PLATTSM0T7TH S EM I WEEK LT JOURNAL. MONDAY. JANUARY 7.! 1918. PAGE SIX. DRAFT ONLY MEN WITHOUT DEPENDENTS CHOWDER SAYS MILLION FROM CLASS ONE WILL EE CALL ED INTO SERVICE. ALL COMING 21 TO REGISTER Provost Marshal Announces Policy In Report on Operation of . Conscription Act. Washington. D. c, Jan'. 3. All men for the war armies still to be raised by the United States will tome from Class one under the new relectlve service plan. That means the nation's fighting is to be done by young men without families de pendent upon their labor for sup port and unskilled in necessary in dustrial or agricultural work. r Provost Marshal General Crowder announced the -new policy in a re port on the operation of the selec tive draft law submitted today to Secretary Baker and sent to con press. He says Class one should provide men for all military needs of the country and to accomplish that ob ject he urges amendment of the draft law bo as to provide that all men who have reached their twenty llrst birthday since June 5, 1917, shall be required to register for classification. Also, in the interest of fair distri bution of the military burden, he proposes that the quotas of states or districts be determined hereafter on the basis of the number of men In Class one and not upon popula tion! Million Men in Class One. Available figures indicate, the re port says, that there are 1,000,000 qualified men under the present registration who will be found in Class one when all questionnaires have been returned and the classi fication period ends February 15. To this the extension of registration to men turning 21 since June 5. of last year and thereafter will add 700,000 men a year. Class one comprises: j Single men without dependent rel atives, j Married men who have habitually failed to support their families, who are dependent upon wives for sup port or not usefully engaged, and j whose families are supported by in-' cornea Independent of their labor. I Unskilled farm laborers. i Unskilled industrial laborers. Registrants by or in respect whom no deferred classification of is claimed or made. Registrants who fail to submit questionnaires and in respect of whom no deferred classification is claimed or made. All registrants not Included In any other division of the schedule. The plan places upon attached t single men and married men with Independent incomes most of the weight of military duty, for the num ber of men In the other divisions of Class one is very small. Surpasses Highest Hopes. General crowtter nuas that the first draft surpassed the highest pectatlons and pays high tribute to WANTED! - a. Vi Car Load of Live Poultry tn be delivered at car near Burlintr ton freight depot Plattsmouth, Neb., TVidav Jan. 18th for which wa will pay in cash: Hens -4.--.U21c All Young Roosters :V-V.il8c Ducks 18c Geese 17c Old Roosters -12c We will be on hand rain or shine to' take care of all the poultry offer ed for sale, re 17. E- KEEUEY1 the thousands of civilians whose service made the plan a success. "At the president's tall." be says. "all ranks of the nation, reluctantly entering the war, nevertheless in stantly responded to the first call of the nation with a vigorous and unselfish co-operation that, sub merged all individual interest in a single endeavor toward the consum mat ion of tiie national task. "I take it that no great national project war. ever attempted with so complete a reliance upon the volun tary co-oporation of citizens for its execution. Certainly, no such bur densome and sacrificial statute had ever before boon executed without a great hierarchy of officials. "This law has been administered by civilian:; whose official relations lie only in necessary powers with which they are vested by the presi dent's designation of them to per form the duties that are laid upon them. They have accomplished the task. They have made some mis takes. The system oifers rocm for improvement. Only 5,870 Arrested. "Rut the great thing they were called upon to do they have done. The vaunted effciency ol absolut ism of which the German stands as the avatar can offer nothing to com pare with it. It remains the ulti mate tcrU and proof in the intrinsic political idea upon which American institutions ol" democracy' and self government have been based." Analyzing the first draft. General Crowder shows that 9 . f S t; . 