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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1918. PAGE FOUR. FEATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURIfAC. 13bc plattsmoutb journal PUELISIIED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Kntered at I'ostoffice, I'lattsmouth, Neb., as second-class mail matter R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Don't call a man a bonehead. In your angry agitation; Remember that your own head lias some osseous formation. :o:- IINI ORC1J the curfew law. -:o:- Keep your children at home. -:o:- Stop the petty thieving at night. -:o:- Ilurrah for the Stars and Stripes let them wave. -:o:- The wolf at the door Is often only an advance agent f.tr other visitors. -:o:- Orily the Salvation Army olks know how 'he dough-boys fought on doughnuts. -:o:- Mrie-half the world seems to be t r i i. to s-e how little the other halt can live on. Sive your dollars. Tlie nickles. which won't buy anything;, will take tare of themselves. -:o:- Re.-taurant eaters say the "Victory izri'ldl cakv-s" are shrinking until th.v l.ok like a victory for the cash register. -:o:- I ii the mean time we shall keep th' home tires burning and the t"'-:!itii!u mn moving down on the tottering German line. -:o:- r::c!e Sam is goine to run Fed eral boarding lo uses. ISut will he tolerate a star boarder, or must in mates be standardized? -:o:- There are two kinds of people who arn no help to America those who want to run the war and those who want to run away from it. The Kai.--r says "no enemy can sh:ik th" strong structure of the Gem an F.i:pir" Shaking isn't enough. William. We're going to miali it. -:o: With care says a government ex pert, then is tiiulxr enough to last tie I'nit'd States 144 years. "With e;Te." but who will care in 444 vears? :o: South America is using alcohol to drive automobiles. We have seen automobiles that appear to have de rived their motive power from the same liquid. -:o:- Sixfy million pairs of wool socks tor the soldiers, and Sister Susie ii still knitting. It is no wonder our boys have nver had cold feet during the fighting. -:o:- From the eager desire most small boys have tr play with matches, fond mothers cannot be blamed for exp'eting them to set the world afire when they grow up. -: o : - It is plain ed to give every soldier a farm and forty years in which to pay fur it. And forty years isn't any too long, if it is to lie paid for from the products of some of the go eminent farms. -:o: What chance is there for a man to have any fun out of the morning paper headlines when his wife keeps saving, "It's jut too good to be true, those Germans backing away like that -I just know they're up to something." How's This ? We offer Oro Tl'ir.lrl DIlirs Twarfl for any ca- of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by I Tail's Catarrh Mo ltr lno. Hail's Catarrh Medicine ha3 been taken fiy catarrh r-ufT .-rer? tr tl: ; fcist thirty fly years, and ha3 broma known as th6 most reliable redely t r Catarrh. Hail's Catarrh Medicine ;t.ct3 thru th Blood on the Mucous surfaces. -xp -Hir-? the Poi son from the Biood and healing the dis eased portions. After you have taken Hall's Cat.nnh M'dicice for a si.ort time you v.T.I soc r r-c.it improvement in your con era. h tr'i St .rt taking HrH Catarrh Me.ji or.ee and set r.d ci eaUir'.v Son; 'Z '7lSu:Er CO.. Toledo. Ohio. Fine fall weather. -:o: Stock pasture is pretty good. :o: Speedsters keep speeding". :o:- Kn force the law. :o:- Pat riot ism comes first. -:o:- Duty to our soldier boys next. :o:- A citizen must be American or go. :o: Is the smashing: of the Wot an line a prelude to a real Clotterdarame- rung. -:o:- We are giving our work, our time and our money, but "they" our dear boys are giving their lives. -:o: The idea that the war is all over but the shouting is incorrect. Its all over but some shooting. -:o:- Generally speaking it is hardly safe for a man that drive an am munition wagon to make light of his work. :o:- The conservative doesn't fear the revolutionist who plans to "abolish" property, but the revolutionist who plans to grab it. :o:- You can run a Ford into a rail road train, or do anything with it J without discrediting it. except to j paint it any other color but black. :o:- Statesmen of the defeatest typo should have gained a great deal of saf iesfaction from the recent pri- I i marv elections. Defeat was what i i most of them got. -:o:- The striking barbers in the east threaten to go to work in the ship j t vards. ouite forgetting that their ' special training would make them more useful in the big timber. :o:- The weather prognost icators pre dict an early winter. But we will wait a while longer before we make any prophesies on the weather. Our coal bin is a little too low just yet. I -:o: Another example of a strange co incidence is that the telephone girls j have received no increase in salaries since the government took over the lines, and neither do all the states have equal suffrage. :o: Another reason why the news papers of