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Xcb Stale orcaj be H&lattemtoiitlb -Scum VOLUME XXXI. PLATTSMOUTH NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1912. NO. SO. cm conn, graius STREET ffi Two Propositions Offered for New Council Chamber, One for the Rooms Over Holly's Store for $12.50 Per Month and the Purchase of the Egenberger Building at Fifth and Vine Streets for the Sum of $3,500. From Tuesday's Dally The council met in regular ses sion last evening with all of the members present and for more than an hour were busy with the affairs of the city, many import ant matters being disposed of, while some were referred to com mittees to be cared-for at some future meeting. The mailer of the disposition of the three sharks on Main street was among the items referred to the next meeting, as also was the ques tion of securing a new location and building for a meeting place for the council. The roll call and reading of I he minutes of the previous meeting occupied ten or Ilfteen minutes of the time. When communical ions were taken up, among them was one from the lied Men asking for the privilege of holding a car nival from July 8 to 13, which was deferred to the head of new business. A communication from the Studebaker company relative to a street sweeper was referred in the same manner to the end of the session. The finance committee reported the following bills: Richey Brothers, two bill?, one for $75.15 and one for $190. GO, for material and tiling; II. Rothman, road work, $3; L. Potter, road work, $3.00; Alvin Jones and M. McCool, road work, each $23.00; James Wynn, Ed Snodgrass and Charles Bates,, road work, .each $37.20; Hans Rothman, road work, $8; L Milibach road work, $19; James I Rebal, salary street commission er, $30; J. V. Egenberger, road work, $3G; 1. H. Kinnamon, A. F. Braum, S. Goechenour, Will Ma son, II. I). Stanley, R. Sawyer, C. A. Manners, lire department fund, each, $0.25; J. E. Mason, signs and repairs, $12.00; G. W. Rhoden and George Oldham, sur veying, each, $4,37; P. A. Mc Ouary, road work, $11.00. From the claims committee: John John Bauer, $1.05; II. G. McMaken & Son, $42.57. Chairman Kurtz of the streets, alleys and bridges committee re ported to the council that he had gone with the county commission ers to view the bridges within the city and that he had been inform ed that the county board would put in a concrete bridge at the foot of Winterstein hill. Chairman Lushinsky of the special committee to procure a meeting place for the council, in formed that body that the rooms above William Holly's Jrlothing store could be had from Mr. Holly at $12.50 per month, provided the icty would make a lease of them for three years. Mr. Lushinsky also staled that the two-story brick building at the southeast corner of Fifth and Vine streets could be purchased for $3,500, and that the rooms above would make nn excellent council chamber, with plenty of room for the police judge's office also. The entire committee had not looked over the site and building, so the matter was post poned for action until the next meeting to give the members o the council an opportunity to in vestigate the property. Councilman Dovey offered a resolution to transfer $2,000 from the business tax fund to paving district No. 3, and warrants to a like amount ordered taken up The resolution was passed by the ayes of all councilmen. Under the head of new business the needs of the different wards were stated to the council. Coun cilman Patterson, from the First ward, called attention to the em bankment on North Sixth street adjacent to Mrs. Allen Beeson's properly, and stated that a railing should be provided here to pre vent gome sober citizen from go ing over on a dark night. The street commissioner was directed to look after it. An ordinance creating paving the use of L district No. i was read for the first time, including in the dis trict the portion of Pearl street between the west side of Sixtli and the west side of Seventh streets. On motion of Councilman Richey the rules were suspended and the ordinance was placed on its sec ond and third readingliy its title and passed. At this point in the proceed ings the street sweeping proposi tion came up, and the Studebaker company having an agent present, he was allowed to explain his sweeper to the council. The mayor ordered a five-minute re cess to give the members of the council a chance to examine the points of the machine and listen to the explanation of the sales man. On reassembling Councilman Kurtz moved that an 8-foot sweeper be purchased, the price being $225.50, delivered. On the roll being called all councilmen voted aye except Buttery, Hall strom and Johnson, who passed. The application of Missouri Tribe No. 09 for the use of Main street to hold a carnival from July 8 to 13 inclusive was then taken up and a motion made by Council man Buttery that the request be granted, and the motion was sec onded by Councilman Richey. Councilman Lushinsky, after a short discussion, in which it was stated that some of the merchants were opposed to having" Main nirt.ro in mis way by to be on a si reet carnival, and moved amend that the permission granted to hold the carnival Railroad or Richey street. Councilman Kurtz objected to holding the carnival on the ground that it was too close to the Fourth of July. As the vole was about to be taken City At torney A. L. Tidd arose and asked to speak a word, which was readily granted. Mr. Tidd