off with less than life Imprisonment, and said that if 'I he had a Rood lawyer and his em hlAVAv'a r(fA rwti14 mtmrtA Kv film t he thought it would come out that way. , - , , weak face, but not a ricious one by any means. H hasn't the highest grade of mentality, but he's nobody', fooL In a soft drawl, he told of the struggle to make his own way in the world ever since he reached the age of eight His parents lived In Arl - aona, where his father was a rancher near Phoenix. When he was four years old, his father died, and his mother liver four years longer. His father had possessed some livestock, but there was nothing left when his mother died. "I haven't been home or had a home to go to since I was lght years old," he said. "I never got to go to school much only a little at a time. All I know I've had to learn by hard work and expe rience. Most of 'his work has been upon farms and ranches. He came to Bridgeport about two weeks before the tragedy. He never liked his em ployer. "He was a mean man' he said. a "A mighty mean man. He was always whipping the horses or dogs. He would get sore if some thing didn't go just right, or Just the way that he thought it ought to, and take out his spite on his' hones. I've seen him hit them with clubs or the doubletree off the wagon. He was mean with his stepchildren, too. He used to get on his horse and ride around the house half a dozen times, firing his .38 revolver, Just to scare them." Braunia killed Watts, he said, be cause the latter called him a partlc ularly vile name. Watts had hitched up a team and was preparing to drive to Bridgeport, when something went wrong. The horses became fractious, and the next minute they were botb tangled up with the harness. Watts was some distance away, and came running over. He called out to Braunia, as he came: "Well, you're the craziest of a driver I ever taw." Braunia, who had been try Ins to straighten out the tangled - horses, dropped the reins and starte? toward the house. "I was wearing a pair of gloves that he'd bought for me," the mur derer Bald, "and he yelled at me: Come back here, you : come back and give me them gloves!" I came back and laid them on the ground near him. Then he struck at me. I left the horses standing . and ran across the field and he chased me. He nearly caught me oneebut I Jumped a fence and got way. "I went right Into the house and ; hung over the middle door. I hur ried so as to beat him there, knew he had a loaded .38 pistol, and I was afraid of him. You know that no man keeps a loaded pistol in a house for any good purpose. I took the Winchester and went to the door, nd there ' e was, comin' toward the house. I called out to him: " 'John,' I says, 'don't you step an other step farther. Stop right where you are!' "He ducked and ran around the milk house. I could see his head bob out now and then. I told him again: " 'John, don't you come anotrer step farther. I've told you for the last time!' "He stepped out, and I let him have it.' " This was the story that the youth ful murderer told, in a low voice, without the least hint of passion, or without emotion of any kind. Braunla's one hope, he says, is In the wife of the murdered man. He hat hopes that shewill corroborate his story. "She sympathized with me," he said, "because I was a young fellow who had been knocked around all his life and had never had a home." His one ear, he said, was that she wouldn't want to do it. He has no hope that the will get away without paying a penalty for his crime, but he believes he will escape the supreme penalty. FRANCHISE QUESTION UP WEDNESDAY NIGHT A special meeting of the city council will be held Wednesday eve- i . . . . . . . enl prospects are mat some aina oi BAiiiTinn will no n rr ven nr n - y - solution will oe arnvea at. ine onmnanv i m awft tinir tha crrannnff nr i a franchise, they say, to begin need ed extensions and improvements. DAREDEVIL LOOHLHAR . AT IMPERIAL TONIGHT Lieutenant O. L. Lochlear, whose daredvl wlth, the aep,"e Bare inriiieu luvunnuug iiutu uto uio- charge from the army, is the attrac- tlon l th tonight. In an '"V"1?' S - ll purpose of displaying the nerr of leu. 5 ""2? V . i A,r jobbery." and it should ke6 you "1ed ou f your seat dur- r"u":"v.v , 'T T Wednesday, Bill Hart is the fea ture in a characteristic Alaskan play, "The HellrHound." ALLIANCE BKIHF8. Assistant Burlington Agent Todd left for Denver Monday evening. where he will appear as witness aaainst Nora Lauder, colored, who left Alliance a few days ago on a Burlington employes' pass. The case will come up in federal court. J. H. Dorrell barber of Ardmore, S. D., was placed undre arrest by Burlington Special Agent T. J. Smith last week. Stolen property belonging to the state agricultural school was found In his possession. He was- ar rested for suspected complicacy In box car robberies, and while no evidence was found on this count, he waived preliminary bearing on the other hearing. Fire about 10:30 Sunday morning burned the roof off tne house at 105 Sweetwater occupied by Gertrude Jackson and Goldte Fuller, colored. The contents of the building were badly damaged. A second alarm an hour or so later was