The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-01
LIQUOR = REMONSIRANCES
TO BE FILED AGAINST EVERY
LIQUOR MAN IN NORFOLK.
OMAHA ATTORNEY TAKES HAND

Elmer E. Thomas, Attorney Tor the
Civic Federation Of Omaha, Proposes
to Contest the Issuance Of Licenses
In Norfolk.
The arrival of Elmer E. Thomas, at.
torney for the civic federation Of
Omaha, in Norfolk Wednesday even
Ing and the announcement that he has
been engaged as special attorney by
the w. c. 7. U. of Norfolk tor ther
with the statement that remor " res
against every saloon keeper =
folk will be brought before t, v
council next Tuesday morning
license applications come up, appe
to mean that Norfolk is slated for
saloon fight
Attorney Thomas of Omaha, who
has been back of the anti-saloon fight
at Wayne, was in Norfolk Thursday
morning returning to Omaha at noon.
He was in conference with the local
officers of the w. C. T. U. and visited
the city clerks office.
Before Mr.. Thomas arrival seven
remonstrances had been filed with the
city clerk. He announced Thursday
morning that before night remon-
strances would be filed against every
applicant for a Norfolk saloon license.
The first seven remonstrances
against the granting of saloon licenses
were directed against X. l.. Beveridge,
William G. Berner, j. F. Walton, Will
liam Stokes, Emil Moeller, w. e.
Koehn and Ray Weber. The remon-
strances were filed by a committee of
the local w. c. T. U. consisting of
Mrs. Brewer as president, Mrs. Bal
lantyne as secretary and Mrs. Thomas
as treasurer. The remonstrances are
not all the same. The points covered
are the violation of the SloCum law
in respect to minors, Sunday opening
and the obstruction of windows. 1t is
charged that Ray Webers appli-
cation was not filed in good faith but
was filed as the bartender for r. L..
Beveridge. 1t is objected because two
members of the city council signed
some of the petitions.
Mr.. Thomas stated that if the re-
monstrances were turned down by the
council the granting of the licenses
would be appealed to the district court
provided the evidence warranted it.
Four additional remonstrances
against the granting of saloon licenses
were filed in the city clerks office
during the early part of Thursday
afternoon. The applications of p. M.
Barrett, c. A. Tarepenning, A. II.
Reineccius and c. f. A. Marquardt
were objected to in this collection Of
remonstrances. The remonstrance to
Mr.. Barrett was based on the charge
that he was running the "Oxnard bar
and the Family Liquor store" under
one license. 1t was charged that C.
A Tarepenning filed his application
In the interest of his father-in-law,
James F. Walton. A. H. Reineccius
is accused of having violated the Slo-
cum law at Madison during the past
year. TIL presence of screens dur
ing part Of the past forms the objec-
tion to the Marquardt saloon. 1t was
set up that Mr.. Barrett's application
had been signed by two councilmen.
During Thursday afternoon two ad-
ditional signatures were placed on the
saloon remonstrances in addition to
the names Of the three ladies who
are the officers of the w. c. T. u,
which is filing the remonstrances. All
of the circumstances have now been
signed by Mrs. Lille NJ. Nightingale
and Mrs. Alice o. Sterner as resi-
dents.