The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-08
Object TO All Licenses.


every applicant for retail liquor IL
cense in Norfolk this city has every
prospect for a short sojourn in the
dry" column.
The new administration will come
into Office at 8 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing. The applications for saloon IL
censes and the remonstrances against
issuing them will he read to the city
council at that time. 1t is probable
that no immediate action will be TAX
en- Tuesday morning but that an early
date for the hearings will be set.
Expire at Midnight Monday.
The saloon licenses now existing
will expire at midnight next Monday
evening. No saloon can open after
that time until license is granted by
the city council. Nor can any saloon
which has received license open for
business if an appeal from the action
OF the council is taken to the district
court. Accordingly the length of the
Norfolk drought" will depend upon
the course of the demonstrators in
appealing to the district court. Judge
Welch will convene the district court
at Madison on May IS.
Attorneys Jack Koenigstein and M.
d. Tyler, according to present ar
rangements, will represent the men
who have made applications for sa-
loon licenses.
Matter of Appeals.
Mrs. Brewer, president of the local
w. c. T. u, stated this morning that
while hearings would be held in all
of the cases Of remonstrances filed,
the matter OF appeals to the district
court was entirely in the hands of
Elmer Il. Thomas, the Omaha attor-
| ney.
1t is stated that the first remon-
strances filed were drawn up by w.
| w. Quivey of Pierce. E. e. Thomas.
| however, is the attorney who will
prosecute the remonstrances.
| Fourteen RESPONSIVENESS.
| "Reminiscences have now been filed
against the fourteen applicants for re-
tail licenses: r. l.. Beveridge, Will
liam G. Berner, J. F. Walton, William
Stokes, Emil Moeller, w. e. Koehn,
Ray Weber, p. M. Barrett, c. A. Tar
penning, A. II. Reineccius, c. F. A,
Marquardt, Martin Sporn, James A
Keleher and John Weidenfeller. A
remonstrance was also filed against
| Charles Rice, who is seeking a whole
sale license. Twelve saloon locations
are represented in the licenses filed
this spring, the places Of business be
ing the same as last year.
The circumstances which were filed
Martin Sporn, James A. Keleher and
John Weidenfeller. 1t was charged
that Martin Sporn, who has been in
Charles Rice's place, was running the
saloon without license. Screens is
the principal allegation in the other
three remonstrances.
| Witnesses Called.
The city clerk yesterday afternoon
issued some fifteen subpoenas on be
half Of the demonstrators calling fol
the appearance Of witnesses at the
city hall at 9 a. m. Tuesday. Some OF
the witnesses named were minors
More witnesses will be summoned, II
is stated
Elmer E. Thomas of Omaha, the
anti-saloon attorney, will not speak al
the First Congregational church Sun
day morning although preliminary ar
rangements had been made along thai
line.
civic Federation.
A meeting to organize a civic fed
Grafton in Norfolk has been called fol
Sunday evening in the audience room
Of the First Methodist church.
The call was addressed to "all per
sons interested in law and order
The meeting is said to be non-denom
national.
The meeting will be presided ovel
by Elmer E. Thomas Of the civic fed
GRAFTON Of Omaha.
ID. C. T. Prenaratons,