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PAQE TOUR. PL ATISMO UTI1 SEMI-WEEKLY JOUKNAL. MONDAY MARCH 11, 1918- LUTHEEAN WAR CAMPAIGN. UNBALANCED CRITICISM. Che plattsmouth journal PCBLI9HKD IEUI-WEEKLT AT PLAITS MOUTH. NEBRASKA, Bmtrtf at Pestofflcs a.t Plattsmouth. Neb.. ecod-cl mall matter. R. A. BATES, Publisher VBSCRIPTIOK FKICXi UJ Somewhat colder. :o: llut we can expect any kiml of weather in March. :d: This is the time of year when our money soes to seevl. :o: Virtue is a kind of health, beauty and Rood habit of the soul. :o: Yes. this is the first spring month. How do you like it so far as we've pot? :o: The Wisconsin legislature con demns Senator La Toilette by a vote of to 32. :o: Don't don your spring suit nor shed voiir winter underwear for a few days yet. -:o:- Here. now! What was that you said about a purajrrapher being with .;:t humor even in his own country :o: Doing your bit does not consist in i:ndi:ig fault with the work of others who are putting in their best licks. :o: The Frankfurter Zeitung says Germany cannot be expected to dis cuss giving up I'elgium until she has heen driven out. All right. That will he perfectly satisfactory. :o: If the Russian proletariat can be made to realize that a made-in-Ger- many autocracy win take an soap box privileges away, perhaps there'll be something doing yet in Russia. -:o:- Russia's late czar has some real streaks of human in him regardless of weaknesses. He refuses to accept a battered crown as a gift from the blood-stained hands of his brother-in-law. the Kaiser. -:o:- Albcrt F. Kaiser of Omaha applied at the army recruiting otlice in Sa lina. Kansas, la.st Saturday for the privilege of enlisting and getting the German Kaiser and was rejected be cause of flat feet. Maybe the re cruiting olllcer didn't like the name. It is said that this city has a citi zen who has spent $!.S0 worth of time explaining to his friends why he should not contribute $2.00 to the Red Cross. Would you employ this man if you were looking for an ctTicieiicy expert :6:- Geiural Pershing was right in for bidding the soldiers to swear at the mules. The mules will never miss the cuss words. If the Sammies will just practice the French they are nickjiit up. the tuules v i 1 1 never kr.ow the difference. :o: It cannot accurately be said that the unexpected al.vays happens- not always always. We expected that some of our exchanges this week would have something to say about the way March came in, .and sure enough they did. :o:- General Pershing has recently b-e:i presented with an album con taining the signatures of many fam ous Americans. Just how this will be employed to break the Hinden burg line is uncertain, but necessity is t lie mother of invention, anil the general will doubtle.ss find a way.- $1C9 Reward, $109 Th readVrs of this paper will b pleased o learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease that science has horn able to euro In all its stages and that Is catarrh. Catarrh being ureatly Influenced by constitutional conditions riutres const!tiitiinat treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts thru the Bloou on the Mucous Sur faces of the Pysrt rn thereby destroying the foundation of ti e dlsMte. Rlvlns the retier.t strength by builnincj up the con rtitution and assisting nature in doincits rork The. proprit 'ora have so much faith In the curative powers of Hall's Catarrh Medicine that they offer One Hundred Dolling tor any cu;o that it falls n r-ire Snd for Ust cf testimonials. ' Address F J- CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio. Bold by all Druggist. 