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PLATTSMOTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1918.
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Next draft Feb. 15.
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Don't forget the day and date.
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The old year went out quietly. The
Lord knows it had nothing to make a
noise about.
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The. plan is mutual because while
aiding Uncle Sam you are acquiring
profits yourself.
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The czar can reflect happily that
his government of Russia had noth
ing on that of the bolshevikis.
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We arc willing to admit that the
cold wave that swept over this coun
try last week was one of the- sever
est in many years.
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Hilly Sunday will rail foul of Dr.
Garfield if he doesn't quit advising
people to brighten the corners where
they are. It can't be don without
ecal.
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It is said, "When the days begin
to lengthen the coal bo.'i': to!
strengtheu". But cannot
any difference in the coal
tion, except the price.
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perceive
proposi
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As we gather from its comment on
Lloyd George's spech, Vorwaerts is
eager to change the form of govern-
ment in Germany, but it Siu'es to
have the sMggestion come fro-ri out
side. v
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The Russian embassy at Washing
ton says the president's address in
Congress will deeply touch the Rus
sian people. We hope it will more
than touch them we hepe it will
touch them off.
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A few disappointments in the mat
ter of peace terms now will be good
training for the Kaiser who will en
counter a lot more disappointments
when his own people begin negotia
tions with him.
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American private soldiers need not
bo discouraged at not being allowed
to ride in first class railway cars in
England. After this war is over,
they will be so popular they can ride
in the locomotive cab if they want
to.
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The past week mn have been
tough on the country editor who had
to run his paper off on a Washington
hand press. But then coal oil is
cheap as ink and that is what we
used to mix the ink with forty years
ago and it worked like a charm.
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The many friends cf Erneti M.
Pollard in Nebraska are pushing
him for governor on the republican
ticket. He is a Cass county man and
served three terms in congress. A
man who can do this from the 1st dis
trict is plenty able to hold down the
governor's position just as long as
the people want him to.
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A single man is exempt from pay
ment of income tax as long a-5 hia in
come does not exceed ?.'..,JU0 per
annum. A married man is exempt
to the tune of ?2,000. Jn.-t now it
i:s not contended that two c.ui live
cheaper than one. But it will be
generally admitted that two at $2.
I'tjfj can live better than one on $!,
000. If the income tax proiroi.es
matrimony, it will again have prov
en the fairest and best tax that can
be devised.
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How do you like the winter so far.
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We are ready for harbingers of
soring..
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He's a wise man who knows these
days that neither side of his bread is
buttered.
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A little sugar uow and then
Is hoarded by the
jrocerynien.
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Turning over a new leaf ir.'t exer
cising enough to keep one in shape
for a whole year.
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An agriculturist tells ue that ap
ples can be grown in Palestine. They
were grown there once, and look
what happened!
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It is weather like tliis that the
news reader can understand if he
tries, why rapid progress is not made
oh the war fronts in the winter.
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Teace always Is negotiated on the
installment plan a term down and
a term a week. The difficulty usual-
ly is in deciding the term to pay
uown.
J A trainload of money was discover-
ed the other day on a railroad siding,
where it had lain neglected for three
weeks. The railroad people must
have thought it was coal.
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There may be a special or extra
session of the legislature next spring
if the governor becomes convinced
that it is positively necessary, in
order to carry out his desire.
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When airplanes begin disputing
the right of way with wireless tele
graph towers, it is time to begin
lobbying for higher rates in order to
lay double track systems in the
sky.
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We are not the only ones that are
enjoying "real" winter weather.
They are getting their thare of it in
the extreme east and south, and we
know what it is in the west and
north.
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Even the Russian mind will In
time grasp the futility of trusting
Prussian promises. "When that time
arrives Russia will "come back."
And right now it appears that Rus
sia is coming.
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That little old flag with forty
eight stars and thirteen stripes of
alternate white and red will never
look prettier than when it is float
ing over the palace of Kaiser Wil
helm in Berlin.
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You are no longer able to take a
drink and treat a friend. But for
the price of two drinks you used to
buy you can buy a "thrift stamp"
and there isn't a headache in a mil
lion of them.
