THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 191G
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PLATTSMOUTII SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PL.-ITTSMOLTII, NEHIIASKA.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
Be thou the rainbow to the
storms of life.
The evening beam that smiles
the clouds away
Ar.d tints tomorrow with proph
B
etic ray. Byron.
Only seven more days until the pri
maries. -:o:-
We wi.-h the primary was over, and
i-o Jo you.
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The cold weather continues, and is
liable to do ?o until after Easter.
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The farmers certainly need rain to
nuiittcn the soil.
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John Wunderlich for sheriff is the
man to vote for on Tuesday, April 18.
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Speaking of Tippcrary and other
foreign ports, it is also a long way to
Francisco Villa.
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The war in Europe now costs $'.'"0 a
second. Besides being hell, war is the
cause of financial embarrassment.
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Hon. V. B. Banning for lieutenant
m ?rr.or and L. G. Todd for float rep
ipscntative Keep those gentlemen in
your mind's eye.
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Wars and pestilences, of course, are
cry ur.fortur.ate affairs, but what can
cocrile the boil on the dimpled chin
of a pretty girl?
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Over forty thoi'?and voters regis
tered in Omaha. Keep your eyes peel
ed in the direction of the metropolis
cn Tuesday. April IS.
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The democrats of Lincoln are mak
ir.g arranrements for a reception to
Senrtor Hitchcock next Friday. And
c big dir.rer will also be served.
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Now that a ban has been placed on
sneezir.c and coughing, it remains to
1-e :-cn how it is going to be enforced.
And that is a difficulty which is not
to Ie sneezer! at.
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It is said that there are thousands
r-f acres of land in Mexico which can
1-e bought for f.fty cents an acre, but
it mould take an able real estate agent
to sell it r.ow at that price.
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There is plenty of put-on in this
world. When you hear a long-haired
man in a long, black coat bawl out
men who have wealth, you can bet
your bottom dollar he is a candidate
for some office.
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They say that tomcats arc regarded
as excellent food in Italy, owing, to the
scarcity of meat. War seems to whet
th human appetite fo"r delicacies that
ire utterly unappreciated in times of
peace.
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As to ability, th?re is no compari
son letwoen Senator Hitchcock and Ig
Dunn as to ability. Senator Hitchcock
has proved his qualities by his work,
but what has the other fellow done?
Nothing, except to serve as an attor
ney for a brewing company.
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There are more candidates for state
tnd county offices than ever was
known before in the history of No
braska. That is no doubt because
ve:yiodjr gets a chance to lun at the
primary election. There won't be
quite so many after the primaries.
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A vote or Hon. W. B. Banning for
lieutenant governor on the democratic
ticket at the primaries Tuesday, April
18. is a vote for the right man. Re-m-mler
'Billy" Banning is a home
man. and a good one. He should at
least have every democratic vote in
Cass county.
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C Todd, democratic candidate for
float representative, 'is a young man
of splendid character end well fitted
for the position. Born and reared in
Grs. he is well known and loved by
all. "Goody" Todd owns a large farm
and snakes stock raising a business,
lsides being president of tne Union
lnk. He is the only Casa county can
didate for float representative, and
should receive every democratic vote
in the county, which he fully deserves.
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Don't forget that this is clean-up
week.
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In other words, the mayor asks us
to can our old tin cans.
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Where there is fire there is smoke.
but frequently the smoke conies from
a pipe dream.
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The registration in Lincoln totals
8,836. A big difference between that
and the Omaha registration of over
40,000.
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' There are other points of difference,
but this is the most pronounced a
man hates a new hat and a woman
loves a new hat.
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The sinking of the British steamer
Avon by the Germans may be taken
as the Teutonic reply to the Shakes
peare celebration.
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We are surging on the last Jap of
the preliminaries. The felolws who
get past on Tuesday will still have a
hard, long row to hoe.
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Come tc think about it, it has been
more than six weeks since the ground
hog retired. Therefore why is winter
"lingering in the lap of spring"?
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Science doesn't seem to be able to
improve a particle on nature when it
comes to the neck-and-neck race be
tween the constructive and the de
structive. :o:
When a man's picture appears in
print now the public has to stop and
read to find out whether he is a can
didate or merely cured by some quack
doctor.
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At least the girls who arc inviting
and escorting young men to leap year
parties arc having an excellent oppor
tunity to show them how it ought to
be done.
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Attorney General Willis Reed has
saved the state nearly ?3,O00,C0O, and
i'ow some people want to displace him
with George Berge, and give no rea
son vhy.
