Neb. but Historical oc.
Sournal
SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION EIGHT PAGES
VOLUME XX VIII
PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA. MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1909
NO. IS5
JOHN CLARENCE IS
RELEASED ON BAIL
Amount Fixed at 010,000 and
He Waives Examination
As forecast in the Journal of last I
evening John Clarence was arraigned
last evening in justice court before
Justice Archer and asked to plead
to the complaint against him charg
ing him with the murder in the first
degree In connection with the shoot
ing of John P. Thacker.
The prisoner was brought over
from the jail by the sheriff and ar
raigned. County Attorney Ramsey
then read the complaint to him, it
setting forth the manner of the crime
with which he was charged, as print
ed before in the Journal. To the us
ual question as to whether he plead
guilty or not guilty, the defendant
responded "not guilty." I
Attorney Dyron Clark who repre
sented Clarence thereupon presented
a motion to the effect that he would
like to and was prepared to give ball
for the prisoner and asking that he
be admitted to bail. He explained
that he wanted to save the county the
costs of a preliminary hearing and
was prepared to waive examination
if bail could be fixed in some amount
which he might give. County Attor
ney Ramsey did not make a vigorous
objection to this as he thought there
was little likelihood of Clarence try
ing to get away, and little probabi
lity that he could succeed should he
try.
Justice Archer in view of all the
circumstances surrounding the case,
considering the fact that the prison
er had come to the city and given
himself up immediately upon the
commission of the crime, and also
sharing the view of the counsel for
the state that there was small chance
for the prisoner to escape should he
try to do so, deelcd that he would
sustain the motion of defendant's
counsel. He inquired of Attorney
Clark what amount of bail the de
fendant could give and who he was
prepared to present as surety for
his appearance at the next term of
court. Mr. Clark stated that the de-
QUITS THE
NEWSPAPER
Lee J. Mayfield' Withdrawal Leaves
Place Hard to Fill
fendant's father, John Clarence, sr.,
was present and was prepared to jus
tify as one of the sureties while he
(Clark) was prepared to sign as the
other. He thought a bond of $10,000
sufficient. County Attorney Ramsey
stated that the amount of bond would
be acceptable to the State, and the
justice so decided.
John Clarence, sr., father of the
defendant then appeared and signed
the bond justifying In the sum of
112,000 over and above his debts
and exemptions.
After the formality of signing the
bond and justifying, the defendant
formally waived a preliminary ex
amination and was held by Justice
Archer for trial at the May term of
the district court.
The next term convenes on May
17th, at which time this case will
be tried. Clarence departed for his
home near Union on the midnight
Missouri Pacific train with his father,
having been released from the cus
tody of the sheriff immediately upon
the signing of the bond.
Clarence when arraigned in court
did not show any signs of his con
finement although he has been in
Jail for some five weeks. He was
not changed in appearance and does
not seem to feel very much worried
over the possible outcome of the case
against him. Evidently the charge
has not been considered by him as
very serious If one may judge from
his appearanceand he evidently be
lieves a Jury may acquit him. During
his confinement at the Jail he has
been a model prisoner In every re
spect, giving the jailor no trouble
and accepting the confinement as
a matter of course.
Ills waiver of examination saves
the county several hundred dollars In
costs besides strengthening the post
tion of the state In the case against
him as It was not called upon to ex
pose what testimony Is depended up
on to secure conviction.
Thomas Walling was among those
travelling to Omaha 'on the mall
train, going up to visit with his wife
at the hospital in that city. Mrs.
Walllng's progress toward recovery
Is excellent and her many friends
will be glad to hear that she will
soon be able to be back to her home
and in good health.
Louisville, Neb., Feb. 25. Lee J.
Mayfield, who, for many years, has
been the proprietor and editor of
the Louisville Weekly Courier, has
retired from active operation of the
same and will go on a farm. Mr.
Mayfield will be succeeded by his
brother, George Mayfield, of South
Omaha.
Sometime ago Lee Mayfield sold
a part Interest in his paper to his
brother Eugene Mayfield, of St.
Louis, who Is known in Nebraska as
"Rex M." but since that time he
has continued as active editor of
the paper.
The Louisville Courier was found
ed over thirty years ago by Mr. May
field's father, G. W. Mayfield, sr.,
who afterwards sold it to his son,
Lee. Lee Mayfield, who has Just re
tired from the management of the
Courier, will take up stock raising
near this place.
