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PLATTSMDUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
MONDAY, NOV. 25, 1929.
Alvo News
jonn u. bkinner was a visitor in
Omaha on Tuesday of last week
where he went to take a load of stock
for parties near Alvo.
F. E. Dickerson was looking after
Fome business matters in Omaha for
the day on Wednesday of last week
driving over to the big city in his
car.
Mesdames Lyle Miller and Ores
Cook were visiting with friends and
also looking after some business mat
ters in Lincoln, they driving over
to the big city in their auto.
Mrs. A. B. Stromer and Mrs. Art
Dinges were visiting with friends in
Lincoln, and also were doing some
shopping on last Tuesday, they driv
Ing over in their car for the occasion
Art Dinges, was looking after some
business matters in Lincoln on Thurs
day of last week he driving over for
pome repairs which he was needing
in the reDair department of his
garage.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rosenow were
guests for the day on last Sunday at
the home of L. McMasters, formerly
of Eagle, but at this time at Lincoln,
where all enjoyed the occasion very
pleasantly.
Gust Brackhage from near Green
wood has been in Alvo and build
ing the chimneys in the newly re
modeled store building of E. L. Nel
son, as well as a number of other
places in town getting ready for the
winter.
Yesterday (Sunday) C. F. Rose
now and wife departed for Minitare,
where thev will enjoy a weeks visit
at the home of their son, Vearle
Itosenow and wife of that place.
They will make the trip via train,
and will remain for a week. Vearle
Is enjoying a very fine position in
a market there.
On Thursday of last week Mrs.
J. W. Banning entertained at her
home in Alvo the members of the
Alvo Woman's reading club and at
which time a very worth while pro
gram was presented and a delightful
time was enjoyed by the members
which was heightened by the very
fine luncheon which was served by
the geniel hostess.
Uncle Teter Nickel who has lived
in the vicinity of Alvo for many
years and who has sure done his por
tion to make this county and state
the very prosperous section which it
is, is at this time feeling quite poorly
for some time past and has been re
ceiving the best of care from the
family and is slowly improving which
is pleasing to his many friends.
Henry L. Clapp and Charles Ed
wards have found that in the pick
ing of their corn, that they are hav
ing some corn which is making over
seventy bushels to the acre. This is
not so bad, for when one can get
this kind of a return from his land
he surely has no cause to complain,
in the yields and if the price is right
then farming is not such a bad busi
ness. Charles Edwards was in town on
last Wednesday having R. M. Coat
man do some grinding for him. Mr.
Edwards believes in having the feed
in the best condition for the stock.
as it pays better. He also believes
in having the roads about his place
in good condition, and so he gets out
and harrows them, thus causing them
to dry off and be smother than when
not done.
36 Dead as
Tiday Wave
Hits Coast
Disaster Follows in Wake of Quake;
Villages Swept by Waters;
Damages Mounting
St. John's, N. P.. Nov. 21. A
gigantic tidal wave caused by the
earthquake of last Monday hit the
isolated section of the south coast
of the Burin peninsula, Newfound
land, took a toll of 36 lives and caus
ed property damage of unestimated
proportions.
First news of the disaster which
destroyed several little fishing vil
lages along the remote soutern side
of the peninsula three days ago
reached here Thursday by wireless
from ' steamers. . .
Burin, the most important of the
little coast towns, and having a pop
ulation of 1.200 reported nine drown
ed when the huge wall of water
struck, carrying 16 buildings into
the sea. Most of those killed were
women and children.
Forty Feet High
Some reports said that the wave,
crowded into the narrow inlet by
high rocky cliffs, reached a height
of 40 feet.
The dead at Lamaline and Lord's
Cove numbered, IS. .
Port-Aux-Bras reported . . sever)
killed when buildings were demolish
ed by the wall or water. Mrs.
Thomas Judge and her three, chil
dren were. lost when their house was
swept away. .
A report from Kelly s Cove said
Mrs. V. Kelly and her daughter lost
their lives in the destruction. of their
homes.
Fear Higher Toll .
