THURSDAY, JULY .26, 1917.
PLATTSMOUTH S EMJ.-WEEK L Y JOURNAL.
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Known To The Nation
$945 F. O. B. FACTORY.
Possesses important feature of design which are found
also in those higher priced cars as embodying the very
latest and best engineering practices. These superior
features, which for two years have distinguished the
Oakland Six as a car of unusually advanced design; and
which are now employed in the latest models of many
of the more costly cars, not to be found in their entirety,
in any of the other cars in the Oakland price-class. As
a result, the Oakland Sensible Six, in the estimation of
the buying public, is raised above the plane of its price,
and naturally is compared to and competes with cars of
considerable higher price than its own.
Oakland Iifi Gup any
PLATTSMOUTH
lEfiisscMT in
BATTLE FR
Many Thin sis Indicate Units Having
Seen Uorrier Sen Ice Will He
t
flurried to France.
STG? FOR GUTIFTTI8G
JUST FFiiBR TO SAILiN
All Organizations Except Those From
Southwestern States in Fed
eral Armies.
Washington. I). C, July 2C Many
ihinrs indicate that national gur.rd
l e.uiniont?. which aie row fairly well
euui;'ped and which had the bent fit of
tin- border mobilization, will not Le
held 1 r.g at the divisional training
camps.
If transportation is available the
Lest of the state troops may be hur
ried I France at once, stopping only
fn:- final outfitting: before they sail.
The intensive instruction:? to fit then
?"r trench warfare will be given at
the American training camps in
France, where General Pershing's
regulars already are at work.
Rest Called Au?-jst"r.
With the exception of troops from
California and the southwestern
states, the national guard is in the J
federal service tonight, under Presi
dent Wilson's call.
The remaining units will he brought
in August 5. on which day the whole
foree of probably :0;.0i)' men will be
drafted into the army of the United
States and will lose its status as mil
itia. From that day on the state troops
ran be used for any duty the presi
dent may direct and will be subject to
r. limitations that do not also apply
to the reirular army.
Called Out Tea Days Ago.
The first increment of the guard
was called out ten days ago. Those
railed todr.v in the second increment
embrace New England, middle west
it n and northwestern stales, and ; . v
eral southern states. Probably more
than 1." 0,i !' men went on the federal
payroll. Xcw Yok. Pennsylvania and
Ohio troops and those, from sever; 1
other s'ates wire in the first incre
ment .
RUSH GUARD
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'Friday Evening, July 27th
in Red Cross Work Room Adjoining Hotel
Qedar reek, Plefo.
Proceeds of Dance to Be Donated to Local
Red Cross Bondage Circle!
A Good Orchestra Will Furnish the Music
Good Order and An Enjoyable Time Assured
All Who, Attend!
Ice Cream, Lemonade and Sandwiches
Served Throughout the Evening
Gome Gnel Come AH!!
As The Sensible Six
NEBRASKA
Wiih federalization of the entire
force complete after August 5 the
ranks of all reiments then will be
Ml let! up to full war strength with
men fiom the selective draft lists.
POPULAR YOUNG PEOPLE
NEAR CEDAR CREEK MARRIED
Virgil Urish and Miss Lorene
Meisinger wore married at the Eight
Mile Grove parsonage on Wednesday
evening, July 18th, at 8:30, Rev.
KunzenJorf, pastor of the church,
pronouncing the solemn vows that
bind them for life. There were only
a few cf the relatives of the con
tracting parties present to witness
the ceremony.
These popular young people have
lived in Cass county all their lives
and their parents are among the
county's most substantial and pro
gressive farmers. The groom is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Urish, and
the bride the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Meisinger, both families
being long residents of Eight Mile
Grove precinct, where they have al
ways been held in the highest esteem
by their entire acquaintance. The
young people are both very popular
among their large circle of friends,
all of whom will join in extending
hearty congratulations and wish them
a long life filled with happiness and
prosperity. The new Mr. and Mrs.
Urish will make their home on the
old Urish homestead in Eight Mile
Grove, and start their new life where
they are best known among their
friends and relatives.
