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MONDAY, JULY 30, 1917.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
tZbz plattsmoistb Journal
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PtATTSMOl'TH, NKHIIAPKA,
Eatered at Postofflce at Plattsmouth. Neb., an second-class mail matter.
R. A. BATES, Publisher
II BCRIPTIOt PKICKi IIJ
Be not deceived
By what you hear,
Near beer is far
From being beer.
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Big crowd Saturday night.
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God bless the Red Cross ladies.
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Alfalfa is a crop that always pays.
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"Mollyeoddle" is coming in style j
again.
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A right good pourdown would be a
Sod-send.-
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The frolic dance Saturday night.
Attend.
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The Red Cross ladies are doing
g-;od v.oi k.
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Don't waste it ecu if you find
a hair in the butter.
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Don't hate anybody just forget
vour enemies exist.
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This is evidently the year for
farmers to make good.
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Who said we would have no rea'
warm weather this summer?
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A girl never feels dressed up un
less her hair is fixed up "just so."
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If you want to find out who your
real friends are send up a cry for
help.
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The man who has the scheme al
ways wants to raise the money by
Mibsciiption.
...There is entirely too big a differ
ence between the prices the farmers
get for their produce and the price
we poor dubs have to pay for it.
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The Red Cross' frolic dance tomor
row night is the biggest thing ever.
Come and dance and hear the Fourth
Regiment band, the best in the state.
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The high price of wheat is going
to hit some of the Nebraska farmers
quite hard next fall, when it comes
to getting seed.
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Occasionally you inn across a man
who relieves that we shouldn't do
anything to oppose the Germans until
after they have passed the Allegheny
mountains.
Ju the first draft, Nebraska is
called upon to furnish 5,1G' soldiers,
while Kansas will furnish but 4,431)
for the selective draft. That demon
stiales which is the biggest state.
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Thanks to excellent phonograph
records, the resourceful patriot'
knowledge of the national unthem
may be readily advanced to a satis
factory standard.
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The suggestion of a submarine
merchant ship, which can duck mule;
water in case of danger, is a good
idea. Another is a ship that can
jump into the air.
It may be possible that all anti
conscriptionists in the United States
cannot be convicted under our laws,
but it seems that they should be
least punished for impersonating real
Americans.
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In lieu of any pension to be here
inafter granted them, the U. S. gov
ernment is now taking up 'the proposi
tion of issuing life insurance in the
amount of $4,000 for every American
soldier and sailor.
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The editor of a Missouri newspa
per is taking it too seriously. In a
recent issue he advertises for a sub
stitute, something as follows: "Want
cc A man to take the place of th?
editor, who must join his regiment
and go to war. The position is quit?
likely to be permanent."
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'EH VEAU IN AOTANCK
Keep cool if you iv.ii.
Have a gootl time tonight.
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But by all means, buy a button.
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The fourth Regiment band will be
here.
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Uncle yarn's draft will be honored4
in Cass county.
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Did cue of those Panama slides hit
General Goethals.
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As go-getters those Omaha bandits
are right in the swim.
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Fans may come and fans may go,
but a base bali fan goes on forever.
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Food prices are so high that it al
most pays to have stomach trouble.
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Everybody is now looking for the
woman who put "I can" in Amer
ican. :o:-
Don't expect too much of your
friends, and you won't be disap
pointed. :c:
After you have camped with a man
about week, you will learn what
kind of disposition he has.
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Women are doing the best they can
to help along conservation, by wear
ing as few clothes as possible.
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The United States needs 2,000 vet
erinary surgeons, who will .rank as
lieutenants. We should think they'd
rank as horse marine?.
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Is the man who has a wife and
seven children in Russia, and another
wife and five children in the United
States, and supporting both sets, en
titled to exemption?
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The congress proposes $040,000,000
for the construction of an aeroplane
fleet. This sounds as if the great
conflict might be won from the
clouds, sure enough.
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Great respect is due the old rooster.
He is always worth about ten cents
a pound. It doesn't matter whether
it is in the spring or in the fall, the
price is the same. People can rcducv
the high cost of meat by eating
rooster.
