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MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1917.
PIATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
PAGE 3.
FOOD SCARCE;
ANTI-WAR FEEL
ING IN GERMANY
RUPPRECHT'S BATTERED LINES
AGAIN SMASHED BY THE
BRITISH TOMMIES
GERMANS BEING FORGED BACK
A Determined Effort to .Clear Foe
from Dominating Ridge East
of Ypres, in Belgium.
London, Oct. 12. The British
troops in Flanders attacked the Ger
mans this morning on a front of
about six miles northeast of Ypres.
They are reported to be making sat
isfactory progress. Rain fell heavily
during last night. The official re
port from Field Marshal llaig's head
quarters today reads:
"We attacked at 5:25 this morn
ing on a front of about six miles to
the northeast of Ypres. Our troops
are reported to be making satisfac
tory progress. Rain fell heavily dur
ing the night."
Field Marshal Haig's latest effort
is being pushed in the same region
as the attack of Tuesday, in which
the British, in co-operation with the
French, drove back the Germans all
along a front of seven miles and cap
tured more than 2,000 prisoners. It
is probable that the present effort is
an attempt to clear the Germans out
of the remaining portions of the dom
inant ridge east of Ypres. Tuesday's
attack gave the British more ground
on the ridge and left the Germans
with only a small section in the re
gion of Passchendaele. The British
now hold most of the good positions
on the ridge, from which they domi
nate with their artillery the impor
tant Iloulers-Menin railroad and the
railroad towns of Roulers, Staden and
Menin.
Apparently the present drive is be
ing made under weather conditions
similar to those which existed on
Tuesday. Following several days of
heavy rain, Field Marshal Haig sud
denly threw his men forward and
surprised the Germans, who did not
think that the British would attempt
to attack while the battlefield was
waterlogged.
TOMMIES FIGHT IN DEEP MUD
Fenetrate Enemy Lines on a Six-
Mile Front in Belgium.
British Front in France and Bel
gium, Oct. 12. At an early hour to
day British troops, which began an
attack in Flanders this morning, had
penetrated several hundred yards in
to the enemy's territory on a six
mile front from near Houtholst wood
to a point below the Ypres-Roulers
railway, and were battling along the
Passchendaele ridge within 1,000
yards of the center of the village of
Passchendaele.
By 7:45 this morning reports were
received that everything was going
well with today's British attack in
Flanders. The troops along a wide
front had pushed forward to a depth
averaging 800 yards or more.
Prisoners were beginning to come
in early, although slowly, owing to
the condition of the ground.
Indications are that the Germans
early were aware that trouble was
impending, as about -4 a. m. a large
number of gas shells were fired by
them along the British front.
The main enemy today was. not
the Germans, but the mud. The Ger
mans were far less formidable than
previously owing to the disorganiza
tion occasioned among them by the
, recent teriffic blows of the British.
f The correspondent yesterday talk
ed to Field Marshal Haig who does
not confine himself to headquarters.
The field marshal paid the highest
tribute to his men for their gallant
work in the bad weather.
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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BUYING BY MAIL
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Tliere is something appealing ahotit buying things from
a distance.
Tor some unknown reason, distance lends enchantment.
Xo one has been able to exactly figure out just why this
but tl e fact jcrnains.
It is characteristic of human nature that afflicts all of us,
regardless of our bank account, social position -or degree of
education.
Any woman would willingly pay twice as much for a hat
made in a fashionable Paris establishment, as she would pay
for exactly the same hat from her home milliner, just around
the corner. The grass in the next pasture always seems green
er and sweeter to the horse because horses can't climb fences.
because of this weakness, this phase of human nature,
the big-city catalog house has been able to grow powerful rich.
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yourself to be ruled by that something inside of you that tells
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things you can get next door. But we all know, if we stop to
carefully think, that our feelings are deceiving us. As far as
that goes, practically everything for sale in our home town,
comes from a distance, too.
"The ps3xhology of buying by mail" as students of hu
man nature call this indefinable feeling that things from a dis
tance must be better, is the foundation cause of the prosper
ity of the city catalog. house,' and invariably works to the det
riment of the individual community.
