PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1914.
PAGE JL
BLOODY RIOT
7. r?
LAST EVENING
Resulting in the Injury of One
Dago and a Man From Oyer
,
the River.
From Tuesday's Dally.
The lower part of Main street
last evtMiinsr about 8 o'clock
preatly resepiblcd one of the bat
tlefields of Mexico, after a 'con
flict between the federals and the
rebels, with . blood scattered
profusely over the sidewalk in
front of the Johnson meat mar
ket, anil the loud cries and shouts
of 'the combatants to add to the
excitement and. terror ItjaJ .. pre
vailed throughout that section of
the city
The trouble, was between the
pang of Italians living in the
bunk cars' near. the depot and
three men from the east side of
the river, Al Lindsay, Charles
Woolen and A. Shooning and here
the story of the. starting: of the
trouble, is very .'conilictinjr, as
both parties claim to have acted
in their defense. . The Italians
claim the meii attempted to hold
them up at their car by pulling- a
pun. and the Italians claim one
of their -members was stabbed, in
the side. Failing to make; pood
they started to leave, pursued by
the indignant son of Sunny . UjM.v
who with, loud-cxies , and. .armed
with bricks and other weapons,
pursued them up the track to
ward the city, and here Lindsay
turned up Main street with three
f the bunkmen close at his" heels.
The Italians continued to hurl
bricks at the fleeinpr man, which,
add to their loud cries, made a
preat deal of noise and amused
everyone in that section of the
city. Near the Johnson meat
market the Italians causht up
with Lindsay and one of their
number' prappled with him and
attempted to throw him down
and secure a knife with which he
was armed, and fr several sec
onds a thrilling1 wrestling match
was enacted until , the Italian,
wiiow,.aocry. powerful fellow,
secured a good hold on. Lindsay
and forced him up against the
window oT the" nioat" market and
the large plate glass forced out
by the struggling men fell out
ward and covered them with its
fragments and cut both of
them in a terrible manner about
the face and arms, Lindsay re
ceived a large gash across the
fare and top of the head and the
Italian some very deep cuts on
the head and arms, and as he was
uppermost of Lindsay he 'saved
that man from really more "Se
vere injuries. Still fighting" the
men emerged from the wreck of
the window and continued the
battle willi the blood flowing, in
streams fr. Mil their injuries 'and
Hie sidewalk in a few minutes
was covered with blood, in which
the two men wrestled! and finally
the foreigner, with much force,
hurled Lindsay to the walk and
hel.l him down and an attempt
was made to secure the knife
which Lindsay held in his hand.
In the mix-up Lindsay was kick
ed several times in the side, by
another of the Italians who had
gathered to aid their countryman.
Oflicer Fitzpatriek, who was
down in that section of the city,
came up and assisted in quieting
the riot and getting the injured
men up from where they wwe
weltering jn thejp gore, and the
two men who had done the fight
ing on the street were, taken to
jail, while the man who had re
ceived, as he claimed, a slab at
the car from the knife of Lind
say, was taken up to the oflice of
a physician. Ir. Martin was call
ed to attend the two injured men
at the jail.
The story of Lindsay is con
siderably different from that of
the Italians. After the injuries
were rlressed last evening he
gave his version - of. the " ai'Tair;
which.; if true, puts a far differ
ent light on the mailer. lie says
he and his two companion had
just arrived from the Iowa' side
of the river and were coining- up
the railroad embankment .. .from
the bottoms, when they were con
fronted by one of the bunk car
men with a gun and .thought at
lirst that he was merely 'i ftiit
hunting and asked him if he.did
not believe that he was 'a little
reckless in handling the weapon,
a iid at this he whittled and three
more of, the, men came up and the
Iowa men'besan to go to town
ON MAIN STREET
wiDY Ijieir." pur suc;-if .giving chase.
llio Italians cioseu wuu me juimi
and two of -i hein retreated dowm
Ue " enwjahkmeut; bUU Lindsay
was caught and defended himself
as best he couldand'fcfc'&ay'.ne
iinally got away aud started for
the business section; 'of 'town for
protection, and the .- invaders
caught up with him in front of
the meat market, with the bloody
consequences ' as noted above.