5 0 S men between the ages of 21 and "1 years registered. Up to late in December only ;.,.0 arrests had been made ot those who sought to evade registra tion, and of that number 2,2 G3 were released after having registered, and there remains only 2,095 cases to be prosecuted. The report declares that in the final analysis of the records it will be shown that only 0.0002G per cent of the men within draft age evaded resist rat ion. A rouyli figure of S.2 per cent is given as the number of registrants who failed to appear when called by their local beards for examination, but Cencral Crowder hastens to ex plain that most of these men already are in Europe in the American, Brit ish and French armlos. They did not await the draft process in their eag erness to get into action. . THE SOLDIERS' FURO Prom SntnnTpy'H PjSI.-. There seems to be slight misunder standing with sone people in regard to the total Soldier's Fund taken up by the Journal some time ago, and the article in regard to sending out of the drafts is partly to blame. The total contributions at the close of the campaign was as follows: Camp Funston $131.50, but from this amount the $10.00 foot ball, do nated by J. E. McDaniel. should have been deducted, as it ::hould not have been shown in the- cash amount, and followed the each re mittance about ten days, and mail ed to Mr. Roy Holly, same as the draft. This placed the total at $121. HO, and Mr. M. Uild came in with $1.00 for this fund too late for the paper. This ac'ded to the above am0unt placed the to-al at $ I22.no. the amount, of the draft mailed to Mr. Holly. Some of our readers were of the impression that the boys should have received the total of $132. H0, and the article in the Journal did state that a draft was being mailed for $131. PO, by our reporter simply ex-lidding up the total of the column and included the foot ball The footing cf the Camp Cody fund showed a total of $125. r0, and Mr. Hild added $1.00 to this fund at 'the same time, and brought this up to $120.50 at which time a draft was mailed to Mr. Frank Smith at Deming, with the instructions that it was for all the Cass county boys, and to the best of our knowledge has been properly distributed in both cases. We regret very much that some of our readers had gained this impres sion, for which we were partly to blame, and only through a friend who felt a mutual interest in the Journal, the welfare of the 6oldiors, and his own interests, we were ap prised of what was being said about the matter yesterday evening, and for the benefit of all we hereby give the correct statement. We hope within a short time to have a letter of acknowledgement from the boys to whom the drafts were mailed, but the quarantine and sickness has kept us from having . 'UB oeiore. The linest line of Box Stationery ever shown in 'the city will now be found for your approval at the Journal office. "The Red Cross may bring him back to ycu." the Journal office. NO TRUTH TO RE PORTS OF HARD SHIPS AT FUNSTON WILL M. MAUPIN REPORTS ON HIS EXHAUSTIVE INVESTI GATIONS THERE. Nebraska Men Sleep in Steam Heat ed Barracks and are Better Fed Than at Home. Lincoln. Jan. ?,. Discussing con ditions at Camp Funston as they ap pear today, Will M. Maupin, direc tor of the state bureau of publicity of Nebraska, declares Nebraska ns there arc better clothed, better hous ed and better fed than the average 4",0i)0 men in their homes. "All stories about the men suffer ing from a lack of clothing are false," declares Mr. Maupin. "The stories that the men are not well fed are ridiculous. i nose wno assert that the camp is not sanitary are either ignorant or willfully lying. Fortified with a letter from Gov ernor revuie to me commanding oi f.cer at Camp Funston, Mr. Maupin spent three days at Camp Funston ast week. His inspection of the camp and the hospitals at Fort Riley was made with the view to acquaint ing the people of Nebraska with the real facts about conditions there. Major Lee, Major General Ballou's chief cf staff, gave Mr. Maupin two passes, one the usual pass issued to camp visitors, and another one to use in case of emergency, granting the bearer permission to go anywhere he desired, see anything he wanted to sec, talk with the men, mess in barracks and inspect the hospital wards. This morning Mr. Maupin made public his report, which fol lows: ' ' Better Than' at Home. "I am not iialified to speak about the conditions, at Camp Funston ear ly in the fall. The men in camp told me the conditions have been good all the time, save for the first lew weeks, when everything was new and in confusion. But 1 do know that conditions today are excellent. Taken as a whole, the 4 5,000 men at Camp Funston and Fort Itiley are being better fed, belter housed and better clothed than the same 45,000 nun averaged when at home. All the itories about the moa suffering from lack cf clothing and bedding are