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Neb- Ktat9 Hl.roricj 8oc. moutb ourna SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION FOUR PAGES VOLUME XXIX PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA. MONDAY J AX UAH Y 31, 1910 NO it . 1f A A 3 LARGE CROVDOU HJU1DT0 HEAR ADDRESS OF GEORGE B I The Speaker Talks of Many Evils and the Remedy Thereof and Speaks Right to the Point. From Friday1 Daily. dominate the republic was one of the The long-heralded lecture of Geo. 'things which It had been sought to Blackstone Irving, the "town tonic," .avoid. Space forbld3 a detailed ac was delivered last night at the Par-'count 0f this subject but he showed mele theater to a fine audience, one effectively that the doom of the which was representative of the city small town and the village commun and one which found much food for jty was in the overshadowed domina thought In the remarks which the tion of the great cities. He pointed able speaker made. There was a very this out as applying particularly to large crowd assembled at the doors this city which lies under the shadow of the theater for almost an hour 0f Omaha and Lincoln. He denounc before the lecture was scheduled to ed the large cities as hot beds of commence and they waited patiently iVice and corruption and denounced In the chilly evening air until the graft jn all Its forms. In fact,- Mr. doors were thrown open at 8:45. A irvlng's speech In its first part was large number of the pupils of the an attack upon the cities and an at high school were In the crowd, an , gainst them. He also took occasion to organized effort being made by them against., The also took occasion to to express their appreciation of the severely criticise all those who went remarks which Mr. Irving had made to Omaha for their purchases, scor to them when he was here several jng them as enemies to the city and days since. This body was seated to gether In the front seats of the par quet in order that a little stunt which they had prepared for the oc casion might be effectively staged. themselves. Along similar lines he took up the questions of great trusts and corpora tions and asserted these were suck ing the commercial blood of the email They made a mighty fine collection tQwna and the COuntry. He made a of young people and helped amazing ly to show that Plattsmouth was alive and very much alive. number of political allusions through out his speech glorifying the fight of Ex-President Roosevelt upon the It was a few moments before nine t t d blg combinations and in o'clock when Mr. Irving, accompanied ferentlallv criticising President Taft by an escort of Mayor Sattler, Presi- for hav,ng a number of corporation dent Falter of the commercial club lawyera in hls cabinet. His political and a number of leading business references recelved a measure of ap men of the city, made his entree up- prova, from tne audlence. From the on the stage of the theater. The en- questlon of trust8 and combinations tire lower floor cf the house was oc- he naturally drlfted to the mail order cupied while the balcony and gallery houscg of the blg cltles and seVerely had a very good crowd of spectators. denounced them and the people who The entire audience gave the speaker patron,zed them alleging that the a rousing reception which lasted for ,aUer wenj belng b,ed by the form sometime. Immediately as the speak- er and were paylng more to them for er and the committee took their ealsH goodB ,thall. xMt iocai " merchants the stunt of the high school pupils charged. spoken t or aoove was carnea oui. They rose In a body under the leader ship of one of the young lady pupils and gave the school yell which took the speaker and the audience alike by surprise.' Later under the direc tion of the principal of the schools the yell was again given and the en tire assemblage of pupils sang a song composed especially for the occasion boosting the schools and the pupils. This made quite a hit with the audi ence who loudly applauded the pupils as they resumed their scats. Incident to the opening exercises of the evening Don (;. York sang a booster song especially written for the occasion, the son being based upon the slogan of the city, "See vPlattsmouth Succeed.' Mr. York is a magnificent slnser and his new song made an Instaneous hit with the audience who greeted it with ap- plause. It Is well written and ef-i Owing to a lack of space the sev eral Ideas which the speaker advan ced must be condensed. Sufficient to say that he made throughout his speech a number of references to lo cal instances In which merchants and their wives, particularly the latter, has Injured the city by either going to Omaha to buy goods or by order ing through mail order houses and this practice he bitterly assailed. He counseled the merchants to get to gether and to trade