The extent of. the damage was un
known Thursday, night, but numer
ous fisheries dot the peninsula coast
and.it was believed the property loss
was great. St. Lawrence was reported
hit, but the:. damage or loss of .lhfe
there vas not learned.
Burin is only 330 miles; from
where . scientists estimate the sub
marine disturbance was centered in
the gulf of St. Lawrence. From the
early reports, the tidal wave kicked
up by the quake, originating under
the sea,- struck along the coast for
distance of 30 miles. .
The quake was felt all along the
ortheastern American coast Mon
day. Buildings shook throughout the
New England cities and in sections
Nova Scotia chimneys . fell, and
windows were broken. Bee-News.
ENJOY A FINE BANQUET
frora Saturday's rall
, Last evening the employes and
heads of the Lyman-Richey Sand and
Gravel Co.. held a very fine ban
quet at the parlors of the Methodis,
church at Louisville with some 120
representatives of the company and
a number of invited guests being in
attendance.
The ladies of the church had ar
ranged a very fire feast for the event
and which provided all that could be
asked in the way of a tempting menu
for the evening.
The toast list and dinner was
presided over by Elmer Sundstrom,
long time employe of the company
and superintendent of the pits of
the company in this part of the state.
Among the speakers of the evening
was President Curtis of the Lyman
Richey Co., of Omaha, as well as Lee
Mayfield, editor cf the Louisville
Courier and a number of the local
foremen and superintendents of the
company.
There were representatives from
the pits at Plattsmouth, Louisville,
Meadovv and Fremont present for the
event and among the guests from
this city in attendance v.ere R. W.
Clement, agent of the Burlington and
A. O. Moore, operator at the local
station, a greater part of the output
of the pits here being handled over
this railroad.
DEATH OF OLD RESIDENT
OMAHA BANKS IN MERGER
Will Entertain Family.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Armstrong
who have always made it a rule to
have all the family home for Thanks
giving day, will duly observe the
rule this time, and will have all the
children and their children of whom
now there is quite a number and
which will make the home very live
ly for the occasion. The other holi
days will also be observed but they
at the homes of some of the children.
S0RENSEN PLEADS
BREAD LAW CASE
Lincoln, Nov. 18. Attorney Gen
eral Sorensen and his special coun
sel, Robert N. Strehlow, in defend
ing the Nebraska standard loaf of
1927 in federal court, have filed a
brief with the court stating that the
bread law is of great importance a3
fixing a minimum and also a maxi
mum of weight, thus putting a stop
to practices that mislead the pur
chaser and protecting him against
short weights.
The Nebraska law is attacked by
13 baking firms in the state. It was
suspended by order of the federa
court the day it was to have gone
into effect.
Omaha 'Merger of the Peters Na:
io'nal bankwith the-. Omaha 'Na:-
tienal bank, Omaha's largest finan
cial institution in 'resources and de
posits, was announced Thursday
night by W. Dale Clark, president
of the Omaha National. The merger
is offective Friday.
The transaction was completed at
a meeting of directors of the two
banks early Thursday night and ar
rangements were made for immediate
transfer of deposits and other as
sets. Officials cf the Omaha National
said that when their bank opens
Friday morning they will be in posi
tion to handle all business of the
merged bank. The merger adds re
sources of more than $3,000,000 to
those of the Omaha National.
M. D. Cameron was president of
the Peters bank and R. C. Peter3
chairman of the board.
All of the remainder of the per
sonnel of the merged bany will be
asociated with the Omaha National.
II. H. Fish, president of the Western
Newspaper Union, who was a Peters
director, has been elected a director
of the Omaha National and two vice
presidents of the Peters bank, J. R.
Cain, jr., and W. S. Weston, have
been made vice presidents of the Oma
ha National.
The transaction does not affect
the Peters Trust company, which will
continue business at its present lo
cation, with R. C. Peters as presi
dent and M. D. Cameron as chair
man of the board of directors.
SHOALS LEASE IS FAVORED
HUSBAND PROVES GENEROUS
Chicago J. Homer Ellis, owner of
the Thornton dog track, might be
considered a candidate for the place
of world's most generous husband
The occasion was on the application
of Mrs. Edyth Elli3 for separate
maintenance.