Mrs. C. Lungren, of Dennison, la.,
a sister cf Mrs. August Anderson, of
this city, who has been visiting with
her sister for the past week, depart
ed! this afternoon for Sidney, Neb.,
where she will visit for some time at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Albin
Nelson, for a month before returning
to her Iowa home.
Crepe and fancy designed paper for
decorative uses can be found at the
Journal office. We have the largest
ine ever brought to this city.
$100 Reward, $100
Th? readers of this paper will bo
f k-iiso.1 to lea.i n t'uat there is at least
one r'rc-aJe-l disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
thnt j catarrh. Catarrh beine; grreatly
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I r"T:ires constitutional treatment. Hall's
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, r.' tF thr.s tl" P.lood on the Mucous Sur
i f.tC"?. of t!.j si -m thereby dstroyin?
tt.e tr.n iation of the disease, giving the
pn'k-nt F'rer.sth y huildint? up tiie con
stitution .-ind .-logistic.:? nature in doing its
vnric. The proprietors have so much
froth In the curative powers of Hall's
t rrh M?!icir.e that they offer One
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to cure. SW.d for list of testimonials.
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A VARNISH PUZZLE
The Lost Secret of the Old Time
Makers of Violins.
IT MAY NEVER BE DISCLOSED.
This Amazing Mystery, That Defies the
Modern Experts, Is the One Thing
That Keeps Them From Surpassing
the Work of the Ancient Masters.
There must be thousands who won
der why modern manufacturers cannot
reproduce the valuable old violins we
read so much about, says the Musical
Courier. When Ysaye recently Inspect
ed the wonderful collection of. violins
owned by Rudolph Wurlitzer and play
Hl on a Ruggiero, a SStradivarius, a
Guarnerius, an Ainati, and so on, some
of our readers may have asked why
American makers do not copy those
old masters. "We reply that every de
tail of the great Italian makers has
been studied for more than 100 years.
We have discovered every secret of
the old masters except the recipe for
their varnish. That is the mystery.
Surely," claim some of our readers,
this is a secondary consideration. If
you have good wood well put together
you must have a good violin, no mat
ter what the varnish is!" We shall
see. Hills of London, the well known
violin experts and makers, in the IkhjU
ntonio Stradivari His Life and
Works," say:
'Though the wood and also construc
tion and dimensions be perfect, the re
sult will be astonishingly bad if the
instrument be badly varnished. Hence
we are disposed to classify the rela
tive importance of material, dimen
sions and constructions and varnish as
follows: First, varnish; second, con
struction and dimensions; third, mate
rial."
So here we have an acknowledged
authority stating that the most impor
tant factor in the tone of a good violin
is the varnish. And does the quality
of the lost varnish mean that the old
makers were men of genius? Not a
bit of it. Apparently they were just
good workmen whose product could be
equaled today in any civilized country
if the varnish could be discovered.
That this secret should be lost is one
of the amazing facts of history. It is
inconceivable to us that 200 years
hence no one will be able to supply the
shellac varnish that can be found In
any painters' supply shop today. And
yet this is what has happened to the
varnish used by the Cremona makers.
it has simply been forgotten; that is
all. It was no secret a few hundred
years ago. We find chairs, tables, cab
inets and bedsteads of the period cov
ered with the golden, lustrous varnish
of Amati and Stradivari.
The old violin makers used it because
it was cheap and easy to procure. It
began to go out of general use in the
sixteenth century because it was found
to be too soft for the wear and tear of
furniture. It was still used by the vio
lin makers, however, none of whom
seems to have left the recipe. Perhaps
they did not know it. The average
cabinetmaker today need not know
how to make the varnish he buys by
the gallon. Thus the varnish which
was used bv the whole Italian nation
for two centuries is now an unknown
mixture of mysteries.
Whence came the gums and oils of
the old Italian varnish? We have rea
son for believing that they were not
indigeneous to the Italian soil. We
know that much of the maple used by
the violin makers of the day came
from Turkey. Stradavari often used
the straight grained maple of the Ital
ian Alps for his cheaper instruments.
