MOlfDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1918.
PAGE FOUR.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
tZbz plattsmouth 'Journal
PIBU.1HKD IEMI-WEEKLT AT PLA1TSMOUTH, NEBRASKA,
CtrS at Totofflce at Plattsmouth. Nb.. a scoad-clasa mall matter.
R. A. BATES, Publisher
VCUIFTIO!t PRICKi
Spring is comin;
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Did you get a valentine?
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It will take some coaxing.
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Everybody that is anybody, belongs
to the lied Cross.
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Prccedent is a convenient peg to
liang incompetency on.
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Headline: "All Women Kin in
War." And they not only kin, but
do.
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Austria is again reminded that
"while the light holds out to burn
the vilest sinner may return".
1'rol-ably it is pretty hard for the
young men to look wise in a country
where shell-rimmed spectacles have
not been introduced.
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Anway the German militarists
will never atain be abl.' to frighten
the German people into giving them
a g ;n by pointing to the "Slav poril.
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Win n a man says lie had a hell of j
a time, and a woman says she had a
heavenly time, the hostess will un
derstand that they both mean the
same thing.
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Senator Thompson of Kansas, who
announces that he will rrn for re
election, like Senator Norris. of this
state doesn't seem to realize that the
puhi5c doesn't care much for a joke
after eervone know.-, it.
So!:-e peopie are entirely too quick
to take items in thtir column as per
sonal to themselves, when nothing
of the kind was ever thought of.
When the editor wants to be person
al he is not too cowardly to speak
out in meeting."
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When paper clothing conies into
vogue, the great trouble will be in
rainy weather. Perhaps one should
1-ein saving Jiis highbrow maga
zines now to be made into suits lat
er. Many of them are dry enough to
be waterproof.
Some of the preachers in the Ok
lahoma oil and mining fields have in
vested wisely, and have become mil
lior.airs. And now probably ' are
realising the ambitious they faster
ed when they were novices;, and
have fried chicken every day the
year round.
"We could not sign a peace,"
Trot.ky's, proclamation rays, "bring
ing sadness and oppression to mil
lions of workers and we cannot and
will not continue a war begun bv
the czar's capitalists," Especially
they could not and would not con
tinue the war.
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That recent letter of the Nebrask
council i defense to the officers of
t lie non-partisan league loses none of
its force from the fact that the ra
tional president ajiu Fecretary of the
organization are named in warrants
issii"i m .Minnesota to answer a
charge of conspiracy to discourage
enlistment in the army and navy.
Minnesota is the state in which the
national convention was held to ap-
piuuu j;oio nun. it is a serious
charge and the public will await the
proof with considerable interest.
Lincoln Star.
How's This ?
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for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine.
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fie Mucous ewrfttcec. exne'.'.tn? the Pol.
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TE TEAK I IDfANCU
George Washington's birthday next
one week from Friday.
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The poor censor is to be pitied. He
never knows where lie is at.
Suffragists are having a hard time
to get through the U. S. Senate.
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Easy to buy, convenient to handle,
no red tape get a War" Savings
Stamp today.
One of Plattsmouth's young lady's
beau has gone to war and now she
calls the cozy corner in the front
room at her home "No Man's Land."
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One of the best ways to hammer
the enemy is to hammer rivets in the
ships the government is building to
carry our armies to France and feed
our allies.
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We never have been able to make
up our mind whether it does any
good to call for "chief operator" after
we've had trouble getting our tele
phone number.
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Don't kill your hens, the food
manager says. it is a nnaoie oi-
fense, and you have to pay in an
amount more than all the chickens
on vour farm are worth.
About half the time only does "Old
Sol" let his smiling countenance
beam upon us. lie will perhaps
nn.ke up for this next summer when
we don't need his rays for comfort.
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What the Milwaukee police de
scribe as "a fake counterfeiting ma
chine" has turned out to be a power
ful wireless outfit in the hands of an
enemy spy. it s a dangerous time
for spies to lurk when the police be
gin guessing wildly.
So many Americans have learned
what is said to be the correct pro
nunciation of "liolsheviki" that no
body will be surprised to hear of
another revolution and a new gov
ernment to be learned in Russia al
most anv time now.
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Replying to Senator Hitchcock's
speech assailing the conduct of the
war, Senator Williams of Mississippi
turned to his Nebraska colleague and
said: "What do you know about run
ning this war? You know less than
I do, and 1 know nothing."
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The military party in Germany ap
parently wishes it distinctly under
stood that the only reason it will
listen to is the reason that accom
panies a smashing military defeat for
the Central Towers. It is the one
business of the United States to help
furnish this reason at the earliest
possible date.
