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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-16
commission Merchants
H. ]. Downing voting yes and W. C.

III. ]. Downing voting yes and W. "
Welles voting yes Crews absent.
1t appearing to the board of county
commissioners that all things have been
complied with touching the creation OF
the Punta Gorda special road and orioge
district. and it is now necessary for the
said Board to provide for sinking funo
to take care of the said bonds.
/ 1t further appearing to the said Boaro
that the said bond issue calls for $2OO, :
100000 and the same to be retired in thirty
years.
Be it therefore resolved by the SAID
Board of County Commissioners that the
sinking fund of s6,666.67, or one-thirtieth
of the said bond issue shall be collected
each year from the taxable property OF the
said special road and bridge district
Furman Hall Is hereby ordered placed
on the county pauper list at $500 per
month
1t was moved and carried that Palm
dale be and the same Is hereby declared
voting precinct 70 be known as precinct
No. "a. Said precinct to be bounded as
follows: Begin at NV. corner OF sec.
4, tp. 40 8. ra. 20 east. thence east to
lake Okeechobee, thence south to the
southeast corner of of sec. l. tip. Al south,
range 81 east, thence west to southwest
corner OF sec. tip. Al south, range ~
east. thence north to the place of begin
ming.
Upon motion made and duly carried
the name Of precinct No. 26 is ordered
and the same Is hereby changed from
Charlotte to Murdoch.
The time having arrived for the OPEN
ing of bids for bonds Of the Punta Gorda
special road and bridge district. the fol-
lowing bids were received and opened:
Bid OF Hoehler, Cummings & Fender was
at par with accrued interest plus II pre-
MUM ofs575 The bid OF Splitter Rarseit
& co. was at par with accrued inierst
Plus ir-ni, m Of 81, SIS. Til. bmrf
then we. into ;.ecutive scss:, and Z
thorough discussion. The bid of Hoehler
Cummings &c Fender was, upon unani-
nous vote, duly accepted
There being no bids received for the
Punta Gorda drainage bonds, the adver-
tisement for bids on said bonds is odered
continued and the time extended to May
6. 1914
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-16
NOTICE OF sHERlFF,s SALE
TOWN OF PUNTA GoRDA
MS

TOWN OF PUNTA GoRDA
VS..
]. j. POLO.
Under and by virture of an execution
issued out of and under the seal of the
Circuit cdurt in and for DeSoto County.
in favor Of the Plaintiff and against the
Defendant herein have levied upon the
following described property to-wit:--
Lot Twenty-Five (25) in block forty
three (43l Town of Punta Gorda, De-
Soto COUNTY. Florida. and win offer the
West Coatrt House door, in the town of
Arcadia. WeSotp County, Florida, ON Mon
day. the Naurth day of May. A. D., 1914,
between The legal hours of sale on said
day, to the highest and best glider for
cash. THE same being levied upon, as
the property of the said Defendant to
satisfy sai& execution and costs.
Al ]. l.. DISHONG,
IA Sheriff-DeSoto County.
Attorney hPgE Plaintiff. I. May /.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-16
STRENGTHENS WEAK AND TIRED
WOMEN

Il was under a great strain nursing a
writes Mr.. ]. G. Van De Sande, of Kirk
land, ILL.,, and Electric Bitters kept me
from breaking down. I viii never be
without it," Do you feel tired and
worn out? No appetite and food won't
digest? It isn't the spring weather.
You need Electric Bitters. Start a
months treatment to-day; nothing bet
ter for stomach, liver and Kidneys. The
great spring tonic Relief or money back.
SOC and $1.0e at your Druggist
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-16
CLEAR COMPLEXION - REMOVES
SKIN BEEMIShES

Why go through life embarrassed and
disfgtlred with pimples, eruptions, black
heads. red rough skin, or sufEarihg the
tourtiares of eczema, itch, letter, salt rhe-
UNI. Just ask your DruggistH for DE-
HobsOnfs Eczema Ointment. Follow the
simple suggestions and your skin worries
are over Mild soothing, effective. Elk
cellent for babies and delicata, tandep
skim. Stops chapping. Always helps
Relief or money back. Soc at your
Druggist
ADVERTISEMENT
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To have fine healthy computation
tine liver must be activey the bowels
regular and the; blood pure, AN this Is
brought about by using HBBINH 1t
thoroughly scoufrs the liver. stomach and
bowels, puts the body in fine condition
amid restores that clear, pinsb and white
connEslexion so much desired by ladies'
PRICE Soc. Sold by all Druggists.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-16

