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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAE.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1913.
Cbc plattsmc?jtb 'journal
Published 8em !-W e k. I y o t Plattumouth, N b r.
Entered at the PoatoEce at I'lattsmouuh, Nebraska, as sec jnd-class mall matter.
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
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Would you remain always
young, and would you carry all
joy and buoyancy of youth into
your mature years? Then
have care concerning but one
thing how you live in your
thought world. R. W. Trine.
Worry hurts worse than work, and
pays less.
:o:
A little more moisture to quench
the drouth.
:o:
The farmers got in several good
days last week, and made hay in the
sunthine.
:o:-
The total wealth of Nebraska is
bout two and a half billions. Great
is Nebraska!
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What has become of the old-
fashioned summer that was predicted
last winter?
:o:
The changes of the moon does not
seem to have any effect on the weath
er, any more,
:o:
Faris fashions are said to be as
absurd as ever, so no doubt they will
sell well this fail.
:o:
Another argument against war is
that it lasts longer than elections or
the foofbairseasoti.
:o:-
The fly swatter gets a rest after the
first heavy frost, but the bores are
with us the year around.
:o:
When this country trains all its
able-bodied men to bear arms it won't
need to be too proud to fight.
:o:
In a Sunday outing one can acquire
enough mosquito bite3 to keep him
assidiously occupied the rest of the
week.
-:o:
The re-occupation of Mexico City
by Carranza troops may relieve the
situation at the capital for a few days
at least.
:0'-
If it takes 420,000 British soldiers
to hold thirty-five miles of defenses
per Lord Lanesdown how many will
be necessary to hold 100 miles?
:o :
It is claimed that war is cutting
down the number of marriages, but
married couples can't expect to avoid
war, even with peace in Europe.
:o:
Here it is the first of August, and
yet no extreme suffering from the
heat. Wc will probably get our sum
mer weather in October and Novem
ber. :o:
Of all the tyrants of earth, Dame
-.Fashion has the fewest biographers;
and no one has adequately undertaken
to fanthom her psychological phenom
ena. -:o:
The people who are buying the
bonds of European governments must
have more confidence in those govern
ments' promise to pay than in their
other promises.
:o:
Henry Ford claims his new farm
. tractor will be very popular with the
boys on the farm, but probably not
more so than Dobbin drawing a buggy
on nice moonlight nights.
Some of the weather prophets are
now predicting a dry, hot fall, and a
cold,' wet winter. We predict that
they don't know any more about the
weather than we do, even two weeks
ahead.
BRYAN'S BROTHER-IN-LAW.
It may occur to some that in se
lecting Thomas S. Allen, the well
known brother-in-law of W. J. Bryan,
for appointment as United States dis
trict attorney for Nebraska, Sec
retanes JicAdoo and Gregory, to
whose preference his selection is
credited, may have adopted such a
course as they thought most likely to
injure Bryan in this state.
Among those who have been most
closely associated with Jlr. Allen
there is a quiet rumor current that
this selection for this place ha3 in con
templation on his own part his further
elevation later on, providing of course,
he manages to be confirmed by the
senate for thi3 honor. It is expected
that the retirement of Judge W. H.
Munger from the federal bench in
October will create a vacancy in that
position, a position paying a comfort
able salary t the fortunate incum
bent for life, or until retirement on
pay at the age of 70 years. Some of
his friends declare that llr. Allen has
his eye on -that position, and that if he
should be fortunate enough to have
his appointment to the district attor
neyship confii-med by the senate he
will occupy a i trategic position toward
attainment of the higher and more
substantial honor.
Not only did Secretaries McAdoo
and Gregory select Mr. Allen for the
place, and inject him into it to the
exclusion of some other good man
who had hopnd for the job through
the support tf Mr. Bryan, but they
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even want so. far as to .abrogate a
lule that required the United States!
district attorr.ey to devote his entire
time to the duties of the office and
give up axll private practice.
There ha3 been a rumor current
that Mr. Allei enjoys a private prac
tice that brirgs him about $1,200 a
month, or 11,400 a year. He holds
several positions as counselor for big
concerns. It is no disparagement to
his ability as a lawyer to say that
any lawyer who happened to be
brother-in-law to Mr. Bryan might
hold them.
