MONDAY, JANUARY 21. 1918.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
PAGE FIVR
CONGRESS IS '
GRY BUT
THAT'S ALL
UNABLE TO CHECK AUTHORITY
IT ONCE GAVE SO FREELY
TO ADMINISTRATION.
MAY HOLD STRINGS CLOSER
Future War Measures Likely Will
Not Grant Such Broad Powers
as Have Past Ones.
Washington, Jan. IS. When Con
gress assembled today, attacks on the
fuel restriction order burst out anew,
mingled in the Senate, with resent
ment that the Fuel Administration
has ignored its resolution asking
i'or delay. Senators described them
selves as being in a state of ''impo
tent indignation."
"All this chaos is shameful," Sena
tor Smith of Michigan, Republican,
declared. "The Senate should rise
and clip the wings of those who seek
to exercise such authority, which
was never intended to be given."
But No Further Action is Likely.
The country is aghast, the Michi
gan senator shouted. "Our enemies
must be jubilaut. Some united ac
tion should be taken to stay this
blow, eo scries and far reaching."
Senator Hitchcock, Democrat, of
Nebraska, author of. the resolution
asking five days' suspension of the
order, said he did not plan for fur
ther action in the Senate for a stay.
He felt that time for action by Con
gress was insufficient.
i'rior to the opening cf the debate
Vice-President Marshall advised the
Senate he had been informed by Fuel
Administrator Garfield that there
was no intention of discourtesy in
putting the order into effect despite
the Senate's resolution.
He said the administrator said the
resolution had not been received by
him until 6:30 o'clock, while the
order was promulgated at 5:45
o'clock.
Knew It Would Fe Adopted.
"While the resolution might not
have been presented in writing it was
telephoned to the fuel administra
tor," said Senator Hitchcock, "and
he had evesy opportunity of know
ing that the Senate was about to
pass it."
"P was the most drastic order
ever issued by any department of the
government, and in my judgment
with less excuse," said Senator
Pcmerene.
Regardless of what Congress might
do or say, however, it was stated of
ficially early today that President
Wil?on is not even considering in
terfering with the fuel restriction
order and feels that the country will
be satisfied .with its necessitv.
House Members Aroused.
Attacks on the fuel restriction
order blazed up in the House, also
Representative Snyder of New York
denouncing it said the President had
made a fatal error in permitting Mr.
Garfield to issue the order which, he
said. r"an utter chaos, want and
sni.eriug in this country. Many
members took part in the discussion.
To Be More Cautions Now.
f'ongress hereafter likely will be
cautious of shearing itself of powers
even to giving them to the Presi
dent leaders declared today. This
spirit was the direct result of the
fact that the Garfield coal order was
signed even before the Senate had
had time to vote on its "request" for
suspension of the mandate. And the
Senate Mas peevish over the fact
th;it all it had a chance to do was
t "request" unless the Food Con
trol Law were amended.
"Never again" was the watchword
among a large group on the subject
.f conferring wide discretionary pow
ers upon the executive and adminis
trative branches.
"I told you so," was the chorus
::niong thoie senators who last sum
mer opposed the Food Dill with
broad, arbitrary powers.
May Trim the Railroad Bill.
As a result of what many deemed
an affront to the legislative branch,
i "go slow" attitude toward the
ponding Railroad Bill was predicted.
If leaders' present plants carry all
powers under this measure will be
strictly limited and easy of revoca
tion by congressional action without
disturbing Hie structure of govern
ment control of railroads.
Furthermore, there is a prospect
rf modification of the powers under
the Food Control Law. The whole
question of discretionary power will
be opened when the Pomercne-Lever
amendment to the law comes up. This
provides for compulsory wheatless
AN
'ifltirt mootlnsQ flaw nnrl the lpiriclstnrs
say they will be chary over arbitrary
power to compel sacrifices In view of j
what they consider unwise use 01
power already granted.
PRESIDENT 0. K.'D ORDER.
Wilson Issues Statement In
Support of Garfield
Order.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 18.
