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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAC THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1916. fact: l Che Plattsrnoutb 'Journal IM IILI-III O SEMI-WEEKLV AT TTMMOl Til, X RIIUASKA. IZnteredat 1'oftoSceat Plattsmculli, Neb., as second-class mail matter. R. A. B'ATES, Publisher si ntcniiTio ruin:: i--.o j.'tt- ''..I- .1' THOUGHT FOR TODAY. The troul !e with efficiency is that it i seldom charitable. Its i.-ioii i.- :o htror.jr that it can ret help sec:r.r th; mote in its bi other's eye. Emilart. Ma;ch is ho'dl:::,- her own pretty well. ;o: As YiV.z mor.ey jroes down, cigar ette c jiipv'n.- iro up. -:o:- It i c-iimated that only one per s. ri in lrr e knows hjw to spell vil- -:o: Yh::t has become of the old-fash-io:.?d g;:i who wa handy with the hatpin? :o: In the rpii:in of the bet authori ties, tin s after the war will be bet ter r v. :?. -tor- Take it all in all, w? haven't had a l a i Ma; oh so far. Dut she may go out like h II. The rr.-t thing that makes the re f;!:rr.e: wi.-h he had stayed in the ouurtry i the chicken ordinance. :o : We'd hat- xo have a presidential b-n l.ke "kman du Punt's, that no no woa! 1 to strike a match on. :o:- It i ii .-.i that the Turks h rive ihi.-.j'jhif i.iy kit c r.omh Armenians i tlu- ' v.vt-r.- .- that the hunting will I e fai: 'y :.! durir.g the next open :o:- R.i k t '.all is c-r.s:derr i a game i -vi! J "'.:." I'rxal 'juickn..-.: of thought ha- t o- you couldn't slug the other fil!ov.s -anile the referee isn't -tot- Yin.: nay a hard to catch as v.as AiruiriaV'. in the Philippine.1:, but 1 wa- caught, just the sar.ie, and so will Vill i, ilea I or alive. :o: It !- h p'-.1 'hat t-io many doctors won't i-yior-e .-hort .-kirts as sanitary, for ft-;r the perverse fashion makers r-.ay change the r.tylos back like they were three years ago. :o: I."ka!i Ku '.11 says i-he never was mairi'- l to a man who gave her r.v rcy up.L-.-- he asked for it. And LiMie .-peaks from a wide experience i.r. 1 wider ui.de! standing of the men u-lks. :o: There i liable to be a change in the dc raocratic gubernatorial cam paign a week before the primary, and it :s ;.ot liable to be i.t favor of Char ity II; y an. Th; i is not confidential, by anv mtans. -to: Who says the v.-' Id is not getting is: iter? Jos : Willard refused to fight v. A.-h Woh:e.:lay. It is very kind of .!e-; ! be so con-iderale of the church s.-orIo. Kn jcking the head off of seme one i.s nut a crime on any other d;'3 to : If rb'f top;- keep climbing upward, like the (".-rntiic young man who, v. l.tn the shades of night were falling fa.-t right through an Alpine village j as.rJ. thi skitts continue to keep cut of thei- irach, very presently we shall cca.e writing about such .subjects. to: . Same time ago the writers and procurer- of p'uy made up their minds that when thr. y couidn't think of any other way to be funny, they could woik in swear words, and that what the piddle pwnripally wanted was in-d'-cercy. fSi:i;c then there has been a bi fa'.r.i g off in Mieatcr attendance. Th Wo things may net be wholly disconnected. l'Kii yk.vu i.v advance It is an awful cort, of course, but the European war his silenced the mil itant English suffragettes. :o: Congress is rushing preparedness plans, but a rush in congress is never so swift as it sounds unless it be a rush for pork. :o: Whether we capture Villa or not, the Mexican mess gives a fine demon stratum of the national preparedness to fight. :o: The Xehawka News came to us last week enlarged to a seven column quarto. Rutledge is a hustler, and proposes to give his readers the very best that can be obtained. He is a young man of excellent character and ability. We are glad to see him pros- :o:- We believe that the more distinctly the voters understand the school bond proposition and the condition in which we are placed to care for our chil dren's education, the more they are convinced that the need of a new school building is alarming. All who isit the school building and view the conditions as they truly are, come away with the determination of vot ing for the bonds. We heard one cf our progressive citizens say the other day that he would be willing to pay $25.00 a year for a new school house until the bonds are paid for the privilege of knowing that our Plattsmoath children were comfortably cared for while in school. Now, mind you, this taxpayer has neither chick nor child. That's the kind of a progressive spirit that builds up our towns and cities. :o :- George Derge has a terrible time getting in the-spotlight. He first got in the gubernatorial race and with drew. His friends then filed his name for attorney general and he withdrew ar.d then finally concluded to accept, at the dictation