MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1921.
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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
Cbe plattsmoutb journal
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
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R. A. BATES, Publisher
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If skirts are growing shorter, legs
are growing longer.
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It's pretty easy to be liberal with
other people's money.
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Only one more income tax pay
ment before Christmas.
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A boss is a man who gets down
late when you are early.
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Only five more months until straw
hat prices will be too high.
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Christmas comes but once a year;
Red Cross Seals will help the cheer.
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Indiana confesses she has 300 po
ets, knowing it would leak out any
way. 0:0-
There is a rattling old time when
the family skeleton escapes from the
closet.
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Some experts say kissing is large
ly responsible for the spread of men
tal ailments.
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Too many people think the only
way to get a new world is to tear up
their old one.
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Did you ever notice that a man
with an ugly wife always has a pret
ty stenographer.
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The census bureau has figured
everything except what percentage of
our parents are men.
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One of the several good things we
know about sugar is that it makes a
grape fruit fit to eat.
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Postmaster exams are set for Jan
uary 22. The crop of fourth class
postmasters is first class.
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French scientist has taken an X
Ray photograph of a bone through
a brick wall 250 yards away.
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"Miam "Florida, officials seized a
carload of whiskey labelled "Fish."
Maybe that's who it was billed to.
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Russia is taking drastic steps to
make friends with us. Nineteen gov
rnments grafters have been shot.
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A wild rabbit was shot on Wall
street the other day. This will teach
rabbits to leave Wall street alone.
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A man never realizes what a
Fponge he is until he falls into a
puddle of water and mops it all up.
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No matter how badly you may
have the rheumatism, you are sure
to meet some one who has it worse.
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Lenine says .it's America's own
fault that we cannot accept cham
paigne in trade for our grain. Like
wise, it's Lenine's own fault that
Russia hasn't anything but chara
paigne and a few sables to trade us
for some grain.
"It don't take a man long to
bag . his pants at the knees,
and to make a finely tailored
suit look thoroughly disrepu
table that's the man of it,"'
avers Dainty Dorthy.
Dut she goes on to explain
that the man who is making
use of our cleaning, steaming
and pressing services 13 keep
ing his clothes in much more
presentable condition than
when he got acquainted with
us. And it doesn't cost much,
eitter.
Goods Called for and Delivered
. . J nooncirr
'IvJ-UTV IP! vt nrrirr
PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
If Ford has just simply got to buy
something worthless, we know a man
with two suits of short underwear,
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True love is the thing that makes
a man tell his wife she is merely
plump when she is getting actually
fat.
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London has banned the bare back
in polite society. Does this mean that
neither powder or rouge must be ap
plied? :o:
Ijf a girl remains single until her
ideal man comes along the chances
are her maiden name will adorn her
tombstone.
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New England reports fifteen
inches of snow and out here we've
almost forgotten that there is such
a thing as snow.
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There is a lot of dry humor in a
dictionary if you will hunt for it.
For instance, Webster defines plum
ing as an occupation.
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The best way for Germany to re
establish her standing among na
tions is to show a little more speed
in paying her debts.
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Of course, a canary bird on the
place is a lot of trouble but just
think how mueh worse it would be
if it were an ostrich.
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' Voliva has made $6,000,000 for
Zion City in ten years. One of his
drastic reforms must be no buttons
in the contribution box.
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Thanksgiving turkey for Ameri
can soldier boys on the Rhine cost
11 cents per pound. No wonder the
doughboys don't want to come home.
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There are five candidates for Gov
ernor in Kansas, and they are all
editors. It must have been an unpro
fitable year . for Fourth Estate in
Kansas. " ' ' " " '
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If you don't 'want to pay more
taxes, you should refrain from look
ing like you are able, to pay. Nowa
days they assess a man merely on
suspicion.
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Prohibition may have its draw
backs, but thus far we . have never
discovered a man standing in front
of a soda fountain and loudly pro
claiming that he can lick any man
in the house.
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After all, there is little hope for
China, regardless of how her prob
lem is handled. China, iaead of be
ing a nation, is only a mere mass of
population devoid of either hope or
ambition.
