We Need to Have One
Million Men to De
fend Our Coasts.
Large
Standing
Army
Urgent.
By Crnn-jl FREDERICK DENT GRANT.
IT IS TRUE THAT OUR
COUNTRY IS NOT PRE
PARED FOR WAR. WE
NEED TO HAVE A MILLION MEN
TO DEFEND OUR C0AST8. WE
NEED A LARGER 8TANDING
ARMY. . I DON'T ASSUME TO
LOOK AHEAD TO THE POSSI
BILITIES OF WAR, EUT I THINK
IT IS WISE FOR US TO BE
READY FOR IT.
War i a gamble, isn't it? We
might lick t ho enemy by training
our guns on it from tlio fort, and,
then again well, what's tlio use
of speculating? I'm not afraM of
any ono getting tlio best of lis.
But I do say that wo OUGHT
TO 0 KT OURSELVES HEADY.
It id useless to say that wo are
in shapo to go into a ilespcrato
fight as wo stand right now. We
aronot. Wo NEED MOKE MEN
TO DEFEND OUIl COASTS.
Secretary of War Dickinson says
wo want 900,000 men, whilo thcro
nro only 111,000 available I am
not disputing tlio secretary's word,
but I bavo figured it out that wo
Our System of Han
dling Immigrants
Poorly Managed.
Bjr JACOB A.
ST
E DO
CLINGS
SEE A
THAT WOULD BE AS COMPREHENSIVE
IN HANDLING THE LABOR PROBLEM AS THE
WEATHER BUREAU IS IN HANDLING ITS DEPART
MENT.
Let tho gate bo on tho other side and let them
knock, and if they say that they want to como in to
this country to do a certain work let U3 look at tlio
map and sco WHERE THAT PARTICULAR KIND OF WORK
IS NEEDED.
If tho knocker says lie can dig, all well and good ; let us send him
pomewhero that a DIGGER is needed. Cut, on tho other hand, if he
pays ho can write in a ledger, let us say to htm no, WE HAVE
ENOUGH HERE ALREADY WHO CAN WRITE IN LEDGERS.
in
When I was abroad and witnessed as in ono particular caso tho
fruits of ono tenant fanner's toil namely, a bag of wheat, which was
las SHARE OF A YEAR'S WORK my heart cried out:
"Open tho gates and let thorn in."
But when I was on this sido of tho water and considered tho case
of tho murder of Potrosini and thought of tho supincness of tho Sicil
ians, the connivance and weakness behind tho act, an act which baf
flod tho polico of two continents to discover tho perpetrators, then my
licart cried out to CLOSE THE G ATES.
You Can Write History
of World In Terms
of Commerce."
By Dr. NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, Preildent of Columbia Uixlver!tv.
'1TIIOUT
merce,
i i
tf CIVILIZATION, for n man lias to lo alio to livo
tion just because it's put in tho cellar or becauso aoii'.e ono cho carries
a bigger or belter stouo or moro beautiful stono.
YOU CAN WRITE THE HISTORY Of THE WORLD IN TERMS OF
COMMERCE, YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHY GREAT MASSES OF PEOPLE
MOVED ACROSS THE EARTH, WHY THEY STAYED STILL, WHY
THEY FOUGHT. AND YOU CAN
PUSHING, MOVING FORCES OF
IN TERMS OF COMMERCE.
We Are
Not
Ready
For War.
Commander of th. Departmant of the Eist
NEED A ROUND MILLION. It
is certain that wo have not nearly
enough TRAINED MEN in read
iness. Supposo thero should come a
war with a powerful nation.
What would the United States do?
ft would have to hurry up nii
(Iran boiiio tuu,uuu men to uo
fend it coasts, that's what. Prop
erly to equip lho.-,o men would
tako weeks. Guns cannot bo inado
as they wero inado in tho old
days. It takes more time, for they
. rtiA AAA A 1 .
aro better guns that wo uso now.
Tho wholo army equipment would
have to bo RUSHED, and it
would bo impossiblo to do it in
timo to CHECK THE AD
VANCES OF THE ENEMY.