5 While the men Hvere battling
with each other on Main street
their cries could be heard all.
over that, section of the city and
a large crowd gathered to try and
quell the! riot, 'but without suc
cess until' the men' 'weakened by
the 'loss of . blood, desisted from
the light long enough to allow
them to be separated. For sev
eral hours 'afer the battle there
was a large crowd of the curiou
gathered' at' the jail to watch the
dressing' of th, wounds of the
injured men, and it was truly, a
grusome sight with the blood
scattered in "profusion over" the
clothing and persons of the men
aid oh the" floor of the jail, and it
was near the midnight hour-be-;
fore Dr. Martin was able to com-;
plete the work :-of bandaging up
thfc injuries of the meiiv -
Frim"" "Weanesday'.s. Dally... .." '
Yesterday was a. very strenuous
day in the 'office' of. Count v Attor
ney 0. It;-TrfylUp,' whiMi that of
ficial .was trying-Ip". locate the ex
act' truth in regard to the riot on
Mondav night buLween the three
parties froni Ioya;and the gang
of Italians in the bunk cars near,
the iWrlingt'iin. depot. The Itali
ans were greatly excited over the
affair and it was with much dif-j
ficully that any light could be
shed on the facts as to hov the
trouble' really started.
The three men, 'Lindsay"
Schoening and Walling, came up
from the ferry, where they had
landed from their' homes in Iowa,
and met near the tracks Sam Leo.
ine of-the Italians, who was out
huntintr. The. men. the Italian
claimed,, threw up, their hands
and said hands up, .but he -does
not understand English very well
and may have interperted their
action as a command to him to
throw up his hands. . lie called
another of.. his countrymen who
was nearby and they followed the
three. Iowa men as. far as .the.
bunk car, and then told the other
Italians that the three men had
lob them to throw . up their
hands, and this action aroused
the : ifhiihns to a fever heat' and
they claim they desired to take
the men up to the police.
At this time Wallintr ami Sho-
enitig left the track and start
ed down the bank and Lindsay
started up the street, followed by
the mob of foreigners, who were
shouting And - talking- in their
native tongue, and when the coal
oflice of C. Y. IJaylor was reach
ed Lindsayv as grabbed by Sam
LeOyirndv Lindsay at . once . pro-
part;dt.d defejUL himself, as he
slales,'-'7vnd drew a pocket knife
and jabbed Leo in the side, and
then -breaking away started up
the street with the Italians in hot
pursuit and was captured at the
Johnson meat market by Ralph
Samrocco, who proceeded to do
things to him and threw Lindsay
into the plate glass window dur
ing the.' trouble. The Iowa men
claim that they had no hostile in
tentions toward the Italians, but
threw up. their hands Jn.fuu and
that Leo pointed j he gun at them
using some words that they did
not understand, ; and they be
came - frightened at the 'hostile
action of the man.
There will probably be a com
plaint filed, it i.s sLile.l, Si-ainst
Lindsay, charging him wifh as
sault with intent to do great
bodily injury, in order that the
mailer' may be more thoroughly
investigated.
Annual Election of Officers.
From Tuesday's Daily.
Last ; evening I'lattsmouth
Lodge No. C, A. F,.& A. M., held
their annual elect ion "of oflicers
at the Masonic temple, and there
wa a large , attendance of the
members of the order present to
take, part in the proceedings of
the dodge, . The following 'officers
were chosen:
W. M. Oliver C. Dovev.
Wl-niil T. Itamge.
'L W: ijames Lough ridge. '
, TreasueriwCarl (. Fricke. ,
! Jv'Cretai-y-rT-M." Archt r.. '
I:. ;. Larson was nt tending to
business .matters in the me
tropolis today.
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Appointment.
An opportunity which is sure
to prove as beneficial as it is rare
will be afforded the women of
Plattsmouth. and vicinity when
Mrs, K. Leives, the much talked
of Beauty Specialist, now touring
Nebraska as representative of the
United Dx-ug Company of Boston
i-crealors of llie many Harmony
Beauty Kenuisiit-s and equally
well-known toilet preparations,
starts her public demonstration
for the week, commencing Mon
day, May 25, as the guest of Mr.
1'. (J. Fricke, proprietor, of the
Rexall Store and sole distributor
of the 'Harmony Toilet Products
in Plattsmouth.
. Mrs. Leives contends that i is
the privilege' of every woman' to
take advantage ' of anything thai
will tend to! lend a tou?h of ad
ded beauty o the' skin; but. says
Mrs.' Leives, ''extreme care should
be exercised to choose only, such
preparations' that really do help
nature in the beautifying of your
complexion.
