PEATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKIT JOURNAL.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1916
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SUBSCRIPTION PHICEi H-S
THOUGHT FOIi TODAY.
Cheerfulness and content are
iireat beaut ifiers and arc famous
I (rirrs of youthful looks. v
Dickens. l-
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Cheerfulness makes meiry.
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Then be cheerful at Christmas time.
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There will be plenty of Christmas
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The advertisers jrot the brflk of the
b uir.ess.
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Lincoln will be rilled with office
svt ktrs next week.
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lie fore you start to stick the other
fellow look out for vourself.
He who has the soiri of a poet al
ways responds when the heart strings
touched.
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All roads lead to riattsmoutn tms
and our merchants enjoyed a
good business.
So long as stolen fruits taste su
uoi d there v:il be plenty who will
take the char.ee.
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Or'.y two more days till Christmas,
a-: the kids look up at the show win
dows with eager eyes.
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n.e mamasre ttiis as wen us un
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Chri.-imas bells have began to peal
foith their beautiful chimes.
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It is estimated mat mure aa- m:;
applicants for every position within
the gift of Governor Neville.
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The city schools close today for the
holidays, r.nd do not take up again
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until the Sth of January. Who loses
ly this procedure?
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Tomorrow (.Saturday) will be th;
h.t issue of the Evening Journal urti
Tuesdav. Remember, there wih be
no paper issc -! on Chr.-U.mas Oay.
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The high prices of hen fruit may
have something to do with the fact
that actors are not having as many
eggs come their way as they did for-
merly.
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ijiuy auiiuay uion t seem io yei i
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in his work to any great extent in
Boston, as Boston went "wet," by a
bigger majority than it did a year
airo, nearly uouonng u.
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The legislature would not be much
cut or tne wav !y passing a law com-
; -.'ling hotel proprietor to place od
-tots in rooms that are as cole! a.-.
i . . i iterators. .nt then coal oil stoves
;t ? c
c Ilea p.
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Henry Ford, who headed the Copen-
hagen peace conference, says that
Germany's peace proposal should be
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;.pp!audt-d around thi- world. From
that it i.s uite evident that Henry is J
; till quite strong for peace.
The Nebraska supreme court has
!'jcMcd in favor of the court commis- I
M'n to help suid court do its work.
Possibly, if we had younger men in
th;it court, they would be able to do
the work without an assistant torn-
rnijsion, at much expense.
"Safety First" will apply to Christ-
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ff io tr'.'.-; as wen is an. inm; i.-t
The trees are generally lighted with,
iT1..v candles, and we have known
tree to catch fire through careless-
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l.i'v-; jii.fi uiui iJisaMi uus tuin.-..
i., iutt as well to be a little careful in
vour management and handle these
,.. ..,iv. :r v0:i vii' have then:, so that
tha trees do not catch atac.
ADVANCE
Christmas color any color so it's
red.
We will have a white Christmas, all
ritrht. Good!
Five Sundays in this month is not
bad for the church people.
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There's still time to iret action on
your pocket book before Christmas.
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The ice harvest is a very hard
proposition and it is very hard to
warm up to it.
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We hope Mayor Jim Dahlman will
ret an automobile in his stocking
Christmas morning.
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Wouldn't she be disappointed if her
best fellow should get his presents
mixed, and his girl receive the pres
ent intended for his sister?
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Old Sol has finished his trip south.
;.nd is now on his way back to warm
all of us up in the north. And the
days will be getting longer.
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A man never feels quite so con-
spicuous as he does on a cold win-
ter's day when walking down street
with a girl wearing white shoes.
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It is strange, but nevertheless true,
that the average wife will give an
.cnt an order fov or.ythirp that
she wouldn't think of buying at a
home store.
Congress will adjourn during the
r.oikiavs. vwien u came to voung iui
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or again-1 the proposition, most of the
members oted for it, and will eat
turkey with home folks.
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lhe one you buy seems to be all
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"g' - t until a lellow comes along sen
ing a different kind. After listening
to him you realize that yours is a
little worse than none at all
You can bet your bottom dollar
that neither the "best fellow" or the
best girl" is not going to be for-
rotten on Christmas. If they are
there will be nothing doing hereafter
at the old stand
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The Mttle tots should all be remem
bertd. Remember you were once a
child yourself. Poor parents may bf
unable to buy presents for their chil
dren and these, by all means, should
not be forgotten.
