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VOL. XXXV. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 18. 1918. No. 78. TROOP MOVEMENT TALK IS WITHOUT ANY FOUNDATION RUMORS NEBRASKA ROYS SOON TO LEAVE BEMING ARE UNCONFIRMED. Conference of Military and Railway Officials Only in Usual Course. (V.r.ip Cody, Ikmir.g. N. M.. March I.". Keho? of reports cit dilating in Nebraska that troops of the state in training hero are soon to leave for Fram-e 'raw been received in Camp Cody with varying decrees of com- ii and Eond-ii.n tired ban tor. The reports, which w-rp founded oi an Kl Paso dispatch telling of a recent conference between o'hcials of the Southern Pacific railroad and Hit- Thirty-fourth division here, can not be con firmed at any reliable source of information. The conler ence itself was. of course, of a secret nature, and what transpired there is being hld in confidence. Ii is i.er-7ai-sible to say, however, that as i; the cae all over the country, move ments of troops from place to place are constantly going on. An understanding a? to the needs "f the Thirty-fourth division for moves of this nature in the future is. i.i course, of vital ittiportar.ee be tween railroads and military officials. That the conference should have )"en construed as indicating any thing more is regarded by officials l.-rc as ridiculous. In commenting on it. an officer said: "The Nebraska troops n:ay or may not be leaving soon. The truth of the matter is. I doubt if anyone i' er; c?rl!; tr.ov.?, buT if "e d id know it would certainly be a serious breach of the government's confi dence to even intimate it." DIES AT SANTA FE. NEW MEXICO. From Satmhiv's I tail v. Word was received here yesterday telling of the death of Thomas M. Julian, at Santa Fe. N'ew Mexico, where he was in a hospital receiving treatment for a stroke of paralysis, from which he suffered some two months since. Mr. Julian whom mo. t of Plattsmouth people know lived in thi city for many ycnrs. and v as a machinist by trade, was ."1 years oi age. Has been eniploed with the Santa Fe Railwaiii th.eir shops at Clovis. New Mexico, he havlnsr worked in the Burlington shops here. After the stroke he was until about three week since in a hospital at Topeka. Kansas, an:! had but recently been taken to Santa Fe. Tie leaves two sons and three daugh-t-r. the son? Ralph, is on the Pennsylvania in the T. S. Navy and at New York. Howard was at New Orleans, and was just at the time of the death of his father at home on a furlough. There was with him, also the youngest daughter Miss Tilda, while the other two, Mrs. C Lewis and Miss Nellie J. Julian are 'iving in Manley, Iowa. The message telling of the death of Mr. Julian said that they would start with the r. mains to Plattsmouth this morn i n g. VISITS OLD HOME HERE. From Saturday's Tui!y. Mrs. Arthur Neidet. of Murray, Iowa, arrived in Plattsmouth yester day to visit the cemetery here and ee the condition of the burying place of her father. Mr. J. E. Fogel song, who will be remembered as having worked for John Watersom in the lumber yard years ago. Mrs. Neidet, then Miss Ida Fogelsong. who has been away from here for over twenty years finds the town much changed, and said she saw but a few persons who were here when she lived here, and of the set of young people who she was formerly one, phe only met B. A. McElwain. Mrs. Neidet departed this morning for her home at Murray, Towa. " i Ul; YOUR CARD MAY BE AMONG THE BUNCH From Saturday's Daily. The District Board, are now work ing on the Cass county appeals, and on the questionnaires, which have been sent tip from this board, and have gotten out between seventy-five and one hundred, for which blanks will be sent out from the office of the local board here today. You may get one and again you may have to wait until later, but it is hoped they will all be out in a short time. PRESENT MEMBER WITH WATCH !''..m Saturday's l;ii!y. The Cosmopolitan club, at their rooms last evening held a reception and gave a banquet in honor of one of their members who is soon to depart for the service in the army, and a member of the Medical Corps, Mr. Robert Rebal. The feed was furnished by Fred Wagner, and the boys pronounced it as excellent. An excellent program was had, and Ym. Heinrich presided as the toastniaster. En elegant wrist watch was present ed to Mr. Rebal whose departure for Ft. Riley. Kansas will occur in a short time. REPUBLICANS NOMINATE TICKET From S;it u t ua y's Iiai'y. Last evening at the City Hail the Republicans in mass convention plac ed in nomination a ticket for the coming city election. The meeting was organized by the calling of the convention to order by O. C. Hud son, after which he was selected as temporary chairman and Nelson Jean as the secretary, which organization wa? made permanent. After reading the call for the con vention the business of the meeting was taken up. which was the nomi nation of a ticket, which resulted in the selection as follows: For Mayor, H. A. Schneider; For Treasurer. Will J. Streiirht: For Clerk. (Jeo. R. Sayles; For members of Board of Education. Dr. C. E. Marshall and Frank E. Schlater. For councilmen. 