ZaS.o. Th? stories that the men are :ot well fed are ridiculous. Those ho assort that the Camp is not san- tary are either ignorant or are will fully lying. "Camp Funston is not located in a swamp, it is true that the camp Is located in the valley of the Kan sas river, but the camp grounds are in no more danger of being, flooded ban are the high rckool grounds of Lincoln- indeed, hardly as much, "he soil is light and sandy, and it s only natural that with nearly 0,000 men constantly tramping over t that it should be dusty. But the nen in camp suffer less from dust ban the average farm boy who pends the day in the fields plowing or cultivating corn. The roads in-! ide the camp are macadamized or oncreted and the camp grounds have j icen oiled. The dust nuisance, never very groat, has been abated. The amp is on the old Fort Riley mili-! tary reservation, which has been owned and occupied by the govern ment since 1852. Steani Heated Barracks. "Every soldier at Camp Funston ats and sleeps in steam heated bar racks. The Friday I was there was ne of the coldest days Ave have had his winter, and all day the barracks .ere warm warmer than the aver ge private home. These barracks -uildings are commodious, well ren ilated and well lighted naturally, as veil as by electricity. "Every man has a separate iron cot and every cot is equipped with a mattress, two heavy wool blankets and a heavy comforter. In addition each man has his poncho and his military overcoat. The soldier at Camp Funston who does not Bleep warm is a sleepwalker who gets out on the roof. "During the first year of Nebras ka's hotel inspection law I was the hotel commissioner of the state, and I inspected scores of Nebraska hotel kitchens. I will back the kitchens wherein the food is prepared for the soldiers at Camp Funston against the best hotel and restaurant kitch ens in Nebraska for cleanliness. They are spotlessly clean. "The same is true of the dining room section, for the kitchens and dining rooms are in one. Of course tablecloths are not provided, but 1 defy any tablecloth eo be cleaner than the bare boards of the dining tables I inspected, or the one at I which I messed with one company of the Three Hundred and Fifty-fifth infantry. Woolen Shirts and Overcoats. "About the clothing issued to the men: "It is true that not all of the Il!t II lliiv jr:sin.i inc v. it woolen uniforms; it is not true that these men are insufficiently clad Thdse not yet equipped with 0. B's' are either wearing the cotton khaki pants and blouses or dnim overalls and bloifses. But every man has two woolen shirts and a heavy overcoat They are more warmly clad than the average young man not in the mili tary service. "Each man has been issued three suits of heavy wool underwear and two pairs of woolen socks. In addi tion, each man has been issued a pair of woolen gloves and these gloves may be replaced whenever they be come worn. The gloves, however, are not well suited for handling cold rifles and trenching tools in really cold weather. "I investigated the clothing issue, tore several cots apart to see that they were comfortable and inter viewed men by the score as to their physical comfort. From first to last, I did not hear a man complain about being insufficiently clothed, and they were unanimous in saying they were well fed. Death Rate Not High. "I visited every hospital building and ward except the contagious dis ease wards which right now means the meningitis wards. The silly ru mor that 'they haven't been able to make coffins fast enough ' has re ceived credence. It never had any basis in fact. Since October 11, up to and including December 27, there have been 147 deaths in camp, or THE MEN WHO WILL DO IT By F. P.. CAMP. DtMlicntrtl to Hit- Artillery OrunuUiilIuiM in the 'I'liirt y-l4artli l;Ki;i lit t'Htnti imI, Dr.mlas, Nrw Mexico, to the lU.'tli. i:tfli Mini the IU7tU !U-ui-. nteuts f rum lon, NrlirHokii mid IIiihimoI:i, rtrriiut mul N lt-en:M. Men or the IT. S. Artillery, hark to the words I write. Before you enter the world war. with the other nations that fight; Before you sail o'er the ocean, where others have gone before. To No-Man's land and the trenches where big guns thunder and roar. You will be ordered for foreign service, to light for your country's flag. You will be some of the chosen units, who have never been known to lag When a crisis was facing our country and there really was work to-do- -You will answer the call,' you artillery men. every darned one ol" you! When we faced the Mexican crisis and Villa was running amuck. You guarded the Mexican border, never or.ee cussing the luck. That kept you