For his wealths' patrons he used a
beautiful curly maple that came from
Turkey. Why from Turkey? The rea
son is obvious. Venice and Genoa held
command of the eastern trade of Italy.
It wa3 cheaper to import maple to
Venice by sea than to carry it over
land from northern Italy. Rut when
the Venetian oar makers came across a
piece of maple too curly to be strong
enough they sold It to the violin mak
ers. The beautiful backs of the best
Stradivarius violins, therefore, are
made from wood that the oar makers
rejected.
Now, if the gums and oils of the old
varnish came from the orient it would
become more and more difficult to pro
cure them In proportion as the Vene
tian trade diminished, nistory confirms
this theory. The Turks waged a war
against the opulent and powerful re
public of Venice from 1645 to 1GG0. For
the first thirteen years of the eighteenth
century Venice had a certain amount of
peace. But in 1718 Venice, by the peace
of Passarowitz, abdicated her rank In
Europe, became a nonentity in politics
and saw her trade begin to dwindle.
Venice, the former mighty queen of the
Adriatic, lost her great oriental trade.
Is it any wonder that the oriental
gums should disappear from "her im
ports when the cabinetmakers no long,
er used them? The little that the violin
makers needed was too small to keep
the trade alive. Then in 1750 a patent
was given by the king of France to Si
mon Martin for a period of twenty-five
years for the newly discovered process
of making the much more durable and
glossy copal varnish. That was the
finish of the old Italian varnish, wrong
ly called "Cremona" varnish.
If the secret or lost process of the old
varnish makers could be discovered we
believe that Guarnerius and Stradiva
rius and all the rest of them would
lose the title of geniuses they have so
long enjoyed and be considered merely
good workmen. It is as difficult today
to make a chair and cover it with the
mysterious varnish as It is to reproduce
the famous old violins.
PROFITS IN SHEEP ON
EVERY FARM IS IN
DUCEMENT FOR BOYS
Since the earliest glimmerings of
the history of the world, wool has
been one of the article going1 into
the manufacture of clothing, and has
been used since, until the present day.
At this time there is a demand for
more wool than is produced here, and
the imports of wool is greater by
many times than that produced. We
now annually consume something '
six hundred million pounds of wool
while we only produce something like
two hundred million pounds.
With the increase of our population
we should also increase the produc
tion of wool, but the facts are .hat
we are' raising a less number of
sheep each year, while at the same
time they are a good paying proposi
tion. True, the matter of cattle inJ
hogs is paying immensely f-jr those
who breed and raise them, but at
the same time, not alone does the
sheep produce a nice income for the
breeder and raiser, but the by-product
of the wool is also an added revenue
above the animal.
In the year 1900 thoyp wore ono
million farmers raising sheep, and
last year there were but :t little more
than half that numbe- engaged in
the business. During this time,
prices for wool have increased, and
this has been noted in the advanced
prices of clothing.
During the past four years the
countries engaged in war have suf
fered a terrible devastation of their
sheep, which has cut the output of
wool in about the same proportion
as in the number of sheep produced.
There is hardly a farm that cannot
produce sheep profitably in ariy quan
tity, and a flock of sheep, even if
small, can be raised at a profit when
it is taken into consideration that
there is a double source of revenue
the sheep for its meat and also for
its wool.
The Bradley Knitting company of
Delevan, Wis., who annually use great
quantities of wool, are offering boys
an especial proposition on the rais
ing of sheep. They have prizes
which they give for the raising of
sheep, among which are prize sheep,
as payment for the flocks of sheep
the boys raise, and are also offering
many cash prizes, such as fifty dol
lars in gold, twenty-five dollars in
gold, and smaller prizes as well. Any
boy between the ages of 13 and 17
who will write to the Bradley Sheep
club, Delevan, Wis., will receive all
the information necessary. Now the
matter of producing enough of any
necessary commodity is along patri
otic lines and should be encouraged
and is commendable to all.
Red Cross rooms are open all day
each day.. Everybody welcome.
Don't Fall an Easy Trey to the
Disease.
