I IV F.I. Y
l W B m h
MEETING
City Council Has Stormy
Session Saturday
Night.
LEYDA AND GERING
IN A BIG MIX-IP
permit be granted the company.
On tin' grounds that the failure to
comply with the law was not a reason
t3 withhold a permit, action was
taken by the eouneil and a permit
was granted to the druggists, Gering
& Company.
It was a Lite hour when the meet
ing was finished and the spectators
declared that it was better than a
performance at the Majestic. A num
ber of complaints have Ix-cn filed by
Judge Archer hud he accepted them
ist night, but while the meeting was
in session he did not care to make the
complaints. It was expected that
the parties would appear at the office
and enter their charges of assault but
up to a late hour this afternoon,
none had been made but they arc
still bciing looked for.
Remonstrance Finally Suppressed
and Permit Given Gerlng
& Company.
ROUGH CITY ROADS
MUST BE MADE SMOOTH
t7
A disgraceful comedy farce, which
at times bordered on a drama, was
pulled off Saturday evening at the
council chamber in the special meeting
called of that body for the hearing
of Cering & Company, against a re-
monstrance filed to prevent the
issuance of a druggist permit for
the coining year. It was claimed by
the signers of the paper that the drug
gists had failed to comply with the Slo-
cumb law in which it states that all
intoxicating liquors sold at a drug
store must be registered and a report
made to the city clerk every six mon
ths. It was found that a' sort of reg
ister had been kept but no report had
been made at the office of the clerk
however, the remonstrance was ig
nored and the permit was issued be
fore the affair was settled for the
evening.
The council chamber was crowded
with spectators when the meeting was
called to order shortly after eight
As the session opened, John M
Leyda, attorney for the remonstrance
committee and Matthew Gering reprc
Ahntinir tlw drilir firm jnnn u-lin far
some time have not been on the best
9f terms, hud a war of words which
had not progressed very far beforeit
broke forth in a big fight. Mr. Levda
htrenously objected to many of Mr.
Ccring's remarks ami considered his
statements as a regular frame-up and
a few minutes later, when Mr. Leyda
had secured the lloor, he started to
hand out a few remarks about his
opponent. However his speech was
a short one and he had no more than
referred to Mr. Gering as a "miscrabl
cur" when the latttr was upon him
with an uppcrcut in the nose. Sevcra
council men attempted to interfere
and a general rough house ensued
Rookmever. Xeutnan. Grnvitt lleni-v
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gering and many others managed to
g-t in a poke or two and the partici
pants slugged their neighbors with
their fists and swung their canes, clear
ly getting into the spirit of the game
The scrappers were calmed down in a
few minutes time, after considerable
excitement in the large crowd of spec
tators and a black eye or two in the
ranks of lawyers and councilmen
The police were called in and with
the chief of police stationed between
the two gloating attorneys, the meet
ing proceeded after the originators
of the fracus had made an apology
and another officer of the law ha
been place to guard the door.
1 he examination of the witnesses
was held, the mayor, under whom the
meeting was in cnarge, paving no
attention whatever to the genera!
customs and rules of law and his uc
tion at many times brought forth con
siderablo comment from people prop
4'i lv versed in law. Among those who
were called to the witness stand -were
. M. Carter, T. W. Glenn, Mrs
Kerr, Mrs. Glenn and Mrs. Carte
and the questions osked and the an
sweres brought forth, provoked much
laugltter in the crowd. Witnesses in
the stand were cross-examined on
matters entirely foreign to the case,
against which attorney Leyda strongly
objected, and which seemed clearly
against legal proceedure, but his ol
jections were overruled by the mayor
and later when an appeal was made
by Mr. Leyda, he was refused and
ordered to sit down. Among the
comical parts of the evening was the
time when Carter, one of the signers
of the paper, was asked his occupation
by Attorney Gering,"Oh, a fisherman."
was his reply and later when the ques
tion was put to Glenn who replied
"I just help Carter" the spectators
were unable to hold back their mirth.
Mrs. Carter seemed to have signed
the remonstrance without having read
it, but she had taken the word and
advice of her husband. When this
was told to the examining lawyer,
she was informed that she was not
to Maine for placing her explicit
confidence in her husband even though
it were considered misplaced. Follow
ing many other laughable statements
atyl all the evidence having been giv
y'i. Councilman Dwyir got the floor
and stating that even knowing Gering
& Company had not filed the report
of intoxicating liquor Bold, as required
by law, he moved the remonstrance
be suppressed in order that a druggisst
Rain Makes Work on them Possible
raid Should be Commenced at
Once.