75c TBXJR 1ST AOTANCI The cold wave arrived on time. :o: That seed corn needs your atten tion. :o: IJefore the war is over it is hoped the kaiser will be just a little less ostentatious in his piety. :o: IJerlin claims the Germans broke through the American line and pene trated five hundred meters. Well, the prisoners did. :o:- In case that well known proverbial paving in Hades needs any repairs, it can probably be patched up with ideas like Trotzky's. :o: This year's dandelion crop is going to take its young life in its hands as soon as it pokes its nose above the earth and begins to look like greens. :o:- A man may gain a reputation for honesty in almost any line of busi ness, but when it comes to a land deal he is as unreliable as a horse trader. :o: The organization of calf clubs to increase the meat supply continues steadily, and before long those calf clubs will be doing a lot to cow Ger many. :o: All the Eastern papers are full of articles urging their readers to get busy on war gardens. Most of the people out here know for themselves when garden times comes. :o: I'aderewski has vowed not to touch the piano again until Poland id free. Which recalls that long ago he decid ed never to have his hair cut until something came to pass. What was it? :o:- "Does your son have to go to war?" asked one Cass county farmer of another yesterday. "Yes, replied the other meaningly", "and if he is shot he won't have to go to hell for lying." :o: There is no longer any doubt that a great number of very nice people would jump in and help win the war if they could only become sure that Russia is out of it and that the Al lies need us. :o: Those weary of the thankless task of guess-on when the war will end. might like their guessing proclivi ties to something better how are we to get rid of tho traitorous bauds that infest our own country? . ;o: Every day one finds reasons to be glad Mr. Hoover is directing the na tional diet, instead of certain maga zine editors. One writer in a wom an's magazine is trying to lead the public up to truffled tripe aud liver dumplings. :o: The Journal marvels at its patience when it considers that it has remain ed quite a whole winter while Chi cago avenue has remained blockaded because a contractor has failed to comply with his contract. Xow some body is to blame for this. Who is it? Who is getting paid for this delay? :o: A New Yorker has perfected a plan to increase phonograph volume by which forty-eight records are played at once. Rather a laborious process, and expensive, too, It would seem, when the same effect can be had by taking one machine intoV hotel room and leaving the door open. :o: The kaiser in his frenzy to keep his people interested in kultured butchery exclaims, "look at the map!" Why look at the map? If the frenzied monarch would, but stop to think that three-fourths of the map is against him. with the other fourth growing weaker, he would hide all the maps he could lay hands ou. PER The campaign of the Lutheran church to raise a war fund of ?75 0,- 000 is an interesting phase of war activities. That, taken as a whole, the Luth erans have been slow to respond is an outstanding fact. The German Lutherans, in particular, have been supporting parochial schools for the most part taught in the German language. They have also either beeil having preaching in their churches either exclusively in the German tongue, or with occasional services in that tongue. Naturally, there fore, they have been slower than the rest to enter whole-heartedly into the American cause when that cause has become directly and avowedly against the Fatherland. And many of these preachers and teachers were and still are aliens. This condition is of course irreconcilable to the spirit and the need of the hour. How much of deliberate design and pur- pose there has been in all this, "made in Germany we cannot exactly know. There is reason to believe mat uermany has been placing a t good deal of stress on the German- ization of America as a help in her day of need. Meanwhile the spirit of America has been one of toler ance because it has invited the will ing and deserving of all lands to come here and help to develop this great, virigin continent, in our present unprecedented situation we discover we have been too unmindful of our duties toward our cov.ntry We have not been strict enough with respect to our institutions. We have permitted and even encouraged too much foreign sentiment. Clearly no country doing that can have nation al ideals that are sufficiently