The above telegram taken from
the State Journal will be read with
regret by the members of the Cass
county press and all those who have
had the pleasure of reading the
Courier since It has been under the
management of Lee Mayfield. His
retirement from the ranks is a dis
tlnct loss to the profession In this
vicinity During his editorship of
the Courier, he has made one of the
brightest, best and most Influential
of the county papers. He came by
his journalistic ability honestly be
longing to a family of newspaper
men and he early won his way to the
top by deserving recognition. It is to
be hoped that his success as a farmer
and stock raiser will be as signal as
has his editorial success been. His
brother, George Mayfield, who sue.
ceeds him, is welcomed to the ranks
of Cass County newspaperdom and
there Is small doubt of his keeping
the Courier to the high notch which
Lee has raised It to. Like his broth
ers, George possesses the newspaper
instinct and the readers of the Cour
ier can rest assured that they will
have a live, capable and able editor
at the head of their paper.
ANNUAL
BUDGET
hp.yax declines to
sign "dp.v" 'petition.
Kcltlses Bequest Made By W. V. T. V.
President to Sign Prohi
bition Bequest.
Lincoln, Feb. 23. W. J. Bryan re
fused Wednesday night to affix his
signature to a petition asking the
legislature to submit the prohibition
question to a vote of the people.
The request to sign the petition
was made by Mrs. Frances B. Heald,
state president of the W. C T. U., of
Mr. Bryan, when he came to the cap
ital to appear before the house committee.
"Mr. Bryan, will you please attach
your signature to my petition asking
the legislature to submit a constitu
tional amendment for prohibition to
a vote of the people?" was the re
quest of Mrs. Heald.
Then she went on to explain that
40,000 voters and 35,000 women al
ready had signed the petition, and
that signing did not In any way
pledge the signer In favor of prohibi
tion. "It Is merely In line with the
Initiative and referendum Idea ex
pressed In your utterances last Wed
nesday,'" said Mrs. Heald.
"Let us first get the Initiative and
referendum," bursquely replied Mr.
Bryan as he rushed up stairs to at
tack the Carnegie fund.
Salt Creek Drainage.
Upon receipt of a letter from Pres
ident Kendall of the Salt Creek
Drainage association stating that the
necessary SG00 has been raised to
scene government co-operation. C
(. Cooley, chief of the bureau of
drainage Investigations, stated that
h(s engineers will be sent to Lincoln
early In the spring to make a care
ful survey. Besides the $G00 fur
nished locally Mr. Cqoley declares
the government will spend at least
$3,000 In making the survey. The
problem is one of difficulty but the
project is feasible according to the
government experts who made the
preliminary survey. Lincoln Star,
It U Simply Awful.
Friday's World-Herald contains a
mucous caricature of Senator Ban
ning of this county which Im,1-h had
ly fur that statesman if his lepuh
luan opponents pet hold of the plate
ami us,. t against him In future cam
paigns. Senator Banning Is really
a l ki t nl. looking fellow, but as
artoone.l In tl,e World-Herald he s
i.bllllt (Hie del fee e)IOV. d fo!I a
pirate. The only v ay B; nnin an
World -
ve police
i-i'l e.
Herald
ciiiiini
l Is In vote
s plan for
sloll.
nr.aim 1 tin
an e
allied.
To buy one good Muglo or double
f driving horse. A No but. her Mock.
I cattle, veal calves, tii-cp and poultry,
i I oreti. Bros.
Sons to Celebrate,
The News acknowledges receipt of
an Invitation to tho celebration of
the twelfth anniversary of tho or
ganlzatlon of the lodge of the Sons
of Herman, which will bo held at
Eagle hall Saturday evening. The
committee in charge of the banquet
are H. Heesch, Theo. Weberlng
Charles Bocksrocker, William Gebert
and Christ. Schneider. Theo. Weber
Ing will act as toast master. Ne
braska City News.
It Is the Intention of several of the
members of the local lodge of tho
Sons of Herman to go down to Ne
braska City and help the lodge at
that point celebrate their annlvers
ary. They can leavo here over Hie
Burlington In the evening and return
the next morning on the Missouri
Pacific or the next evening by tin
same route. They have assuranci
of a line time should they go and
know the reputation of Nebraska City
Mills well i nough to know thev will
have one.
Keiiirns l'roin East.
Charles A. Kb hey of Louisville
and Emmons Klih.y of t.,s city
have ri tunic . from Indiana mid
t'hlca'M. 111., where tb.y had been
on bm-lness for i-cvera! days last
night, coming as far as Pacllle
Junction on No. 13 and from that
point on a fi eight train. They ar
rived In this illy this morning
about one o'clock. Mr. Khiiey was a
passenger for his homo at Louisville
this morning on train No. 2'j getting
out of h-re about ten o'clock.