It has reached the point where Platts
mouth has got to do something to
ward the improvement of her city
roads and avenues or she will suffer
one of the worst black eyes she has
ever possessed. The deplorable state
of her roads is becoming known all
over the county and before long "as
rough ns Plattsmouth avenue" will
become a slang phrase throughout this
section of the country. With the
leep ruts and holes that have become
mked under the hot ravs of the sun
in this spring until their surface re
sembles adamant, it is a risky attempt
on the part of the driver of any vehicle
to pass over them at night. Even in
the (lay it is not pleasant driving.
A chauffer with a low slung machine
is liable to tear the vitals of his ear
along the high ridges that protrude
or blocks along some of ihe best resi-
lent streets. With a load of corn.
a farmer would jolt out his valuable
grain at every bump along the avenue
and by the time he would reach the
grain men in town, they would thingk
he was bringing in a few ears for a seed
corn test. If a farmer has not a pretty
substantial buggy he won't run the
risk of caving in his wheels on the
Pluttsmouth roads but will go to
some neighboring town to do his trad
ing. People living on the streets will
have to buy mountain road wagons
guaranteed to stand such strains,
if they want to feel safe while taking
pleasure drives along the local trails.
"Joy riding" in town has no more at
traction than fishing in December.
It was only a few nights ago that two
visitors in a benzine buggy broke an
axle on our main avenue and were
forced to desert their machine and put
up at one of the hotels for the night.
Any automobile man will tell you
that these are the worst roads in Cass
county.
The city is liable to find that a"few
plunks in time, will save a whole smear
of cash later" for an accident mav
occur at any time from the trecherous
condition of their high-ways, and if
the present ruts and holes continue
to exist, they will wake up some day
with a big damage suit on their hands.
At sonic places it would be impossible
for a team heavily laden, when running
in ruts over a foot deep, to turn as-
side for on approaching automobile
If the machine should happen to be
in the same fix, a mix-up would fol
low that would be a boon for the un
dertaking establishment and result
in a job for the county attorney which
would cost the city a few thousands
to stnghten out. It is at the peril
of a man's false teeth that he try to
"go against the grain of the roads,
so high and numerous are theridges,
Imagine a farmer scorning to market
in a hurry, jolting down Chicago av
enue with a few crates of valuable
eggs and a couple of cans of cream
By t lie time he would lie ready to
dispose of his produce, he would have
an omelet and a roll of two or soft
butter. The road conditions have
got to be bettered.
' .1 T 1 I I t
.now me ijoru tinin t no any more
than his share of the work when he
tried to make a city out of Plattsmouth.
Its situation would make a better
game reserve that a bustling town like
it ifc, and its roads ure more naturally
built for toboggan slides than high
ways for the use of man. Consequent
ly if it's hilly streets arc to be kept in
a passable condition, the city has got
to keep on working them. If the city
council does not seem to look at it
in this light, the Connmmcrcial club
should get in the game and see that
the disgraceful conditions are reinediei
It wouiiln t lie an expensive operation
to have the streets scraped and drag
ged as they should be and the work
has got to bo done.
If the present condition of the inlets
continue, Plattsmouth is going to lose
scores of her valuable farmers who
pay her frequent visits and make this
their trading point. More than one
farmer has stated to a News repre
sentative that they were doing most
of their buying at snmall towns
rather than drive over the couple of
horrible miles to get into the city.
If the farmers once get the habit of
trading at some other place, it will be
a difficult undertaking to bring them
back to this city, and Plattsmouth
will lose one of her most valuable as
sess, the substantial rural trade.
The town owes much of her success
to the good farmers of the vicinity
anil she ought to be witling to lend
them a hand, at least by making a
passable road on which they may
bring in the result of their labors,
which means coppers in the pockets
of the merchants. A city has got to
offer her traders inducements in order
to keep their patronage and what
would look better to the neighboring
farmers than a smooth stretch of good
road into town. Is it realized how
these roads are threatening the city's
business? It is Plattsmouth's move,
and something must be done at once
before the trade is materially hurt.
The poor roads are already re
flecting on Plattsmouth's name and
a trip over them, crammed with jolts
and bumps, will stick a long time in
the mind of any visitor. Hon. E. M.
