IIONDAY, DECEZvIBER 16. 1918. X'LATTSMOrrn SEMI-WEEKLY journal. PAflE 5. V. 0. 8. GilS IE R DROVE GERMANY 10 BEG PEACE AMERICANS READY TO HURL TEN TONS FOR EVERY ONE OF TEUTON TOE. Chemical Director Tells of Tremend ous Preparations Made to Crusli Huns. Washington. I). C. Dec. 13. When hostilities ceased the Ameri can army v.as being prepared and equipped to hurl tn tons of mus U rd pas into the German forces for every ton the Germans could deliv er. Major Williard L. Sihert, direct or of the chemical warfare service said here tonight at a dinner giv en in his honor. On the day the armistiee was signed, he said, plans for the manu facture of the standard gases were in operation with a manufacturing capacity greater than that of Eng land and France combined. This rapacity would have been trebled in the case rf certain gases before the beginning of the nw year. One Reason Why Huns Quit. Germany's knowledge f their preparations had been an important fictor in causing her to seek an armistice, he said. When the truce was signed, there krd been produced r..OO".OoO masks, n. Of; o.OOO extra canisters. T.00.000 ior- masks and large quantities of mustard i::;s suit?, gloves, ointments and antidotes. The government and all the facilitte for producing mus tard gas at the rate of 100 tons a day. Central SiLcrt revealed that his vi pertinent had perfected a new type of gas mask for the defense of the American army which was far superior in every respect to any ::i:u-l: r.ed by oi'her the enemy or the allied forces. Ho added that 4 0 0.000 of these r.'.f-ks had been produced when the war ended. They were being pro duced at the rate of 40,000 a day. 'The soldier must do a large part f his fighting in a gas mask," Gen eral Sihert raid, "if this type of warfare was to prevail and a fight ing gas mask must be developed without mouth pieces or nose - clip and one in which the eye pieces would not dim." Speaking of the work done to er;tnp the army with gas shells and T.r v and more terrible poisonous vap-rs. Colore! W. H. Walker in charge of production said that the great plant constructed at Fdce woitI. Mr., was "the most deadly institution sine time began." He indicated that casualties aE'm; the enlisted men who hand led thie deadly products at the plant "would be hard to match on the battle front." MUSTERED OUT OF SERVICE. Frm ThurdaVs Jai!r. LeUoy Winscott. Ludwig Hallas. Albert Jandr and Albert Olson, all v.-h' have btn at Bellevue, for f'ome months past as members of the army, and where they have been i;-k!!iir special training, were niust rrd out at that place Tuesday and returned here, where they will make a good addition to the yo ;ng citizenry of this place. RILEY BARBER. SHOP CHANGES nANDS Nrorn T'iuibv's Iaity. C. A. Atkinson who has owned the iiil v Barber Shop for some time pan has disposed of the same, gelling it to E. G. Sliellenbcrger. who will conduct, the business in Ihe future. Mr. Atkinson will de part in a short time for the Pa cific; coii' t where he will make his home in the future. Mr. Snellen berper is well known and one of the best of workmen, and with a hot of friends,, will make the business a successful one. WILL OPEN PAPPI0 OFFICE. From Tf tirsday's Daily. This morning L. B. Rakow who 1 i.s b?:en on the third trick for some ';isc departed for Pappio, where he roe:; to open that office after it has bern elo.-ed for w.me months, on ac count of a shortage of operators. Mr. Rakow will re-open the office thcrf and get thing3 running, after v.hi'h he will be given another posi tion and someone else be tent to that place. BRINGS SON TO HOSPITAL. From Thursday's Dally. Adolph V.Vsch jr.. who makes his home near Creighton, and wife came to Omaha, yesterday to bring their little son, Carl to the hospital there for treatment, for some blood trouble, and came on down here last evening and are visiting atthe folks, as well as at the heme of Carl Hofaker, -who is a brother of Mrs. j Wesch. They will return In a short time. Mr. Wesch driving Mr. Hof akcr's car to Creighton. Mr. Ilof aker and family will move there and will farm there the coming season. BROTHER IS KILLED IN 0EXA. Details Meager, But Accident In Wreckage Of Auto The Cause. From Thursday's raily. Last evening 1. E. Elliott, who is employed in the Nbraska Light ing Company institution, at this place, departed for Auburn, where he goes cm account of the death of his