"And what allowance?" asked
Judge Thomas J. Lynch, "do you
think suitable?"
"Mr. Ellis has agreed, 'answered
Mrs. Ellis, "to let me draw on his
bank account for any amount that
I may need."
Just a few of the Cass county maps
left. While they last, 50c each.
Stock Hauling
I have a station at Greenwood for
Haulms by Truck service. We will
give special attention to your needs
day or night. Very careful handling
cf Stock and Goods. Call Phone 40,
Greenwood, or Murdock, for best of
service. Your patronage appreciated.
J. JOHANSON
Seattle Delegates to the sixtv-
tnird session of the National Grange
Thursday predicted a resolution fav
oring the development of Muscle
Shoals by private interests under
strict government control' would be
adopted by the organization.
O. M. Kile, Washington, spokes
man of the garage, said that members
mostly are opposed to the govern
ment going into the power business
but that they favored the Wright bill,
a plan to lease the great fertilizer
and power project at . Muscle Shoals
to the American Cyanamide com
pany. The grange favors that bill, Kile
said, as the terms of the bill are
sufficient to afford ample orotection
to agricultural interests as farmers
would he represented on the com
missions that would regulate it3 op
eration. Regulated profits and other
safeguards are embodied in the terms
of the proposed contract, the granger
asserted.
The announcement has been re
ceived here cf the death at Roches
ter, Minnesota, of Rev. George W.
Mitchell, of Chadron, and an old
resident here and member of one of
the early fauiilies .of this commun
ity. The older residents of this city
will probably recall Rev. Mitchell
or at least the members of his fam
ily . who have resided here in more
recent years, a brother, James Mit
chell having been here for many
years but later removed t& Omaha
while two of the sisters, Mrs. M. B.
Murphy and Mrs. David Miller also
resided here for many . years, altho
all have since passed away or re
moved from the city.
Rev. Mr. Mitchell was a member
of the class of '77 of Doane college,
tho first class to be graduated from
that institut ion. .A fter completing
his seminary course at Andovcr,
Mass.. he returned to Nebraska to
spend practically his whole lift-time
in tiie service of the Congregational
churches of his native state. lie had
been pastor in the' academy towns of
Franklin and Chadrcn and held the
prineipalship of the academies at
Franklin and at Neligh.
He served on the board of trus
tess of his alma mater from IS 91 to
1&23 when re resigned his position,
and. ho served as secretary of the
board from 1912 to 1921.
Tells of Need
for Adequate
Preparedness
Address by Mrs. D. 0. Dwyer Before
Woman's Club Proves Most
Interesting
MRS. MARTHA GSAHAM JDIES
Beilevue, Neb. Mrs. Martha Gra
hanT, whose sevehty-seven years of
residence in Nebraska had earned for
her .the title of the .earliest living
settler in the, slate, died Friday
night on her farm where she lived
ever since "coming to the state. Mis.
Graham was eighty. She had been
ill several months.
At the age of three. Mr?. Graham
was brought to Nebraska from Ken
tucky by her father. The family
lived on a farm in Fairview precinct.
Mrs. Graham had never left that
section of Sarpy cuonty.
In deference to her wishes that
she be buried there, interment will
be in Fairview cemetery beside the
body of her husband, John Graham,
who died forty-five years ago. The
services will be held some time next
week.
Seven children survive. They are
N. Z. Wedgewood, of Enid. Okl., Mrs.
Carrie Bottorf of Omaha, Frank Gra
ham of Springfield, and Jack and
Adam Graham, who live at home.
ENJOY A FINE MEETING
The members of the Catholi
Daughters of America enjoyed a very
fine time on Wednesday evenin
when they were entertained at the
home of Mrs. E. A. Webb, on north
5th street, the hostesses of the occa
sion being Mrs. Webb, Mrs. Joe Lib
ershal, Mrs. J. L. Hadraba and Mrs
E. J. Richev.
The ladies spent the evening in
cards and in which a great deal of
interest was shown by all of the
members of the party. In the playing
Mrs. J. A. Griffin received first in
bridge, Mrs. Charles M.. Gradoville
first in pinochle and Miss Antonia
Vanek first in rummy.
