The- Piattsmouth - Journal
Published Semi-Weekly it Plittsmouth, Nebraska CZZZ)
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Postoflke. at Piattsmouth, Nebraska, aa second-class
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It is now believed the backbone
of winter is broken.
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There is no longer any doubt ai
to the presidential aspirations of
Woodrow Wilson. He is consider
ed a sure candidate.
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Of course you will make up
your mind lo come to I'lal I smooth
to celebrate on the Fourth. A
good lime is assured.
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Decoration lay next Tuesday,
nnd, as is the custom, no Kveniug
Journal will aonear on that dale.
Please bear this in mind.
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Many of Die farmers are plow
ing ttieir corn over for the first
time.,' while others are not yet
through planting, but wilL be in
the next few days.
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II, is now rumored that Sec
retary Knox Is going to resign.
No one, seems to care bow soon lie
Ptcps down and out. There, are
others lo lake bis place,, and per
haps for the betterment of the
people,.
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Arbitration treaties are being
negotiated with Kngland and
France, but the senate would
rather see a war some day than
give up any of its traditional
privileges to vole on it.
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Houses of prostitution will
have, to leave Nebraska if the law
recently enacted by the legis
lature is enforced, and Governor
Aldrich lias notified I be prosecut
ing attorneys in all counties
where such houses are supposed
to exist, I hat the law must be en
forced by closing up such places.
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Since the address on good
roads delivered by D. Ward King
in I'lallsmoulh last Saturday
. every spare hour I he farmers can
take from the corn llelds is being
put in upon dragging the roads
in various sections of the coun
try. We look for T.ass county lo
have as good if not belter roads
hefore I he fall months arrive
lhan any county in the slate.
than ever before recorded at this
time of the year. There is a
shortage of the winter wheat in
Oklahoma and Kansas of 23 per
cent on account of tin; drouth
during last fall and winter, but
there is a promise of a bumper
crop everywhere else. There is
a good stand of corn and no re
planting required anywhere ex
cept in some small sections in one
or two southern slates. There is
going to be business in these
United Slates I lie coming year.
The farmers will have money to
buy and the mills will have goods
to sell, regardless of legislation.
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IMaltsmouth will celebrate.
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Come to l'lattsmoiilh on the
Fourth and enjoy a good time.
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The Red Men have decided to
lake charge of the Fourth of
July celebration.
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The Green Bag says the Stand
ard Oil decision shows no at
tempt to frustrate the will of con
gress. That's a serious charge
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Hawaii wants lo be admitted as
a state. All that is necessary is
lo persuade both political parties
that they can have its eleclorial
vole.
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If in stead of digging in Hit
river Wye for llacon relics, Di
Owen bad spaded up his own
garden, he might be having green
peas in three weeks.
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Quite a number of republicans
in the senate favor reciprocity
but they all are carrying about
some little amendment which they
tnovv the Canadians will never
swallow.
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It is said that Mr. Shalleubt'ig-
er would not be averse to running
for governor again next year. He
made (he best governor the slate
ever had.
been admitted long ago, and no
litiibt would have been, but for a
few swell-heads in the tinted
States senate who are inreieslcd
in their not coining in as slates.
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A Kansas City man sues his
folks-in-law for :0,ono for al
ternating his wife's affect ions,
which indicates that be esteemed
her quite highly.
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I'lattsinouth will have an old-
fashioned Fourth of July celebra
tion, to which everybody can come
and enjoy a genuine good time.
The lied Men will have charge of
the arrangements.
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A police magistrate in Chicago
holds: "A man has a sort ot
right lo steal an umbrella when
it's raining and he has no money
to purchase one." This is bring
ing the supreme court's "reason
able" decision right down to the
plain people.
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Reciprocity, the free list bill
and Arizona statehood have been
'checked up to the senate" by the
house. The senate's career in
the last few years has been so
checkered that it may not shrink
from a few more checks to prog
ress.
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An Illinois priest has evolved a
plan by which small town mer
chants, by incorporating into one
large merchandising concern, can
beat the mail order houses. A
much more simple method is for
the small town merchants to ad
vertise largely and intelligently in
the local papers. Kansas City
Star.
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Former residents of Plaits
mouth, who have not been here
for several years, and visit the
city now, seem to be surprised at
the way the old town lias im
proved in the past few years. The.
sequel to Ibis is, the business
men are gelling closer together
every day and when there is unity
of action for the betterment of a
city, prosperity is bound lo come.
Everywhere in the city of Platts-
moulh evidences of good feeling
and failh in the town cuu It
noted.
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the consumer and not the middle
man alone, although he is always
willing to take all tie can.
World-Herald.
MUST ENFORCE
LAW OR GET OUT
THE GUN BEHIND THE DOOR.
