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PAGE 1. PLATTSSIOUTn SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. MONDAY, MAY 15, 1916. 'Che plattsmouth journal PIBLISHEJ) SEMI-WKEKLV AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. Entered at Postofflce at Plattsmouth, Neb., as second-class mall matter. R. A. BATES, Publisher suBscniPTiojr piucei turn THOUGHT FOR TODAY. Z- We arc all easily taught what I- is base and depraved. Juvenal. :o:- A harmonious political party is a dead one. :o: All first class jokes take a post graduate course. :o:- May is coming to herself again and mav remain rational for a few days. :o: Wh mi there is nothing else the mat ter with a woman, her shoes hurt her feet. :o : ' What doth it picfit a man to duck four Ford cars only to be knocked down and messed up by a boy on a bicycle? :o: This might have been a lonesome world had not Noah gone in for pre paredness. :o: The revolt in Ireland seems to be over but nothing seems to delay the one in Mexico. :o: When a man has to beat the rugs, he is usually mad enough to do it pretty thoroughly. :o: It seems to be the policy to stand pat on Mexico, but what is going to be done at the Chicago convention? :o: A man learns a heap about prepar edness when his wife invites the preacher to the house for dinner. :o: Talk about the fury of a woman scorned. Did you ever hoar the man who was defeated at the election? :u: Judge Tuthill says that Bacon "wrote Shakespeare's plays, but as long as we don't have to witness their presentation, we don't care who wrote them. :o- General Obrcgon wants a time limit set on the stay of American troops in Mexico. Will the general jiow kind ly set the time limit for his capture of Villa? :o: Destruction comes in many ways. One of our citizens has just dug up a dandelion root eleven inches in length. We mention this simply to show how things grow in Nebraska. tor- Make e everybody American and then make America strong enough to protest very honest American every - where. Then we will have an Amer ica of which everyone who feels him self an American will be proud. :o: Whatever eir,e the answer of Ger many conveys, it cawnot possibly be overlooked that the demand of the United States is perfectly lawful and light, the clamorers against the ad ministration to the contrary notwith standing. :o: A Flattsmouth girl told our local reported the other day she would not wear short skirts because she didn't approve of them in the first place, and brsider? she didn't have the necessary credentials. lie couldn't understand what she meantn, nhowever. :o: After deliberating three months, it occurred to the United States senate judiciary committee as a bright thought to ask the president why he nominated Mr. Brandeis. And if the judiciary committee will read the president's letter of reply carefully it will find out. . :o: After four years of unrelenting toil, Harry Perrigo of Kansas City be lieves he has perfected an invention for drawing electricity out of the air by means of an' accumulator. He ex ' plains it by saying that by twisting cods in a certain way and connecting them that a high frequency current is taken from the air, after which it is i educed down and then "stopped up." The device that is to do tho work will be about a foot in each of its dimen sions. It is planned to retail at a small cost. Once installed v Ferrigo fays there will be no further expense. There will be nothing to wear out. Power for lighting, heating, cooking and for all household work will flow ireely from this machine. per veaii in advance PETTIFOGGERS REBUKED. Some cf the newspapers, in speak ing of the issues of the coming cam paign, presume a little too much upon the intelligence and credulity of their readers. For instance we read-occas ionally that Sutton, the republican candidate, will be elected governor be cause he says he is a prohibitionist Mr. Neville has very frankly stated that he would vote against the amend ment, and adds that if it is carries, and he is governor, that its provisions will be enforced. Does any sincere man or woman doubt that Neville will do this? Did not his neighbors testify on the day of the primary, by an overwhelming majority, in a dry town, that they re lied implicitly on his integrity? Are not both republican newspapers' of North Platte supporting him for gov ernor: Did not Mr. rveville receive in this state at the primary election the support of well known democrats everywhere who are ardent support ers of the amendment, men who have done more for the dry cause than some of these self-styled guardians of people's morals who are now throwing suspicion upon the reputations of bet ter men than themselves? What can we say about the sincer ity of a writer who, inferentially at least, brands Mr. Metcalfe with be ing a brewery hireling because he is giving his support to Mr. Neville? Mr. Metcalfe is doing more good for the prohibition cause than a whole host of Will Joneses and fellows like him who, in their partizan zeal, are willing that the still may turn out its poison, provided the state of Nebraska