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Every town has its good woman
that everybody likes, and its honest
man, whose word is as good as his
bond. Every town has men and
women who hate the place and are
always wishing they lived somewhere
else. Every town is full of human
nature as every other town. Why
move ?
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Hcre's our idea of giving. The
poor washerwoman who gives a dime
is just as big a giver as the man
who has a thousand dollars and giver
a ten spot. The dime given by the
Ioor woman shines just as bright as
the five millions given by Rockefeller
and entitles her to a better seat and
sweeter-tuned harp in the New Jeru
salem choir.
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The Red Cross ladies done remark
ably well with their dance frolic Sat
urday night. The young ladies (GorJ
bless 'em!) done their share, also, t
help make the entertainment a bij;
success, which they always do, when
they are a mind to.
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Looking over the market report we
are reminded that $17,000 is not a
large sum of money any more. Why
it doesn't represent the rise in value
of a -single quarter section of lani
since the time of the dry years, ano
on any busy afternoon one can look
out on the street and see a large;
amount of wealth passing along oir
rubber tires.
NO PARTY, NO CHURCH.
The explanation of the state council
of defense that it did not intend to
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question, and does not now question,
the loyalty of the Lutheran church or
its members, is welcome and finely.
Its charges were meant to be ditcl
only against those individual mem
bers who "have publicly and privately
discouraged the American au; rrd
have shown marked parljV.ity forth-;
cause of America's enomy.
Needless to say, the individual
members, who are not named but who
are charged with having offended..
did net speak and could not speidc -;
Lutherans for the Lutheran chur h
The loyalty of the church, as the
council well says,. is beyond ques?cu.
It can no more fairly or honestly be
impugned because of the sins of in--
dividuals who happen to be Luther
ans than could the Methodist church,
or the republican party, be held ac
countable for the chautauqua speech
es being delivered by Leslie M. Shaw.
Mf. Shaw has often been spoken of
as the most influential lay member,
of the Methodist church in this coun
try and he is one of the mo's prom
inent members of the republican par-
ty? by which he has been highly and
repeatedly honored.
The BuiTalo, Wyo., Voice says of an
address delivered by Mr. Shaw at a
chautauqua assembly in that city:
"In his effort to contrast the lofti
ness of purpose in entering the Span.
ish-American war with our aims and
purposes in entering the present war,
Leslie M. Shaw stated that we are
at the present time fighting from
purely selfish motives. He made n.
attempt to explain or qualify that
statement nor did he offer any apol
ogy for its utterance.
"If Leslie M. Shaw were a foreign-
born citizen of the United States, and
gave brain-birth and voice to that
damnable libel on his country, he
would be arrested, tried and convict
ed on a charge of treason. Men arc
eing sent to prison and to jail every
day for offenses less palpable."
The editor of the Voice is a bit hot
headed in his comment, as are s'
many others in these trying times.
Mr. Shaw has a right to think we
are at war from selfish motives, an',
to say it, whether the rest of us like
it or not, and perhaps if he were
challenged could give a fairly good
reason for the faith that is in him,
Certainly if to defend our ships from
destruction and our citizens from
murder is a selfish motive, or if to
make the world safe for democracy,
our own included, be a selfish motive
then a selfish motive inspires us.
But the point is not there. The
point is that a great many men, mem,
bers of all parties, of all churches
and of no church, are going about
saying things in connection with our
part in the war that offend and dis
gust their fellow-citizens. These men
are individually responsible, in law
and before the bar of public opinion
for what they say and do. But their
church is not responsible for them.
Their party is not responsible, unless
by official resolution, as in the case
of the socialist party, it indorses thci?
utterances. Because Governor Shaw
says we are at war for selfish pur
poses it is not even incumbent upon
republicans, or upon Methodists, to
jump up and disclaim his words lest
their party be adjudged disloyal b:
their silence.