for weeks in Texaa, in Where the soul of a man gets morbid You have rested here at Tamo Codv. And you've drilled in. the blistering The curse for the damned inaction and For the tbought'of the Hill and its freedom, you weren't at ail to blame. The dust and the seething sand storm have caused you a lot pain. As you drilled on the dusty parade grounds, with never a drop ct ram. But your minds were set on the Issue When the order comes from your Uncle You have prayed for the day of action and the boom of the three inch guns With the rear of the Four Point Sevens, as you shelled the Kaiser's Huns. You are waiting the day they'll place you somewhere near a battle trench, Bongside the Canucks and the English Some day you will cross o'er the ocean and battle on foreign soil. Where the will of the German kaieer has welded a Prussian coil. Where the flower of the German army You are going, you men of Uncle Sam, Some of you men are old timers, others But all of you men are soldiers, dressed You belong to the U. S. Artillery, and the name is surely enougn. To prove to the German nation that you're made cf the proper stuff. The breed will go into battle with never a murmur or whine. And never give up till they kill you, The guns of the U. S. Artillery will Pounding the lines of the Germans, You men from the state of Nebraska, Are a wonderful bunch of fighting men, From the three big states of the middle Officers, non corns, privates picked You are held in your present units because of your sterling worth. Held for a vital reason since the day of your unit's birth; Held for the U. S. Artillery, you who are Uncle's Sons Cause you're going to lick the Kaiser There's another cause which I'll tell Tis to mold and shapen the new ones Tis to teach them the vital lesson, to Before you sail o'er the ocean and tight And men of the U. S. Artillery, you men who are new recruits. Ere you leave for the plains of Europe, to light 'gainst the Prussian brutes, Alwavs remember you're soldiers, leave nothing to luck or chance .Simply be brave and wining wnen you Wm came from the crowded cities, you You came from the mount'ns and prairies, where Nature her real men yields V'nu answered the call from the village, And now that you've gathered together, you must deliver the goods.. Your mothers and fathers and sweethearts, each pray for the loved lives, r hat left to light for your country, left your sweethearts and wives. Left the girl to whom you were married, and the one you promised to wed, Left when your country called you, 'cause the blood of you all is red. You didn't wait for conscription or the day of the numbered draft, When they said you mightn't be chosen you simply chuckled and laughed, And said, "It is now that I'm needed, 'tis now that I have the chance To fight for my Uncle Sammy, for Democracy's cause and for France. You men of the U. S. Artillery, you are all regular guys. You answered the call spontaneous, you didn't covet the prize You didn't wait for the training camp, or try for the officers' school You did on the spur of the moment, you followed the ancient rule. That your fathers followed in sixty-one and your brothers in ninety-eight When your country needed its fighting men to settle the nation's fate. You quit your jobs in the cities, you came from the mines and the woods, And enlisted in Uncle's army, for you're made of the proper goods. And now you are getting ready, you are learning to fight and drill, Swinging' your guns into action, each with his place to fill; Waiting the day of the order that will take you over to France. Where the Allied armies are drilling for the day of the big advance. With the English, the French and the Russians, you'll bear Democracy's Hag Bravo determined lighters, who will never falter or lag, 'Till the power of the German Kaiser is wiped from the face of the earth. You will show the legions of Germany what Uncle's soldiers are worth. Now men of the U. S. Artillery, I will say to you all farewell I'm thinking more than I've written, ,Jmt its awfully hard to tell You men of the U. S. Artillery, who've proved what you'd really do Beneath the flag of your country, the red, the white and the blue. To all of you men who are new recruits, who have answered your country's To all of vou men who are old timers, I speak to you one and all (call From the" cord of vemr hats to the soles of your shoes. I know that you all A dashine bunch of eood-fellows, may God bless you all. Amen! (arc men less than three per 1,000. Of these neat lis ninety-six were H orn pneu monia and liftv-one from menin gitis." WITH ARMY IN FRANCE. From Saturday's