brother .M. L. Elliott, who was killed day before yesterday in an auto wreck some where in Okla homa, where he had been for the , past year, working in the oil fields , of that state. The funeral will be 'at Auburn, hut as to the time and hour, he could not say. F. W. El jliott and family departed this after- noon via the Missouri Pcaific for Auburn also to attend the funeral. It is thought the funeral will oc j cur tomorrow but it is not yet defi nitely known. SELLS A FINE PHONOGRAPH. From Saturday's Daily. The enterprising firm of Wey rieh and Hadraba. sold and deliv ered one of their fine line of phono graphs to Mr. and Mrs. John Sheld on in South vPark, which they have installed in their home as a portion of the household paraphanalia, which will be for their delectation as an entertaining teature. for the music, and instruction on the mat ter, the use of records that are in structive as well. DEPARTED TODAY FOR CAMP HANCOCK From Thursday' Iaily. Sergeant J. It. Jones, who with his wife arrived in this city some few days since coming on account of the death of his mother Mrs. Hannah L. Jones, but unfortunately was delayed so that he did not reach here in time, departed today for the camp where he was station ed, at Camp Hancock. Ga.. and will remain there until he shall be must ered out of the service. Mrs. Jones, wife of the Sergeant will remain here, as he will return as soon as he shall get his discharge and make his home in this city. A VERY SWEET PROPOSITION. From Thursday's Dally. That is the home of the sweets, which is so admirably presided ov er by the popular artist Guy W. Morgan' and his wife. We stepped into his emporium last evening and not alone was it a good place to purchase Christmas candies, but it was a bower of beauty, on account of the beautiful decorations which prevail there. This is one of most popular places in the city for the purchase of Christmas candies, and it is here that Mr. S. C'laus, has es tablished his candy depot. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan are his agents. LEGAL NOTICE. In the Justice Court of the Coun ty of Cars. Nebra-ska. before M Archer, Justice of the Peace. Frank R. Gobelman. Plaintiff vs u. t uison, iirsi real name un known, Texas Itio Grande Company, a Corporation, and J. X. King, first real name unknown. Defendants. NOTICE. To the defendants O. P. Olson, first real name unknown. Texas Rio Grande Company a Corporation and J. N. King, first real name un known. You are hereby notified that on the 4th day of December. 1918. M. Archer, Justice of the Teace of Cass County, Nebraska, issued an order of attachment - for the sum of $131.15 in an action pending be fore him, wherein Frank R. Gobel man is plaintiff and O. P. Olson first real name unknown. Texas Rio Grande Company, a Corporation and J. N. King, first real name un known, are defendants; that prop erty cf aid defendants consisting of I&0.00 has been attached under said order. Said cause was con tinued to January 25, 1919, at 10 o'clock A. M. FRANK R. GOBELMAN, Plaintiff. Plattsmouth, Nebr., Dec. 14. 1918. 16-Cwks. Stomach Trouble. "Before I used Chamberlain's Tablets I doctored a great deal for stomach trouble and felt nervous and tired all the time. These tab lets helped me from the first, and inside of a week's time I had im proved in every way," writes Mrs. L. A. Drinkard, Jefferson City, Mo. HUGE REDUCTIONS III EXPENDITURES SECRETARIES BAKER AND DAN IELS LEAD THE WAY IN THE CUTTING OF EXPENSES. POPULAR COURSE. OF ACTION Many Public Men Are Made Uneasy by Spread of Bolshevism Reed Calls for Upholding of Structure of Government. By ARTHUR W. DUNN. Washington. Reduction of expendi tures is now the watchword. Men who have been responsible for spend ing huge sums of money are now point ing out the great savings they nre making. Secretary Baker of the war department has shown where he lwis cut off n billion more or less, and Sec retary Ianiels of the navy department has nir been far behind. All the offi cials veho have been responsible for the expenditure of many .million?' since the war began realize that it has been something of a struggle, on the part of the people of the United States to pay the taxes, buy the bonds, and keep up with the high cost of liv ing. They no doubt realize that every announcement of a cut in expendi tures will ! received by the people with approval. There are many