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AIQZipAV, JULY 16, 1917. PLATTSMOUTH ' SEltfl-'fcEEKLY ', JOURNAL. . III ill ii ' i, PAGE 6. WsZh Contracting and Constuction Engineers Submit your building proposition to us for bids. We can save you money no matter how small the job. From sidewalks, silos, foundations, street and road paving and all kinds of building in cement, brick, stone, frame, or any kind of stucco finish. We also remodel and repair old houses at the lowest possible figure. We draw plans and specifications for our customers free of charge. We are up to date mechanics in all kinds of masonry and wood finishing. Call on us on corner of 5th and Locust streets or phone No. 575. a war ssyyisg: Plattsmouth, The War Department at Washington Names Camps for Iowa. Ne braska and Other State Troaps. rtun. iddre: D. C. of July l.". The the Nebraska liiiuli.i when Doming, N. .M.. will be Camp Cody. Th'? -Aiii- depurtr.ic-nt announced to day that this camp would be named aiUr William F. Cody ("Buffalo It:!;"" ). wl'ust' carter was bound up with the early history of Nebraska ; il.e v.'.-.t. The national army cantonment at ! it .-; .Ioiiii-s lias been named after the late .Major Central Grenviile M. l''.j'e. who commanded Iowa volun teers dining the civil war, but who v.-as better known as the chief en gineer of ihe Union IVcitie and the 5 :-.ci in'.entient of its construction. - This is in accjrdar.ee with giving r.aiiies of American pat wars, iiu-kidii ilitary heroes of several confed eral' leaders, to the thirty-two caii t. :ment-. in which the national army : r I t!ie national guard will be mo- i : 1 for training. In each ea.-e the name selected is th.ti ' u man from the section re j' in d bv the troops concerned. Short n: .; were chose. i for conveni ence; names li1; Washington and Lincoln were omitted because of the temp rary nature of the camps and fiber names wvie avoided because they are duplicated by pinminent in. n i.ow livimr. Among the names ! i-n for the national army are: "Camp (J rant," Hock ford, 111., for t -. : fnin Illinois. Grant. C. S. A. After General who served as r.-innei or i; i i'.'."iiy ;.t tlie i". nty-lirst Illinois in ;iii!:ir.g of the civil war. "Camp Dod '.." Des Moines, la., for t.o,;s fn m MiMi.sota. Iowa, Nebras ka. Noiti; i-a'vota and South D akota. After Maj.r General Grenviile M. Dodv, V . S. V., whit commanded J-.'.va volunteers, in the civil war Ca.-ni I imstoit," Fort Riley Kan.; for tr.-ops form Kansas, Missouri and Colorado. After Major General Fred- i ick Funston C. S. A., and colonel i f the Twentieth Kansas, ... . 'C.tinp Travis," Fort Sam Hous ton. Tex.; for troops from Texas, Ari zona, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Alter Lieutenant Colonel W. Ii. Tra i ; the defeivler of th Alamo. "Camp Lewis," American Lake, Wash., for troop.; from Washington. ieg;n, California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. No namesake announced; presumably the explorer. "Camp Mac Arthur," Waco, Tex., for troops from Michigan and Wis consin. After Lieutenant General Aithur MacArthur, U. S. A., who commanded Wisconsin troops in the civil war. "Camp Logan." Houston. Tex., for li'.ops from Illinois. After Major General John A. Logan, U. S. V., of Illinois. "Camp Cody," Deming. N. M., for troops from Minnesota, Iowa, Ne braska, North Dakota and South Da kota. After Colonel William F. Cody, born in Iowa. "Camp Doniphan," Fort Sill, Okla.; for troops from Missouri and Kansas. After Colonel A. W. Doniphan, First Missouri cavalry. "Camp Bowie," Fort Worth, Tex., for troops from Texas and Oklahoma. After Colonel James . Bowie, killed in the Alamo. "Camp Kearney," Linda Vista, Cal., for troops from California, Nevada, GAMP NAMES HONOR HEROES OF NEBRASKA Nebraska Utah, Colorado Arizona and New Mexico. After Brigadier General S. W. Kearney, U. S. A., commander of the expedition to California in the i Mexican war "Camp Fremont," Palo Alto, Cal., for troops from Washington, Oregon, Montana. Idaho and Wyoming. After Maj;r General J. C. Fremont, U. S. A., explorer of the west. I Mft M MORE WOOL MORE FOOD In supplying the three primary de- munds of humanity food, clothinc r.d shelter sheep play a more im- portant part than any other animal. Shecp, because of its gift of warmth and comfort, has been closely sociated with mankind for many I centunes. It is stated bv some au- tiiorities that sheep is mentioned in I the Bible live hundrd times, which would seem to suggest that it has been commonly bred and its