The Columbus Telegram, Lieuten
ant Governor Howard's paper, speaks
our sentiments almost to a dot:
"Senator Hitchcock is either wholly
right or wholly wrong in the violent
attack he has made upon President
Wilson and his administration. He
has made some very serious charges
If those charges are true, then the
truth might justify him in making
them. If they are not true, then no
punishment can be too severe to fit
the crime of making them."
A young school ma'am teaching in
this vicinity received a package the
other day from her mother con
taining a union suit. The mother
used a shipping tag of an Omaha
hide and fur company on which to
write her daughter's address. She
forgot to erase the hide company's
address and the package went to
them first. Upon opening the pack
age they discovered the mistake and
the real destination. The package
was remailed with this message on a
card inside: "Don't-send us your un
derwear. Send us your hides."
GERMANY'S DEPLETED ARMIES.
The statement reputed to have
been made in the Bavarian Diet that
the .German soldier dead now number
1,500,000 is probably correct. The
imperial government ceased publish
ing the casualty lists at the end of
last June. They were then behind
the facts to some extent, but at that
time they had counted up 1,105,760
dead, with 592,000 missing and aboutH
3,000,000 wounded. It is thus with
in conservative bounds, that the
death-list has now reached 1,500,000
and as well that number of those
permanently incapacitated is of an
equal number, as is also reported
from from Zurich to have been stat
ed in the Bavarian legislature.
Germany, since the war began,
has never had more than 7,000,000
men to spare for the fighting-lines.
This is a war of munition and other
essential workers as well as a Avar of
soldiers, and Germany's "classes" of
recruits yearly emerging from youth
in the number of 600,000 or so can
not all or in most part have been
available for the front; and there
has been the further offset of aging
veterans retired from the ranks to
productive industry as the war goes
on. .
These figures of permanent losses
tend to confirm the current esti
mates of no more than 2,000,000
Germans on the western front after
the Russian front has been combed
of its best effectives, and this must
be close to Germany's maximum
possible power on the western front.
It is already outnumbered by the
allied forces, and this preponderance
cf power is increasing right along.
New York World.
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HOW TIRED IS AUSTRIA?
In his address of Monday Presi
dent Wilson tells the people of Aus
tria that the peace terms proposed
by their Count Czernin are generally
in accord with those favored by the
allies, and that a pursuance of their
proposals may very easily lead to a
peace with the allies. At the same
time he tells the liberal el&ments
n both Austria and Germany that
the peace terms of the German prime
minister, von Hertling, arc out of
accord with the terms of the allies.
destructive of democracy and utterly
m possible.
The address is a thinly veiled
nvitation to the Austrian govern
ment to enter into negotiations for
a peace independent of Germany's
cotrse if the junker party in Ger
many continues to hold the reins in
diplomatic negotiations. It also offers
proof to the liberal elements in Ger
many that the uniteu states seeKs
no advantage for itself. That it
wants nothing for this country and
people that it is not willing every
other country aud people shall have
and enjoy.
Just now, perhaps, it is too much
to hope that this assurance from the
president will stimulate the war-
weary Austrians to a pursuance of
the plain invitation. However, it is
good material for the Austrians and
liberal Germans to think over.
Meantime the war activities of this
country will go on without abate
ment. They must go on. for democ
racy must win this war sooner or
later. It cannot give no until the
future peace of the world shall have
been secured. Germany's peace with
Russia, if it has been really effected,
simply make more imperative, while
somewhat greater, the task to be per
formed. Lincoln Star.
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REORGANIZING AFTER THE WAR
Lord Northcliffc has called atten
tion impressively to the fact that this
will be a changed world after the
war and that the day of huge for
tunes is likely to be over. Much
that has happened since ho was in
Kansas City has added significance to
what ho said. In England there has
been a steady growth of the power of
the labor party, accompanied by the
formulating of a radical platform.
In France and Italy similar move
ments have been in progress. In
i Russia the Bolshevist government
lias gone the limit ill r;wliel nvnnri-
111PI1 1 n t ion with tl:n DPrmnniln rmimln.
! tions of society. In every country n
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new challenge has arisen. In pre-
vious wars the army has represented
a small part of the population and
industry has gone on as befrre. In
this war the entire resources of the
nations has been mobilized. Under
the resulting stress the question has
been put to the workers: "Is this
country and its social order worth
fighting for?"
The question may sound cold
blooded. But it has been constantly
present. So powerfully has it affect
ed the national morale that it has
forced itself on the attention of ev
ery government. Men who have
profited conspicuously with the old
regime have wondered whether it
was not imperative to bring the war
to a close before the foundations of
social order weer overturned.
Certainly with the coming of peace
every country will be confronted
with demands for social reorganiza
tion that will secure for every human
being a more nearly equal opportun
ity to develop and share in the gains
that civilization has accumulated.