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The man who builds his castles in
the air has some advantages over the
man who buys a lot and builds a snug
little bungalow. He doesn't have to
pay interest on paving bonds.
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Judge Hughes has not said yet that
he will accept the republican nomina
tion for president, but Teddy Roose
velt has declared he will not support
Hughges if Tie is nominated. And
that means something.
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A magnifying mirror that will de
tect wrinkles is the latest addition to
milady's dressing table, so we learn
from the fashion page. As is well
known, it is next to impossible to
make a trouble borrower out of a
woman, and now science is taking it
up.
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The country editor deserves recogni
tion, but in many instances the fellows
who are lucky in office-holding are the
fellows who never did display any
great ability as newspaper men, but
they had Ihe cheek to try to make the
people believe they were the "whole
cheese" and worked their scheme to
perfection.
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Mayor C. J. Miles of Hastings, re
publican candidate for governor, was
in the city over Monday night, look
ing after his interests, and we were
pleased to meet him, as in many re
spects he is a man after our own
heart. He is not mealy-mouthed in
declaring himself on the issues before
the people. He is not a straddler by
any means, and is an out-and-out anti
prohibitionist, and says so. Ho is a
clever gentleman, to boot.
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Oscar Martin, a negro charged with
attacking a thirteen year old white
girl, was taken out of the court room
at Idabel, Oklahoma; Tuesday, and
lynched. Martin had been taken to
court for preliminary hearing. Fol
lowing his positive identification Ly
the victim, a number of men in the
room quietly arose, disarmed the offi
cers, placed a rope about the negro's
neck and pushed him from a back
platform of the court room. After fir
ing two shots into the negro's body,
the mob quietly dispersed. No arrests
have been made.
GREAT BRITAIN'S PART.
Casual readers of the war news fre
quently express admiration for the va
liant French forces which have borne
the brunt of the allied fighting on the
western front. Also, they pin the red
badge of courage on the Russians for
their standing as gluttons for punish
ment. Brave Belgians and battered
Serbs are eulogized from time to time
for fierce fighting for a forlorn hope,
not to mention the praise for German
efficiency and daring i nthe face of
heavy odds. But the common tendency
is to find fault with Great Britain, as
a nation which ha? shirked its part
in the world war. This fallacy is ably
corrected by Frederick Falmer, an
American who has seen more of war,
this war and others, than any living
man. It is his business to see and to
study hostilities, and neutrality gives
him the advantage cf seeing from dif
ferent sides, and he isn't limited to a
single front like the men who do the
fighting. To begin with, he points out
what many do not know and others
have forgotten: That the terms of the
entente agreement bound Britain to
control the seas, but only required an
expedition of 120,000 for land service.
And if Great Britain's land foi-ce has
.ceemed small, don't forget that she
has raised an army of over three mil
lions while she has been sustaining the
strongest fleet the world has ever
known. In that fleet lies the power
which has enabled the allies to go on
and on; to bring up their resources
from the ends of the earth; to trans
port troops across the seven seas to
trike at German outposts; to carry
the needed supplies of arms, muni
tions and food for the armies of the
continent, and to Aiko her own army
across the channel and to bring the
wounded home. That is some achieve
ment, while the Getman war fleet has
been bottled up, and only a scattered
few submarines and a, scattered few
sea raiders have ventured forth to
prey on allied, and neutral commerce.
British commerce has actually shown
nn increase in the past year, while the
German flag flies now on no merchant
ship in trade.
That is Britain's victory and if the
allies win it will be Britain's victory
more than that of any other nation,
with due regard for French valor and
Russian tenacity in the face of frc-
orent defeats. But Britain has done
more than that. Besides keeping the
great fleet and her own formidable
army in supplies, more than i'ny other
nation she has contributed to her al
lies in munitions and money. Her part
13 Ics spectacular, even loss deadly,
than that of the ethers, but it isn't!
less essential no;- less ilifficuit; rather
more, according to Mr. Palmer, who j
has made the study of war his life
work.
UNCLE SAM IN MEXICO.
The Carranza government is report
cd to be trying to discoura.gc the pur
suit of the Villa band of murders by
the Americans, and is evincing an in
clination to have the American troops
get out of Mexico. His denial of rail
road facilities to the troops, now 2."0
miles away from heme and within the
Mexican territory, confirms the.-e ru
mors. It seems to suggest that these
troops may be harrasscd by Carranza,
by restrictions intended to make fur
ther progress impossible.