President Wilson issued a
statement declaring the closing
order of Fuel Administrator
Garfield necessary. It follows:
"I was, of course, consulted
by Mr. Garfield before the fuel
order of yesterday was issued,
and fully agreed with him that
it waB necesssary, much as I
regretted the necessity. This
war calls for many sacrifices,
and sacrifices of the sort call
ed for by this order are infi
nitely less than sacrifices of
life which might otherwise be
involved.
"It is absolutely liecessary
to get the ships away; it is ab
solutely necessary to relieve
the congestion at the ports and
upon the railways; it is abso
lutely necessary to move great
quautities'of food and and it is
absolutely necessary that our
people should be warmed in
their homes if nowhere else,
and half-way measures would
not have accomplished the de
sired ends.
"If action such as this had
not been taken, we should
have limped along from day to
day with a slowly improving
condition of affairs with regard
to the shipment of food and
coal, but without such immed
iate relief as had become ab
solutely necessary because of
the congestions of traffic which
have been piling up for the
last few months.
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"I have every confidence
that the result of action of this
sort will justify it and that
the people of the country will
loyally and patriotically re
spond to necessities of this
kind as they have to every
other sacrifice involved in the
war. We are upon a war foot
ing and I am confident that the
people of the United States are
willing to observe the same
sort of discipline that might
be involved in the actual con
flict itself."
WILL CEASE OPERA
TIONS FOR 5 DAYS
TO SAVE GOAL
GARFIELD ORDERS U. S. INDUS
TRIES TO SHUT DOWN TO
CONSERVE SUPPLY.
Estimates Great Saving Can be Ef
fected in This Manner Or
der Effective Today.
Washington, Jan. 16. Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield tonight issued
an order closing down for five days
every manufacturing plant in the
United States except those producing
food, as a means of meeting the
fuel famine.
The order goes into effect tomor
row morning and applies to ajl war
industries as well as to the non-essentials.
In addition the administration will
close down all manufacturing in
dustries except those producing food
on efery Monday for a period of ten
weeks.
In the period designated coal will
go only to railroads, households,
public utilities, ships" bunkers, na
val stations, cantonments and public
buildings.
Office buildings may be heated
during the five-day period to prevent
freezing, but on the Monday holi
days they must be closed down.
BILL MAKES OPPOSITION TO
DRAFT OR BONDS A CRIME
Washington, Jan. 17. Opposing
operation of the selective service law
and discouraging the purchase of
war bonds or the placing of loans by!
the United States are made criminal
offenses uuder an amendment to the
espionage act, introduced in the sen
ate at war and treasury officials' re
quest. It provides as penalties a
fine of $10,000, twenty years' im
prisonment, or both.'
'You will enjoy yourself if you at
tend the masquerade ball to be giv
en at the M. W. A. hall on Tuesday j
evening, January 2ud, by the la
dies of the Woodman Circle.
STRIKE RIOTS
IN TH
CITIES
AUSTRIA
OF
SERIOUS DISORDERS ARE RE
PORTED FROM THE CAPITAL
AND OTHER PLACES.
IT'S TRGTZKY'S MOVE NEXT
Germany Stops Socialist Propaganda
In German Amy; Unrest
in Petrograd.
Serious strikes accompanied by
ricting have taken place in Vienna
and other cities throughout Austria,
according to the dispatches from
Zurich and other pointsin Switzer
land. Orders forbidding all socialist
propaganda in the German army
have been issued by the German
military authorities, according to a
dispatch today from Switzerland, re
ceived at Washington. Socialist
newspapers are forbidden to be sent
to the soldiers.
An apparent deadlock in the peace
negotiations with the central -powers,
threatened war with Rumania and
the hostility of the Ukraine are the
difficulties, facing the bolsbeviki gov
ernment, to which has been added
the assembling in Petrograd of the
delegates to the constituent as
sembly. There is also a report from
a Swedish newspaper that the rela
tions between Premier Lenine and
Forign Minister Trotzky daily be
come more strained.