SWINDLERS
CLEAN UP
VICTIMS
List of People Who Got "Stung" Oo
Proposition Numerous
Little Rock. Ark., Feb. 25. A dis
patch received today from the agent
of the Wells Fargo Express company
at Davenport, la., conveys the infor
mation that as soon as the package
supposed to contain the $50,000
which the four alleged swindlers un
der arrest here withdrew from a local
bank arrives, it will be started back
for the custody of the federal district
court which issued the attachment.
An officer Is expected to arrive either
late tonight or early tomorrow from
Des Moines, la., with a requisition
from the governor of Iowa for J. C
Maybray, leader of the company of
four men, the others of whom are F,
M. Clark, J.. M. Johnson and Isadore
J. Warner. It Is certain he will not
be allowed to take away the man he
wants for the reason that tho govern
ment officials want, if possible, to
work up cases against the men, and
must retain charge of them until vic
tims can be found who will give nec-
An officer Is also
Burlington to Expend Only $1,000
000 on Improvements for Year
Chicago, Feb. 25. The "budget"
of the Burlington road for 1909 con
templates the expenditure of only
$1,000,000 for betterments, exten
sions and new equipment. This In
formation Is contained in a pamphlet
officials of that road will distrib
ute among its employes.
The data in the pamphlet was pre
pared by Daniel Willard, second vice
president of the company in charge
0f operation. In connection with the
annual "budget" It Is shown that
in 1907 the company appropriated a
total or $16,000,000 for purposes
for which only $1,000,000 is set aside
for this year and $8,000,000 was set
aside in 1908. In other words ow
ing to agitation against railroads, as essary testimony
viewed by the railroad interest, the expected to arrive from Louisiana
Burlington has reduced its annual with a requisition as soon as J. E.
"budget" of expenditures from $16,- Cavanaugh of Pine Bluff, Ark., who
000,000 to $1,000,000 practically in lost $37,000 to them there, can go to
two years. New Orleans and start the case. Of
. In the nanmhlet Mr. willard iHvph nutu investigators nave today re-
Influcnce of Local Pnpcr.
Interesting figures compiled by M.
W. Lawrence, manager of two farm
journals circulating in Ohio and
Michigan, shows that 77V4 per cent
of the farmers of those states do
not take any of the popular national
magazines. In other states Mr. Law
rence believes this percentage will
be found to be even greater.
In many communities the local pa
per must be the only reading matter
that enters the home. In some cases
it is everything from cook book to
Bible. Such a paper must exert a
tremendous influence on public opin
ion and upon the "buying public,'"
The local merchant often falls to
see that he has right at hand the
means of combatting mail order
houses. An advertisement in his lo
cal paper will carry more weight than
all the catalogues and national adver
tising that a mall order house puts
out.
Think It over, Mr. Merchant! It
will pay you. Jefferaonlan.
A STRANGE
STORY
;i;i:enwooi young
people MAituiKB
Mr.
Addbeit l.ccsloy ami Miss I'.cllc
Vli kers .Man led at Bride's
Home.
urn Friday's Imlly.
Yesterday at high noon at the
home of the bride's parents in the
town of Greenwood, occurred the
marriage of Miss Belle Vlckers to
Adelbert Leesley. The wedding
took place in the presence of a large
assemblage of friends and relatives
of the contracting parties, the cer
emony being performed by Rev.
Harry Rouse. Immediately following
tho ceremony, the wedding' party
was given a sumptous wedding din
ner at the home of the bride's par
cuts.
The contracting parties are both
well known and popular young peo
p.e of Greenwood. The bride is one
of the most cultured and refined
young ladles of that vicinity and one
who enjoys tho respect and admira
tion of a wide circle of friends and
acquaintances.
. The groom Is the son of one of the
oldest settlers of the vicinity of
ureenwoou. a young man standing
very high in the esteem and confl
deuce of the community and ono with
a vast circle of friends, all of whom
extend the best wishes for a long and
hnppy married life to this most est!
mable couple.
They will make their future rest
nonce upon me rami situated two
miles of the town of Greenwood.
some reasons for the caution that is
being exercised in respect to the
expenditure of money. He declares
that the management Is doing all
that Is necessary to maintain its
road in a condition for safe opera
tion of trains, but Is not proposing
any improvements or betterments to
speak of.