IT 13 NOT HARD ROUGHLY TO
CALCULATE WHAT MIGHT HAP
PEN IF OUR ATLANTIC SEA.
BOARD WFRE ATTACKED. WE
HAVE NOT ENOUGH MEN TO
PROTECT IT. THE SAME IS TRUE
OF THE PACIFIC. IT TAKES
TROOPS TO MAN THE FORTS.
RIIS. Author.
NOT WANT IMMIGRATION THAT
TO CITIES. I WOULD LIKE TO
LABOR BUREAU ESTABLISHED
civilization wo would linvo no com
but it is also truo tliat WITHOUT
to bavo timo for tlio tilings which wo measure civili
zation by. I havo no patienco with tho man who
puts commerco ON A LOWEU GRADE than thoso
other things which wo call civilization, and I any
that every ono of us is engaged in advancing it.
No ono need bo ashamed of tho stono ho car
ries to put into tho great struct uro wo call civiliza
EXPLAIN NINETENTHS OF THE
.THE WORLD IF YOU STUDY THEM
I0VANS WANT
BUSINESS LAWS
Acllvity ol Solons to Be Deni
ed to Tills End.
ROAO LAW UP FOR REVISION.
New Regulations for Automobile and
Different Provision for Assessment
One of the Questions Before Law
makers at This Session.
Des Moines, Jan. 23. So far as can
be discerned the principal work o tne
legislative Bession will be along the
line ol aiding la commercial allairs.
Among the measures which are sure
to recele a great deal of attention
and which have already bven projected
are these:
Revision of the road laws, lntrod'ic
lug some Innovations and making :qa-
"' n.r effoctlve use of the money
purpose
Tax law revision. This may take
tlio form of organizing a committee
to Investigate and report rather than
any positive action, but in some m, t
tera the demand is for repeal of pivs
ent laws. The tax ferret law may 1k
rcpealed so that It will be easier to
evade taxation. There Is demand for
tho repeal of the law to tax moneys
end credits, but tlil3 will not get
through at this session.
Assessment of automobiles and n?w
regulations for automobiles. Ono pro
posal Is for a special tax on machines
to go to the road fund and that all
autos bo exempt from ordinary taxes.
School leglalatlon In the direction of
the measures desired by the State
Teachers' association. The office of
school treasurer will be abolished.
Provision for extension of the col
lege work Into every part of the state
and Increase of tho educational work
being done for the ueneflt of the
farmers and farm Interests.
Some slight revision of the primary
election law. The date may be
changed to September and there may
be provision that not all of the state
candidates shall be named In this way,
but some of them be left to the con
ventions. The so railed "Oregon plan" for the
election of senators will almost cer
tainly be adopted by the legislature.
SUE FCRMER TREASURER
Calhoun Supervisors Seek to Recover
$900 From T. W. McCrary.
Lake City, la., Jan. 23. The Cal
houn county board of supervisors has
Instituted proceedings against former
Country Treasurer T. V. McCrary of
Rockwell City and his official bond,
for the recovery of about $900, which
It Is alleged Is due the county. The
claim Is mado that there was this
amount of shortage In the county
funds during MeCrary's Ireasurership.
The al'oged ehortage In tho funds was
discovered by an expert accountant
somo time ago, and the matter has
been under discussion since that time,
without any official action being taken.
The opinion sterns to prevail general
ly that McCrary was not guilty of
wronging the county out of a cent In
tentionally. BOOST NEW INDUSTRIES
Woodbury Legislators Urged to Work
for Elimination of Tax.
Sioux City, la., Jan. 23. The Sioux
City Commercial club In an open let
ter directed to the Woodbury delega
tion to the state legislature has de
manded that the euerglos of the con
tingent bo directed to Bocure the pas-
cage of a law to do away with all
taxes on Infant and new industrial or
ganizations. The movement is In line
with the movement In other Iowa cit
ies to make It easy for manufacturing
concerns to build up In Iowa. The
letter also demands the election of
supervisors by the vote of the entire
county, tho passage of a bulk sales
bill, and the abolition of the tax oi
moneys and credits.
GET MANY WITHDRAWALS
Cedar Rapid Dry Continue Campaign
With Unabated Vigor.