without founda tion. J. C. Osborn of Corning, Calif., an old time Hemlngford resident who left for California on a visit sev eral months ago, has purchased a fruit farm at Corning, Calif., said to be the show place of that section. He will still retain his Hemlngford In terests. . Smith P. Tuttle last week disposed of his office building on Box Butte avenue, adjoining the new Lowry & Henry garage, to James L. Blake, the consideration being $4,000. Mr Tuttle will probably leave within the next few days for California, wberr he will make bis home with his son or daughter. Four boys, Orlle McFarland, Her man Lledloff, Emmett . Wilson and Charles Wolfe, will appear in county court at 4 p. m. today to answer to a charge of vandalism and general cussedness. During the teaehers' Darty at the home of J. C. Morrow last Friday evening, the boys are barged with entering the hour and oaklng away with sundry and rait ous edible. took down the .22 Winchester tha NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO BUILD SCHOOLS Prosit That FurihJ-r Funis Will Have it Be Voted to Carry O-t IMans as Outlined. Secretary Pate and two members of the school board met with the di rectors of the chamber of commerce Monday evening. The report' . was made that the architects, Flak & Ma ginnis of Lincoln, had given a' pre liminary estimate on the plans ap proved for the new high school building, and the total was $190,000 exclusive of furnishings, which would amount to at least $25,000 more. President Glen Miller suggested that a combination gymnasium and auditorium might be built, which would answer present needs and the building program could be resumed in two or three years, when prices were done skyrocketing. Several of the directors called .at tention to the fact that when the bond petitions were signed, they con tained a definite promise that the east side of the city should have a building, end they insisted that no building program should be adopted which would break that promise. If tliere were not sufficient funds, then the board should ask for sufficient funds. There Is bound to be trouble, they said. If all the money to ' be raised by the sale of the bonds Is spent on one building. Mr. Pate explained that the board's intention had been to build the high school and construct one unit of a ward school on lots recent ly purchased on the eaBt side, 'It was pointed out, however, that funds were not available for even this much. Mr. Harris said that the board had Vii4 tnr Aafltnataa fnr hnth hlllld- - ,. onA lhnt -n nrohhmtv the r" district would be asked to vote the additional money required. There is some question, he said, as to whether bonding houses will accept the bonds voted by petition, although there Is certainly legal provision for such means. He thought It possible that the board would, after learning how much money was needed, ask for a special election to vote the entire amount. OFFICIAL TABULATION ? OF ELECTION RETURNS Members or the city council mettos an election' board Monday 'evewlng and compiled the official tabulation of votes for last Tuesday's election.' The totals follow: v For Conncllinea. ' ' First ward: . , H. D. Hacker ......'-..i...... A. V. Gavin ..........U. ....-12 Second ward: O. a Moore . . :.... Tt T Burrows ..-...-"" Third ward: E. D. Henry . ....35 A. O. Wright r.. 22 Fourth ward: L. H. Highland ..................-... 18 A. B. Sturgeon ...... .. 37 School Board Members. , K. J. Stern and F. A. Harris were elected members of the school board. Mrs. Mose Wright received within four votes of the number reulred to elect. This was the only case where there was a possibility that the of ficial totals would show a change from the unofficial returns published last Friday. Votes of the three prin cipal candidates follow: Ward 1 2 3 K. J. Stern 45 29 38 F. A. Harris 18 22 30 4 42 37 6 T'l. 154 107 104 Mrs. M. Wright ....30 38 31 Clarence Johnson of Long Lake came to Alliance Monday to meet Mr, and Mrs. Charles Johnson, who re cently returned from Long Beach. Cal. Here's How They Stand In The Herald's Auto and Prize Campaign MR. B. M. KELLY HS8 MARGARET BARRY MR, RALPH COX MISS " RABEL JTEWMAN MISS Li . QAASMLDra MRS. J. WOXQ "Second Period" AUTO CAMPAIGN ENDSJPRIL 24 ftmtefttnnts Who Make , Best Rec ords Tills Werk Will Probably Be Winners. Rushing through the last few days In their Nnal efforts for supremacy, candidatesln the Herald's now Justly famous prfze and auto campaign are racing swiftly and determinedly to ward the, goal as the "treasure chest filled to overflowing" comes In sight. Personal Pride at Stake. A striking feature of the past few days is the personal pride that has become manifest. Several candidates have voiced the determination to win at all hazards. One declared that to accept defeat would be a disgrace. Another says that she owes it to her friends who have helped her so loyally up to this point, to put forth every effort to win so that when the final day comes everything will have been done, and nothing left undone to better her chance to win. So, as the basts of civic and lndl vidual pride, and for the reason that the cash difference between the first