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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-09
ROUND ABOUT FLORIDA.

The Presbytery Of Florida WIN be
held In Ta|rpon Springs, commencing
on the 7tlh Of April and continuing
with day and evening sessions fol
four days.
Y The Lakeland postoffice Is now un-
der Democratic rule, Postmaster elect
r. o. Cresap having received his COM
mission aihd instructions to take
charge Of the office on April l.
The Tallahassee baseball team
crossed bats with the Mariana team
ON the home diamond. with a result.
ing score bf to In favor Of Mark
anna.
More than 100 cars of tomatoes
were shipped out OF Dade county
during the past week, according to
reports gathered from various sec
tions Of the county.
Letters patent Incorporating the
South Florida and Gulf Railroad com
pany, with a capital Of $4,000, was
filed at Jacksonville in the office of
the clerk of the circuit court for rec
ord.
A mass meeting Of the men Of San
ford was held In the interest Of the
Sunday school movement, which has
for its slogan, Every man In San
ford in Sunday school during the
month of April"
Word was received this week Of
the death of ID. X. Shealor at Spring
Lake Beach, N. j. Mr.. Shealor and
his wife have been coming to Day
tona for number Of winters up to
the past one, when Mr.. Shealor was
too Ill. to come.
Postmaster George Alba has re-
ceived a letter from the postoffice de-
partment by the provisions of which
the convention OF the Florida Asso-
citation of Postmasters, scheduled to
be held in st. Augustine, will be held
In that city May 10, 20 and 81.
Membership in the Duval County
Graduate Nurses association Is grow
ing rapidly. At the first annual meet
ing, which was held at Jacksonville
In the DeSoto hospital, several salts
factory reports were read. The mem-
bership Is now about 100.
James Davis, coloreti, of Jackson
vile, and his wife, Annie Davis, who
were arrested with Willie Williams,
colored. in connection with parcels
post robberies, were arraigned before
Judge w. W. Anderson In municipal
court and held to the higher court.
Following several hours Of uncon-
sciousness as result Of fractured
skull received from a falling porch
post &. Jacksonville, little seven year
old Joseph Cook, son OF Mr.. and Mrs
R.A Cook, 21S Stewart street, died at
the st. Luke's hospital
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-09
BY SIEGE TORREON
WAS LAID IN RUIN
City Suffered Greatly In
Rebel Assault
HARDLY A HOUSE ESCAPED
Work of Rehabilitation Will Require
Considerable Time, While Feeding
the Poor Is One of the Greatest
ProbIems-Federal Losses.

Not in the history of warfare in
Mexico has any city suffered In at
tack more heavily than did Torreon
in the repeated charges made by Gen.
eral Villas victorious army.
Hardly household escaped. From
every one, father. brother, hus-
among the killed, wounded or miss
ing, the result Of the terrible on
slaught by the constitutionalists.
Though actual figures on the fed
eral losses probably never viii be OBJ.
tanned, 1t is believed the. killed will
number over 1000 and the wounded
probably twice as many. OF the lat
ter, between 400 and 500 are being
cared for by the constitutionalist hos
pital corps and American nurses.
Bodies which Uttered the streets
were picked up and buried soon after
the occupation Of the city. In the
wreckage Of one building twelve dead
were found, They evidently were
victims Of q dynamite bomb hurled
through window.
General Villas formal entry into
Torreon was made Friday. Women
or the city SLfeWeu the way Win
roses and other flowers, and villa
was cheered heartily.
To delegation OF citizens vnO
welcomed him he said any honor
shown should be given the army and
not to him. He deplored the political
exigencies which compelled him to
wreak such havoc upon the town, and
said the blame should be put upon
the federal commander, who would
not fight In the open.
The work of rehabilitation Is pro-
crossing rapidly. The wreckage Of
buildings is being cleared up. The
railroad and street car bridges de-
stroyed by the federals on their re-
treat from Gomez Palacio have been
rebuilt.
The city water service is being re-
stored as rapidly as possible. Most
of the stores have been reopened and
delegations Of merchants have been
sent to El Paso to buy new goods.
The work of feeding the poor Is In
progress, but the task is stupendous.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-09