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Why not carry over some of those
war taxes for posterity, in view of
the fact that posterity will have the
pleasure of collecting our big war
loans in Europe?
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The murder trial of Landru, the
French bluebeard, seems to have
more plot than the Fatty Arbuckle
case, but the latter is certainly
j more picturesque.
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1 After all. . there is some liberty
left in this country. A Philadelphia
man who was arrested for playing,
dominoes was discharged by the mag
istrate without a trial.
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The season is opening in the south
ern winter resort3, and tourists are
arriving by "the thousands, some in
Pullman cars', some in motor cars
and many in, box cars.
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In a neighboring city a place of
refreshment, which boldly calls it
self "The Oasis." has been opened.
As it will serve tea, the title seems
cruelly misleading. A sort of mirage,
as it were, luring the thirsty travel
er only to drive him to disillusion
ment and despair.
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Of course, it would be impolite
for him to say so, but we suspect
that the title of "heap big Injun"
conferred on Marshal Foch by the
chief of the Crow tribe is much more
appreciated than the LL. D. of "any
educational institution. ,
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A prospective candidate for gover
nor contemplates entering the race
with the ten commandments as his
platform. It would be a fine exhibi
tion of idealism, but he wquld be
snowed under by about 100,000
votes. The kind of governor we are
in the habit of electig knows noth
ing whatever about the Ten Com
mandments and cares a darned sight
less".
No enow yet in this section.
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Fine weather for the time of year.
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If a girl's face is her fortune
there's billions in a drug store.
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Why women cry when they are
glad Is still on the unanswered ques
tion list.
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Congress 13 back again, in good
time to adjourn for the Christmas
holidays.
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One reason 'why we like to do the
lion's share of the work is that lions
never work.
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Give the average man a chance to
talk about himself and he will de
liver the goods.
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Don't pass up the Journal sta
tionery department when looking for
Christmas presents.
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The hero is all right as long as he
can keep his feet firmly planted on
top of the pedestal.
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Picture books for the kiddies and
other articles for little ones in abun
dance at the Journal office.
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A man wants a divorce because
his wife spent his money on hats.
Money often goes to the head.
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Being an optimistic cuss, we are
still hoping that the reduction of
prices will finally hit something we
want to buy.
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The most remarkable thing about
the Harding administration is the
speed with which it has done noth
ing whatever.
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Waistlines will be low next year,
says a fashion item, but the prophet
ic correspondent doesn't attempt to
guss where it is this year.
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Prhaps it might be a good idea to
let up a little on that Near East re
lief until the Near East is willing to
quit fighting and go to work.
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The wife of a friend of ours has
been out of town on a visit during
the past week, and already poor hus
band misses the rattle of his chains.
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Billy Sunday says a lot of folks
have just about enough religion to
make them miserable. And it seems
that an evangelist to be successful.
must always be telling disagreeable
things. '
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Japan issues an official statement
that Hirohito's succession to his
father's throne "has no political sig
nificance.' We are-willing to believe
it after a glance at the young man's
portrait.
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It may be true that the president.
as commander-in-chief of the navy.
has the right of way to "tie every
ship in the navy docks," but means
are provided whereby a successor
may take over the reins of govern
ment In the event of the mental in
capacity of the president.
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A woman, 110 years old. inmate
of the Daughters of Israel Home for
Aged in New York, decides to bob
her hair. Surely this disposes of the
question worrying the minds of so
many ladies: "Am I too old to do
it?" If a woman wants to bob her
hair, it's nobody's business except
her own.
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A millionaire Indian chief in Ok
lahoma says wealth is doing members
of his race more harm than good,
and he proposes to lead them away
from wealth down some place into
Mexico. If his idea is to save them
by getting them separated from their
wealth, why doesn't he lead them to
California?
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There is no doubt about the mod
ern youth being in revolt. Once the
mind of the new youth is made up,
there is no turning- aside. In the old
days, a way would have been found j
to prevent a princess (of England j
from marrying a mere viscount with
prospects of an earldom and 10 mil
lion pounds sterling.
