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P1.ATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
THUBSDAt, DECEMBER 26, 1918.
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cilple, According to the
Matin.
Paris. Dec. 23. The Matin today
was authorized to print the article
which was censored yesterday. The
article, the first headline of which
read: "Yesterday's Utopia Tomor
row's Reality," sets forth the man
ner of procedure of the "promoters
of a league of nations acting in
agreement with the allied govern
ments." "There will be three stages." the
Matin says. "First, the allied gov
ernments will settled among them
selves the principles of a league. As
a fundamental rule they will set
down the right of peoples to decide
'their own destinies. As a practical
consequence it follows that there
will be limitations of armaments
and compulsory arbitration among
the nations. It seems Indispensable
that at this point the entente coun
tries bind themselves to put these
clauses in the preliminaries of
peace.
"It has appeared absolutely neces
sary to the promoters that the regi
me of the future world should be
fixed in its main outlines before
there are any questicsn cf indem
nities and territories, so that for
the first time in history the delib
erations of the plenipotentiaries
should be dominated by higher
Ideals than mere individual inter
est. Notice To Germany.
"The second act will consist in
notifying the enemy powers of the
fundamental principles laid down in
the preliminaries and requiring" from
them their adhesion to these princi
ples.. As to other conditions of
peace preliminaries, as in the case
of stipulations of a territorial, finan
cial and economic character, no dis
cussion will be admitted. The en
tente delegates will say to Germany
and her allies:
" 'Compulsory arbitration and
Plattsmouth State Bank
limitation of armaments are inte
gral parts of our condition. You
must subscribe to them at once. You
will know later how these princi
ple.1? will li applied.
"The preliminaries once signed,
details of the peace treaty will be
discussed among the belligerents
and only after the signing of this
treaty of peace proper will the third
stage be reached. This will be a
universal conference to settle the
! new relations to be created between
the peoples.
Germany Must Atone First. m
"To this conference neutrals may
hje admitted. No nations, however
will be admitted to full member
ship in the league of nations if it
does net offer .sufficient guarantees.
Germany, having started the war,
will have been condemned by the
peace conference to make restitu
tion and reparation. She cannot
beregarded as being on an equal
fcoting with ether nations until
she has paid her defcr. Germany
he.s committed a crime and she
mu;t atcne for it before she can be
admitted to the ranks of honest and
civilized peoples.
"Meanwhile, the other countries
will be united by formal agree
ments, a world, police will have
been created and' sanctions of all
kinds will have been instituted. An
international tribunal will be work
ing and the spectre of war, as far
as it is humanly possible, will be
banished from the path of civiliza
tion." Smith Hide Co., Market Square,
St. Joseph. Mo., are paying 19c lb
for No. 1, salt cured hides. Horse
hides $5.00 to $7.00 each. Write
for free snipping tags and fur
price. , 4-tf
Fred Lindeman and wife who
have been visiting at Omaha, re
turned home last evening.
E. B. Snodgrass was a passenger
this morning to Omaha, where he is
looking after .some business for the
day.
W. A. ROBERTSON,
Lawyer.
East of Riley Hotel.
Coates Elock, '
Second Floor.
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We desire to thank you for
the business given us during the
past year and trust that our
pleasant relations be long con"
tinued. '
SHORT STATE NOTES
News Df Nebraska Told In
Condensed Form
Thomas Kerl, wealthy Jlurt county
farmer, was found guilty of sedition
In federal court at Omaha and lined
$L'.Ot) and costs.
Snyder and ldge have re-estab-lihed
the Intlmuza ban. At Snyder
crowds are liuiiUnl to six aud at
Dodjie to twelve persons.
James .Vahyie, chief of police of
Lincoln, si i id well known as :i police
citi.-er throu?tuut the wt and mid-tliew-fst.
rtiod last week.
The Omaha Chamber of Commerce
bureau of publicity estimates that
money receipts of Nebraska farmers
during the war were $7o0,0t0,000 above
normal.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the plant of the Fremont ("renniwy
ftni;r:ui.v at I'remont, causing a los
of .SM.Ooo. Thf plant will be rebuilt
at or.ee.
Out of the 1 .".."() ballots mailed out
by the taie ;'Kctii commissioner to
Nebraska ildiers including
sent overseas, only -.534 came back,
or less tha:: 11 per cent.
Strenuoui efforts are being made In
Kearney nd adjoining -Counties to
check the spreading of cornstalk dls-ea-
which has already caused the
death of . larye number of cattle and
Lorsfs.
The Nebraska farmers' rongrs.
which was to meet in Omulia Ie-e"i-bvr
17. IS an. 10. has been Indefi
nitely postponed. 'Plie Inllucnza sit
uation is vespotisibl lor the post-I'om-ment.