Rumania not having replied to the
bolsbeviki ultimatum to release Rus
sian troops under arrest. Premier
Lenine has ordered his sildiers to
arrest King Ferdinand and bring him
to Petrograd. The bolsbeviki are
said to be serious in their intention
to imprison the Rumanian king.
Ukrainian and boisheviki troops,
have fought bloody battles in Odessa
and near Poltava, and the bolsbeviki
are said to be destroying railroads
and bridges to hamper the advance of
the Ukrainian soldiers northward.
The bolsbeviki announce the capture
by their troops of Irkutsk, Siberia
and Orenburg.
The censtitutent assembly con
trolled by parties opposed to the boi
sheviki is to meet today unless the
Lenine government again intervenes.
Should it meet, it is anticipated, in
Petrograd that there will be disorder
there. Most of the delegates to the
assembly are said to be in Petro
grad. On the lower Tiave, near Venice
the Italians have checked an Aus
trian attempt to dislodge them from
their recently won positions, and
threaten the defenses of the Venetian
lagoons. In a hand-tc-hand conflict
which lasted four hours the Italians
inflicted heavy losses on the enemy
and captured 150 prisoners and some
guns. There has been no acitivity
on the western front except the usual
artillery fire.
PATRIOTIC ACTIVITIES.
The Woman's Committee of the
State Council of Defense is a sort of
clearing house for the patriotic ac
tivities of women. It is in no sense
a rival of any organization, nor has
it any desire to detract from the
activities and prerogatives on any
others. The intent, from the Na
tional Committee down, is to make
use of other existing organizations,
thus conserving the force of all wom
en, and preserving intact the organ
izations that are in the field. Not a
woman in its officiary receives a
penny of salary, and only add this
burden to those they already bear,
as an act of patriotic service. Cer
tain legitimate expenses are inevit
able, and must be borne as will every
call that comes to a liberty loving
people. When the opportunity comes
we trust every member of the Wom
an's Christian Temperance Union
will checrfuly do her bit.
MAMIE M. CHAFLIN.
President Nebraska W. C. T. U.
MRS. DALE S. BOYLES,
Chairman Cass County Woman's Com.
January 8, 1M8.
To the Members of the Federated
Women's Clubs of Nebraska:
The following resolutions were
adopted by your Executive Board at
its Grand Island Meeting on Novem
ber 211. 1317:
1. That Federated Woman's Clubs
of Nebraska co-operate heartily in
War Work under the direction of
The Woman's Committee of Nebraska
State Council of Defense.
2. That wr: keep work strongly
viLal in each department as far as is
possible in this crisis in the interest !
of the individual, home, community, i
state and nation, now, and of thej
reconstruction penoa winch must
follow.
In order that the Woman's Com
mittee of the Nebraska State Conn- I
cil of Defense may be able to carry
on its work, it must have money.
Hence the plan of the State Finauce
Committee to raise $20,000.00 to fi
nance its work until the next Legis
lative Session. I earnestly suggest
that we assist all that is in our
power to raise the portion of this
money alloted to our Counties, and in
every other way to help In this hour
of our country's great need.
Sincerely yours,
MARGARET THOMPSON SHELDON,
President N. F. W. C.
SARKA B. HUBKOVA,
Chairman Woman's Committee.
MRS. DALE S. BOYLES,
Chairman Cass County Woman's Com.
To the Daughters of the American
Revolution of the State of Nebraska:
I am glad to have this opportunity
of asking you, not as chapters, but
as most loyal women of the state, to
assist in any way you can in raising
your county apportionment. Show
"your faith in the Woman's Com
mittee of the Nebraska State and
Count j- Council of Defense, by con
tributing even though it be a small
amount to assist them in doing the
work and the government is asking
them to do.
I commend to you most heartily
the work the counties are undertak
ing to do. I am glad to note that
several are acting as County Chair
man, while others are doing com
mittee work." It is very necessary
that we do all we can to bring to
gether community interests and ac
tivities, and to have a feeling of
unity in al lour efforts, this can be
accomplished by enlisting the help
of all in the county better than any
other way.
