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PLATTSMOUTII SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21. 1913.
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& THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
J-' The reason that God usually
rocs among the poor to select -l-J
the men of genius is because 4"
I- the poor are usually the only !
J ones who are willing to pay the l
v price of genius. -5
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Foot ball will excite the sports for
a while now, no doubt.
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Do your Christmas shopping early.
That is the way to do it.
:o:
No man should complain of his
fool friends; he makes them.
:o:
Only four weeks from next Thurs
day till Thanksgiving, and turkeys
scarce.
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It looks as though Villaism was
i'bout played out in Mexico, but there
is nothing sure about it.
:o:
-It is peculiar, but true, that accident
insurance companies don't do much
business among joy riders.
:o:
The ladies who paint their cheeks
get plenty of cricitism, but they are
generally looked at the second time.
:o:
There are a good many signs of a
cold winter, but the thermometer will
Le the best one, when winter comes.
:o:
Ball players have now come to the
time of year when they don't attract
any more attention than a congress
man. :o:
The fellows who are benefited by
good roads should be more interested
in making them good than anybody
els.
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The Germans expect President Wil
son to be just as firm with the English
as he has been with them, and he
.should be.
Henry Ford is the best advertised
man in the country; and so, most like
ly, is a certain factory output that Mr.
Ford knows all about.
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You can't believe in everything that
comes from Mexico. It is now given
out that Villa has been slain. But the
news is too good to be confirmed.
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We have been enjoying beautiful
fall weather for a few days, and we
sincerely hope it will continue with us
for some time but it won't. It L1 not
used to it.
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And now the last of President Wil
son's daughters is to be married. Evi
dently the White house is becoming a
regular bee-hive for honeymoons.
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Dumba describes President Wilson,
in a letter to the Austrian secretary of
state, as a "self-willed man." He i.i
that, Mr. Dumba, and thank God, he
is that!
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Omaha should double her police
force, if they have to, in order to pre
vent so many murders and burglaries.
The conditions in the metropolis are
really becoming alarming.
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With a clothes basket as a cradle
for his month-old motherless babe, II
E Iliatt made the journey from Eagle,
Arz.. t9 Sidney, Iowa, to place his in
lant in the care of its grandmother.
Mrs. Hiatt dtd about a month ago.
following the birth of twins, one of
which died at birth. A woman on the
train volunteered to assist the young
father and the infant reached its
destination safely.
WOMEN IN KANSAS.
Out in Kansas, where they strive to
please, the women ought to have small
cause for complaint if it is possible to
deprive the sex of that inalienable
right. Here are some of the things a
woman of the Sunflower state may
legally do: Can take back her maiden
name after her husband is dead, with
out any legal process or legislative
act. Can keep her own name when
she is married. Can persuade her
husband to take her name and give up
his family name, if she does not like
it. Can keep her maiden name and
her husband can keep his. Can re
tain her maiden name for business
transactions and use her husband'r
name for social affairs. If wife does
not like either her own or husband's
name, they can change to a name that
does suit. A woman can wear men's
clothing without any restriction except
that she must not pose as a man.
She can hold office in the state and
run for congress. She can vote at
every election. As Kansas probably
puts it, a woman there can do almost
anything a man can. That's so. The
men's clothing provision even permits
her to scratch a match as some men
do. Only thing she seems debarred
from is "posing as a man," which is
impossible, of course, for most of
them, at least.
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Virtue is its own reward and with
out fail when it is the virtue of re
straining an outburst of temper.
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Usually the man who is most violent
in his indignation over the shortcom
ings of his own town has never been
anywhere else.
:o:
This is the last week of Billy Sun
day in Omaha, and we haven't heard
of Mayor Jim Dahlman hitting the
sawdust trail yet.
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Moving pictures, they say, have
done more to decrease drunkenness
than any other influence; and nothing
done yet to organize a society for the
promotion of moving pictures.
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Measure the resentment, if you can.
of the survivors of this war should
they find that all the blood and money
they have spent has won nothing. How
many of the present governments in
Europe will be stamped under foot?
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Since the beginning of the war 2,000
French public school teachers have
been killed on the battlefield and 8,000
have been put out of service, accord
ing to statistics given out by the min
istry of public instruction. The num
ber of mobilized teachers is 30,000.
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Former Chief of Police Malone says
Lincoln is in a worse condition than
it has been for years. Malone has had
considerable to do with Lincoln affairs,
and this puts Brother Charley's ad
ministration to the bad. And his inti
mate friends expected so much of him.