cohe sive. It is bound to remain a hetero geneous nation and thus be liable to disintegration when the supreme test comes. We are compelled now to adopt new methods. In adopting these some customs have to be abandoned. The Lutherans have been quite ready, as a rule, to con form to the new requirements. They are ceasing to teach in a foreign tongue.' A very large portion of their schools have already done this. Whether preaching should continue in a foreign language remains more of an open question. That will be solved in due time. The decision of the church to raise a great fund for the support of the war is a good sign of its ac ceptance of the situation and of a determination to do its patriotic duty. Considering all the circum stances of the case, the attitude of the Lutheran church may be regard ed with satisfaction. But the Amer ican sentinels who are on guard must not abate any of their interest in the more perfect amalgamation of the heterogeneous elements of our citizenship. Fremont Tribune. -:o:- LIBERALISM AND LOYALTY. The news of the charge against A. C. Townley. president of. the Na tional Nonpartisan league, will be received with misgivings wherever informed liberals live in these Unit ed States. Townley was arrested by Sheriff Carver of Martin county, Minnesota, on a warrant charging him with dis couraging enlistments and obstruct ing the draft. Yet Washington and the federal authorities had nothing to do with the arrest. On February 11. the warrant was issued. The county authorities seemed for a time to be uncertain as to whether they should servo it. The New York Eve ning Post announced ten days ago that the federal department or jus tice had allowed the word to no out that Washington was not Involved in the action. The Tost suggested that a local political quarrel was the cause of the attack on Mr. Townley It would be more correct to say that a national economic Issue was in the background. ' The arrest of Mr. Townley, ac- cording to his-adherents,, is a part of the anti-union, antl-organlzedvfarm- er fight which ia dividing the, north- west. The Nonpartisan league is J hated bitterly because it is a success-I ful experiment in self-goverrment for farmers. Essentially it stands Cold. rain, winds, and dampness bring out the rheumatic aches. An application of Sloan's Liniment' brings quick relief. Norubbing. It penetrates. for principles which are common place in every civilized nation. The practice public ownership are its dis tinguishing characteristics. Economically A. C. Townley is a follower of Sir Horace Plunkett, chairman of the Irish convention and one of the most respected men iu Great Britain. In interna.' ional politics Townley is a follower o President Wilson. As a leader of the farmers, Townley has stood for the application of the economics of Sir Horace Plunkett and the politic? of President Wilson. In so doing he lias made enemies. The farmers compare the prosecu tions which they have had to con test with the deportation of the cop per miners from IJisbce, Ariz., last July. Then the Arizona autocrats announced that they were deportin disloyal members of the I. W. W. The presiaeni s mediation comm.ssion found t hat the pretended patriots were doing nothing of the sort. The men they denounced as dis loyalists were actually select men of tiu; national army, members of the Red Cross, buyers of Liberty bonds, property owners, taxpayers and, in general, good citizens. It is to be hoped that Minnesota Is not follow ing in the footsteps of Ari.ona. Cer tainly when liberal statesmen are in charge of the allied governments. liberalism in politics and iu econom ics is not prima facie evidence of dis loyalty to democracy. Chicago Her ald. LET THE TRUTH COME OUT. A congressional committee comes a forward just at this time Mid halts the interest in the world war to in form the country that CtiO.000 pugs of the Congressional Record have been printed in the last forty-thre? years. Thanks. The United States had begun to have grave fears that it wouiu never learn the truth as to this important