1885, authorized the above men
Itioned bonds to be issued, signed
lby the Governor and Treasurer
lof the Territory to be used in the
laid of certain banks and other
corporations, but the sanction of
Congress to these Territorial acts
Twas never obtained.
Grave doubts were entertain
ed at the time Of, as well as after
acts as to the power Of the Terri
|torial Legislature or Council to
pass them, and it is said that the
Secretary of the Territory was SO
Impressed with the irregularity
and illegality Of these acts, that he
refused to attach the Territorial
seal to these bonds, and that the
seal was affixed to them by anoth-
er person under the direction of
the Governor of the Territory.
1.-THE Territorial Legislature
or Council at a session on Jannray
23rd, 1912, by a vote Of 19 to 4
adopted the following resolutions !:
Resolved, that the Territorial
Legislature does not possess the
right, nor was it ever vested with
authority to pledge the faith Of
the Territory so as to render the
citizens Of the Territory respon-
sible for the debts and engage
ments Of any corporation charter
ed by said Territorial Legisla-
tnre.'
"These Territorial acts provid-
ed that the sale and negotiation of
the bonds issued Hereunder
should not be 1t a discount nor
for a less sum than the amount
named and expressed in sal | bon
DIS, and in any case where the
bonds were sold for an amount
less than the amount nam
ed and expressed therein,
they were to become forever alb
solutely null and void. The
Journals of the Territorial Lcgis-
lature recite that the Bonds were
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-09
ANCIENT CITY HAS
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
81. Augustine Suffers Loss
of $l,OOO,OOO


Historic st. Augustine. the oldest
city In the United States, mas been
swept by fire, leaving In it's wake the
serious injury Of two winter visitors,
the destruction of records and curlOs
dating back to the days OF Spanish
rule In the sixteenth century, and a
property loss estimated at 81 ,00O, 900.
Winter visitors from the north In
Ave tourist hotels which were de-
stroyed fed into The streets before
5daybreak, many Of them leaving val
liable personal belongings to be burn
ed Several Of the guests escaped
clad only In their night clothing.
Rescue work performed BY the em-
ployees OF the Florida house, where
the fire originated. Is believed to
have saved many lives. Going
through the smoke filed halls. they
quickly aroused sleeping guests and
aided them In finding their way out
OF the burning building.
Notwithstanding efforts by the
Florida house employees about twen-
ty-fiye guests who were slow in be-
Ing aroused were rescued by firemen
BIZ the use Of ladders. Although all
persons remaining In the building
were warned not to jump, hremen
we're unsuccessful Ia preventing two
persons from jumping from the Sec
ond door Of the Florida house to the
ground.
They were Miss Alice Nj. Smith, of
amherst, Nova Scotia. and w. r.. Cid
dings, Of CRANKY, Quebec. Miss Smith
received nm injured spine and broken
leg One Of Mr.. Giddings' ankles was
broken and he was otherwise hurt,
but physicians said he would recover. Z
Several other persons received minor
injuries
The hotels destroyed were the
Florida house, Mnnson house, Clair
mont hotel, Central hotel and Atlan-
tie house. The Genovar opera house,
the Power Boat clubhouse, nine resi-
dences and several cottages were
burned The Vedder house, one of
the oldest buildings on the continent,
containing priceless relics Of the
Spanish period, was completely de-
s.roycd, ~
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-09
NEGRO WOMAN LYNCHED.
Oklahoma Mob Avenges Murder Of
White Youth.

Marie Scott, Q negro woman whit
killed Lemuel Peace, young white
man. by driving knife into his heart
was taken out Of the Wagner county
Jail ut Muskogee, Okla, and hanged
to telephone pole. The mob, which
was masked, oyerpowered the jailer
a one armed man, threw a rope Ovei
the woman's head and dragged hei
out of the jail.
A knock at the jail door aroused
the sleeping jailer, alone in the Of
fee. A voice outside said an officer
was there with prisoners. The jailer
opened the door and faced twelve re-
volvers. He was bound, quickly and
his keys taken from him. He then
was thrown in the corner.
The mob pulled the screaming
woman from her cell, tied rope
about her neck and dragged her to o
telephone pole block from the jail.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-09
$50. GOO for Loss of Ewes.