When it was porclaimed from
Washington that Mr. Allen had been
added to the long list of relatives of
Mr. Uryan who had been slated for
the governrmnt payroll, the sugges
tion came that he might move to
Omaha, the official residence of the
United States district attorney, or
not, as suited his pleasure. This in
dicated that the possibility of his resi
dence in On: aha has been carefully
considered. If he was to be only fed
eral district attorney his actual resi
dence in Omaha would not be neces
sary, as he might perform the duties
of hi3 office as well while living ac
tually in Lincoln and nominally in;
Omaha, aa if his actual residence were
here. But if he has the succession of
Judge Mungt r in mind he would have
to register from the territory north
of the Flatte river.
This appointment of Mr. Allen
seem? just now quite certain to weigh
heavily against Mr. Bryan. Taken by
itself, it would be bad. But consider
ed with reftrnces to the fact that
most of the male appendages of the
Bryan family have been attached to
the government payroll, it is infinitely
worse. That is the feature that even
the ardent Bryan exponent is going
to take to heart most, especially, if he
may have aspired sucessfully to pre
ferment himself. Omaha Examiner.
:o:
TJcn't be i.i a hurry about shedding
your wintor underwear. .
:o: .
Some of the young married women
think it strange that when they get
homo from an automobile trip their
husbands have done nothing about
getting supper. They'll perhaps live
and learn. . j
Summer and winter combined. Who
ever experienced such weather?
' :.:
Becker had at least one good trait.
He tried to preserve the faith of his
wife.
We have enjoyed a taste of winter
t . - t f
, m August. KjOia. enougn ior over
coats. :o:
Probably the Eastland could have
been properly built for the same
money.
:o :
Imagination and hope are Siamese
twins. One can't survive the death of
the ether. "
:o: .
When Germany goes out for a drive
it pay no attention to the speed
ordinances.
:o:
The Mexicans would be very stub
born not to let us feed them when they
are hungry.
. :o:
Where the waist is on feminenity
is a natter of doubt, but in man the
waste line is pretty close to the bread
line.
:o:
If the army worm has kept pace
with the growth of the armies " its
growth may well spread consterna
tion.
:o:
Heat is killing people in some sec
tions of the east, while here in Ne
braska we are having fires to drive
the chill away.
;o :
There ought to be a law that the
man with the long, drooping mustache
hould have nothing but melted butter
for his corn on the cob.
It is often said that any old kind
of a man is- very welcome at the sum
mer resorts, but a man who can danc e
the fox trot is more warmly welcom
ed than one who can merely expound
ntelligently the currency system or
international law.
:o:
Now some of the state pinheads
want to establish a manufactory for
automobile numbers at the peniten
tiary, and are going to send Henry
Gerdes, a member of the board of
control, to Chicago to investigate the
matter. Some more graft.
:o:
General strengthening of the United
States navy will be guided largely by
the inventive genius of the country,
including Thomas A. Edison. Mr.
Edison has accepted an invitation of
Secretary Daniels to head a civilian
advisory board on naval betterment.
In spite of the immense losses to
the small grain crops - by hail and
Hessian fly, Nebraska is harvesting
one of the largest grain crops in her
history as a state. The losses by hail
have been estimated at $5,0007000,
while the fly has doubtless done fully
as much more. The present crop,
however, shows what Nebraska soil
will do when it has a sufficiency of
moisture as a producer it cannot be
beaten in the world.
:o:
Colonel Roosevelt and his wife
passed through Omaha on their way
cast Saturday night. There seems to
be a great change in the people as to
the coming and going m of Teddy. A
few ycar3 ago he could not enter
Omaha as quietly as he did Saturday.
Not a soul was there to greet them.
The peopla are not so wild over those
fellows who were once the pride of
party followers. Their days are
passed.
'. :o:
President Holden's suggestion that
the future help for the Burlington be
selected from along the line of that
road, has the right ring. There are
many young men coming up who
could just as well fit themselves for
positions that are to be filled in the
future a3 not. So far as Plattsmouth
is concerned, she has furnished a
number of very prominent railroad
men, Who are now holding prominent
positions with the Burlington and
other railroads, and. we have a num
ber of boys growing up who, by ap
plying themselves, would make prom
inent and efficient employes, and now
is the time to begin the study.
