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THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1917.
PLATTSMOUTll SEMI-WEEK L' JOURNAL
Cbe plattsmouth journal
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA.
Catered at Postofflce at Plattsmouth. Neb., a. second-class mall matter.
R. A. BATES, Publisher
UBSCniPTIOW PHlCKi UJM
The cheerful giver is usually popu
lar. :o:
What's the matter with the road
drag?
Brain food is what fools feed their
vanity.
:o:
Fried chickens arc ripe. , But oh,
how costly.
-:o:-
If you can't be sociable, don't scek
cempany.
There's nothing: to be gained by
holding: a grudge.
:o:
Cowardice has kept many a fellow
from being a slacker.
:o:
It docs not pay to either cry or
crow over spilled milk.
-:o:
The fellow that can keep his mouth
shut can pass himself off as a pa
triot. -:o:-
The slogan, "business as usual,"
helps some. Remember, every little bit
helps.
:o:
What a bonanza for goseip women
miss by not being eligible to the bar
ber shop.
:o :
If you can't march to the front,
don't stay at home and knock on the
government.
-:o:-
Thc fellow who is always trying to
keep things under cover can have the
pleasure of sweating it out.
:o:-
Even if a person can't ju?t recall
how the story was told to them, they
go ahead and tell it anyway.
:o:-
Givc the other fellow credit for be
ing as honest with himself as you
feel you are to your convictions.
-:o:-
Ru.sia after more than three
months of military inactivity, has
again entered into the fight, for sure,
and is getting right to the front with
her army.
:o:-
Thc man who deliberately hurts his
good name, if he ever possessed one,
for a few paltry dollars, deserves aU
the condemnation he receives and
then some.
:o:
When some men cannot find any
thing el.-c to do they stand on the
street and harrass people with their
slum gossip about the war, when they
might be more thought of if they
would attend strictly to their 'own
business, if they really have any busi
ness to attend to.
;o:
Our soldiers in France are known
as "Sammies." The French noted the.
letters 'U. S." on the equipment and
inquired what it meant. When told
that it was meant to stand for "Uncle
Snm," they socn learned the word
"Sammy" in referring to our soldier
boys, and our boys like it.
-:o:
It was a grave mistake for the
public safety commission of Minnc
sota to refuse Eugene V. Debs per
mission to deliver a Fourth of July
speech in that state. We have alway3
considered Eugene V. Debs a high
class citizen, and in many instances
his personal life is one to be com
mended rather than condemned. Ho
does not belong to the anarchistic
section of the labor party.
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Exemption will be extended to four
classes under the new draft regula.
tions. They are those who are phy
sically unfit, those who are engaged in
essential positions in war industries
those with certain religious beliefs,
and those who have wives or other
relatives wholly dependent upon them
for support. ThiD exemption will cut
the available material for draft con
siderably. 1
PEK VEAR IVf ADVANCE!
Forward, march!
:o:
The boys arc getting ready.
:o:
Beware of heated arguments.
The slackers will go too, in time.
:o:-
Don't forget that fly swatter, and
use it.
-:o:-
Count the day lost when you fail to
swat flies.
About one marriage in a thousand
is a love match.
:o:
Cowards who lag in the rear are not
respected anyway.
Taking things easy is what gets
some people into trouble.
:o:-
A good shower right now would be
appreciated by the farmers.
:o:
Russia is demonstrating very dis
tinctly that she can come back.
:d:
Don't be in a hurry to give a woman
her way she likes to fight for it.
There are those who think that hon
esty i.i the best policy next in in
surance.
Now is the time to enlist, before
you arc drafted. "Take lime by the
forelock!"
Many amateur gardeners thu-; year
will discover that they planted their
beans upside down.
-:o:-
The food speculator is a highway
robber, who uses a desk and office
chair instead of a gun.
-:o:-
Tho?c who say the least always talk3
the most. Whatever you have to say.
be careful how you say it.
:o:
What has become of the old-fash
ioned girl, who complained because
there was nothing to do?
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Potatocs on the market arc coming
down, while those in the ground are
coming up. We ought to be able to
meet 'cm half way. J
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r
The Russians are in it for keeps,
and a battalion of armed women have
country and its people.
:o:
Somehow dentists do not have much
trouble in passing the nrmy and navy
tests. Now then, who is going to be
mean enough to say, "It must be be
cause of their pull?"
:o:
And it is to be "bone dry" in thirty
days all over the United States, so
far as whisky is concerned. We can
still have wine and beer that's all
the most of us care for anyway.