Even in America it is apparent that
there is an element in the popula
tion that has had such defective early
training and consequently has been
so handicapped in the struggle for
existence that it is oat of harmony
with the national aims and ideals.
There are warped and dwarfed and
blunted men who have to be dealt
with for the present by repression.
But their existence is an index of
the defects of the social order.
The United States as well as other
nations will be called on to see to it
that such derelicts do not develop.
A whole set of social problems will
have to be dealt with in this coun
try. There will be programs of so
cial and industrial insurance to con
sider; scales of minimum wages, the
protection of women in industry and
the exclusion of children, the more
efficient use of education, the im
proving of the public health, the
problem of decent housing, the safe
guarding of society from the multi
plying of the feeble minded, humane
dealing with those naturally incom
petent to sustain themselves in the
struggle for existence, and a general
revision of features of the indus
trial system to obtain more efficient
distribution and to do away with the
tribute levied by special privilege.
These are matters which will ab-
sob the statesmanship of all nations
in the adjustments tLat must come
in the period of taking stock that
peace will bring. K. C. Star.
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MUST BE A WORLD SETTLEMENT.
The German and Bolshevist nego
tiators who have arranged things so
satisfactorily to themselves may re
gard the settlement they have af
fected as final. The Russians quit
fighting and go home and the Ger
mans take what they want and keep
it.
But world democracy happens to
be a party to this war and the
settlements that will follow it. De
mocracy went into the Avar to pre
vent the A-ery thing they are at
tempting to do. The question is not
one between Russia and Germany
and cannot be settled by them. It is
between world democracy and Ger
many. The nations lighting lor a
peace of justice which shall insure
stability to the new order they are
determined to build on the ruins of
the old cannot permit German mili
tarism, with, or without the consent
of Russian pacifists, to seize terri
tory containing a population of per
haps 20 million people as a spoil of
war. It makes no difference that
that territory is in Russia instead of
in France or Belgium. It makes no
difference that Russia is indifferent
to the seizure. It would make no
difference even if the people of the
seized provinces thus handed over
like chattels consented to it. In
any case it is in direct, contravention
of tho principles for which the Avar
is being fought and must not be per
mitted. Russia in arms was democracy's
ally; Russia in anarchy and refus
ing to defend her own lands and peo
ple must be democracy's Avard, must
bo protected against her enemies and
1 u-ilucf Wruolf Wn rail this a world
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I 1, Imnoiicn nP tho
uuuiber of nations engaged, but the
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principles at stake in it are world
wide, not merely national or racial
The settlement when It comes must
be a world settlement, not a series
of agreements between separate bel
ligerents containing the Hceda of a
new war for time to ripen. K. C
Star.
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THE COUNTRY WANTS RESULTS
The fact that the president and
the secretary of war now realize
tho need of reform In the war or
ganization of the country is the best
possible answer to the diatribes hurl
ed by Senator John. Sharp Williams,
Representative Carter (j:ass and oth
ers at the heads of those senators
who have had the temerity to call
attention to shortcomings which
should bo guarded against.
Now that there is agreement on
essentials between the executive
branch of the government and those
in the legislatiA-e branch who have
criticised, there ought to be an end
to controversy, and, especially, to
mud slinging.
It is apparent that the Chamber
lain bills Avill not be enacted into
law in their present shape. It must
be apparent also that the Overman
bi!!, Avith its blanket transfer of
power from congress to the presi
dent, Avill not pass in the form in
Avhich it Avas presented. Even the
World, Avhich tries as hard as any
Avell regulated organ could to folMw
the administration wishes, shies at
that.
Assuming good faith all around,
the situation resolves itself into one
revealing all elements striving for
the same end. All are desirous of
seeing the Avar organization of the
country changed in any way that
ma- be necessary to assure the max
imum amount of efficiency.
That being the case there is no
good reason why all should not get
together. Neither pride of place
nor concern for power should be
permitted to stand in the Avay of
their getting together. New York
Herald.
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MAKING EVERY MAN
BEAR HIS SHARE
Idaho has accepted as good the
plan adopted by one eastern state
West Virginia, as it is remembered
and the Idaho council of defense
has appealed to the people of that
state to see that the loafers and
idlers, rich and poor, are embarked
in some useful employment to help
the nation in its crisis.
This plea of the council of defense
is based upon the Avise theory that
Avhen the nation is at Avar, no man's
time is his own; that be owes some
thing to his neighbors and his coun
try, and that the least he can do is
to lend a hand in the production of
the things his country needs.
Men who keep at Avork are always
the best citizens. There is aptness
in the maxim that Satan finds some
mischief still for idle hands to do.
The hobo is never nasty nice about
law observance. All of the hoboes
are not bumming in box cars. There
are some in every town, men Avhd
eke out a living in ways which their
neighbors cannot discern or guess.