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"What America needs in this crisis
is a few more George Deweyf? . and
Richmond Hobsons," asserts the
SpringScld Republican. To thrill the
hearts of both the men at tliy front
and the girls at home, we assume.
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Seme men and women are strange
ly alike in their patriotism. The
men are willing to help their coun
try providing they can stay at home
and do it. And the women who can
do the most good by staying at home
want to shoulder guns and march to
the front.
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Soldicrs are compensate. as fol
lows: If you have neither wife and
no child, $30 per month, if you have
wife but no child, $45; wife and one
child, $55; wife and two children,
?C5; wife ami three children or
more $75. If you huvo.no wife but
one child living, $40. If you have
a widowed mother dependent upon
you for support, there Is $10 addi
tional monthly pay as stated above.
PBS TEH
' WRITE TO YOUR BOY IN FRANCE,
If some cf the mothers and fathers
could see the disappointed look on
their boy's face when the mail is
! given out in France hear him say,
"Another mail and no letter from
home; I would rather have one letter
from homo than one from each of the
friends I know" I think they would
not rest at night until they had a
letter ready for the post for that
:boy, and be sure that he got one at
ist every other post, once or twice
a week. I wonder if they know
they are depending on them for love.
A boy expects it, at least from hi3
own peoplo, and j'ou may be sure if
he does not get it in letters from
home, in most cases he gets none.
Can you picture a young boy ready
to go in the line and just before ho
goes the mail is given out, as is the
case sometimes when it just happens
along before we leave our billet, he
fails to get a letter and remarks:
"No letter last time," or "None thin
time, and I am going in the line,"
and you see a tear fall. I have seen
this happen. Charles II. Carson in
Association Men.
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"GERMAN EMPEROR."
In his book on his experiences in
Germany, Ambassador Gerard rc-
marks that his commission as am
bassador accredited him to "Ger
many," a nation that had no exist
ence. He should have been accredit
ed to the "German Empire," Deut
sches Reich. Readers of Bismarck'::
memoirs will recall his discussion of
the title of the emperor when the
empire was proclaimed in the Franco-Prussian
war. Objections were
raised to "emperor of Germany, and
the title finally agreed on was "Ger
man emperor."
In the title finally adopted con
cession was made to the local pride
of the rulers of the smaller German
slates, who felt they would be less
subordinated if the head of the state
were regarded as German emperor
than if he were proclaimed emperor
of their country.
Apparently their expectations did
not work out. The German emperor
has wielded all the authority an em
peror of Germany could possibly
have assumed. For this authority
he has claimed divine approval. The
war is likely to do some revising in
the substance, if not in the name of
things. The Allies are not par
ticular about names. They are, how
ever, suggesting rather pointedly
that a German Reichstag, represent
ing the people, could get peace quite
a bit sooner than a German emperor
claiming to rule by divine right.
K. C. Star.
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GET READY.
The people of America should be
getting their nerves ready for the
mobt serious shocks since the day3
of the civil war. All the signs in
dicate the Prussian war machine is
planning to strike the hardest blow
in the history of all wars. The
blow will fall on the western front,
right where two hundred thousand
American boys will be in the fight.
This mighty battle may end in a
temporary victory for the Prussian
war machine, or it may be bloodily
repulsed by the combined armies of
America, England and. France. But
no matter who shall win the battle,
the slaughter will be awful. Thou
sands of men will die. Many thous
ands of the dead may wear the bless
ed uniform of our own republic.
Fathers are hoping, and mothers are
praying that the peace proposals re
cently made by the United States
maj- bring about a parley, ending in
ultimate peace before the plans for
the great battle on the western
front shall begin. But begin it must
unless peace shall come at once, and
the American people must prepare
themselves to receive tho intelli
gence of the battle as heroically as
we know our men in uniform will
meet the foe. It is horrible to con
template the loss of our splendid
boys over the sea, but if the loss
shall come the best blessing it can
bring will be to cement our people
into one great brotherhood, with
one ambition, aud that the ultimate
overthrow of tho enemy, and the ul-
titoate Griping out of the great drag-
( on of militarism, which is the first
cause of every war between nations,
Columbus Telegram.