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Admiral Beatty disappoints us. We
had hoped that he wore his cap cock
ed von the side of his head because
he felt that way about it. But it
turns out that it isn't swank, but a
knot on the head which causes him
to wear his cap at its familar angle.
It gives him a headache to wear his
hat or cap in the conventional way.
What a prqsiac world!
Your Doy
Can Earn from $1.00 to
$10.00 a Week.
Nothing to sell. No money required.
Quick, easy just an hour or so af
ter school. We want good, honest,
industrious boys-r-juBt two in each
town and commounity. Write TO
DAY for further particulars, a post
card will do.
Address Dox 248,
Plattsmoutb. - Nebraska
A gentleman who holds an official
position says that one thing is recon
ciling him to the famine invasion of
business, politics and what not.
Emancipated .women are much more
apt than others wheu they write for
information to inclose a stamped and
addressed envelope.
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Above everything else while the
Christmas spirit is on, remember
that there are numerous poor child
ren In this old town, who will go
without even a gentle remnder that
the Christmas spirit breathes, unless
some kindd person who have the
means will furnish them with pres
ents. -0:0-
A portrait of the molecule, en
larged two hundred and fifty mil
lion times has been secured by Prof.
Jared K. Morse, Chicago. This is the
most wonderful closeup ever known
and ought to result in a moving pic
ture which would make "The Birth
of a Nation" a mere modern imita
tion.
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In Nebraska on . thousands of acres
hundreds and thousands of men,
these frosty mornings are husking a
bumper crop of corn. Into cribs and
granaries it is being placed or heap
ed in big piles on the ground. Not
much of this corn crop is being sold
because the. price is too low and
there is an over supply in this coun
try. 0:0
LIMITATION OF PEOPLE
"Our country is crowded," explains
a Japanese spokesman, "and we must
have some other place to go."
It Is one of the most common and
most effective arguments heard at
Washington conference. Japan is rec
ognized as a "teeming nation," whose
population is overflowing her terri
tory. Japan therefore claims the
right to gain, in some fashion or
other, additional territory elsewhere
to take care of her human surplus.
It is the same argument used by
Germany. There is a tendency, in
view of the German lesson, to grant
Japan's arguments, and let her have
room to expand on the Asiatic con
tinent, in Siberia and other sections
where she could do her expanding
with least Inconvenience to resident
populations and international peace.
H. G. Wells flatly challenges the
logic of this argument, with a sug
gestion that it is not necessary for
Japan or aiay other nation to expand
more than Its situation warrants,
and that the remedy and the respons
ibility for ' applying it, lie with the
teeming nation Itself. What Japan
should do, says Wells, Is to prevent
surplus population by reducing the
national birth rate.
It is the same reasoning that the
"birth control" advocates in this
country have been applying to fam
ily life. They have maintained that
no family should have more child
ren than it can take care of proper
ly. And in spite of political, social
and religious objections,- this is a
suggestion that is going to be dis
cussed very seriously in the future.
Last Saturday a judge in Denver
made similar recommendations to a
mother with five children that the
city was supporting.
From limitation of armament of
armament the world may yet come
to limiting population by agreement
to prevent wars If not assure man
kind a better living.
SHOPPING COMMANDMENTS
This is the season of the Christ
mas shopper. It is the one season of
the year when advice, whether good
or bad, is eagerly sought, for the
average shopper is in a quandary
about things to buy.
Here are ten commandments on
shopping that may be found worth
while. At any rate, they are worth
reading:
1. Don't make a ceremony of giv
ing, but leave that to those who re
ceive. 2. Don't lose sight of the fact that
there is someone who expects a "sur
prise" from you Christmas morning.
3. Don't try to figure your gifts on
the basis of what you expect to get
yourself.
4. Don't give to somebody this
Christmas something that you your
self received last Christmas.
5. Don't overlook the fact that a
useful gift is a dally reminder of the
giver.
6. Don't give a silver flask that is
too big for the hip pocket of a friend.
7. Don't select the commonplace
and the obvious, but seek the unique
and unexpected.