still stays republican. ' Mr. Sutton made the assertion dur ing the campaign that no church-man could get the vote of Douglas county. Well, he got the vote of that county on pirmary day, and it must be be cause Sutton is not a church member or the people down in Omaha did not believe him when he claimed to be one. But an assertion of that kind brands Sutton as a demagogue, and the fact is', that he always got the sa loon vote when he was r. candidate for office in Doriglas county. But what has this prohibition ques tion to do with the campaign for gov envr? The people will settle the liquor question by means of the initi ative and referendum law, and the legislature may be depended upon to provide for its enforcement. Nebras ka now has the most stringent regula tion laws in the nation, and every time a democratic . legislation has touched them it has been to tighten their pro visions. When nor where has any governor ever attempted the high handed crime of refusing to enforce the mandate of the people cn this question? Does any one seriously be lieve that 40,000 democrats have been deceived in Keith Neville? Of course not, and it in time, indeed, that writ ers snd speakers who make assertions cf this kind should not only be brand ed as character assassins, but as the worst enemies of the prohibition cause; fellows who would sink any moral question in the slime of parti fan prejudice for the. purpose of win ning political supremacy. John E. Kavanaugh in Spaulding Democrat. :o: A girl's engagement isn't necessar ily a secret just because she doesn't announce it in the paper. :o: tt . .mere are some people nere in Plattsmouth with more wishbone than' backbone in their makeup. There is no use wishing for favors, unless the wisher is ready to shuck his coat and go after them. Let the high school debating soci ety settle this: Are the women morei interested in a visiting man who is ex-1 ceedingly rich than the men are in the visiting women who happen to be ex ceedingly beautiful? We are for President Wilson in his efforts to bring about peace in Mexico, but it seems that these efforts are un availing and that the" American peo- -pie are getting pretty tired of so much monkey business, and there must be a limit some time. And we agree with Governor Ferguson "of Texas, that the limit has about ex pired and it looks as though the United States would have to take charge over there sooner or later, and why not right now? Carranza is simply a wall flower, and looking out tor himself only. The American peo ple are becoming thoroughly aroused: and something will have to be done to Winter Is trying: awful hard to lin ger. :or In politics it appears that girls wil be girls. 1 :o: Boston is almost ready to hold an other tea party. :c$. Only eisht more weeks till the Fourth of July. :o:- The price of gasoline is certainly a burning question. :o: The price of gasoline is explained The traffic bears it. :o:- Man tells but little here below, but tells that little long. We shall (have to h,ave a new con gress or rely almost entirely on our decrepit navy for defense. :o: Restrictions on deba'te, on a two thirds vote of the U. S. senate, would not be cloture enough to hurt. :o: After Villa is caught the army may be used to capture some of the es caped murderers in the United States. ;o: Scientists have accounted for the slides in the Panama canal, but what the nation would like to know is how long they are going to continue. :o; It is interesting to read about the day dreams of this or that great man coming true after years of hard work but one never hears of the many dreams that fail to materialize. :o : In considering points of internation al law as applied to the present war, it may be worth remembering that an umpire is seldom regarded as neutral after he has made a close decision. :o: i Teddy sure is going to make it in teresting for the standpat republicans in the Chicago convention. It will soon be known how he will come out. They will either have to nominate him or stand another defeat. :o : Whatever may be the other disas trous effects of the dyestuffs short age, it is confidently believed that pa triotic Americans would accept money bearing the government's regular im print even if it did not have a green back. :o: School will soon be out, and it will be well to plan now to give your chil dren some kind of employment dur ing vacation months. All play some times spoils a child, and the sooner you begin to train them for actual usefulness, the better off they will be. :o : The engagement of a writer for the Appeal to Reason at Girard, Kansas, has been announced. The writer, of course, is a devout socialist, but his fiance, says she will continue to be an active republican. No matter. Pro posals of marriage seldom are appeals to reason. They are appeals to senti ment. :o: NEWSPAPER AND TOWN. The value of a live, energetic news paper to any town or city is absolute ly impossible of estimation. There are so many ways that a good news paper promotes the interest of the city and the individual citizens where it is published that it would be like