situation. The report still is incomplete am! lacking in some of the more thrilPng details which have caused many days of anxiety and many nights of sleep less care. It does not in form a wait ing public how many' lines to the page. Neither does it reveal the number of words to the line, nor the total number of words in the grand total or obu.uuu pages, lliese are facts which the American peop!e are in no mood to have kept from them, and the members of the congression al committee had as wll put that in their pipes and smoke It. It is no time to hide such vital statistics. The evident attempt to cover up the num ber of pounds of white paper involv ed and the exact distance the 300,000 pages would reach if placed "end to end" might have been overlooked had the committee openly and fearlessly stated the other items. But after all these year.s: to be told only the meager truths that the Congressional Record has been print ed for forty-three years and that it has printed 360,000 pages, all told, will never satisfy. The American censorship is being carried too far. K. C. Star. :o: Wouldn't it be fine if the old, old fashioned pantalettes would come back. :o: .Some men oppose taxes because they want a good run for their money. :o; Well done, noble hen. You have been a great help to many of us Iu tue past two weeks, and we hope you wm keep on in your good-work. l:o; The hog has always been (and still la) the mortgage lifter, the child educator aud automobile buy- er, the financial hope of the average Nebraska farm; . ' LBT3iWBBBIt B BB&BfB,flntaaJ' 1 nzmw It is not enough for Senator Hitch cock to say that Secretary Baker's statement 01 war aemevements is "preposterous and exaggerated." The burden of proof is upon him He must show iu what respect our war policy has fallen down. We have the heartiest sympathy with Senator Ilitchock's aim, which 2 1L . i o is me support ci a supreme war council for the conduct of our part abroad. At tho same time, we are unwilling to follow him in criticism of our present and past accomplish ments, unless facts are produced Criticism must be honest and intelli- ftecreiary jaKer s statements m answer to the Chamberlain charges seemed to us to be reasonable, and certainly reassuring to the nation That he purposely manipulated facts, or even permitted himself to be mis led by subordinates, is inconceivable. Those who heard David Lawrence Saturday night were impressed by his description of our government as a overnment by impression," and his urge that, before we criticise, we be sure ot our impressions. Senator Hitchcock's arraignment of the administration 's likely to create false and unworthy impres sions, combined in a structure that is flimsy and insecure, and in no wise a safe foundation for intelligent criti cism. I iiat tnere should be a supreme war council we are fit nil v convinced its intelligent operation would have obviated many of the administra tion's errors of the last nine months But our cause is not hopelessly lost, because we do not happen to have such a council. fo Senator Hitchcock's statement Senator Reed made adequate answer: "You cannot say that a machine that put. 1,500.000 men under firms in so siiuu .i linn.-, is ii itt;iiiif, ou .ia li- .-1 . .: : t . it i .j tt l ii iiiiieiiiiie i Mil! mis seoi !... i.:.. . 1 thousands of men abroad without the loss of a single life, has failed; you cannot say that a machine that is building enough airplanes to cloud enemy cities from the sun is a fail ure." And Senator Reed is right. A machine that lias done nil these things cannot be railed a failure; policy that produced these results cannot be said to have fallen down. True, in lesser details the war nol- icy of the administration has tailed and therein may be found the license for a supreme council. By its realization, the larger things can be accomplished as now and the lesser things, in which tho present i system fails, may also be accom plished. But there is no such ineliiciency or lack of achievement as Senator Hitchcock reflects in his speech of crit icisni. Criticism is ii potent weapon in these times, but should be handled with much care and by one skilled in its use. Buffalo News. :o:- RKPORT OF THF CONDITION FARMERS STATE BANK of Plattsmouth. Charier No. 1 ;:: in the Slate of Ne braska at t l,ie close of lnisiln;SS on J-'ehrua ry litis. i:i;sori;ci:s o;uis jhi'I J is.c-oiUt s $I-J l.'Jl i.v: i::7.r,:: ::, i .'in. on ."iO'.OO ovcfirafls IJI.eity Kotii'is other assets iianking house, fi.iuiliiic ami i'ixtmes Current -. I'enscs, lases ami interest pahl l.::s'.:is 1. 