wool used for considerably more than four thou sand years. Yet, in spite of these facts, sheep raising in America has! steadily declined for the past twenty yea is until at the present time there ire thirteen million fewer sheep than m ir), our annual consumption of wool mis steadily increased until it is now six hundred million pounds. xv production is less than half that i , - - . - . I amount. et no animal assure-? t.h producer so much profit as sheep. The world now look? upon wool as a precious tiling. The world is fright ened at the decrease of sheen Th future supply of this precious staple is in jeopardy- It is the duty of every pamouc American to irive sprinnc consideration to this subject. Heln the people of jour vicinity to learn the advantages of sheep raising. Write your agricultural college for information on sheep. Start a "Sheep club" in your noitrhborhrvul. The Bradley Knitting Company, of Delavan, Wisconsin, has organized a boys' sheep club which extends over the United States. They are going to distribute a great many flocks of bred ewes. These will be given to boys from thirteen to seventeen years old. They have, for free distribution, a practical bo .k on sheep raising by Mr. Anthony Gould, of the American Sheep Breeder- They will send it free to anyone asking for it and with it wiil be details of their sheep club. telling how they are going to start mnnv hoys in all sections of the coun try i'l sluep raising. Spread the gjspel of "More Sheep More Wool." Tell every boy about the Bradley Sheep Club. Help organ ize a club yourself The alarm has been sounded It i? the patriotic duty of pvptv farmo- raise a few sheep. For years to come large prohts I from wool and mutton are assured KANSAS BLEEDS OF WHEAT! 68 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE V alley Center, Kan., July 12. Two hundred acres of wheat on the Oren rnitn iarm nere, now being threshed, me- eiaing miy ousneis oi high . . n .... 4- ri i l i i Kmtie wiiuai, lu ine acre. 1 aimers . . . I ms Ib a Kansas record. Seven measured acres yielded sixtv-eitrht bushels to the acre. - c I UNCLAIMED LETTERS. Plattsmouth, Neb., July 13, 1917. Glenn Nichols. Mrs. C. E. Stone. Mr. Roy Girkle. Above mail is unclaimed and will be sent to the dead letter office July 30, 1917. D. C. MORGAN, P. M. TITAN BATTLES RAGE IN WEST; SLAVS PUSH ON Gauls Capture Great Extent of Teu ton Positions and Repulse Attacks. PRUSSIANS STORM FOE DITCHES IN VAIN Russians Continue Their Offensive in Galicia in Spits of Flooding Rivers. With somewhat of a slackening of the Russian offensive In Galicia, ow ing to bad weather, the French and the Germans along the Chemin Des Dames and in Champagne have come together in mighty struggles, in which the advantage rested mainly with the forces of General Petain. In Champagne, to the north of Mont Haut and northeast of the Te ton, the French, in a violent attack, captured powerfully organized Ger man trench elements on a front of more than 800 years and to a depth of more than 300 yards, and held and consolidated the positions not withstanding heavy counter-attacks in which the Germans suffered heavy casualties and lost in addition 300 men. matte prisoner. Russians Press On. Along the Chemin Des Dames the Germans' west of Cerny, Saturday night, after heavy artillery prepara tion, threw heavy forces against the French line. The battle waged back and forth throughout the night, but, although the Germans broke through the French line at several points, day light saw them completely evicted ex- cept from front line trenches about 500 yards in length. The Berlin war office claims the capture of 350 pris- oners in the hVhtinP' I ------- ' - m o Although rain and swollen streams arp militntinf ap-ninst tht fast nrosp- cution of the Russian offensive in Ga- Hcia, the troops of General Brussiloff nevertheless have driven the Austri ans from positions southwest of Ka lusz and taken more than a thousand prisoners and a number of guns. Austrian Lines Stiffen. Apparently the Austro-IIungarian lines are suffering as the result of the arrival of reinforcements, for Petrocrad records the renulse of at tacks along the Dobrovdiany-Navi- ca iront, and says the enemy has gone on the offensive along the Lom- nica river near Perzhlnsko and is stubbornly resisting the Russians on the Slivkiiasen sector. Take Thousand Austrians. Petrograd, July 15. Attacks yes terday by Russian troops in the Lodziany region, southwest of Kalusz in eastern Galicia, resulted in the Austrians losing their positions, 