8. Don't neglect the solid silver
of old friendships for the fragile
china of new favorites.
9. Don't let Christmas pass without
shedding happiness in the heart of a
child.
10. Don't forget your mother.
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BOOKS BY THE POUND
Surely Thomas Edison is original
in everything that he does. His sec-1
retary, according to the Publishers'
Weekly, has given out a statement
that the wizard consumes "about
forty pounds of books a month, these,
chiefly in the field of travel, history
and science, with occasional dips in
to fiction!" .
This would amount to a little
over a pound a day if regularly dis
tributed. It is possible, of course,
that Mr. Edison's secretary keeps
him to a daily ration, weighing the
books on a library scale and feeding
out the proper sizes. Pound novels
are easily procured or the ration
could be varied with a mess of poets,
the sardines of the book world, run
ning a dozen or more to the pound.
But Mr. Edison is said to read lit
tle ficMon and there is no evidence
that he fancies poetry. Travel, his
tory and science are weighty sub
jects. Historians frequently grow to.
five or six pounds and travelers or
scientists are seldom caught under
three. No doubt Mr. Edison takes his!
hooks as they come and his secretary j
weighs them up after reading to con-j
struct the monthly total. J
At a pound a day Mr. Edison must (
have run through Mr. Wells' "Out-
line of History" in less than a week, j
which may well stand for a record :
actually less time than Mr. Wells I
took to write it! I
WHO GOES THERE?
The old big X sign at the railroad
crossing is a sort of sentinel on
guard to prevent' drivers of automo
biles and other vehicles from being
surprised by trains of cars. It stands
grimly and silently, in all kinds of
weather sunshine, rain, snow or
sleet.
Most drivers know when they are
approaching the tracks, but the big
X bearing the legend "RAILROAD
CROSSING" is a constant reminder
of something supremely important.
If that sign had attached to it a
little poster or placard informing us
where we could go and invest 50
and double our money, we would sit
up and take notice at once. Yes, we
would thankfully accept the tip and
hurryaway to the indicated invest
ment shop to get in on the ground
floor.
But the crossing sign has only one
message for us though it is one of
the highest of importance. It keeps
telling us every day in the year to
be on guard against some train that
may come dashing on its way at any
moment.
A great mission is yours, old sign
trying to save human life. Oil, that
your warning was heeded better
than it is.
That old saying "penny-wise and
pound-foolish" is very often proved
to be correct. Too many of us are
very careful of various odds and
ends of things, the value of which,
compared with the value of our lives
and limbs, is about like zero to a
million.
Public opinion is being aroused
and the next generation will read
with shocked surprise that in the
year 1920 over 5,000 men, women
and children were killed or injured
at railroad crossingsvin this country
Speed that happy day!
VEENA M. STEGE VS.
C. DAVE EUNZ
According' to Wednesday's F.iate
Journal the case Verna-M. Stege vs.
C Dave Kunz. petition damages, was
filed in the district court of Lancast
er county. The plaintiff is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Stege of
this place and it is alleged she re
ceived injuries by having been run
into by an auto belonging to above
named defendant. ,
Further account from the Journal:
"Verna. M. Stege,. a minor, seven
years old who sues thru her father,
William Stege, has brought suit in
the district court against C. Dave
'Kun7. asking damages in the sum
of $25,000. She alleges that on May
1, 1021, she was struck by an auto
mobile which was being driven by
the 14 year old daughtter of the de
fendant and which belonged to him.
She was thrown down and sustained
severe and permanent injuries, her
left arm, right shoulder and right
knee being broken. She was also in
jured internally and otherwise, all
due to the negligence of the driver
of the Kunz car, who is alleged to
have been talking and laughing with
other children in the automobile at
the time Instead of paying attention
to - the road." Elniwood Leader
Echo. A Christmas Play
"The Bird's Christmas Carol'' by
Kate Douglas Wiggin is to be given
at the Lewiston school, district No.
7, two miles southeast of Murray, on
Wednesday evening, Dec. 21. Cake
and coffee will be served after the
play.