The diseases find their easiest vic
tims among the persons whose stom
ach is not in good condition. The
general debility causea by this dis
order increases susceptibility to the
disease. The heart is weakened, the
blood is poisoned from excess of
waste matter, and the patient must
fight against adds when stricken with
the disease. Therefore, it is always
essential to keep the bowels regular
and the stomach in good condition.
Triner's American Elixir of Bitter
wine is the best remedy to this end.
It cleans out the bowels and braces
up the entire system. Prica $1.00, at
drugstores. Triner's Liniment repels
the torments of rheumatism and neu
ralgia, relieves strains, sprair.3 and
swellings and refreshes tired muscles
and feet. Price 25c and 50c, at drug
stores; by mail, 35c and 60c. Joseph
Triner, Manufacturing Chemist, 1333
1339 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago.
DOWN FROM BETHANY.
Mr. and Mrs. II. W. Mayer and
daughter, Miss Josepnme, from near
Bethany, drove down last Saturday
to visit for the day with relatives and
friends in and near the old home.
While here Mr. Mayer was a pleasant
caller at the Journal office. They
returned home Sunday afternoon.
FLAG STICKERS.
The Journal has just received a
new line of American flag stickers
that are so popular over the country
at present. Call in at once and se
cure your supply while they last.
FOR SALE Thoroughbred Spitz
puppies, rite P. O. Box 607, Platts
mouth, Neb. ' 7-24-2tdltwkly
Red Cross rooms are open all day
each day. Everybody welcome.
Red Cross Membership $1.00.
GRUMBLING 0
RUSSIAN LINES
Army Officers at Washington Paint
Gloomy Picture of Early Peace
On Account of Results
in Russia.
Washington, July 25. No attempt
is made here to minimize the serious
ness of the situation in the war thea
ters in Europe.
The United States is in the war
and will go through with it; but any
hope of a short struggle has gone
glimmering with the apparent almost
complete collapse of the Russian war
machine.
The development was not unexpect
ed by many army officers. When the
offensive of July 1 was started by
the Russian forces, the most frequent
comment here was that it probably
was the dying kick of the old Rus
sian machine.
Direct Bearing on United States.
For the United States the Russian
collapse may have an immediate and
direct bearing. It will, if the Ger
man general staff presses its advan
tage the release of additional Ger
man forces to bolster up the western
front, where American troops are to
l e engaged.
The German line in the west has
not been seriously impaired at any
point, officials here believe. It has
been noted, in fact, that the one
strategic advantage gained in recent
fighting was gained by the Germans.
Many officers here believe tha
when a small sector of the British
line in Belgium was overwhelmed, the
Germans improved, the weakest front
I materially. That view is based on
opinion that the only hope of decisive
attainments for the allies in the west
lies in rolling up the German flank
where it reaches the sea in Belgium.
Could Crush U-Bcats.
If that could be done, it is argued,
the U-boat bases could be stamped
out and the only offensive instru
ment of the Germans be eliminated
entirely or made ineffective.
It would require combined army
and navy operations, for it would b
neccs?ary to force a landing behind
the German line and force the whole
right flank back from the sea as a
result.
Reports from France, official and
unofficial, so far as known, give no
cheering picture of wliat must be
done. There appears no doubt that
the allied line can stand against any
force Germany can bring against it.
Even the Russian disaster does not
affect that situation. But to gather
the necessary strength for a success
ful offensive will take time and am
ple ocean transportation facilities if
the United States is to furnish the
needed surplus of men, airplanes, mu
nitions and food.
PETAIN'S TROOPS
HOLD OUT IN FACE
OF FIERCE ATTACK
French Front Remains Intact After
Germans Have Wasted Many
Men in Fruitless Rushes.
The hostilities on the Aisne front,
where for weeks the Germans have
wasted men by thousands in an inef
fectual attempt to break through Gen
eral Petain's front have ceased and
only artillery duels are now in prog
ress. .
Early Wednesday morning wit
nessed one of the last attempts of the
crown princa to gain his objective.
This was on the Californie plateau,
where an attack was repulsed.