A big flowing we'll is claimed to have
been tapped in Punta Gorda which flows
with oil instead of water. and it is said
that the oil smells quite fishy. Sounds
tshy, anyway stero Eagle
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-16

Bringing $7.T5 barrel clear, the
first carload of Irish potatoes Of the
season passed through st. Augustine
from Hastings for the northern mar
kets.
Evening journal., 1914-12-16
The Stock Exchange ReWives Hope
CFrom the New York SUM.

however improbable. There can he
no objection to it during a period Of
recovery from a crisis. But the re-
striction will probably continue TO
be, as It has been since the exchange
first opened for the transfer of bonds,
mere formality. Prices in no IN
stance have shown any tendency TO
sink to the danger limit.
The relatively small offerings of So
curities for sale and the eagerness
with which those offered have been
snapped up constitute a remarkable
proof of public confidence in the in
nate soundness of American proper
ties and of sanguine expectations fc.
the future. This tone. should it be
maintained, must presently have an
excellent effect on general business.
The spirit of hope. belief in the fu-
ture, supported by a suficiency OF
money procurable on fair terms
ought assuredly to stimulate enter
prise and encourage activity in trade
and industry if no fresh political
shadow be thrown upon the CONNER
cial prospect There is obviously Q
chance now for business to pick NJ
with the coming new year.
Evening journal., 1914-12-16

belligerents TO intercept, il they can,
contraband of war consigned to their
This undoubted right to
sell subject to seizure, a right well
established by the law Of nations and
explicitly upheld by the Federal
courts, Is peremptorily abridged by
Mr.. Wilson. AS Theodore Salisbury
Woolsey, one of the most competent
and eminent of expounders of and au-
thorities on International law, wrote
in yesterdays Sun:
"The President forbids large
contract for submarines i'm sections,
which are simple contraband, by our
absurd construction of the statute
which forbids our furnishing ships A
Senator proposes a bill TO stop deal
ing in contraband altogether.
why should a neutral Government
prefer belligerent interests TO neutral
interests2 II is a betrayal of trust"
The one and sole interest which the
Government should favor is that Of
tae United States, yet as If its trade
( and commerce had not been sufficient
ly dislocated and imperilled by the
war. the President deliberately re-
stricts it; and there are "idealists'
and foreign partisans i'm the Congress
who are eager to go still further to
cripple American manufacturing and
to put severe embargo on the sale
of supplies TO belligerents.
The plain purpose of these meas
ures is TO assist one belligerent at the
expense OF the United States.
What conception of neutrality does
Evening journal., 1914-12-16
The German Campaign in Poland
CFrom the New York Tribune).

will take Warsaw i'm the rear. The
Russians are standing on the defen-
sive i'm the Warsaw region; yet all
the pressure brought by Won linden
burg there has not yet stopped the
Russian offensive against Cracow.
That is the issue on which the pre-
sent campaign turns The Russian
advance in Western Galicia must be
flung back if Won Hindenburgs
strategy is to succeed. If he merely
holds the Russians in Northern and
Central Poland while they are press
ing ahead in the south and investing
Cracow, his main purpose will have
failed
In a recent interview the field
marshal said that the object OF the
dash toward Warsaw last October
was merely TO cover a thorough des-
truction of tho railways of Western
Poland If that Is so, his policy was
purely defensive safeguarding OF
Slesia and Posen against invasion.
His second dash has accomplished
the same purpose. He is defending
Prussia on the banks of the lower
Vistula
But the October forward movement
meant more for the Austro-Hun-
garians than the destruction of the
railroads of Poland. II meant the
recovery of Middle and Eastern Ga
licia, and when the demonstration
came to an end in retreat the Aus
tro-Hungarian armies found them
selves manoeuvred all the way back
to Cracow. their last stronghold in
Western Galicia.
Similarly. if the investment OF
Cracow is not prevented by Won Hin
denburg's operations in Poland Aus
/ tro-Hungary will again pay the major
part of the penalty. The way to Ber-
lin may be kept closed. but the way
TO Vienna will be left wide open. The
| German successes in the warsaw re-
gion have been important, but the
real test Of their value is still to come
! in the effect which they may have on
the maintenance of the Russian often
sive against Cracow.
Evening journal., 1914-12-16