FOR SALE
' Scotch and Scotch-Topped Short
horn Bulls, just weaned. Big Bar
gains, if taken at once. 4vks-w
SEARL S. DAVIS.
Murray, Neb.
For Sale
Duroc Jersey boars for sale. Path
finder breeding. Herman Wohlfarth,
Murray, Nebr.
FOR SALE Pure-bred Duroc-Jer-sey
boars. Cheaper than you can
raise them. Healthy, growthy.
SEARL S. DAVIS,
3wks-w Murray, Neb.
"Do Rats Talk to Each Other?"
Aska Mr. M. Batty, R. I.
"I got five catrs of Rat-Snap and threw pieces
around feed store. Got about hall dosen dead rats
a day for tw- solid weeks. Suddenly, they cot fewer.
Now v.e haven't any. ft ho told them about. Rat
Snap." Rat dry up aa4 leave no smell. . Idkc
sizes: 33c, 65c, $1.25.
Sold and guaranteed by
Bestor & Swatek Weyrich & Had
raba. F. O. Frieke & Co. '
Seven
During the years in which Depositor Guar
anty laws have been in effect in seven states,
not one depositor has ever lost one cent.
Your deposits in this bank are given posi
tive protection by our financial responsibility,
the integrity of our management and our
membership in the Depositors' Guaranty
Fund.
Deposits Protected by
Jim Bank of
Established 1881
T. H. POLLOCK,
President
6. M. McCLERKIN,
Vice-President
LEGION BASKET BALL
TEAM MAY BE FORMED
From Friday's Pally.
A meeting will be held some time
during the coming week of American
Legion basket ball players interested
in having a team in the field again
this year. Nebraska City" and other
towns in the first district have al
ready organized and indications point
to keen competition at the district
Legion tournament in the spring,
which by the way might be secured
in Plattsmouth with a little effort.
Ilavelocl: Boilermakers and a fast
Omaha quintette have already" chal
lenged and as soon as positive action
is taken toward the organization of
a team is assured a place will be open
on many other town's schedules.
Raymond Larson has been named
temporary chairman to call the meet
ing of next week, of which date an
nouncement will be forthcoming in
due time. ,
The team last year was handicap
ped due to its members playing with
different teams in the city league
and lacking the teamwork necessary
to play a consistent game.
MANY PROMINENT CATHOLIC
PRELATES AT CONFERENCE
From Friday's Dally.
Catholic priests of the Lincoln di
ocese who attended the conference
held here Tuesday night were:
Very Rev. Theodore Saurer, dean
and presiding officer, Nebraska City;
Rev. Titus Kramer, secretary, Ne
braska City: Rev. J. J. Hoffman,
Falls City; Rev. Francis O'Brien,
Dawson; Rev. Samuel J. Milner, Shu-
bert; Rev. Timothy Corcoran, Elm
wood; Rev. W. D. Higgins, Manley;
Rev. Herman Hankap, Plattsmouth;
Rev. Ferdinand Suesser, Platts
mouth; Rev. Clement Broermann,
Paul, Rev. Michael Shanagher, Pal
myra; Rev. Anthony Pase, City.
Nebraska City Press. ,
EAISER ALL BUT DONE FOR.
London, Dec. 8. The former Ger
man kaiser's head is now swathed in
bandages and he has been obliged to
abandon wood-cutting for the pres
ent at his home at Doom, according
to a dispatch to the Daily Mail. Un
able to use his motor saw because of
the recent hard frost, William was
hastening to overtake many wood
orders that had accumulated when a
chunk of wood flew up and struck
him in the head, making a deep
wound.
NOW SHOWING IMPROVEMENT
Sam Goodman, a former resident
of the vicinity of Mynard, who re
cently removed to Manley, is report
ed to be showing much improve
ment from his recent paralytic stroke
that he sustained last Saturday. Mr.
Goodman is now able to' be up and
around the home of his sister, Mrs.
Adolph Steinkamp, with whom he
makes his home. Mr. Goodman is a
brother of B. F. Goodman of this
city.