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Because Canada has not taken ad
vantage of our Canadian reciprocity
act, Congressman Sloan, of the Fourtr
.Nebraska district, has introduced a
bill providing for its repeal. If ar
the laws that were not observed were
repealed it would be better for al
concerned.
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J hn Bull seems to be handling tha'
ni:'ee propos.il as though it weie load
v.ith dynamite. Old John cr:n do
u heap of plolVng, but he is very care-
rv of his hid.- on the battle field. lit
,;ot., a t of righting w.i his mouth.
Lv:r.J Ru.ssia JV.d Franu'.- do the fight-
inj- at the fror t.
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The editor of the Journal is under
many obligations to his old friend and
former co-laborer cn the Journal, for
a f.,J)y vavh 0f tm Sunday For
Worth (Texas) Dai!v Record and the
I aily Star Telegram. !.oth of which
jrc m;imm(th el'licns, and hhow uj
roit wortns i i.sn.e.s.; interests iii
great shape. Mr. Grimes holds the po
fcition ot- special audit r oi the Ko;!
I Ti'T't.wl MtliWl t.M t.tr itwl k t...M nn
iuhhhiji mtu
employe of that company since he left
i'lattsmoutn live years ago. Lnarley
is competent for most any position
I nn1 3f !iln:iv Ji tilnnro tn Vii
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Journal force to know that he is fare
ng well. He -has hosts of friends in
Pbttsmouth who ale always pleased
to hear from him.
VKAH I
NOT GOVERNMENT BUT SELF.
A timely intimation comes from
Washington that, while government
will enforce law, the principal remedy
for extortionate' food prices lies in the
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nanus, oi me people themselves. J fon fallen on barren ground.
The country is full of unrecognized uhat has been said by Lloyd
statesmen, and luxurious women iur,, bv the Russian duma and by
the habit of telephoning their meat
and grocery orders who want an act
of congress. There are propagandists
of various kinds, such as the social
ists, who want the mayors of cities to
seize all food, and the Kaiser socie
ties, which want an embargo. Lazi
ness and improvements fall in with all
its weapons, government, except in the
presence of demonstrated lawbreaking.
does not possess a tithe of the power
that might be exercised by consumers
always alert and intelligent.
Long before the dismal science of
political economy was taught, there
were adages offering a more certain
guide to the average family. Most ol
these have been forgotten, or, if re-
membered, are sneeringly received as
too trite for respect. Nevertheless,
there was profound wisdom in not
sending a boy to mill, in the theory
that self-service was good service, in
the contention that convenience and
ease are hard masters and in the dic
tum that pride lays heavier taxes than
kings or parliaments. New Y'ork
World.
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MAKING IT TOUGH FOR FATHER.
The Merry Yuletide is almost upon
. with all its delightful expecta
tions, sometime realizations and in
evitable bills.
Christmas means a great deal this
year, especially to father. For the
first time in his life, no matter how
old he may be, he has-come to realize
just how high prices can go without
disappearing. It is true that he has
more wampum than usual, but the
rent who brought it in thoughtlessly
eft the door open-
Added to his sundry and divers
other cares, father now has to dodge
the "fund" collectors, which is no
douch of a job, since most of the said
funds are worthy enough, and hard
to refuse.
When father wants to buy a Christ
mas present this year he has to go
up an alley and enter the store by
way of the basement. Anybody push
ing his hands into his pockets is held
liable to an assessment for a fund.
The jingle of a bunch of keys is con
sidered prima facie evidence of the
oossession of superflous wealth. The
man who owns a check book has to
bivouac on his arms.
This will be just as Merry a Christ--nas
as ever, we trust, and it is only
o be hoped that there will be enough
Santa Clauses to go 'round.
But first, last and forever .remem
ber the only original Good Fellow
movement for that is the kindliest
ind most appreciated giving of them
H.World Herald.
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This is the last issue before Christ
mas. :o:
A circus traveling on motor truckB
s the next thing in order.
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Santa Claus can't squirm through
nany chimneys --poverty blocks fie
way.
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Many people are cutting ice thesa
days, while the cutting and ice both
are good.
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And the Journal takes pleasure in
wishing all its readers a very "Merry
Christmas."
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Tomorrow night the children wili
hang up their stockings, just like us
old bucks used to do.
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Many young people will try to join
hands and get as nearly under the
mistletoe as possible these Christmas
times.
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The greatest coach of tho present
hour is he who gets the furnace and
the thermometer to do good team
work.