Pollard droye in from Nehawka by
automobile one day last week and he
was pretty badly disgusted with the
city avenues, the worst stretches of
road between here and his home.
"Why, down in Ilayti," remarked
Mr. Pollard, "where they don't pre
tend to have what you call good roads
it is easier riding than on your main
avenues." It certainly looks like
there is something wrong when the
county seat has the poorest roads in
the entire county.
There may have been a slight ex
cuse during the past few months,
for t he roads were so hard and compact
that they would have been difficult
to work, but with today's rain, the
clay will be in prime condition and it
is now time for immediate action. The
commercial club at it's last meeting
Whalen being unable to be in the ga
His place was taken by Elward
Kanka who didn't give the Ashland
fellows a hit in the last two frames.
All of his work through the last few
innings was fine ami it is probable
lie win lie in the liox lor at least a
part of every game after this.
NEBRASKA CITY
CHILDREN
CRY
Base BaU Outht Pats up the Old
Threadbare Umpire Rot.
(From Monday '8 Dally)
Captain Bums warriors journeyed
to Plattsmouth yesterday to play the
team at that place and won the game
18 to 9 without an effort. Following
was the line up: Plattsmouth, Beal,
Droege, Fitzgerald, Me. Cauly, Smith,
Mason, Perry, Kelly and Warga.
Nebraska City, Mayfield, Badura,
Morarity, Hicklin, Chapman, Richter,
O'Shea, Whitmoreand Fletcher. Flet
cher pitched a good game for the lo
cals but his support at times was rag
ged. The umpire knew about as much
about a ball game as a pig does about
all street and his decisions should
ha ve won the game for Plattsmouth
if it were possible with the umpire
with them. The local crowd kept up
their hitting stunt and knocked the
ball until they were tired. The team
and the rooters accompanying them
arrived home in time for supper. The
attendance at tnhe game was bum, 53
persons were noted on the field and
three cows grazed peacefully during
the game. Nebraska City Press.
The above from the Press down at
the little old slow town of Nebraska
City, only clinches the argument made
by those who watched the antics
of the representatives of the "Minks"
that they should be called "Mutts"
1 $l 1 p; p I is $s pl
I Is Your Name Written There? I
All persons who have not had an opportunity
to list their names with the census enumerator,
please leave your name with Postmaster Schnei
der at your first opportunity. It is very Essen
tial that every person living in the City of
Plattsmouth should be counted in this census in
order that our population should show as large
as possible.
Every resident of the city ought to constitute
Scx himself or herself a committee of one, not only to
' ca fhot" thTr ota nn hA lief- Kn4- 4-Vn4 awa n
else is also counted. It is almost impossible for
one census enumerator to get them all in the
short time allowed and therefore, everybody
should help along the good work.
if 3
voted to have Chicago avenue repaired
even though it were to be paved in the
near future. The work was ordered
to commence the day following their
meeting, but for some reason,
no good ever came of the motion,
and the road continued to grow worse
every day. There is no reason why
the work can not be carried out and
the citizens should make it their busi
ness to see that it is. If the council
does not order the work done, the
Commercial club should get busy
and see that it is' started anyway.
These streets have got to be smoothed
off. Get the scraper and drag into
action so the strests will more than re
deem their former condition. Let's
help Plattsmouth succeed by seeing
that her roads are put into respectable
shape and that work commences at
once while they are in a condition to
be tended. Let's strike while the iron
is hot.
the Nebraska City fellows would have
gone home with the short end of the
score in their uutio-rcfrigcrator-rc-
lieshmcnt box in place of the empty
bottles stored there. It is the first
time that the people of this city have
tad to submit to such conditions as
existed and for which the Nebraska
City crowd were responsible for and
which will certainly be the last. There
is nothing remaining from the trip
of the outfit down the river but the
universal sentiment of our people that
the best hit made by the bunch of
the whole day was when they hit
the road for home immediately after
the game was over.
Indications at This Time
Point to the Fact That
It May be Called.
Cold Wave to Follow Rain.
The citizens of Nebraska and other
central states are having quite a nov-
Ity and for the first time this spring
they arc enjoying quite a respectable
rain. It is putting new stamina into
the farmers who feel like they have a
new lease on life when they hear the
rain drops pattering on their roof.
t means that the grain crop is given
another chance, and will probably
turn out wih but comparatively
small damage. The early vegetables
will now be able to get in their work of
sprouting and the farmers can get
uisv with their coin planting. In
fact, it is the most welcome present
that Nebraska could receive. The rain
louds are reported to extend over a
urge area and the drought which began
to look serious in the central western
states bads been broken. The water
wagon man will have a vacation for
a few days at least and the cleanly
housewife will be gicven an opportubn-
ity to get the dust out of her home
wi ,hout feeling it will be back again
before night.