slated that lie wished to inform the council (hat it had no authority to grant permission to hold a car nival in the street; that they could go on any vacant lot or lots, but it would be contrary to law to grant it in the street. Councilman Johnson got the floor and informed the council that he could see no harm in granting the permission. Coun cilman Shea felt the same way and suggested that carnivals Were being held right along in other cities larger even than Platts mouth. Councilman Richey sug gested that if Mr. Tidd would cite them the law and let them hear it read it might be of use to the board in arriving at a decision. Mr. Tidd offered to furnish a written opinion if the council would consider it. But it was thought this would require loo much time. On the roll bring called on the amendment it was carried by a vole of 6 for and 4 against. The question of allowing F. While to repair his wooden build ings situated on Main street was discussed at some length and re ferred to the committee again, to lie brought up at the next meet ing. To Depart for Sweden. Mr. and Mrs. (Jus Enberg and daughter, Olpra, and son, Roy, of Sheridan, Wyoming, arrived, in this city Saturday for a few days' visit with Mrs. Enberg's mother, Mrs. L. C. Anderson and sisters, Misses Gerda and Alpha Peter son. After a short visit in this city Mr. and Mrs. Enberg will de part for various points in Sweden, where they will spend a couple of months with the, former's father and other relatives. Miss Olga will visit relatives and friend in this city and at Burlington, Iowa, while Roy will return to his home in Wyoming after a few days' visit here. Wo wish Mr. and Mrs. En berg a pleasant journey and visit Long Auto Trip. From Tuesday's Dally. C. C. Parmele, J. W. Sage, Pol lock Parmele and Byron Arries returned last night about 10 o'clock from an automobile trip out to the Parmele ranch, south of Broken Bow. They made the trip out last Friday night, mak ing the , run, a distance of 205 miles, in fourteen hours. The car was driven by Pollock Parmele. Several stops were made, and even then an average of nearly twenty miles an hour was made over the entire route. They report every thing in that part of the state looking good, the crop conditions being about the same as here. L State Law May Cause Considerable Trouble on the Formation of New Party. The revival of fusion in Ne braska, but wilh a different line up than formerly, is one of the likely results, growing out. of the llooseveit noil lrom the renoni inatioii of President Taft by I lie republican national convention and the steps taken by the bolting faction to organize a so-called "progressive" party, says the Lincoln Star. If the Roosevelt element, head ed by Governor Aldrich and R. B. Howell, is able to get control of the new republican slate com mittee in Nebraska, it will mean the turning over of the organiza lion of the g. o. p. to the bolting crowd. In that event, all candid ales on the republican ticket af filiating with the Roosevelt wing will doubtless be placed on the ballot also as "progressive" can didates, regardless of what the name may signify. If the Taft faction dominates the state committee, it will not co operule'wilh' the hollers nor will it work for the election of any candidates hostile to the presi dent. This, however, would not prevent Governor Aldrich and others, who already have been nominated on the republican ticket, from also running as progressive candidate under a fusion caption. The Nebraska laws are rather vague on the method of forming a new party, but this can be done by calling a stale convention which must have at least 500 per sons attending it. The party may adopt a name, but there is some question of its right to nominate candidates in a convention. The state laws generally require can didates to be nominated in the primaries, which have already been held, or by petition. In the latter event, no parly designation follows their names. While the general statutes gov erning conventions apparently permit, the nomination of can didates by a new parly, another section says that no political con vention shall indorse any candid ale. This provision is intended to prevent the parly mnchinery being used in the interest of par ticular candidates in advance of the primaries, but it may also ap ply as a prohibition after the primaries as well. Should the Roosevelt crowd get rout rid of the regular republican organization and push through its "republican-progressive" fusion ticket, the Taft men would have no oilier recourse than to vole the democratic ticket. Politicians in the g. o. p. ranks realize that the situation promises all kinds of trouble for them. Candidates on the republican ticket are rather inclined to shy at the talk of a new party, as they think there would be u better chance to win, even with Taft at the head of the ticket, than if they are compelled to take sides be- tween Taft and Roosevelt. Paul F. Clark, who was nomin ated as the republican congres sional candidate in the First dis trict, has been at Chicago boost ing for a third party. He experts to annex the "progressive" noin intition and run under both desig nations. Jury Excused for Term. After the selection of the Jury in the case, of Amelia Monroe vs. C. Lawrence Htull yesterday after noon, Judge Travis excused the balance of the panel for Ihe term. RE 0 TICKET IN NEBRASKA MI ORDER ROUSE VS. ROUE MERCHANT Some Sugaestlons to the Home ReUll Merchant Which