"Of course no one will ques
tion' the assertion that the Wom
an with the clean, wll 'preserved
skin is a much admired person
anywhere," and, she continues,
"if the -woman of today. would
only take! the. care to treat the
skin to the benefits of a good
massage, that she takes in read
ing the household section of the
paper, we would see fewer wrink
les, and more, yes, a great, many
more: women young at fifty.?'
We have no doubt -about' Mrs.
Leives' ability to oiler the .worn
en of . I'lattsmouth some very
valuable advice, and Mr. Fricke
will, we feel sure, have. a store
lull of the "fairer sw" during
Mrs. Leives slay at the Rexall
Store. .
Mr. Fricke toils us that he has
a real bertuly treat in store for
the women of Plattsmouth, so'
vou'd better get ready for Mrs.!
Leives'. arrival, ladies.
Surprised Him.
From "Wednesday's Dally.
ltalph Uarlhold, West Oaks
hase 1all enthusiast and all round
f-'ooI fellow, was (ho victim of a
surprise .on last Thursdav. We
venture the assertion that Ralph
thinks Mrs. II. pmd at keeping-
secrets. Mr. IJarthold had a
birthday May li. . He came home
from his work and said nothing.
Just about, dusk up drove 25 of
his neighbors and gently re
minded Ralph that thev knew he
was :ii years old that day. For
the next two or -three hours there
was. a-jolly time at the IJarthold
home. -Sure, they had a tine
time and splendid .refreshments.
r.lenwood Tribune. Mr. IJarth
old is a son or Mr. and Mrs. U.
T. IJarthold this city.,
John Hall came in this after
noon from I he south. Mr. Hall
slides thai' he spent Sunday last
with Rev. I). A. Youtzy, at Ches
ter, Neb. Mr. Youtzy is well
known here, as he was for sonie
years pastor oT'lhe Christian
thtirch at this place.
JS. 7 Morelaiid and lillle sons
departed for Allendale. Mo.. Fri
day morning, where they will
make their home in tho future
wilh Mr. Moreland's pan nls.
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that contains ' nothing- injurious.
Chamberlain's Cough"" Remedy
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get s' on nature's plan, relieves I he
lungs, aids expectoration, .opens
the secretions and restores the
system td a healthy condition.
This remedy has a world-wido
safe - and "use. "and can alwnvs be
depended upon". ' Sold by all deal
ers. -- --.
COST OF ROADS
IN NEBRASid
Counties of State Expend Ove
million and Halt Collars.
LITTLE LESS FOR BRIDGES
Douglas Paid Out More Than Any
Other, While Lancaster County
Stands Second and Gage County
Third Prosecution Under Seed Law.
Lincoln, May 21. The counties cl
the state of Nebraska expended 1,
75D.044 for road mirnoses and S1.C05.
222 i'or bridges in 11)13, according to
reports in the of&ee of the secretary
of tho state board of equalization.
Dougla3 county expended mere than
auy other countyj while Lancaster
stands second and Gage county third.
Grant county expended only $100 for
roads and nothing tor bridges last
year, beimr the least amount expended
by any one county. Following are a
lew of the counties reporting:
Road. Bridge.
Adams .$32,447 22,20'i
Boone 28,790 22,432
Cass '... 26,600 34,9S1
Douglas 78,221 109,167
Lancaster .. . 57,309 59,930
Jefferson , 49,910 20,946
Gage 54,541 5G.7C2
Grant
100
Seeking to Evade Bank Law.
Secretary Royse of the state bank
ing board is in receipt of evidence
showing that an attempt is being made
to evade the state banking law by a
certain partr, who is writing letters
to bankers over the state offering to
let them have the money and suggest
ing a way in which the law can be
evaded. The law. requires that not
more than 5 per cent can be paid as
interest and makes the suggestion that
they can issue'a 5j per cent certificate
and then pay the Valance of 1 per cent
in a straight payment in bulk for the
year. The matter wiil be taken up
with the attorney general.
Homeopaths Elect.
The homeopathic physicians are al
most unanimously for prohibition if
the vote taken at the state meeting
here is the sentiment -of the state, only-
one vote being registered against the
preposition as brought up in the reso
lutions at the close of the session.
The dissenting member was Bx. EL B.
Finney of Lincoln. Dr. Charles A
Shoemaker of Lincoln was chosen
president' of tlie bociety. I Dr. W. R.
Boycr of L'awnee City was elected
vice president, Dr. Laura J. Brown of
Lincoln, corresponding secretary; Dr.