There seems to be no limit to what
a candidate can spend in the primaries
and general election. The last legis
lature cut out the old law and made
a new law. A candidate can now
spend $5,000, if he wants to, but there
isn't many who want to contribute this
much.
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The young man who professed sur
prise when a court sentenced him to
five years for defiling his own little
sister must have been observing the
frequency with which rapists and in
cestuous prisoners have been released
from prisons in the years of the past.
One who did not hear the evidence,
but yet observes that the jury found
this young man guilty, has some dif
ficulty in understanding a recommen
dation for clemency. Lincoln Star.
WHO IS ON AMERICA'S SIDE:
Then Moses stood in the gate of
the camp and said: "Who is on Je
hovah's side let him come unto me.
President Wilson's words to a pa
triotic society of women recently are
a challenge to all American citizens
who permit their thoughts or feelings
about other countries to sway them
ic speech or action not ruled by the
heartfelt conviction, "America First!"
No other construction can be put up
on such phrases as these:
' America has a great cause, not
confined to th American continent;
the cause of hun inity itself.
I look forward to the necessity in the
ears which ar; immediately at hand
ef calling upon every man to declare
himself, where he stands. Is it Amer
ica first, or is it not? - I am
nut deceived as to the balance of opin
ion amons; foreign-born citizer but
I am in a hu.-ry to have an oopoi
tunity to have a line-up and let the
men who are thinking first of other
countries stand on one side and all
uii ti iv o ?vuia v v t w .
that are Americans first, and all the
time, on the other hand.'
Within the last year we have felt j
again preplexities of our nation's
youth which a few years ago we could
not believe would ever recur. We have
become painfully conscious that our
assimilation of some elements of our
diverse population has not been as
perfect as suppdsetl that the antag
onisms, prejudices and passions ot
that old Europe have not been com
pletely left behind by some who came
professing to believe in America
above all other lands. We have found.
and the finding has been a grief, that
'some among us have no thought first
of America."
These are not really numerous; that
has been clearly shown when such a j
test came as the question of plain
murder on the high seas. Then it was
proved that' thousands had been un
justly subjected because they had been
silent, while those who sought to rep
resent them had been "very vocal."
Yet even after that demonstration
partisanship for causes not America's
continued to menace with industrial
intrigue and political threat, and to
inspire fears the more corrosive of our
peace of mind because so intangible.
With foreseeing perception of the
nation's needs of certainty of distinc
tion between the loyalty that is un
reservedly of the heart, mind and soul,
and the loyalty that is of the lips,
with a mental reservation and a soul
of rebellion, Wood row Wilson stands
up as did Moses of old and demands,
Who is on America's side?"
No real American feels any doubt
about the answer. No real American
is any more afraid than Wood row
Wilson "upon the test of 'America
First' to take a census," for he knows
that "the vast majority came here be
cause they believe in America," and
that having "bought this privilege
with a great price," they cherish it
even more than some of us who were
born into it.
Yes it is fit and timely that the
challenge should be given. We need
to search our neighbors' hearts; some
of us need to search our own. The
time may come, it may be near at
hand, when we shall have to say: "He
who is not with us is against us!"
That we may so say with justice and
without uncertainty all true Ameri
cans welcome the issue their president
has raised.
There will be paltry and peevish
censures of Woodrow Wilson for de
manding the line-up. It disturbs little
schemes of political water carriers.
But the challenge is given with the
prescient statesmanship that fears not
to "sound forth a trumpet that shall
never call retreat." As its voice
cleaves the air and the issue is made
plain we can feel the American ranks
close and see such few as may not be
on America's side seeking conceal
ment. Chicago Herald.
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This will be a great old world whfn
peace reigns throughout it once more.
The warring nations will certainly
have had all they want in another
year, with a willingness to settle down
in peace and quietude, and come direct
to the conclusion, as General Sherman
did, that "war is h 1!"
Having recognized Carranza, what
will Villa do to us?
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"Home Coming Day1
and is going to grow.
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is growing.
The candidates seem a little back
ward about declaring their intentions.
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A "Sorry-We-Spoke-Club" should be
organized in Plattsmouth. The mem
bership should be large.
The candidate with the fattest poe
ketbook should know how to spend his
money, when the time comes.
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One day Villa is dead and the next
day he is very much alive. He is evi
dently like the cat with nine lives.
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In our desire to learn one thing
every day, let us inquire what part of
the United States grows the most
Turkish tobacco."
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A woniHU can sneeze and not make
. herself offensive, but when a man
j
j sneezes people begin to hunt
their
I raincoats and umbrellas.