of Attorney General Reed's enemies. That George has be come a tool of the Charley Bryan fac tion, there can be no mistake. We feel scrry for George, tut maybe he will be wiser after the primaries. :o : The writer served in the legislature with Victor E. Wilson, candidate for railroad commissioner, ar.d while we were not intimate in any way, we considered him a very able member. He is well qualified for the position cf railroad commissioner and should be nominated. We think more of him rince he gave Mr. Bryan such a '"dressing." He used to be Mr. Bryan's right hand man until he tried to force him into something that wasn't dem ocratic, and Vic wouldn't stand for it. :o : The hen is becoming a very busy creature. This is the time of year when, after many discouraging weeks for the hen owner, the hen begins to pay for her keep. She is working overtime now, laying eggs and cutting down the high cost cf living. Already i he has depressed the price of eggs materially and is getting herself in shape to make Lenten fare not quite so expensive for those who follow a diet consisting chiefly of eggs during the forty days following Ash Wednes day. There are those who figure that there isn't any money made out of chickens by the chicken raiser, but right now the poultry fancier who gathers more than enough eggs every day to do his family, puts himself into the lanks of the real plutocrats. The hen i.s industrious right now, and is giving a reason for her existence. :o: Moving southward from the Mex ican border, an invading American army would fight its way first across mesquite covered, sandy plains and then into barren red and yellow foot hills. Villa, it is believed, will make his first stand, if attacked, in these ravines, the hiding place in recent years of bands of Mexican cattle raiders and desperadoes;. In those foothills, where knowledge of the country would prove of the greatest advantage to the Villa bandits, the border raiders would be expected to carry on guerrilla combats with the American cavalry, avoiding a general engagement at all costs. Eventually Villa would be forced to fall back to the Sierra Madera range, one hundred miles to the southwest, in western Chihuahua, scttering his forces into small band3. THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. "Immediate peace" is in the air Like Sergeant Pistol, in Shakespeare's play, the belligerent government abate something of their fury in j.peech, at least. They talk of peace Let us examine what an immediate peace would involve for those govern ments. What would the English families ruined by the war in body and estate ray to an immediate peace? What would the German people, robbed of their children, and beginning to go hungry, say to an immediate peace? What would the patient, heroic French people say to an immediate peace af ter all they have suffered and lost and the nothing they have gained? What would the Russian people say to an immediate peace which restored the "situation as it was before the war alter an tneir slaughter and hardship. One and all the people would do the same thing welcome peace then turn fiercely on their governments Mid demand: "Why did you do this thing?" Empty-handed, the. govern ments would be empty-tongued. So the German government talks grandly about being willing to give up conquered territory which it knows it cannot held. And the English government talks magniloquently about being willing not to "crush" a Germany which it knows, and always has known, that it cannot crush. For what has the war accom plished? Germany has "punched the Rusian pillow" with about as much result as Von Buelow said that performance would have. Germany has befouled her name by trampling into the mire small nation once known as Bel gium; has seized at a terrible cost a part of France which she holds at a cost more terrible still, and has crush ed, as a boy crushes an ant on the path, a small nation called Serbia. England has been late. She wras ate in Flanders, late in Antwerp, late at Gailipoli, late at Saloniki, late at Bagdad, lata at Montenegro and lrte at Neuve Chapelle and Loos. She threw away 114,555 men in a futile at tempt to open for Russia that passage through the Dardanelles which it has been, for nearly a century, the joint endeavor of British diplomacy, British bloodshed and British commerce to keep closed from Russia. And of those 114,555 men lost not so much through Turkish skill as through Brit ish muddling a huge proportion were Australians and New Zeaalnders, given, like the Canadians at Neuve Chapelle, "the post , of honor," which is polite military slang for the dirty work. For all this, what is there to show but desolate women and dead men ? If allied officialdom ever supposed that Germany