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NO MERCY FOR TREASON.
With all the expedition possible
Paul Henning, the torpedo factory
foreman, who has been accused of
treason, should be tried. If he is
. found guilty the higher courts
should facilitate the hearing of his
. appeal. If finally the verdict of
guilt stands the ultimate penalty
should be exacted without any delay.
For the crime with which Henning
is charged presents clearly and com
pactly the method imperial Germany
has used in waging war upon the
j United States before and after the
! actual declaration of hostilities,
: Henning, now facing a charge of
j treason, was brought into court for
j so tampering w ith torpedoes that
tn-,y would have destroyed American
! vessels and American lives, lie i
accused of practicing sabotage with
the intent to"" do murder on a vast
scale.
Mercy or mitigation for thai kind
of offense would ho a crime at;aiu:t
tlu.; brave men at whose lives the ploL
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15 .said to have been aimed. For tl.f
j....ke of (Il0 ,non cf t!lo American
u;lVy justice must be immediate :i:u!
unflinehi'itT. And while this ear-e i-b-.'ir.cr
d:nc:-cd of the virtiU'H
try who arc rumored to h.ivv moa-d
ground ghiLs; v. n -.1 poi.-on with l'. c!
noi-tlTied for t he !.::;ioi:al :ir::iy
ten me nt s i:;i;:ht a:.; will be t '.a "
up. Treason of this variety permit.;
just one form of punishment. The
lives of the soldiers and sailors can
not be needlessly exposed to diaboli
cal plotting.
The supply of ammunition in tin.:
country is said to be none too ;;rr-:t
and perhaps rope ends are not too
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that there is enough to provide plen
tifully for the needs of traitors would
be in season. Chicago Herald
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ONE STEP NEAItEH.
It is again as a leader and spokes
man of liberal and progressive
thought that President Wilson ha3
addressed Congress.
He has met, as Lloyd George met
last week, the reasonable and right
eous demand of the Russian people
that the nations at war with Ger
many should state definitely their
war aims and the terms on which
they would be ready to conclude
peace.
In a general way President Wilson
had stated those terms before. He
repeats them now, with greater pre
cision and particularity, and applies
them definitely to the man of the
world. Interest does not attach es
pecially to this part of the Presi
dent's discussion, since it covers
ground already familiar and covers
U, for the most part, In a familiar
way. As to the essential ends to be
accomplished the President stands
where he has stood since the begin
ning of the war, without yielding or
compromise.
Deep interest and great import
ance, however, attaches to his dis
cussion of the situation as it exists
between Germany and Russia. ?-!r.
Wilson attacks and finishes hand
somely a task too long deferred when
he sets us right with the Russian
people. He places us in tynipathy
and spirit sjuarely by their side. He
pays high tribute to the ideals the;
animate, them and to the loyality
aud simple-minded courage with
which they have stood by thoj'.'
ideals. Of that carping, 'jueruleu:',
'niympathetic crit:3i:--ni of them an I
tki'ir conduct 'with which we huvi.'
Ml r.rovn familiar tjierc i.; not a
I'-ugge-rHon in the President.': ; -dress.
Rather there i. t; vui;)at ,
understanding, failli and support.
There is the promise to uphold their
hands iu the fight for what is in law
and in morals rightfully thciis. In
stead of driving Rusaiu 1110 Ger
many's mailed arms President Wil
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confidence by proving that we de-
serve it. If, after what he has now
said, a misguided Russia should con
clude a separate peace with Germany
by a surrender to imperial aggres
sion it will be through no fault of
our own. And if Russia is encour
aged to stand to the end. and at
whatever cost, manfully for the right,
it will be thanks largely to the
frIendly and sympathetic attitude so
fuy revealed in the resident's ad-
dress.