The Lincoln Trade Review pays
this compliment to one of our
must prominent public men:
"No man in national life is at
tracting more attention and be
ing listened to with more eager
ness, these days, than Governoi
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey.
Governor of the state that has
long been denominated as the
mother of trusts, he has worked
more political reforms in that
stale and brought the people
farther back toward represent
ative government, than many men
in ollicial life accomplish in a
double term of service, and yet
oodrow ilson has been gov-
rnor less lhan six mouths. In
discussing reform movements,
the governor uses some expres
sions as original as they are
poinled. For instance, in speak
ing of the initiative and refern-
duin method of giving the people
such legislation as they want and
when they want it, he says, by way
of illustrating bis point, that, thai
measure, in political life, is like
the gun behind the door ready
for emergency, ready in case
wanted, a safeguard seldom re
quired to beu sed, but mighty
valuable when wanted. Ttie gov
ernor is applying the practical to
politics in his illustration. When
all goes well the gun stands in its
place unused. When emerg
encies come that adds more to
security Mian the knowledge of
preparedness that the gun behind
the door typifies."
Governor Sends Sharp Letter to
Douglas County Attorney,
REAR ADMIRAL UUBDOCL
Feted by Japanese as
He Takes Command of
American Squadron.
AYS HE IS SHIRKING HIS DUTY
The charge of corruption in
somewhat different form, hut
still corruption, is being trans
ferred from the legislatures in
Illinois and Wisconsin, in I be
election of I.orimer and Steven
son to the United Stales senale
The people look upon keeping the
Vnited Slates senale free from
any charge of corruption of far
greater importance than whether
Lorimer and Stevenson retain
their seals. It is not so much
theRO men that are on trial as the
penato itself.
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An time business gets a little
dull in Tacoma, the newspapers
can liven things up a bit by starl
ing a recall on some ollleer. SI.
Paul Pioneer-Press.
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Half a century ago the war of
the rebellion was begun, am
thousands upon thousands of
men sacrificed life, health, home
nnd fortune for the preservation
of tho Union. Mo Memorial Day
of Ittii Is of special significance
The day is now a national Institu
lion, and Ihe ranks of the vet
erans of Yl have become so thin
ned that it well becomes their
sons to honor the memory
of the brave men who died in bat
tle and lo recognize the few re
maining soldiers of those dark
days by giving them especial at
tention on May 30th. I.ct all Join
in paying tribute to the fallen
heroes next Tuesday.
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Dradslrcel, and the oilier re
porting agencies all agree that
crops show a belter condilioi
Among James Schoolcraft
Sherman's other claims to dis
tinction, he is not being seriously
considered as a candidate for vice
president in I'M'.!.
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The llrsl slate ball under
King George's reign has been
held. As the kinn did not do the
barn dance, we feel that it is just
as well that we wrote him (hat we
could not he present.
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It begins to look as though the
standpatters would oppose Tafl's
renominalion. Well, it looks like
many of the rank and tile in the
republican parly were ferninst
Ihe president for another term.
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The old Standard M crowd is
fast passing away. What will
happen when 2l Droadway falls
into the hands of the present
generation of flannel clothed and
golf-playing youngsters?
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the more the Canadian reci
procity lluurcs are studied th
clearer it becomes that the coun
try is gomir (o save a good deal
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more on prices man n loses m
rev en tie. Indianapolis New s.
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Jt'dh of the territories of ,rj.
zona and New Mexico should iiave
THE MIDDLEMAN.
The Technical World publishes
an article in which an attempt is
made to explain the high cost of
all tho necessaries of life, and to
account for the rush to tho cities
and tho concentration of wealth
therein. The article makes its
severe charges against t lie mid
dleman.
The case against the middle
man is illustrated by the story of
a farmer in New York who do
termined to move to the city. At
the home station there were boys
selling grapes at 1 cent a box
When he got to the city he fouiul
that the same box of grapes cos
40 cents, while the freight on
them was only 1 cent and he knew
that for he had been a shipper" of
grapes, There was a rise in
price of 2,000 per cent.
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The writer also calls attention
to the fact that the price of
steer paid to the fanner is from
$('.() to $70, but at the rate that it
is sold in the senale restaurant
that steer would bring .12.000.
While those statements are ap
proximately true, it does not fol
low that the middlemen gets all
the difforonro between the ex
tremes of those prices. Much of
it goes in taxes, Jn rent for land
thai is so high that every square
foot of it requires as much gold
lo purchase it as would cover it
with gold coin. Many n little
corner grocery man in New York
pays $8,000 to $10,000 a year
rent, and a large portion of the
increase in price goes lo tho land
bod. Then (he banks have their
share, which is a pretty largo one,
on the loans to the men who do
business.
It is the "system" that In tti
main creates the large difference
in price between the farmer and
In County Court.
