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FEATTSHOUTTJ SESII-WEEKLY JOURRAC
MONDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, 1018.
Cbe plattsmouth journal
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
Entered at Postoltice, Plattsmouth, Neb., as second-class mail matter
R. A. BATES, Publisher
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Democratic Ticho
For State Senator, 2nd District.
JAS. P. BAKER.
Tor State Representative, 7th Dist
JOHN MURTEY.
For State Representative, 8th Dist.
L. G. TODD.
For County Clerk.
FRANK J. LIBERSHAL.
For County Register of Deeds.
A. J. SNYDER.
For County Treasurer.
MIKE TRITSCH.
For County Sheriff.
W. M. BARCLAY."
For County Commissioner, 2nd Dist.
WM. J. STOHLMAN.
For County Commissioner. 3rd Dist.
J. H. FOREMAN.
Christmas presents.
-to:
The boys expect them.
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Ikm't let any be disappointed.
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Hindenburg -has stepped out and
quit.
:o:
A fool and his money are the only
combination that will not buy Lib
erty bonds.
:o:
Money talks, but a Liberty Bond
is the record by which it will re
peat itself most eloquently.
:o:
With so many plans for peace it's
a wonder Austria didn't think of
wiue of them in July, 1914.
:o:
President Wilson will see that
Germany gets all that is coming to
them. No wool can be pulled over
his ryes.
:o:
Hoover promises there will be no
f od ration cards this year. Liberty
lnds insure the owner against food
cards in years to come.
:o:
Love doesn't make the world go
mund. Miss Anna Carlson says. It
merely makes a man's head swim
and be imagines the rest.
:o:
If tiie Kaiser only knew it, his
resignation would help Germany a
lot more than Von Hindenberg's and
all the rest who have recently re
signed. :o:
Don.'t pity th small boy whose
mother makes him practice on the
piano an hour each day. There ks
no telling how many football and
baseball privileges he is getting in
exchange for it.
:o:
When the vital blow falls it will
never do to have the crown prince
in command. Hindy and Ludey will
have to be responsible in the eyes
of the German people with the "in
vincible army" is crushed.
:o:
Seventy-five per cent of the sugar
used in this country has to be
brought here in ships. Every pos
sible ship is n-eded for the trans
portation of troops and supplies to
the other side.
:o:
This is the beginning of the end
for Germany and Germany knows It.
There is no doubt about it. The
end may not come until next year.
But the Central Powers are begin
ning to cave. That's the sort of
news to make every American take
all the' Liberty Bonds he can, and
then some.
$100 Reward, $100
Thm readers of thl3 piper will be
pA3l to learn that there is at least
ore dreaded disease that science has
iten able to cure in all Its stages and
th.it Is ratarrh. Catarrh beinj? greatly
InH'nd by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Hall's
'"atarrh iledirine is taken internally and
art3 thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
face of tU Pyter.. thereby destroying
In, foundation of tlie rflase. Klylns the
Pient Mrensth by bulidinsr P the con
iti.ution pod a'inc nature In doing Its
The prop, ic tori have bo rnuch
fith in th -nrativ- powers of Halls
.-Mir. h ?t,d5,..ne .h. thev offer ( On,
. H.ra J riji KT r i ....
Tolda.
5&c
Now, as never, buy Liberty bonds.
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The terms of the armistice with
Bulgaria is of allied making,
:o:
"Victory first; then peace," is the
slogan of our fighters in the field
:o
And the American troops are be-
coming too numerous to mention
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Bondward, Christian Soldier! Get
that Liberty Bond before you stop.
n.
Under the IS ,to 45 registration
Nebraska registered approximately
150.000 men.
i
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Not to be outdone in national efti-
ciency, the Huns have standardized
I
cruelty and frightfulness.
o:
There is great confusion in Ger
many. 1 he people there are now
talking 123 different languages.
o:
Every time the Turk stops to fill
his pipe again he looks around and
finds another army has been trap
ped.
tor-
Nebraska has raised larger corn
crops than that of 1918, but never
one that was worth as much in dol
lars and cents.
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Kaisering, once an extremely
lucrative business has become near- I
ly as unprofitable as the manufac-
ture of mustache cups. I
o; I
From the yelp that conies from
I
the kaiser we judge that
President Wilson's fourteen
all of I
points
must have struck him at once.
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If it ever becomes necessary to
register women for the draft, ages
fixed at 18 to 24. we believe, will
about cover the entire population.
:o:
We don't know much about what
the policy of the new king of Bul
garia will be, but it is a good bet it
will be considerably different from
that of the ex-king.