We know no party in this war. We
know no church. We know only th;
republic, that shelters all parties and
all churches, and the flag that float?
for all citizens. The great danger
looms increasingly large before the
eyes of all of us. The heavy cost
there is to pay, in blood and in teas
ure, is becoming daily more clearly
apparent. , This war, so far as eo'h
cerns our own share in it, has but
scarcely begun. It may be that be
fore its end American blood will flow
like rivecs to the sea and American
wealth be taxed for scores of billions
of dollars. It may be that nearly
every American home, like every Eu
ropean home, will be called upon to
pass under the rod an iron rod, drip
ping gore. If ever there was a tim
for those who live under the Star".
and Stripes to be friends and com
rades and fellow-citizens in sober, so-
rious fact, that time is at hand,
' While every loyal hand must and will peiior institution would be set for
uphold the flag, it is impossible that j ward a thousand years, and demoe
all loyal men and women of this en-jiacy, defeated and disgraced, woulo
I lightened land, where freedom of be. in eclipse,
opinion has been bred in the bone, j The German empire dominating
should think alike. No reasonable ' Europe and Africa Would divide with
man will expect it. There can be nthe Japanese empire domination of
. tolerance or mercy for traitors and , Asia, and together they would be
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the law defines traitors and provide-. ' stride the world.
. for their punishment. Neither, un-
less this mighty republic that we all
love is to suffer and be racked need
lessly as well as needfully, can thci'i
be any general sanction for the spirit
of intolerance that plants suspicion
without just warrant, condemns with
out a trial, and divides neighbor in
bitterness against neighbor becausi
injustice has been done. World-Herald.
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IF GERMANY SHOULD WIN.
What would happen to the world if
Germany should win?
If there are any citizens of tho
United States who are not heart and
soul with their country in this war:
who are protesting against the draft,
war taxes, war prices, and loans t
the Allies; who would rather hamper
than assist their government in the
prosecution of the war if there are
any such citizens, we say, they would
do well to study that question dis
passionately for a while. It should
help bring them to their senses.
Suppose that the Russian collapse
should prove complete which, indeed
appears rather more probable than
otherwise. Suppose our financial as
sistance to the remaining Allies
should be withdrawn, and that our
promised military support on the
west front should not be forthcoming
Supposing the United States should
get out of the war the best way it
could, saving its young men and its
dollars and its happy homes for vh;v.
the future might have in store.
What then ?
Why, the Central Powers, it is
reasonably safe to t-ay, would ciu.-I:
their remaining enemies, by a com
bination of military strength and
submarine superiority, and dicta'.
the terms of peace.
Autocracy would have triumphed
and democracy would have Vr.t m
the supreme and decisive trial L r
European supremacy. 'Belgium an I
enough of the French coast would it:
absorbed into the German empire s.
that its dagger would be thermit
always at England's throat. Frat.ee.
brave, proud, gallant, devoted Fr i :e,
exhausted and depleted, would .--ink
to the rank of a second rate power.
as would England. Russia would 1.
cut up into several states. Finland
and the Baltic provinces would have
their little , separate existence.
would Lithuania. So would the Uk
raine provinces. There would be iext,
in the words of the Springfield Re
publican, a Russia that was "a land;
locked hinterland which would be !
the mercy of Central Europe."
The one mighty power remaining
Europe would be the German empir
extending in its imperial potency
from the North Sea to the border.,
of an India that England would be
impotent to defe'nd. In time India
K'It, indeed the whole of Africa
wouTel be incorporated into that mam
moth hegemony, constituting an em
pire that would overshadow the ol .
world as did Rome at the crest of it
greatness. Touching its edges would
be a scries of ompotent little demo
cratic states, whose faith in democ-'
racy, perhaps, and whose hold on
democratic institutions that had gone
down in defeat, might not long sur
vive. The German people, who, if th'.
war had been lost, would have over
thrown the autocracy that had cheat
ed and failed them and have estab
lished a free government of thcii
own, would with victory have theii
faith strengthened. The other peo
ples, subjects of autocratic goveri.
ments, sharing in the sweets anu
fruits of victory, would look wii
contempt upon a democratic world
that, thrice as populous and strong a.s
they, had yet succumbed to them.