with one another To discourage the exodus of women to Omaha for their trading. He also mentioned an instance of which he had been told wherein the wives of several merchants and ex-merchants had been Interested In mail order clubs and his references were so thinly veiled that the veriest tyro could locate whom he meant. As to the merchants themselves, .1 1 1 1 41 I- 1 1 fective and In his hands could not ne severely cnuciseu uiuir w. ui holn beine a success. progressiveness and urged upon them Mavor Sattler then introduced the the building of better stores, the bet speaker Mr. Irving with a few brief tcr display of their wares and above remarks in which he spoke of the a" the use of judicious advertising ideas which Mr. Irving had to impart and plenty of it. Along this line he to the audience and bespoke him an insisted that advertising should be attentive hearing. j up-to-date Just the same as news and - . . . ,,,,., that it should be changed from day . . . . ' . x ji to day. Ilia addresa along those lines .u x. v. a was to show if Plattsmouth merchants viiue w uy no w ao ucio anu nuat no . are 10 escape uciiis bwauuweu ujr Omaha and Chicago, they must wake hoped to be able to leave behind him. Tin la nn nhla Knpnkpr nnri Rpemprl in . ., . ... . up and make and aggressive cam have the subject of his discourse at v . . his tongue's end. His speech through out bristled with telling points and the fact that he had spent his day paign through the newspapers for trade. Emulate the example of the big cities and use a whole page in in iha rltv tn rnod HvnnM r.m. the local papers to tell what they out strongly when he showed to the'had to Bel1 "d what they wanted for nn1 Wpn thv wpr Inlurtn Blalea lnal ne eeveu themselves and suggested methods t,nS a8,de wo Per cent of the buBl" by which thy could avoid this and!ne8S Ior im Pose. help themselves and the city. The Referring to the city Itself he had faults of the city and the people j many suggestions for the beautlfica came In for a severe scoring at bis tion of its streets and parks. He con bands which indicated that he had tended it was money well invested made a careful study of the condi- and that the appearance of a home tions existing here. He cannot be like city worked wonders in secur eallcd an eloquent speaker but he has 18 good citizens from abroad as the redeeming merit of being forcible residents. He scored the condition of and vigorous in bis expression. Ad- the streets as they are at present and ded to this he has an effective stage recommended an Immediate turning presence and on the whole he is cal- of public attention to them. He con culated to carry weight with his demned the present system of muni audience. clpal elections and declared for the in mm..m.nt nf w. commission form of government in ture Mr. Irving dwelt upon the sub-;"10 clt,eB' ject of patriotism Beeklng In this way He recommended the formation of to draw his hearers to the Idea that 'women's clubB to push civic matters elvlc patriotism Bhould compel them and to assht the city in getting more to work for the interest of Platts- beautiful streets and parks. He sIbo mouth. Going back to the foundation recommended the women to get to- of the nation he pointed out that gether for many other reforms from the earliest duy of American help upbuild the city. history, the threat of the cities to Much of what the speaker said is to forced to be ommltted, one thing which he did oppose however, being the contructlon of the lnterurban line between this city and Omaha. He pointed out that the construction of this line coupled with the rise of the automobile would result in end ing business in this city. In the con clusion he took up a list of the city assets and liabilities, the former in cluding what the city now had to start with and the things which it had on hand but which it had done nothing with. For obvious reasons some of the latter will not be mentioned as un due publicity might impair their use fulness to the community just now. One thing he did point out, however, was that the city has the best loca tion for industries of any city in the country and that it is endowed by nature with an especially fine loca tion for a residence town, the high hills along the Missouri affording magnificent home sites. He also con tended strongly that Plattsmouth must be made a factory city and that the securing of small factories meant a world of good to the peo ple of this city. He recommended the creation of a community fund which was to be used to promote factories In the city and asserted that it could be raised here if the people only made up their minds to have it. He figured that the city could raise ?30, 000 without trouble for this purpose. Throughout his address the speak er took occasion to cite many towns which he had visited which were