prize and the second prise Is more than $1,800, quite a tidy sum In It Self), you can expect to see a des perate struggle on all sides before the big prizes are finally awarded on April 24. ; How Prize Will Be Awarded Next week, the last one of the campaign, no votes will be issued at The Herald office, nor will payments for subscriptions be accepted there Subscriptions, with remittances to cover, are to be enclosd in sealed envelopes and deposited in the locked ballot box which will be placed in a local bank. Full particulars of now the contest will close will appear in an early issue ' The winners will be determined by their accredited votes, added to the number of ballots due for subscrip tion found in the sealed ballot box, The contestant having the largest number of votes will be awarded the Reo Six, the contestant having the next largest number of rotes will be awarded the free trip to California, and so oa. Special attention Is called to the following: In the original adver tisement announcing the campaign, Rule 4 reads: "The winners of the prises will be decided. by. their ac-1 ertdited rotes, said rotes being rep-l repeated, by ballots Issued, for sub-1 scrlpViOAs, Job and advertising cards, I and by coupons clipped.' from Th Herald." Therefore, the winners will be decided by rotes secured exactly I advertised - subscriptions. Jon I printing and advertising cards, and coupons clipped from' The Herald. , Pour Days More of Big Votes. . Only four more days and again the rote schedule Is reduced. This time reduction Is more extreme than be fore. Tou lose more than 80 per cent of the rotlng power of subscrip tions by holding back orders until the final week of the race, and no rotes at all are allowed for Job work and advertising cards after this Sat urday night. Don't think that the loss of a few votes will not mean anything. From surface indications the race will be won by a very nar row margin and the loss of ballots sustained between second period rotes and last period rotes may. e JuBt enough ,to turn rlctory into de feat. YOU CAN GAIN ON COMPETI TORS by making erery . minute- cf the remain ng four days, count m your favor. More than one automo- bile has been lost because candidal did not realise that the second pe riod was lust as Important as the first. AND FAR MORE IMPOR TANT THAN THE FINAL ONE. Saturday is the end of the second Angora 8,820,500 Bat First 8,172,600 JS23 Cheyenne ................8,058,800 223 Toluc 1,898,500 Hemlngford ...1,500,500 10U Box Butte ...881,000 Ends Saturday Night CHAPLAIN HQl'IRK OF PIERRE, 8. I). Will 8jHNk at the District CVurt Room, Alliance, Neb., Friday Evening, April 16, at 8 p. in. Chaplain Squires wilt appear In the interest of the candi dacy of General Leonard Wood. The chaplain served through the war with the Thirty-second division, and was wounded. He has one of the most thrilling stories you have ever been privileged to hear. The public has been Invited, and ladles will be made especially wel come. period WIN OR LOSE as you ben efit during the' ensuing FOUR DAYS. Final Warning. As a final warning, candidates should not be afraid of having too many votes. Such is not possible. More than one race has been lost by over-confidence. It will be better to win by a million rotes or so more than enough than to lost by a few thousand. IT IS THE FINAL BURST OF SPEED THAT W1N8. EX-SOLDIERS PAYING MONEYJEEDLESSLY In the past two weeks, according to Miss Josephine Ganson, home secretary for the Red Cross of Rox Butte county, no less than six rx soldlerg have reported to her thnt thpy have been paying bills for med ical attentl n, due to some disability received In the service. She feels that exsoldlers should understand Just what their, rights are and that they should make an effort to get the compensation due them from the government. There Is a government physician In Alliance, Dr. Minor Morris, who Is authorized to give treatment to those suffering from service disabili ties. First, however, it is necessary to make a claim. Miss Ganson has all the necessary blanks, as well as the experience In filling out these formidable documents, and Is. anx ious to have any soldier entitled to medical attention get all that is coming to him." Under the" law. the ex-soldiers hjivfr only one year from the date'of their discharge In which to file claims for compensation, unless there Is a surgeon's . certificate of disability written -on the .discharge, and time is pissing every day. Every ex-soldier witQ a disability resulting from BM-ire. no matter how slight. Is urged to make claim at once. Slight disabilities may become greater with the passage of the years, and unless the claim Is made out within the time limit, no help may be expected. This compensation is not charity in hit sense of the word, ine sol diers paid for It out of their govern- rct tnat tnere are a numoer or res m.nt in.urince. and they should be Idents living In the business section. as quick to file claims for what Is due them as they are in ordinary business life. CARRIER SERVICE T0BE EXTENDED City carrier service In Alliance will. In all probability, be extended within a short time, according