Stale of Nebraska, County of
Cass, ss.
In the Matter of. the Estate of
Henry C. Hardnock, Deceased.
To All Persons Interested:
You are hereby notified that
there is now on file in this court
an instrument, purporting lo be
Ihe last will and testament of the
said Henry C. Hardnock, de
ceased, together with the petition
of Sam It. Iiams, praying therein
that said instrument be allowed
and probated as the last will and
testament of said deceased.
That a bearing will be had up
on said petition before tin's court
in tho County Court Rooms at
Piattsmouth, in said County, on
the irth day of Juno, 1911, at 10
o'clock a. m.' All objections
thereto, must be filed on or be
fore said day and hour of hear
ing. Witness my hand and the seal
of tho County Court of Cass
County, Nebraska, this 22nd day
of May, 1911.
SEAL.
Allen J. Deeson,
County Judge.
Taking Treatment for Injuries.
I'' win Friday's Pally.
Mr. J. E. Meisinger has been in
the city for a short lime taking
treatment for an injured leg. The
injury was received by him some
lime ago while breaking a young
mule, which insisted on using its
own head instead of submitting to
the guidance of the driver. Mr.
Meisinger had it hitched with an
other animal at the time, and al
though assisted by his brother,
found himself in a precarious
situation, getting his leg between
the contrary donky and somo hard
object. The result was to bruiso
tho flesh and break the skin on
his leg. He paid no attention to
the wound expect to bandage it,
until several days after it began
to cause him pain and he con
cluded to come to town to he near
tho physician, who dresses tho
wound often.
Notice to Taxpayers.
The County Hoard of Equaliza
tion will sit for the purpose of
equalizing the assessment of Cass
County for the year 1911, in tho
Commissioners' Chamber at tho
court house in Piattsmouth, Ne
braska, beginning Tuesday, June
13th, 1911, at 10 o'clock a. m., and
continue from day to day up to
noon of Saturday, June 17th,
1911.
All claims for equalization
must be (lied on or before Friday,
the 1 01 li day of Juno, 1911.
D. C. Morgan,
County Clerk.
TeMs English to Get Busy on Disor
derly Houses or He Will Be Re
placed by Man Who Will Says Re
quest to Donahue Is Subterfuge.
Lincoln, May 26. Governor Aldrich
sent a sharp letter to County Attorney
Kngllsh of Douglas comity, in which
he states that that official's sidetrack
ing of the recent communication scut
out by him In regard to the enforce
ment of the Alberts disorderly house
act does not meet with the executive's
approval.
He further says unreservedly that
unless proceedings are instituted at
once he will take steps to furnish
Douglas county with an attorney who
will not hesitate to conform with his
wishes In tho matter.
The letter goes to Attorney English
In reply to one received from Gov
ernor Aldrich, in which the Omaha
man said he had referred the state
executive's communication to Chief of
Police Donahue with a request for In
formation regarding the existence of
houses of ill-fame In the state's me
tropolis. In his letter, Governor Aid
rich says:
I observe that you say In your let
ter that you have transmitted to the
chief of police of your city a copy of
jour letter to me and upon receipt of
Information you will take such steps
as the evidence justifies.
"Permit me to say, Mr. English,
that I am calling on you as county at
torney In and for Douglas county to
enforce this one of the statutes of
the state. If It had been the duty of
the chief of police I would have called
upon him nnd not upon you.
"I do not believe tn French diplom
acy. If I did, I would be tolerant of
evasion, subterfuges and equivoca
tions, and, In short, anything to evade
a plain performance of duty. Chief
Donahue Is tn no way under and by
virtue of provisions of this statute
connected officially with your office.
You cannot shirk your responsibility
by laying quiet until Chief Donahue
sees fit to produce the evidence which
you. personally, know exists.
"So when you refer this matter to
the Investigation of Chief Donahue I
must plainly say that you are certainly
not acting in good faith, and do not
Intend to enforce the law If you possl
bly can evade It. I have decided to
see to It that this law is enforced and
I shall use all the means at my com
mand to see that It is done. If is Is
necessary for me to get a new county
attorney In Douglas county to enforce
this law, I shall take the necessary
steps to do so and will not hesitate to
assume this responsibility. This
measure Is one of the most Important
to good government and to society
that has ever oeen placed upon the
Btatute books of this state. It ts in
disputable that these assignation
houses are the headquarters of mur
derers, criminals, thugs and thieves.
When it ts necessary to hold public
meetings to provide for the safety of
lite It seems to me that no official
should for nn Instant hesitate to lend
his most energetic aid in the per
formance of his duties.
"Murders are too common and hold
ups too frequent to conduct the en
forcement of this statute along diplo
matic lines for the purpose of evading
a plain duty. You and you alone are
called upon to do your duty tn enforc
ing the provisions of the statute in
question. I shall hold you and you
alone responsible for Its enforcement.