:o:
The world at large has need of cool,
even and clear-minded thinkers, who
know how to state their opinions with
out antagonizing the very ones it is
sought to win to the side of right.
:o:
If it is true that President Wilson
will not exercise his power to prohibit
the manufacture of beer and light
wines, we may expect to see a lot of
people throwing fits or righteous in
dignation all over their front yards.
:o:
While the administration at Wash
ington is trying to cripple the press
both by taxing it outrageously and
then by muzzling it, the various de
partments continue sending out all
manner of stuff that is to be published
by the newspapers without expense to
the government. And as a rule, the
papers print as much of this stuff as
they can. Because they realize that it
is information that ought to reach the
public. Being public-spirited, the
newspapers do these things, despite
the fact that only the thing they have
to sell, is space in their columns.
UNJUST TAXATION.
Indications at Washington point to
an extra burden being placed upon
the newspapers in the matter of taxa
tion. Now, the truth of the matter
is that the newspapers of the United
States have no desire to avoid paying
their full and just share of the war's
burden and they will pay it gladly
but what they do protest against is
an unfair and an unjust taxation.
In commenting upon this matter the
New York Commercial puts it up
right when it says:
"Newspapers can be taxed out of,
existence by congress just as it taxed
the banknote circulation of the state
banks to death when it passed the
national bank act during the civil war
by imposing a tax of ten per cent
upon such notes. Only a few news
papers in this country have made for
tunes for their owners, and some of
the best and most useful papers are
run at a loss as it is. This war is
not over and the federal government
will need the services of the newspa
pers while it lasts just as it needed
them while it was trying to float the
Liberty loan. The newspapers are
now engaged in promoting the cam
paign to raise funds for the Red Cross,
of which the first call upon the Amer
ican people is $100,000,000. If the
newspapers could not circulate freely
the subscription list would have been
confined to New York and a few other
large cities. Without the free pub
licity given by the newspapers the fed
eral registration of men of military
age cn June 5 would have been a fail
ure, in the same way the special
military census now being taken by
the state of New York would be a fiz
zle were it not for what the newspa
pers have done. The state govern
ment neither advertised nor organ
ized the machinery for taking this
cen?us, but left it to volunteers, and
the most important of these volun
teers arc the newspapers of this state,
which have told the people what they
are to do. Some of our newspapers
devote columns every day to advising
citizens as to the law and the meaning
of the law as it affects individuals.
"Newspapers are not making more
profits; they are losing money on ac
count of the war because the expense
of collecting war news is so enormous
as to be almost beyond conception.
The war has undoubtedly increased
circulation of the newspapers, but
with white paper at its present price
and other expenses on a higher scale
than ever before, the more papers a
newspaper prints the worse it is off."
And at no time should the govern
ment overlook the fact that it actually
needs the service of the press and
needs it badly. Hastings Tribune.
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What are the ladies of Flattsmouth
doing in the way of supplies for the
boys in the army? A Red Cross so
ciety was organized several month j
.since, and started out under the most
favorable prospects of doing great
work, and doing great service for tha
medical department of the army. We
deter the work of this great
benevolent society. We hope there
is no occasion for a feeling against
the work. Look what Weeping
Water, Louisville and other smaller
towns have done, and let everybody
in this city come out and join ths
Red Cross in this noblest of work. It
is the duty of every patriotic lady to
join in this work. Come out to the
next Red Cross meeting in the new
apartment house; get acquainted with
the ladies engaged in the work, an'J
you will not only enjoy it, but yoi:
will be doing your duty in a noble
cause.
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If a list of those boys who have en
listed could be secured, we are satis
fied that Cass county has furnished
as near what they ought to as any
other county in the state. Eighteen
or twenty have gone to Glenwood, la.,
and joined the army; at least fifty
have joined in Omaha, and many at
other places, besides the sixty-five or
seventy here at home. All of whom
could have been held together if some
man in whom the boys had confidence
would have taken the lead. A leader
was and is what is needed a hom6
man.
TRUTH AND THE WAR.
A New York paper recently pub
lished a letter written to Supreme
Court Justice Townsend Scudder of
Brooklyn, who had given it to the
Brooklyn Eagle for publication.
The fact that Justice Scudder
deemed it his patriotic duty to have
the letter published is a point that
should not be overlooked.
The letter was written by an Amer
ican naval officer who is on duty in
English waters. It follows:
May 5, 1917.