1. l i ;.;:: I !.!' I 'i j ir.o.:: 7,10.00 1 o.oo 7:n.7i Cash items I me from National aii'i Stale hanks Checks ami items ol exch'ge. Cn neiu y . . .' Col'l com Silver, nil kt Is anil cents.... .irji.iMS.ai I.IAHlLlTIKi- Capital s(ok paid in ? 0,ii;0.o0 I'iMliv ideil pro (its I,j::i.l7 Itlillviiitiul tlepusits subject to check :'.... Time cert i Iky tes of deposit. J l.i... .T.t Cashier's cheeks oust a ml i ng .iO'j.oo line to national and stale hank:' :. :r - Depositor's Kuaranty iiind.. j.uuo.oo TOTAIj .$ lit 1,13.0 Ktute of Nebraska) County of Cass ss: I. T. M. Patterson, I're.-i'lent of the iiliove named bank, do hereby swear that tho above statement is a correct mid true ropy of the report made to the- State Calilillltr Hoard. X . JI- rAT lKKhO.N, Attest:- . l'lesidcnt. I-:. P. J.I TZ. inre. tor. MAXlIv WHITE, Director. Subscribed and sworn to before in this 7th day of March. 191. B. A. XiOSKXCKANS, (Seal) Notary Public. Kct Contents 15Pluid Prm) ,,. t 1 v - : i lz ,Q I r - - - -.-t: -ri t :m;nT.-n PER CliNT. AVey-lat!orrcpa:a:MfirAs- m (;!v.-rnj'r.i-snnd r.js'.v;wwu -ic!h-" Oni.tnt. i-v rnhlac nor A JiMpfs;lHcT.O(lyRT n -! Z il'.' r.-vcrisuncss ' "Vl oss of Six K; rcsulli:,!i'i,.rrc'rn"ni ' j - v vac. v,ony o" Wrapper. REPORT OF TilE CONDITION' PLATTSM0U1H STATE BANK Of Plattsmouth, Nebr. ;r tt r Xu. 7t; ii' t!. StiTe !" l'i;ik;i ;if ti.e clnsi- of llt!sirlt; i:i l-V i u ua vy Z'. 'JlS. : i '.. . - i s i.::s::.r,'i 1 1. 100.00 l, l Tli.o.) 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M. i:oi:i:i:ts. Attest: Presi.lent. .1. 1 1. ;KT i:i:, In'reetor. It. A. S(llNi;il)i:i:. nireetoi-. Subs'-' i bed and sworn to before me tr.is Till day of .March. 1 ! 1 V J:. B. WINDHAM. (Seal) Notary Public. ..-.: '. S-fti V s'lWS ;-,. I j:: r '' r- .-s I .'.' .Vv. ' I f, t !.!! jiu:ieSjJi I flur-ri.:' ',! I WE HAVE ALL HEARD OF THAT "RAINY DAY." SINCE CHILDHOOD WE HAVE HEARD OF "PUTTING SOMETHING ASIDE FOR A RAINY DAY." THAT RAINY DAY COMES VERY SUDDENLY TO SOME PEOPLE. IF YOU HAVE PUT SOMETHING ASIDE, HAVE IT SAFE IN OUR BANK. FIRE CAN'T BURN IT, BURGLARS CAN'T STEAL IT AND YOU CAN'T LEND OR SPEND IT SO EASILY. BE PREPARED WITH A BANK ACCOUNT. WE PAY 4 PER CENT ON TIME DEPOSITS, AND 3 PER CENT ON XMAS SAVINGS CLUB. COME TO OUR BANK. Farmers' ITHEINEW BANK. SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES 50 CENTS PER YEAR. j For Infants raid Children. svlothers Know That Genuine Castoria Alway rrc STRONG EVIDENCE Is the Statement of This Plattsmouth Woman. Backache is often kidney ache; A common warning of serious kidney ills. "A Stitch in Time Saves Nine" Don't delay use Doan's Kidney Pills. Profit by the experience of Mrs. II. Brinkman of 122Vine St. She says: "We keep Doan's Kidney Pills in the house all the time and when ever we need a kidney medicine, they give good satisfaction. I take Doan's Kidney Pills now and then, when ni3r back bothers me and they soon remedy the trouble." Price COc, at all dealers. Don't, simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. Brinkman uses. Foster Mliburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. Ead Taste in Your Mouth When you have a bad taste in your mouth you may know that your di gestion is faulty. A dose of Cham berlain's Tablets will usually cor rect the disorder. They also cause a gentle movement of the bowels. You will find this to be one of the best medicines you have ever become acquainted with. Box Paper and Correspondence Cards at the Journal office. THAT RAINY DAY DOES COME State Bank fir v m rk (f Use j For Over Thirty Years