places where retrenchment can be ef fected which have not yet been reach ed. Those are in smaller items and more isolated groups, but in the ag gregate amount ton great deal. Among them n ay be mentioned the excessive rents that are being paid for buildings nil over the city of Washington, the very large number of army officers in uniform doing clerical work, and also a vast army of clerks, many of vhoin were nev-r needed even in the midst of the war. There is a great deal of uneasiness In this country on account of the spread f bolshevism. A great man pubiie men express the opinion that that is the one menace of the future to which we should give heed. Sena tor Heed of Missouri, who lias never Kern favorable- to the enactment of legl.-lation contravening the consti tution, made a plea in the senate some time ;igo urging that body to get back Upon the constitution and stand firm for the fundamental law. "The great est menace of the world today. said the Missouri senator, "is an uprising against law and order: not n mere uprising against n monarch, but the de nial of all the fundamentals of law which n.ust be n part of every civilized go errm-ent and upon which civiliza tion itself is dependent. With gov ernments falling all about u, and with the sinister visage of anarchy lift ing itself In every land, with organiza tions that have for their basic princi ple the denial of all principle, of all law. and of 11 government, there never as n time in the history of this nation or the history of this world when it was so much the duty of law makers and of public servants to up hold the structure of honest govern ment. Senator Ixdge of Massachusetts re cently unrolled some very Jntere-stlnc historical facts before- the senate. lie called attention tr the date of the sign- i ir.g of the armistice. November 11, and went on to say that on that day liOS years ago the first settlers in Mass achusetts, who came over In the Mayflower, signed their famous "Com pact." a kind of constitution, for th government of their colony. Thif nncient document was inserted in the Record. In one place it referred to what is now Massachusetts as beinc "in the northern parts of Virginia. Virginia has shrunk considerably since those days, when it included all of England's territory In North America Senator Heed of Missouri was very nice to his new colleague, Senatoi Spencer. The day that Spencer was sworn In Reed took particular puinF to see that he was presented person ally to all of the Republican members of the senate. Reed spent half an hour on the Republican side introduc ing his colleague, and it appeared that In spite of their political opposition they are to be the best of friends. Senator I.,ewis of Illinois does not make two bites of n cherry, lie is one of the men that goes the full limit when he starts, consequently he intro duced a resolution that goes fnrther than almost anything known in re gard to government ownership of all kinds of utilities. He is willing that the government should take control of nearly everything. When the calendar of bills is called In the senate it Is the custom, if a sen ator objects to any bill, for him tc say-Let that go over." That is tanta mount to an objection nnd has tlu? effect of passing over the bill with out Changing its place on the calendar. llsJif are the bills that "go over" tir-ue and again, to finally perish with tie ending of a congress. At a re tent sitting of the senate there had ?en the usual delug-j of objections of fnls sort to vunsua bills. Finallj Senator Thomas of Colorado thought n nniinil PllTTl rlOrmnf art 4n quiry," he drawled, getting to hi? fee? jl "When a bill goes over, does It t ( j -1 t i uxiuci i r LkB0; BEPlBMflT ROW P8BUSI2ES TLX! BOOK Aliens to Get Instructions in Citi zenship, History and Other Subjects. The department of labor has jast un dertaken its first -venture as a publish er of text books'. A large edition of these volumes for the use of citizen ship glasses conducted by the bureau of naturalization has come off the press, and several other editions are. likely to be nocos-sary before the de mand for the publications is exhaust ed. With the text book the government has printed a teacher's manual in or der to assist Instructors. The citizenship classes are now gen erally under way, public schools be ing utilized for the purpose of Ameri canizing the aliens. The process is very thorough, for beginning with easy conversational methods of teaching English, the foreigners sire soon in troduced to the study of reading and writing. Once a fair knowledge of English has been obtained, instruction bccir.3 in more advanced studies, prominent among which is the history of the United States. The structure of the nation's government is treated in de tail, in order that the candidate f ".