Cockrels for Sale
I have a number of pure bred sin
gle combed Buff Orpington cockrels
fcr sale at $2.00 each if taken before
December 1st.
MRS. J. H. BROWN,
Phone 2412. Murray, Nebr.
FOR SALE
A few extra well-marked Rhode
Island Red cockrells. $1.50 and $2
each. 2td-3tw
MRS. H. S. GAYER,
Phone 2704, Murray, Neb.
Cockrels for Sale
I have a number of White Leg
horn cockrels for sale, which will ge
at one dollar as long as they last.
MRS. II. C. LONG,
dS-2tw. Murray, Nebr.
For Sale
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White Rock cockrels, $1.50 if pur
chased soon. Mrs. Roy Stewart,
Alvo, Nebraska.
Your ad will carry punch if you
write it as a plain "selling talk" in
stead of trying to fuss it up with
frills and exagerations.
States
State Guarantee Fund,
Gass County
R. F. PATTERSON,
Cashier
WAR DEPART
MENT
REPLIES
TO
CHARGES
REFUTES STATEMENTS OF SEN
ATOR WATSON BEFORE IN
VESTIGATING BODY.
Washington, Dec. 8. The War de
partment today made a detailed an
swer to the charges of Senator Tom
WatRon of Georgia that American
soldiers were executed without trial
in France during the war.
Before the special senate commit
tee which today began investigation
of ttae Watson allegations, the War
department submitted It3 records
showing the established facts:
Sixty-two American soldiers In
France were condemned to death by
court martial.
Only 11 of these death sentences
were actually carried into effect.
Eleven more of the death sentences
were disapproved by General Per
shing. The other death sentences were
commuted to imprisonment.
There is no evidence, so :far as
the War department Is concerned,
that any American soldier was exe
cuted without trial.
Colonel Bethel Spokesman
Executions without trial may have
taken place at the front line in cases
for instance of men deserting under
fire.
Col. Walter A. Bethel, who served
as judge advocate under General
Pershing throughout the war, acted
a3 spokesman.
The complete list of executions, as
shown by the War.- department
records follows:
On October 29, 1917, execution
near Ligny of negro (part Indian
blood) for attack on 7-year-old child,
who died as a result of injuries.
April 27, 1918, negro hanged for
attack on French woman, 68, near
Neufchatel.
Son Witness at Trial
August 30, 1918, negro hanged
for attack on French woman, 54, In
presence of 12-year-old son, who was
witness at the trial; execution held
at San Sulplice, near Bordeaux.
September 6, 1918, negro hanged
at Belleville for attack on French
woman, 38.
January 24, 1919, negro hanged
near Neufchatel for attack on young
French girl.
April 4, 1919, negro hanged near
Chateau Thierry for murder of
French professor who was rescuing
a woman whom the soldier was at
tempting to attack.
April 25, 1919, white soldier hang
ed for attack on Belgian girl, 8.
June 20, 1919, white soldier hang
ed for murder of his guard at Gievres.
June 30, 1919, two negroes hang
ed at St. Aignan for attack on
French girl and murder of her fath
er, who tried to protect her. Omaha
Bee.
INTERSTATE BODY HOPES
FOR LOWER RAIL RATES
Washington, Dec. 8. Hope 13 ex
pressed by the Interstate Commerce
commission in its annual report to
day to congress that a "substantial
ly lower" level of railroad rates and
fares would be possible with an ex
ception in the volume of traffic fol
lowing the present business depres
sion and "with a further adjustment
of operating costs in harmony with
prevailing tendencies."
Freight rates, following war-time
increases and some later readjust
ments have not yet reached an
equilibrium, the commission says,
because the chief factors controlling
them, "the value of service and the
cost of transportation still are In a
t,tate of flux."
The commission's report is for the
year ended last October 31. It dis
closes that a total of $430,000,000
has been ordered, paid to the rail
roads under the government guar
antee against losses during the first
six months after their return to pri
vate ownership and that there is still
due an estimated $105,000,000 on
this account.
Office supplies of all kinds n
died at the Journal office.
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