As your representative on this
Committee, accept my thanks for
your splendid contributions to all
lines cf service work in the state.
Most cordially yours.
(Mrs. E. G.) HELEN M. DRAKE.
'State Regent.
SARKA HRBKOVA,
Chairman Woman's Committee.
MRS. DALE S. BOYLES,
Chairman Cass County Woman's Com.
FROM NEHAWKA.
Nicholas Opp and son A. E. Opp,
from Nehawka, were in the city last
Friday, and while here made this of
fice a pleasant call. Mr. Opp jr., was
here for the purpose of looking after
his questionnaire blanks, while Nick
was visiting with all county seat
friends. Those excellent gentlemen
pre always welcome callers around
the Journal office.
DISCLOSE GERMAN
ATTEMPT TO KILL
U. S. WHEAT CROP
POWERFUL POISONOUS POLLEN
TO EE DISTRIBUTED IN
THE WHEAT FIELDS
Shipped from Germany to German
Agents Here Government
Frustrates Plan.
San Francisco, Jan. 17. Ger
many's latest attempts to destroy the
wheat crop of California and other
states has taken the form of ship
ment to this country of powerful
poisonous pollen to be distributed by
German agents in such a manner as
to kill the entire wheat output of
this state, according to a bulletin is
ued today by the 6tate council of
defense.
The bulletin, addressed to all po
lice officers and countj' councils of
defense in this state, urged that- ev
ery possible effort be utilized to pre
vent spread of the pollen and the
subsequent destruction of the crops.
The information on which the warn
ing was based, came from a "reli
able Washington source," it said.
Two litera of this pollen already
have been delivered in this country,
the bulletin said, and a part of their
contents is believed to be in the pos
session of German agents in this
state.
The bulletin said:
"This office is in receipt of reli
able information from Washington
that there has been prepared in Ger
many for the purpose of shipment to
the United States a quantity of pol
len to be used by agents of the Ger
man government for the purpose cf
destroying the wheat crops of the
United SUitcs. Two liters have been
delivered already and a part of this
is believed to have been placed al
ready in the hands of German agents
in California.
"Because of the nature of this in
formation and Its reliability, all
peace officers and all county councils
of defense are urged 5to utilize every
agency at their command tp prevent
the .spread of the pollen and to warn
the farmers to be on their guard."
ENGLAND MUST
GO ON OR ELSE
WILL GO UNDER
DECLARES LLOYD GEORGE IN A
STIRRING ADDRESS TO
BRITISH LABOR.
110 ONE EXEMPT FROM DUTY
Says Militarists are Dominant in
Germany and They Speak
From Cannon's Month
Premier Lloyd George in a stirring
address to British labor yesterday
on the man power situation pointed
out the urgent need for raising more
men for the army.
"The people must either go on or
go under," the premier exclaimed, in
holding up the danger to democracy
in Great Britain and Europe in gen
eral if the people were not prepared
to stand up to the German military
autocracy and fight it down.
Answers British Labor.
No democracy, he declared, had
ever long survived the failure cf its
adherents to be ready to die for it.
Certain sections of British labor
have been demurring to the new
nan power program of the govern
ment and it evidently was at these
interests that the premier's remarks
vere chiefly directed.
The premier said that Germany
had answered "never" to his demand
Tor a reconsideration of the wron?
f Alsrce-Lorraine. and declared that
Germany would go on until Mesopo
raniia and Palestine were restored to
'he tyranny of the Turks. No single
war aims condition made by the Brit
ish trade unionists had been answer
id by any German auxiliary, he ad
ded. Mr. Lloyd George said there had
been no answer from Germany tc
he recent statements of the entente
sowers on war aims. Field Marshal
von Hindenburg and General vor
von Ludendorff were brought back
for conferences but Foreign Ministe
von Kuehlmann was not allowed t
speak.
Militarists Are Dominant.
"Why?" asked the premier. "Be
ause the Prussian military power ir
dominant. The answer to be given
will be given from the cannon'f
mouth."