; FREIGHT RATES
AND TAXES
It is difficult to picture a state off!
cial imbued with ideals and ideas as
to the duties of his position, going out
of his way to take the part of a cor
poration. Yet that very thing hap
pened last week when Railway Com
missioner Thomas Hall stalked .boldly
into a meeting of the state equaliza
tion board and proclaimed the doc
trine that added levy of taxes
against the railroads in the end only
adds to the people's burdens by in
creasing the gross revenues they
must pay."
A curious doctrine and an un
usual advocacy of it!
Yes, indeed but worthy of a little
thought by those who would condemn
it upon first glance.
Commissioner Hall knows that
taxes of the railroads are allowable
virtually as operating expenses. They
must be deducted before the net reve
nue is determined, and before the
rate of return, as fixed by regulatory
bodies, is computed upon the invest
ment. The addition of taxes, there
fore, means an additional revenue
shall be garnered in so that there
will be no depreciation of the rate of
return upon the whole property. If
the operating income is not enough to
take care of the added expense, then
rate increases must, make up the dif
ference and therein the people en
ter the equation rather abjectly by
becoming the objects of their own
indiscretions. The burden is thus
shifted to them and they must
pay it!
The argument of one of the equali
zation board members that levy of no
taxes upon the railroads should be
followed by a decrease of rates, is
interesting, but not possible at this
time. The day is not yet reached
when such ideal regulation can be had
that railroads can escape taxation al
together. They are a part of the gov
ernment, just as individuals are, and
must bear their share of the opera
tion of government. That share should
be just as to the character and amount
of their property, and should be
equitable as compared to the charac
ter and amount of other classes of
property. Not until our tax system is
changed, and until the problems of
regulation are clearly solved, can a
true and satisfactory economic bal
ance be established between the people
and the public utilities World-Herald.
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Old Sol
again.
begins to look friendly
:o:-
Pleasant weather once again for a
change.
:n:
A little over a month till the school
bell rings.
:o:
Quite naturally, Mr. Bryan is
prouder of the title of "Prince of
Peace" than that of "Colonel."
:o:
No one has suggested the theory
that the lake level has fallen to ac
count for the Eastland disaster, but
every ether reason has been given.
:o:
Several more new residences were
placed under contract during the past
week. Rental property is a scarce
article in this man's town. Never be
fore in the history of the town was
houses to rent so scarce.
:o: '
From the tone of the state press
Tommy Allen's appointment as dis
trict attorney is not giving genuine
satisfaction among the rock-ribbed
democrats of Nebraska. There is no
reason on earth why it should.
:o:
Some writers argue that the inces
sent cannonading in the European war
is the cause of the incessant rains in
this country. We do not know as to
thi3 theory, but we know something
is causing too much wet in this coun
try. ;o:
An exchange asks what has become
of the man who used to get up at 4
a. m. and begin work at 5 o'clock?
Well, he is probably dead, but his son
is most likely sore because the boss
insists on his getting to the office at
8:30. . .
There's little that a merchant prince
won't figure on, if he thinks he can
get it at a bargain. There s Mr
wannamaker settine a price on
Belgium.
:o:
Teddy Roosevelt says he has no in
tention of renouncing the bull moose
party. We don't suppose that it will
make much difference whether he does
or does not.
:o:
When you hear wild, shrill outcries
in the garden it is probably the robins
trying to teach their offspring to fly
in the presence of three cats. Swat
the bird-catching cat.
:o:
Congressman V ictor Murdock, lead
er of the insurgent forces in Kansas
says if the regular republicans adopt
a platform that is favorable to the
progressives they may get the bull
moose vote, but Otherwise the stuff is
all off. Evidently the bull moosers
are going to have their way or they
won't play.
:o: 1
There is a movement on foot in
Lincoln to erect a monument in Ante
lope park to the memory of the late
Frank W. Brown, former mayor and
postmaster of that city. Frank Brown
was one of God's noblemen, and
everyone who knew him was hia
friend. It is good in the people to
thus honor his memory.
:o:
Mexico will soon have to pacify her
-elf, or get a good licking. When
the South American countries join the
United States in the demand that they
cool down and behave themselves, and
they don't do it, there's going to be
something doing for sure. About two
dozen hangings of professed leaders
may result to help out in the pacifica
tion.
:o:
The farmers of the south are wak
ing up, and northern farmers will
have to step lively or they will be out
distanced. The day when the south
crner confined his efforts to cotton,
tobacco and rice has rassed. He
learns that there is not always a mar
ket for these, but that the demand for
grains is constant. He has found, too,
that his soil and climate are just as
good for grain production as is the
northerner's. Henceforth he is going
to be a factor in the grain market.