J;iily. Charles Morse received a letter from his son Edward R. Morse, who is somewhere in France, where lie is fighting for Liberty and Democracy, and where he has been for some time About six months since a watch was sent to him by B. A. McElwain, but he has been changing placed so rap idly since that he has not as yet re ceived the time piece. WILL MOVE TO PLATTSMOUTH. From Saturday's Daily. This morning A. J. Stanford of Omaha, a machinist who was em ployed in the L. C. Sharpe Machine Shops, at that place some years since, arrived in Plattsmouth and engaged with Mr. Sharpe of t he Western Ma chine and Foundry Company, return ing to his home in Omaha on the afternoon train, to prepare to come to Plattsmouth to live. Mr. Stanford 'has a family consist ing of a wife and two children be sides himself and will make a val uable addition to this city. Big Dance at Greenwood. Nebr. Music by DesBeniers Colored Orchestra of Omaha, Jan. 10. 1918. Follow the crowd. Welcome. F. I). CLVNER. I t f t the laud God made and forgot and his body gets awiuiiy noi. close to old Doming town. sunshine, with many a curse and frown the frown, I tliinlc, lor ttie same. and the work you wm nave to no lor you men ot the Gunners crew. and close to the lighting trench. is holding the world at buy. to help us to win the day. are new recruits; in your (). i. suits. a foot of the firing line. bocm on the western iro.it. bearing their snare ot tne nruni. from Minnesota and Iowa, too, every darned one of you. west, all of you men wore ura. n. for your brain and brawn. and his millions ot lighting nuns. you if you hark to the words I write, and teach them to drill ana light, make them fearless and strong. 'gainst a thing that is wrong. ngnt on me nema m i ian.-. came from the new ploughed fields. the cities, country and woods TROTZKY RE FUSES GERMAN PEACE OFFER TURNS IT DOWN FLAT AND PET R0GRAD URGES RESUMP TION OF HOSTILITIES. IS BITTER TOWARD GERMANY Demand Peace Parleys Be Held On Neutral Soil Troops Ready to Defend the Revolution. Petrograd. Jan. 2. The Bolshe viki foreign minister, Leon Trotzky declared today that the government of the Russia workers would not con sent to the German peace proposals. M. Trotzky's declaration was made before the central committee of the council of soldier's and workmen's delegates during an atldress in which lie denounced in scatching terms "Germany's hypocritical peace pro posal." Asserting that the govern nient of Russia workers would not consent to such conditions, he said that if the central powers did not agree to free disposal of the destiny of the Polish and Lettish nations it would be urgently necessary to de fend the Russian revolution. He said the needs at the front would be satisfied whatever efforts might be necessary. Representatives from all the fronts who attended the meeting declared the troops would defend the revolu tirm but said bread and boots were necessary. The "resolut ion adopted after M Trot zk v had delivered his address follows: "This assembly confirms the fact that the program proclaimed by the represent ai ives of the quadruple al liance at Brest-Litovsk recognizes in principle the conclusion cf a peace without annexation or indemnities The recognition establishes the basis for further ponr parlers with the view of a general democratic peace "However, alreadv in this declara tion the representatives of the Ger man government have refused to ad mit the free right of oppressed na tions and colonies seized before the beginning of the war in 1914 to dis pose of their own destiny. This re striction, which, was immediately re ported by the Ruffian delegation sig'.iuies mat the uommant parties in Germany, compelled by a popular movement fo grant concessions to the principles of a democratic peace, nev ertheless are trying to distort this idea in the sonse of their own an nexationists policy. "The Austro-German delegation ia ttia:: forib the r:raet. conditions I c-ice in nit- vi - . r.ii" s sun uir- th.er its idea of a just, democratic peace. This declaration is made in view of the fact that the Austrian and German governments refused to guarantee immediately and irrevocr ably the removal of their troops from the occupied countries of Poland, Lithuania end Courland and parts of Livonia and Esthonia. In fact the free affirmation of their will by the opulaticns of Poland, Lithuania, Courland, and all other countries occupied by the troops of other ;'ates is impossible until the moment of, the return of the native popula- r'nn to the place they have evacuat es, i ne allegation, oi me uerman delegation that the will of the peo ple of the