1st ward.- : 2nd ward. Frank F. Buttery. .Trd ward, C. E. Whitaker. th4 ward. . 5th ward. Robert Y. Harris. The central committees was organired by the selection of O. C. Hudson, chair man. Nelson Jean, secretary. 1st ward. J. V. Hatt. 2nd ward. Wm. Weber, .".rd ward. M. S. Briggs. 4th ward . ath ward. John R. Beeson. OMAHA WINS IN THE ORATORICL CONTEST I'viipi Sat ii r. la y's 'ai!y. Yesterday at the High school in the oratorical contest, which was staged between the debating team, from Omaha, consisting of Solomon Rosenblatt. Norman Kuhns. and Louis Frieberg. and the Plattsmouth team consisting of Robert Kroehler, Henry Herold jr.. and Raymond Cook, the decision went to the Omaha team. In the debate, the question was. Resolved that there should be compulsory military train ing in the High School, and the Omaha team, received the popular side of the question which wa.s the affirmative, while the Plattsmouth team had the negative or unpopular side. The Omaha team, was com posed of experienced debators. and were people who had had good train ing, while on the other hand a series of unlooked for circumstances had conspired to prevent the home boys, with their last of experience, there lack of training, and their number being partially sick, and otherwise out of joint. However they made a very worthy effort and elicied con siderable praise at their show of merit. RED CROSS ELECT OFFICERS From Saturday's Taily. The local Red Cross Chapter held a very interesting business meeting last evening, at the Red Cross rooms, at which time they elected officerr. for same, as follows: Mrs. Frank Dunbar. Chairman. Mrs. C. A.; Rosencrans. Vice Chair man. Miss Gussia Robb, Secretary. Miss Bernice Newell. Treasurer. Mrs. J. S. Livingston. Purchasing Agent. A line-up of the Operating com mittees will be given later. Also, the yearly report of the Red Cross Chap ter. FOR SALE. Light Eramah egg fors hatching 15 for $1.2.r. f0 for $3.50. 100 for $0.50. Mrs. John W. Stones, My r.ard. Neb. 3-1 l-3mosw Mrs. A. C. Davis departed this af ternoon for Omaha, where she is visiting with relatives for a few days. PRUSSIAN CIVIL POWER CLASHES WITH MILITARY PLAN OF GENERAL STAFF TO ANNEX RUSSIAN PROVINCES CAUSES TROUBLE. Kaiser. Hindenberg and Von Hertling Discuss Matter at Crown Council. Washington. D. C. March 1".- Serious differences between the Ger man civil government and the mili tary leaders over the plan of the general staff to annex the Russian Baltic provinces are reported in an official dispatch based upon German newspaper reports received here to day from France. The dispatch says: "A crown council at which were present Emperor William. Marshal Hindenburg, Count von Hertling and many notable personages has been held to deliberate upon various questions relative to the conclusion of peace with Russia, to the offer made the emperor of the ducal crown of Courland. and. finally to the affairs of Rumania and Finland. "It appears that serious differences have arisen between the majority of the reichstag and the government on one side and great headquarters on the other. 'These divergent views concern dynastic questions and the attaching to Germany of the four Russian Baltic provinces of Livona. Esthonia. Courland and Lithuania, as v.vll as the questions of the rectification of the frontiers of Poland. "The general staff, supported solu tion of all these problems in a man ner favorably to Germany. The civil government, w hich considers the present situation far from stable, prefers to temporiez." FORMER MINISTER VISITS PLATTSMOUTH From Saturday's Iaily. Rev. J. H. Salsbury. formerly pastor of the Presbyterian church of this city, but now located at Aurora, was a visitor in this city last evening and today. He returning to Omaha this afternoon where he will spend the Sunday. Rev. Salsbury was in Omaha for an operation of his nose, and after having been given his liberty come down to Plattsmouth to see his many friends. In speaking of a former Plattsmouth citizen. W. E. Copeland. who is now making hi" home at Aurora. Rev. Salsbury said he was getting along fine and pros