Other peoples, not directly involved
' in the war, would share that feeling,
: Autocratic government as the su-
All but the Americas! We of this
Western hemisphere would be left t;
face them. ' The fires of demeeracy
would here stiil be kept burning. But
for how long? And at what a price?
The virgin and exhaustless riches
of Central and South America would
lie upon and tempting before the
despotic masters of Europe, Asia and
Africa. And these are the stragetic
frontiers of the United Stater, which,
once they were seized, would leave u
democracy's last stronghold. '
Do we complain now the burden of
taxation ? Do we grieve no w to sec
a million or two of our youn men
taken for the democratic armies? D'
we long for peace and rest, and sur
cease ?
Who is there with imagination so
dull that he cannot foresee the tre
mendous struggle, not only for su
premacy but for our freedom and
security, that would then confront
us?
There would be no hope of peace.
There would be no promise of secu
lity. There would be no salvation
but in military and naval prepared
ness to the limit of our strength.
There would be taxes and taxes an
"yet more taxes. There would be a
whole nation hurried into arms an '
kept in aims-, in anticipation of a
dread tomorrow. Fear and hardship
and misery, marshaled by Mars,
would ride the world perhaps for gen
erations, until-Armageddon, with all
its alarming possibilities, was at
hand.
Are there men and women in Amer
ica longing for this fate for our coun
try a:;! for the world?
Is it this they wou'd prefer to the
putting forward of the maximum ef
fort now, when there are friends an:'
fellow democrat:- yet est long to assist
us, brave and resolute stiil but reel
ing under heavy blows, fighting ths
battles that are also our battles, and
for a victory and peace and secuiity
that, if won, will be ours as well?
If we win now it is democracy that
wins; wins when the chances are best
and when tho cost to us, howcvci
staggering, will be least. If we win
now, autocracy and despotism an;
dynamic greed are done for. .n
when they go down the greatest dan
ger to the peace of tlie world v.;1
have been removed. Then it is we
may hope for disarmament, for ;
mitigation of taxes, for a restorutio
of happiness and security in thf
world. Then it is we may expe.
that democracy, having proved itseif.
will proceed to putif.itself, to make
itself truly worthy its lofty mission,
and to establish, in truth as well as
in theory, justice and equity among
the peonies that live under it.
Victory for the United States am'
the Allies will lead the world toward
the light. Victory for the kaiser's
junker government will lead it buck
into the darkness whence, with such
infinite travail, it had only recently
emerged. This is the plain outstand
ing truth of the situation, and it is
only the monomanical blind man who
cannot see it. World-Herald.
TIIE CALL TO THE COLORS.
The greatest lottery in the world's
history has just closed a lottery that
offers as prizes an opportunity te
serve instead of mere money or in
animate things. In. this lottery -the
government of these United States
selected from ten miilion available
young men 050,000 to rally to the
colors "and fight in defense of the
republic. It is an honor to be called
upon for such a namnceqt seyvic.
It is the f-irost and most democratic
method ever devised of securing an
r.rmy to defend the nation. The son
of the multi-millionaire is drawn
alongside the son of the day laborer.)
The skilled mechanic, the farmer, the
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day h'.boi er, thj ck-rl:, the employer,
ihe ;;cc').:nt:.r.t all meet ujo;i the
vomrnon level of .vjldiers of the re-
iu,):c. The !oafe- ;.n I the neer-d-v.ei!
are 'nro::ght up tanc!:i.T v.::
made to di their bit alon.7.-iie the
alcit, t.:e indr.iH ious and K:ie in-
e!i
ict-.it.
Mote ih;:n v. hnlf-niillicn t.T Aracr-'.ct-.'y.
best a.i soon to bo enlisted in
the army of the gnUv: t republic
the sun ever sht'.nc i-pon. L will !:;
the finer t a: my of its size in the
won, i s History v. Uom a very fc'
months, for the S!.",, rcaron that
wlih Anv; lean ;!iertjv.-t- yr.d Amer
i.'i'.'i i'-te ii-reov v.'vi America u dc
mocrac;., these men wiU quickly ile
yelop into j-ohiiers of the hi'vh.vt
type. Theirs is a ncble duly, and it
-xUl be nobly aecoirplishvc!. A na
tion with higher ideals was never or
ganized a.rl therefore no nation de
serves more ti e sacrifices of those
who enjoy its bie-jin jts. It should
be the privilege r.s well as the glory
of every young man drafted to ren
der this supreme service.