If the weather man can only be per
suaded to hold off the cold spell which
he has billed for this section of he coun
try, every body will be happy, but ac
cording to his ideas we are going to
get another stray chunk tf frigid at
niosphere and a few more snow flur
ries before we arc through with it.
HOUSE MAJORITY
IS FAVORABLE
Returns Not all In on Mr. Bryan's
Poll of the Members of
the Senate,
Golden Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Jones will to
morrow celehratc the hltieth anni
versary of their wedding day at their
home on Vine street. Today is the
birthday of Mr. Jones who is 71
years of age. They are one of the
pioneer couples of the city, having
lived here for 34 years. Mr. Jones
has been engaged nearly all his life
in the livery business but at present
he is no longer connected with the barn
Mr Jones and wife have probably
as many friends in the city and county
as any couple in town and the news
of their golden wedding anniversary
will be noted with interest by their
hundreds of friends in the state
They are not planning on any party
or formal celebration tomorrow, but
will quietly spend the day as ustia
at.their comfortable home in the city
Their hosts of friends extend them their
best wishes and hope they may have
many more happy years in each others.
company.
AN EXTRA
SESSION
Boys Win Saturday's Game.
The High School boys returned
from their trip Saturday to Ashland
in high spirits having drubbed the
nine at that city by the tune of 15 to 11
The game was a good one after the
first few innings. During the first
three frames, the boys were some
what wild and a number of errors
were made on both sides. The pit
chers had not warmed up to good con
trol of the ball and the batters found
them for all kinds of hits. Eleven
runs were made in the first three inning
then the boys got down to business and
began to play ball. The scores ran
along with very close margins until
the ninth when they stood 11 to I I.
The Plattsmouth boys were equal to
the occasion and ran in n man in the
tenth which gave them the game by
the score of 15 to 1 1.
This is the second game the home
team has won from Ashland bunch
this season and the team at that place
is generally considered of good standing
among the state teams. The line up
for Saturday's game was a little chang
ed on account of their regular pitcher,
11 lit
which wouut he more appropriate
For a gang of professional ball players
men who have been picked up all over
the country, men who are drawing
salaries ami ure supposed to have out
grown their amatuerish clothes, they
showed about the worst case of child
ishness it was ever the lot of people
here to see. They howled at the um
pire at everything that did not come
their way. Eucry little hit made by
their "professionals" was exulted nvi.r
in regular school boy fashion. When
the game was close they took every
advantage possible to bull doze
their way through in regular "profes
sional" style, which by the wnv uns
the only showing they made that they
belong to the professional class.
A team representing a league made
up of four great states who are draw
ing salaries which would indicate
that they had some class, that cannot
go up against a bunch of nmet tiers
with all home players, and with a
couple of their best men out of the
lineup, and win on a greater margin
than did the Nebraska City bunch last
Friday is not showing very much of
the base mil ability which would make
a town feel proud of them. When a
professional ball team goes up against
a team in the condition the Platts
mouth team was in last Friday and
can only make ten hits, two of their
players not making any and five only
one each, and on top of that ejecting
nine errors into their play, their
chances of winning laurris as base ball
players is decidedly on the glim.
The old baby plea that the "umpire"
was to blame and that he favored the
other fellows does not stack up on the
record as shown by the above facts.
We would like to see Nebraska City
have a team which would be a credit
to the town, but if the whole "Mink"
league is to be judged by the sample
shown by ( he outfit, which endeavored
to play ball last Friday here, we can
see little hopes for the "Mink" organi
zation to survive very long. One thing
Death ol Miss Hutchison.
Mrs. A. W. Atwood departed Sun
day afternoon for Jacksonville, 111.,
where she will attend the funeral ser
vices of her niece, Miss Georgia
Hutchison, who died in a hospital.in
San Francisco, California Saturday
night. Miss Hutchison had frequently
visited her aunt in this city and was
quite well known here. She visited
Mrs. Nellie Agncw in Long Beach
last Monday and went from there to
San Francisco expecting spend two
days there, but was taken suddenly
ill with intestinal obstruction, sub
mitted to a surgical operation and
died the second day after. Her body
will be taken back to Jacksonville
and buried beside that of her mother.
