Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-22
Nebraska
LIQUOR IN THE CLUB ROOMS
City Attorney Of Lincoln Taking Steps
to Have Pending Cases Tried.
CRY CLUB TO BE ORGANIZED
Proposed Proflt-sbarIng Contract
with Traction Company is Sab
iect af Critlcism-RevIvai
Meetings in Progress.
{ FROM a Staff correspondence

Attorney Flansbeyg has his way about f.
Lincoln Is going to be dry for every one
II II Is dry for any one. When the town
went dry the ElkG the Eagles and one
or two other organizations promptly
secured an injunction restraining the police
from raidine the lodge rooms and they
began or rather continued to serve drinks
to their members That injunction has
been hanging owe the heads OF the police
since last May or Whereabouts and so far
as any one knows nothing has been done
to make Il perpetual or to try out the
case.
The, city attorney has been trying TO
force "a hearing and get a judgment Of
the supreme cout on the matter for some
time and he has now expressed the opln-
ion that the Injunction amounts to nothing
as he doubts the right OF the court to
set aside Z criminal statute.
However. he Informed the district court
last Saturday that while he would not
recommend that the police violate the
Injunction but he id Insist upon a hear
ing Of. he case. X u can be brought about
in no other wayrithen he will cause the
arrest oil some driver OF a beer wagon
en- route 70 one-of the clubs and get the
case tried out in that way.
WITH several clubs and a lot of boot
legEers serving drinks all the time the
city attorney has come to the conclusion
that Lincoln lacks 4 good deal of beins
a dry town and n The clubs have a right
to serve drinks he wants that right o. KID
by the supreme court ss quickly as posi-
bic.
city Club Organized.
More burdens have been taken off Of
the rank and file of the common run OF
people Of Lincoln. A city club has been
formed by some OF TIE leading citizens,
the object Of which is TO give dinners at
the Lincoln and pass upon questions at
fecting the city. Whether the club expects
the ordinary citizen to take It's judgment
on public questions Is not set out in its
constitution. With it's new City club
and It's new initiative and referendum
club, both OF which seem to rave originated
from the same source, 1t is very apparent
that two or three prominent citizens are
going to be kept busy this winter.
Opposition TO Traction Pl9h.
The proposed profit-sharing agreement
between the city OF Lincoln and the Lin
coin Traction oompRny apparently has been
knocked into a Cooked hat. At a mass
meeting held during the week there was
so much oppoAition developed against the
plan that it's promoters have about con-
cluded that the people here are not yet
ready to go into partnership with a street
car company.
A large number OF citizens are extremely
weary of the dillydaIlying tactics Of the
councll and tho officials OF the traction
ompAny and their talk OF agreements.
The council has authority under the law,
so former Clty Attorney Stewart and County
Attorney Tyrrell both say, to regulate and
supervise the Traction company. and also
to levy an occupation tax to suit its own
Judgment, so there Is little reason or ex-
cuss for the city to consider even for a
moment the profit-sharlng plan proposed.
Wedding Feast in the Desert.
Marked copies OF Thayer county papers
have been received by Governor Snallen-
berger telling Of the marriage Of a son OF
Representative Gtueber and a Miss Peters.
The account Of the wedding shows that for
. the occasion two ''fatted" calves were
killed, 100 chickens were served to the
guests with 200 Toaves OF bread and trim
mlnGs, Including twenty kegs Of the best
German brew. And ali OF this on the place
the children we're taught is the Great
American desert,
Revival Meetings.
Lincoln Is having it's share OF revival
meetings at this time. At the First Chris
tisn church a well known and better ad-
vertised Evangelist II holding forth, while
an eltctrio sign clear over the top Of the
church announces his name. At Grace
\ Methodist Episcopal church a meeting Just
closed and the evangelist there denounced
the way the modern evangelist advertised
himself Rfth a brass band, meaning, It
was supposed, his rival at the Christian
chSreh, Today came another preacher to
he Unitarlans church and preached his
first serInon on the divinity Of Christ. All
the meetings have been extensively adver-
Had anaNfhc afrpof oars haua Carrlad MIA
cards announcing at least the one at the
First Christian church.
Supreme Court Call.
Following Is n list Of cases which will
be called for herring at the session Of the
supreme court commencing Monday, De-
ecmber g.
McCartIAg against Hay. Lancaster; state
ex rel L4Se against Ccsgrave, on motion
for reheaAngs Lancaster; Rock Island rail-
SIGN, Lancaster.
Fer hearing Tuesday, December Z:
Glow aqRtnst Smith. Eranklin: Gardiner
against Clty 81 Omaha, Douglass Renak
Douglas; Hall 4GeGinsti Baker Furniture
company, Douglas; Carbon against city
savings bank, Douglas,
For Bearing Wednesday, December 81
Birkel AGAINST Norton, on motion for re-
hoerine, Butler. Perry against ReTgst,
AN ANNNH ~ 49, 1919 EHH"Hm
parr q Spencer against Kansas city Hay
eornpany, pRwsoni Ayres against West,
Butler,
For hearing Thursday. December 3;
sowerNine pkalrsg Central Irrigation dis
triet gcotts Plnfe: McCook Water Works
compRnv AGAINST City 81 McCo0k. Red VIII
lowi Ohio National bank AGAINST GIN Bros.
Holt; Miles asatrst County OF Holt. Holt,
burnett against state, Phelps,
.or hearing Friday, December 10:
National Fidelity and Casualty company
against Couuty % johnson, Johnson; Me.
Collum against Cen(ral GraRaries company,
Harlan; Heddendorf against state. Harlan
Proposed Can.
The following Is a proposed assignment
OF cases for hearing at the session com
mencing Monday. December 70;
Brigga against RoSE HiEhianders, on mo-
ton for rehearinGs canning; Triska against
Miller, Saline; Rathien against burlington
railroad. Douglas Crabtree. administrator
against Missouri Pacific railroad. Douglas
Waronburg against Missouri Pacific rail-
road. Douglas; Wiese against City OF South
Omaha. pougicFi Anderson against Carl
ron. CedAfs Htrnon against Barth. Deuel.,
Huber ManufactuFlng company AGAINST
s.lverH LaHoastsri Yearsley against Blake,
administrator, Frontier Furse against
Lambert, Harlan; Nelson, administrator,
against Wickham. Gage; Gillian against
Manu-. Dawes, Peterson against Fisher.
Sarpy; Heesch against Snyder, sherman.
UNala MNnfnnN. EIfW ~ INwRnlu VnnaaaNar.