1,000 men in prisoners and a number of guns, the war office announced today. Elsewhere the Russians held their ground against attacks and took more than 600 additional prisoners. Berlin Reports Success. Berlin, July 15. Capture from the French of important positions on the Chemin-des-Dames on the Aisne front, southeast of Courtecon, along a front of 1,500 metres and 30j) metres deep, is announced bv armv headquarters today. Three hundred and fTfty pisoners were taken. The substantial repulse of a French at tack in the Champagne, southeast of Moronvilliers, also is reported. French Make Gains. Paris, July 15. A strongly organ ized network of German trenches on a ront f more than 800 yards and 300 yards in depth, north of Mont liaut and northwest of the Teton in I VlA V, .a . ... A 1 1 i 1 vnanipagiic, were captureu Dy ine French in a brilliant attack last night with oG0 prisoners, the war office announced today. The Germans made a heavy attack on the salient west of Cerny on the Aisne front, but after an all-night battle they were ejected except from some front line elements on a front. of about 500 yards Germans Repulsed. v . London, July 15. Today's official announcement, nf nneratmnc olnn, t w..o UWW6 the Franco-Belgian front reads "Pntvnl n,f.o n: v " v.ivvwuivi o i couiiiiit; iu uui fulvnntao- nA .1,,-: southeast of Havrincpurt. We made a successful raid in the neighborhood of Bullecourt and Gavrelle and south of Armentieres. Northeast of Arm- entires a German raiding: party was tonnlca1 " Lay in your next winter's coal now and save money. Waterman Lumber and Coal Co. RED GROSS CALF BRINGS $790 AT AUCTION SALE Sterling, Neb., July 15. Friday- evening a calf was sold, which was donated to the Red Cross by James Pharoah. The auctioneer was the Rev. M. R. Crisp. The calf was re sold and donated back until it finally had brought $790, after which Judge Jessen of Nebraska City gave a talk on the issues of the war and the Red Cross. The judge hit the keynote by asking all Americans to help. MUCK EXCITEMENT -OVER REPORT SIXTH WOULD BE SPLIT UP Lincoln, Neb., July 15. Wild re ports that the Sixth regiment would be split and used to bring the Fourth and rilth regiments to lull war n4-..nMv. ) . .-. . . c . i . . k i . . l.'llV'llf I .lllM'll I I I J Ml II I .1111 r I l II w ment at the national guard headquar- ters all day. The report arose over a telegram sent out of Washington, which later was said by Adjutant General Hall to be ii mistake. The effect of the or der would have been to deprive Ne braska of a brigade and at the same time cancel a bunch of commissions which had been recently granted to officers of the Sixth. With notice thatythe inspector was coming to view the fcixtn, it is be lieved that the trouble has been smoothed out. The Fifth regiment members, who were ordered to mobilize at home sta tions, will have to eat at boarding houses and cafes, because there is no equipment for mess tents. The gov ernment allows 7o cents a day for this purpose. The adjutant general appeal. to the citizens to make fhe twelve days' stay of the guardsmen as pleasant us possible. It is suggested that parties and receptions be arranged in their honor. . . DRAFT DAY LIKELY WEEK FROM TODAY Washington, D. C, July 15. -Draft day will be next Saturday, or, at the atest, the following Mondaj This was the statement made at the office of Provost Marshal General Crowder today. At the time 3.GT5 cx- mption boards of 4,nrS had fded their lists. : , lie estimaieu it would require a week for the remaining KS.r boards, the majority of which are located n the larger cities, to complete their work. Choice for draft day between Sat urday and the following Monday seems to lean toward Monday. Satur- day is a half-holiday in the govern ment departmnets. SUPREME COURT COMMISSION HAS BEEN REAPPOINTEU Lincoln, Neb., July 15 Announce-I ment was made today by the Nebras a supreme court of the reappointmnt of all three members of the Nebraska court commission for terms of two years beginning September 15 under the act of the last legislature extend ing the life of the commission for that period. The commissioners are W. C. Par- riott, F. O. McGirr and Grant G. Martin. They were originally ap- minted by Governor Morehead two years ago and the supreme court at that time ratified the selections. Un der the new law the court names the members. It is expected the commission will reappoint its two stenographers, Misses Laura Mayer and and Reve Merrill. FARM FOR SALE. The Beins homestead, 3 miles south