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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 13, 1917
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLT JOURNAL.
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fUBftCHIPTIOIf PRICKl ttJ PEH TEAR Ilf ADTAKC1
People shy on punctuation
Needn't "go to smash.
You can save the situation
Always with a dash.
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Oysters (It) ripe.
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Save the corn stalks.
Winter rapidly approaching.
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Some men dream too much.
When will this cruel war end?
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This seems to he Italy's defeat less
days.
:o:
A great many women knit, but
too many men "nit."
:o:-
Aditional profits is the idea some
men have of doing their bit.
:o:
Don't mistake the "freedom
of
speech" for license to abuse.
:o:
Just tellinp a man you're his
friend don't jret you anything:.
:o:
How many wives in Cass county
have been classed as "dependents."
:o:
.o man feels quite so foolish as
he who gets caught in his own trap.
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Does the Kaiser really want peace?
Or. is it his surfs that is suing for
relief?
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Will Cass county organize a com
pany of Home Guards? Many coun
ties ar doing it.
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The Russian married men have
got a still better way to evade ser
vice. They make their wives fight
f-jr them.
:or
The necessities of our European
alhes are indeed touching, trance
and Great Britain have each
"touched" Uncle Sam for another
loan of $100,000,000.
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"What is the I. W. W.?'asks the
New York World. We hardly know,
but if it continues to be the thing
it is, the world will soon be asked:
"Where is the I. W. W.?"
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The ex-czar is now living on the
second floor of an apartment house,
lie may learn from the janitor some
points about czarism that he never
dreamed of in his days of power.
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Those Colorado mine owners who
insist, they will not operate their
mines if the government insist upon
the maximum price for coal may be
right about it. They may not
but Uncle Sam will.
John Sharp Williams says the
people are tired of hearing statesmen
gabble about nothing. Now-'that he
has it we hope the Senate will put
muzzles on La Follette, Heed
Gronna and their ilk.
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This country is not going to the
dogs, but the dogs may soon be com
ing to the aid of the country. Sen
ator Weeks announces that he will
introduce a bill imposing a tax o
one dollar a head on every dog in the
Tinted States.
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Thc government at Washington
asks the American people to be sav
ing in their use of sugar, that they
may share their supply of sweetness
with Europe. And why not?- Eu
rope is sharing her war bitterness
with America.
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A milion women all oer the land
are proving they deserve the ballot
by doing meu's work, which is a lot
more effective than banging around
outside the white house und trying
to annoy the president with silly
banners.
Blessing cn thee, little man.
Barefoot bey with cheeks of tan;
Most any one would e:ivy youse
The money you must save on shoes.
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The soldier boys are moving.
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Jack Frost is hovering around.
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Ladies, be sure to register today.
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School tTays are here, thank the
Lord!
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Limburger cheese is ripe.
Where's the beer?
But
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A new song: "Cousin Carrie's can
ning corn for conscripts!"
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Every dog has his day, they say.
Have you had yours yet?
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If there were no dreamers there
wouldn't be any dreams.
:o:
The farmer who fills his silo is
swelling his bank account.
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Nimrods ought to be able to get
all kinds of sport during September.
:o:
Old King Coal is not such a merry
old soul as he used to be, and he
pehaps has cause for his down heart
edness. :o:-
Vhen a married woman begins
to crow about the way she- runs
things, it's safe to bet her husband
is henpecked.
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Silver has advanced to the high
est figures in many ears, SS cents an
ounce. Current prices arc the high
est since 1S91.
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The late czar was made to descend
from the train and ascend to the
upper floor of a rooming house in
Siberia a case of down and ups.
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I is notable that in discussing Ger
man peace terms Chancellor Mich
aelis says nothing whatever about
restoring the last provinces of Texas,
New Mexico and Arizona to Mexico.
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The present war has produced 2,
200 varieties of new postage stamps
in the different countries engaged.
This further stamps war as an un
mitigated nuisance.
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Chemists are experimenting with
a scheme to make paper out of spin
ach. But spinach can be used for
food, and food is geting scarce and
valuable. Why not try to' make it
out of rhubarb?