A verdict awarding $50,D00 Il
Matt Yurkonis for the loss OF botf
his eyes was returned in the United
States district court In Brooklyn
against the Delaware, Lackawanns
and Western. railroad This is said
to be the largest verdWt ever ordered
in New York state for an injured
workman. Yurkonis was working in
the railroad company's pettibone coal
mine at Luzerne, Pa, when he was
injured by the explosion of squib Of
fuse in powder hole.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-09

isold below par.
"It is thus clear that the Terri.
torial legislature had no power
or authority to pledge the faith
| of the Territory for the use and
benefit of private corporations
land that the bonds mentioned
here were bonds Illegally issued
under the Territorial Government
|of Florida; and that they were OF
|no binding force upon the Terri
tory Of Florida, or tbc people
thereof.
No benefit has ever accrued
to the State or people from such
bonds, and they have never been
recognized as q binding obligation
upon the State or the people Of
Florida since the admission Of the
State into the Union, March 3rd,
1845.
"The Territorial acts autbori-
|zing the issue Of these bonds in
aid Of private corporations never
received the sanction of Congress,
consequently they were Illegally
issued ;and being illegally issued,
and never having been confirmed
Or assumed as an obligation by
the State after its admission into
the fInlOu IN ii ~ n ..r,,,x d h. t;,.,, fo,.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-09
NashviIIe Gets Convention.

A telegram from Miss Sarah Barn.
well Elliott, of Sewanee, president OF
the Tennessee Equal Suffrage league
announced that she had just received
a telegram from Miss Marie Thomp'
son Dayiess, Of Nashville, temporarily
in New York, that she had changed
her vote on the place Of meeting OF
the National Equal Suffrage associa-
ton from Chattanooga to Nashville
thus giving Nashville the 1914 con-
vention by one vote instead Of Chat
tanooga.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-09
WITHCORPSE CARGO
SHIP MAKES PORT
81. Johns Turned Into City
Of Mourning
HEk@Y LOSS or LIFE
Rescue Ship Arrived Bearing Bodies
Of the SeaIers Who Perishcd In the
Arctic Blizzard Which Overlook
Them--One Ship Missing.

Amid silence like a funeral hush
the sealing steamer Bellaventurt
steamed slowly up the harbor at st
Johns, N. f., bearing sixtysnine oi
the dead and fifty of the crippled sur
vivors Of the disaster that overlook
hunters from the steamer New
Foundland on the Ice foes near Belle
Isle straits In last Tuesdays blizzard,
Thirteen OF the living were re
moved to hospital In critical con-
dition. Several others were seriously
Iii and all but one of the remainder
bore scars Of their thirty eight hours
exposure In the Arctic gale In which
seventy seven Of their companions
met death. This uninjured survivor
was stricken blind after being picked
up, but 1t Is believed he will recover
his sight.
Five thousand persons. many OF
them relatives OF the victims, had
lined every vantage point along the
harbor front all day waiting for the
Bellaventure's arrival and for some
news of the missing sealer Southern
Cross, carrying ITO men. Not word
has been heard from the latter yes
sci since she was seen driving before
the storm Tuesday morning. Hope
aroused by reports that she had made
harbor were dashed when inyestiga-
tion proved ain error in Identification
had been made.
In the absence Of Governor David
son and Premier Morris, the acting
premier, Mr.. Bennett, directed the
work Of caring for the dend and
wounded. Every physician and nurse
In the city volunteered for service.
They were aided by squads from the
naval reserve ship Calypso and yari-
Gus military organizations. The new
Grenfell institute was turned into b
morgue.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-09

Mrs. Ellhu fralicIs and her Two
children were murdered by an un-
known person and her husband and
another child narrowly escaped the
same fate at their home near Arka-
delphia, Ark, In Clarke county. ac-
c0r1ing 10 reports received at Little
Rock. The Erancis home was set on
fire BY the murderer, the report
stated. Francis, according to the re-
port, was awakened by his wife's
death cries and ran from the house,
later returning to rescue one child.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-09
woodward Stricken 81 Illness.