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Bc selfish, all the rest of the year,
but for one day, at least, divy your
luck it may run longer because of a
little kindness. Especially on His Day
PEACE IX 1917.
It must not be taken for granted
the central powers have met with
truculent responses they have there-
members of the French government is
Unut what was to be expected. The
nature of these preliminary and tenta-
tive replies, indeed, was very gencr-
ally forecasted as soon as it was
made known that the German govern
ment was inviting a peace confer
ence.
For governments have domestic
conditions as well as their foreign re
lations to consider in times of great
danger and widespread suering. They
must deal with their own peoples as
well as with the enemy governments.
Trv rrni'Driirvifint nnn Vw-nf in lui al ii-.ii'?
in war or peace, unless it has the suv-
ni-iff nn1 CAnf .'If'ilPO nf t Vw nunnlo it
represents. This is true in despot-J
isms almost to the same extent as in
democracies.
In order to satisfy home sentiment
-that is to say, in order to safeguard
itself the German government, in
proposing to the enemy nations that
i peace conference be held, was
obliged to talk boldly and bravely of
victories won and advances gained.
and obliged likewise to impose upon
the enemy the blame for the instiga
tion of the war and for its prolonged
continuance.
Palpably none of the enemy gov
ernments, however anxious it might
be for peace, could afford to consent
to a peace conference without dis-
claiming emphatically that Germany
was the victor, without declaring that
Germany and its allies were respon
sible for the war, and without making
such a show of strength and confi
dence in ultimate victory as woulo
justify the enormous expenditures of
blood and treasure and the solemn as-
utances that have been made to the
people.
It was only natural that, at this
otagc of the proceedings, angry words
should be bandied back and forth.
What is encouraging to note is that.
from no source as yet, has the sug-
-estion of peace conference been
summarily and wholly rejected.
The war must end sometime. There
s no monarch or cabinet of people in
Europe but recognize that. And neith
er great coalition of powers, it is not
extravagant to conjecture, fails to
realize that there is nowhere in sight
the enormous strength necessary to
bring the war to a crushing conclusion
by military force. The Germanic H
Mes might expect to gain further ad
vantages in the east the taking of
Odessa, the driving of Sarrail's army
from Saloniki, possibly even the long
dreamed of Ottoman inundation of
gypt. But if they all were realized,
even in overflowing measure, they
would not, combined, be conclusive
Not so could Russia or France o
Britain be compelled to sue for peace
nnd accept a victor's terms. Neither,
on the other hand, could the entente
allies, even though they should sue-
m
cced in pressing the German armies
back from France and Belgium back
to the Rhine after long months of
frightful sacrifice, expect by virtue of
such a victory to be able to dictate
peace terms to a cowed and beaten
enemy. For the enemy would be neith
er beaten nor cowed, but would still
be in undisputed possession of its own
territory and of rich arid extensive
captured territories on the eastern
front soon to blossom with another
harvest.
Since the war must sometime end
if the end must be reached by dip
lomatic rather than military means
why not now? Why not, at least,
soon? This is the basis we believe
the sound and substantial basis of
the hope for peace in 1'J17. World
Herald. :o:-
A correspondence school brakeman
lost his foot on the first day.of.serv
ice on an eastern train, and the com
pany had to pay him $2,000. Earning
big money at the start.
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Old Santa is on his way, and is due
here tomorrow n,ight, juat a few min
utes before 12 o'clock.
THE CALL FOU PEACE,
11 makes very little difference
e earring powers !s caned a
Ice note or some other kind of a
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note, liy whatever name it is power
fully calculated to prcmcie peace I:
is calculated to promote peace be
cause its effect must be either to re
move misunderstandings that stand in
the war of I5e;u'G or to strip the mask
, of Hypocrisy from the faces of those
' pretending to be lighting for things
they are not really lighting for an.l
reter.ding to be for peace on fair
and just terms when in fact fair and
just tcims fall far b.-Iow the measure
of their desire.
It was high time, in this most as
tounding of all wars, that someone,
In the name of humanity and civiliza
tion, call
a halt.
high tin..' that someone, in
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:'t'on to spca
with a voice that
above the tumult,
CJld De llCaTvl
lu'u11 cha)ier;v tho .mbatants to
, define precisely what they are lighting
for and to name definitely the terms
on which peace would be acceptable.
President Wilson, of all men and
officials in the world, was best quali
fied to perform this exalted service.