What virtually amounts to conf
plete reorganization of the entire
postal service, to eliminate the pre-
sent duplication of endeavor and
waste of money. is recommended in
the same annual report of the Post
master General which urges the cs-
tablishment of a government mono
poly over telephone and telegraph
companies.
It is upon the argument that all
vehicles for the public transmission
of intelligence should be under gov
ernment control that the appeal for
a monopoly of the telephones and
telegraph wires is based. The argu-
ment leads inevitably to government
ownership of railroads and all other
public utilities.
Ii the government were noted for
economical administration Of public
affairs, If efficiency were always the
watchword and promptness and pro
gress the handmaidens, there might
be no great alarm, even among those
who believe that government owner
ship will mark the end of individual
initiative.
Unfortunately. however, the gov
ernment is not noted for it's econO-
mics. The pressure of politics is so
great that standards of merit in the
government service are frequently
broken down. Civil service. in recent
wears has become frayed and shabby
Every now and then rider is
slipped into an appropriation bill tc
remove more men from civil service
and put them into politics.
Evening journal., 1914-12-16

After two days of trading in a
limited list the Stock Exchange will
resume business today in all the
stocks handled through the Clearing
House. In other words, at this
mornings opening transactions will
be permissible in any and all securi-
ties ever dealt in on the floor.
This happy termination of the long
suspension of business comes uneX-
pectedly soon. When the market was
opened TO a limited line of stocks on
Saturday il was supposed that the
tentative period of resumption would
last for some time. But from the out
set of trading it became plain that
no experimental stage was necessary.
The market was taking care of itself
The selling movement was normal
the buying impulse healthy; prices
were higher than when the exchange
closed and showed no tendency TO
flag. In view OF these conditions the
decision tc throw the market wide
open at once was the only logical one
that could he reached.
The precautionary minimum price
limit will still he maintained for some
time. and no doubt this is wise. 1t
provides against all emergencies
Evening journal., 1914-12-16

General Won Hindenburg's cam
paign in Western Poland has been
developed with all the energy and
determination which were TO be OK
pected of this hard fighter-the most
acclaimed leader on the German side
whom the war has produced The
Kaiser has created him a field mar
shal and has apparently given him
free hand in the eastern war theatre
Since he took command of the Joint
German and Hungarian forces
I'm Poland and Galicia the fighting
there has practically dwarfed the
fighting in the cast.
Under Won Hindenburg's leadership
Germany has become committed TO
campaign of primary importance
against Russia. The German armies
I'm the east have been more than
doubled in size. until they now COM
prise from 100000 to 100000 men,
including reserves. Three German
armies have been mentioned in Off
cial dispatches-tho commanded by
Generals Won Morgen. Francois and
Won Mackensen. These arc all oper-
ating in Northwestern Poland. There
is another German army I'm East
Prussia, and al least ono more IN
Southwestern Poland. The AustrO-
Hungarian forces in the latter region
and in Western Galicia probably
number from $4,000 to 100000 men,
The campaign in the cast properly
holds the center of the stage because
of the scope and variety Of the Oper-
ations involved, their strategic bril-
liancy and tho extent of the losses
which have occurred.
Apparently Won Hindenburg's plan
has been to relieve the pressure on
the critical point in the line of Ger
man-Austro- Hungarian defence-at
Cracow-by a dashing offensive direc-
ted against Warsaw. The German
armies have pushed the Russians
back from the Posen frontier about
100 miles, and not only hold the
Lodz-Lowicz line south of the Vistula
but have attempted a movement north
of the Vistula, which, If successful
Evening journal., 1914-12-16
Telephones and 7eleqraphs
(From the Washington Post)

