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V! PLATTSMOUTII SEMI-WEEKLY journal. PAGE FOUR. Cbe plattsmoutb louvrsal FUELISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA Entered at Postofiico, Plattsmouth, Neb., as second-class mail matter R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 It. 1. Fays he would have sent us a poem, but couldn't find a rhyme for Potsdam. How would this do? Good people nerd no longer fear tit. It's curse, Gott's ire or Gott's damn; Sinc-e Wil helm's crying in his beer Far, far away from Potsdam. -:o:- t'hristmas trinkets o ndisplay. -:o:- Tho t!ti is still with us. -:o:- Pid vim rtturn thanks? -:o:- Y had many things to feci thank f'jl r-r. :o: The happiest man is he who is P-ait-rant and doesn't know it. :o: " Without fair and lovely woman t1; is old world would be a stag-na-t ion. :o: S-;i!ie men K t too busy loving all humanity to reineinbor to bring home a piece if round steak for dinner. :o: !. of people in P.t-rlin. no doubt they bad back again the nail t! drove in that Hindenberg stat ute. :o:- What in d with the Kaiser seems to le a problem. lie ' wi?h S'me of his may get a ardent ad- rs in this community. :o: rds.' someone has said "were i.M:i us ti conceal our thoughts." Art too often our deeds eomoufiage ru albtiKv of all thought. :o ll.-m.-r promises there will be nm' League of Nations, and ex-Presi-f.H 1 r:-.tion cards for some time. I,il.-jdcnt Tilft tossing the National crty bonds injure 1 lie owner against f.wl e.irds in years to come. :o: And now comes the report from Washington that Will II. Hays steps 'own ;md out as chairman of the r publican national committee. :o: At th end of one's life it is bet ter to have the impenitent memory f a thousand pleasurable trans gn.;oiis than to regret one virtue. :o: The pursuit of perfection is the pur.-uit ;f sw it ness and light. He who works fe-r sweetness and light works to make reason and t'.ie will c f God prevail. :o: It is an old maid clean of date that Tails to capture a husband when the bins get home from France. Yet we know several that are doomed to li-.a pointmcnt. :o: If it's just the same to the ex- kai.-er, would he mind having his press agent omit giving out the statement that the royal family at tends a religious service every morn ini:? :o: .-vino eastern republicans are al ready booming General Pershing for pr sil-nt. This is the first time we mr knew that General Pershing was a republican ami we are from Mi sotiri. :o: "liok out for sudden affectionate demonstrations from neutrals who 1-ave hi en waiting to sec which way the rat would jump," Jays the Wash itigton Post. To Shis we would add, "Iook out for sudden aiTectionate and camouflaged demonstrations of loyalty from pro-Germans and paci U.-ts who see which way the cat has jumped." Etnte of Ohio. City of Toledo. Lucas County, es. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cher.ey & Ci.. dolr.ff business ln the City cf Toledo. County and State aforesaid. brI that said firm will pay the ura of UN'S l!L"'Dm:D POLLARS for each r n-i pverv ease of Catirr.i that cannot be r . rod bv tt e use of HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY. sworn to befcr rr.e ar.d subscribed In r-v rr-nce. this CiU 'Jay ot Unceraber, A Tj lbsC. A. V. CLEASOX, .Qe'i!) Notary Public. Kill's Cat nh r.f.'ctno is taken ln t.--i.n".v a-. l'aets throeirn the illood on t'e kJcQ':- Furfjr, 3 or tna System, fcend f,r y'"' CO.. Toledo. O. fiJ.ra V;'Uiy MUa tor constat Ion. PER YEAR IN ADVANCE .Mr. McAdo must be amazed at his own moderation. , :o: Kven Montenegro is coming back on the map. . :o: Wouldn't Carrie Nation enjoy that trip through Germany in the wake of the S9th? :o: What a man believes won't hurt him much as long as he Is humanly lax about living up to it. -:o:- A Paris dispatch asks: "Will Wil helm lose his head, be banished or allowed to disappear?" We vote for all three. :o: The New York World's headline oti the announcement of Mr. Ford's newspaper venture was "The Pen Is Mightier than the Ford." :o: The little daylight we gained in the morning by pushing back the clock is slipping away pretty fast just now. You can't fool the sun. :c: The late Jerry Simpson, who preached that "you can't plow corn with battle ships' would no doubt shed a welcome influence in Germany just now. j "The best way to kill anarchy is to feed it" says Mr. Hoover, repeat- ing what every mother has known since the human race homesteaded the earth. :o: With President Wiloon heading league, wuat a worlds scries wc would have! :o: Strange that Germany did not know her people were on the verge of famine until she was licked to a frazzle. Probably more of their de ceipt fulness. :o: Don't imagine that enemy propa ganda stopped when the fighting stopped. On the contrary propagan da is the only weapon the frantic enemy lias left. :o: IMredly after Thanksgiving will come the annual revision downward of the Christmas list, wherein four names are stricken off and six new- ones added, as usual. :o: A great majority of Americans re gard too much leniency in Germany a.