the country have been compelled to save paper this year is in order that the government print ing office could publish a "2-page booklet on the button industry, is sued a week or o ago. -:o:- Germany and Austria have agreed 0 that the present is no time for a peace offensive, according to a news dispatch from Switzerland. The present appears to be a bad time for any sort of an offensive for Ger many and Austria, except as to their conversation, which is always offen sive. -:o: Germany has told her soldiers that the nation must have a big in demnity for her sacrifices in the war and that the soldiers must bring in tho loot "accordingly. Which is another hard job for the German soldier. He didn't leave anything the first time he went over the ground between the Hindenburg line and the Rhine. Every day or so somebody writes in to inquire whether "The Star Spangled Banner" is really the na tional anthem. Well, when it is played as such, and everybody stands, and all the men in uniform come to attention, and all the civilians take off their hats, it is safe to assume that it is, and highly advisable to govern yourself accord in glj-. AMERICANS FIGHT IN BELGIUM America will be thrilled by the an nouncement that our troops for the first time are fighting upon the Boil of Belgium. Certain large detach ments have been there for nearly two months, although the news has been kept from the public. In fact upon July 4,- when free peoples throughout the world were doing homage to the nation's birthday, our boys were crossing the border into the little remnant of the mar tyred kingdom. There a joyous wel come was accorded them by the Bel gium people. Now, in conjunction with their British comrades, they have moved forward, capturing Voor- mezcele and several other strong positions near Ypres. This news, when it filters through to the suffering Belgian people as sooner or later it must, cannot fail to give them renewed hope. It will bring home to them the realization that help from the great republic across the Atlantic is close at hand. Throughout the long years of slavery and oppression America has don? much to keep the unhappy people from despair. American food and clothing, American sympathy and later American promises of military assistance have made them retain their faith that the cause of justice must eventually prevail. With the Germans giving up Belgian villages before the assaults of American troops, can they resist the hope that deliverance cannot much longer be delayed? :o: NOT A RICH MAN'S WAR. This is not a rich man's war as some of the I. W. W. continue to assert. The banks and the financial publications have furnished more men than any of the other industries in ration to their numbers. They did that before the draft was ordered and have been harder hit since that time, for those engaged in such oc cupations are generally young men. There is one prominent bank in the New York financial district whose president some two years ago replac ed men past their best usefulness with younger ones. He has not a man on his staff, except himself, who is not liable to the draft. Re sides that, hardly one of them could ask for exemption because their wives and children were dependent upon their work for maintenance, as they are well-to-do. When drafted there is no excuse for them and they must go, with very few exceptions. Then there i.s another tiling that must be taken into consideration. Taxes have been so arranged that the wealthy, notwithstanding they must furnish their quota of men. must also pay a very large part ot the expenses of the war. Of course there are more of the wage work ers in the war than there are bank ers and bond dealers, but that is be cause there are so very many more of them. These rich men must no! only do their share of the actual fighting, but they must do much of the important work at home. They must raise the money to pay war cx penses, and immense-amounts to as sist the allies. The government has already loaned Great Rritain. $7.01)2,0 10,090, and France and Italy have been assisted in like man ner. The fact is that every class in the United States is doing its best to win the war. World Herald. -:o:- B0LSIIEVISM IS WANING. The announcement that long stretches of railway in Russia and Siberia are held by the Czechoslo vak forces must hasten the revision of opinion that has been going on in this country about the Bolshevist movement. Testimony has been conflicting. Responsible observers have reported that the Rolsheviki really represent the vast majority of the Russian people. Others have in sisted that the whole movement was on the point of collapse. Evidently, if this comparatively small alien force can control the main line of communication for sev eral thousand miles, the present gov ernment can have no great strength with the Russian people. Indeed, as was reported from Stockholm yes terday, a leading Social Revolution ist publicly asserted at the all-Rus sian Soviet Congress that the Bol- sheviki did not represent more than 10 per cent of the