I
! There are two classes of reckless
; people. The first rides motorcycle. ,
and the second (lodges in front of
them in crossing the street.
A heroic general can have three
horses shot from under him. but a
heroic private can't have anything but
two legs shot from under him.
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Where is my wandering boy tonight
and pop and mommer, together with
the rest of the family that can walk?
At the movie shows, of course.
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A cold, bard skepticism of one
i editor depresses us. He says: "The
Sing Sing Mutual Welfare League i
doing nicely. Three members in good
standing were stabbed on Thursday."
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Thanksgiving turkeys are fed on
shelled pecans in Texas. Shelled pe
cans sell for i0 cents per pound up
here. A pecan-fed turkey ought to
cost almost as much as an automobile.
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We all have a. voice and an interest
in the new n;.vv about to be built.
even if not endowed with taxable !
property. Every American citizen j
who believes in life, liberty and pro
tcction should favor a strong army
r.nd navy. Several years ago we could
see no necessity for an increase in the
strength of our army and navy, ami
there wasn't at that time. But there
is now, and everyone who believes in
constitutional liberty will favor it
now.
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It is with heartfelt grief that we arc
called upon to chronicle the death of
Hon. R. I). Sutherland of Nelson, Neb.
While his death has been looked for
for several weeks, it is sad to know
that this good man has been called to
his final home. He was an eminent
lawyer, fine orator, and a gentleman
loved and highly esteemed by all who
knew him. We knew him well and
loved him for his many excellent qual
ities. We deeply sympathize with the
widow and two daughters. Peace to
his ashes!
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Pouring oil upon troubled waters
was a practice of ancient days, but
in modern times wc have a different
use for oil. We put it upon our streets
and roads, and it pays for itself many
times over. Since the automobile
made its appearance the practice of
oiling streets has come into general
use, and has proven by actual experi
ence to be one of the best methods
of preserving our public highways. It
should not only be used upon the mu
nicipal streets, but should be spread
upon every country road, wherever
transportation finds its way. When
a country road is properly graded and
thoroughly oiled it becomes a substan
tial roadbed, resisting water, immune
from mud, and with a total absence of
dust. Travel becomes easy, time is
saved and the vitality of teams is ma
terially preserved. It is easy to make
and hard to wear out. It is what we
need, what we should have, and event
ually must have. And if later, why
not sooner why not now?
THE ARMY PROBLEM.
With the plain proof that war is u
living foice in the world, that armed
aggression is alill a menace with
which nations must reckon, the com
ing congress wiil b confronted with
the issue of preparedness.
President Wilson, with his secre
taries of war and the navy a;:d other
trained advisers, haze figured out a
way of meeting this bsue which
promises to give satisfaction to the
extremists of neither side.
The Chicago Tribune, one of the
foremost exponents of prepareJness,
says of the president's program that
if carried out the country will not, it
is true, be in its pieseiit state oi
viitual defenselessiies;:, "but it win
not be prepared. We shali not have
an adequate defense' declares the
Tribute, "until we have established
the pi iuciplo of universal miiitaiy
service."
Mr. Bryan, on the other band, indi
cates .strongly that he wiil oppose the
i president's program a.-; syr.onymou
with miliiniism and jingoism.
Neither the president nor the con
gress, however, can hope to satisfy
everybody. Their ta.-k is to provide
' for the reasonable safeguarding of the
United States against foreign aggrcs-
fcion, arid to do it in a wav that will
meet the approval of the great body
of sensible, patriotic American citi
zens who are devoted no more to the
doet! me of defenselessness tnan to
thai of militarism.
It is probable that the- policy ten
tatively agreed upon by the president
and his advisers wiil be modified in
tne way and another before it is
thre-hed out in congress. But it is
not probable that congress will ilepart
far from the president's central idea
that of a prepared but non-miiitaris-tic
republic.
How far removed from militarism
are the president's army plans will lie
sci even on cursory consideration.
They call for an increase of ;-,2'
men in the reguiar army, raising tho
grand total to 1 lO.Ooo men or one
.-oldier for each 175 units in our
population. The increase calis for ten
regiments of infantry, T3 companies of
coast artillery, four regiments of field
artilicry, !" companies of engineers.
f,,llr companies of aero squadrons
It is proposed to change the enlist
ment term, so that the regulars would
serve two years actively and four
more years in reserve. On this basis
it is estimated that, in the next six
years, a "reserve" of men
would have been created, serving in
civil and not military, life, but trained
for active service in case of need.
It is further proposed to continue
the state militia, aggregating lJ.",O00
men, but more directly under federal
control and with increased training
and equipment.