in a similar conditton to this city and he told how they had rose from ad versity and had struggled to the front until they were now real cities with in the meaning of the word. He pointed out that what they had done this city should and could do. He urged united action and coporatlon to avert the threatened decay of the city and especially exhorted the mer chants and businessmen to get to gether and build up the city. He also illustrated his speech with several stories, each bearing a telling moral, and in a number of instances his re ferences to local people were such that the identity of the parties was obvious, in one or two cases he used actual names. He wanted knocking stopped and he cited one party In particular whom the knockers com mittee should visit at once. His speech on the whole made a very favorable impression and one which will probably be of much worth to the community. Starting as he did at a late hour, he had to cut out several of the points he desired to make and even at that it was some time past eleven o'clock when he closed. He was loudly applauded as he finished. The Journad reporter made an ef fort to find out what the public senti ment seemed to be on the lecture with the following results: J. C. York He made a pretty fair speech. 'I think the way to make Plattsmouth succeed is for the mer chants to get away from swords poiuts, rub noses and be friends. August Bach, Sr. It was a nice talk. The merchants should get to gether and shake hands. C. W. Daylor It was about the best thing I have heard here in a long time. He had some ideas which could be carried out by Plattsmouth wheh many had never thought of. Mayor Sattler It was all right. He told a whole lot of truth. If the people live up to his advice we will have a good town. Win. Egenberger He was all right. He is a good speaker. I ad mire the way he roasted the people of Plattsmouth. L. B. Egenberger He made a pretty good talk, said some mighty good things. E. A. Wijrl It was all right as far as it went but the people have to do these things themselves in the end, and we can only do the best we can. Henry Goos I liked it very much. He Bald a lot of good things. H. M. Soennlchscn It was about what all of us know. What we want is to know how to make the tight wads let loose. A. J. Trillty He was all right, if the people don't forget what he said, especially the bankers and mer chants. E. II. Wescott I think It a very practical, well directed address. H. K. Davis I think the lecture worth, twice the price . of its cost to tho merchants If they only appre ciate it. Carl Herger What he said was the truth. If we get together we can go ahead. Cut out the Jealousies. For myself I am going to start Improving without waiting for a donation from ) anyone. I Intend to get me a cake machine and a battery and make cakes. I believe I can sell them here and then I am going after business outside of town. I don't need to wait for help. Dr. Cook He said some very good things which ought to be and should be heeded by the people, especially that part which will do great good toward beautifying the town. J. W. Crablll He was all right. W. E. Rosencrans I only heard part of the address but what I did hear pleased me, John Bauer It was very good. Frank Bestor A lrst class talk, especially that part referring to the merchants wives going to Omaha to buy little things they say they can't get here. He is wide awake. Emil Weyrlch It hit the point. Let such speeches come thick and fast. Carl Kunsman Some of it was all right and some not. It is all right to talk about home people work ing together but they don't get to-1 gether. Ho made many very good points. George E. Dovey He is a crack erjack lecturer. It is a mighty good thing (to stir up the people. The citizens should try to carry his ideas out. We can't have all but we can have a part of what he advocated. Ed. Lutz I think It was all right. It was fine and I believe in more of them. Enmons J. Rlchey It was one of the biggest things In the town for a long (I me. If people take advantage of hU suggestions they can get re sults.! As to raising money we can raise ft if we try. Win. Schmidtmann Tho talk was all right, but he didn't tell us any thing new. What we want to do is to be good fellows among ourselves Charles C. Parmele I think he was all right. There are some things on which we would disagree as he was not acquainted with local con ditions. I certainly agree with hlra on the commission form of govern ment. We must push, work and get together. Wm. Hassler I agree with him on some things while on other things I don't. Emmons Ptak I think he hit the nail on the head. A. II. Koubek He made a nice talk on some things but there are two sides to the matters. M. Fanger It was a dandy certainly enjoyed hearing about the women with the suitcases. Jhllip