peasants. It is difficult to get at the facts in a country of such vast extent, with little training in sef government and with dense illiteracy. In the general election held a year ago less than a third of the delegates chosen for the constituent assembly were Bolsheviki. That assembly was dis solved by force. Kerensky was able to hold the su preme power for a few months with out the use of bayonets. Lenine and Trotzky proved much more practic al. They have used methods to re tain power that would have put the old autocracy to shame. Opponents of their regime have been imprison ed by wholesale and there have been many executions. Men and women who had given their lives to the revolutionary movement have suffer ed the fate that might have been expected to be meted out to the ad herents of the czar. By ruthless terrorism the Bolshevist govern ment has maintained itself now for nearlv a year. In the .same way the Moderates of the French Revolution were sup planted and pursued by the Terror ists under Robespierre. Analogies are deceptive. But may not the Rus sian reign of terror come to the same end a.s the French? Apparently the bulk of the Rus sian peasants are not interested m the national government. Travelers report hundreds of miles of farming country in which the people ur? peaceful, asking only to be let alone. But one aspect of the situation i; becoming intolerable. The break down in the economic life of the na tion is so great that people are sut- 'ring trom want or shoes, oi ciotn- ing. ot all manuiac nireu ariu .es. the same time the deficiencies ol th" transportation system are causing famine in some districts, whik'' oth ers have plenty of supplies. The gravity of the situation was recog nized by Lenine several months au- in the mamiesio in which ih- m- - . ! 1.,. . ! . . nounced a compromise with ih" bourgeoisie. A government under which s much disorganisation has occurred ?ouId not be expected to evoke any sreat enthusiasm. The success of the Czecho-Slovak movement indi cates that this is the case. Russia has still to find herself. Possiblv the day of her redemption PR0P0SLD CONSTITUTi0AL AMENDMENT The following proposed amendment to the constitution of the State o! Nebraska, as hereinafter set forth in full, 13 submitted to the electors o! the State of Nebraska to be voted upon at the general election to hi held Tuesday, November 5th, A. D. 1918: JOINT RESOLUTION to amend Section one (1) of Article seven tTi of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska. Be it Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. That Section One of Ar ticle Seven of the Constitution of thu State of Nebraska be and the same hereby is amended by striking out tho following words: "Second. Tersor.s of foreign birth who shall have declared their inten tion to become citizens comformably to the laws of the United States, on the subject of naturalization, at least thirty days prior to an election." And inserting in the place of tho words bo stricken, the following words: "Second. Tersons of foreign birth who shall have become citizens of the United States by naturalization or otherwise conformably to the laws of the United States at least thirty day prior to an election. ! Sec. 2. That at the general elec- tion nineteen hundred and eighteen fl918) there shall be submitted to the' electors of the state for their approval; or rejection the foregoing proposed amendment to the constitution relat ing to the right of suffrage. At such election, on the ballot of each elector voting for or against said proposed amendment, shall be written or printed the words: "For proposed amend ment to the constitution relating to the right of suffrage," and "Against said proposed amendment to the con stitution relating to the right of suffrage." Sec. 3. If such amendment shall be approved by a majority of all electors voting at sucn election, said amendment shall constitute Section One (1) Article Seven (7) ot the Con ttitution of the State of Nebraska. Approved, April 0, 1918. KEITH NEVILLE, Attest: Governor. CHARLES W. FOOL Sscreury of Stat. may come sooner than the outside world has believed possible. K. C Star. :o:- UNCLE SAM GETS OUT THE VOTE! There were no hacks to haul the voters to the polls this morning There were no precinct workers checking up the list to see who had voted and to send out to fetch in the fellows who were slack. The political machines weren't on the job. And yet the vote was out, all right. You can bet your bottom oollar on that. Men who were busy and might not have come to the polls for an election were right there. Nobody wanted to take any chance with Uncle Sam. Why shouldn't elections be con ducted the same way? Our whole national life is based on all the citi zens elect niir tne officials who are to run the government. Then why shouldn't it be made the citizen's duty, to vote just as much as it is his duty to register? Under our present election system the machine gets a good share of its power through its ability to get out the vote. That is why the machine