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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1915)
ftocU ctA TtfAot -tftb tatte mi-cHMtt ritet ' No7 THIRTIETH YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NEB., FEBRUUARY 5, 1915. k Ijtorilt ) a te 'v v b V , x Su $r ij MOTION FOR NEW TKIAL b'lLtil) IN UOBEJtTS CASE CITY AND COUNTY NEWS UOIIEIITS' imOTIIEIt ARRIVES FltOM KIMBALL TO VISIT him ix county jail Says He Has Helped Brother All Ho - Will mid Will Now Let the Law Take Its Course IlobortH Remains Out wardly Calm. Lato Wednesday evening a motion for a new trial in the case of Roy Roberts, recently convicted of first degree murder, was filed in the dis trict court by Attorney Keofe. The grounds on which the now trial was asked 'Were kept a secret for a few days, until the motion is argued in tho district court. A sworn affi davit of several pages was filed at tho time of tho motion, in which tho causes were set forth. Tho reason that Roberts asks now . trial is thought to bo that he did not have a fair and impartial trial owing to tho prejudice Which was so ram pant before tho trial and which has now become pity for the man on ac count of tho severity of his sentence. County Attorney Glbbes yesterday got out answer to tho petition and filed it with the district clerk and the motion will probably bo argued in a short time. Otto Roberts, half-brother to Roy Roberts, arrived in tho city yesterday morning to visit his brother in the county Jail. Ho will remain for a few days but will apparently takoCno ac tion toward getting the sentence com muted. Mr. Roberts stated yesterday morn ing that he had spent considerable monoy In an attempt to keep Roy out of prison and out of trouble but that it has been to no avail. Ho stated that he would now let the law take its due course without any interfer ence on his part. Ho had given Roy a chance to straighten up and ho had not done so with every possible op portunity and it was now his own look out for his own welfare. Ho blamed liis half-brother for getting ntp troublo WI1V11 III WUi) uueuujr U11UC1 IUU UUU1U1- ity of the state prison board and might have known what tho penalty would be. Roberts is still outwardly calm In his cell. He has little to say, but outwardly shows very little anxiety. w He realizes his fato unless some pow er intervenes but seems determined to meet it as bravely as ho has said ho would. His mother has not yet visited him and is now ill. She promised to visit him before ho left for Lincoln and "will probably do so soon. Charles Clayton, whom Roberts im plicated, Is also still being held at the jail.- Nothing has yet been filed against liim but may be in a few days. He seems to show no anxiety to get out of his cell and is evidently contented to remain where ho is in his present state of safety. Miss Villa Whlttaker, manager of the millinery store in the Wilcox De partment store, left last evening for Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis and other eastern points to purchase her spring millinery stock. She expects to be gone for some time. '.'Uncle Billy" Ingles is reported im proving from his illness of tho first of the week. Ho is getting along very nicely at his home in the Fourth ward. Rev. Father McDald will return to day from Omaha Mrs. L. W. Walker and daughter Margaret returned Wednesday from South Dakota, whero they visited Mr. Walker for a week or so. Tho Epworth League will hold a social this ovenlng at tho homo of Miss Florence Antonides, 1007 west Sixth street. It was announced this morning that tho story hour, which was scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at tho library building, will bo postponed for an other week on account of tho severe storm. Tho B. of R. T. announce a banquet and dancing party which they will hold Thursday of next week at tho Masonic hall. A nice supper will bo served at six o'clock and following this dancing will be indulged in by those who wish. Commercial dinner ati Christian church Monday from 11:80 to ,1:00 o'clock. Menu.: Chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes and 'gravy, tomatoes and macaroni, bean Balad, raspberry 1 pio and coffe. Everybody invited. Prlco thirty centy. Earl Pyzer tho Tryon route mall car rier, got a short dlstanco out of tho city this morning on his route and was obliged" to telephono back for holp. Ho go stuck In a snow drift and his car broke down. Hendy & Ogior sent a car out to bring him back to town. C. R. DeMott, fomerly o.. this city but now located at Scott Bluff, was operated upon this week in tho St. Luke's hospital In Omaha and had a piece of bono four inches In leongth removed from one arm. He had been suffering for some time with some disease in tho bone. License to wed was granted Wednes day afternoon from the office of tho county judgo to Rudolph Hank, 27, and Miss Susie Cockle, 2G, both of Get Word on Building. r Tolegrams woro received hero this morning announcing that several membors of