Thlerolf It was a fine talg. I would be willing to spend a sum ilike that every month to hear that kind of a talk. It puts ginger into tho people and makes them talk. Carl G. Fricke I thought it very good and enjoyed the evening very much. J. P. Falter It was all right un questionably right. J. M. Roberts It was very good. One strong point he made was in regard to people schooling their children here and spending their money in Omaha, being objects of charity Geo. L. Farley It was very good and will do good. John Nemctz I enjoyed it. R. B. Windham I enjoyed the evening He pleased the audience. I agreed generally with his views and I think the lecture did good. W. J. Strelght I thought it all right. He was talking sense. H. A. Schneider I liked it Judge BceBon It waB all right on the whole. One could agree with some of the things and disagree with others but generally it was a good thing. J. W. Larkln It was all right. I enjoyed It throughly. nn wniinn inn i iiu v n : nr ? UN. IUUIIU HIIU BIS TRUSTY GUII Ends Life of Small Dog This Morning After Wild Chase Doctor Howard M. Young, night chief of police, has added another title to his many. He is now the lord high executioner, having accumu lated this distinction this morning when he sent a worthless little cur dog to tho happy hunting grounds. The good man's many adventures with the dog constituted a source of much laughter to those who were fortunate enough to see them. The animal saw the good man bearing down on him with all sails set and his portholes bristling with large, heavy muzzle loading artillery, and he promptly took refuge in flight. The dog raced down Main street toward the depot hotly pursued by tho doc tor who ever and anon paused to unllmber his artillery and train it on the unfortunate canine. Each time ho paused there was a general scattering among the spectators and each and everyone took refuge be hind some convenient building or telegraph pole, expecting to hear tho roar of the heavy guns but none came. The pursuit continued to the Burlington station where the dog executed a flank movement and cros- ing the viaduct came up Main street on the south side. The doctor was unrelenting in his pursuit and fol lowed the animal. At the corner of Main and Third the miserable ani mal took refuge with a man standing there and he seized it and turned it over to the valiant warrior. The doc tor took the cur into an adjacent al ley and then came a loud roar as his trusty or rusty weapon spoke. A great cloud of smoke and flame rear ed its crest to the heavens and the dog was no more. Thus came the good doctor by his title of lord exe cutioner extraordinary, a title well fitted to a worthy man. lliglcy flrtit, Dovey Second The committee to award the prizes for the greatest number of booster buttons sold met this morning and after canvassing the buttons account ed for decided that James Higley, Jr., won the first prize, the $5 award ed by Mr. Irving. The second prize went to Charles Dovey but just what It was to be had not been determined at the hour of going to press. High ley sold 74 buttons and Dovey 64. There were many competitors for the prizes and several were close to the leaders. RAILRL1AD WRECK SALE" III COURT Matters in County Court. In county court today the matter of the final settlement of the estate of Christina Kunz was to bave been heard but it was finally concluded to continue the case until tomorrow. In the matter of the appointment of an administrator in the estate of Gustave Buss, deceased, the court this morning appointed II. G. Wel lenslek of Avoca as administrator on the petition of Mrs. Lulu Buss, the widow. The first hearing on claims In the estate of Caroline Ration was had, there being no claims presented against the estate. Leaves Casn County. An Important real estate transfer has Just been made, Frank Young selling his fine farm near Murray to C. D. Long from near Red Oak, la., for the sum of $110 per acre. The farm comprises 120 acres and is a mighty good one. Mr. Young has occupied this farm for 55 years al most, having moved upon the place on March 5, 1855. Ho parts with It with regret but saw an opportunity to make good money In Minnesota, he having bought C60 acres In that state near the town of Dograf. Of this fine farm 440 acres are under culti vation. Mr. Young expects to yield possession of the farm very shortly and In order to got away, he arrang-! ed for a big Bale of his farm stock and implements which will take place Feb. 17th. The Journal will print the sale bills for this sale which will be a good one and one at which many bargains can bo had. It Is with sincere regret that tho mnny friends In this locality see him leave but they hope and believe that his pros perity In his new home will continue unabated. Mr. Young is one of tho finest men ever living in Cass