controlled wards exercise an in fluence out of all proportion to their population. The machine brings the voters to the polls. The uncontrolled citizen is too often careless about vot ing. The political organization is ex pensive, it costs money to nire cars and workers to bring the voters in. That is whv the big corporations ind the privileged interests have o much power with the organiza tions. Thev can tinance campaigns. Much of this influence would dis appear if elections were modeled af ter the national registration and there were a penalty for failure to vote. A compulsory voting system would pull the teeth of t lie profes : ic ii;; 1 political organizations. Why wouldn't such a system be both practical and jut? K. C. Star. :o: GAUGING THE GERMAN FAILURE As the result of the four years and more of the attempt of Kaiser Wilhclin and his military party to concjiicr t he world rund dominate it. Germany is thus situated: Dead. 2 million; wounded, 4,70o. 000; permanently disabled and a charge upon the state, 2 million. Interest bearing war debt, 3S.400 million dollars. Commerce absolutely destroyed, '.7 per cent of tonnage captured or interned. A permanent annual bond inter est payment of 2 billion dollars; pension roll annually, billion dollars; civil administration, 1 1 i billion dollars; total, 4 billion dol lars. Income of German people before the war, 11 billion dollars annually. Cost of alter consequences of the war to German people nearly JO per cent of their annual Income. Germany's rulers counted on such a large annual outlay, but figured with a fatalistic instinct that she would impose the entire burden on the nations she would conquer. Germany has failed, and when the German people wake up to the fact that they and not their enemies will have to pay, will the kaiser and his militarists hold triumphant mili tary reviews on the Field of Mars? Past history of like attempts on a smaller scale to put the world under subjection answers in the negative. Financial World, New York. :o: AE0LISH RENO? 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Tlie law on this subject which the conference has formulated would if adopted, have a radical effect, since it proposes to abolish the common law marriage, providing that there must be a license to marry and a duly authorized officiating person or recognized form of ceremony to make a marrige valid. Stringent laws forbidding marriages between parties of certain degrees of relation ship are said to be flagrantly disre garded in some states by parties who step across the state line and marry. then return to the state where such laws exist and laugh at the authori ties. The conference has power only to formulate and recommend. The laws must be made uniform by. the action of the state legislatures. One pur pose of the forthcoming meeting will be 4o emphasize on voters the importance of impressing their state senators and representatives with the importance of enacting the uni form laws the national conference agrees on. umana isews. .' 4 , x ..j. . - - - -- 1 v ' V"- r ; ; immmmmi mis The rosvn with iworte beai savirv clt,:1 piuim it,m the Bank, x THE BEST BOOK YOUR THERE'S LOTS OF KNOWLEDGE TO BE GAINED BY THE POS SESSION OF MONEY. YOU SHOULD TEACH YOUR BOY THE BEST LESSON HE WILL EVER LEARN "THAT HIS MONEY IS HIS BEST FRIEND" AND TEACH HIM TO PUT IT SAFE IN THE BANK. SOME DAY THE BANKER CAN ADVISE HIM HOW TO IN VEST IT AND HE WILL BE A RICH MAN. WE ADD 31-2 PER CENT INTEREST ON SAVINGS AC COUNTS AND PER CENT ON TIME CERTIFICATES. COME TO OUR BANK. Farmers State Bank THE NEW BANK: OPEN SATURDAY NIGHTS FFOM 7C0 TO 9:00,' MlXll I llll Iff " - -3T. for Fletcher's I Itr- Bought, and which has been nas Deen made under his per- 7MI wv uu4 oux v ioivu exilic x ld Allien i U y Allow no fin ft tn Hprpiirft irmi in tfiie Signature of STILL REMAINS VERY LOW. From Friday's raily. Little Janet Windham, daughter of Robert Windham jr., and Grand daughter of It. B. Windham, who has been sick since the Fourth of July, is still very low at the hos pital at Omaha, where she has been for some months past. The little girl is greatly emanciated, and with the extreme seriousness of her case it seems as though it would be im possible for her to survive. Still she holds on to the spark of life which is truly wonderful, and while the friends realize the gravity of her case they still hope that she may recover. HAD TO COME BACK TO REGISTER From Friday's Pally. Wood Rainey departed a few days since for. Dalton in the western por tion of the state and thought to go first to Roselie, and getting back as far as Fremont, he assayed to reg ister there as he would not get to Dalton in time, but he would not be allowed to register at Fremont, ex cept he should remain there for four days after. He thought that would hardly do so he returned home last evening in time to register and this morning departed again for the west going to Dalton where he will work in threshing. Rerlin might begin by giving up its Nohenzollerns. chool Time BOY CAN HAVE"! ft A RANK Rrtnu