Cedar Rapids, la., Jan. 23. Al
though the temperance workers have
doclded to keep their efforts dark re
garding the number of withdrawals
which they have secured since tho sa
loon petition was filed for fear the Btt'
loon men will withdraw it before the
board of supei visors get a chance to
make the- canvass, It Is understood
they aro meeting with much encour
agement and havo secured a good list
of names which will be filed with am
davits showing thnt they desire their
names removed.
CANNOT STOP OVERFLOW
Judge Wright Decides Point Relating
to Drainage Law.
Iowa Falls, la., Jan. 23. Judgo
Wright has decided an Interesting
point In the drainage laws In render
Ing a decision In the Clancy-King case,
which originated between two farm
owners north of this city. Clancy
tiled hts place and dumped the water
on King's farm. King built an embank
mont and Clancy secured an Injunc
tlon, which Judgo Wright now makes
permanent, holding that the water nat
urallr flowed over King's land and
that King had no right to stop It
run.ic auction.
The undersigned will sell at Public
Auction, at 'his farm l'i miles north
and miles west of Murray; 9H
miles west and 2 miles south of
Mynard, on
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1911,
the following property, to-wit: com
mencing at 10 o'clock a. m., sharp.:
Two bay geldings, 4 years old;
weight 2,800.
One brown horse, smooth mouth,
weight 1,200. .
One bay mare, 9 years old, weight
1,200.
One bay mare, 3 years old, weight
1,250.
One black gelding, 3 years old,
weight 1,250.
One gray mare, 4 years old, weight
1.300.
One black mule, 2 years old, weight
1,000.
Two roan mares, 8 and 9 years old,
weight 2,800'
One black colt, 3 years old, weight
900.
One bay colt, two years old.
One roan horse, 4 years old, weight
1,250.
One suckling colt.
Two yearling heifers, 1 yearling
steer.
Fifteen head of stock hogs.
One lit 11 riding lister.
One Itradley riding lister.
Four Cadger riding cultivators.
Two Moline walking cultivators.
Two 2-row John Deere cultivators.
One Farmer Friend corn planter.
One Peru disc, 14-16.
One John Deere planter.
One riding sulky plow.
One end gate seeder.
There farm wagons; 1 top buggy.
Two open buggies.
Three sets of work harness, 1
Inch.
Two fets of work harness, 1 In.
One set of single harness.
One riding cultivator.
One incubator and brooder.
Two sets of working harness.
Household Furniture.
One folding bed, nearly new; one
kitchen cabinet; one Queen Incuba
tor, 125-egg; one cupboard; one oil
stove; one wardrobe.
Lunch will be served on the
ground at noon.
Teivirn of Sale.
All sums of $10 and under, rash in
hand; and all over $10 a credit of six
months will be given, the , purchaser
giving good bankable paper bearing
Interest at eight per cent from date
All property must be settled for be
fore being removed.
G. W. Rhoden.
Rob't Wilkinson, Auctioneer.
W. O. Boedeker, Clerk.
on OF Mil tillSll
susm aFWj.smiH
The thirteen-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. V. D. Smith died at the
home of his parents, on Winterstein
III11, Sunday evening, January 22,
after an Illness lasting less than a
week. Floyd Millard Smith was born
January 13, 1898, and at the time of
his death was thirteen years and ten
days old.
On last Tuesday he was seized with
a severe cold which would not yield
to treatment, and later his sickness
developed Into pneumonia which rap
Idly sapped his strength.
Floyd was a bright and Intelligent
boy, quick at learning .either at
school or at any place, he was apt
and clever at music, always having a
good lesson prepared either in music
or school studies. He was a com
panionable youth, fond of his parents
and schoolmates, and had endeared
himself to all with Whom he came In
contact. He will be greatly missed
In the large circle of young friends
and acquaintances which he had
drawn to him.
Floyd was not of strong physique,
and had been ill frequently, and his
constitution was not of sufficient
Btrength to withstand the attack of
the dread disease. His parents and
relatives, have the sympathy of the
community In their bereavement.