of Plattsmouth. Inquire of E. W. Beins, or call Phone 4211. Misses Estelle Baird and Clara Weyrich were visitors in Omaha yes terday. $100 Reward, $100 The readers of ' this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to -ure in all its stag&j and that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly influenced by constitutional conditions requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken Internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur faces of the SyBtem thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, giving the patient strength by building up the con stitution and assisting nature in doing its gffjt &lrtPthey8 oWne work. The proprietors have so much Hundred Dollars for any case that it falls to-.n? i.emoi Oblo. Sold by all Irugelat. 75cJ" . ' REICHSTAG IS TO DECLARE 'DOWN WITH WAR' Count Brockdorf-Rantzau May Suc ceed Zimmcrmann as Foreign Secretary. WHERE OR. M1GHAELIS STANDS ALL IN DOUBT Prime Minister Without Noble 'Von" to Name Unclaimed by Parties. While the political situation m Germany still remains obscure, one of the chief Berlin newspapers is credited with the assertion that the resolution of the majority bloc of the I ... " will reassert the desire of the people of Germany for peace and that the reichstair labors tor peace anu a mutual understanding and lasting reconciliation among the nations." It is unofficially reported that place Dr. Alfred Zimermann as Ger man imperial foreign secretary. At present he is German minister to Denmark. First Commoner Chancellor. Copenhagen, July 15. Germany's first comomner chancellor, Dr. George Michaelis, a bureaucrat without even a noble "von" before his name, ha:- as yet given no indication of his policy retrardiner reform and peace. Neither the conservatives nor the liberals have ventured to call him their own. The chancellor's first step, which might be interpreted as an indication of an open mind, was to receive rep resentatives of the two divergent groups in the reichstag and permit them to explain their respective standpoints, the chancellor playing the role of listener to the conversa tions conducted by the vice chancel lor. Dr. Karl Helfferich, and the reichstag representatives. The German papers unite in char acterizations of his energy and fair- mindedness, but are most reserved in their predictions of hi probable pol icy. The papers aligned for the so- called German peace are perhaps a shade more enthusiastic about the political possibilities, under the new regime than the radical and socialist organs. Nearer Kight Than Left. ine L.oiogne on:s .citung, ine Catholic organ oi pan-German sym pathies, says Dr. Michaelis undoubt edly stands nearer the right than the lett parties. 1 he line ot the com- ment evidently emanating from Wil- helmstrasse is that the new chan cellor regards as his mission the re storation of the internal harmony of the nation, whatever policy may be adopted. No matter what else may result, the change will undoubtedly mean the disappearance ot the von IJethmann peace program. Dr. von liethmann-IIollweg's policy regarding the ultimate aims of the war had from the beginning been a personal one, in which the chancellor "above the parties" had formed a pro- gram above parliamentary parties, the military authorities and the em peror alike, and he endeavored by gentle, steady pressure and sugges tion to impose it upon a changeful sovereign oscillating between vistas of brilliant ambition and realization of cold facts; upon the puissant mili- tary caste represented by Field Mar- shal von Ilindenburg and General Ludendorff, and a blundering parlia ment. New Deal of the Cards. The appointment of Dr. Michaelis undoubtedly means a new deal of the cards. Berlin papers which were pub lished before the appointment of Dr. Michaelis was known to throw fur ther li?rbt on the circumstances of Dr. von Bethmann-Holhveg's retire ment. To show that the emperqr was confronted by the necessity of drop ping the imperial chancellor or vir tually the entire Prussian cabinet, the members of which, including the war minister, General von Stein, a soldier, not a politician, submitted their resignations, declaring that they could not remain if von Bethmann Hollweg was retained. The Bavarian premier, Count von Hertling, who favored moderate peace proposals, but refused flatly to ac cept the idea of a parliamentary min istry, which would diminish Bavaria s special influence on the government, seems to have thrown Tnmself into the rugSe against von Bethmann at line