Charles A.' Gardner of Omaha, record.
ing secretary.
Prosecution Under Seed Law.
e first prosecution under the pure
feca law was begun in a justice court
by the pure food department, Miss
Louise Allen, state analyst, being the
complainant. The Griswold Seed com
pany of Lincoln is the defendant, it
being alleged that the company sold
alfalfa sesd not up to the require
ments, in that it contained a greater
percentage of dodder seed than the
law. allowed. One foul seed to every
10,000 is the percentage allowed, while
the lot examined by Miss Allen con
tained a percentage of one to 380. The
case will be heard next week.
Haskell Protests Against Bonds at Ord
Stat2 Auditor Howard heard a pro
test, made by W. W. Haskell of Ord,
against tho registration of $18,000 in
water extension bonds and $5,000 in
lighting bonds voted by the city of
Ord. Mr. Haskell contended that the
city council had no authority to call a
special election by resolution, as no
ordinance had ever .been passed au
thorizing special 61ections. Mr. Has
kell is a newspaper man, but is said
to be the wealthiest man in Ord.
Ice Plant Bonds. .
As a result of a conference held
with the state railway commission, P.
M. Currie, representing the Custer
Electric company, will file an applica
tion for an issue of bonds for the
building of an ice plant at Broken
Bow. The question to be arrived at
was whether the application could be
considered as coming under the public
service department or the blue sky de
partment'of the commission.
Grucber Makes Filing.
"William Grucber. of Byron, who
served in the last legislature from the
Thirty-third representative district,
lias filed for the' Democratic nomina
tion for senator from the Fifteenth
district, composing tho counties of Jef
ferson and Thayer. This district was
represented in the last session by
John Heasty 6f Fairbury, who may file
for the Republican nomination for gov
ernor. Delinquent Fund Received.. t
I The state . received another remit
tance toward the payment of the in
sane delinquent fund. Wayne county
completed its payment with a check
for $721.51. Notice has also been're
rcivecl that the county board of Colfax
county has made a special levy to pay
its delinquency, which is $4,584.32.
Pick Case Appeal.
John Pick has appealed from a de
cree of the Douglas county district
court, which gave his wife, Emma L.
Pick, a decree of divorce, the custody
cf their t little girl and alimony of $75
a month for the wifa and $25 for th
aus&ter. .-
.C. E.
ALUKIUH IN
NEW HAVEN DEAL
Ex-Senator Kelps Sell . Trolley
System to Railroad.
MORGAN'S THE MASTER MIND
Former President of Road Declares
Money King Never Made Dollar in
Connection with Company Did Not
Approve ef Purchase of Worcester.
"Washington, May 21. That former
Senator Nelson V. Aldrich was prini
Erily instrumental in the sale of the
Rhode Island trolley ssytem to the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad for $19,000,000 or $20,000,000,
was the statement made by Charles S.
Mellen, .former president of the road,
in his testimony before the Interstate
commerce commission.
Details concerning the relations of
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroad and the Billard company,
through which the latter, or John L.
Cillard, made a profit of $2,700,000,
were given by Mr. Mellen.
The purchase of the Worcester, Nas
sau and Rochester railway by the Bos
ton and Maine was discussed. It de
veloped that it was brought about by
the late J. Pierpont Morgan. Mr. Mel
len testified that Mr. Morgan handled
the details of that purchase. The rail
road cost the Boston and Maine nearly
$3,000,000. Mr. Mellen, while he con
sidered the property valuable, frankly
said he had not approved of the pur
chase of the property.
The total investment of the Boston
and Maine in the Worcester was $7,
923,000, Mr. Folk showed.
"When Mr. Morgan told you he had
bought the stock of the Worcester
road at 1G5 from the Mutual Life In
surance company, what did you say?"
"I think I said 'Jerusalem,' or some
thing like that."
. "Why didn't you remonstrate with
him?"
"I did not think this was the way to
approach Mr. Morgan."
"Were you afraid to remonstrate
with him?"
"It was not a question of being
afraid. 1 had greater faith in his judg
ment than I had in my own."
"Was Mr. Morgan's the 'master
mind' in New Haven matters?"
"His was the 'master mind' pretty
nearly everywhere that Morgan was."
Mr. Mellen, guided by the question
ing of Chief Counsel Folk, endeavored
to develop in related form the facts
concerning the acquisition by the New
Haven or the New England Navigation
company of their various subsidiaries,
Mr. Hellen, testifying to his high re
gard for Mr. Morgan, said:
"I do not remember his doing a sin
gle thing on which be made a dollar in
connection with the New Haven while
I was president."