The funeral will occur at the ml
donee at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
Canon Durgess, of St. Luke's church,
will conduct the service. Interment
will take place at Oak Hill.
Mrs. John Beckman and little
daughter, of near Mynard, were vis
Itorg In this city Saturday. They
were pleasant callers at this office
and ordered the dally sent to our
good friend Den Deckman. Mr. Beck
man has been a reader of our semi
weekly and says he cannot keep
house any longer without the dally.
C. C. Farmele, who has been con
fined to his room for a week with
grip, was able to be at the hank this
morning for the first time since his
attack of sickness.
Hon. Ed. Jeary, of Lincoln and
Elmwood, was In the city today, bav
lng been called to the Cass county
eat on business wtth toe Telephone
company.
THE FBL OF
E
A Lare Number of Sorrowing
Friends Present to Pay the
Last Tribute.
All that was mortal of Judge A.
N. Slllvan was laid to rest yesterday
afternoon in the Eikenbarry ceme
tery after a most Impressive funeral
service at his late residence on South
Tenth street. A large number of
friends and acquaintances filled the
house and the lawn without, having
come to pay a last tribute of respect
to one of the city's prominent men,
Judge Sullivan having resided within
the city for the past thirty-three
years.
The service was conducted by Rev.
W. L. Austin, of the Methodist
church, assisted by Cahon Burgess, of
St. Luke's Episcopal church. The
music was sung by a quartet from
the Presbyterian choir, composed of
Mrs. J. W. Gamble, Miss Estelle
Balrd, Messrs. Farley and Douglass,
the hymns being, "Lead Kindly
Light." "Sometime We Will Under
stand," and "Nearer My Cod to
Thee." Mrs. Gamble sang by request,
"Flee As a Iiird," which was the
favorite song of the deceased.
The members of the Cass County
Bar Assonlatlon attended in a body
and were given scats near the casket
of their deceased brother. The pall
bearers were Judge H. D. Travis,
Judge Beeson, R. 13. Windham, D. O.
Dwyer, Matthew Gering and A. L.
Tidd.
The floral tributes were numerous
and very beautiful, silently express
ing the love and regard of the donors
for the manly character of the de
ceased. Rev. Austin delivered the eulogy,
speaking In the highest terms of the
many endearing traits and manly
characteristics of the deceased, and
stated, among other things, that
among the surprises in store for
Christian people in the great here
after would be that among those
counted worthy to receive eternal
life would be many whose names had
never appeared on church roll, and
another surprise would be the ab
sence of many whose names had been
commonly found enrolled with the
church people. Rev. Austin spoke
words of comfort to the bereaved
family, In that their grief would be
assuaged by the knowledge that the
parting would not be for long.
In the obituary statement given in
the Journal Saturday we were In
error a3 to the city of his birth, It
being Ottawa Instead of Ontario.
MILLARD HOTEL ALMOST
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Passengers coming down on the
noon train from Omaha report a ter
rible disaster In that city. From some
cause the Millard hotel, one of the
oldest hotels In the city, caught fire
some time this morning and one-half
of the building destroyed before the
fire could be suppressed. The report
also Is to the effect that twelve or
fifteen persons were Injured, and
several killed. This Is the best Infor
mation we are able to get In regard
to the terrible accident.
Claim Panders Dead.
Claus Fanders, one of the old Ger
man farmers ana one or. me eariy
etllers of this neighborhood, passed
away at his home nortnwe3i o. town
on Mondny evening after a lingering
and very troublesome siege with that
dread dlhease, cancer. Relatives of
the dead man were Immediately noti
fied by wire and funeral arrange
ments made, the last solemn rites be
ing observed In the German Lutheran
church and Interment made In the
Elmwood cemetery. We shall try for
the benefit of our readers to procure
an obituary wrlte-im for our next
week's publication Leader-Echo.
Visit the County Farm.