My Dear Judge:
I am taking the liberty of writing
to you in order that, knowing the
truth, you may be able to remedy the
evil. A number of destroyers arrived
in port yesterday after a ten days'
trip. This proves that the boats of
this type can cross it had never been
attempted before. WThat I am writing
to you about is just this: The situa
tion is really getting out of control.
The American public has been fed on
lies for so long that it will be doubly
difficult to impress it with facts. The
simple facts of increasing danger and
importance are:
First: More ships are sunk per
month than can possibly be replaced
in the same interval of time.
Second: An insignificant number cf
submarines are being destroyed.
Third: Not one-tenth as many havj
been accounted for to date as we have
been led to believe. A hundred Amer
ican sea-going destroyers operating
from this side may hold the situation
in check long enough to enable tho
allied army to drive the Germans from
France and Belgium. If the United
States docs not imediately embark on
the construction of at least one hun
dred, and preferably two hundred de
stroyers, then it will have only itself
to blame, for the handwriting on the
wall is already too plain.
I cannot write in detail. The letter,
would not get through. The situation
is so serious that I am writing to
you directly to tell you how thing.-;
stand and urge you not to believe the
reassuring statements brought back
by publishers and writers. I am
where the submarine is operating
most extensively, and, for us, the
cards are now on the table. The
American public must be scared into
a realization of the. truth, if its pres
ent isolation prevents temporarily the
growth of the patriotic impulse.
It is urged that it is the duty of the
American newspapers to give the peo
ple of the United States the truth,
relative to the war.
That is as we sec it.
There is nothing but trouble, to be
gained by deception. The above let
ter should be read and thoroughly di
gested by every member of congress
who pretends to be looking after the
people's best interests.
The most patriotic duty the press
of this country can perform is to tell
the truth.
The only way the nation can be
thoroughly aroused to its full fighting
strength is by the newspapers letting
the people know how real serious con
ditions are and this can only be done,
by telling the truth.
Nearly all wars start and end
through force of public opinion.
The democracy of the United States
demands free speech, and a free press.
How can we be fighting for democracy
unless we uphold democracy? Hast
ings Tribune.
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DEMOCRATIC RUSSIA.
It is a reassuring and encouraging
statement that Premier Lvoff makes
of the progress toward political sta
bility,' military recovery and indus
trial strength in Russia since the
revolution. The statement is borne
out, too, by recent events, particular,
ly the renewed Russian offensive, and
by statements made by members of
the American commission.
No one can overestimate the dif-r
Acuities that have confronted Russia
in these last few trying months. In
a few hours the government of 150,
000,000 people was converted from the
most despotic on earth to the most
democratic. And the new government,
without any powers save tuch as it
has assumed, depended for its exist
ence on the tolerance of a newly-freed
people subjected to practically no re
straint other than their own con
consciences and good judgment. The
vast bulk of the population was illit
erate, ignorant, and burdened by cen
turies of oppression. Such political
leadership as was at the disposal of
the new government was largely so
cialistic and ultra-radical. The na,
tional finances were disorganized, sol
diers were deserting by the scores of
thousands to go home and grab pieces
of land, and the whole empire seemed
on the point of falling to pieces.
But the important fact is it has not
fallen to pieces. The severity cf the
storm is moderating, the ship of state
is righting itself, and the future looka
brighter than a month or six weeks
ago seemed possible. Democracy
seems really to be establishing itself
in Russia, and a capacity for organ
ized self-control is being made mani
fest. The importance of all this is of the
first order. One of the effects is
clearly seen in Germany today. With
Russia in a state of anarchy as a re
sult of the realization of its demo
cratic dream German autocracy was
strengthened. But now that it seems
democracy is taking hold in Russia,
that it is gaining coherence and pow
er, German autocracy is staggered and
the democratic impulse within tho
German empire is tremendously for
warded. Nothing, not even the help from the
United States, can tend so surely to
shorten the war and to make possible
a just and enduring peace after the
war, as a democratic Russia firmly
on its feet. World-Herald.
BUSINESS SANITY.
During these trying days, months '
and it may even be years ahead of
us while this terrible war lasts, there
must be no lessening of effort on th
part of any one of us to keep the
business of the country in a healthy,
normal condition.
The business of a nation is the lif?
of a naticn.
All men and women within the na
tion are in one way or another de
pendent upoii the preservation of busi
ness and its development.
A busy nation is a prosperous one.
And it is even more essential that
business be sustained in times of war
than in the piping times of peace.
From business comes the susten
ance of the people and the sinews of
war.