J. III. woodward, OF Birmingham,
Ala, rated as one OF the wealthiest
men Of the south, has been seriously
i'll at his winter home In Orlando,
Fla. His daughter, Mrs. Oscar w.
Underwood. wife Of the house Demo
cratic leader, and other members Of
the family are with him.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-09
TENT CITY FOR VETS.
Parks Of Jacksonville Used for Biz
Reunion.

F1inS " JaCkSOHviHc OBc0 TOT DIG
Reunion.
Like great white cities, the parks
OF Jacksonville will be spread with
tents to house the Confederate vet
Grams during their annual reunion,
from May Q to May s, inclusive.
More than 1900 Of the little white
canvas houses win be pitched among
the trees and shrubbery Of the parks,
and, II necessary, the space utilized
by the children's Fairgrounds VIII be
used.
During the reunion, additional pro-
vision will be made In the parks for
the comfort OF the veterans A fea-
lture OF the reunion will be the May
day festivities by thousands of
school children, which win take place
In one of the public parks.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-09
BISHOP IS NAMED

Fnfhef Luriey Appointed to st. An
gustine Diocese.
A Rome dispatch says: The pope
has appointed the Rev Michael q
Curley. rector Of st. Peters. Deland,
Fla. to be bishop OF the diocese Of
st. Augustine.
bishop Curley was born at Ath-
lone, Ireland, and is thirty-four years
old. He studied at Mungret college,
ireland, and then at the de Propra-
ganda, Rome. For nine years he has
been stationed at DeIand. Prior to
that he was for a time at the cathe-
dral in ST. Augustine.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-09

At a meeting Of the board Of tr1s-
tees of Southern college, held to de-
eide ON the successor to Dr. Clifton,
resigned, DR.. n. FL Alderman, Of Bar
louisville, w. Va, was elected presi-
dent of the institution. Southern coll
lege Is the Florida state Methodist
college. located at Sutherland, and its
new head Is one Of the best known
educators in the south.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-09

Twenty natives were Killed and
ffty others injured by the derailmeni
of train while it was crossing a
hfidHe near TanjoBg Prick, six miles
from Batavia, Java The locomotive
ran into herd Of buffalo which had
wandered into the structure.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-09
FIagIer Memorial Service.

Beautiful and Impressive was the
service IN loving memory Of Henry
MI. FlagIer held at Memorial Presby-
terian church at st. Augustine. The
church was decorated with lilies and
palms and presented beautiful ap-
pearance. Every pew was filled and
the aisles were crowded with chairs,
over one thousand people filing the
great edifice.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-09
shot During a Quarrel.

y Hugh II. Talbot, city engineer Of
West Palm Beach, was shot In the
abdomen with revolver during a
dispute with James X. Porter at West
Palm Beach, Fla. The two men are
said to have quarrcled over a real
estate transaction. Porter was placed
under arrest.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-09
Big Fertilizer Purchases.

The farmers of South Carolina
have purchased more than 100000
tons Of fertilizer the past three
months.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-04-09

Aboard ship.
Stcward--A marconigram for you.
miss. Pretty Girl--I,lst ask them to
hold the wire. New York Times.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-10-06
HEARING
!. THIS MORNING
Officials Accused of Grand Lar.
ceny to Appear Before JUS
tice Varney at 10 a. m.

George Fortune, chief of police, Po-
lice Magistrate Casselman and
Charles Mason will be given a prelim-
mary hearing today before Justice
Varney. 1t is rumored that Tracey
Bangs of Grand Forks may appear for
the accused.
1t is rumored that should the men
not be bound over to the district
court a special grand jury may be
asked to probe the cases.
William LANCER of Mandan, who
has been retained by George Harrie,
the Assyrian peddler, will be present.
States Attorney Berndt has requested
him to assist in the prosecution. Mr..
LANCER, who accompanied Constable
Watkins to Mr.. Fortunes home when
certain goods were found, will prob
able be one of the witnesses for the
prosecution.
1t is not known whether the de-
PENDANTS will ask a change of venue
to Justice Pierce.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-10-06
BURGLAR enters
MANDAN HOMES
-
Secures Over $50 in Three Places
Boldly Walked into
Rooms.