-r citizenship may gain as clear an idea as possible of the nature of the insti tutions among which he has elected to dwell. In connection with his study of academic subjects, the alien is taught a gnat deal that makes his life fn America more pleasant for example, how to guard his health and that of his children; how he can spend his nemey most Advantageously for the household budget; how to prevent ac cidents and how to treat injuries or deal with emergencies. The text book and manual at no time lose sight of th fact that the average, alien comes from a country whoso customs differ widely from those in common u--o here, and the effort is made both to explain the reasons for American procedure and to make the alien thoroughly familiar with American methods. FRENCH AMBASSADOR INSPECTS AMBULANCES :- mrv.--.-..-V--..----;vv. ; r . : if u.;.;v-'.':'. -iY c iTrvi ... i During his inspection of a convoy of ambulances in Hyde Park, prior ic their departure to Prance, Mon-ieur Paul C'ambon, th. Pr-nch ambassa '". is shown here as he stopped for a chat with Mrs. Assheton p.oimett who was awarded the Croix d" tiuerre for serv ices nl 'l;:duiiS-su;--Marne. These wcmen drivers have been awarded many medals for distinguished serv ice under fnv. THERE WERE TWO Coin Vere to Be Brides and Had the Same Name. Laeut. Charles W. SI on re, chaplain .it Great Lakes, was seated at his h s'.i the oilier day v. hen a sailor, Ilar ,!d lliggins, entered, announced he was going to get married, and sa'.d h wanted the chaplain to tie the knot. "With pleasure;" said the chaplain. "What's the girl's name?" "Kdnh Steel;'." replied the sailor as the chaplain made n note of it. A few moments later Xoel P.. Les ter, another bluejacket, entered the chaplain's office. "I want to get married," said he. "Will you marry us;"' "Willi pleas-re," -.-aid the chaplain. "Whit's the girl's name?" "Edith Steele. replied the srend sailor without the flicker of an eye lash. The ehnpirun looked startled. There were two Edith Steeles. One now is Mrs. Lester end the other Mrs. Higgias. Sharks in Wevlcrn Waters. Great schools of sharks, soa.e of iner.i jo feet long, have invaded the wrters of th Wa.-hlneton coast, cfi" Cape Flattery at d Grays Harbor, druipg to captains ;f fishing rr-hoon-crs M-riv:n? r.f Pesltle. T!.- '.luM'kt nr d''-!:-re-" to be ti-etrojir. a lurgc cumber of J V&'f'C,"- -.'..-' v-V. .'- ; p yV7-V- JVVV; T-r '..': v.: " i- : - It.vj.. i'- cv. Ci.t, - i- , SEiiRITf RULE ATTACKED THIS WAY OF SELECTING CHAIR MEN WILL LAST AS LONG AS COMMITTECS ARE ELECTED. VIOLATED BY SOME SPEAKERS Business Men Flock to Washington, Eager to Get Out From Government Control Many Officials Find Trips to Europe Necessary. By ARTHUR W. DUNN. Washington. The seniority rule has been held up as one of the evils of legislation. In fact, several corre spondents have gone so far as to say that the seniority rule in the senate and house of representatives, which placed unpopular men at the heads of committees, was largely responsible for the defeat of the Democratic party. The seniority rule in the matter of s leotjon of chairmen of committees will obtain as long as committees are elect ed. There has been an unbroken sen iority rule in the senate, with one ex ception, when Tillman of South Caro lina, on account of ill health, was put aside so that Martin of Virginia could be chairman of the important commit tee on Appropriations. Men become seniors by reason of long service. After they have s rved a few years they get on good commit tees and in time they -:me to the top and ar eb-cted chairman. When the Democrats came into power eight years ago in the house, they decide! upon the elective system instead of having the speaker appoint commit tees, with the consequence that sen ioiity has been rigidly followed. And that i v. by certain men have been at the head of very important committees Mho perhaps were not altogether de sirable. When speakers appoint committees they follow the seniority