pering. WERE ENTERTAINED. From Saturday's I.iily. The members of Intermediate So ciety of Christian Endeavor were very pleasantly entertained at the home of Miss Muriel Strcight on Thursday evening. The house was impressively decorated in Irish green outof deference to St. Patrick. The Irish talent of those present was brought into active service by games that called for a knowledge of Ire land Romance. A progressive game of stabbing peanuts created much merriment and dexterity on the part of the participants. To rebuild the lost energy used in the intense interest of the games the hostess served the guests with delic ious refreshments. Thus revived, a new outburst of youthful life was heard in singing all the popular songs found on the piano. As the time for leaving demanded to be heard each took his departure feeling grateful to the genial hostess for affording him an evening filled with such happy association and pleasant amusements. BRINGING IT CLOSE HOME From Saturday's laily. " Every day now brings the war closer home, and we are being male to realize that America is into the struggle with might and main. The cabled reports of the past week have brought encouraging news of the action of the Sammies our boys on the great battle fronts in France. Mingled with the pride we have shared at their valor have been tears of sorrow too, as word has corue of casualties close home. The Iowa troops in the Rainbow Division of the National Guard have been in ac tive service for some little time and .some have given their lives already in defense of Liberty. With this division are a number of Platts mouth boys, members of the Glen wood company. They are. we have no doubt, fighting like true soldiers, and standing through the thick and thin of engagement after engage ment uemonst rat ins to tie uncivi lized Huns of Kaiser Bill that we are on t lie map to remain after his dominion is gone and forgotten. Of the number to give up their I lives, is 'one Red Oak boy. while an other from Clariiuia lies in a base hospital back of t lie lines mortally wounded. Atlantic has furnished al ready two lives in the cause for which we stand, and beyond doubt there will be more to follow, for war is stern reality and fearful at best - -exactly what Sherman said it wrs. But we at home must be brave and patriotic and back our boys with all the support a nation can give to i?s fighting men. There will be aching, weary hearts and long, lonesome days for mothers whoe sons are "over there" an! some will not re turn, yet in all its fright fulness, th.' present is but a small thing compar ed with what might have been, but for America's patriots who are in the lrench.es to help stamp out the bete noire or' Ilohenzollerariism. BY WHAT AUTHORITY ? Finn! Sa ! i; : i.i v s 1 'a : v. In these days and :n this land, where freedom and liberty are the rights of everyone, people question. and rightlv too, the atuhoritv of a command made upon them. It is 'o this that Father Michael A. Shine writes a well-formulated art id'- on the "Go to Church" half page of ad vertisements in this i.SoUe of the Journal. Father Shine reasons that r.s God established His church upon the Apostles and gave "that" church the fullness of His own power and au- ority. men are bound to hear and ohev the teachings of the Church. And in the Catholic church there are we dare say fewer irregular at tendants of Sabbath day worship than any other. As reiterated in the article from the peu of Father 'Shine. the reason for this is that Catholics are taught from yoiith up of the authoritv commissioned upon the church, and so give heed to that authoritv as the command is giwn to observe the Sabbath day by at tending Divine worship. Whatever any one's personal opinion may be in the matter, it must be admitted that Catholics are, as a rule the most conscientious body of church attendants in existance. WILL MOVE FIRST Of WEEK i.m Satin l:tv's Mail v. The last finishing touches are be ing applied to the building to be oc cupied by the Ladies Toggery and the first of the week this establish ment will move from its present lo cation in the Riley hotel block to the new store room. The back pari of the building will house the clean ing and pressing paraphernalia of the Bnsch Tailoring company, out of which has grown the business in ladies wear. The new fixtures are not yet completed and cannot be shipped before the latter part of the month, but the concern has promise they will be forwarded promptly as soon as done. The new store room presents a very good appearance and is well lo cated. Upon the arrival and instal lation of the fixtures its appearance will be further added to and the ar rangement will be so made as to facilitate the handling and sale of goods in the most approved style BROUGHT HOME A NEW CAR. From Friilny's Iai'y. This morning Ray Hitchman. better known as 'Brownie' went to Omaha and returned at about noon with a touring car of the Ford va riety which goes to the George A. Dodge,. who recently purchased through the T. II. Pollock Auto Com pany.