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We do not only agree with Sena
tor Johnson of California, that the
war profiteer ought to pay a big
part of their coins in taxes, but we
think that the food speculators
ought to pay over all of theirs and
all the additional coin they can
scrape' up as fines for past specula
tors. Because they haven't the brains
v
to invent something new and really
attractive to catch. American dol
lars, the "men" who make the fash
ions for women, in their recent con
vention, decided that bustles should
be worn "the coming season." It
now remains to be seen whether the
women of America are such fools as
to wear any old thing the money-mad
arbiters of fashion suggest. The
bustle does not make women more
attractive and if they dress to please
the men, .as some of thcta claim,
they will leave off the artificial
hump. If men admired humps, they
would marry camels.
rot-
When the curfew whistle blows,
the kids break for home, unless they
prefer to get "pinched."
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The "Dandy SIsth" arc ready to
move.
NOT A TIME FOR FEUPS.
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Already we hear the occasional
rumble out in the woods to the effect
that Nebraska's democratic candi
dates for U. S. Senator must not
como from the Hitchcock wing of the
party, or that they must not come
from the Bryan wing of the party
all which talk is properly classed as
tommy-rot. These rather-quarrel-than-eat
politicians had better find
something of more interest to the
Nebraska democrat voter, if they
are to have a very attentive aud
ience next year. Nothing could
possibly be more ridiculous at this
time. This newspaper without
waiting for the aid or consent of
any wants to say here and now
that the democrat party and the
state of Nebraska are big enough for
both Hitchcock and Bryan, and
the little fellow who insists upon
snapping at the heels of either of
these gentlemen is making about the
same impression that he would by
firing upon the rocks of Gibraltar
with a target rifle. Both of these
men have rendered the state dis
tinguished service and have done
more toward keeping Nebraska in
the world's eye than any twenty
men who could be marshalled with
the aid of a search warrant.
Both of these men have made.
what to some of us appear mis
takes, but that is because of the
act that they have always been
doing something. Some men are al
ways right on public questions, be
cause they have not the backbone
to take a stand on anything. After
the. battle is fought out they appear
in the ranks of the majority and
are "right." Some men never exer
cise enough candid energy to make
a mistake; they lack the force or
character to take the lead in any
thing; they listen around until they
are satisfied that a thing is popu
lar, then fall headlong into it. Wc
have such men locally, as well as in.
national politics; men who never in
augurate anything until they have
the- assurance that everybody is for
it.
Bryan and Hitchcock are both
leaders; they are both originators of
things; they have stepped to the
fore and taken the initiative when
other fellows were listening to the
public pulse and "counting noses."
Mistakes, of course; and who has not
made them, except the man who
does nothing? And, he is a mistake
all the time. This newspaper has
a wholesome respect for the man
who is always doing something
even though he make at times what
appears to us a mistake. But, what
can be said for the jelly-spiked fel
low who is afraid to proclaim own
ership of his own child in public, if
such proclamation Is going to cost
him a vote or a dollar's worth of
business? And ninety per cent of
the faultfinders arc men of this
type. For twenty-five years this
editor has had the privilege and the
pleasure of claiming the personal
and political friendship of both Mr.
Bryan and Mr. Hitchcock. We still
claim the right to have the friend
ship of two great democrats in the
same state and at the same time. We
claim the rights to say a good word
for either without offensive refer
ence to the other, and we are going
to exercise that right at our own
pleasure.
The question with this newspaper,
when the senatorial issue comes on
in earnest, will not be, is he a
Hitchcock man, or is he a Bryan
man? Wc would much rather that
he bo both, but we want to know is
he a worthy democrat, an able dem
ocrat, a democrat for the peopje as
against the-corporations, and above
all, is he an American to the Core
all wool, and dyed with madc-in
America colors that will not run?
That is' going to be the test that will
bo applied by tens of thousands of
voters. It's the acid test at this
time, and the man who cannot
stand it, must go to the scrap heap.
This newspaper will be for the
democrat who will represent the
people of Nebraska and the govern
ment of tho United States against
all comers. Aurora Sun.
THE RESIGNATION SEASON.
