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Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-23
GERMANS AND AUSTRlANS
IN SWITZERLAND RECALLED

GENEVA cvia Parisl April 22-An Ger
man and Austrian subjects IN Switzerland.
even those who never did military serv-
ice. were recalled yesterday BY their re-
spective governments
News reached LugAno this morning that
the Italian government had stopped the
transatlantic service with the United
states, Passengers who had purchased
tickets have had their money returned TO
them. The Italian government the re-
port says, requires all the steamships.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-23

strike OF seRmen Ties Up ships.
GLASGOW. April 22.-Three Transat-
iantic steamers are held up here by n
strike of 500 seamen. The men demand
An early settlement of the difficulty Is
probable.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-23
HYMENEAL


FREMONT. Neb.. April s2-(SPeciai)-
The wedding Of Miss Lillian Bronkov
OF Fremont TO Herman Dickmeyer OF
Arlington was solemnized at the German
Evangelical Lutheran church yesterday
afternoon. Rev. E. G. Krsuse officisted.
Miss Minnie Lants was bridesmaid and
Fred Dickmeyer, brother Of the groom.
vas best man. They will make their
home at Columbus.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-23

The Bee Want Ads are pest Business
Boosters
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-23
ROOSEVELT UNDER
The GRILL OF IVINS
AT SYRACUSE TRIAL

lcontInuea from rage one.l
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-23
WILSON SPEECH
ON NEUTRALITY
DOESN'T PLEASE

CONTINUED from Page one,)
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-23

ident Wilson need not trouble about prep
sraticns for help after the war"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-10-21

Evidently it is the British inten-
tion to bag Bagdad.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-10-21
Gov. Gilchrist at st. Petersburg

The local Masonic lodge had a
notable guest at the session last
night, . ex-Gov. Gilchrist being
present. He is former grand
master of the state and one of the
leading Masons in Florida. Gov
Gilchrist was in st. Petersburg in
the interests of his candidacy for
United States senator and was in
vited to attend the meeting. He
made a short talk on Masonic
work and the order.
Gov. Gilchrist was on Central
avenue distributing his odd cam
paign literature. He met many
voters and had the happy faculty
of remembering the names of all
the persons he met so that if he
saw them again he would know
them. He left st. Petersburg to-
day for other parts of the county.
Gov. Gilchrist was the guest Of
Capt. and Mrs. Cramer B. Potter
at dinner today. The former gov
ernor and Capt. Potter have been
friends for several years. Capt.
Potter was in the military service
of the state and in that capacity
came into contact with Gov. Gil
christ while the latter was COVER
nor. The friendship has lasted
through many years.-St. Peters
burg Independent, Oct. 6.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-10-21
Seven Years is the Average

We cannot comprehend any
greater punishment for life in the
prison camps of Florida, or even
solitary confinement. SO we can
not understand this harsh criti-
cism of the jury in the Menden-
hall al.-Ocala Banner.
But did you ever hear OF any
convict, with enough money and
friends to secure the services of
good lawyer, who served out a life
term in a Florida prison camp un-
less he died early? 1t seems to be
generally understood now that
life Imprisonment doesn't mean
life imprisonment and that par
don or parole is sure after few
years service in stripes. That is
the real reason for the
criticism of the verdict in the
Menhenhall case.-Lakeland Tele-
gram.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-10-21

a constant and thorough sweep
under and over and around and
through your house.
Don't let your architect fail to
make your home rat and mice
proof by proper construction.
Don't shove the food left over
from the family meals indiscrimi.
nately into the ice box. DOM
lput fruits and milk into the same
compartment with meats, cooked
or uncooked.
Don't fix up the nursery, or the
room where the younger children
spend most of their time, with q
lot of rugs and hangings. A
smooth, bare floor is a great dea
better, for it doesn t collect ano
hold dirt and it can be wiped ur
often and thoroughly.
Don't let the rooms become too
warm and the air impure. More
colds are caught from impure air
than from drafts.
Don't pile on too many cover
ings when you sleep. Too many
is a lot worse than not enough.
Don't eat too much, no matter
how good it is. The more the
stomach is taxed beyond its nor
NAL capacity, the sooner it wears
out and brings on the infirmities
of old age, and in advanced years
digestion usually is taxed to COM
pensate for the poorer masticat-
ing process.
The doctors are constantly dis
covering new don It's, which some
of them declare are essential if we
are to be normally healthful and
strong. We occasionally are
doubtful about some of them, at
least so far as personal applica-
tion is concerned, but each of us
by the time we have reached adult
years should have a pretty careful
inventory of our physical capaci-
ties. If then we have good sense
and sufficient moral courage to
regulate our lives by these known
limitations, we have at least a
fair chance to live as long as we
can be of any particular use to the
time when we might become nui-
sances to the world in general and
to the family in particular State
Board of Health Bulletin.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-10-21
pUNTA GoRDA, FLORIDA, THURSDAY OCT 81, 1915
Little Things in Sanitation