the board of directors of tho Brotherhood of American Yeomon at Dcs Moines, Iowa, would arrivo hero February 23rd to mako definite plans regarding tho building project of tho local organization on tho Hcr shoy property recently purchased Plans aro now to get to work mov ing tho old buildings ns Boon as possible an tho men In chargo hope to get tho building started. uelCro nnv great length of time. Tho board of directors will bo allowed to pass ou tho work beforo It will definitely car ried out, but Mr. Tiloyystatcs that ho Is suro they will make a favorablo report. Branch Train Stalled Tho passenger train duo to arrivo from the branch could not pull through tho drifts last evening and was obliged to put up for the night A. up tho Hue. Another train was mado up this morning and loft for up tho branch after tho trains from tho cast arrived. Tho freights up tho branch were ''scheduled for six o'clock this morning but had not been called at a lato hour this forenoon. Trafilc in that direction is almost at a stand still. Passenger train No. 3 from tho east was nearly ten hours late getting Into this city. It was duo in nt 1 :20 and had not arrived at ton o'clock. West Hound Trains Late. All trains arriving from the east wore lato yesterday and today. To day they are all several hours lato on account of tho sovcro storm in the eastern part of the state. Tho trains from tho wst have been arriving pretty well on schedule time. This morning passenger train No. 15 due at 12:10, had not yet arrived at 8:30. No. 10 was marked "up near ly two hours lato and No. 13 an hour and three-quarters. Tho tracks tho Sutherland vicinity. They wero are badly drifted where they run niarriedby Judgo French at the coiirt house. vJHie" groom owns a ,farm In tho Sutherland vlclnityVand they will make their homo there. through cuts and much time is lost. For "Sale or Trade. G40 acres all fenced, with good Im provements 9 miles northeast of Brady, Nob. Will take good auto or a few good horses as part payment. Price ?4,000. Address Bert Newman, Brady, Nob. 2-tf RACES AT THE Roller Rink Friday Evening, FEBRUARY 5th Itoliuid llnll and Dwnlno Schmidt will skuto a two milo race. After this race Gordon Love and Wilbur Green will skate a one mile race. ADMISSION 10 CENTS Friday afternoons and Mon day evenings ladies can skate free. Over a hundred people woro out Tuesday evening to tho basement of tho Episcopal church for tho first evening's practice for the "County Fair" which will be given next week. The parts wore all assigned and work with tho choruses was started. From all indications this will be a big affair and ono well worth tho troublo and expense of putting it on. County Superintendent Alleen Gantt began this week sending out the educational directories to tho teach ers of Lincoln county. They were Just finished this week. They con tain information for tho teachers of tho officers of tho school boards in the different districts and also tho names of tho teachers for tho year 1914-15. Copies wero mailed out to each teacher in tho county. Albert Schllentz was tho recipient of a surpriso party Wednesday even ing, when a largo number of friends and neighbors called and royally cel ebrated his birth anniversary. Mr. Schllentz was presented with gold cuff links as a reminder of tho oc casion Refreshments wero served and everybody had a Jolly evening. Allan and Dillon Lowell, sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Lowell, of Omaha, arrived in tho city tho first of the -week to visit for a few days with their grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. L. MUtonbergcr. They wero formerly residents of this city whero Mr. Low ell was deputy shcric of Lincoln coun ty. They are out of school in Omaha on account of measles in tho schools. Two young people, who seemed very anxious to enter tho ranks of tho Ben edicts, braved tho storm of yestorday and wended their way to tho county Judged office where thoy apppllcd for licenso to wed. Upon inquiry tho Judgo learned that tho lady in tho caso had barely passed hor four teenth birth anniversary and refused their request. They wero accompanied by tho parents of tho girl who inter ceded in hor behalf but Judgo French ruled otherwlso, bidding them await tho processes of time. ."Fnr(hrcIl forvTciiclier. - -Tho boys of thd Knights of Honor (class of the Presbyterian Sunday school met Wednesday evening at tho home of Loren Hastings, president of I tho class, for a farewell party for their teacher, Mrs. Edgar Schiller, who left last evening for tho coast. Twonty-fivo boys wero present and a pleasant evening was enjoyed, A nico supper was served at seven o'clock after which games and various so cial diversions wero Indulged In un til a late hour. 11 1L 3C 1L :c 11 How would you like a tree trip to the Panama Exposition and the snr- rounding Cities? Our contest is progressing with more interest each and every day. The trip will be something never forgotten and will be a pleasure