rule to some extent. Heed disregarded the rule frequently in the three terms that he was sponger. In his fi-st tertn h" .fmiipod William McKinley over tv. members of the ways and means com mittee to make him chairman. lie ai-o disregarded seniority in the mat ter of commerce, merchant marine, foreign affairs naval affairs manufac tures mines and mining, labor, mili tia, patents pen-dons, claims, all of which were legislative committees Speaker Cannon quite frequently dis regarded the seniority rule and aj nohitel men chairmen of committees who had not seen service on such com mittees. P.uslncss men have been coming to Washington since the armistice was declared, with the view of ascertain ing how long they will be under gov ernment control. It Is noticeable that men vho most cheerfully acceded t all of the restrictions that were placed upon them iti order to help win the war are now verr anxious to get out from under federal centred f all kinds. There Is a sort of instinctive desire upon the ptirt of 1 usjness nun generally to avoid government control and Interference as much as possible "We want to go our own way ami handle our own affairs." is a phra which expressed the view of all of these men who have been subject to federal control to a great extent dur ing the war. During the time there was so much speculation and discussion as to who would compose the pence commission and when a lot of people were help ing the president to decide by mak ing suggestions in the newspapers on of the humorously inclined men w?m Is rather close to the White House re marked that "the great difficulty tin der which the president is laboring is in finding a Wilson Republican.' Just at that time there were not very many prominent men in the opposition party who could be classed as.'Wil son Republicans." It looks as though the "See America First" movement is going to stop mov ing for a while. The rush to Kuropr has begun. So far. however, the rush has been confined to government offi cials. Hardly a day breaks without the newspapers announcing that sev eral heads of divisions in one or an other of the Avar boards have left for Europe to look after the interests of their boards or bureaus. Never until now was it fully realized how wide spread are the activities of many of "these bureaus which have been consid ered purely United States a flairs. P.ut it turns out that they have such im portant connections in Europe that two or three high officials must go and straighten things out. A good d?al of annoyance has been expressed In Washington over the method used to collect money for the various war activities. It has been the practice, in "drives" where a cer tain amount is set as the city's quota, to hold back the news of ninny sub script ions. The drive will seem to bf lagging, and the good citizens of Wash ington will go down in their pocket? for more than they can really afford, to save their city from falling" short of Its quota. Then, when the drive J-3 all over, some member of a collec tion committee will turn in a few hun dred thousand or a few million dol lars that he has been keeping secret. over the Top." but in a way that nmnyj people rese:L 'The mortgage that never comes due' You pay no commission. Capital $250,000.00 THE Lincoln Joint Stock Land Bank Of LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Organized and operated under the provisions of the Federal Farm Loan Act. &r Farm Loans See CHAS. C. PARMELE, Representative Plattsmouth, Nebraska GIVE THUNDEROUS HELM 10 HEADi; OF YANK REPUBLIC WILS0N LANDS U FEAKCE AMID DEMONSTRATION SELDOM GIVEN GUEST OF NATION. Vast Crowds Shout and Tri-Colcr Warships Roar Salute. l!re.-t. le 1 IYcvident Wil son landed in l'r;nite at :24 o'clock this afternoon an. id a denKn?trr.tion of iju!ar enthu---ir..-!.1. and nilirri.:! sy.xtia'thy fii'-h as rarely, if ever, ha? been record ed the head ci a foreign nation visiting France. The president left IJrest at 4 o'clock this ' afternoon for Paris, where the heart of France will ac claim him tomorrow as the nation's guest. The landing if the president was not only a remarl;abh- spectacle with a notable naval pageant for its back ground, but it al.