The Germans have been successful
in winning 200 yards of trenches from
the British east of Monchy-Ie-Preux,
which they had bombarded violently
for several days past. In the capture
of the position the enemy again used
liquid fire.
Along 'the front in northern Bel
gium the heavy artillery duel con
tinues, but as yet there has been no
sign of either the British or the Ger
mans starting an infantry attack.
KAISER TURNS UP HIS
NOSE AT AMERICA
Berne, Switzerland, July 24.
(British Admiralty per Wireless
press.) The Tost Zeitung of Augs
burg, Bavaria, says that at the recent
reception given in Berlin by Emperor
William to members of the reichstag,
the emperor, in conversing with
Philip Scheidemann, the socialist
leader, spoke slightingly of. America
and expressed the conviction that the
United States would not play a de
cisive part in the war.
The Nehawka ElUsHs
are now Rotting and Manufacturing the
la If (HIT
"Letter Roll" Flour needs no boosting,
For on the top shelf it now is roosting.
The best cooks wherever you go
Use this famous flour, you know.
They just set their yeast and go to bed,
For they know on the morrow they will have good
Bread.
J. M.
- D. ST. JOHN, Prop.
JOE MALCOLM, Head Miller.
For Sale by A!! Dealers
ubscribs for The
SLOSE
ENT GAINS IN
THE SOUTHWEST
Back Where They Were When Bru
silofT Began Drive a
Year Ago.
AND THE GERMANS
HAVE NEW TERRITORY
Their Retreat at Some Places in
Galicia Amounts to
a Rout.
Petrograd, July 25. The present
line of the southwestern front is ap
proximately that occupied after Gen
eral BrusilofFs drive last summer, ex
cept before Tarnopol, where the en
emy succeeded in pushing further into
Russian territory. The fate of the
latter town vr s virtually decided with
the Germans holding the suburb just
across the Sereth river within easy
gun range.
The Germans chose the junction
point of the seventh and eleventh
armies for leginning their offensive,
the first blow being struck between
Boroff and Pebako on a twenty-mile
front. Without great effort, as is ad
mitted in the Russian official com
munications, they pursued their ad
vance to the line of the Sereth. This
uncovering of the Russian positions
routh of Tarnopol forced a retirement
all along the diagonal line south west
ward. Women in First Battle.
Petrograd, July 25. The Russian
women's battalion raised by the twice
wounded gill officer, Vera Butchka
retf, was in action on the front at
Krevo yesterday for the first time.
They are reported to have been suc
cessful, although the battalion suf
fered some losses, the extent of which
is not yet known. The Xovoe Vreyma
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eginning Tuesday, July 24th
Manicuring, Shampooing and Hair DressingI .
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Evsning Journal
corespondent at the front reports that
the women behaved in an exemplary
way, gaining the respect of the men
soldiers.
TRAITOROUS DIVISION
OF SLAVS BLOWN TO
PIECES BY COMRADES
London, July 26. A dispatch to the
Post from Petrograd says that under
General Korniloff's drastic measures
to restore order in the Eleventh army
cr.c whole division thereof was blown
to pieces by their own artillery to
average the units which all loyal
troops, and especially the artillery,
have silently endured for the past
four months from these traitorous
rascals.
FROM PERU NORMAL. 4.
Under the direction of the students,
the Peru Canning club, made up of
children from 8 to 15 years of age,
met in the domestic science rooms
and canned vegetables raised in their
own gardens.
The Cass county club will hold its
picnic Tuesday evening, June 24. A
fine time and a good supper are t(j
be provided for all.
The Y. M. C. A.j army fund was
swelled to $250 when the committee
had finished its canvass of the fac
ulty and business men. A carnival
for the benefit of the fund will be
held Saturday evening. The Philq
and Everett Literary societies will
help. !
A number of school boards are
sending their superintendents to
Peru to get teachers for tne coming
year. j
Next Wednesday evening, Augustj
1, a "stunt event" will be given. It
is to be a patriotic affair. The dif
ferent rooming houses are to parade,
costumed as to the different countries
allied against Germany. It promises
to be a very inspiring event.
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