to an announcement made today. A recom mendation has gone In to the depart ment that the service be given to ',Zr,t Tjlwn rmm,nn .venue P" of W" 7JEmerBon VenU no P" "l 7 " . - in oraer ior me rtcuu.rn.uu.vK to be allowed it wm t mm . . lor ine peopie .." indicated to comply with the postal "City delivery limits may not be extended by postmasters without spe cific authority from the department Such authority will be given only when th territory to which it is proposed to extend service is provld ed with good, continuous sidewalks. crosswalks, street lights and street signs, and when the houses are num bercd and provided with mall recep tacles or slots In the doors for the receipt of mall. Service will not be extended to any block In which less than 60. per cent of the building lots are improred and houses occupied. When two or more building lots con stitute the grounds of one resdienee the plot may be regarded as impror ed." After reading the Instructions, iff simple enough. It, the residents o the section want city delivery an they do they'll hustle and compf with th requirements. Th soon this Is don th quicker th carrh servUe will come. PROMISE SAVING IN POWER PLANT Chamber of Cbnunerco Hear Iter resentatlre of the Beth man Company The chamber of commerce dlrte tors' meeting last Monday evening would have passed very well for council meeting we mena to an out sider. For the first two proposi tions, which took up about threw fourths of the session, wore matter which were referred to the council as the proper place to take action.' H. A. Hamilton, representing tn Sethman Generator company of Den ver, presented a most startling prop osition to the members. In brief. It is that Mr. Sethman, who was at on time In business In Alliance, bas made a big electrical discovery, and by rewinding ordinary generators, can more than, double their produc tion of the Juice that runs up tho light bills. Mr. Hamilton was abl to give estimates, but he had no very definite Idea of the nature of the dis covery, and when he got through tho directors were In Just the same shape? as hi was. However, the company has somv good recommendations from other towns, and the directors finally rote4 to recommend that the city council Investigate t' e matter. The cost of rewinding the city's smallest gener ator was given at $2,800, and for this small amount of money in. Sethman guaranteed that he coul produce three times the amount of Juice with the same generator. H offered also to watt for his pay nntil the city was satisfied. f his plan work out, we'll soon be able to heat a four-room house for $7 a montn by electricity and the saving in fuel will enable others to. buy coal at much lower prices. J. W. Guthrie told of his experi ence with the. Whitney Electrical company when the study of electric ity was in its Infancy. Sam Shelton, city scavenger, asked the directors to endorse a contract which he will present to the city council this evening. The terms of this contract will give Sam exclusive scavenger rights in the city for s term of five years. The city has bees growing each year, Sam says, and has grown to the point where bw can't afford to put In additional - equipment unless the council will give him a sort of franchise that will ' enable him to make a profit on the , Investment A majority of j.be conn-. cil harlng already approred the prop osition- as individuals, the director did not see that any action on their, part was required. . ... R. E. Plumbe,- president of the Al liance Packing company, was pres ent and urged that the directors as' slst the company. In , securing suit able office - quarters. The company Is at a point now where It must havr addltional room to carry on its work. Mr. Plumbe called attention to the and believed - that the 'director should help these people find other locations In order that the town'r business have every opportunity. There was some discussion of the fair grounds lease, and the director voted to put up a counter-proposi tion to the fa'r association. Secretary Jones reported that M. E. Cunningham, formerly superin tendent of schools at Antloch, but now of Shelby, had approached him ith a proposition to get the cham ber of commerce behind him in an effort to sell a little stock and start school supply nouse in Alliance, Mr. Cunningham thought it would school supply house in Alliance. grow to be a grow to be a big Institution. Th . hol I Ull W. Llf 1 kV1 m, w - World wai bl to sell stock in. and fa ,f fa t Alliance he might . avn-m he was able to convince. UNION STRIKEBREAKERS RETURNTO ALLIANCE Four of the ten men who left last week for Chicago where, it was an nounced, they would assist in break ing the strike of the outlaw switch men's union, returned to Alliance en Monday mornln, without harlng helped or hindered either side. At least four other would follow them within twenty-four hours, on of th u. . i said. They refused to comment on the situation. "All I ean say is that Chicago U still a nice town," one of them said. "We didn't see much of it this Urn are the unloa- station. W disa't care to aet a union scabs. Hersebel Barne of Chadron pt Sunday with Meads in Allien.