The ladies had as their guests" for
the evening Mis3 Teresa Haley, Mrs
Joe Iliber, MIsa Ella Gerkln and
Mrs. E. Bennett.
At the close of the evening the
hostesses served some very delicious
and seasonable refreshments.
STOCK EXCHANGE INQUIRY
MR. AND MRS. TUNNEY
OFF TO U. S. FRIDAY
Naples, Nov. 21. Gene Tunney,
former heavyweight champion of the
world, and his wife, the former Tolly
Lauder, arrived, here Thursday from
Brioni, homeward bound. They sail
for the United States aboard the
steamship Vulcania from Naples Fri
day.
Washington A resolution to au
thorize the senate lobby committee
to make an examination of books and
accounts, as well as methods of pro
ceuure, of the New York stock ex
change was introduced Tuesday night
by Senator Ileflin. The investigators
would be directed to report the sales
made on the exchange, particularly
during the recent decline, and the
extent of the transactions of in
vestment trusts which have been
dealing directly with the exchance
The committee also would be asked
to recommend lgislation.
JAILS PARTNER AS
MONEY EXTORTIONIST
The early Christmas shopper can
find everything in readiness for their
selection of the cards for the season.
Order now and have them engraved
ycu TZ2.J wish, at the Bates Eook
Gift Shcp.
London, Nov. 21. For threatening
to reveal .to. customers a prison re
cord of his business associate unless
paid $2,500, Thomas Blake' has been
sentenced to Berve three years in
prison.,The--threat was made, against
another director with whom Blake
eervel tide before their association
in business.
The recent address of Mrs. D. O.
Dwyer before the Plattsmouth Wom
an's club has brought many com
ments of appreciation from the mem
bers of the club and in respanse to
the request of many of the club
members the address is given below
and is a very fine presentation of
this viewpoint of the national pre
paredness program a3 given by this
talented lady:
Let me say at the outset that I
am not opposed to peace nor any
measure that will establish peace.
But is disarmament a cure for war?
In every war in. which we have
engaged, we have started prepara
tions after the fight commenced.
Our untrained, unequipped and un
disciplined soldiers have been thrown
into battle against well-trained, well
equipped, disciplined soldiers, with
the result that we have paid dearly
in that most precious of all commod
ities, human life.
Most every other nation of the
world has compulsory military regu
lation. It is only since 1920, after
her bitter experience in the world
war, that tne u. s. nas engageu ac
tively in training her young men by
means of the Citizens Military Train
ing Camps. In the year 192C, in
contemplation of the law, our regu
lar force comprised 118,500 enlisted
men and 12,000 officers, or one regu
lar soldier for every 1000 people in
the U. S.
At the close of the world war, we
awoke to the amazing fact that we
had spent forty million dollars in
eighteen months in a desperate effort
to train men sufficiently to send
them to the front! During the last
few months of that war, if you will
pardon a personal reference, I was
at Camp Gordon, Georgia; I saw
nic:i drilling in blue cover-alls and
cotton uniform, some of them with
out blouses and many without over
coats: they had not nearly enough
blankets for their cots. The men
were pouring into camps faster than
the government cnuld furnish sup
plies and equipment. It was not an
experience to inspire one called to
the defense of his country with re
spect for that government who had
sat for three and a half years watch
ing this malestrom into which wo
were almost certain to be brought.
without even so much as making uni
forms and blankets to keep them
decently warm.
It is a matter of history that in
every struggle in which we have been
engaged, we 'have outnumbered our
foes from two or three to one.
In the war of the revolution, we
had 395,000 men; the British troops
numbered 20,121 and we had the ad
vantage of being at home. That war
lasted seven years and cost us $370.-
000,000 and over 40.000 men; we
lost two men to every British soldier
in the struggle. If we had been pre
pnred for that war, trained in na
tional defense, we could have won it
in six months and saved at least two
thirds of the lives lost.
In the war of 1S12, we had 5,401
men in our army and the British
force at no time numbered over 1500.