Thirty-two deaths in one day, due
to Inllucnza. and a rapidly mounting
nvtiubf-r of new ease reiorted ' eacil
::iy. ld Omaha health authorities t-
Issue a statement urgently reiuestiu2
u cessation of all public gatherings.
Two Kearney auto dealers ar,d
mechanic have Invented arid pat
ented a hydranllc auto clutch and
transmission, which elimi.-iais the
gears and clutch of the- auto al.--
d es away with the fly-w!eel.
To General Harries, well known
Ntbra-ka military imtn. Ml the horn r
of being thf- first American general to
enter Berlin. The Nebraska general
nnd his staff reached the German cap
ital .'He day last wvk on an official
niis.-ion.
T!i- democrats are snre of but
tv.eiv" seats in the lower branch of
the stiite le.Khilure, which convnes
January If the ofliclul count in
Keya.raha and Rock counties favor
A. o. Smith, the democrats will have
thirteen in the house and three in
the senate, a total on Joint ballot of
Sixteen.
Differences between Omaha street
ear men and the traction company,
which resultMl in the wort strike ii
I lie history of the city, are to be
Lack to work last Thursday, nfic-r
more than a week's strike, with that
understanding.
coroner's jnrj' nt Scottsbluff re-
turned a verdict finding that Clifford
Landry, a Denver detective, killed,
without felonious intent, .miss jiwu
Kelley, a former Fremont eoll'-e ffirl
fit Henry, near the Wyoming horde;-,
iv.iss Keuey was ratauy snot wnen
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According to a statement issued by
Governor Neville on the enforcement"
of prohibition in Nebraska in the
prrtod beginning May 1, 1917, when
the law went into effect and ending
October 31, 1918, the amount of fines
rollfcted nmounfivl to $142.StM!.5r. rh
rmnU nf rrr..-nttAn., Ki4.v nH tii '
convictions J,822. The receipts from
wholesale and retail druggists li
censes Issued for the same period
amounted to 1.416. Of the total
iimount, Douglas county contributed
5-4M77 and Lancaster county ?8,832.83.
There were 21 S prosecutions and in"
convictions In Lancaster county and
6.14.r prosecutions and 3.S22 convic
tions in Douglas county. The last leg
islature impropriated $."0,00 for rtie
enforcement of prohibition under the
supervision of the governor. Of that
ninotint the governor hns expended .1
littl" more than $29,000.
The State Council of Defense has
formulated a plan "whereby Nebraska
soldiers are to be placed in steady
employment , when they are mustered
out of the service. Agricultural em
ployment, will be looked after by
county agents and the state labor com
missioner. Dewitt is ngnln quarantined on ac
count "of a number of new cases of
Influenza. The quarantine extends to
all amuments and such other nu-pt-insrs
which are rot considered of vita!
importance.
Thirty-four alumni, or former stu
dents of the University .of Nebraska,
have died in military service, accord
ing to a report from the alumni head
quarters at Lincoln.
One-half as many auto were stolen
In Omaha In November, in:.4?, as In
November. 1017. and 7S rmr cent were
recovered this year against 57 per
Cent the-prevlous.
Two hundred and three residents of
Lincoln died from Influenza and Its
com plications during October and No
vember and the last two days of Sep
tember. STATE'S INDEBTEDNESS GROWS.
Bonded indebtedness of the uinety
thre co'lktie of Nebraska has in
creased mure than :;:J.000,(l0t during
the i' t two years. The state's tot-.il
outstanding bond of all kinds aggre
gate S4.".i;-',:12, divided as lollops:
Municipal bonds, $29,011,847; school
district, $10,0-12,023; Irrigation and
drainage. $l,23y.."05; county, $:i.S"JS.
3G7 ; precinct, $L1J,5U0. State Auditor
Smith has prepared the following
tabulation showing the condition of
ach county :
Counties. Total. Counties. Total.
A J a ins .21. 70') Jrierkn .. 3:-
A nit lope .. 17S.1S5 Johnson ITS, 34t
Arthur .... Kearney ... iC,:0i
Hanin-r ... 2.740 Krita 246,944
Blalue 2.S3S Kaya PUia. 7i.s0
Boone 15J.72i Kiniba.ll ... ICS. 130
L'.ox Uutte. 2.2.62i Knox 213.2'".