"If any man here can find an hon
orable and equitable way out of thi:
conflict without fighting it through,"
the premier continued, "let him tel
it. My conviction is this the peo
ple must either go on cr go under.'
The view of the government, Mr.
Lloyd George said, was that it wou4d
be folly to withdraw men from in
dustries one hour sooner than the
need arose, but that it would be
treason, to the state, to democrecy
and to freedom if. when the neer
did arise, the demand should not be
made.
Whatever terms were put forward
by any pacifist orator, the premier
declared, would not be cashed by
Ludendorff or the kaiser unless the
British bad the power to enforce
them.
Must Fight to Achieve Aims.
If it rhould prove to be impossible
to defeat the German forces and re
sist the military power of Prussia,
was there anyone in possession of
his wits, the premier asked, who be
lieved that the least of the war aims
expressed by the labor conferences
could be enforced?
The premier declared he would
not have the war on his soul for a
second if he could stop it honorably,
but there had been no response from
any man in any position in Germany
to the statement of British war aims
which indicated a desire in Germany
to approach the problem in a spirit
of equity.
GOMPERS DECLARES
WORKERS WILL SUFFER
Washington, D. C, Jan. 17.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, in
a statement tonight declared that the
workers of the nation will be the
greatest sufferers from the fuel re
striction order, but that they will
"maintain their loyal stand despite
the suffering and sacrifi??3 which
they 'may be called upon to bear."
Mr. Gompers expressed doubt that
a five-day suspension of industry was
the best way to meet the situation
and suggested that a "wiser and more
practical course" would have been
to place all industries of the coun
try upon an eight-hour basis work
day. at least during the war.
Mr. Gompers said that everything
must be done to see that the work
ers are not made to suffer unneces
sarily, and he expressed the hope
that the employers would heed Fuel
Administrator Garfield's appeal to
comply with the order without "shift
ing the burden to labor."
MAY APPEAL TO PRESIDENT v
Suggestion Also Made That
Food Control Law Be Re
pealed by Congress.
Washington, D. C. Jan. 17.
Tonight it was indicated
that an appeal might be made
to President Wilson from the
order of Fuel Administrator
Garfield. The suggestion also
was heard that the food con
trol bill, under which Dr. Gar
field acted, might be repealed,
but there appeared little pros
pect that this would be done
since it hardly could be accom
plished since the five-day per
iod was over. Many senators,
when they heard that the order
would be carried out, insisted
that the fuel administration
was exceeding its authority
and that it could not prevent
an owner of fuel from using
stores in his possession.
Fuel administration officials,
however, pointed to provisions
of the act imposing heavy pen
alties on anyone vho violates
regulations President Wilson
may prescribe under the act.
Although first interpretation
of the order indicated that its
provisions would not apply to
the use of wood, oil, gas and
other forms of fuel, tonight it
was declared that all fuel of
every description was intend
ed. Production of fve: v ill not
be interferred with in ar.v wav.
A
the m szmmm
An apparent d a.-r.-.iti-neg'otiat
ion1"- w:'.: c.
fhrcatened war i;h I
the hostility cf the U:
m ! nc iH-.Hx
u-.n.i
iuini-.r. :n an-.l
"uiii'.' are t : c
difficulties faced by t!;e hoi-h?vi:i
Tovernment, to which has bee;; i.
id the assembling in retrcrrad ' f
the delegates? to ih co-ir- in"iM ---embly.
There Is also a r-j rt fro:.:
a Swedish newspaper that tR- rela
tions between Premier Loninr- cv.-i
Forign Minister Trotrky daily be
come more strained.
Germany has refused to accept
Russia's attitude concerning the
-ight of the occupied territories of
Poland, Courland. Lithuania and Es
honia to self-definition along lines
advocated by the boisheviki. UntP
i general peace is reached the Ger
mans say they cannot evacuate the
"rritories. The boisheviki stand is
declared by the Germans to be one
idfcd and the Russian delegates are
asked to agree to the Gcman view.