That war cost us $2,204,849 in pen
sions alone; and we never did win
it, because the British had to with
draw on account of troubles at home.
The war of Florida lasted seven
years; 88.000 soldiers were opposed
by only 1,200 Indians! The war cost
us S70.000 and the purpose, to com
pel the emigration of the Indians
from Florida, never was accomplish
ed. Had our forces been half trained,
a year at most would have sufficed
and the purpose would have been
accomplished. In that war. we lost
1.4G6 men, 122 per cent of the num
ber of Indians opposed to us.
In 184 6-1 84 S, we had our first
war with trained forces, the war with
Mexico. Outnumbered in many cases,
we were victorious because our
troops had been trained six months
at Corpus Christi, Texas, and had
had experience in the War of Flcr- j
ida. However, we went into that
war, 104,350 men; our men being
enlisted for periods of only 12 months
and being replaced when their terms
expired and the Mexican army at
no time exceeded 36.000; we spent
two years and $91,000 in that war
In the Civil war, the north em
ployed two and seven tenths as many
men as the south and spent ten mil
lions cf dollars on that war.
In the Spanish-American war we
had 282,000 troops and Spain, had
165,000. According to Spain's state
ment, if she had known we were
trained, she would not have attempt
ed to stand against us. In that case
at least, had we been prepared, we
would not have had a war.
In the world war, including pre
parations and money spent during
our engagements over-seas, we spent
twenty billion dollars and lost 114,
000 lives! To prepare for this war,
we had to borrow guns, rifles, am
munition and one half of our sup
plies from our allies! It was a whole
year later the war was declared by
the U. S. before we sent troop3 over.
The allies held the fields and we
trained behind their protection! It
was a3- much as wearing away of
the German strength as victory that
won the war, or resulted in the Armistice.
Heretofore, the U. S. has not been
armed, has not been prepared, but
ho has been called unon to defend
herself and to engage in bloody wars.
Is disarmament a cure?
Now much has been said about
the cost of the army and navy. Let
us look at the Army in peacetime. !
Upon it devolves the duty of ex
ploration work; it mapped out the
great west: its engineering depart
ment builds dams and constructs
necessary locks. Tie Fesia CaraJ.
is a monument to the work of the
U. S. Army; It develops the national
parks; it has deepened and adapted
all the harbors on the Atlanta coast
to public use; not one was natural
ly deep enough; it keeps channels
of the navigable streams open. All
of this work, if done by civilians
would cost the government in sal
aries five or six times the amount it
expends in the upkeep of its army.
And the navy. We have valuable
possessions; outlying territories.
Alaska, Porto Rico, Guam, Philippine
Islands, Virgin Islands, Panama Can
al Zone and the Hawaiian Islands;
we receive yearly large revenue from
out commercial intercourse with
these territories; there is not a for
eign port that we do not send some
of our surplus output every year;
we receive over six millions a year
in tolls from the Panama Canal and
something over twelve millions of
dollars worth of business from our
fisheries in Alaska. An adequate
navy is absolutely essential to the
protection of our foreign trade and
commerce and to our merchant mar
ine. In his Navy Day address Col.
John G. Maher said: "No man would
entrust the management of his af
fairs to the hands of his competitor,
and expect to succeed."
Under the Washington Treaty of
1922, thru the News Reels, we wit
nessed the scrapping and sinking of
our gallant capital ships. Can any
one Imagine a greater waste of money
than was incurred under that trea
ty? And immediately the nations
turned almost feverishly to build
ing the smaller war vessels not for
bidden by that treaty. Circumstan
tial evidence, at least, of a lack of
faith in each other each doing what
it feared the others might be doing
getting ready for another attack.
They kept the letter of that treaty
and broke the spirit of it.
England insists that it is neces
sary, on account of her isolated posi
tion, that she maintain a strong
navy for her protection; that is all
right; but if England has the con
fidence that her Mr. Ramsay Mac
Donald protests she has in the re
sult of disarmament, she will not
feel the need of so much protection.