Some of the loudest opponents of
labor regulations are men who labor
chiefly with their mouths, notably
the I. W. W. Put to Avork, they
would be as restive as a fly in the
milk pitcher.
Someone has said that it is not
what one gets out of life, huh Avhat
he puts into it, that measures a
man's usefulness. Man avh3 created
if for anything, for service, and if
that be logical, then it must follow
that service must be mutual and uni
versal or manhood is in some measure
Avasted.
War time is a good time to make
application of a principle that no
man is doing his duty to himself and
to mankind who does not Avork al
ways for human betterment, and no
loafer is a benefit to mankind.
Lincoln Star.
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Chamberlain's Tablets.
Those Tablets are intended es
pecially for disorders of the stomach,
liver and bowels. If 3-ou are troub
led with heartburn, indigestion or
constipation they Avill do you good.
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BY THEIR RIGHT NAMES.
The Progress Avill be a free lance
to the individual who dares to show
any symptoms of kaiserism in this
locality. We are getting mighty
provoked and disgusted Avith their
excuses at this sanctum. Are these
individuals who are claiming loyalty
to Uncle Sam truthful when they dis
continue their home paper and break
their neck to get their foreign
language paper? No, not by any
means. Hasten the day when they
can get nothing to read but English
papers. Polk Progress.
COMING PUBLIC SALES.
Dates of of Col. W. R. Young for the
Month ot February.
Tuesday, 19th F. Rambout, Wy
oming.
"Wednesday, 20th Airs. Joe Sans,
MurraA
Thursday, 21st J. R. Vallery,
Mynard. . -
Friday, 2 2d J. W. Marshall,
Plattsmouth.
Monday, 25th Charley Creamer,
Plattsmouth.
Tuesday 26th W. 11. Hell. Cedar
Creek.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 27,
2S and 2S at Grant, Neb.
FARMS FOR SALE
acres, all in cultivation, 2 V2
miles south of Plattsmouth. Might
take some trade. Will make good
terms.
46' acres adjoining the city on
the north. All under cultivation, no
improvements.
10 V2 acres in the city limits, im
proved. Good terms can be given on all of
the aboA'e lands.
CLYDE II. FULLER.
Phone U40-W or No. 11.
The New Government-Irrigated Farms
in the Big Horn Basin, Near Deaver,
Wyoming, are Going Very Radidly!
Only a few good farms of the Heaver Unit are left. If you act
quickly, you can get hold of one of these for a 1918 crop that will
bring you the highest possible prices.
Excellent Government water right with with all ready for you.
Jt is merely up to you to take hold and get under way. The Big 1 Jont
Ilasin is established: it is on its way towards a rich commonwealth,
with a solid basis of oil. irrigation, alfalfa, live stock and sugar
beet industries. Our advertising matter will show you that wc
foretold all litis over ten years ayo. Gmernment-irrigatcd farms
around Powell, nearby, are selling at over $200 an acre.
Wkstkr.v Nkukaska and Eastkrn Colorado Lands: These
are being sold out from large holdings alongside Burlington maia
lines. This process is going on steadilv through the year. 'Yhov
are excellent for dairying, wheat
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Plattsmouth People Are Doing All
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Plattsmouth testimon- has been
published to prove the merit of
Doan's Kidney Pills to others in
Plattsmouth avIio suffer from bad
backs and kidney ills. Lest any suf
ferer doubt this evidence of merit, Ave
produce confirmed proof statements
from Plattsmouth people who again
endorse Doan's Kidney Pills con
firm their former testimony. Here's
a Plattsmouth case:
Jonathan Hatt, general storekeep
er, 414 Main St., says: "I got Doan's
Kidney Pills from Edward Rynott &
Co.'s Drug Store and I consider them
a most effective medicine for back
ache and other kidney ailments.
Doan's have proven their Aalue to me
for sue htroubles."
The above statement was given
April 10, 1912 and on February 22,
1016, Mr. Hatt said: "Doan's Kidney
Pills are surely all right and Avhat I
said in my former endorsement holds
good. When my kidneys cause me
any trouble, Doan's soon put me
right."
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get Doan's Kidney Pills the same
that Mr. Hatt has twice publicly
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SOCIAL DANCE.
at the
PULS & GAXSEMER HALL
February 20th
Music by the Desdundes Col
ored Orchestra of Omaha.
Given By
MURRAY DANCING CLUB
You know the &ood time
that will be in store for you,
so do not fail to come.
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larmmg ami are the best lands of iheir kind
in the West, ecu re my services: they are free.
S. 3. HOWARD, Immigration Agent, C. B. & Q. By.,
1004 Farnain Street, Omaha, Nebraska.