(From Monday's Dally)
The Lincoln State Journal today
publishes the following:
Mr. Bryan issued the following state
ment yesterday afternoon: "The let
ters and telegrams so far received
rom members of the house indicate
that the initiative and referendum
resolution would have lib difficutly
in passing the house. The poll of the
senate is not yet eomnlete
to show whether the resolution would
be able to pass that body.
Several democratic senutors who
voted aginst the resolution have an
swered that they will again do so if
a special session is called. I have not
the telegrams or letters with me and
cannot give the names of all who
have answered in the negative but the
three senators from Douglas county
Senator Buck of Otoe and Senator
Bosse of Webster arc among the num
ber. I assume they think they are
voicing the sentiments of their con
stituency and that they will be willing
to vote for the resloutiou if convinced
that their constituents favor it. I
suggest, therefore that petitions be
prepared and circulated in these dis
tricts endorsing the initaitivc and
referendum and asking the senators
to vote for it. I shall be pleased to
render any assistance that I can to
secure an expression of opinion.
"To tins end 1 shall, if possible, ar
range a meeting at Nebraska City
for next Wednesday evening ut which
Senator Buck can, if he wishes, give
his reason for opposing the initiative
and referendum and hear the reasons
of those who favor it.
"Next week I shall try to arrange
meetings at Omaha and Red Cloud
and in the districts of the other sen
ators who record themselves against
the initiative and referendum."
Mr. Bryan expressed himself as
pleased with Governor Shallenbcrger's
announcement that he will call an
extra session if he has the written
pledges of a sufficient number of the
senators and members to insure the
passing of the resolution. Mr. Bryan
said he had not doubted for a moment
that the governor would call a special
session if lie received assurance that the
initiative and referendum would be
submitted.
W. C. T. U. Notice.
After what happened at the council
chamber Saturday evening, Apri1 30th.
in the matter of the Gering & Com
pany druggist permit to see" alcoholic
liquors, we the W. C. T. V. both as
an organization and as individual
signers of the remonstrance, feel that
we owe it to ourselves to say that we
most positively do not endorse any
of the personal animosity shown as the
case was conducted.
We are fighting the liquor traffic
and not individuals, .but whomsoever
it hits we propose to fight to a finish,
and there is no finish but complete
destruction of the liquor iraflie. H
Sarah E. Kerr, Km
President W.C.T. U.
Uev. L. W. (lade, the new pastor
delivered a most excellent diseource
in the First Presbyterian church in
this city Sunday morning taking for
the subject of his theme these words:
"For what intent have you sent for me?
I have not come to preach a new the
ology", the minister said, "but the
same theology taught to you for more
than thirty years by your highly be
loved former pastor. I come to try
is certain and that is that had the and speak a good word for our savior
Plattsmouth team its regular line-up1 Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
Court House News.
Sheriff Jones of Nemaha county
has entered his case in district court
claiming ?50 reward for the capture
of Arthur Brann the horse thief,
A reward of that sum was offered by
the county and later paid to the
sheriff, who claims that it was the
sum due hitne on the team of Fred
Cramer and now demands that he
receive a similiar sum on the team of
Fred Lake. This demand was refused
by the county commissioners, con
sequently the case was filed by the
sheriff in district court. The question
which has to be settled is whether the
sheriff really captured two horse thiev
es or one.
Final settlement was made today in
the estate of Jacob Hayles, Jr. and ad
ministrator, Jacob Hayles Sr., was discharged.
J. II. Fledge and wife of Council
Bluffs were in the city Sunday visiting
relatives at the home of J. B. Huigley.
Mr. Fledge is connected with the
Council Bluffs street railway company.
The special song services which were
held at the St. Luks Episcopal church
yesterday were one of the most enjoy
able ever held in the city. . The day
seemed ideal for the music nid the
church was packed to its doors. The
services are held by the Episcopalians
the first Sunday in every month,
but without doubt, yesterday's ser
vice was the best heard for months.
The soloists and choir appeared at
their best and under the direction
of their leader, Mr. Austin, the oc
casion was an ideal one.
Mr. and Mrs. John Simpson, who
have been making their home at the
Nebraska Masonic home for the past
yca.r dcp;rtcd for Chicago to visit
their daughter.