- PLATTSMOUTH FERRY OPEN. Remember the Plattsmouth Ferry will be open Monday, March ISth. Roads leading up to the Ferry, are in good condition. 16-dw "The Red Cross may brirg hlra , back to you." I GERMANS WILL GET BUT LITTLE FOOD FROM RUSSIANS NOT MUCH WHEAT IS AVAILABLE IN LAND OF THE SLAV AT THE PRESENT TIME Washington, March 15. Ger many's victories' in Russia will give her little economic benefit immedi ately, believe American officials fa miliar with the resources of the land of the Slavs. Not more than 10,000.000 bushels of grain is believed to be available now in eastern and southern Russia, but in October it is possible that from :'0.0)0.(io0 to 4O.O0n.000 bush els will be available from the new crop. Siberian dairy farms developed by German capital, will begin to supp'y in June the fats for which Germany admittedly has been suffering. In Rumania there was no grain to be bought in the open market, and limited quantises could be comman deered. MEET WITH MRS. CARL KUNSMAN r (re. Siitiinlav s li.iily. The D. of Ii. Drill Team Club met at the home of Mrs. Carl Kunsman Friday evening. Almost a full at tendance was present. After the reg ular business was disposed of the la dles voted to donate $10.00 to the Red Cross. $5.00 to the yarn fund and $5.00 to the Surgical Dressings. The rest of the evening was delight fully spent in social conversation, sewing and card playing. At a suit able hour the hostess served a de licious luncheon, which materially add'd to the pleasures cf the even ing. It was a late hour when the ladies dispersed, very much indebted to the hostess, as she was a most ex cellent entertainer. GETS INTO DITCH WITH CAR. V' em Saturday's Pailw Last evening as S. F. Andrews. who had just taken a load of people to Ft. Crook was returning home in the bad roads, the car got frcm un der control, and went into the ditch. with the result, that it was put out of commission and another car had to be sent to bring that one home. The damage done will amount to a neat sum. but the car will be all right again when repaired. ANOTHER LETTER FROM FRANCE Fr-.n: Thursday's Maily. Somewhere in France. February 10, ISIS. Dear Mamma and All. Today is Sunday and a long lone some day. so will try and write some letters. I received your letter of De cember 31, some two weeks ago. and the one of Dec. 24. that you and Papa both wrote, yesterday, so you see how irregular our mail come. I was sure glad to get them. We all like to get mail from home. If you could see us when the bugle blows mail call you would think so. You are always kicking about me not writing much and you never write more than three pages. I owe ev ery one a letter now, so will try and answer them today. I got a letter from Thor. He was back in Chicago on a visit, got one from Omar and received the $5.00 for the camera. American money sure looks good and every one in the company had to have a look at it. French paper money looks like some of our soap wrappers. The French sure are fine people and will do anything they can for us. Any of them will do our wahing for a couple of franks which amounts to 40 cents in our money. I am learning to talk a little of their language, am visiting with them this morning and am writing on a real table by a fire place. Every thing is old fashion over here and reminds me of stories I have read of olden times. The buildings are all made of stone and they say they are from eight to ten hundred years old We have only been in this camp one week. We hiked from the other place to here in two days, it was about 35 miles. My feet stood the trip fine. The first camp we were in. I was on military police duty for 18 davs. was on at Christmas time. The cooks sure fixed us up a fine dinner. We had fig pie and turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy and coffee. We all had a good time, but once in a while we would think about where we was last year and about the dinner that mothtr could make, was glad to hear that you and papa belonged to the Red Cross. Yes. I was remembered by them. I got a sweater, a pair of wool socks and a pair of gloves. Yes terday afternoon 1 tool; out $10. 