-? nonsense and nonsence, you know. was something the kaiser wasn t go ing to stand from America after the war. -:o: There are plenty of men not par ticularly old who can remember a time when there was no such thing ;r.i Germany and they seem likely to see the day when there will no longer be. :o: Why uot accede to Mrs. Catt's ex pressed w ishes and admit women rep resentatives to the peace table. They would be in the kitchen or at the telephone most of the time, and the conference would proceed as plan ned. :o:- 111 the Heart 01 a rool, a new novel by William Allen White, has appeared on the Kansas book mar ket. It has been seven years in the process of making and is the author's first big novel since "A Certain Rich Man." -:o:- The terms of the Armistice signed by Germany, as finally revised, look like' a complete and humiliating de feat for the Germans rather than a t.ucc en lines of general equality, Germany must have been just about ready to collapse, and her shrewd ce lerity has saved her the sufferings of an invasion, but not the humiliation and degredation attached to her pres ent unenviable condition. JUSTICE ! The following which wc clip from the Chicago Tribune," we consider as worthy of a place iu the Journal at this time: Now that the war is over it will be well for us to bear in mind that there is no easy task in front of us. We have got rid of the kaiser, but there is as great an enemy in our very midst of whom we must beware. The pacifist of the old days will now show himself (and herself) in a new meddler's garb and will try o pre vent justice, because to give justice to the foe must occasion no little suffering. But there must first be justice to the victims of German greed and "kultur." The homeless Belgians, whose homes have been wantomly destroyed must be provid ed with new dwelling places at the expense and with the labor of the very men who destroyed the old ones. Those who have become rich through robbery in France and Bel gium and Koumania must not be pitied because by making restitution they themselves become poor. The murderer and debaucher, if caught and punished as they deserve, are j and British at other points the op- land is in strange contrast with ISa not to be regarded as martyrs. We portunity of making uninterrupted poleon's conduct after Waterloo. As must keep our heads level, our hearts in control and not be turned from the path of righteousness by the pleadings of those who, through ig norance, or blindness, or stupidity. confound justice with harshness. There will also be the pro-German and the German to deal with, both of whom will do their best to save . A . . the beaten foe from receiving - his lue. n.ir f-npmv will hav mnrn than he deserves. He will have fair play and justice, and mercy, too, , gle army in the Civil war. But Per where it can be given without in-jshlng had 750,000 men under his justice to others. And let us not j forget that these are what we should not have had had Germany been victorious. :o: ALLEVIATION It is reassuring to see that various 1 war administrations are not imper-j vious to the idea of alleviation as a first step toward post-bellum recon-(t!ie struction. The War Department has relaxed in the matter of the draft, the War Industries Board has taken the absolute ban off building needed schools and still more needed clwell- ings, the food control machine has lifted the restriction on flour and raised the sugar limit; even the gov- ernment railroad monopoly holds out, hope of reduced fares. For these signs of sanity the en tire country will give thanks. "We are told simultaneously that Mr. Mc Adoo in his capacity as Secretary of the Treasury, has not yet decreed what the amount of taxation to be raised on the incomes of the minor ity of the people shall be for the current year. The present revenue bill as deodorized by the Senate ;ives him about $6,320,000,000. Un ess he insists upon more, this is probably all that the Congress will vote to raise.- It is considered in ex cess of any discoverable need of the Treasury. Every one hopes the Sec retary will see a light and refrain from raising a surplus in the first year of peace. Plans are already being formed for the return of the soldiers no longer needed, to civil life. It looks as if a somewhat crude and unscien tific method was in favor. However tnat may be, the great point is to have employment ready for them. But employment means money and courage among. employers. What bet ter way to provide both than by re moving unnecessary burdens and the fear of unnecessary burdens at once and positively? :o: Christmas comes next. :o: Do your shopping early. :o: Wilhelm is 'in Dutch." :o:- Get the habit buy War Savings stamps. :o: Prance and England are bosom friends for the first time iu a thous and years. :o:- Thls is the next day after and wc feel thankful that we are still living and have our being. . :o: No date yet fixed for return of American troops and none are ex pected until after Christmas. j Because a woman carries a fat pocketbook is not always a sign that she has lots of money. It may be a powder rag. AMERICA'S GREATEST BATTLE. After the lifting of the censorship the Associated Press has given us a brief description of America's great est battle beginning at Argonne on September 26, and extending to the Muese, ending at Sedan Just as the armistice went into effect November 11. The Germans had admitted their defeat nine days before the end came when the Americans by steady ad - vances through thick woods, broken ais developed under a martial tra ground, trackless, miry terrain, ex-jamon of great splendor; the Eng- posed to merciless fire from hidden batteries, had broken through the most gigantic anu scientinc ueienses that all the skill of the Germans naa ueen aoie to perrect in lour years. The achievement is without parallel in wan but its Importance did not arise from the seeming im - pregnability of the positions from which the Germans were hurried. They were key positions and the Ger - mans brought to the defense all the reserves they had, giving the French and rapid advance. The Germans could not afford to lose the main railway artery and the keystone of their defense. All other American battles sink into comparative insignificance in the matter of numbers engaged. At . ... - . the battle of the Wilderness Grant "'tu, juie "s niarK ol sirengui oi a sin- crmimand ln 1Ue long battie ending at Sedan. This was eight times as many men as Meade had at Gettys burg. Between September 26 and 1 October 31, it is known that at least 3G enemy divisions were opposed to our 21. Fourteen fresh divisions were thrown in for live days' fighting in November, but in vain. There was natural swerving of lines in battle contact, but the Americans pressed inevitably forward, never permanently losing an inch. Many green troops were used, never before in actual warfare, but they demean- Jed themselves as veterans. All they did was against military odds and was theoretically impossible. But there was no such word in Pershin dictionary. Again have Americans demonstrated that they are of the finest fighting stock in the world. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. :o:- FR0M ROBERTS AND WOOD TO HAIG AND PERSHING The backward glance over Eng land and America unprepared for war notes some similar figures in either country. For ten years Lord Roberts preached preparation against a foe who scarcely disguis ed his hostility; yet the people would not hear. When the war broke they all turned to their iron soldier, and Kitchener undertook his gigantic task, carried it out through good and evil report, and then disappeared like a shooting star. Much of the same devil of numb ness afflicted England and the United States tho partial atrophy wrought by selfishness and pacifism upon "the soul of a nation," as the phrase goes. But with the prick of the German sword on English ter ritory, with the Zeppelin raids, came the rousing, and the mar shalling of an army. American au thority," likewise gaining the abil ity to see through a millstone with a hole in it, spurred mainly by the urgency of extra-governmental minds, at last trod down the paci fists and pro-Germans, and stumb led haltingly to the crectness of manhood. Leonard Wood had preached to us as the Soldier of Kandahar preacher to his own countrymen. Writh Theodore Roosevelt he helped to restore normal circulation in American veins. Both Roberts and Kitchener have been permitted . to make their supreme offering. And what a soldierly thing was that Get the Genuine and Avoid Waste Economy n Every Cake action of King George when his politicians hesitated on the brink of war. "If you don't," said he, ' will abdicate. I will not remain at the head of an England which does j not go into this war." The exigencies which developed , French, Byng, Townshend, Allen- . by and Ilaig were similar to those which produced Pershing, France's attitude vis-a-vis the war was very : different. Her magnificent gener ; tish armv was made almost from tne beginning out of civilian ma terial. So was the American army, and we haj far fewer olliccrs than t England. Still, we had a few; we found pershing and Uunuy, and Liggett, and some more. But as it ;fell out iershing answered the nced J ;o. . . WHAT TO DO WITH THE KAISER The Kaiser's "getaway" into Hoi eooii as he had made up his min i that the situation was hopeless the great Frenchman surrendered to the British navy. The paltry hun made a dash for a country wherein, pre sumably, he hopes to enjoy retirc- ment on the fortune that he cached , jn foreign countries while he still - . misgoverned iiisown That William of Hohenzollern is a greater nuisance to his hosts than danger to the rest of Europe is some what obvious. He cwild threaten peace only by returning to despotic rule in Germany and Prussia, an event than which nothing is more improbable. All His prestige as a viec-gerent of Heaven or even as a man of unusual mental gifts has de parted. He is today a broken down, shabby failure, an exposed charla tan. He is held in lower estimation east of the Rhine than anywhere else in the world. Nor is his status like ly to improve. lie vill be more and more discredited as the bitter fruit of his world policy is eaten by the defeated German people, and aulojig these latter democracy, not to say radicalism, has started on a long ca reer. There is only one thing that, might put a nimbus of glory about Wil liams head; that is his immolation by the German people as a scapegoat for the German insanity of general domination. If after backing him up in his Mittleuropa dream, after en couraging him in pursuing it with every excess of ruthlessness and af ter cheering him and adulating his aims down to the very last moment of seeming promise if then the peo ple of Germany should extradite him and shoot him or chop his head off, it is not impossible that something like sympathy might be felt for him. If the deposed Emperor is to be returned to Germany, it should be on the distinct understanding that he will be surrendered immediately to the Allies as titular head of the surrendered German armies. They will find a way of disposing of him so as to prevent trouble making on his part arn at the same time they will avoid the folly of making a martyr of him. It is not easy to see how the Dutch could turn him over to the Allies without loss of self respect. They can send him back u his own country however. Then since it is best for the Allies to have cus tody of him, his own people can give him up or force him to give himself up. Why would not permanent solitary confinement in his own Villa Aclitl- leion in Corfu, with plenty of his toric reading histories of the great War be an excellent way to dispose of him? :o: Goose, duck and chicken were more 1 in evidence yesterday than turkey. . :o: The war is over for one thing and our boys are coming home is an other. :o: When Ho drove the swine out of the garden they migrated to Hol land via Potsdam. :o: A good many headline writers an nounced that "McAtloo Quits Both Jobs." Why "both?" Don't they mean both sets of jobs? niif 1.. .! ir Tiii-'-v Tifirii itiT'ij Children Cry The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been In use for over thirty years, has borne the signature of ry - and 77- sonal ''Slj .Allow All Counterfeits, Imitations and 44 Just-as-good " are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infant3 and Children Experience agairst Experiment. c Whst is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. . It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its age is its guaran-.ee. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Hatulency, T7ind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowe's, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural 6leep. The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTOR I A ALWAYS i Bears the In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought dp mi tiii: nisTKicT cot rt op cor.vrv, m:mkaska. CASS In tti- matter of the fliiarrliansliip of ll-ni y Ki ken !a rry. Mentally Incom petent. OrIer for llenriiir le(ifiui l-r Snle of Ural i:liil- by liuartlinn. Niv on "Jii'l l;iy of November, A. I'., 1 - t . this rauci! rame on for 1 1 -i ri n r on t no petition of Alien John- mi. n! ki !i of the person and estate f lli ni v j;ik-i, Larry, mentally incom- I'tlrnt, 1 1 1 ; - i ? i x for lirriis- to sell the foil. wmii;' .! si tili.-.l n;i estate to-wlt: Lot nutiiler four l, in thf Northwest QiKtiim- of Ui Southwest Quarter; n!.-- Lot tie ( r. ) in thr Southwest ivMi;i rtt-i- m' Southwest Quarter, ;ii! in S(iion Ninoieoii (l'Join Town-s-t'.ii Twelve 1J), Uansre Fourteen (It) in (tt-s County, Nebraska, con taining twelve a nl seventy-five hurolieths ,'irirf, more or less, ac eorilinK to the survey of said lots. for the purpose of maintaining' the said Henry 1 .'ikenbarry, mentally incompe tent, anil the cost of thin proceeding. there not beins sufficient personal property to maintain said ward. IT IS THKIIKKOIil'i OKDKKED that ill persons interested in the estate of a ill Henry Kikenbarry, mentally in competent, appear belore mo at the ;istiiet Court room in the court house !:i J'lat tsmont h. Cass County, Nebras ka, on the I'th day of fieci-mber. A. I., 1 !.. at the hour of 10:ii0 o'clock a. m. if said day. to show cause why a ieenso should not be granted to raid guardian to sell the above described real estate of said Henry Kikenbarry, mentally incompetent, or o much as may be