England's merchant marine is
eight times the size of that of the
U. S. With such a navy as she con
siders to her protection, she could
block our foreign trade. And let me
say right here, that Engl.md has,
for hundreds of years, waged bloody
wars over that question. Freedom
of the Seas. So much so, that just
recently France sat up in amaze
ment and demanded to know what
England is getting out of all this?
What does she expect? That ques
tion suggests two things:
France knows that that old cancer
ous sore, Freedom of the Seas, is
not healed. She has not forgotten
the jealousy with which England has
defended that right.
And secondly. It suggestB a lack
of faith; France does not trust Eng
land. As long as there is distrust
among other nations, it would not
be safe nor wise, for the U. S. to
lay down her arms.
And now, tnis disarmament aggi
tation may be regarded from two
viewpoints. It may be an honest ef
fort on the part of honest nations to
establish such a condition that war
will never again devastate the world;
if so. they are mistaken in their
remedy.
Or it may, and more likely is, the
combined efforts of pacifists and
communists and Reds from Russia
to undermine this government. To
say that we will put down arms and
have peace, is, to use a homely
phrase, to put the cart before the
horse and expect to travel; we should
never disarm in any sense until we
have sold all the nations of the world
the idea of peace.
Peace is a Gospel as new and
strange to some nations, as the gospel
of salvation. They have never heard
it and if they have, they don't be
lieve it!
Can we hope to have peace until
there is a genuine love and under
standing between the nations; a
love which binds them together as
the states of this Union are bound?
And can we hope that Germany and
her allies feel kindly toward us?
Does defeat inspire love rnd confi
dence? Is it not probable that Ger
many and her allies are waiting un
til we are so weakened that they
come in and finish the job they un
dertook twelve years aero?
When we read in the papers and
magazines about Japan's marvelous
fleet of cruisers, unlike anythinsr
ever set upon the seas, are we in
spired with the hope that Japan has
forgotten the resentment she has
harbored against the U. S. since
President Wilson, under and by vir
tue cf the Monroe Doctrine prevented
her from colonizing in Mexico when
she had a tentative contract to pur
chase a foothold there? Though she
manifests a willingness to disarm,
can she be trusted when she is equip
ping a mammoth fleet of cruisers at
this time?
Do we not all know the move on
foot by the socialists to abolish the
standing army of the U. S. so that
they may establish a communistic
government? They have cunningly
worked thru the ministers, thru the
untrained minds of youth and thru
fear stricken mothers and wives and
the pacifists to accomplish their pur
pose. They nave taken advantage of
the war-sick people by showing them
a picture of peace, because no one
has arms to fight. But wait until
thej have centered in a few govern
ment officials the industries of the
country; wait until they have es
tablished their form of government.
Then they will establish an army
such an army as has never been seen
upon this soil! Then we will be
robbed; there will be graft and there
will be no individual to answer, as
they have answered in the cases of
Fall and Doheney and others. There
will be plenty of graft in the name
of the government and no one will
be able to put a hand on the cul
prit!
And Ramsay MacDonald represents
them, though he coines as Prime
Minister of England. Eleven, twelve,
thirteen years ago. who was Ramsay
M3ctos:i!4? Ke "was a traitor to a
cause in which his country was en
gaged; he denounced her for the part
she was taking in the struggle which
was shaking the very world to its
foundations. As a result, his house
was painted yellow; he was ousted
from his clubs and his name was a
by-word upon the lips of every pat
riotic British citizen. He would have
had his country answer the cry of
stricken Belgium with a song of
peace, when there was no peace.
When his country's blood was run
ning upon the fields of France, be
could not offer a single p - ci'cil
suggestion and he was not patriot
enough to say "My country! Right
or wrong, My country!" And now he
comes to U3 with an oln" branch
to tell us of his wonderful plan of
peace. My friends, he had that same
plan, twelve years ago and it didn't
work! It wouldn't work now if an
emergency arose. Our President may
bill and coo with him on the logs of
Virginia; our Senate may accord
him the deference due a representa
tive of our sister nation, but if they
represent the people of the U. S.,
they will not hasten to disperse our
army nor scrap our nav. MacDon
aid has ridden upon the fickle tide
of politics to a position of trust in
his country; he got there ,not "by his
own merit but on account of the
mistakes and blunders tf Lloyd
George. He is extolled as one hav
ing been misunderstood. If we under
stand plain English, he wasn't easily
misunderstood.