Somewhere in the Bible there s
an uncomplimentary allusion to
the habit of straining at gnats and
swallowing camels,-the pharisai-
cal habit, which was not confined
to Bible times, of overlooking the
weightier matters of the law in
the enforcement Of its letter.
But it is impossible to imagine
the inspired speaker as minimiz-
/ ing the Importance of gnats. In
health matters there is wide
variety of gnats that good many
of us-which most of in fact
don t pay much attention to. We
build modern homes with every
convenience and most of the lux
urieS, and we let the architect ov-
erlook the health part of it, which
should make us live out our three
score years and ten, and then some.
I'VE don't clean out the family ice
box once a month. We sleep
with closed windows for fear of a
draft. We eat too much, actual
lily gorge ourselves, because the
cook knows how to prepare our
favorite dishes just the way we
like them. We let the back yard
get clogged up with rubbish that
draws all the flies that the neigh
bors scrap heaps fail to entertain.
We let rats and mice get in and
infect our homes, to say nothing
of reaches and other disagreeablc
bugs, because we forget to guard
against them when we first build
our homes. We permit the mos
quitoes to poster us because we
don't take care that the screens
over windows and doors are kept
in condition. They come in with
the flies through the little holes
and ragged places and bring ma
laria and typhoid.
Ignoring the Importance of the
little things, perhaps because we
don't realize the Importance, or
perhaps because we never knew
how important they are, and be-
fore we wake up to the fact of
our negligence, these same little
things have become big and seri-
Gus and real troubles begin.
There is a long list of DONT'S
for the housekeeper:
Don't neglect the ventilation of
your home; see that fresh air has
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-10-21
KEEP CITRUS
ANTHRACNOSE.
UNDER CoNTRoI.
A Disease That is Caused by
Withertip Fungus
SOME METHODS OF CONTROL
characteristics by Which Detect
ed. Care is Necessary in Hand
ling Fruit not to Distribute the
Fungus

Anthracnose of citrus fruits is
caused by the withertip fungus.
The first sign of disease is shown
by small reddish spots, sometimes
no larger than a pin head. These
enlarge to sunken areas which
may be whiteish and later turn
brown or dark. The earlier stag
es are the most dangerous, accord
ing to III. Z. Stevens, plant pathol-
ogist to the University of Florida
Experiment Station, and the
grower should take precaution to
prevent the spread of the disease.
The disease is most virulent
when in the small red-spot stage
and it is capable of making rapid
advances then. If precautions are
not taken in these first stages the
whole crop is apt to become infest-
ed. Methods of control are as fol-
lows: Prune out the dead branch
es and twigs which harbor the
fungus Avoid treatment that
may reduce the foliage of the tree.
When the spots appear spray with
an ammonical solution Of copper
carbonate. Mix water with 8
ounces of pure copper carbonate
to a thin paste. Add three pints
Iof ammonia, rs degrees Baume.
Pour the whole into so gallons of
water. Spray the fruits until
they are thoroughly moist, but do
not put on enough to make them
drip. Keep the spray from the
leaves and trunk as much as pos
'sible. Repeat in 10 days or two
weeks. Ii necessary give third
spraying. From 2 to 4 weeks will
pass before beneficial effects viii
be noticed.
An indication of the disease 9TH
er than the spotting is dropping
of fruits. This is not sufficient ev-
idence to justify spraying, howev-
er, because other troubles are
by dropping. Exam
inc the fallen fruits for the spot
ting or sunken areas. Conditions
which favor the spread and devel-
opment of the disease are warm
moist weather. Warm muggy
days are especially favorable.
Trouble rarely occurs before the
fruits begin to color For this
reason growers should be particul-
larly careful in picking infected
fruit. The early stages will con-
tinue to develop after the fruit is
picked and are apt to cause the
fruit to rot in transit. No fruit
should be shipped before the trees
are rid of the disease. Handling
will distribute the fungus to
,lean fruit, not only in the i'm
Mediate grove but in the packing
louse as well.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-10-21