A bold, bad burglar entered three
places in Mandan Sunday night n
secured over $50. He entered the Ole
Paulson residence by way OF the front
door. which was unlocked, went to
the room Of VIZ. ReaTdoa, OF the
Mandan Neat and Stock company,
and went through his clothes, getting
~
Shortly afterward someone entered
the roo OF Peter Schlosser. at the
Klondike hotel. mt he left hurriedly
when Schlosser spoke
It was nearly ) O'Clock in the morn
ing when a burglar entered the Leek-
ley boarding housesson First avenue
west He went to the OOH of Frank
Rinke, and secured s12 from mis-
clothes. He entered several other
rooms. as was discovered afterwarc
from the open doors. and then went
to the room of Robert Leehey. When
LeekIey woke up and saw him at the
bedside with a gun in his hand, be
yelled for help, and the burglar fed
He had not been caught at last re
ports.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-10-06
1t begins to look as though news
were a contraband of war, too.
SENATOR LODGE REPLIES.

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Mas
sachusetts today broke his long ST.
lence in regard to the attacks made
upon him by the suffragists, by whom
he has been "blacklisted" as a man
who should be kept out of public al,
fairs, on the ground that he had op.
posed humanitarian measures OF leg
i~slation."
In a letter to a close personal
friend, he analyses the situation in
detail and goes on -o show that he
has fathered and supported many. if
not all. OF the humanitarian measures
of recent years.
When DR.. Anna Shaw, president OF
the National Woman Suffrage assoc!-
alton, published the now famous sui
frage blacklist" of nine Representa-
tives and nine Senators. she explain
ed that her reason for opposing these
men was that they had failed IL sup
port or had been inimical 10 the
"phossy jaw" bill and other humani-
tartan and philanthropic measures in
Congress.
Answering this argument. Senator
+ cIge says in his letter:
anything more absolu-el- false
.,l.an the statement that | have been
Opposed to humanitarian measures il
is difficult to conceive. To begin with
the "phossy jaw" bill; I reported that
bill in the 61st Congress and carried
it through the Senate. 1t was neal
the end of the season.. however, and
the bill was lost in conference. i re-
ported it again from the committee
in the end Congress, passed it aftel
debate, and it became law. 1t was my
bill and l led the fight for it in both
Congresses.
II introduced one OF the first two
,child labor bills-Beveridge introduc
led the other-wh;ch were presented
to Congress. It was not acted upor
because of opposition on constitution
al grounds. All we got was a bill
regulating child labor in the Distric
of Columbia and I supported that il
debate and voted for IT,
Il supported and voted for the L:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-10-06
CHILD Welfare

Mrs. Robert H. Tate OF Portland.
Ore. will speak in Bismarck today.
Her work should commend itself to
the community. There cannot De 100
close cooperation between the home
and the school. The TWO should De
united by bands OF steel.
To accomplish a maximum OF good
the teacher must feel that there is
cooperation in the home. This. more
than any other factor. helps to make
the instructors task easy and pro
duces better results than when al
alliance between mother and teacher
is lacking.
The organization OF Pa-ent-Teach
er associations can only be productive
of good.
Bismarck has its Mothers clubs
which have done a great deal OF good
The work which Mrs. Tate is doing
is along this general line. Everyone
must realize the vital connection De
tween the home and the school.
1t is impossible for the school to Dc
the work OF the home. but the hons
can facilitate greatly the work OF tbs
school room. Parent-teache- meet
ings held from time 10 time will in
crease the efficiency OF our schools
Too often parents believe their dut!
ends when their boys and girls are
sent to school. The ninistering hand
of the parent. however, should follow
the child to the school rcom-