New It's up to you to say, 'Yes' or
'No.' "
Attorney General to Decide.
Deputy Food Commissioner Jackson
has been asked whether or not the
sale of a package of popcorn and a
small paper fan attached is contrary
to the provisions of the Housch anti-
free gift bill. The same question has
arisen In regard to the sale of baking
powder with dishes, not attached to
the original packages. Both of these
have heen referred to Attorney Gen
eral Martin by Food Commissioner
Jackson. The new act makes It un
lawful to sell or offer for sale any
goods with a promise given or Implied
of a gift or bestowal of any article or
thing, "for and in consideration of the
purchase by a person of any article
or things." Whether the paper fan
and the dish In these cases are a con
sideration for the purchase of pop
corn or baking powder Is the question
to be decided by the attorney general.
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Don t knock on the Fourth of
July celebration, but put your
shoulder to the wheel and boost
il along, and lei's have a big lime
Mrs. Cameron Succeeds Sherman.
Omaha, May 26. Governor Aldrich
has appointed Mrs. M. D. Cameron ot
Omaha member of the board of trus
tecs that controls the state school for
the deaf at. Omaha and the state
school for the blind at Nebraska City.
She will succeed C. U. Sherman of
Omaha, resinned. Mrs. Cameron Is
president of the Omaha Wonu-n's club.
Verdict Against Archbold.
New Bedford, Mass., May 26. The
raso in which .lohn D. Archbold of
New York was sued by William De
Mello of MaMapolsett for damages for
the death of his daughter, Gullhenne,
ended In a verdict of fii.iuo. The
child was Killed by Mr. Arcbbold's automobile.
CHURCH COMMITTEE
SUSPENDS PASTOR
Ret i. JL Smith ot United Breth
ren Church Found Guilty.
Beatrice, Neb., May 26. At the close
of the church trial of Rev. J. A. Smith,
pastor of the United Brethren church
of this city, the committee found him
guilty of three of the five charges pre
ferred against him. The three charges
sustained by the committee are that,
he has made false and slanderou
statements regarding the United
Brethren hospital here; that he ha
bflnn guilty of disobedience to the or
der of discipline of the church; and
that he has made reckless and Irre
sponsible statements and misrepre
sentations relative to the affairs of tht
church.
The verdict suspends him from tha
ministry here. The trial Just closed
is a piellmlnary affair and the findings
of the committee will be forwarded to
the Pennsylvania conference of th
church, which will meet in October.
Rev. Mr. Smith came here about a
year ago from Blue Springs, this coun
ty. RATE ADVANCES APPROVED
Increases From Dakota Points to Chi
cago Held Not Unreasonable.
Washington, May 26. Proposed ad
vances in the freight rates on grain
and grain products from North Dakou
and South Dakota producing points to
such primary grain centers ns Minne
apolis, Duluth, Milwaukee and Chicago
are 'held by the Interstate commerce
commission in a decision to be mt un
reasonable. The commission held,
however, that the former established
rates from points of origin to these
destinations should be restored, ex
cept In Instances of bona tide error In
tariffs or manifest violations of the
long and shoit haul provisions.
Advances in rates on coarse grr -i
and wheat from South Omaha to Oma
ha, Neb., were condemned.
JURY ACQUITS HUFSCH
Second Charge Will Be Pushed Againit
Lincoln Man.
Lincoln, May 26. Alter being out
for three hours the jury In the case
of the state against Grant Hursch. In
which the hitter was charged with
phooting Thomas Hawkins with intent
to kill during a trial in which the de
fendant's sister testified that Hawkins
had been her betrayer, returned a ver
dict of not guilty. Hursch was not set
free, however, inasmuch as a second
charge will be pushed against him.
When the Jury returned its verdict
County Attorney Strode stated that
Judge Frost had suggested that
Hursch be confined in an asylum if
Insane, as aliened, or charged with
contempt or c iait if not insnne.Judge
Cornish ru'od that this matter could
be considered at a future date.
ASK BETTER TRAIN SERVICE
Commercial Clubs of Towns on South
Platte Line of Union Pacific Meet.
Osceola, Neb., May 26. The com
mercial clulm of all the towns on the
South Plat'e line of the Union Pacific
railway, west of David City, held a
meeting at Osceola for the purpose of
taking up the matter of securing bet
ter train service. Officers were elect
ed, consisting of O. K. Mickey of Os
ceola, president; C. W. Moon of Shel
by, sceretnry-treasuier.
Resolutions were adopted asking an
Increased passenger service.
Village Feitroyed by Avalanche.
St. Petersburg, May 26. The village
of Oroscher, In wist central Asia, ha
been overwhelmed by nn avalanche
One hundred nnd twenty el:;ht peopln
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