:o:
We don't want to seem prejudiced
or unappreciative, but it does seem
that as regard working for lasting
peace, Haig drives are more effective
than Haugue conference.
:o: .
It is not the temporary suspension
of business that worries the non
essential producer. It is fear that
by the time he can resume business,
the people will have become habit
ual apostles of thrift.
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The Hindenburg line, the Sieg
fried line and most or the other
previously prepared lines have
crumbled. There is nothing more
for the Germans to do except to set
themselves down on our own prev
iously prepared line, i. e., the Dotted
Line.
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We had thought Berlin would be
a nifty place for the peace confer
ence. But, of course, if France for
sentimental reasons would enjoy
having it at Versailles, far be it from
the United States to object. Uncon
ditional surrender can be written by
the kaiser Just as well at Versailles
as at Potsdam.
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CENTRALIZINO MR. McADOO.
Representative Gillett wants Mr.
McAdoo to move, as Railroad Boss,
to some city more central than
Washington. But could he keep one
foot In Chicago, as the Railroad Mc
Adoo, one foot in Washington as
the Secretary of the Treasury Mc
Adoo. and the rest of his adminis
trative anatomy scattered about the
map to meet the needs of his other
fifty-seven varieties of Pobh-Bar-ness?
It sounds uncomfortably con
tortionistic. And as to centres of
activity, is not The Centre wherev
er Mr. McAdoo happens to be?
JUGGLING THE CLOCK.
It was easy enough to take Time
by the forelock and pull him rudely
ahead a whole , hour in the spring,
but we are cautioned to be careful
how we jerk the old man back on
the 27th of this month, the day or
dained for getting ourselves right
again with time and the world. It
is suggested that old Time can kick
backward but not forward, and a
dorsal grab on him might bring us
the kick. Better, we are advised, to
whirl the old chap round and
round and work him back a foot
that way.
The National Jewelers association
the Cincinnati Time Recorder com
pany, the time service department
of the Western Union Telegraph
company, the clockmakers and, we
believe, certain other organizations
and individuals have served a warn
I . i rr t 1
in on us aooui llus iniu- ine au
mission seems to be disinterested,
i
since surely the clockmakers and
J the repairers would profit from
I multitude of deranged clocks, and
therefore the advice looks good. It
seemed to be the fear that the sun
on October 27 might look down on
a country full of maimed or crazy
clocks. No trouble about the watch.
One can say "Backward, turn back
ward, O Time, in thy flight," and.
suiting the action to the word, turn
the key and spin the hands rearward.
and it will be all right. The watch.
that intimate little companion of
ours, will stand for it. uut not so
the striking timepieces, we are re
minded. We all knew about the
watches, but all of us did not know
how easy it is to drive the more
dignified and detached clock into in
sanity or sullen silence.
If we may not turn the hands of
tho clock back an hour, there are
Just two things we can do. We can
stop the clock or we can turn it for
ward the circle 01 the mai tacKing
one hour. If we stoo the clock, it
may resent it and may be balky
about going again. They say many
clocks show this temper on such
provocation. But the clock seems
to enjoy being turned forward. If
you don't enjoy it, hold the baby
and turn the hands with the baby's
finger. The baby will enjoy it, and
then of course you will, and you
will be reminded of that old prob
lem in arithmetic: "How many
strokes does a clock make in strik
ing the hours in twelve hours?"
This will be some fun. There's
another way to get some fun out of
the change. The hour set for wrench
ing the time without jarring the
nrachinery is 2 a. in. Few people
need to be told that this is an un
earthly hour. Most people prefer to
be dreaming at that moment. But
wait until getting-up time, and then
when you hear the clock strike you
can say: "Oh, the clock's an hour
too fast," and roll over and go to
sleep again. That opportunity comes
so seldom that it ought to be im
proved. And there it is, made to
order for us. World-Herald.
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EDUCATING GERMANY.
The hope that the education of
the German people In the school of
events a hope that has sometimes
burned very low is coming up
again. Something is happening in
Germany the nature of which we do
not fully know, but we see the re
action In unwonted demonstrations
of the people, utterances of the
press and changes in ministerial
personnel and policies.
We must take the fragmentary
news with reservation, but we can
not but recognize the reported hap
penings as reactions to the political
and military situations that have
developed on the western and Balk
an fronts. Such news docs not gal
lop in Germany, but a glimmering
of it undoubtedly has reached Ber
lin. The ministry, if not actually
out, is wabbling and in any case is
discredited and impossible from
now on. The newspapers are tell
ing something like the truth and
are pessimistic in tone. The people
are "demonstrating" in the streets
something which it is hard for an
American to understand but very
significant t in European capitals.
The Reichstag is again demanding
narllflmpntnrv frnvornmAnt onsl r
. . j D . v,. u.v. . v, auu
coalition of parties without which
such demands would be futile is
now for thp first time, strnn p-1 v nrnli.
- - - - . v. . n i 1
-
able.
All these are signs of ,a new
phase. Political and military events
1 1 1 A 1 I A A m
am ciuseiy leiaitu 111 me systems or
the Central Empires. With the
weakening of the German fronts
nma rnilfpssiina In nrtmilat 1 n
. . . u. . t'wtu,,
mands. The word autonomy is
now heard in connection with Al -
s&ce-Lorraine. A pronouncement
from the Austrian emperor is her-
aided. A new Austrian peace note
1 X 1 1 . .
u -"C..wj. v liitiiaiiiiH.
Putting all together we may sup-
pose the Bulgarian surrender and
the predicted Turkish withdrawal is
due to be followed by the gravest
crisis fr the Central Powers thev
have yet faced a military crisis on
the fronts and a political crisis ut
home. The Allied task which
seems fully recognized is to press
these crises to a head. The educa
tion of the German people, now be
ginning, must go ahead at speed.
They must be crammed and we have
the fullest confidence in the ability
of the teachers who now hold the
ferrule to carry on the process. K
C. Star.
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CONSTANTINOPLE'S FUTURE.
Already Constantinople begins to
loom as the possible capital of a re
adjusted world the capital. any
how, of the war-changed Eastern
Hemisphere. It is the most splen
didly located seaport of the earth.
barring none. It is inconceivable
that this gateway city to the great
inland sea. whose shore line touch-lerv
es the richest grain and cattle lands I
- . . .
of Russia, the oil and mineral reg-
ions of the Caucasus and the most
highly productive territory of Asia
Minor, will be allowed to stay un-
der the rule of the unspeakable
Turk. The Dardanelles must be a
free way to world commerce Con-
stantinople a city where the peoples
of all the nations will gather in a
commercial and intellectual inter-
change.
Constantinople has not the age of
Rome or Athens or Jerusalem, nut u
. ... i
has a position on the world map far
superior to any or tnem. l ne cu
was given its present name and de
veloped as a world port city by the
Roman Emperor Constantine, he-
inning with A. I). 330. From ::!j
to 1453 it was the capital of the
Byzantine empire. In 1453 the city
passed under control of the Turk.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT
The following proposed amendment
to the constitution of the State of
Nebraska, a hereinafter set forth in
full. Is submitted to the electors of
the btate or Nebraska to ca votea
upon at tbe general election to be
. . . . .. . .
a. juint KiasjULiiJTiurY to amenn
w A. . 1 I
Section one (1) of Article seven (7)
of the Constitution of the State of
rteorasica.
m it T7eaniri vv tVi. T .otri da nr a nf
the State of Nebraska:
F- ..I m rr. l A i. At . . i
Ucle Seven of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska be and the same I
following words:
"Second. Persons of foreign birth
ho shall have declared their inten-
tion to become citizens comformablv
to the laws of the United States, on
!iiVUSJeCt f naturallza.t,0M' at.lest
i. j nv au. I
And lnsertine in the place of the
words so stricken, the following
Second. Persons of foreign birth
who shall have become citizens of the
unnea mates by naturalization or
uioerwus coniurmaDiy iu mo iwa ui
the United States at least thirty day
prior to an election. I
Rr. T t th rneral elee - -
Hnn nlnatiMii Vinnrf-aH anrl tirh tepp i M
m m w UUUUt VA
(1918) there shall bo submitted to the1
4 ai m i I
or rojotiiuu ius lurrgunift jmiuor.i
amendment to the constitution reiai-
inr n thi rirht nf etitTraea. At BUCh
election, on the ballot of each elector
Totini? for or against said proposed
amendment, shall be written or printed
the words: "For proposed amend
ment to the constitution relating: to
the rlfht of suffrage," and "Against
said proposed amendment to the con
stitution relating to the right of
milt? rm arM 99
See. J. If such amendment shall
be approved by a majority of ali i
lectors -voting at such election, said
- - . . I
rmendment shall constitute Section
One (1) Article Seven (7) of the Con
stltutlon of the State of Nebraska.
Approved, April 9. 1918.