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PLATTSMOUTH STATE BANK
Commercial and Savings Departments.
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WESTERN MACHINE & FOUNDRY COMPANY
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RAILROADS MAY ASK
AID OF GOVERNMENT
LIBERTY BOND ISSUES MONOPO
LIZE INVESTMENT FUNDS OF
NATION, MAKING RAILWAY
BONDS IMPOSSIBLE TO
MOVE.
Washington, Oct. 12. Reports
that the railroads are considering
informally asking: the government to
help them in some way to obtain
money with which to maintain and
' enlarge their present plants and
. equipment to enable them to cope
J with the high tide of traffic ars re
garded by officials here as forecast
ing a concerted move soon totvard
that end.
What form this move will assume
apparently has not yet been decided
by the roads themselves. It is re
ported that they have under con
sideration several courses.
One -possible method is renewed
petition for a general increase in
freight rates.
Another is to request the govern
ment to lend the railroads money on
railroad securities. For this, how
ever, special legislation would be
necessary. Other plans, details of
which have not been revealed, are
said to be under consideration.
Railroads at present are earning
very nearly as much as last year,
which marked the high tide, 1y.it
within the last two months operat
ing expenses have shown an increase
said to be out of all proportion to
the increase in gross receipts. .
Railroad executives say that as
the government has a practical
monopoly through Liberty bond is
sues of the investment funds of the
country, they have found it almost
impossible to obtain funds.
ADMIRAL MAYO AND
HIS STAFF RETURN
ATLANTIC FLEET HEAD HOME
AFTER NAVAL CONFERENCE
WITH THE ALLIES.
Washington, Oct. 12. Admiral
Mayo, i commander-in-chief of the
Atlantic fleet, and his staff have re
turned from England, where they
participated in naval conferences
with the allies, his announcement
was authorized today by the navy
department:
"Admiral H. T. Mayo, United
States navy, and his staff have re
turned from England. The purpose
of the visit of Admiral Maj-o to Eng
land was to permit him to confer
with officials of the allied-navie3, to
become intimate in every detail with
the situation as it is at present.
what" had been done before and to
discuss the plans for the future. Tbe
British admiralty extended every
courtesy and every facility to pro
mote the success of the mission.
"Admiral Mayo will proceed imme
diately to Washington and will
there make a full report to the sec
retary of the navy. Admiral Mayo
visited the English fleet and our own
forces in British and French waters
in order that he might familiarize
himself wit hthe conditions under
himself with the conditions under
which the allied forces are operat
ing."
The fact that Admiral Mayo had
been sent to England was disclosed
.o the press at the time of his de
parture with the request of the gov
ernment not to mention the trip. Ex
cept in one or two instances, the
request was generally carried out.
Call Plattsmouth Garage for serv
ice. Tel. 394, also livery. J. E Mason,
GOVERNOR CAPPER COM
PLAINS OF THE GOAL SIT
UATION III KANSAS
Topeka, Kas., Oct. 12. Declaring
that "concerted action by retail deal
ers in advancing prices to unreason
able figures, apparently with a de
termination to ignore federal action
is producing a lack of confidence in
authority which must inevitably
prove injurious," Governor Capper
today sent a letter to Harry A. Gar
field, federal coal administrator, call
ing his attention to the extremely
unsatisfactory condition of the coal
market in the state of Kansas.
"A careful inquiry has developed
no justification for 'the prices now
prevailing," writes the governor.
"Prolonged delay on the part of the
federal government in giving our
people the relief they had expected
from a situation which has become
intolerable has created widespread
unrest. The condition of mind finds
expression in an overwhelming num
ber of letters now coming to my desk
in every mail."
CEMETERY.
We are now prepared to make your
monument, markers and lot corners
right at home. Cass County Monu
ment Co., W. T. Wassell, manager.
Hotel Riley block, Plattsmouth, Neb.
Sour Stomach.
Eat slowly, masticate your food
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sour stomach will disappear. If it
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Tablets immediately after supper.
Red meats are most likely to cause
sour stomach and you may find it
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