Ar. i now thai v.e i'.re p; cp.'n i'v
for tlie fori! act i" the wotM".-. grr-L-est
drama w ean lor;k br.ck over tl;c
recent years an 1 roa!i.o tho folly of
lcvrn.c: listened to the paci-isis r.n I
the dreamers, instead of listening to
iwl-blooued men who interpret the
future by the actualities of the past
Had this nation been prepared to de
fend its honor; hail it been know:;
to all the world that the United
Sfatc.i of America, loving pence wit?
honor, but ready to fight to the last
drop in defense of its honor, the his
tory of the last three years would
have been vastly different and fewer
of its pages written in the blood of
men and women.
All honor to the splendid young
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Wmsmm Bin
HELP OUR COUNTRY
&WiD A FOOD SHORTAGE!
On our Lines West, in Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming and Mouta.n:',
there are thousands of acres of prairie lands that should be cultivated. If
you want to
BUY I will post you on correct prices.
RENT I will help you to get best terms.
HOMESTEAD I'll tell you where best selections are..
My services are free to you. I)rep me a postal card for any of the fed-
o w i n g i i ce 1 1 te ra t u r e.
' There's a Farm for You' in Colorado."
"Go to Southwestern Nebraska."
"Cheyenne County, Nebraska."
"Dov Rutte County, Nebraska."
"The Wheatland Colony," (Wyoming).
"The Noth Platte Valley." (Nebr.-Wvo.)
, "The Big Horn Basin." (Wyoming)."
"Free Government Lands" (Wyoming).
Tell me
nee, and I'll
Mam
S. B. HOWARD,
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th c ;t"iTfcur. ccwptiT, ttvYe5-K r
men who are called npon for this
great service. The prayers of a na
tion, as well as the tears of a mi!-ii'-n
mothers, v. ill go with them.
York Democrat.
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2r,r,2 SURGiCVL IIUESS1NGS
I ROM PL.VrrSMOUTII
Yesterday our local surgical dress
ings committee- :-hipped three fine
boxes of dressings to be distributed
in the different hospitals abroad.
J More than ever is the rcqu-jst for
dressings urged. Our own boys are
now at the front in great numbers,
strong and ready to see it through.
We must now make quantities of ad
ditional dressings for them. 'I he
boxes sent to Xew York yesterday
contained the following dressings:
2,000 gatsre confesses.
"Go fb.nne! boots.
1 -I ' mu:-li:i pad.-.
O) rbsoibe.nt pads.
2-. Knitted
.a!:s.
-4 pairs knitted hospiial socks.,
making in all2.."."2 article?. Let ev
ery woman "do her bit'' in this great
work.
Flies Never I!rther.
! In I he srmrnc-r flirj uoirv ;ui at::-
man. Cet :i bottle of Fains' Healing
Remedy cos!? buC f!V makes n pint
worth $2.0. Apply it to tho wound.
Flies will not bother it. Get it today.
You may need ii tomorrow. We re II it.
II. 'I. Soennichsen, F:.!- & Cansemer.
Rev. Will H. Cl'.pnell, of Cuthrie,
OMa., who was a visitor in the city
as . erecst, at the home of Mrs. J.
Stenr.er over Sunday, departed for
Linc-'ii this mornirg, where he will
look after some business matters. Rev.
Chappe'.l is tho missionary of the
Raptist Missionary society f"r Okla
homa. Gcorgi' Smith, from near Rock
Rluffs. was a business visitor in
ria tt. mouth this afternton, where h
wnsti attracting business with our
i merchants.
what yeu want, the kind of land yo-i
find it for you.
Immigration Agent C. 8. &',Q. R. R.
Farnam St., Omaha, Neb.