- marked the first entry of an American presi dent into personal contact with Europe and its aha ire. Fleet Rears Salute. Although the presidential fb et arrived at IJrest shortly after noon, it was Tiot until after .". o'clock that President and Mrs. Wilrnn debarked on a harbor boat and set foot on the soil of France. Vast crowds watched the trip ashore and the fleets of warships roared a salute as the last stage of the journey was accomplished. On Ihc barber boat going ashore the president was feen standing on the upper deck with Jules J. Jus serand. French embassador to the United States, who pointed out the historic walls and monuments of the ancient city. As the boat touched the pier the French and American gaurds of honor presented arms and the strains of the "Star Spansled Ban ner" mingled with the cheers of the great multitude. Wilson Lsst to Land. Mrs. Wilson came up the gang plank with General Pershing. She carried a large bouquet and as she passed the American army nurses they handed her an American flag which she bore proudly. Tlie president was the last to come ashore, amid great applause, lie held his silk hat in his hand; he smiled and bowed itis acknowledge ments to those about and those massed on the walks and terraces ed the city. Stephen Pichon, French foreign minister, and Georges Leygues, minister ef marine, joined the presi dent as he stepped ashore and con ducted him. to a beautifully decor ated pavilion. Here the first formal welcomes .vcre uiven Preisdertt Wilson as thf guest of the French nation. It was a striking picture as lie stood there, surrounded . by old world statesmen, officials &ud pen- erals. The president met each greeting with a s;mue ann a hearty nana shake, only sptakinc a few words an some well known friend welcomed him. HIS HEART IS ALL RIGHT. From li.nrsday's Iailr. Sam Conas. the man who oper ates the shining parlor, shows his heart Is in the right place when he places a Christmas tree on the edge all trimmed, and fur American I'la.-j, a tok- and Flag, of his devo-Ma.-ter, and his alleg- ance to this the coiintrv of his adoption. e are phased when we ee tlie children come al 'tic and dance- in glee at the beautiful tree, and their hearts rejoice, as they stand and admire the tree and its beautiful trimmings. The choppers are a1.- remind' d ef the coming ef that day when in all hearts thjr should be that sentiment f love and "Peace en Farth Good Will To wards Men." MRS. GEORGE FINGARSON VISITING FOLKS From Tl : u rst;i ;. 's I ally. A short time sir.ee Mrs. Ge-orge Fingarson. who has been making her home at .Manhattan, Kansas, for jc:me time past, arrived if this city and h- tlie- gue t at the home cd her parents J. II. Donnelly nnd wife for a short time, coming for a vi-it, nnd also with her ma'iy friends in this "ity. t?!.e will ! joined in a short time by her ho--hand Lieut. Geo. Fi n sarseju. who will come to spend a portion of (be Yuletidc holidays in Ihc eity. ai.d at the home of the wife's parents. JOSEFH MASON S0XE BETTER. From Saturday's lai!y. Visitors who visited .lo.'cph Ma on at the hospital at Omaha. yesterday, reported his cemelitioii as improving, and a.s being at this time as near satisfactory as could be desired considering the nature- of the trouble for which he war, treat ed for. FARM FOR SALE. A good improved 220 acre farm 2 miles east of Murray, what is known as the F. M. Young estate. Good improvements. Po-sci-sion can be had March Id, i:lS. Fa quire cf IJcyd Gapen, Murray, Ne braska. 2!!-4whsd&w Now is the tine to join th? Wnr Stamp Limit Club. See Chae. C. Parmele fcr parti cal art. I AM OFFERING A Few Specials for Immediate Sale! " cans ef good Pumpkin for "I'e ::ns ef good Kr iut !r .','. c-ns e.f goexl Hominy fer JOc cans cf good Apricot Butter for .17c 3 cans of Van Gamp's purh and beans e;'i(. .'1 cans of Van Gamps Spauhctti0"c ; cans goexl corn r0c Van Camps Catsup, per bettle-Ic Premium IUcnd CoITee, ?, lbs l.(n Bulk Cocoa, per lb 3.".e.: Walter Baker's Cocoa Vjj lb. tan 2Cc California Sardines, per ran lOo Grape Nuts, per packape Kc Shrcaded Wheat Biscuits, per packag" 1 ."if Pufled Bice or What, per pkg 1 r,c Canned Salmon. pr can 20c Macaroni, per pkg H-c Prepared Mustard, per qt 40c. 10 bars Pearl White .soap fora5c: Scotts Bluff Potatoes by the peck, bushel or in lots. Got my price-. Xe'.r California Walnuts, No. 1, at per lb. 43c New Turagona Almonds, at per lb. 4fr New Braid Is, at p"r lb 4fc Dried Scotch Green Peas, 3 lbs f.Or. Get in while stock is complete. Buy Your Munsirg wear of me. of the walk, mounted an en both tree lion to tlie P- LU7Z