On the other hand, it is suggested
frcm Washington that the troops will
not be withdrawn, and will not aban
don their pursuit of the Villa band,
which has already been severely pun
ished through the killing of mow than
half a hundred of its number in desul
tory battles.
There is but one thing to be done,
and it may be taken for granted that
Uncle Sam has started out to do it
and will not falter until it shall have
been accomplished. That. is. to pro
vide against further outrages upon
Am?rican life and American territory
by disposing in some certain and defi
nite way of those who have perpe
trated former outrages.
If Carranza were in position to guar
antee the safety of Americans along
the border, he would be in some posi
tion to object to its being undertaken
by American soldiers. He has failed
miserably in that respect, and pre
sents no proofs that he will not con
tinue to fail.
The American troops went into
Mexico with his consent, and upon a
definite guaranty that their only pur
pose was to pursue and punish the
Villa marauders and so break up the
band that no further murderous bor
der raicU would be ventured by any
body. Carranza should be given to under
stand that if he wants trouble with
the United States, and insists upon it,
he can have it, and have it a-plenty.
Also that he will have it if he does not
either qualify himself to punish the
perpetrators of the Villa raid or per
mit Uncle Sam to do so.
The government at Washington
should continue to send more troops
to the scene of disturbance, and pro
vide an ample force, notonly to pur
sue Villa, but to preserve beyond any
hazard the line of communication -be-
tween the pursuers and their bases of
supplies.
Wh'Ie the Mexican bloodshed was
confined to Mexican soil this country
did not interfere, even when Ameri
can lives wore lost or imperiled, but
when his sail has been desecrated and
the lives of his citizens snuffed out in
their own homes, the necessity for de
cisive action on Uncle Sam's part be
comes imperative.
Now is thf'time'to firmly establish
the doctrine that Mexican deviltry
must not venture this side of the Rio
Grande, whether Carranza likes it or
not, and the American soldiers can es
tablish that doctrine if given a chance.
They must be accorded that opportu
nity. Lincoln Star.
'FOR COK C, R ESS 3 1 A N.
The advent of Mr. Maguire into tho
congressional contest in this district
has rather mystified instead of clear
ing the atmosphere. It was generally
thought that he would not be a candi
date, but he came in at the eleventh
hour very unexpectedly. That was his
privilege, and all will admit that he
made a good congressman.
"But Otoe county has a candidate
one of her favorite sops, in the person
of Hen. Daniel W. Livingston. He is
pre-eminently a Otoe county boy, hav
ing been born but a few miles south
west of this city, attended school here,
in Peru, and is a graduate of the law
school at the state university. He has,
perhaps, the largest law practice of
any attorney in this county, and on
account of his fidelity to his clients he
has devoted his time to thorn instead
of making a campaign of the district.
"He is a man of high character,
strong ability, of good character, and
would give the democrats such a rep
resentative in congrgess of whom the y
would be proud. He would sustain
President Wilson in such a manner
that no one would doubt wheie he
stood. If you want this First congres
sional district represented at Wash
ington by a capable, honest democrat,
then we sugge.t that you vote for
Daniel W. Livings! on.
"Hon. R. L. Mctr-alfe, in the Omaha
Nebraskan, said: "The First district
voter who doesn't know Mr. Living
ston should make inquiry concerning
him. The information he will receive
will make Livingston his candidate.'
And 'Met knows al Ithe good boys in
And 'Met' knows all the good boys in
Cass and Otce counties have many
things in common. The;, have always
been a part of the same congressional
district, as well as the same judicial
district, and now comprise the state
senatorial district. For these reasons
the people of Ca.-s county feci that
they arc nearer to Otoe county than
any other county in (he congressional
district, and the voters feci that Mr.
Livingston is entitled to their support.
He is a man of high ability and integ
iity, and if elected will represent the
district in congress in a manner cred
itable to himcif and satisfactory to
his constituents. Indication point to
Livingston's nomination, and if nomi
nated he will be elected.
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Every Ameiican who realizes that
the preparedness has been taken out
of the army bills should write to his
senators and representatives and de
mand that it be put back. The nation
wide demand for defensive legislation
will not be satisfied with a mere in
crease in the regular army. The de
mand was not for preparedness in
arms alone, but it was for prepared
ness of the spirit of America and its
patriotism and that can only be pro
vided by teaching every American cit
izen that he is a soldier of the repub
lic and must not only be ready for its
call but fit for a -oldicr's part when
he answers it.
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From present indications Tlatts
mouih will improve more this season
than it did last and no one is com
plaining about the improving done last
year. The boom keeps up. The peo
ple coming from ether towns know a
good town when they see it, and this
is why the old town is increasing in
population.