In October, 1907, Mr. Willard
states, the Burlington did the biggest
business in its history and had 53,'
000 men on its pay rolls. . Four
months later the railroads of the
country had 325,000 idle freight cars,
the Burlington's force was decreased
by 18.000 and the transportation
business of the country had fallen
off more than 30 per cent.
Mr. Willard frankly states that he
Is not able to tell with exactness
what caused this tremendous slump
in railroad business, but he has an
opinion as to some of the contribut
ing factors. For example, the num
ber of bills introduced Into tho fed
oral congress and into the loglsla-
tn res of tho eleven Burlington states
during 1!I0G-1907 which affected
railroads numbered more than 800
Whether good, bad or Indifferent, he
says, it was evident that many of
these bills, If they became laws.c
would Increase the cost of operat
ing-railroads. He says also that If
it were not aimed at the railroads
none was framed for the benefit of
the railroads.
Another Important fact In the sit
uation was an Increase In the Bur
lington's pay roll of $3,000,000 an
nunlly. Accordingly, Mr. Willard
celved Information that convinces
them that three men have been
trimmed In the month that the bunch
have been making Little Rock their
headquarters. They have also learned
that two men from New York are on
the way here to "go up against the
game," or are already here. They
have been watching the trains for
fear they have missed the would-be
victims. One pair of men from Tem
ple, Tex., It appears, came here, but
became suspicious and went home
without giving up any money. Post
office Inspector Swenson is supposed
to be In Council Bluffs, la., tonight,
where the men for a long time made
headquarters, looking for evidenco
'Among. the men whom the records
of the prisoners show to havo been
victimized are:
J. H. Secrest, Downey, la., $3,000
E. L. Collins, Dallas Center, Ia
$10,000.
Ed Stenger, Hermosa, S. D.
$10,000.
F. R. Marks, Polk City, la., $2,070
John llernielbrent, Bancroft. Neb..
$5,000.
M. S. Marshl'icld, Winnebago, Neb.,
$5,000.
Edwin James, Blue Springs, Neb.,
$5,000.
C. E. Haywood, Garden City, S. D.,
$5,000.
George L. Brown. Norton, Kas.,
$3,300.
George F. Castle, Brltt, la., $5,000.
John Belger, Sioux Falls, S. I).,
$5,000.
Mike Jackson, Waterloo, Iowa,
$3,000.
Maybray's diary shows there are
states, the management decided not over 300 agents In America, some as
to undertake extensions or largo 1m- far off as Winnipeg, Toronto and Hu
piuvfiiiems unui it couia see more vana. Tlien Tor each victim May
cloarly w here the money was coming bray kept a separate envelope, and a
froivi or whether It was coming at all. minute record if every transaction,
Whether tho time will soon come uls0 tno originals of all telegrams or
or not when the Burlington and oth- otlu r messages which passed between
er railroads can rcsumo tho policy "routs and the victims. Maybray al-
abandoned In 1907, Mr. Willard does BH devoted a page to each victim
not presume to state. "In my opln- wi,-n a humorous but accurate report
Ion," he snys, "railroad business. or 11,0 transactions, somo of theso be-
which really menns all business, will '"K verified In detail by victlniB, glv-
recover its former proportions when ,nB tno "'mihers of all who partlcl
the influences and forces at work I"1 0,1 BI,(l ov'n the division of the
uuring uio last two or three years
refrain from doing the things which
have contributed so largely to bring
about the depression which wo all
deplore.
spoils. Maybray always referred to
tho victim as "Mike."
Auvices irom Hot Springs slati
that a man named Uyan and anothe
man named Bennett were arrested at
A Family How.
I'runi l-'rl, lav's pally.
Judge Archer last evening had a
complaint filed before him (barging
some children of families named Mc
Crary and Yost. living In tho Third
ward, with light Ing. The trouble so
fur as he had Investigated It today
was a family row In the neighbor
hood and tonight at ('. o'i In. 1; he will
have the families and children lx.fore
him and endeavor to use his Cele
brated Biaiid of Justice ho that peace
and quietude will r.-lgn In that par
llciilar locality. The Judge h, pro
untuned a great, ai biter of family
rows mid doubtless he will success
fully restore peace mid happiness In
this neighborhood now rent nnd torn
with Internecine warfare.
or peine I III Hi eated with Mnvl.rnv
A man named Stockwell who was In
cnarge or a car of horses billed to
H. Kelley, Denver," Is also under
arrest at Little Hock. He Is b.
Ileveil to have acted lis the Jockey ill
n number of horse races milled off
by the gang.