Government buildings usually cost
more than buildings constructed for
private corporations. AS has been
pointed out the Postmaster General
himself recommends a general shake
up in The classification of employees
and the fixing of salaries to put the
postal service ON more businesslike
basis. II is admitted that some sal
aries arc entirely too high and some
entirely too low. There are so many
suggestions for economies that It
must be clear that the postal service,
at the present time, is hardly on
par with private corporations with
regard to economy and efficiency.
Purchase of the telephone and telc-
graph lines will be risky business for
the taxpayers. There is hardly
chance in the world that it will in
crease efficiency. The experience OF
Americans with government-Owned
telephone lines in Europe should be
sufficient to prove that. And there
is the great danger that the taXpay-
ers' money will have TO be used eX-
tensively to pay the bondholders in
such a government venture.
The public would still be the ownor
of the telephone and telegraph lines,
through holding the bonds. The only
difference would be that the conf
panies would be turned over TO poll
tical control A great political ma
chine would be constructed. and the
experience of the past teaches that
economy and efficiency would have
to give way TO politics and the spoils
: OF office.
Evening journal., 1914-12-16

Mr.. -Wils0n,hOld? is it,tbe one whose
concrete form appeared in the alter
nate prohibition and permission 10
export arms to Mexico, according as
Huerta or his adversaries we're to be
helped or hindered thereby? II Is a
little hard TO trace the subtle emana-
tions of tho true spirit OF neutral
ity.' but judging it from its first rev.
elation as a denial Of the absolutely
impeccable right of private citizens
TO make loans 10 belligerents, that IS
to say. make credits here for the ex-
portation of American goods. until
now. it is steadily anti-American. Tho
people of the United States pay the
piper for the fine peace and "neu-,
trality" dance.
BY whatever dream he is cnthralled,
persuaded by whatever powerful adj
vocates with votes as their lure OF
threat, Mr.. Wilson's true neutrality
whatever its intention. is aid and COM
fort TO one beligerent and a distinct
loss and damage to the United States.
Has the war not brought inevitable
loss enough TO this country? Has bnsi-
ness not ben bled enough. have the
people not been taxed enough by tho
Sixty-third Congress, that the Presi-
dent and his abettors in that Congres
must now try TO stranglo the legiti-
mate and necessary trade in contra
band of war?
Where is the sound Jeifersonian
neutrality that respects the rights OF
peace? Strange that they should be
curtailed by an ardent friend Of peace.
Evening journal., 1914-12-16

In sending to Congress the report
of the General Board of the navy
along with his own report, Secretary
Daniels invited the public to compare
his Judgment as to the needs and de-
ficicncies of the navy with the board 5
Judgment. Maybe he's sorry now
that he invited the comparison. Yet
in Wow OF the Presidents sneering
question, "Who shall tell us now
what sort of navy to build?' the Sec
rotary had to produce some authority
on which to base his recommendation
that Congress should so on making
appropriations for dreadnoughts. So
he cited the opinion of the board and
referred to its members as naval
statesmen"
But If the General Board is the
final authority in this country on the
vital question whether or not the
dreadnought has ceased TO be the
backbone of modern navies. why
should its opinions not be preferred
ON all technical problems to the
opinions of a complete layman like
Mr Daniels? Only the Secretary s
infatuation with his own fads and
fancies i'm naval administratiOn-me
side issues so far as naval efficiency
is concerned-ca explain his faulty
in praising the board and then imme-
diately cutting loose from it and set.
ting himself mp as quite the biggest
naval statesman" in Washington
The public would be very simple tt
nut its money on him in compeu'
ton with real experts who hav'
spent their lives in studying th'
nroblems of naval development
The differences between Mr.
Daniels recommendations and thos'
of tho General Board are perfec
justification for those who have beei
urging thoroughgoing investigation
of naval deficiencies. Mr.. DAMIEN
does not want TO acknowledge ina
there are any shortcomings OF con
sequence. But what arc the facts
The Secretary asks for two new
battleships this year; the Genera
Board asks for four TWO battie
ships would be the normal increase
If the two-a-year building programm
of 1903 had been carried out. Blu
only ono battleship was authorize
4 I'm 1904 1906. 1907. 1912 and 1913. tn
Evening journal., 1914-12-16
GEMS OF THOUGHT