Estimates made on Ju?y 1 show that
the approximate grain production of
the south, not including rice, will be
1.540,000 bushels this year, a gain of
283,000 bushels.
:o:
Sales naturally go down in summer
time because cheapc- tilings are jsed
and there are fewer wants to Le
satisfied. But wise slot ekcepers re
alize they can utilin.j the warm weath
er to build business. A custcirer who
has a small summer need well satis
fied is apt to remember it and return
later when desires are more import
ant. Up-to-date merchants go after
business in a definite, aggressive way
in the "dull months." Evidence of
the progressive spirit will be found
in the advertising in today's Evening
Journal. The men whose names are
printed there want business and they
intend to make their advertising pay
by supplementing it with good service.
:o:
We hear of fortunes being made
suddenly and seemingly by chance.
We read of millions being made in
single transactions. But don't be de
ceived. Ordinarily, fortunes are not
made in that way. For one such there
are thousands that grow like the
plant, day by day, from little seeds of
savings. And the man who can make
his millions in a single deal had first
long and patiently to learn the value
of pennies. Rockefeller has more mil
liens than he himself can account for,
but one of the most treasured of all
his possessions today is a little, old,
well-worn memorandum book, in
which when he was getting his first
little salary he kept strict account of
every penny. We can't all be as rich
as Rockefeller, and most of us pretend
we wouldn't be if we could. But we
will all admit that we want as much
as we need. And whether that be
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INNOCENCE SUFFERS.
All through his three years' fight
for his life, Charles Becker, the New
York police lieutenant, who was ex
ecuted on Friday last, seemed more
deeply concerned about his wife than
about himself. And his last words
before he left his cell to be electrocut
ed was a touching reference to the
woman who had made such a de
termined fight to clear him of the
charge of murder. He keenly felt the
sorrow and the disgrace that "would
darken the future of the woman
whose husband had been executed a's
a felon, and the punishment that she
must suffer, although innocent of
crime.
Becker was a man of more than
ordinary intelligence, and it was quite
natural that he should realize all that
it meant to his wife. But the trouble
with Eecker was, that he did not think
of all this before he committed the
crime for which he was executed. He
could have prevented it all. He must
h?.ve known at the time that he. was
plotting the murder of Herman
Rosenthal that "murder will out," and
that he would probably be arrested
and convicted. Why did he not think
of his wife then and save her from
the heart-brcakir.g ordeal that his
crime brought upon her?
As it is in Becker's case, so it is in
almost every criminal case. The in
nocent are made to sufFer along with
the guilty. And in most cases cf
crime the punishment falls more
heavily upon the innocent than upon
those who commit the crime. It
would seem that men who are tempted
to commit crime and who must realize
the sorrow and the humiliation that
a criminal act may bring upon their
homes and upon their friends, would
fight such temptation as they would
death itself. It would seem that con
sideration for those who love and
trust them, if for no other reason,
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crime. Eecker probably thought that
he could conceal his crime that he
would never be caught. He made tha
mistake that most criminals make.
While most criminals are eventual
ly caught and punished, yet every man
who decides to commit a crime labors
Under the delusion that he will be an
exception to the general rule. He
imagines that he is just a little
"smarter" than the millions before
him who have been caught and con
victed, and he takes a chance. After
he has been caught he suddenly calls
to mind that he has a home and has
friend. He never thought of them
before. Not until he pawned their
peace and happiness, and lost, did he
consider them of any value. This is
one of the most common phases of
man's inhumanity to man this pun
ishment of the innocent. The entire
span of human cussedness, from the
man who gets drunk and disgraces his
home, to the man who commits mur
der and is hanged, is a story of in
nocence tortured and crushed and of
hearts broken. Death is less cruel
than crime.
:o:
Why do they call them roasting
ears, when everybody boils them?
:o:
People who don't have it still insist
that the hay fever is all imagination.
:o:
But we have enough military and
naval force to" squelch uprisings in
Haiti.
:o:
While this pencil-pusher believes in
universal peace, and doesn't want to
peeve anyone, the fact remains that
baby boys are more popular than baby
girls the world over. If this isn't true,
why does a man give a ten-cent cigar
when a new boy arrives at his home
and a jitney smoke when a daughter
arrives?
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