Demands for resignations in Ne
braska continue to- appear faster
than the resignations are forthcom
ing. "I can call spirits from the
vasty deep," s,aid GJcndower, the
Welch magician, boastfully to Hot
spur. "Aye", replied the prince, "so
cau I, and so can' any man. But
will they come when you do call for
them?" If they would but come
when called, what a lot of calls and
; what a lot of spirits and resigna-
tions and other products of magic
we should have in a little while!
The demands are based on the sup
position that this, that or the other
official is no better than he should
be. "The supposition in some in
stances is doubtless wpll founded. As
the juror keeps saying, in Tolstoy's
play, "The Resurrection," "We are
none of us saints." There are very
few of us that have led busy lives
and been in the thick
of things
whose record is impeaceable
We
have all of us, privates the same as
generals, made our mistakes and
committed our sins. Some have
been big and some little. Son?
have attracted the glaring spotlight
of publicity and others have been
carefully and successfully hidden
from the sight of men, so that the
sinner cau hold up his head at all
times except when he faces the mir
ror or in the solitude of his cham
ber spends a harrowing half-hour
with his God.
Prhaps some of the
officials
whose resignations have been de
manded ought to resign. Perhaps
others ought not. Perhaps -some
whose resignations have not "even
been suggested are among the
chiefest sinners. Men will differ
hopelessly as to that, according as
they differ in wisdom, philosophy,
prejudice, conception of duty, judg
ment of what is best for the coun
try, and their general attitude to
ward their weak and erring fellow-
men.
There comes to our mind a line
from some unidentified bit of verse
that should, however, be helpful: "It
is not what you used to be, it's what
you are today." We can afford to
be forgiving, we cannot afford to be
intolerant and overbearing, toward
the repentant sinner. We cannot
afford it because all of us are pray
ing "God be merciful to me a sin
ner" and "Forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those that trespass
against us."
If he that was a culprit once up
on a time continues to be a culprit
4oday; if he is abusing the power
of official position to do wrong to
the people, or to bring (Janger and
disgrace upon the state; if he is
shameful and glories in his shame
then away 'with him! If we can
not have his resignation we can at
the least send him to Coventry and
bide our time, remembering that
God is not mocked and righteous
ness is not trampled upon without
retribution. In the hour when our
country is in danger we have the
full right, even those who uro not
without sin, to cast stones at the
traitor and scditionist in tin? deter
mination that his mouth shall be
stilled and his arm made impotent.
But if he that was once in our
by no means infallible judgment, a
culprit, is a culprit no longer; if he
is willing to do his official as well
as his personal duty and to co-operate
with U3 in the great task wc
have in hand, then in heaven's name
and for our country's good let us
have peace with him! Let us prove
that wc deserve the blessings wc
claim as a right and the liberties
we fight for by showing that we
arc big enough to forgive, wise
enough to forget, and democratic
enough to unite, regardless of past
differences and ancient feuds, to
fight the common enemy of us all.
World-Herald.
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When those hungry Austriaus
smell the epaghetta cooking behind
the Italian lines, they just natural
ly throw down their arms and sur
render. '
Subscribe fcr the Journal.
UNMASKING AN ENEMY.
Disclosure that a German charge
d'affairs in Argentina was guilty of
communicating directly to Berlin in
formation enabling, and in fact en
couraging, the destruction of-Argentine
ships by German submarines,
and coaching the German foreign
office on how to deal diplomatically
with Argentina with respect to the
sinking of vessels, is primarily a
matter between the Argentine gov
ernment and Sweden because this
German charge was allowed to send 1
I
his stuff as emanating from
Swedish embassy.
However it serves to give the
United States government a plausible
hint a, , where ,o look for lu,fr,
aggravating leaks of information
involving our own affairs.
Possibly this discovery may afford
a clue as to how German subma
rines were able to attack the ships
that were carrying -our soldiers to
France. An American citizen re
grets to suspect that any responsible
representative of the Swedish gov
ernment would seek to aid Germany
to inflict any serious injury upon
anything American. The relaltions
between the United States and
Sweden have never afforded any
justification for such, conduct.
However, the work done in the
Argentina was done by a subordi
nate in the embassy. It may rep
resent merely the perfidy of an indi
vidual, and the Swedish government
may disavow any responsibility or
sympathy by administering just pun
ishment to ljim.