000.00 of war risk insurance. If I get totally disabled I will draw $57.50 a month as long as I live and if I get picked off you will draw $57.50 a month for 20 years. It is a pretty good thing and after the war I can drop it or keep it up just as I please. I could have my policy, kept at Washington D. C. cr sent to you so I ordered it to be sent to you. but it will be quite a while before you get it. maybe a month. The al lotment I made to you was not made out right s-o it did not go. so I will make out another. An allotment is having so much of our pay sent home. I don't need all of mine over here, so I will have some of it sent to you to tak care of for me, so when I get back I will have enough to buy a new suit anyway. I got a letter from Wayne the other day. He seemed to be pretty well worked up. he said for me to hold out as long as I could and wait till company C got over here with their six-inch guns. He said that they would blow them all to . Well thi is all the news I can think of for this time. I think I will quit writing letters and mail cards from now on and if you don't hear from me as often as you think you ought, don't worrv and don't think that I have forgotten vou. With love, from. O. K. RALPH ALLEN. F. D. Logan. 1st Lieut. 16Sth Inf. MEETS WITH SERIOUS ACCIDENT From Saturday's Pnily. Henry Meierjurgen. residing near Murdock. met with a very serious ac cident yesterday afternon while ho was working around a corn sheller. In some manner 'the sleeve of his clothing got caught in the gear wheels of the machine, and he was pulled into the fast running machin ery with the result that his arm wis very seriously cut and torn, and he was internally injured by being thrown around several times with the revolving of the machinery. At an early hour this morning his con dition was considered quite serious. FOR SALE. 25 head of good young horses. Al' broke Can be seen at the Tom Til- son farm home. For particulars, see Vallery & Tilson. 2-lS-d&r Richard Wilkin one of the brick layers on the Pollock new garage departed for his home at Clenwood. going via Omaha, where he had some business to look after. Dennison's crepe paper at the Journal office. A REPORT ON NATIONAL BANKS The Comptroller of the Currency report? that National bank resources total $18,553,000,000 the greatest in history and calls attention to the fact that this sum exceeds the aggre gate resources of all state banks, trust com panies and private banks by $500,000,000. As a "First National" depositor you endorse the governmental plan for financial security and entrust your individual enterprise to its safe envoy. i I i i I .1 First National Bank Plattsmouth, Nebraska. AMERICAN CASU ALTY LIST GROWS QUITE RAPIDLY MORE THAN A HUNDRED SENT BY PERSHING IN ONE DAY THE LARGEST YET Consolation Though in the Fact that Most of Them Were But In jured Slightly. Washington. March 15. More than 100 names were contained m the casualty list cabled the war de partment today by General Per shing, but only sixty-two were made public tonight because of the de lays in checking. Although the li.-.t was the longest yet received from France in a single day. the number of men reported killed in action was comparatively small. The great ma jority of the names wre of n.eu slightly wounded. The sixty-two names made public were divided a-5 follows: Killed in action. 4: died of wound-. 3: died from accidents. '2; died of disease. 5: wounded severely, 4: wounded slightly. 42: 'wounded'" J. FARM BOARD MEETS IN LINCOLN From Friday's 1 n : 1 '. This morning C. T. Peacock de parted for Lincoln, where he goes To meet with the members of the Coun ty Farm Bureau board, which are to select a County Agent. They o to Lincoln as there are about fve available candidates for the position, who are supposed to have the re quired qualifications for the posi tion. "The man who came from the agricultural college to assist In the organization of the farm bureau is recommending any of th five for the position. The farm bureau was organized at Weeping Water Wed nesday of this week, with "Y. B. Banning as the president of the board of the county bureau. Mr. Peacock was selected as the director from this commissioner district. The purpose of the meeting of the board at Lincoln today is to select a County Aeent. This is the important end of the work before the board. and should receive careful consideration BREAKS WHEEL OF CAR From Thursday's Iai!y. When the road was slippery this morning, in an effort to avoid the striking of a team, which he was passing. C. T. Peacock, turned his car out and striking a sidling piee of ground, skidded again-t the curb, at the foot of Washington aenne. breaking one wheel on his car.