could be "crushed" (which is doubtful) they have aban doned that illusion. They have even abandoned it publicly. They even con cede that Germany should not be "completely humiliated." Then what becomes of those German and English official boasts about "fighting to the last man and the last drop of blood"? What becomes of that "national hon or" which figures so prominently when nations arc being maneuvered into war, and so obscurely when it comes time to maneuver them out of war? Must everybody eat crow? Ap parently they must. The only prob lem is: How to cut the pie? The terms of peace are not, nor will they be, a question of justice, or even of "natiolal honor." They are and will be a question of how the various bel ligerent governments can save their own and one another's faces with the peoples they govern the peoples, who have suffered all things, hoped all things, endured all things, in the belief that this war would settle some thing. It has settled nothing. Nor is it even likely that the peoples who fought the war will have so much as a voice in settling the war they fought. Dupes they were when the war be gan. Dupes they will be when it ends. And the main, about the only problem of peace is how to end the war in such a way as to keep them duped. The governments of Europe have plunged their peoples into the great est crime and the greatest swindle of all the ages. Come back from it empty-handed they dare not, any more than the prodigal son who gambled away his heritage. Peace is a ques tion of what to swap, so that each government may come back with at least something to show for the blood rnd money spent. Billions in debts, millions of cripples, shattered homes and lives and what to show for all the losses? The great military state of an tiquity was Sparta. In strict accord with military ethics, young Spartans were taught to steal. In equally strict accord with militarist ethics they were also taught that the only crime was to be found out. Once a young Spartan stole a fox and hid it under his cloak. He was accused. In stead of confessing the theft, he held the fox under his cloak. And even as he denied his guilt the fox devoured his vitals. That is Europe today. For the gov ernments to conclude an immediate peace would be a confession of their guilt. The governments, one and all deny their guilt and seek to defer their day of judgment. And the fox devours their vitals. Boston Globe. :o: Oh, for another Diaz down in Mex ico! -:o:- Some people manage to get there too late. :o: The Dutch may yet take Holland out of the neutral column. :o: Spring is reconnoitering and pres ently will break through. :o: It seems that a man can disappear for ten years and not be dead. :o: Garden making will soon be in full blast, but don't let the wife do it all :o: Maybe if Henry Ford were making heavy motor trucks he would tninK better of war. In other words, the Russians have probably substituted iron guns for the wooden ones they began with. :o: Mr. Bryan's idea is simply to slide n his brother Charley into office on the prohibition wave. This, and noth ing more. :o: A non-partisan tariff commission is the next thing in order. Then the tariff question will be out of politics thank the Lord. :ot Talk about the expenses of a news paper office the Journal is compelled to pay $400.00 more on a car of paper than it did six months ago. We just think it's awful. to : A New York minister avers that e has made a photograph of the phost of one of his ancestors. The minister is the Rev. Charles Tweedle, but it is not known whether the ghost was Dee or Dum. :o: We know some candidates that if they expect to be nominated, had bet ter get a move on them or they will get left. And we know of some who, if nominated, will get it in the neck at the general election. :o : If we could obtain honest reports rom Mexico we might know what to believe. As they come now you can't believe. One day they have Villa sur rounded and the next day he has es caped. And so it goes from day to day. :o: Of course, the United States and Germany are going to adjust their differences and be friends, but, really, under any circumstances the United States should not go to war against Germany until England gets into the war. :o: The Sioux City Journal uses a tale to point a moral. The tale is that of the meeting of Colonel John G. Maher and W. J. Bryan at Lincoln and the passing of the lie by the colonel. Mr. Bryan was in a state of unprepared- ness, and there was no war. This is cited as proof of the efficacy of the Bryan position. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot ba cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. 