Until or unless it does that, this
government will be justified in re
garding the Swedish government as
a secret enemy of the United States,
and may hence conclude that it was
Swedish diplomacy that put the
German U-boats wise to the calling
of our soldiers.
The evidence is strong that this
German officer, stationed in Argen
tina and enjoying the courtesy of
the Argentine government, pursued
a course of ereat nerfidv toward a
friendly and trusting government.
The disclosures seem to call for an
explanation from the government of
Sweden and that of Argentina. Uncle 1
Sam must knew who are hi3 friends
and who his enemies as long as he is
meeting them on terms of confidence
and friendliness. Lincoln Star. '
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The man who plays politics with
his public position at such a time
as this, or the man who for any
reason whatever fails to ttand four
quare for America and the thing for
which America is fighting. niHst be
marked and marked to that he will
be known in the future. Then the
next time he , asks for political pre
ferment, the people will" know -what
to do.
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The fellow who is afraid he'll
hurt himself working is usually
looking for a job.
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Georgia has a wild man running .
loose. The other one it keeps in the
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United Stales senate to obstruct war
measures. I
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"THE WHOLE TRUTH"
Say Mrs. Earls, in Writing Her
Praise For Cardui.
Circleville, Ohio. "All I have said
about Cardul, the woman's tonic, is
the whole truth," says Mrs. Fannie
Eads, of R. P. D. No. 6, this town.
"I suffered with womanly weakness,
and pains in my back and limbs for
two long years. I was so bad off, I
could hardly walk at all.
My husband . advised mo to try
ciuaea to xouow his aavice. Alter tax-
ing Cardui according to directions, I
j now feel like a new woman, and can
j do all of my work,
jSSSW.n KSfc
I recommend Cardui to every suf
fering woman, for I know what it did
for me. My dresser is never without a
bottle of Cardm on it.
There is no reason why Cardui
won't help j-ou, just as it has Mrs. commodities requiring export li
Eads, as well as" hundreds of thou- rnn
eand3 of other women in the past 50
years. So if you suffer from any of
the many ailments so common to
women, or need a good strengthening serve that has been dwindling stcad
tenic for that tired, nervous, worn-out hi,. v a
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feeung, get a bottle of Card-u-i,
today. At all druggists. KCB3
SWEDEN MUST MAKE
AMENDS TO THE U. S.
Washington, Sept. 11. Sweden's
acknowledgement that her diplo
matic service acted as a channel of
communication hot ween the Berlin
foreign o'IIcd and Count Luxburg,
German charge in Argentina, but
v,;;s ignorant of the contents of the
die-patches, was received by state de
partment officials without surprise,
as was the declaration that steps
will be taken to prevent a repetition
of the incident.
But it was made clear that these
simple declarations will not be
enough. Sweden, it was said, is ex
pected to go further and correct the
principle. Readjustment of the
conditions bearing on the situation
must be extended, it was said, un
I til the allied powers feel certain
that military information cannot be
ent to the enemy from any neutral
country where agents of the kaiser
may be taking advantage of the dip-
I lomatic privilege cf the Stockholm
foreign office and its representatives.
Until officially advised, the state
department will take no official cog
nisance of Sweden's explanation and
it is not improbable that even then
action may be delayed until a corf-
cert cf opinion among the allied gov
ernments can be obtained. It was
suggested, however, that any hesi
tation by Sweden to carry remedial
measures far enough might result
in representations by all the allied
I powers.
KEREKSKY'S MESSAGE
TG AMERICAN PEOPLE
Petrograd. Sept. 10. Premier
Kerenskv has made the following
statement to the American People:
"In view of the fact that the cabi
net is sitting uninterruptedly dis
cussing measures, the premature an
nouncement, of which is impossible.