trying to number the sands of the sea to enumerate them. It is the true friend of the city or' town and every resident there and is ready to fight the battles of individual eitizens even in a way that no other cgencjr has either the nerve or the courage to do. It stands asa great bulwark of defense for the city and for its people. But this is only one feature. There's an other that is seldom eiven much thought and that is that the newspa pers of any town or city arc a paying investment for such a place as indus trial institutions. People nil welcome with open arms and loud exclaim any factory costing a few thousand dol lars and they think the town is won derfully fortunate in securing a plant that will give employment to a num ber of people. Sometimes they even put up a bonus to secure such a plant. There are many newspapers which give employment to a number of peo ple, and nothing is thought of it. The money that comes to the papers is pent in the town or city where it is published. None of it 'goes away ex cept for ink and paper and some other small supplies that cannot be bought at home. The newspaper is essential ly a home institution. It works day and night to' build up its home town and state, and spends its money freely with the home 'people. It is published on strict business principles these days, and that is the reason for the growth and prosperity that has come to many papers during tho past few years. As a business enterprise, a good newspaper is about the be6t in dustry that any town has, and its pub. lishers ask nothing but a square deal. THE PHILIPPINES. It is apparently assured that Philip pine legislation by this session of con gress will follow very closely the lines laid down by Senator Hitchcock when he introduced the Philippine bill Manual Quezon, the Philippine com missioner, has seen the president and told him that he and his followers hope that congress will pass the bill giving a greater share of self -govern ment in the islands, but setting no definite date for unqualified and un protected independence. And Senator Calrke, whose amendment fixing the time limit for independence at not more than four years was adopted by the senate by a dose vote, has joined with Senator Hitchcock in asking the senate to accept the house action striking out this amendment. From every point of view this seems the wise thing to do. Certainly it seems to afford the greater security to the Filipinos themselves, and to subserve the interests, of the United States. Nobody knows what interna tional conditions will exist at the con elusion of the great war. Everybody knows, however, how uncertain those conditions will be. The time would be most inauspicious for setting a weak and defenseless people like the Fil ipinos adrift in the world, with an independence" they would be power less to defend if 6et upon by any great predatory power, whether Asiatic or European. The United States is doing, and has done a wonderful work in the Philip pine islands. It is uplifting and edu eating a people long downtrodden, and gradually fitting them to take their place among the free peoples. To "cut loose" prematurely, with dis aster following either because of in- ternal collapse or external aggression, would mean the waste of all the mil- ilons we have spent and all the en- ergy we have devoted to a philan- thropic task. World-Herald. :o: It doesn't eeem as though we had any April. n War is a gentle game in which men are pawns for kings to move. :ot For live ones, diplomats do a sur prising amount of lying in state. -:o: You can tell an energetic and pro gressive citizen every time by neatness of his lawn. : :o: the A few more weeks and the national conventions will be over, when the campaign will be on in earnest. :o: . When a man marries the sweetheart of his boyhood, that is an indication that neither of them have done much looking since. :o: It is believed in many quarters that a statement could be obtained from Justice Hughes if it were not for fear of interrupting Mr. Roosevelt. :o : The leap year girl who obtained the lieense, only to have the intended vic tim back down, will be pardoned for indulging in a few cutting comments onthe proverbial fickleness of the other sex. :o: We beueve the republicans are counting too much on a split in the democratic party for success this fall. They should also work for a little more harmony in their own party, in stead of endeavoring to widen the breach in the democratic party. :o: One thing for which the Journal! would delight in seeing the war end at has taken to himself, as a true de a very early date is, that it might put rcription of his magnificences, all the Tf is nnf n nnrnmrrmn tbinr rt hr mpn , , . take sides, either for the Teutons or I the allies, and become so enthused in what they sav that thev abuse, the powers in authority, impugn the mo tives prompting their actions and even say uncomplimentary things about one another because they do not all look at things just the same way. Of course ' the most important thing to consider is to stop the suffering andl bring the nations of the