niitssary for his matntaiii- '"Vt" is Fcr:Tin:r: oRri;ru;D, that notice to all nelsons interested in the state of Henry Kikenbarry, mentally incompetent, be Kiven by publishing' a copy of this order for at least three successive weeks in the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi-weekiv newspaper printed and in peneral circulation in Cass County, Nebraska, prior to said date of hearing. JN vyiTNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand this 2nd day of November, A. I).. EMS. 11-H-Uw JAMES T. P. EG LEV, Judi?e of the District Court. NOTICE OF REFEREE'S SALE. Notice is hereby given that pur suant to an order of salo issued to nie by the District Court of Cass County, Nebraska, en the 4th day of November 1918, In an action pending in said court in which Carey L. Stotler, was plaintiff and Lorcn H. Stotler, Sarah Irey, Eden Irey, George Slotler, Nettie Stotler, Walter Stotkr, Ella Wayant, Clar enco Wayant, Mabel Speakman, Harry Speakman. Mary Pope, Joseph Pope, David Stotler, if living, if de ceased, his unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, personal representatives and all other persons interested in his estate; J. F. Glugey, as admin istrator of the estate of William Stotler, deceased, arc defendants, I Homestead Lands for Soldiers and Sailors The Government is going to help those boys to secure a homestoad. Great bodies of fine grass-covered agricultural and grazing lands in section allotments will be available for entry, on the most favorable terms, by honorably dis charged soldiers unl sailors. Government-irrigated lands, a valuable prize, will be part of the National bounty. , Thousands of our young men who have been drawn by war into an out-door life will never go back to indoor salaried jobs. 12,000 acres of the finest Government-irrigated lands at Deaver, Wyo., are expected soon to be opened for entry, with perpetual water rights almost a gift. You should interest yourself at once, so by the time your boy returns vou can inform him as to just what the Government proposes to do. I am em- t ployed by the is?! "EE Mill Imm far Ffeicher'o has been made under his per supervision fince its infancy. no on A n Aoroitra Trnn in Vicr Si will on the 9 th day of December 1918, at one o'clock in the afternoon of said day at the South front door of the Court House in Plattsmouth, Cass Coupty, Nebraska, offer for sale at public vendue to the highest bid der the following described real estate situated in Cass County, State of Nebraska, to wit: The East thirty-five (35) acres of the Northeast Quarter of the South east Quarter of Section nineteen (19) Township ten (10) Range fourteen (14) East 6th P. M. Cass County, Nebraska. The terms of said sale being Five Hundred ($500) Dollars on the day of sale, and the balance of the pur chase price on the day said sale is confirmed by the District Court of Cass County, Nebraska. Said sale will remain open for one hours. ' T CHARLES E. MARTIN, C. A. RAWLS, Referee. Attorney. 4-30t SHEUIFF"S SAKE. Ty virtue of an Order of Sale is sued bv James Kobertson, Clerk of the District Court within and for Cass county, Nebraska, . and to me directed, I will on the 16th day of December, A. J . 1918 at 10:00 o'clock A. AT. of said day at the South Door of the Court House in said county, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the following proper tv to-wit: Lots 1, 2. and 3 in Block 1. in Pleasant Hill Addition to the City of Plattsmouth. in Cass County, Ne braska. The same lieinjr levied upon and taken as the property of Oeorue V. Wittstrnck and Anna D. Gaster formerly wife of Oeorpe W. Witt struck. Defendants to satisfy a judg ment of said court recovered by The Livingston Loan & Buildinf? Associa tion, Plaintiff against said Defend ants. Plattsmouth, Neb. Nov. 14. A. I. 1918. C D. QU1NTON. Sheriff Cass County, Nebraska. A. L. TIDD. Attorney. I. EG A Li NOTICE. The Stale of Nebraska. Cass County, ss. In the County Court. In the Matter of the Estate of John Mlcin, Deceased. To the Creditors of Said Estate: You are hereby not i tied. That I wilt sit at the County Court Koom in Plattsmouth in said County, on the 21st dav of December. 1918, and on the 22nd day of March, 1919. at ten o'clock in the forenoon of ach day, to receive and examine all claims asrainst said Estate, with a view to their adinstment and allowance. The time limited for the presentation of c'aims aeainst said Estate is three months from the 21st day of Decem ber, A. D. 1!)1S, and the time limited for pavment of debts is One Year from said 21st dav of December 191S. WITNESS mv hand and the seal of said Countv Court, this 19th day of November. j. BEESON. 25-4wks County Judpe. Burlington to inform and aid you along these lines. Get in touch with me. S. B. HOWARD, Immigration Agent, C. B. & Q. Ry.. 1004 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska. 9 i . i v ; ' t 1 , ).-. ; ;