HoyU 1SJ14 I.ar.cuctr .. Z.OH.ilJ
Browa .... 120,700 I,:i:ro!n .... 572.8'')
Hunal-j ... 4.C00 lxuu lS.Cli
riun 674.500 up ...... 1.3:t
Butler .... 225. S00 Manitcn I ... 47;. 20')
Cam 415. iOO McPherson . 2,r.7i
Ctlar IsSJO Merrick ..4 S77.K35
rinse CS.350 MorriU SS3.4ST
Clurry .... 142,!20 Nar.n 21 S. 503
Cheymr . 204.400 Nemaha ... 241. OuO
Clay 235. 00 Nuckolls ... 'SIS.SOO
Colfax .... 231.2.'.0 Otoe 419,100
Cumins ... 21T..400 P.-wne .... 300.900
r-uM.r .... 349.573 Perkins .... 4.n
Ditoor-i ... 142.SOO lJhelp 200,500
DaWes .... 227, 2Si Pirrca 174.1:"
I'nwson ... 24L.70O IMntta 274.445
ru! 93.400 Polk 301.500
Diion 153.739 Red TVIlow 72.400
roile .... 603.714 Tlichardnon . 697, 9S
roulas . .:i.j0S.42 Kock ?7.945
Pundy .... 64.445 Saline 20.50
Fllmoro 131,300 "Sarpy l7.7i
Franklin .. 1SS.1G0 Faunders ... 358.750
Frontier .. SG.350 SccttHMuff .. 837.040
Furnas .... 265,530 Reward .... 238.0r.
na-gm 1,017,640 Sheridan ... 102.235
Oardon ... 29.505 Sherman ... 102.60
lilarllolct ... 63. 900 Sioux ....I. 3K.420
rOosper .... 44.500 Stanton .... 'i M
Crajit 54.300 Thsver ISS.OOi
Tre-lsy ... 1S3.500 Thomas ... 1.000
1111 700L0( Thurston ... 273. .-,
H.willton . 24.70 A'alley 1S4.300
Harlan ... 113.300 Wnshlrg-ton 141.500
Hayes .... 1.600 Wavn ..... 11.95c
FTIfchcook.. n.45 "W'ciister .... ii'n
'1ot 17.S3t tTheter ... 1iT.50a
looker ... 2-I.500 Tork S77.901
Howard ... 83,879
Total ...i5,19;,34t
Restoration of motor service on the
Kearney to Callaway branch line Is
possible In the Immediate future, it Is
said.
Inactivity at the oil rell prospect
noar Tab,e Rook p;ldj peopl( Jn tLe
vitinity to believe that the enterprise
!s to bt abancioned.
The nine-day street car strike at
Omaha Is said to have cost the trac-
! tlon company nearly $100,000 in cold
cosh. The strlke.-s lost In wajjes,
.2f,000.
1 Reports reaching the University ex-
tension service nt Lincoln show- that
members of the Xebraska bovs and
' girls" clubs gathered 1S9 tons of fruit
P5ts & ruitshells, or material enough
to make 34,000 gas masks.
Issuing of $1,000,000 bonds for the
erection of a new High school of
Commerce at Omaha has teen ap
proved by the federal capital Issues
committee -at Washington. "Work on
the structure will probably begin next
spring.
Despite the fact that the Influenza
situation at Tecumseh is no worse
than In many other Nebraska towns
authorities In the city have decided
to keep schools, churches, theaters
and other public enterprises closed un
til Jannary 1.
The Great Western Sugar company
factory at Gerinsr has already shipped
out more than 8,000,000 pounds of su
gar made In the Gering factory this
fall. The factory is averaging about
2,000 bags of sugar every twenty-four
hours.
Prof. Frnnsen of the dairy depart
ment of the University of Ne3rask4
has called a state-wide meeting to be
held nt the state farm at Lincoln the
first week la January to consider
methods to incnaaso the supply of
dairy products in this state.
Several new potash plants are to be
built fn western Nebraska and plants
now in operation are to be enlarged,
as the result of thai declaring of an
embargo on German potash until the
peace treaty Is signed, by the War
Industries Board.
Business houses of Omaha lost thou
sands of dollars during the nine days'
Btreet car strike, which completely
tied up trolley service In the city,
while Jitney drirrs In some cases
tire said to have made as high as $3
a day hauling people to and from
work.
Twielve hundred, dollars. In prize
We Wish
money -was won by stock from the
University of Nebraska state farm at
Lincoln at til international live stock
show nt Chicago, the largest amount
ever wop by the university. Despite
Ihe'ffter that two mwnhcrs of the Ne
braska judging team were stricken
with Influenza after reaching Chicago,
first place was won In judging horses
and cattle.
Winter wheat In southeastern Ne
braska looks better than ever befora
at this time of the year.
The Nebraska Iteitail Clothiers' as
sociation will meet In Omaha In con
vention February 11-13.
The biggest Irrigation project In the
United States, to water 7.".(X0 acres
in western Nebraska. In time for the
IP'JO crop, has been organized Ly the
government at a cost of $7. x (O.-OOO.
The project will .embrace 1 .".".000 acres.