For long months millions of his ad
mirers, millions of his countrymen
whose destinies have been intrusted
to his hands, have been eagerly wait
ing for him to act. He has patiently
bided his time until, in his judgment,
the occasion should bo ripe. Now that
the hour is at hand he strikes boldly
and incisively.
There is no escaping the force am
logic of President Wilson's presen
tation of the case. That power, or
that combination of powers, that
should have the hardihood not to heed
his solemn summons would stand in
dieted before the bar of judgment of
both man and God. He s peaks because
he has a right to speak. The life an
safety of his own country is profound
ly affected. Not only do wc feel the
p: csent burdens of th" war, not only
do we share its perils as one of the
heritors of that civilization at whose
foundations it is striking, but we are
ourselves in constantly increasing
danger of being drawn into it, against
ovr wish and interest, in defense of
Kilts that we cannot surrender an'
that maddened and desperate combat
arts will not respect. And should the
United States become involved the last
chip would be in the middle of the
table. Civilization would have pawned
it:; last precious chattel with the god
of war a god angry, inflamed, irre
sponsible and iniquitous a god tha'
' acts usurious interest. Even shoul
the United States, by some miracle b
T ared the bloody plunge, yet it is in
peril of frightful loss that for genera
tions would be a continuing loss. For
if, as the president so well says, tlu
war is to be prolonged until "resent
ments must be kindled that can neve
cool," until "despairs are engendere
from which there can be no recovery.'
'hen "hopes of peace and of the will
'ng concerts of free peoples will lr
rendered vain and idle." War woul
become chronic war re.-ting on man
;val and incurable hatred. Into sue!
warfare all the world would, soon b'
drawn. And in such warfare the civ
ilization that mankind has been la
bcriously building through the cen
turies would surely perish.
Therefore President Wilson, now
while there is yet time, calls for a
show-down. Diplomatically polite as
is his language, he seriously demands
a frank statement of real purposes, so
that those purposes may be compared
and out of the comparison come ad
jurstrnent and peace.
The German government and its
aliies, even before the president spoke,
had already indicated its willingness
to enter into a peace conference
where, with the world to witness, it
would statu its terms of peace, listen
to the terms of its allies, and attempt
to reach a reconciliation. The an
swers of the enemy governments to
this invitation are perhaps already on
the way. Whatever may be their na
ture it is safe 4o assume that they
cannot stand as a barrier to just such
a conference. There will be other
notes, and other answers, and each in
turn will bring the combatants a step
nearer the goal for which, as Wood-
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row Wilson says, "all mankind longs
with an intense and increasing long
ing.M And the reason is that the
German invitation, followed by Presi
dent Wilson's challenging message,
will serve to crystallize public opin
ion not only in neutral countries but
in the warring countries themselves
and that opinion will but interpret
'.he "intense and increasing longing"
that is tugging at the heartstrings of
lill humanity. It is a longing that
.-prings from that spirit of love which
;s the spirit of God, and so is cham
pioned by righteousness. Before its
resistless onsweep all monarchs and
potentates and cabinets that stand in
the way are doomed to fall.
The call for peace is reverbrating
around the world. In its majestic and
awe-compelling echoes the puny thun
ders of the cannon are lost. Foolish!
and damned will be those leaders, in
whatever countries they may be found,
who refuse to bow their stubborn
h ead s Wo r 1 d - H e r a 1 d .
So many a darned stocking will
'angle in piteous emptiness Christ--.a;
morning and more han one s'um
mother will seek to explain to a baby
how it happens there aren't gifts
enough in the world to go 'round.
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Christmas shopping is about over
for this year. But there is another
time, a year hence.
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Most of the newspapers of the state
are advocating a new capitol building.
Well, we are with them in this move.
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There are many laws on our statute
books that are no good, and have be
come dead letters. Why not repeal all
such at the coming session of the leg
islature? :o:
Eastern business and professional
men are said to be acquiring the
chewing gum habit. In all fairness
they will have to grant their stenog
raphers the same privilege.
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Wooden crosses are distributed with
a much greater frequency in Europe
than any other kind. In one way they
are desirable. A soldier's troubles are
over when he gets the wooden cross.
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American food speculators are
damning the kaiser. His peace pro
posals played havoc , with the grain
market, the war brides market and
all the industrials which are con
nected with the war munitions plants.
Millions of paper profits were wiped
out in a day and millions of gallons
of water oozed from inflated stocks.
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