of a lite time. Beside the free trip there are many other valuable articles which we are giving away. It is not too late to join the contest, for right now is just the time for we are going to offer inducements which will enable new beginners to make rapid progress. For the next thirty, days for each account paiid in full we will give. Double the Regular Number of Votes. ., Watch our ad for the new vote getters which will appear each week' The Panama Exposition Store, 4 n LIERK-SANDALL CO. inc ii it ii in. "Tho Sea Wolf By special arrangement "Tho Sea Wolf," Jack London's famous novel, will bo presented again this evening at the Keith in a seven reel feature. A nlco crowd attended last night but many wero kept away by the storm so the management arranged to hold it over for another night. ' Btl. Jacob Bristol and Homer Wolllver of tho Maxwell vicinity were trans acting busines at the court house yesterday. They came Into the city by train and left last evening on No. 4. Thoy report tho roads badly drifted in that vicinity. These two men served as Jurors In tho recent trial of Roy Roborts and wero In yes terday to collect ther jurors' fees. The J. Y. M. club was delightfully entertained Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. T. C. Christensen, 214 south Ash street. Tho afternoon was spent with fancy sowing and a two course dinner was served at flvo o'clock. All pres ent report a pleasant afternoon. Wm. R. S. Harcourt of tho Har- court & Jensen store, left last even ing for Chicago and other eastqrn points whero ho will spend some tlrao visiting friends and transacting bus iness. Ho went east on a buying trip for the store. The Verdict (Horshey Times) 'After licaring-.tho testimony in tho Roy Itoberts murder trial, tho editor being in attendance at tho greater part of tho trial, tho verdict rendered 4ppals us. That after hearing the testimony a Jury; of twelve men cruld bring, la a vejultcof first degree, mur der on circunlstanfiai'"ovidcnce, does not seem possible Thoy found that Roy Roberts was guilty of tho murder of Vernon Connctt of tho first degree and fixed tho penalty at death. Should, tho sentenco bo given and Roy Rob orts sent to tho electric chair, Lincoln county will bo heralded to tho world as sending tho first man to his doom In Nebraska the olectrlc chair. Ne braska, tho stato with tho least il literacy of any stato in the union, will bo scoffed at. Personally wo aro bit terly opposed to capital punishment believing In tho commandment "Thou Shalt not kill." The human family cannot create life, neither must It kill. There is a hlglier power, In visible perhaps, yet over present, and the blood of ono whoso life 13 taken Is on thoso who take it even though thoy bo protected by laws which aro made by man legalizing murder. u Abandon Trip From HnstliigH. On account of tho sovoro stoim In tho Hastings vicinity Miner Hlnman and Harvey Soronson Wednesday aban doned tho Idea of driving a now Sax on car up from Hastings. They had gone to Hastings the first of tho week to purchaso a now car for Mr. Sor enson which ho will use ou tho mall routo and had started to drive homo. They camo about six miles out of Hastings and then decided that tho roads wero too bad for oven a Saxon. They left Hastings on the train and a short distance out they were stalled In a snow drift and were obliged to wait for several hours. Thoy arrived homo yesterday morning on No. 3. Trainmen arriving from tho west yesterday forenoon announced that from Paxlon on w'dst tho weather was clear and thoro was very littlo snow. tJp until yesterday noon thoy were suffering with only cold weather. A delightful affornoon was enjoyed Wednesday afternoon at tho homo of Mrs. Thomas Hcaloy who entertained tho Indian Card club. Tho prizes woro won by Mrfl. J. B. Hayes .and Mrs. Al lison Wilcox. L TIRED WOMEN Lighten the Labor of Housekeeping with a GAS STOVE. Think what a help a clean kitchen would be, free from coal, ashes and soot, no blackened pots and pans. It is the GAS STOVE that takes WORK out of House Work. North Platte Light & Power Co., C. R. MOREY, Manager. lEJHiiiisfiS&SRMBaMBHliJ VT in BfifnTiTg'iTTi OfJ MONUMENTS All thoso needing monuments or oth er cemetery work will do well to call and Inspect, our stock and prices be foro placing orders". Wo carry a large stock and can savo you money. W. C. RITNER, Office and Shop In rear of tho Rltnor Hotel. Lierk-Sandall Co. The meeting of tho Tllllkums, which was scheduled for this week, was postponed on account of the severe weather Closing Out Sale, ON: OCCIDENT.- 1 "! mm 1 1 y W. 1 vk$um m mJwAWM i ggl'll1! T'Jt M'.iiii 1 North Platte Agents. & "The Man in the Cellar." In Multiple Reels. A Story Painting wiih Real Life and Action. Not a Cheap Novrl but a Real Story of Clever People. At the Keith Theatre SATURDAY, FEB. 6th. 10 and 15 Cents. Hardware, Stoves, Galvanized Steel Stock Tanks Gasoline Engines, All at Cost or Below Cost AT; o L K h rl fc i Opposite Post Office. s