said countries has already been manifested is devoid of all foundation. "Under martilal law and under the yoke of the military censorship the peoples of the occupied countries could not express their will. The documents upon which the German government could base its allegation st best only prove the manifestation oi the will of a few privileged groups :-nd in no way the will of the masses in those territories "We now declare that the Russian revolution remains faithful to the policy of internationalism. We de fend the right of Poland, Lithuania aifd Courland to dispose of their own destiny actually and freely. Never will we recognize the justice of im posing the will of a foreign nation on any other nations whatsoever. "This joint session insists that the peace pour pariers snail oe com municated later to the neutral states and instructs the soldiers and work men's councils and the commission ers to take measures to bring this about. "We say to the people of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and . Bul- aria: "Under yotir pressure your governments have been obliged to ac cept the- motto of no annexations and no " indemnities " but recently they have been trying to carry on their old policy of evasions. Remem ber that the conclusion of an im mediate democratic "peace Trill de pend actually and above all on you. All the people of Europe look In you exhausted nnd'bled by such a war a', there never was before, that you will not permit the Austro-German im perialists to make war against revolu tionary Russia for the subjection of Poland, Lithuania, and Armenia." INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS. The M. W. A. will hold their in stallation of officers Thursday even ing, Jan. 10th, at their hall in Murray, Neb. All members are re qquested to be present. Refreshments will be served. CHICKEN PIE SUPPER. At Mrs. Oscar Gapon's home next Friday evening, Jan. 11. Proceeds to go for benefit of Red Cross. A program is being planned for enter tainment. BARGAINS IN USED FORDS. We have several used Fords for sale. T. II. POLLOCK AUTO CO. jC-1 w-daw Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Taylor will K at home to their friends all day Jan. 16th. When they will cele brate their Golden Wedding ami-voi-sary. Cordial: lb Yitation extend ed to all friends. James Jelinek was a passenger to Omaha this afternoon where he will visit over Sunday with friends and put in some of the time skating at the park as well as looking after some business. Journal Want-Ads Pay! PUBLIC JUCTION! The undersigned will sell ot Pub lic Auction, at my farm, in Kight Mile Grove, opposite . Eight Mil Grove cemetery, 9' miles southwest of Plattsmouth, Gy miles northwest of Murray, on TUESDAY, JANUARY 15TH, 1918. Commencing at" ten o'clock a. m. the following described property to wit: Six Head of Horses. Consisting" of One black horse, seven years old, weight 1350. One bay mare, three years old, weight 13T.0. One mare twelve years old. Weight One team bay ponies, Rcaooth mouth, weight 2000. One sorrel colt two years old. Nine Head of Cattle. Three milk cows, giving milk, four years old. One cow, giving milk, three years old. - ... One cow, will be fresh soon, three years old. . : ' : - One cow will be fresh soon seven years old. - One heifer, one year old. One cow will be fresh soon, three years old. One cow, eight years old. Ten Brood Sow, All Bred. . Farm Implenv One Turnbull was new. One wagon with One low wagon. One spring w? One top buggy. Two sets of one . harne.ca One set of one and ih. i harness. ' - .."C, One Sutley Riding lister5nd drill. combined. One Alfalfa disc, new. Two Pony Deerinu Binders. One Osborne mower. One Tiger hay ; rake, ll-foot. One 3-sectiou harrow, 16-foot. One drill corn planter. Ono Badger riding cultivator. One New Departure cultivator. One two-hole corn sheller. with elevator. One Gear grinder. One hog rack. One folding sawing machine. One 35-galIon Iron kettle. One Buckeye broadcast seeder. One Engate seeder. " Ono two-horse power gasoline eng ne. . One circle saw: ' One cement mixer. Ono pump Jack.- Seventy black locust fence posts. Eighty Oak fence poets. Sixty-five hedge fence posts. One Economy Chief separator. 4,000 feet of lumber.' ' Household goods and other article too numerous to mention IUNCH SERVED AT NOON TERMS OP SALKAli t uu a : l $10.00 and under cash, all nvr m a credit of from six to ten months will be given purchaser givinc hnnir. able paper bearing eight per cent rrom date. All property must settled for before being removed. be A. B. KRAEQER, Owner. COL, W. R. YOUNG, Aurtfaner. R. F. PATTERSON, Clerk