I am obliged to withhold a general
statement until later when concli
tions and prospects may be clearer
than ow. The situation wiiu re-
spect to the conflict bet ween th:
provisional government sua the re
volt ing commander-in-chief is more
serious than we earlier contemplat
ed and it is impossible .o predict
what developments may ensue in
the next few hours. But as rcp.trds
the fundamental position there is r.o
doubt. The fundamental portion ;s
that the Petrograd supremo 'iovtrn
mem is aosoiuteiy unanimous in
favor of all decisive measures -"Inch
we have prepared and have been
preparing against the present at
tempt by a military rebel in allianc
with tho reactionary elements of the
country to exploit the fatherland's
internal troubles in order to effect
counter revolution with the design
of robbing the Russian peoples of
their hard won liberties. I have no
doubt whatever vthat the mass of the
population is behind the government
in its new fight for freedom and,
that being so, I have no doubt what-
rvir nhnut tlw trliimnli r F nnr ra nap
In that triumph I. have absolute and
unqualified faith."
Rosencrans goes to Chase county
again on next Sunday evening. The
trip is a dandy, and everything looks
fine. Join the crowd and make the
( trip this time. See Bosey now about
the date.
Jack Patterson and wife of Union,
came up last evening iu their car,
visiting relatives and returned home
later in the evening.
III GE
rimn
P! OT TO LOOT
am sv v v w -
GOLD STORES
UNCOVER TEUTON SCHEME TO
CARRY IT AWAY IN SUBMA
RINE BOATS.
Gigantic Campaign to Clean Out
America of Badly Needed
Metal.
Washington. D. C, Sept. 11. He
parted, activities of German agents
here and in neutral countries to ob
tain possession of American gold,
it was learned today, were largely
responsible for the recent proclama-
in placing gold on the list of
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paper currency and with a gold re-
n oiiivv iiit well utrjscui l 11 c utmiauii
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of the German government for gold
according to reports received, un
heard of methods apparently have
been adopted to replenish the store.
U Beats Ordered to Get Gold.
One report reaching officials here
is that German submarines in the
area around Great Britain were in
structed to remove gold from cap
tured steamers, torpedo the vessels
and bring back the gold to their
bases. How far this alleged pro
gram has been carried our, if at all,
is not known.
A plan for obtaining a part of the
huge store of gold which has accumu
lated here since the war began, said
to have been regarded with much
favor by German agents is the ex
portation of gold to neutrals, ostensi
bly to settle commercial transactions,
but in reality to establish credit to
German firms operating in neutral
countries.
Advised of Sailing.
Officials have been unable to ver
ify the accuracy of numerous re
ports of this nature but the activity
in gold exportations to neutrals for
some months past aroused the con
cern of treasury officials prior to
the president's proclamation. It is
believed that on some occasions the
Berlin foreign olfice has been advis
ed -of sailings and destinations of
vessels carrying gold to and from the
United States and was thus placed
in possession of exact information as
to when and where these vessels
could be met most advantageously by
submarines.
Neutrals Skirts Clear.
The bulk of American gold has
gone to South America, mostly to
Argentina and iTapan.
Officials have been unable to ver
ify reports that Germany was ob
taining American gold through Mex
ico.
Investigation has not disclosed of
ficial knowledge of any neutral gov
ernment, it is said, of the plans of
German agents in their gold. cam
paign.
KILLING FROST VISITS
SECTIONS IN IOWA
Des Moines, Sept. 11. That kill
ing frost had visited the vicinity of
Waterloo and Decorah with a tem
perature of 32 to 31 'degrees respect
ively and that Iowa City, Iowa Falls
and in fact most of eastern Iowa
had experienced frost althouglu
heavier in some places than in oth
ers, was announced by the weather
department today.
Heavy frosts in Minnesota, Michi
gan., and Wisconsin Sunday night
caused damage to crops and gardens
that will reach millions of dollars.
Dispatches from Minnesota indi
cate that the corn was hard hit.
estimates or the loss ranging all the
way from $1,000,000 to 150,000,000
in that state alone.
Losses in Michigan are estimated
as high as $30,000,000.
in Wisconsin heavy damage to
potatoes and corn resulted, some ex
perts holding that half of the corn
was ruined.
Mike Klme, the former represen
tative from Cass county in the stato
Ie!Blature' ad ,llS son'
GeorgCr
both from near Xehawka, were visit
ing in the city yesterday, and while
here called on this office spending a
few pleasant moments with the edi-
tor.
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