It is obvious that if we hoard ouv
money and cease to purchase anything
but the bare necessities of life, we
shall hurt business.
All our industries of every kind
must be kept going to their fullest
capacity. Money must circulate,
There must be no hysterical, misguild
ed retrenchment under the cloak of
economy.
Idle factories mean depleted pocket
books for the worker.
We must make "business as usual"
our slogan not using it as a mercen
ary motto, but in the broader and
prescient sense that sees in increased
business the provision of means with
which to carry on the war in which
we are deeply engaged and to which
the energies of the nation must bo
directed.
Eliminate waste by all means. Con
serve our resources the products of
our fields and gardens certainly.
But let us make a sharp distinction
between thrift ard parsimony.
The former will help win us the vic
tory. The latter will bring disaster.
Buffalo Evening News.
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We thought Governor Neville had
better judgment than to quit the gov
ernorship for the coloncy of the Sixth
regiment. It would be a shame to
lose him as governor at this trying
time.
:o:
Of course it was all right to thwart
the will of the people as expressed at
the polls by securing equal suffrage
by legislative enactment, but all
wrong for the voters to insist upon
sending the suffrage law to the refer
endum. -:o:
American flags, from 5c up, at the
Journal office. .
Children Cry
.
The -Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use for over over 30 years, has borne the signature of
and has been made under his per
sonal supervision . since its infancy.
wva s&ccJZ2 iiow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTOPJA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains
neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its
age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has
teen in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency,
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aid3
the assimilation of Food; givin? healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
SI
tBears the
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always gought
ITAUH COM i
Patriotism is what counts.
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And we'll all be for Uncle Sam
after the war.
:o:
. Don't forget you can give to the
Red Cross any time.
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The hum of the thresher will be
missed this season.
-:o:
These are the days when strawber
ries, as to price, are as cheap as
beans.
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The ladies who compose the Red
Cross society need all the help they
can get.
Free speech is guaranteed under the
American constitution, but not free
sedition.
rot-
Many a quarrelsome child is devel
oped because of the turbulent homo
life which it sees every day. 1
-:o:-
An amateur gardener dug up a dia
mond worth $500. This should stimu
late us all to greater efforts.
:o:
The war taxes will not go up in
smoke, but those schedules on cigars,
tobacco and cigarettes are bound to.
:o:
Evidently Germany is in pretty bad
shape if all reports arc true. But re
ports are very conflicting these days.
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This is going to be a big war and
a long war. Let us get rid of ineffi
ciency and useless talking in fight
ing it.
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Nebraska is in the honored list of
states that have furnished their full
quoto of volunteers. Nebraska always
tally for latteiry
Our new and up-to-date machinery for this purpose has
arrived, and we are prepared to charge your storage
batteries in the most scientific manner and upon, short
notice. There is always room for one more, so call on
us at any time for quick repairs. ' '
WE ARE THE AUTO DOCTORS AND
CURE ALL ILLS REASONABLY
-The Plattsmouth Garage-
ED. MASON, Proprietor
Office Telephone 334 Reaidence Telephone 229
r3
for Flotchoir'o
Signature of
A M Y. NEW VOIIK C I
does her duty, no matter what she
goes at.
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The young king of Greece said that .
he would carry out his father's noble
policies. But when his father carried
them out, the Greek people proceeded
to carry out his father.
There is now said to be 200,000,000
gallons of liquor in bond. Gee! But
wouldn't that supply a lot of booze
joints in the country, and not a sip
for famished Nebraska.
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John Murtey, who is Interested with
Mr. Bucknell in the lumber business at
this place, and also interested in a
yard at Burr, but who lives at Alvo,
leaves shortly for Washington, D. C.
He expects to put in some time at the
capitol, where he expects to get onto
the ways of congress. Now it is just
possible that he may have the congres
sional bee a-buzzing as he lives in this
district, and no doubt would not be
averse to holding down the seat in th
lower house from Nebraska. When
it comes to fireworks, John is a whole
machine gun himself. Sterling Sun.
EXAMINATION FOR UNSKILLED
LABOR.
There will be an examination held
at the postofflce in this city on Tues
day, July 17th, for the position of
janitor and unskilled labor. This will
pay a salary of $600 per year and
will be open to male applicants. This
will be held at the local civil service
office in the postofflce and will be con
ducted by the local secretary, Frank
A. Cloidt.
For Sale 6-room cottage; all mod
ern except heat, 3 blocks south, on
Sixth street. Harry Kruger.
. 6-27-tfd
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