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That Omaha paper that printed an
unfair and unjust statement regarding
official acts of Senator Hitchcock and
then failed or refused to print the
Senator's reply, is just about as
small as its subscription price would
indicate.
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Every one should have .sufficient
pride to clean up their own premises.
Let's all put our shoulders to the
wheel clean up, and keep the city
that way. Those who don't do it on
their own hook should be made to do
it.
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A New York man fell dead holding
a royal flush, and everybody in the
&ame had stayed, too. A man whose
jur'v runs that way sjrely has an "off
night" and should cash in and go
home while he still has car fare.
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The farmers need moisture, and so
does the grass.
THE-MAN TO VOTE
FOR FOR FLOAT REPRESENTATIVE
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L. G. T;dd,
Democratic Candidate.
A CASS COUNTY PRODUCT
L. G. Tcdd, the subject of our
sketch, is a product cf Nebraska and
of Cass county, where he has spent
his lifetime and is well acquainted
with the needs .of the community he
desires to lcpiesent in the legislature
as flcat repro.'entativj from the sev
enth district com po sru of Cass and
Oto? counties. Mr. Todd, while com
paratively a young man. has jc:: en
gaged in the farming line almost all
of hi life ami his training and gen
eral abilities are such a-T to make him
a valuable representative of this great
cgiicultnral empire of the west.
Coming from one of the pioneer fam
ilies of Nebraska, who had such an
important part in the development of
this section of ihe state. Mr. Todd has
the rugged trjits of character that go
to make up a man of the people and
rne v. ho cannot be swayed from his
conictions of right. Mr. Todd is the
'.nly democratic candidnte for this of
fice from Cass county and should
without a doubt receive the nomina
tion to thr office and an election as he
i ; fitted in every wav to serve the
(".strict with honor and credit to the
gooil people of Ca.-s county. Remem
ber, democrats, that when you cast
your ballots on next Tuesday let them
be for L. (I. Todd for float representa
tive a man who will be found on the
side of th-j people all the time. Mr.
Tcdd, in additio to his farming inter
ests, is at prevent he president of the
Bank of Union and keenly alive to the
business intercuts of his district.
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M. S. IJriggs, candidate for the nom
ination for clerk of the district ccuut
on the republican ticket, is well known
to many of the voters of the county,
lie is asking for the support of the
voters for this nomination and is mak
ing a clean, straight-forward, square
canvass. Mr. Briggs desires that all
be informed as to his fitness for the
poxilion. and after doing so and are
satisfied as to his fitness, to give him
their support, otherwise do not do so.
If nominated and eicctd he will give
the best possible service to the duties
of the position. To all who shall sup
port him he extende his sincere thanks
for the same.
Most disfiguring skin eruptions,
rcrofula, pimples, rashes, etc., are due
to impure blood. Burdock Blood Bit
ters as a cleansing blood tonic, is well
recommended. $1.00 at all stores.
Attention, Veterans!
For thirty days I wi)l
made a photo FREE
of all soldiers of the
Civil War, who will
come to the itudio.
Right Face, March!
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Democratic Candidate for Commissioner First
District at the Primaries on
April 18th
IS'Wili give the people a business administration of
die office as in the past on a non-partisan basis.
Vote for Pitz next Tuesday and reward a
faithful public servant
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The Democratic Candidate
for Shinfff,
is a Veteran of the Spanish American War.
A Volenteer of the 3rd Nebraska Regiment Co.
B., from Cass county, and should have the
support of the Democratic voters at
the Primary Election,
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iOSIG BY PLAT7SK0UTH ORCHESTRA
E. G. Dovey, II. N. Dovey, Clarence
Beal and James Bobertson motored
cut to Weeping Water this morning
where they will spend the day inter
viewing the voters and looking after
some business affairs.
W. A. Wheeclr and Frank Vallery
came in last evening from Murray to
lake in the Bryan meeting at the Par
mele theater.
John Kaffenberger motored in this
afternoon from his farm home to look
after some busine-s matters for a few
hours with the merchants.
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Alfied Gansmer, W. II. Tuls, W. W.
Hamilton, Elmer Elallstrom and Ar
thur Baker came up last evening from
their home at Murray to spend a few
hours atending the Bryan meeting.
Jacob Glenn of Gothenburg, Nebras
ka, came in last evening for a short
visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
T. W. Glenn, and this after noon was -a
passenger for Omaha to visit for a
few hours.
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