And after all, the question of
the strength of armies, is a compara
tive question. If every nation is
armed to full capacity, the question
is, who is the strongest? Who has
the most men, the best equipment,
the most determined patriots? And
the very doubt that thaa question
suggests, is in a measure a protec
tion. But if we are all on a parity, the
question is the same: Who is the
strongest? Whose men are the best
trained? Who has the best equip
ment? Who the most determined
pa-riots? And if we have an army of
Patrick Henrys, Woodrow Wilsons.
Theodore Roosevelts and Deweys, and
England has an army of Ramsay
MacDonalds, the answer is not far to
seek.
The nations can have their treaty
of peace. They can solemnly pledge
not to engage in war but self protec
tion and if they all stand by that
treaty, there will be no war; they
do not have to fight because they are
equipped.
Then one other thing: If we
should, by any chance, get a parity,
every nation in the world sign the
parity pact, there is no machinery
by which it may be enforced. Sup
pose after solemnly signing up, Eng
land France or Germany, or any
other nation, gets busy and by work
ing day and night builds shipi,
trains men and construct aeroplanes
sufficient to meet any emergency.
then one of our merchant ships,
peacefully on its way to our foreign
trade is ordered to turn back. Our
freedom of the peas is interferred
with. What then? Shall Old Glory
turn back? She must. First she
must let the international court de
cide whether it is a time for her to
assert her right of self-defense; then
she must sit by while the nations
decide what shall be done about it
What can be done?
Why that nation would be depriv
ed of the benefit of the International
court and the Kellogg treaty: it
would be an outlaw; but with suf
ficient force, whot does she care for
a court or a treaty; we may black
list that nation and refuse to deal
further with her, but with sufficient
power to terrorize the other nations
into trading with her, and thru acts
of piracy, to seize our merchant ships
witn their wealthy cargo, what would
she care for blacklisting?
Or the nations might combine and
make war upon the offending na
tion. But in that event, the means
of peace would be converted into a
cause of war.
vation. trite but true. In all the an
imal kingdom there is not one less
aggressive, less offensive nor one who
has less encounters than the por
cupine. She is prepared!
FETE 103D BIRTHDAY
OF MICHIGAN WOMAN
Cassapolis. Mich., Nov. 18. -Friends
of Mrs. Adeline Gray, who
will celebrate her 103d birthday
Tuesday, assembled here Monday to
honor the aged woman. Mrs. Gray
has smoked a pipe daily since she was
a young woman.
locITTews
From Thursday's Daily
Mis Laura Meisinger is spending
a short time in Oklahoma where she
was called by the serious illness of a
sister.
Judge R. J. McNealy of Louisville
was in the city today for a short
time attending to some matters at
the court in which he was interested.
Marriage license was issued today
in the county court to Robert Stewart
Duffield, of Osawatomie, Kansas, and
Miss Irene Smith of Eagle. The
young people will be married at the
home of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Smith at Eagle.
Mrs. W. II. Freese departed yes
terday afternoon for Harligen, Texas,
where she will spend the winter with
her daughter, Mrs. Don York and
family and was accompanied there by
her sister who has been here for the
summer with Mrs. Freese.
From Friday's Dally
Raymond H. Lohnes was a visitor
in the city today where he was called
to look after some matters of business.
Charles Atterberry, well known
auto dealer of Union was here for
a few hours today attending to some
matters in the county court.
Mrs. Charles Phillipson of Chicago
arrived this morning to spend a short
time here at the home of her brother,
Arthur Sullivan, south of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. George Blotzer were
among those going to Omaha this
morning where they will spend the
day in that city looking after some
matters of business and visiting with
friends.
Hon. Thomas S. Allen of Lincoln,
former district attorney and demo
cratic state chairman, was in the
city today for a few hours attend
ing to some matters at the court
house in which he was interested.
From Saturday's Dally
Deputy Sheriff Rex Young was
spending a few hours today down in
Otoe county where he was called on
some business matters.