May Prove Beneficial. The people in your community who trade with the mail-order houses are without an exception people who think that you charge too much for your goods. Remove that thought and your mail-order problem is solved, says the Dry Goods Reporter. There is no question that the customer would rather buy his merchandise where he can see the goods before paying out his omney. There is a lot of bother in look ing things up in a catalogue, writing a letter and getting a draft or money-order to pay for the merchandise ordered. This is a handicap that the mail-order house is under. This handicap is strongly in favor of the local merchant. But the mail-order house over comes this handicap by working by advertising. No merchant who merely opens his doors in the morning and closes them at niphl, waiting for business .to come his way, has really anf right to complain against the mail-order houses takiiiK his trade away. They hustle for trade. He doesn't. i They advertise and quote at tractive prices on common -mer chandise, so that the reader will know I hat he is getting "BAR GAINS." They first "catch" the customer wilh a price tempt at ion. and in addition sell him other goods up on which they reap a generous profit. It is probable that the niail- o. house loses iuonty on many things it quotes in order to con vince the customer. The mail-order house goes after business systematically, and gets It, regardless of Die handi cap. Could I he local merchant wish for a belter example or a better teacher as to conducting his busi ness? There has been a great deal of talk about the mail-order houses faking" the people by filling orders with inferior merchandise to that advertised. We don't believe this. The great success of the mail order house could not have been builded upon such a basis. And even if the charge be true, we cannot see that the knowledge of the fact is any great help to the merchant. He cannot afford to tell his customers that the mail-order houses are fakers, for his custom ers will not believe hirn, but in stead will believe other things that will hurt the merchant. Systematic' advertising along I he lines followed by the depart ment stores in the larger cities is what is needed in the country towns today systematic advertis ing backed by systematic mer chandising. From many merchants to whom this idea is advanced, we receive, the reply that advertising space in the weekly local papers and getting out printed circulars is loo expensive that they cannot afford it. But that is not the real reason When it, comes to getting out the regular weekly advertising copy, they feel "tired," and let it go until "next week." Such merchants should put this advertising work in charge of one of their clerks. Even if not so well done, it w lie belter than if not done at all or done spasmodically. There is no way to down the mail-order house except by in dividual effort, and all petitions to congress along that line merely amount to a waste of time and a distraction of thought form one's own business. Mall-order customers don' trade with you because they be l'eve they can do better at the mail-order house. . They have no other reason for trading there. They would rather trade with you if they believed they could do equally as well If they believed they could do better by trading with you, the mail-order house would lost its business. Cedar Creek Wins Again. The Cedar Creek ball team grabbed the game at Avoca Sun day and succeeded in breaking up the winning streak of that team. It was a hard fought battle, each securing some hard swats. Avoca led off in scoring, and in their half of the fifth inning seemed to have cinched the game when they put three runs across the platter, but with the determination of Na poleon, the visitors came back in the first of the sixth with five pearlies, which put them in the lead for the first time in the game, which lead they held, as Conners had just gotten up a little sweat and was determined to keep them under the high water mark. The visitors came home wilh a feel ing of satisfaction, as they got a fair deal, as they always do with Avoca. The umpire is unknown to the writer, but he deserves credit for the good judgment shown by him throughout the en tire game. Score by innings: Avoca 1 (Ml 0 3 0 0 0 01 Cedar Creek. ..0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 00 Ralleries Avoca, Jess Gruber and Mead; Cedar Creek, Conners and Wolff. Sunday, June 30, Elmwood will cross hats with the locals at Cedar Creek. Come out and enjoy the fine tlsh ponds and shade, with plenty of blue grass to spread your family dinner upon. You will not regret the ball game af ter all the outing, as both teams are well made up and a good game can be expected. The Fourth of July will see the Cedar Creek team on the Glen wood, Iowa, lot for the 3:45 p. in. game. Where Paul Clark Stands. From Tuesday's Dally. Paul F. Clark relumed yester day from Chicago, full of en- tloisiam for the ruusci espoused by Theodore Roosevelt and the course pursued by him during and after the national convention. He wore a badge, the famous hat set in a ring, and was not a bit slow in declaring himself for the colo nel, first, last and all Hie lime. He holds to the position that llooseveit is the choice of the ma jority of the republican conven tion mid declares that in Nebraska his battle will be fought along this line, nnd he adds that there will be a halite royal in this slate and in the