Equally important, perhaps even
more important, is the President's
renewed appeal to German liberal
ism. He makes it clear that it is a
divided Germany which today con
fronts the world. On tiie one hand
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dictated the reiehctag's formula of
peace without annexations or in
demnities'. And on the other hand is
the junker element which, in the ne
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gotiations with Ttussia, betrays the i
relchstag's mandate hv demanding !
the right to impose
terms.
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not be far distant. L'ut the German
negotiators at Brert-I. i'.ov.-k spurned
the reiehstag forr.ulu and fiiFter.ee'
the whole Gorman empire to the
dead body of war cf v,-; r v.!i;I;
jiiuist continue as long as German
1 i . 1I1 idi isru
is permitted to veto t!a
expressed will of the pecp'e.
To the great commercial and in
dustrial interests of Germany,
hungry for peace and a restored place
iu the world, thi-J :ppeal, we may
well- believe, must come with telling
effect. And so it must come to the
masses of Germany, the plain peo
ple, the laborers, whose hunger fer
peace is even keener, just as Is the
hunger of the plain people the world
over.
And the President re-enforces the
appeal by clearing away any mis
understanding that may have existed
as to our purposes with respect to the
German constitution and the Ger
man government. We do not "pre
sume to suggest any alteration or
modification of her institutions." We
do not say that, as the price of peace,
she must become a democracy, or a
modified monarchy, or any sort cf
government other than what she is.
We must know only that when her
spokesmen come to us they .speak
with the voice cf the rcichstag, the
representative of the German people,
and not with the voice of the minor
ity military party. With su:;i
tpokesraen we can conclude a peace
of justice, a peace that will assure
Germany its full rights, its place in
the world, its free end unrestricted
share in the worli's commerce and
industry. '
In a. word, we are ready todey io
tireat for peace with Germany with
the terms laid down by its own par
liamentary body as a working J a; i.
It is tins that Xr. Wilson off.-rs
the Gernura people, and this assur
ance of our uiuielfh-di and democrat
attitude that be htdd o.it to th
Ku.-:::ian people.
When we consider the mi.-.i ra'ih;
state c f the world t irlay, " Grrm::.
:J with t ho re f. we i re entitled
to her e end believe that ?Ir. W:!-vn
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Rucia has spoken, Urltu.ni lias t.-pel-en,
the United States has spoken, es
sentially with one voice. It is the
voice, in effect, of the German rcich
stag as well. It is the vujct? of peace
with justice. It is now incumbent
on the German government the im
perialism that has dared to override
the rcichstag to r.nswer it.. If the
answer i:; defiant it means the as
sumption of uu indefensible position
that brazenly giveis the lie to every
thing Germany has heretofore pro
fessed. Such an answer would ruul-
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already gravely rrious. If, on the
ether hand, the answer is reason
able, then the .serious discussion of
peace terms will be under way, and
once such a discussion is entered up
01 there will be no turning back.
World-Herald.
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A VICTORY 0? PROPAGANDA.
The hideous etory of German plot
ting in Italy is of valid interest to
1very allied country. It should be
read as a revelation by certain
Americans who have unconsciously
kept alive the German opportunity
in this part of the world.
When Germany got ready for the
lescent upon Italy the ground had
been prepared. A division of pub
lic opinion had been created and
nourished by German agents in
Italy, and it was brought to its most
potent stage at the proper moment.
The Italian armies were overrun by
spies who managed to distribute
pamphlets and fake newspapers tell
ing of disasters among the Italian
people at home, the imminence of
revolution and the death of many
women and children at the hands of
the government.- During the Italian
retreat false orders were given and
compile panic was achieved at some
sections of the line. In'o this mass
of disheartened soldiers the German
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army dashed. It was not a military
victory; it was a propaganda victory.
In the United States the progress
of spy work has been less ea9y be
cause of the better means of ex
posing it. But in America, as in
Italy, the plotters have been able to
delay war work, destroy supplies
and poison the minds of some until
they are almost ready to accept tho
belief that German victory is the vlll
of God.
We have better facilities than Italy
for discovering and hanging spies and
silencing propagandists. Let us use
them before our tolerance has
wrought fiendish harm. New York
World.
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Mrs. Thomas H. Davis, Montgom
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her bladder and had doctored for
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