"I do not mean that the laws al- I,ot SI,1'IK yesterday on suspicion
ready made must he unmade, or
that, wages must be reduced, but wc
must have a rest. We must, be given
time and opportunity to work out. the
new problems that have been forced
upon us dining the past two years
wo must lie given the (haine to find
out wnni it is going to cost, lis to
llieet the llevv requirements a II 1 also
how much our revenues me going to
he reduced by reduction of rates.
Perhaps It will be found that by new
iinuio.is growing out of the eten-
g'-ni b'.s of the case that we v
able to i am a surplus sufll. lent to
Justify the resumption of t xtraonlln
nry cvpeiiiin ures, as fnrinerlv. If
not, then Hthor rates must b.
Disappearane of Chris A. Paikiar
Brother Asks For Administrator
An echo of tho disappearance of
Chris A. Paikiar last March was
brought up this morning In county
court when a hearing was had on the
petition of his brother, Anton Paik
iar, a resident of Weeping Water, for
the appointment of an administrator
for him'. Chris Paikiar. It will bo
recalled, left tho farm ho had been
living on near Weeping Water In Mt.
Pleasant precinct, on March 24 last
year. He stated to his brother and
others that he was going to Omaha
and would return that evening. He
departed and that was the last ever
seen or heard of Chris. Ho had at
the time of his departure a large
sum of money with him, the evidence
showing some $150, although the pe
tition which was filed in the matter
later stated it to be $500. In ad
dition he had a lease In his pocket
for a farm which he was to occupy
In Mt. Pleasant precinct. After sev
eral days had elapsed Curls failed to
show up at home and his brother be
came uneasy. Paikiar had been farm
ing the L. H. Crilchfleld place be
tween Mauley and Weeping Water
and ho had Informed Mrs. Critchfleld
also of his intention to return.
The brother, in company with oth
ers, made a trip to Omaha and en
listed the aid of the police In the
search for the missing man. The
ofllcers made every possible effort to
find him, but were unable to locate a
trace of him. The Danish Brother
hood, nn organization of Danish citi
zens, also took up the search and the
ity was scoured In nn effort to lo
cate him or to unearth some clue
which might lend to his discovery.
All those efforts ended as the pollco
search had In nothing and from
tho day he boarded the train to go
to Omaha to this day no trace of him
has ever been found.
Paikiar was a man of exemplary
habits, In robust health and with no
apparent causo to want to go away.
It was this fact which led his brother
and friends to conclude that he hnd
been murdered. When he left ho
had several head of horses and some
farm produce on hand, such as corn
and feed!
Several weeks since the brother,
Anton Paikiar of Weenlnc Water.
through his counsel, Clarence Tefft,
llled a petition In county coin', ask
ing that ho bo appointed adminis
trator for the property of his brother,
setting forth the facts ns above F'at
ed. Although the law Is that unless
such circumstances can be shown ns
to siiilsry 'le court such an appoint
ment Is necessary, an aliMMirc, of
seven years must be had before the
aiinptlon of death f rises In Ibis
t'liiiifciilional Omission.
.mi inn mem innai overs g it was
made last Monday In the account of
the wedding of Mr. Nathan Kohen
and Miss Eva Ita.htman. The iiui:le
for the occasion was furnished bv
John C. Biittain. the well known
musician of this city. Thl-i was one
nd- of the striking features of this 11 tl 1 1 1 11 it
vunci'd or waii.-n rnlurl. or im- Weilrllnir i-nrnhuiiiu n..t ... . .
heard to be appreciated. Mr. Biit
tulii In a musician of more than ordi
nary ability and Ms renditions were
much appreciated ,y the assembled
audi. lice.
or
piovenienias must wait or be carried
on with borrowed money, nnd rail
roads will be slow to Increase their
Interest-bearing debt under such cir
cumstances."
P
case the facts set fori.i above wep
produced and they were such that It
was decided to appoint the brother
as administrator to conserve the
property of the missing man. his
bond being llx. d at the sum cf ? 1 ,r. 00
or about double 'the value of the
property left b hind. This bond Is
to run fop two years, during which
time the administration Is to con
tinue In fori e.
The bond was not given this morn
ing, but it undoubtedly vvill be th
In u few days. The brother Anton It
the only relative In America. The
remaining relatives are located In
Denmark at several places ns set out
herearter: Sine, sister, BJerrlng;
Aneinette Bryndiiii. sister. BJerrlng;
Mart inn Soreimon, sister, Leuerberg;
Jens Padkjar, brother, Krog Lee;
Soren Padkjar, brother, Krog lw,
Krlstjait Padkjar, brother, Leuskal.
and Anl Marie Soreiison, sister.