nation, in which Hie colonel will set things on fire. He at tended both the Saturday night meeting and the Sunday meeting in which initial plans were laid for the campaign and declares that a Roosevelt ticket will be placed in the field in everytate in Hie union and Hint in many stales Hie Roosevelt candidates for elec tors will be first and the Taft men the pel ilioners. Lincoln Journal. Improvements All the Time. If. C. McMaken & Son are laying the concrete walk from Pearl street north on Fifth to the alley, today and they will also lay sec tional concrete crossings across Pearl street on Fifth and across the alley between Main and Pearl on the same street. Tomorrow the same mechanics will commence laying a concrel" walk for the T. J. Sokol hall. The improvement to extend across Hie east side and the north end of their property, as well as about the building inside the fence. The walk adjacent to J. M. Rob erts' home from the Eighth street crossing west for some rods, is being taken up and the dirt ex cavated and the fire hydrant pipe lowered, and the walk will be in laid with a gradual slope from the crossing to a level with the walk as it originally was laid. J II. McMaken is doing the job. Orchestra Qolng Through. Saturday afternoon, July 0th, between 4:30 and 5 p. in., five or six automobiles, containing Prof Cox and thirty members of his Symphony Study Orchestra, will pass through Plallsmoutn en route to Louie Todd's home near Nehawka, where they will bo entertained at a house parly, and on Sunday will play a few musical number on Mr. Todd's fine lawn. A number of friends from Platts- mouth are contemplating motor Injf to the Tood home on Sunday in time for the musical. All INTERESTING SUIT IN DISTRICT COURT Case of Mrs. Amelia Monroe vs. C. Lawrence Stull Again in Court. From Wednesday's Dally. The caseo f Amelia Monroe vs. C. Lawrence Slull was called for trial in the district court yester day afternoon, and the afternoon was spent in securing a jury and making the opening statement by the attorneys. The following named gentlemen were sworn as the jury: Dietrich Koester, G. M. Minford, James Sperry, Ray Frans, T. S. Pitman, Josiah Mairs, Charles Gerlack, Asbury Jacks, B. C. Hyde, August Tlieile, William Leller and S. I. Complon. After the selection of the jury Judge Travis excused for the balance of the term all of the panel who were not serving on this case. Attorney W. A. Robertson then made the plaintiff's opening statement, after which M. Gering did the same for Ihe defendant. Mr. Robertson went into the de tails of Ihe evidence, staling what he believed it would show, which was in substance that on a morn ing in July, 1910, the defendant was in Plallsiiioulh and entered the store of his brother-in-law, O. P. Monroe, where defendant's sis ter, the plaintiff, assisted in con ducting the business; that de fendant walked to the end of the counter, twenty feet from the door, where he entered, and pick ed up a spade, which he asserted the proprietors of the slore had laKcu lrom ins premises; that a heated conversation occurred over the spade, in which the de fendant struck the plaintiff, knocking her down, and blacked her eye; thai the evidence of two women who were eye witnesses from Ihe opposite side of the street,. would show that defendant kickrd thp plaintiff after vi)s down; I here would be evidence lo show that plaintiff was in the care of a physician for some time and that as a result of Ihe assault she had suffered imparenienl of health, eyesight, hearing nnd gen eral nervous breakdown and had been damaged lo the amount, of $15,000. Mr. Gering, for the defendant, said in substance that the law hail wisely provided that each sido should outline to the jury what it believed the proof would show: that in the introduction of evi dence without the preliminary statement by counsel, it. would be dilllcult for the jury to under stand the evidence and the pur pose of the different lines of testi mony; in his J rial of the case the attorney for defendant expected to call "a spade a snade." And in the further statement of the case slated that a few weeks prior to the assault il had come to the ears of Ihe defendant that the plaintiff bad used threats against his life, calling him indecent names; that when he entered Ilio room that morning plaintiff ac cused him of stealing a settee ami again called him the same in decent names and made an effort. as be supposed, to possess her self with a revolver, which was in the show case behind which she? stood when defendant entered the store. Defendant admits striking plaintiff one blow and possibly two, but affirmed the evidence would not show any kirks. Coun sel for defendant further explain ed the st iuation of the counter, the door and the place where they were in (he inixup, and stated that il was an impossibility for anyone to have seen from across the street what occurred at the end of the counter twenty feet back from the door; that Ihe evidence would show that the doorway was obstructed by screens and vision would have been n physical im possibility. After Ihe statements of attor neys were completed the court took a recess until this morning, cautioning the jury not to discuss the case with anyone or allow it to he discussed in their presence and to refrain from coining to any conclusion until all of the evi dence, arguments ami instruc tions of the court were given to them. 1 The Journal office carries kind of typewriter supplies. II