last, rninuie. uv u"val"" trist members of the reichstag start- ed an anti-von Bethmann revolt with- i' THE UNIVERSAL. CAR We handle a complete line of Auto Supplies and GOODRICH TIRES! Our competent Ford Mechanics insure prompt repairs! WELDING A SPECIALTY! On July 1st all cars must be equipped with headlight lenses which will conform to the new law. We sell- OSGOOD LENSES The Best In the Market! We Vill Take In Your Old Ford Car On a New One We Will Pay You Spot Cash For Used Fords Come in and give us your order for a New Ford Before the Price Goes Up. T. IF UK W Authorized Sales and Office Telephone in the party, and the crown prince made valid his long-standing objec tions to the imperial chancellor. Wanted Ilindtnburg's Assurance. Field Marshal von ilindenburg and General Ludendorff were again sum moned to IJerlin, not to interfere,, ac cording to the unanimous accounts in the I5crlin papers, in the political side of the situation, but to sidetrack the proposed peace resolution by giving encouraging renoits of the military situation and to inspire the members of the reichstag with a belief in the possibilities of obtaining that "Ger man peace worthy of the secrifices made to wnich von Ilindenburg over and over again committed himself in his published replies to the me- rr.oi ials of pan-German organizations. Uefore the .selection of Dr. Mich aelis became known the papers gener ally agreed that von Dethmann-Holl- weg's retirement would be accompa nied by sweeping changes in the im perial and Prussian administration. Meant Well Feebly. The feeling was general that a large part of th? secretaries of state and ministers who hail been in office since and before the war had exhausted their efficiency and availability through long continuance at their posts under the tremendous responsi bilities of the war, should be replaced by fresh hands and brains, without any incumbrances ot the past. This probably was one of the chief considerations impelling the emperor to accept the resignation of a person ally sympathetic statesman who, ac cording to Vorwearts in his political obituary, "Meant well feebly; whose wish was to conduct ihe war as a de fensive struggle and prevent its ex tension to new enemies, but who yielded to forces stronger in purpose than himself, and who wanted to base his policy upon th broad basis of democracy, but who lacked energy and force to draw the necessary con clusions therefrom." Vern Long ami wife returned this afternoon from IMakesburg, la., where they were called y the death of the little babe of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Parriott in an auto accident. They report Mrs. Parriott as being somewhat improved. flie OKI lf 4MUi :V, fiSX the attachment for the Ford cars, making a Tractor for use on farms, will demonstrate on Chas. Barnard's farm at Mynard, cutting oats with Wednesday, July 18th AT 2 P. M. Bc sure to see this aclual money Saving device for farmers. GUY H. REESE, Agent ollock Auto Co., Sales and Service, 6th St., Plattsmouth, N service, bth St., nattsmouth, IMcb No. 1. Shop Telephone No. 58. STRONG EVIDENCE Is the Statement of This Plattsmouth Woman. Backache is often kidney ache; A common warning of serious kid ney ills. "A Stitch in Time Saves Nine" Don't delay use Doan's Kidney Pills. Profit by the experience of Mrs. II. Drinkman of 1223 Vine street. She says: "We keep Doan's Kidney Pills in the house all the t:me, and when ever we need a kidney medicine, they give good satisfaction. I take Doan's Kidnej- Pills now and then, when my back bothers me, and they soon rem edy the trouble." Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't sim ply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills tne same that Mrs. Brinkman uses. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. CUBAN CONGRESS RAISES 530.000,000 WAR BONDS Havana, July 13. The Cuban con gress unanimously passed a bill last night calling for a treasury bond is sue of $30,000,000 to provide funds for carrying on Cuba's part in the European war. The bonds will be offered for sale in Havana and New York. LOST. STRAYED OR STOLEN. Brown spaniel dog, with light fringe on tail. Any information will be appreciated by William Hinrichsen, 1017 tag on dog. Wyette Hutchison drove in from his farm home south of the city Sat urday afternoon for a short visit with friends and to attend to some busi ness matters. While here Mr. Hutch ison took time to call at this office and have his subscription extended for another year. FtuMfford binder, on - 1