1 1 all's Catarrh Medicine has been tanen by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty- five years, and has become known as tho most reliable remedy for Catarrh, nail s Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on the Mucous surfaces, expelling the Poi son from the Blood and healing the dis eased portions. After you have taken Hall's catarrn Medicine for a short time you will see a srreat Improvement In your general health. Start taking Hall's Catarrh Medi cine at once and get rid of catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHESET & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all Prusclats, 75c ANNOUNCEMENTS. For State Senator. I will be a candidate for the demo cratic re-nomination for state senator from the district composed of Cass and Otoe counties, subject to the will of the voters, at the primaries on Ajril i 18th. JOHN MATTES, Nebraska City. For County Sheriff. We are authorized to announce the candidacy of John Wunderlich for re- i omination for the office of sheriff of Cass county, subject to the will of the voters at the primaries on April 18th. For State Senator. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for state senator on the repub lican ticket from Cass and Otoe coun ties, subject to the will of the voters at the primary election. ANDREW P. MORAN. For County Sheriff. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for sheriff of Cass county on the democratic ticket, subject to the I will of the voters at the primary April 18th. G. II. MANNERS. For County Attorney. I wish to announce to the voters of Cass county that I have filed on the democratic ticket for the office of county attorney. I will appreciate your support and if elected will do ray best to fill the office faithfully. J. A. CAPWELL. For State Senator. I hereby announce that I will be a candidate for the office of state sen ator at the primaries held on April 18th, subject to the will of the repub lican voters of the district, composed of Cass and Otoe counties. A. F. STURM, Nehawka, Nebraska. For State Representative. I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of state representative sub ject to the will of the democratic vot ers at the general primary on April 18. Your support will be appreciated. JOIfN MURTEY, Alvo, Nebraska. For County Treasurer. I hereby announce my candidacy for re-nomination to ths office of county treasurer on the republican ticket, i subject to the will of the voters at the primaries on April ISth. The support of the voters will be ap preciated. MAJOR A. HALL. For County Treasurer. I desire to announce my candidacy for the office of county treasurer on the republican ticket, subject to the wishes of the voters at the primaries April 18th. I will appreciate the votes of my friends. ARTHUR L. BAKER. For Float Representative. I will be a candidate for the office of float representative from the dis trict composed of Cas3 and Otoe coun ties, subject to the will of the demo cratic voters at the primary on April 18th. The support of the voters will be appreciated. L. G. TODD, Union, Nebraska. For Float Representative. I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of float representative for Cass and Otoe counties at the pri maries on April 18th. Subject to the will of the democratic voters. M. G. KIME, Nehawka. Float Representative. I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of float representative from the district composed of Cass and Otoe counties, subject to the democratic Voters at the primaries cn ' T . , April 18th. A. E. PAlLlrLi. For District Clerk. hereby announce to the voters that I will be a candidate for the of fice of clerk of the district court at the April primaries, subject to the wishes of the republican voters. JAMES ROBERTSON. For Float Representative. I hereby announce smyself as a can didate for Float Representative, be tween Otoe and Cass counties, sub- ipct to the will of the democrats at famous declaration: -1 am for vooi jecc XO Uie vui ui ROW WILSON WITHOUT AI'OLOGV tnc primaries on -n-piu iom. C. J. Mulhs. For County Assessor. I will be a candidate for the nomi nation for the office subject to the ishes of the democratic voters at the primary April 18th. The support of my friends will be appreciated. P. E. Ruffner. For County Assessor. I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of county assessor on the democratic ticket at the forthcoming primary election on April ISth. Your support. will be appreciated. Al. D. Despain. "J5 Ca.' J-Vl -.-O.'LyJ-l.V-j . Itc t Cordis IS Pldd Drachma a t rntior.- 3 PER CENX n ' ; , , it, n r-i ( , ! rind Recall tictl'.hc SloraTcteandBawclsOj Promotes BiycslioatoM; , iicss.