Foreign Minister Trotzky's answer is
not yet known. Rumania not having
replied to the boisheviki ultimatum
to release Russian troops under ar
rest. Premier Lenine has ordered
his soldiers to arrest King Ferdinand
and bring him to Tetrograd. The
boisheviki are said to be serious in
their intention to imprison the Ru
manian king.
On the lower PJave near Venice the
Italians have checked an Austrian
attempt to dislodge them from their
recently won positions and threaten
the defenses of the Venetian lagoons..
In a hand conflict which lasted four
hours the Italians inflicted heavy
losses on the enemy and captured
150 prisoners and some guns and war
t-.v. -.v .
Hon. Ross L. Hammond
(Editor of the Fremont Tribune)
TELL OF HIS EXPERIENCES IN THE
Hp
7:30 O'CLOCK
Auspices Med ross
AEY2!SSICr: FREE
Childran Under Twelve Hot Admitted
material. There has been no acitvity
on the western front except the us
ual artillery fire.
Ukrainian and bolsbeviki troops
have fought bloody battles in Odessa
and near Poltava and the Lolsheviki
are said to be destroying railroads
and bridges to hamper the advance
of the Ukrainian soldiers northward.
The bolshevik! announces the cap
ture by their troops of Irkutsk, Si
beria, and Orenburg.
The constituent assembly, con
trolled by parties opposed to the
bolsbeviki, is to meet today unless
the Lenine government again inter
venes. Should it meet, it is antici
pated in Petrograd that there w"' be
disorder there. Most of the dele
gates to the assembly are said to be
in Petrcgrad.
WAR MAPS.
The famous Rand-McNally war
maps will now be found on sale at
The Journal office. These maps
show all the big battle lines, on a
large scale so that yon can easily
trace where all the big battles are
being held. We have maps of the
whole western front, also the Brit
ish front, the French front, and the
Italian front. They are 25c each.
1 Get them at the Journal office.
PUBLIC
On account cf our recent bereave
ment and being left alone, I will sell
at my farm, " miles west of Murray,
Nebr., on
MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1918.
the following described property to
wit: 15 Head of Cattle! 15
Four No. 1 Dairy Cows, one freh
now.
Or.-.- cc mir.g 2-year-old heifer.
Thivf- yearling heifers.
Two yearling steers.
One SLort-Iiorn Bull.
Four calve;;.
2 Hep.d of Horses 3
On? brown mare, weight 1200
i.ou p u :.
O u' roan r.iare. weight 1030 lbs.
0;,, b-iy horse, weight 1030 lbs.
14 Head cf Hogs 14.
Nine Fo.ircc bred sows and every
O!!0 a good one.
One Puroc Boar.
Four fst Farrows, ready to butch-
i r.
Tzvta Tmnlements, Etc.
O.if g.-H-d Bain Wagon.
Ore Tni'.k Wogan.
One- String Wagon.
One Carriage.
One Top Buggy, with pole.
One Top Buggy, with shaft.
One Mower.
One 14-inch Stirring Plow.
One Fanning Mill.
One new Cider Mill.
One Grindstone.
One Good Cream Separator.
One Bent Wood Churn.
One 30-gallon Iron Kettle.
One set of lJi-inch harness.
One set of 14 -inch harneF
Two sets of Single hanu. .
One saddle.
One 23-Maxwell car.
20 tons of No. 1 Prairie Hay in
the mow and many other articles to
numerous to mention.
Sale Commences at 10 o'clock A. M.
Lunch Will Be Served at noon by
W. A. Scott.
TERMS OF SALE: All sums of $10
and under cash on all sums over $10
a credit of from six to eight months
will be given, purchaser giving bank
able paper, bearing eight per cent
interest. All property rau'-t be set
tled for before being remove i from
the premises.
MRS. L. RUSTERH0LTZ, Owner.
COL. W. R. YOUNG. Auctioneer.
W. G. B0EDECKER. Clerk.
SCS vva ?v5 Ji
AUCTION!
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