KEITH NEVILLE.
Attest: Governor..
CHARLES W. POOL
Secretary of State,
I n wl 41, r i . ,
a auu IHCOJ 1 1 IiaS OCCIl CVCT SlIlCC.
Notwithstanding the advantage of
its location, Constantinople has stood j
ctlll fr. , -1 .. .. i , .. .
1 l i . . 1 11 1 1 1 1 ii 1 1 v 111 1 'M 1 1 1 11 ri in' ir i .1 . 1
I - - - "viihii n., 1 1 1
not kept pace with world civil iza-
tion. The blight of the Turn lias
been upon it. With this blight re-
I - ...
moved, with a government that links
it with the advanced civilization of
America and Europe, the city of the
I f!nlHnn 1 I :n ...
I uuiuvii iiui 11 n in emerge Willi a
new and golden splendor. Balti
1 more American.
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PERILS OF 0VERC0NFIDENCE.
Wo lire wnilio,! nnnnd i .,,
y .K ( J , .7 J'l I 111 1.?
Uc predictions of the end of the
Uar; aml the warililis is 1)astd on
K(H)(1 senso u j f ( . t lni(lprpsM
maie your enemy's kill, courage or
A . . I '
resources in man power and mater
I iai3
ials is a war not merely of armies
but of peoples. We who have to
stay at home are soldiers of Uncle
Sam. Overcontidence in th lipid rp-
sults in a relaxation of military
alertness and is demoralizing. Over-
confidence in the Second Line, anion;
the folks at home, is equally harm
ful and in a perfectly definite wnv
Overconfidence tends to make us
buy a little less than all we could
buy of Liberty bonds and war
ytamps; it makes us do a little less
I Red Cross work, a little less "Iloov -
erizing, a little less of everything
we can and must do to back up the
brave boys over there. It make;
the sledge hammer in the shipyard
swing a few less times a day; the
aeroplane fleet grows a little more
slowly, the mill and mine macliin-
move a little less productively.
And all these little deficiencies.
11. 1
naseu upon a iaise sense oi secur-
i.ty. delay the rnd and iacrease the
(cost.
ijut we must not go to the ot lier
extreme! We m lift not be doubtful
and gloomy; we must be hopeful
and brave and keep busy all the
time. We must not underestimate
the cneinv and we must not under-
estimate' ourselves. Strong people
can face the facts of any situation,
-rood or bad. and act wisely, with-
out fear or unmeasured exultation.
And Americans are strong people!
lA't us, therefore, have nothing to
do witli dated predictions "The
war will end tins year or I he
war will he over in IDiy out
with calm confidence that, whrn it
does end. it will end right; let us
do everything we can to hasten the
end. while at the same time fortify
ing our souls lor endurance and
ever-increasing etlort tlirougnout
anv term oi Time mat may oe re
quired. St. Nicholas Magazine.
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UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!
Therc can ,(e no pt,ace with (Jpr.
inanv exeein ine m-iiti: uhhmiui-
tional surrendor.
I M"M. .-v r-.w.w n iil!U'OP t: 1 1 i ill 1 it r i i
I III" rwl II I U lit) M l I ''ll 'ii ' -
liorlin that the Allies tent to Sofia
... t.ircum,tances. With
its nconic exhausted and its armies
defeated and in retreat, Bulgaria
asuea ior un ........
nunoo Tii Allies replied there
could be no armistice except on un-
conditional surrender, accompanied
- ,f oa
"J t""" -
There is not the slightest reason
for any other treatment of the arch
.... ... m.. e
conspirator against tne nuernt i-.
(ne wori(j
m the false woras oi me
German government no nation can
conndence. The new chancellor
reaffirms the Reichstag resolution
, . 1017 f,ir npnf.P "without.
1'1 V"'J
n rl em n i t IPS and Without
a nn ex a -
---
tions!" We know how mucn uim
i. r.. : l.
t in i a Ihrmat ions and
nv .tin ... ......
... T, 0 cjri1:;tag reso
111,u'1
lution was followed by tho conquer-
& f..-c-; favirl
or s peace agamsi mt.-i.
against Rumania.
When Rumania protested against
the seizure of territory ana muu
r.ermanv the German
t-AttULtu " J -" ' '
envoys cynically repne-i u..
annexations, but simply
l.ri. 1 1 r .....---
'rectifications of frontier. a..u
. t A
that there were no indemnities, but
ui i j ....----sorts.
Besides, they added, numania
. . . ...... i intv u-iipn she
mlgut tlliniv ueistn ju.vj
learned the terms Germany would
Autumn Days
ARE
Sweater Days!