earth once I more together bound by the ties of I brotherly love. I ;o: I After all, one of the most besetting j sin3 of the people is too much idle) telle. Kamvhniiv trAd th Dublin reh.1 els that it would be an easy matter to J whipvthe stuffing out of the British! government while it is engaged with r."' Ill if. " crzxuy wu . w ..1 bL i. 1 n .4 I aged the revolt. You know the result, finmiv totlrori ton mnpVi. Romp-1 body has belittled the United States 1 army until there are Mexicans who! believe thev could march right 1 straight to Washington with their, half! starved and disorderly soldiery. If the United States had no army, Mexico probably couldn't get through Texas, Talk has defamed Uncle( Sam's army, which proved to wonderfully formid- .Mo in ii if a tc Tllr melees k LB AAA. ii W fools out of . nations, as it does out of - 1 people. i Plenty of rain for the preset. :o: . The farmers can stand more sun shine. :o:- Pushing for Plattsmouth is bring ing forth some good results right along. . :o: As a result of the war the price of nearly all drugs, except rhubarb pie, has advanced. :o: An easy way to commit political suicide is no object to the man who wants to live. :o: Did you ever notice that the bor rowed umbrella you are carrying casts j its shadows of suspicion ? ;o : It is often difficult to see what a woman is driving at, particularly if she has a hammer in her hand. -:o: If Noah had given heed to the ar guments against preparedness, noth ing would be bothering us now. :o: V- Have you decided yet on what date you will buy a straw hat: or will you wait till thr morning of June 15? :o: Those peace rumors should not be taken too seriously. Colonel House has not yet started for Europe again. All men are free" and equal when in a barber shop on Saturday night waiting for their turn for the call of :o: Another note or two will probably be written before anything startling happens, the theory being that there is always room for one more, ;o: The vote that Henry Ford is getting would indicate that President Wil son's first guess in handling the war situation wasn't such a bad one. -:o: Black dyes- and other analine dyes made scarce by the war will he man ufactured at a new plant at East St. Louis, 111., which will be completed in a few weeks. The output will include besides the fast black, which only four other plants in the United States can manufacture, blue, red and purple dyes in 400 shades. The concern has a capital of $50,000. :o: THE FUTURE OF MEXICO. From present appearances, indica tions, signs and portents, the Ameri- can punitive expedition will punish it- eelf chasing Villa several weeks yet, then fold its ter.ts like the Arabs and silently steal away. After which, what? Many have long contended big guns, but the Spaniards had sev that the Mexican trouble would be a eral more ships, more men, a complete continuous performance until Amer- knowledge of the exact distance of the ica intervened, or another Diaz arose, strong enough to use the iron hand until Mexico settled down. That opin- ion is much the same as held by old Sam Blythe, who has been writing the best articles on tho Mexican situation which have come this way. These ar- tides are running in the Saturday Evening Post, and the1 one last week is devoted to Carranza, who seems a flivver to Blythe, who describes him more minutely as follows: "He (Car - ranza) is a slow-moving, slow-think ing, grandiose, pompous, hair-split ting, phrase-making, obstinate Mexi can of the Spanish type, full of re sounding phrases of the dignity of his country and himself He prates of the honor of the fatherland, and uses all the Mexican bombast in speaking of his troops and his compatriots. lie 1 flatterv with which craf tv ubordi- nates have fed him. Carranza . - today is of the opinion that he is a great statesman; and Villa, unless he has changed his mind since coming into contact with American soldiers, thinks he can whip the United States. Villa isn't the only man in Mexico with an exaggerated ego. It is a na tional failing, and Carranza has it in acute form." And such a man isn't likely to tame a wild anT woolly coun try effectually. If he had been qual ified, he would have shown it before and there would have been no Colum- bus raid. But, assuming, as it is safe to assume, that the American army is to get out, and Carranza open a new vein of trouble, there is still some hope for Mexico, as Mr. Blythe views the situation. That lies in the pros- pect that wealthy Mexicans, outside r: rir:" rw:: . Y-.r oris) boon thio armv in n hcril MT pnnt.m 1 until a constitutionalist government is established. Under this man. whicn has already reached a tentative out line, three men would be selected as executives at this time, inese execu tives will be selected by a-legislative body representing all sections, but tne army will be the supreme power, lhe men back of this plan nave money. and there are many men ootn in anu out df Mexico who will-join. It means another revolution, to be sure, but if it should be the last one, that would i 1 T ' J 1 i- oe someiuiug oig auu uupwuiui,. tm.VmityiJ r'T',J"m"m"m' Net Contests 15PlnidPrachiEj ( M a t r o ! rn T. - .T PER CEiCL oof" Promotes DivjestiDiiChcerfid-j iicsScmdEcst.Coutain5a5 , Opiumorpuinenorc? Not Nakcoti AtxSema Jircieh'f SoTtS- ifafif&tlSuwr ! Wrfrct Remedy ibrtoasij. Jac Simile Sigaatoeo ToSc C0MPA5T. IS Exact Copy of Wrapper. Z2H NOTHING NEW. Defaming and belittling the United States navy is nothing new. When the little mixup occurred with Spain there wore visions by the pessimist of coast cities being destroyed by the guns of Spanish ships. It was just 18 years ago this week that Admiral Dewey sailed into Manila Bay, and it isn't necessary at this time to tell what happened, and how useless were the forebodings. But the knocker will now tell you that the Spanish were badly outclassed and had only old tubs. Nothing to that, either. The Americans had 4 cruisers, 2 gunboats and 1 cutter: 57 classified big guns, 74 rapid-firing and machine guns, and 1,808 men. The Spaniards had 7 cruisers, 5 gunboats and 2 torpedo boats; 52 classified big guns, 83 rap- id-firing and machine guns, and 1,984 men. The Americans had a few more J American ships to aid their gunners, the support of the land forts, and were at their base of supplies, while Dewey was 6,000 miles away from -all aid. Although the Spanish squadron was completely demolished, not an American was killed and only six men slightly wounded. The damage to I Uncle Sam's ships in that noted one sided engagement were so trivial they I could have been repaired in a few 1 hours. Any nation that takes the American navy for a wcakilng is go ing to make a serious mistake. It must be confessed for once the r.ntinnnl conventions of the rcnuhlican Ij jgocratic partics are not the greatest news stories in the world. :o: Press comment over the country seems to be fairly well divided as to whether Germany conceded enough or not indicating the popular claim isn't I t , . , n 1 1 . it. going to be much of a help to me president in reaching a decision. . tlliW.A r-i m .. . - r w b m. r i mm m n m m a Attractive Tours Summer 1916 TO THE EAST: ' The usual circuit tours to Atlantic seaboard, Ne England and Canadian resorts, will comprelfend attractive tours, going one way and returning an other, through the eastern country. v - TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: , Commencing June 1st, to Colorado and Utah, Denver, Colorado Spring-s, Manitou aud a hundred other localities. Rail and auto tours to Estes Na tional Park, the most quickly reached of all the Mountain Parks. In a CIVIC COAST TOURS: Commencing May 1st, with .till lower 23rd to the 30th. General daily dasis THE' BLACK. HILLS AND THE BIG HORNS: Right near you and easily reached for a short vacation. Black HilUcitiea are sp'ending thousands of dollars on auto tourist roads through the Hills You can leave Eastern Nebraska in the afternoon and be among the Hills next morning. ' Ask for Big Horn booklet of ranches. Speak early for ac-' commodations during July or August. mm ,mnwfniMnn For Infants and Children. v Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears the nature Of In Use For Over Thirty Years THE CENTAUR COMPANY. MCW YORK CITY. Cars traveling at less than twenty miles an hour don't usually get into accidents. It is "at a high rate of speed" fellows that generally get dou bled up. Bear that in mind. :o: The Lincoln Commercial club votes very decidedly in favor of prepared ness 206 to 43 for better defense, and 1 GO to 84 for enforced drill. And this the home of William J. Bryan. :o: It is very easy for some of our would-be progressive citizens to do things, if somebody else will furnish the money, and then stand around and brag on what they are doing for the town. :o:- To make gladsome spring as pleas ant as possible, we are now told by the medical profession to take up a diet. A diet which is synonym for going without things you like of course includes strawberry shortcake. :o: Optimism is the spirit which is whole and has no room for the suf fering of fear. It cao-meet life and do battle with it cheerfully; work and friendship and the daily round of events fill it to the exclusion of all phantoms; it is a joy to overcome obstacles, to right mistakes and to endure hardships in the hope of bet ter days to come. " :o : The Omaha Bee seems to be very much interested in the position of Edgar Howard, the democratic candi date for lieutcnan t governor, which claims Howard bitterly derided Keith Neville, candidate "for governor, be fore the primaries. Mr. Howard just as bitterly denies the allegations, and asks the Bee to take back its misstate ment. But the Bee is slow in taking back a lie when once published, espe cially one that is calculated to prove effective against both candidates for governor and lieutenant governor. special far., June Ote to 16th, July $60; special, 55: round trip. 1 ' Signature tfm fr LW We have publications describing all these Sum mer localities and tours. It would be a pleasure to supply you. , R. W. CLEMENT. Ticket Agent L. W. WAKELEY, General Passenger Agent, 1004-Farnum Street, OMAHA, Neb. pacify them. 1