Finally and this is- the novel and
important feature of the program it
is proposed to enlist 133,000 "conti
nentals" every year, to serve two
months annually in training camps,
and after three years' service to go in
the reserve corps for three more
years. This, in six years, would pro
vide a "continental" army of 400,000
with a reserve of 400,000 more. They
would not be soldiers, but citizens
pursuing their accustomed avocations
having, however, some training for
military service in case of need.
The total cost of this degree of pre
paredness is estimated at .$181,000,000
a year. The present appropriation
is $109,000,000. The increase, amount
ing to $75,000,000, is equivalent to
about 75 cents per capita increased
military burden on the people of the
United States.
This program, if entered upon and
pursued consistently for the next six
years, would provide the United States
with the material to make an army of
1,315,000 men in case of need. That
urmy would be composed of 140,000
active regular soldiers, 280,000 re
serves in the regular forces, 125,000
state militia, 400,0(10 active "con-
. itincntals" and 400,000 reserve "con
tinentals."
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RUSSIANS AGAIN
CONSIDER EVAGU-
ATIONGF PORT
Hindenhur'4 Again Tops the Column
of War's Calander Little
Change Observed.
IMHHOFF STRIKES VERY HMD
London, Oct. 20. Battles south of
Ki.'a, where the Germans have made
ome progress in the new thrust at
the Ualiic province port, and in Vol-
iiynia and (ialicia, where the Russian.-;
have gained rather important vic
tories, are now competing in interest
with the operations in the Balkans.
The (Jcimans have concentrated
'.-cry large forces, with a great amount
of aitillery, south of Rijra, ant' as a
result a r-tubborn battle has been in
p-ogress for several days. I- ield Mar-
dial von Ilindenburg, who is in com
mand of this region, reported two
days ago that his forces had reached
the river Dvina, but as on previous
occasions this broad and fast running
waterway appears to have held him
up for the time being.
The situation, however, is considered
by the Russians to be more serious
than it had been for a long time, and
there is again talk of the evacuation
of Riga by the military who have been
n sole occupation of the city since the
civilian population left a month ago.
At the other end of the eastern
front the position is just the reverse.
General Ivanoff, who has proved him
self to be the most agprressive of the
Russian commanders, has been strik
ing hard at the Austro-Gcrman forces
on the middle Stj r and all along the
fringco f Galicia that is still in Rus
sion hand. At several places he has
driven his opponents back, and there
is a report tonipht that the Austrians
have evacuated Czrnowitz, a report
which finds confirmation in an Odes
sa dispatch declaring that the Rus
sians have abandoned their contem
plated evacuation of the northern dis
tricts of Bossaradia.
The progress of events in Serbia is
surrounded by considerable mystery.
7 he Austro-Germans and Bulgarians
are advancing all along the various
fronts, hut not with the speed antici
pated. The Austro-Germans apparent
ly have Fpread their armies over a
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wider front, as Berlin tonight reports
that they are a'd-ancing on Shabats,
which is a long distance west, of Bel
grade; while for the Bulgarians it is
claimed that they have captured Sul
tan Tepe. southwest of Egri Palan
ka, and that in advancing toward
Kumanovo they took 2,000 prisoners.
Both of these places are east of
Uskub.
There is still some doubt as to
whether they have cut the railway
near Vranya, the Serbian government
denying the report that they have
done so, while other accounts say that
the Bulgarians reached the city, but
were driven back.
The general opinion is that the Ger
mans in the first place aim at the Ser
bia grain country, of which Fozarevac,
already reached by them, is the cen
ter, while the Bulgarians are making
straight across the country for Mace
donia, where they will find part of the
population friendly to them.
The Anglo-French forces have been
in action near the Greece-Bulgarian
frontier, but seemingly the battle was
not an important one, as no official
reports have been issued with regard
to It.
The Germans, according to British
and French statements, attempted of
fensive movements near Sulluch anil
Rheimi yesterday, but again suffered
severe reverses. On the other hand,
the Germans claim success near Pru
nay in the Champagne district.
Mining operation have occupied the
attention of tli2 Anglo-French troops
and the Turks in Gallipoli, while from
Mesopotamia it is unofficially re
ported that the British arc within a
few miles of Bagdad.
Considerable importance is attached
to the arrival at Odessa of a military
mission en route from Rumania to
Taris. Its object is not known, but
it is thought here that such a mission
would hardly be undertaken unless
Rumania contemplated action on the
side of the allies.
The Germans are now employing
their Zeppelins against the British and
Russian submarines in the Baltic,
where German ships have been suf
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