Attorney Carl D. Ganz of Alvo
was a visitor here for a few hours
looking after some matters of busi
ness and visiting with friends.
Attorney W. H. Pitzer of Nebras
ka City was in the city for a short
time today to look after some affairs
at the district court in which he
was interested.
Charles McGuire departed this
morning for Osmond, Nebraska,
where he will visit with the William
Becker family and the little grand
son that has arrived at this home.
Marion Birdsley departed this
morning for Lincoln where he will
secure a new trouble car for the
Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
and which will be used in the re
pair work in this section.
A PRACTICAL TEST
A large county in a western state.
finding its crime problem growing.
recently adapted its legal procedure
to the English system of swift re
tribution and punishment. As a re
sult, within a short time, murders
and other major crimes dropped to
a minimum. The countv is exnf rienr-
In 1899 there was a treaty among: ing the quietest period in its historv
nations not to use poisonous gas as so rar as criminal ravages are con-
a weapon or warfare. In 1915, Ger- cerned.
many violated that treaty! What
could the nations do about it? Onlv
what they did do, use gas also. There
was no machinery to enforce such
a treaty but little harm was done
in that case, as compared with the
result of a breach of the disarmament
treaty; it required only a short to
protect against gas and provide our
men with it; but it would take years
to equip ourselves sufficiently to
siana against a Uill-sized armv and
navy, not to mention the aeroplones
tnat could be built under our very
nose under the guise of commercial
enterprise.
This disarmament treaty is op
posed to the Monroe Doctrine. There
has been an attempt to construe the
Monroe Doctrine to make it conform
with the present idea of entangle
ments; it has even been said that
we have outgrown the Monroe Doc
trine. But my friends, I say to ycu,
it was adopted by a people who had
just come from under the heels of
despotism; they were still slinging
under the lash or monarchy. There
isn't a man or woman in the U. S.
now who knows why the Monroe Doc
trine was adopted; it is a matter of
history with us, but we have never
felt the gall of oppression. This die
trine was adopted by a people who
had bought their liberty with their
life blood and the cry of the widows
and orphans was still ringing in their
ears when they solmnly declared
that they regard any effort on the
part of European powers to get a
foothold upon this hemisphere, as
dangerous to our safety; thev vowed
to keep out of any entanglements
with foreign powers, to remain free
to aid the oppressed!
The fourth purpose of our Consti
tution as declared in the Preamble
is: To provide for the common de
fense. The fifth is. To promote tho
general welfare and the sixth it. To
secure the blessings of Liberty to
ourselves and our posterity. Have we
outgrown our Constitution, also?
But one may say IF trie nations
all disarm, there will be no danger
to our Constitution nor to our rights
Behind that IF lurks certain danger
iZi possible dieajter.
In closing, let rae make an obser-
The other side of the picture is
presented by one of the largest Amer
ican cities. In this community few
criminals are ever arrested and still
fewer crimes are punished. It is
estimated that the murderer's chance
of reaching the electric chair is less
than one in a hundred. In conse
quence, crime is on the increase and
the underworld thrives. Yet this
city's record in comparison to other
American metropolises is merely
average.
It would seem that the American
people should need no more proof
than has been advanced in the last
few years that our method of hand
ling crime is foredoomed ao failure.
In England, for example, a sintrlf
unpunished murder in a year is
cause for speeches in Parliament
and public indignation. In th
United States hundreds of murders
go unavenged almost without com
ment.
The public must take the Mamo
Public opinion has been trrnsslv no-'
ligent in its attitude toward crime
We will never have a reform until
a majority of our citifiens use their
power to demand an application of
our laws and criminal procedure that
will bring swift retribution to the
wrong-doer.
LITTLE DAUGHTER ARRIVES
From Saturdays Daily
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
nailing was made verv harm,.
morning at 10:30 bv t'ho arriUi r
a fine little daughter who has come
.X rl ne naPP'ns of the home
with the parents and the little sister
fie The, ther anfl little one
in nfc?,y and the occasion
K ft J? 3 grPat deal of happiness
to the father and the other relatives
of the little lady.
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