SO.OOO of which. Is in eastern Wyo
ming. The balance In the state treasury
nt the close of business November 30
wa si .."CO 10.43. according to the
monthly report of state treasurer Hall,
ns atralnst a balance October 31 of
?l.."il7.r.r0.lj?. The trust funds of th
state Invested are now shown to b
RlO.r.71 .ri72.S.".
Nebraska's sugar and potash will
aggregate close to $40,000,000 a yer.r.
and Increased Irrigated areas and nn
embargo on German potash 'nenns a
further enlargement of these clunt In
dustries. according to State I'uhllcity
Dirf tor Will Mnunln.
Wall Papr, faints, Glau, Picture
''nxiing". Frank Gabelman.
St. Mary's Guild has a few ar
ticles left from Xmas Shop. Anyone
wishing to see them may calr-at the
Journal offce.
Don't forget the Christmas Roll
Call for the Red Cross, the drive for
Annual Memberships in that great
organization which has saved the
lives and given comfort to so many
of our soldiers, sailors and civilians.
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I- CONCRETE WORK WANTED.
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J Sidewalk and all concrete
J. work, such us cistern, ccsa .J.
J pools and sewerage. See me.
J. Phone No. 622. Mart fcheldon.
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To All My Friends:
I wish to extend to
A Merry ' Chrnsltmas
and also thank you for the generous way in which you patronized my place of business
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A Merry Christmas
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The Bank of Cass County
FORMER
KAISER
WILL BE PREACHER
ON CHRISTMAS EVE
TO HAVE CHRISTMAS TREES,
CUT WITH OWN HANDS, AND
' RELIGIOUS SERVICE.
Count Bentinck's Friends Refuse to
Be Present; Audience Will
Be Small.
London, Dec. 23. William Ho-,
henzollern has arranged for himself
a Christmas celebration after the
traditional German style, as far as
the circumstances will permit, ac
cording to a dispatch to the Daily
Express from Amsterdam today.
The arrangements, by the ex-emperor's
insistence, will include elab
orate religious ceremonies on
Christmas eve. The idea of using
the village - chapel for these, how
ever, has proved impracticable for'
various reasons, one of them being
the fear of 'possible hostile demon
strations. The services, according
ly, will be held in the drawing
room of Amerongen castle, which
will be converted into a chapel.
The ex-emperor desired to have
the court chaplain. Dr. Ernest von
Dryander, come from Berlin to
preach the sermon at the Christmas
eve ceremony, but the Berlin gov
ernment says the dispatch, has re
fused permission for the chaplain
to go to Holland. The service con
sequently will be conducted by a
German missionary from Zeist, near
Amerongen. but Herr Hohenzollern
himself will delifer the sermon.
Many friends of Count von Ben
tinck. the former emperor's host
have been asked to attend the serv
ice, the message adds, but have re
fused. The former ruler's audience,
therefore, will consist of Count von
Bentinck and his family, the exem
peror's suite and the servants of the
castle.
Christmas trees will be provided
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as usual for the celebration. Herr
Hohenzollern cut these down him
self, with the help of two men of
the estate in the Amerongen pir.a
woods. The trees are being decc.at
ed and loaded with gifts.
The former ruler has requested
that no gifts be given him and the
ex-empress. "The feature of the
Christmas dinner will be the turkey.
In accordance with Prussian family
customs, Herr Hohenzollern will do
the carving himself. There also
will be a plum pudding, made after
an old English recipe, which it is
supposed the ex-emperor'j mother,
Princess Victoria, took to Germany
with her from Windsor castle.
.FARM FOR SALE.
A finely improved 160 aere farm
for sale, possession given, March
1st, 1918. One mile north of Mur
ray. Enquire of Lloyd Gapen,
Murray, Neb. 29-4wksd&w
Now is the time to Jolii the Wat
Stamp Limit Club. See Chat. C
Pannele for particulars.
You tell 'em we keep all kinds of
stationery at the Journal.
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Specials
FOR THIS WEEK!
No. 2 can Pink Beans, per can 10c
No. 2 can Hominy, per can lCc
1 lb. Karo Syrup, per can 15c
1 lb. can Salmon 20c
6 boxes best matches 39c
1 lb. Carnation milk, 6 for $1.00
16 oz. Hawkeye Catsup, per
bottle 25c
Washing Crisp, per package 10c
Van Camps Soup, per can'- 12 c
4 lbs. Pancake flour 40c
Good Apples, per peck 75c
Good potatoes, per peck 35c
Creme Oil Soap, per box 10c
Japan Rice, per lb 12 c
15 oz. Canned Peaches or Apri
cots, per can 15c
Munsing Wear, I have a full stock
of. .
E. P. LOTS
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