What they in the longest kngly line in
Europe that il runs back TO successful soldier.
Sir Walter Scott
:-.-.-.
Words learned by rotc a parrot may rchearse: but
talking is not always to converse; not more distinct
from harmony divine the constant creaking of
try sign.-Cowper.
.-.-.-.
The lapse Of time and rivers is the same, both speed
their journey with restless stream; the silent pace
with which they steal away. wealth brbo
nor prayers persuade TO stay.-Cowper.
:-.-.-:
There is this difference between wise and a
fool; the expects future things but docs not
depend upon them. and in the meantime enjoys the
present, remembering the past with delight; but the
life Of the fool is wholly carried in the future-Ep
To be glad to live because il gives you the chance
love and to work and TO play and to look up at the
stars; be satisfied with your possessions not
contented with yourself until you have made the bes.
of them despise nothing in the world except false
hood and meanness, and 10 fear nothing except
ardce to be governed by your admraons rather than
by your disgusts TO covet nothing that is your
neighbor's except his kindness OF heart and
gontleness of TO think seldom of your enc
mics often of your friends and every day Of Christi
and 10 spend much time you with body and
spirit in Gods ouofdoors These little guideposts
on the footpsth to peace.-Henry Van Dyke
Evening journal., 1914-12-16
With The PaTagraphers

This peaceful and prosperous country now has the
largest automobile acreage ever known-Ohio state
journal.
Andrew Carnegie is now so years old, and there arc
yet dozens OF towns TO which he has donated H.
braries--Cleveand Plain Dealer.
The proposal to have every young man undergo
military training comes in the nick of time just
football players wondering how to put in the
wnter.-Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
Seth Low Is afraid that after the war the European
countries will keep their ablo-boded and send
their weaklings they do The supply of both
together will not be too great for the tremendous work
of rcstoration.-Sp Springfield Republican
II is estimated by the Swiss bank veren that the
is costing S550O0OOO day. the millions being dis
tributed thus: Germany, 10; Russia, IS; France 49,
Austria. TO- England. g. And this docs not allow for
the indirect costs which hardly calculabe-spring
field Republican
Evening journal., 1914-12-16
Real Experts, NOfAmafeurs, Should Shape
Our Naval. Policy
CFrom the New York Tribune).

Indiana. Oregon, Massachusetts and
Iowa have now become obsolete. and
the Idaho and Mississippi were sold
to Greece last summer and are to be
replaced by one new dreadnought.
There is therefore a deficiency of ten
battleships, and if the strength of
the navy is to be properly maintained
four ought TO be built instead of two
for the next five years The General
Board is sticking to the original two
ships-a-year programme. Mr.. Daniels
is pretending TO do So but is really
running away from il.
AS to destrOyers. the board asks for
sixteen Mr.. Daniels asked for six
last week. but yesterday he admitted
to the House Naval Committee that
more than six" ought 10 be authoriz-
ed. The General Board recommended
three new seagoing and sixteen coast
/ defence submarines. The Secretary
recommended one of the seagOing
/ type and seven for coast defence. The
board wants four scout cruisers, four
gunbOats, two oil fuel ships. one des
troyer tender. one submarine tender,
one transport. one hospital ship and
/ one supply snip. Inc otCitNdig hd0
reduced that list to one gunboat and
one oil fuel ship. For aircraft IN
which our navy is far behind all
other first class navies, the board
asked for an appropriation of $4,000
600. Though the Secretary calls his
building programme "well balanced
one he made no request for an air
craft appropriation.
The board gives substantial rea-
sons for all its requests. Mr.. Daniels
gives practically no reasons for his
differences of opinion with the board
II is throughout case of the Man
Who Knows against the Man Who
Doesn't Know. And the joke of il
is that the Secretary himself fur
nished to Congress the deadly paral
lei which exposes his amateurish Of
forts to conceal the shortcomings o
our scheme OF naval defence. Wha
the navy needs is stirring NJ
through a Congressional investigation
which will sidetrack Danielsism, will
its fads and fancies. and put pro
! per premium on the judgments AM
!, policies of real naval experts.
Evening journal., 1914-12-16

II is or was until this time OF new
freedoms with old rights, the unde-
MED and undeniable right of Ameri-
cans 70 sell contraband of war 10 bel
ligerents. This is the law Of nations
and the precedent unbroken from the
day when Thomas Jefferson, secre-
tarv Of state. informed the british
Minister that
"Our citizens have been always Tree
10 make, vend and export arms. II
is the constant occupation and liveli-
hood of some of them. To suppress
their callings. the only means per-
haps of their subsistence. because a
war exists in foreign and distant
countries, in which we have no con-
ccrn. would scarcely be expected. IL
would be hard in principle and inn
possible in practice. The law of ma