coun ty and the people of Degraf are to be congratulated upon securing so good a man and so excellent a fam ily for their neighborhood. Mall Carrier Appointed. Washington dispatches today an nounce the appointment of Elmer E. Horton as rural mall carrier at Elm wool with Si. Malrg as substitute. Wllilani Rejoicing. William Sltzman is always a very happy individual and his condition for the past few days has not been such as to cause any unusual com ment from any of his friends. They noticed that he seemed more oh-be-joyful than usual but they laid it to bis exhuberance of animal spirits. As a matter of fact, it was on ac count of the arrival at his house of a fine young woman. The young lady made her appearance night be fore last, the Stork acting as an es cort. The secret leaked out yester day afternoon and William has been showered with many congratulations by his numerous friends. He is bear ing his honors as meekly as could bo expected and is quite proud of tho addition to his family. Both Mrs. Sltzman and the daughter are doing nicely. Itrantncr Sells Farm. Ed., Brantner has disposed of bis farm property Just at the northern outskirts of the city to Chris Iske, selling the same for the b'Joi of $2700. The property Is excellently iltuand and Is a valuable piece of property aiid Mr. Brantner disposed of it at 'what is considered a low price. Large Crowd in Attendance at The Trial and Much Feeling is Shown by Attorneys The latest phase of the war which Is being waged between the merchants of the city and the commercial club and the throe neortws who are run ning the "railroad wreck sale" in the Leonard building, was reached this morning when the case which was brought against them for distri buting advertising matter in the city came on for trial. Matthew Goring, their counsel, arrived home last even ing and this morning the men were in court ready for trial. The names of the men as given in the complaints are N. Greenborg, II. Carton and Wm. Warsay. The case against them was commenced last Wednesday when City Attorney Ramsey nied a com plaint before Judge Archer charging them with violating the ordinance by distributing advertising matter with out a bill posters license and also with scattering advertising matter over tho city under the last ordinance passed by the council. The morning was taken up with the introduction of evidence which went to show that the three defend ants had hired some small boys to distribute advertising matter over the city consisting of a cheap bill promis ing a vast stock of merchandise con slstlng of clothing, furnishing goods, hats and caps and boots and shoos, to be sold at scandalously low prices. After many heated debates between counsel which at times waxed very acrimonious, Attorney Goring for the defendants admitted that his clients had distributed the matter as charged but denied that they were amendable to the ordinance which he denounced as null and void. The arguments or counsel which commenced this niorn Ing ran along Into the middle cf the afternoon. They were decidedly lurid especially that of Mr. Goring, who proceeded to tako the hide off of tho local prosecutors and denounced them In strong language. lie also threat ened to turn over the names of some of the local merchants who hHd dis tributed bills Just as bis clients were charged with doing, to the city at torney for prosecution and charged tho counsel on the side of tho prose cution with playing politics in the matter. City Attorney Ramsey open ed the argument for the prosecution and insisted upon the validity of the ordinance and the fining of the pris oners. Attorney Tldd closed for the prosecution and he and Attorney; Gerlng had a running fire of personal comments for each other which was highly edifying to the large crowd who had assembled to "see tho fun." The personal history and habits of counsel seemed to be as much of an llssue in the case as the merits of the charges and everyone who attend ed stated they bad more fun out of the trial than tbey would hearing Irving speak. Out of all the mass of Irrelevant and Immaterial matters injected into the trial of the three "wreckers" thU afternoon Judge Archer finally con cluded that our old friend N. Green berg was the responsible party and he soaked N. with a fine of $5 and costs. Carton and Warsaw, he stated tho evidence showed to be merely hirelings of Greenberg and these he discharged. The decision will not give the greatest amount tt satisfaction to the local merchants but It was the law and the evldeace as the court saw It. The Bald N. Greenberg will separate himself from the profits on a pair of pantaloons and liquidate said fine and costs. Just what move will be made now in the game Is unknown. C. II. Vallory, the well known citi zen of the precinct, is in the city today attending to business. 1