The crisp atmoswhere prompts
one to provide a good substantial
sweater for protection against the
chilly winds. These warm sweat
ers are to be had in various com
binations and solid colors. Price
$3.75 to $11.50
H
ft
fife Ladies' Toggery
FRED P. BUSCH, MANAGER.
impose on the western powers after
she had subdued them.
Germany has forfeited her right
to expect any nation to trust her
word. If the military autocracy had
I uim it wmilri h.-ivo np.l its unu'tT
I to the uttermost in exactions against
lthe conquered nations. Faced with
inevitable defeat the same military
J power now seeks to make the best
terms it can, and to trap its enemies
into negotiations from which it
I might seize an advantage.
The Allies are dealing with an
outlaw nation a nation restrained
J by no scruples, bound by no obliga-
I tions. That nation must be over-
la... .
wneimingly defeated and put in
bonds so that it cannot again, at
(least within a generation, inflict an
J ot lier disaster on the world
Unconditional surrender must be
our unl' terms! K. C. Star
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i.i:;i, .notick.
In tlie County Court of Cass County.
Ni-liraska.
State of Xelu-aska. Cass County,
To nil persons Interested in the es
tate of William Dudiir. deceased.
On Keadinir the I'etition of Johanna
Huditr, prayint; a final settlement and
;HovaiH-e of her account tiled in this
Court on the 12th day of September
K1S, anl for distributing and assiirn-
lnir said estate.
It is hereby ordered that you and
all persons interested in said matter
may, and do. appear at the Cuntv
Court to be held in and for said Coun
ty, on tb' lst dav of September A. 1 .
1!US, at !' o'clock .. M.. to show cause.
if any there be. why the praver of
ibe petitioner should not be granted.
and that notice of the pendencv or
said petition and the hearinpr thereof
! Kivon to all person interesteil in
said matter by publishing a copy of
this order in -the lla 1 1 smou t h .Tonrnal.
a semi-weeKly newspaper printed in
said county, for one week prior to
said dav of lioarlnc.
In Witness hereof, I have here
unto set my hand anil the Seal of
aid Court, this ll'th dav of September
A. 1. 10 IS. ALLKN .T. RKKSO.N.
iS. al County Judare.
I'.v- KLOIIKXCK WIfTTK.
Clerk.
Stationery at the Journal office.
"A Healthy Yearling
Farmers State Bank
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
Tirst Anniversary September 28, 1918.
Opened for Business, September 29, 1917.
An Independent Bank with its ownership vested in Forty
live citizens of Plattsmouth and vicinity.
RESOURCES.
Loans $247,653.06
Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures 11.834.26
Cash, and available funds S7, 31 1.10
Liberty Bonds, and United States Certificates
of Indebtedness 32,100.00
Total $378,898.42
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock $ 50,000.00
Undivided Profiles, net 2,742.92
Depositors Guaranty Fund 2,000.00
Deposits 324,155.50
Total 5378,898.42
The above statement is correct,
T. M. PATTERSON, President.
We thank the people of Plattsmouth and surroundincg coun
try for what you have done for us in the past year, and we
shall do our best to repay you as the years roll on, by con
stant fidelity to your interests.
Farmers State Bank.
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
START AN ACCOUNT AND GROW WITH US.
f w
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RENEWED TESTIMONY
No one in Plattsmouth who suf
fers backache, headeches, or distress
ing urinary ills can afford to ignore
this Plattsmouth man's twice-told
story. It is confirmed testimony
that no riattsmouth resident can
doubt.
Jonathan Ilatt, general storekeep
er, 414 Main St., says: "I procured
Doan's Kidney Pills from Edward
Rynott & Co.'s Drug Store and I
consider them a most effective medi
cine for backache and other kidney
ailments. Doan's have proven thoir
value to me for such trouble."
The above statement was given
April 10, 1912 and on February 22,
1916. Mr. Ilatt said: "Doan's Kid
ney Pills are surely all right and
what I said in my former endorse
ment holds good. When my kidneys
cause me any trouble Doan's soon
put me right."
Price 60c. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills the same
that Mr. Ilatt had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Rand-McNally war maps Tor sale
it the Journal office.
ATTENTION-
Automobile Owners!
Do you want to save as, get more
power and mileage, and at the same
time keep your spark plugs clean?
"GAS PEP"
will do it! Sold on a money back
guarantee by
V. LI. GEIIRTS.
MURDOCH, NEB.