M. Soennichsen, Peter Coos, H.
Tarns and Gus Bomeister took a drive
to the country yesterday afternoon
enjoying the fresh air and bright
sunshine for a few hours. While in
the vicinity they paused at the coun
ty farm to observe how Superintend
ent Tarns was holding down the Job,
and the vllstors were surprised at
the size and extent of the county
plant, and muoh pleased with the
tidy appearance of the surroundings
Frank Archer and wife, of Council
Bluffs, are In the city, Mrs. Archer
arriving yesterday and Mr. Archer
today and are stopping at the rest
dence of Mrs. Archer's step-father,
Mr. Dalton, who died yesterday
morning, Just across the river. Mr
Dalton's funeral will occur tomor
row.
s
ITI1LIC AUCTION.
The undersigned will sell at public
auction at her farm, four miles and
a half cast and a mile and a quarter
north of Louisville, a mile and a
half south and a half mile east of
Cedar Creek and eleven miles west of
I lattsmouth, on
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1911
the following property to-wit:
Live Stock.
One bay horse, sixteen years old,
weight 1,300.
One gray horse, seventeen years
old. weight 1,350.
Team bay geldings, three years
old, weight 1,800.
Team black geldings, three years
old, weight 2.100.
Four milk cows, three fresh, one
fresh In July.
Six dozen chickens and two shoats.
Implements.
Two farm wagons and one buggy,'
One fanning mill, one cider mill.
One Champion binder.
One two-row stalk cutter and stalk
rake.
Two three-section harrows.
One riding cultivator.
One walking cultivator.
One John Deere riding lister.
One 14-lnch walking plow.
One John Dtere two-row machine.
One corn planter and 80 rods wire.
One Iloosier seeder.
Two Hummer riding plows. "
One disc, nearly new.
Two mowing machines, one new.
One hay rake, one hay rack.
One Majestic cooking stove.
One heater, good as new.
Two grindstones.
One Iron kettle.
One road scraper.
Two sets of harness.
Some household goods and many
other articles too numerous to men
tion. Terms of Sale: All sums of $10
and under, cash in hand; over $10, a
credit of twelve months will be given,
the purchaser giving good bankable
paper bearing Interest at eight per
cent from date. No property to leave
the premises until settled for. Sale
will commence at 12:30 p. m., sharp,
sharp.
Mrs. J. D. Thierolf,
A. O. Ault, Auctioneer. Owner.
J. G. Meisinger, Clerk.
A VERY SAD FUNERAL OF
One of the saddest funerals which
has occurred here ror a long time oc
curred from the Burlington station
on the arrival of train No. 24 yester
day afternoon. Otto Lamson and
his wife, of Omaha, arrived with the
remains of their two sons, Gale and
Don, aged 5 and 3 years, respectively.
The boys had died Saturday, the
younger at 6 a. m. and the older at
4 p. m both with the same malady,
spinal meningitis. The younger child
was first attacked with the disease
last Wednesday, while the other fell
sick Friday, about noon, and surviv
ing little more than twenty-four
hours. The funerat service was held
at the residence In Omaha, Rev.
Baker conducting It. Interment was
made at Oak Hill cemetery here, both
children being burled In one frave.
Mr. and Mrs. Lampson formerly live
In Plattsmouth, Mr. Lampson having
been born and raised In this city.
Roy Cline of Omaha accompanied
Mr. and Mrs. Lampson on their sad
mission yesterday.
Father Very 111.
R. Hampton, of the Home Fanta-
torlum and steam cleaning establish
ment, received a telegram from
Western, Nebraska, stating that his
father, who Is 82 years of age, had
suffered a stroke of paralysis, and
his recovery was extremely doubtful.
Mr. and Mrs. Hampton will depart
for Western tomorrow morning, In
order that they can reach there
the samo day. The message came
since the morning train for Omaha
passed here, and that Is the only train
on which they can make connection
with a Western train today. Mr. and
Mrs. Hampton will return about Fri
day or Saturday. This depends a
great deal on the condition of the
father, which we hope Is not so seri
ous as reported.
J. E. McDanlel, wno has been kept
In his room with a sprained ankle
for over a week, Is somewhat Im
proved, but not yet able to bear any
weight on his lame foot. The band
ages were removed by the physician
yesterday.
Poultry Wanted
Hens 9c
Springs 8c
Ducks 8c
Geese ?c
Old Roosters
HAH PRODUCE GO,