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VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBUASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1920.
NUMBER 39,
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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-;
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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
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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.