ALLOWANCES HELD DEBATES
Commission Hits Steel Interests in
: : Denying Rehearing.
Washington, May 21. Allowances,
aggregating millions of dollars, nere-
toiore made to iron and steel indus
trial railways by trunk line railroads
in the territory east of the Mississippi
and north of the Ohio and. Potomac
have been ordered discontinued by the
interstate commerce commission.
The commission announced its re
fusal to rehear the industrial railways
case on the application of companies
renresenting the United States Steel
corporation and other iron and stsel
corporations. The decision in the
original case tnai me allowances
unlawful was reaffirmed.
Estimates made by the commission
experts indicate that the amount oi
1679 1914
FRIDAY, JVI A Y 2 2, I S
Reception Day
We shall keep "Open House" at our store
all day Friday. We should like to have our
friends call. Ladies especially invited.
JVI u sic 3 to 5 P. M.
FAVORS SOUVENIRS
WESC0TTS
EVERYBODY'S STORE
NO GOODS SOLD
the aiiowances paid to llie "Cnitec
States Steel corporation alone aegre
gate approximately $9,000, COO a year;
and the total of the allowances paid
by the trunk lines to ail iron and steel
industrial roads in the eastern terri
tory was about $13,000,000 a year.
The commission held that these al
lowances were subsucitially rebates on
freight rates.
The ullowances have figured conspic
uously in the pending advance rate
case. Tt has been contended that il
th-ey were eliminated, the railroads
would be r.ble to increase their net in
come by just the amounts they hereto
fore have pai-i to the iron and steel
companies in allowances.
COMES OUT CF HIS RETREAT
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Returns to
New York.
New York, May 21. John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., hr.s returned to work after
twenty days spent at the country es
tate of his father j at Tocantico Hills.
Lince May 1, when he went into retire
ment, most of his tormentors, undei
the leadership of Upton Sinclair, have
been silenced, sdveral by being.' sent
to jail. Sinclair -is in Colorado and
Marie Oanz and the Rev. Bouck White
ar? serving sentences on Blackwell's
island, the latter for having broken up
the services at the Calvary Baptist
church ten days ago. "Mother" Jones
alone remains in the lecture field and
nightly denounces the Rockefeller in
terests in the Colorado coal districts.
Miss Seva Johnson came in
last evening on Tso. 2 for a short
visit here with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Gust Johnson.
Our Summer Underwear
Hosiery and Silk Glove Departments
Are complete. New Summer Dress Materials arriv
ing almost daily.
RIBBONS 6-inch
Ribbons, at
Special for Friday and Saturday:
Colgate's Talcum Powder...
In following perfumes, Dactylis,
La France Rose, Baby Powder
Cashmere Boquet, Violet, and
Monad Violet, regular 25c size for
UMBRELLAS .98 CENTS
We are showing a beautiful line of
White Crepe Voiles
FOR -
..Graduation Dresses,.
In plain and embroidered all widths and prices
Just a few suggestions for Graduation Gifts.
Long Silk Gloves colors black, white, cham
pagne, navy and gray; -Fans,
Neckwear, Silk Hosiery,
Beads, Handkerchiefs, Ribbons.
Rugs, Carpets, Mattings and Lineolums.
VACUUM SWEEPER S.
E.G. DOVEY & SOW
Uc
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SONS..
Returns Home From New York.
From Wednesday's Dally.
This morning Miss Catherine
)ovey returned home from New
York, where she has been study
ing voice culture under Madame
Starr, the celebrated instructor,
who had charge of the training of
the voices of Miss Alice Uovey
and Mrs. Fred Truesdell. Miss
Catherine is possessed of a
splendid voice and has a brilliant
future before her, judging from
the statements of the leading
Xew York teachers who have had
the opportunity of hearing her
voice.
Miss Cressie Ilackenburg and
Miss Freda Wallengrcn went to
Omaha on the early train, where
they will spend the day.
A Very Interesting Book.
From Wednesday's DallFr
One of the very interesting
relics to be found at G. K. Wes
cotl's Sons store during this an
niversary week is the old P. O.
Reporter. This is a large book
about two feet square and six
inches thick, in which were writ
ten or jotted down in many dif
ferent handwritings the happen
ings of the day. This was to take
the place of the daily paper, there
being none published at that
time. This book dates back to
1871.
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