-mdEcst.Coiitainsci Opiumorpluiic iiDrxJiici :,ot Naiicotic. ; Tnmplm oecuf j;x.nna Jj-dlftrctpS' Ani-xSmt J'rrwrrri-rt - H,nriSftd - ii ; , -firnx ruTTl . ' il " I A. - ApcrfatKcmcdylbr lioii SnnrStOuiachJ)!3 1 oVnW.rcvcrishiicss i lOSSOFSJ--- ir Si? ,.v-r Exact Copy of Wrapper. li'S IEHLLE SCENES OF ACTIVITY AT HIS CAM PAIGN HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH PLATTE LETTERS FROM OVER STATE Favorite Candidate fcr Governor oi the Democratic Side is Meeting the Voters, MaWng Speeches and is Becoming a Sea soned Campaigner. North r:-tt!. X-l-.. M.u, h 20. Tlir-re is nt a !'us; : .! 11 .N. i iasx;! than the IsVville fir ;i' ii-" J I.-.uli . u:i rt or? Ko?. ioth. 1lnr - is nt n lusi-r man than K'iiJh X-vi:. siji.-:;:n.ir. wntinp, h.u.il- shaUini?. n:-t i rs.ur -M friends and iiiMUirjr nnv ;!i.-s th i o is no rn'in-iit of rest for V; A.:;, ::i DEMOCRACY'S FAVORITE. hi:n wiu-n liomc, and lie strikes a strenu ous pa-it when on Ins speakjns trips. lint, lie taki-s to it all like a duck to water. and it is frft-Iy said that he has already ben. mi- a seasoned campaigner. lake Ids distinguished rither, the late C "onsresstnan .Neville, he likes it. Not even the Albican war exeitement tends to divert the popular west X. liraska can didate from his determination to win ttie Kubernatoi ial nomination April In. lie keeps riulit at it. by word and bv letter. sayiiiR to the constant string of calb-rs stockmen, farmers, business men, fellow democrats and friendly republicans that lie is making- a frank, clean, honorable caicpaiKii. backed by no special interests anl shackled to no faction firmly re- soi-d if ei-cted. to r:xFoncK Tin: LAWS TO Till: I.KYTKU. -peakim? enKasremonts will prevent Mr. Neville from nic. tinsr his old fri-nd. V. .1. Itryan. who iui-,ij-; lure to speak for his brother Charley, on the eve of next Tuesday s '.ection. Mr. Neville i.s beins suppoitcti here, by tho.e having divergent ..: - . l. i: ,t.... T t , . , l. un i 1 1 lit t'iiM i ii ?. 1 1' 'i i. ut- it-uii of the contest will therefore have no bearing upon his campaign. It is plain that one quality or Keith Neville impresses everybody frankness. lie don't say one thinp in the western part of the state and another thinrr in the eastern, ile is tirm, but not dictatorial. and is considerate of those who take i-jue whhhhn. m of letters which come pouiinK in from democrats over the stale, most of them warmly commend Mr. Neville's position on the issues of the day. Manv of ihem begin. "I admire your frank and can. lid manner." Others. "Your statement shows that you have the cour age to be governor." And still otlijis: can use all the literature you win sen i me because it rings irue : arm nunurns say, 1 was just wauirg ior a man like vo'u." Hut most of his letters, from far Rnd near, enthusiastically applaud m now OK EXPLANATION." to last a yillliy 1 A WRITE FOR COOK ON PILES AND RECTA DISEASES WITH TESTIMONIALS J EE Drs..Rfflach Sl Ellach, Tha Dentists The largest and bost e-iuirped .lenial ..m.-rs in Omaha. Specialist in charge of all work. Lady attendant. Moderate Prices. Porcelain ruling, just like tootii. Instruments carefuby sieiiiuud a.iur usin. Scud for FUEE sample of Sani-l'yor Pyorrhea Treatment. 3rd Floor fit I wfm Bl J Vfc I H ft) Hfttt ii i For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears Signature p. For Over Thirty Years m THC CCNTAUH COMPANY, NEW VOft CITY. For County Treasurer. To the democratic voters of Cass county, I desire to state that I will be a candidate at the primaries on April 18th for the office of county treasurer and would appreciate their support. W. R. Bryan. Only two more day: the weather fine. of March and :o: City election next Tuesday, April I. Who will be elected mavor? :o:- When nations, like men, get thor oughly mad they run amuck. Don't take them off yet. Plenty of cool weather in April, and even in May. :o: It is the sense of this meeting that we must have Villa's skin, with or without the owner in it. :o : . The democrats have enoutrh candi dates for congress in this district to make it interesting in the primary. :o: Until it stoops far enough to cap ture the average man the income tax will always be reasonably popular. :o: Perhaps now is the time for Uncle Sam to keep some of his ammunition at home. He may need it in a certain climate to the south of us. !V? V:'- X k GEORGE J. HUNT A Lawyer of Wide Experience For Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Twenty-five years in Omaha, t?rt years in Bridgeport, western Nebraska, has made George J. Hunt a most de sirable candidate for the State Su preme Court. Those who know him call him "A young man with a ripe legal experience." the , . AT d US V bJla y ml 1 7 FISTULA-Pnv When CURED All Kectal Diseases cured without a surgical operation. No Chloroform, Ether or other gen eral aneasthetic used. CURE GUARANTIED LIFE-TIME, "examination freb. Paxton Block, OMAHA