on the other hand, is distributed
over the eastern part Of the Unit.
ed States, and is frequenter Of
open groves and bushy pastures.
This thrush is also noted for its
sweet song, especially in the early
evening. 1t does not nest in gar
dens or orchards, however, and is
seldom seen about farm buildings,
so that many people who are fa-
miliar with its song would not
know the bird by sight. The
wood thrush consumes a number
of very harmful insects, such as
the Colorado potato beetle and
white grubs. The fruit which it
eats it usually picks up from the
ground instead Of taking fresh
from the tree. There is therefore
no reason why the wood thrush
should not be rigidly protected
U. s. Department of Agriculture
Weekly News Letter.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-10-21

nited States Public Health Service
and other sanitary bodies of this
country are gradually bringing
these facts home to the general
public. In this way cleanliness is
becoming more general, and the
span of life in America is gradual
ly being heightened. All OF which
is largely due to the microscope.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-10-21

The Florida Federation of Wo-
mems Clubs meets in DeLand,
Florida, November 16, II, is and
10. The opening meeting will be
on the evening of the 16. The
program is nearly all arranged,
and promises to be exceedingly in
teresting. 1t is to be hoped that
all clubs will be well represented
with full delegations. Clearwater
Sun.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-10-21

Arcadia News Bob Holley,
Colonel Jordan and such fellows
seem to be having a grand time in
Jacksonville with the "press
gang" and in the Times Union
Holley gets off some good dope a.
bout that "press gang. ut seems
that Colonel Jordan is attracting
attention wherever he appears.
The readers of the Punta Gorda
Herald are going to hear of the
Colonel's doings when he gets
back from the metropolis.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-10-21
GREAT THINGS
THAT WERE SMALL
AT BEGINNING
Some of the Most Valuable Imple-
ments of Science
VERY CURIOUS PARADOX
Bacteria Are at Once the Great
est Friends and the Fiercest
Foes of Every Living Thing
on Earth.

Great things have small begin.
Inings. A spectacle maker, Jan
Leippersheim by name, living in
Holland, invented a crude magni-
flying glass in 1908. Anton Won
Leuwenhoek, born in Delft, this
day 1852, improved this clumsy
toy and evolved a compound mi
croscope which has become the
most valuable sanitary tool yet
devised by man.. That first MI
croscope was as far removed from
the highpowered instrument OF to-
day as is the modern American
from the original caveman. Yet
by this faulty means, Leuwen-
hoek, naturalist, physician and
bOtanist, discovered certain min
ute bodies which he called little
animals. He made drawings of
these and today we know them for
those useful friends and malig-
nant enemies of man--bacteria.
We spend our days surrounded
by another world, living world
of countless billions, invisible to
the naked eye, silent, tireless, de-
stroying the living, consuming the
dead, useful in the sciences and
arts, yet often followed by train
of sickness, suffering and death.
IA curious paradox this, yet bac-
terra are at once the greatest
friends and the fiercest foes of
every living thing. Not animals,
as Leuwenhoek thought, but vege-
tables, bacteria consist of two
classes, those which prey on liv-
ing things and those which reduce
to their original minerals, fluids
and gases, every dead thing which
they attack. They are of various
shapes, round like marbles or
straight like little sticks, They
grow in clusters, chains and in
pairs. They are ubiquitous The
dusty air, the earth and its waters,
the interior of animals and plants
all contain them. They cause the
fermentation of foods, they make
cheese, they produce disease and
some of them when killed and in
jected into an animal protect it a.
gainst the very disease which they
would have produced if living.
Many of them live as harmless
creatures in the body of an animal
for years, only to kill their host
when the opportunity presents.
Their study has given birth to a
science, bacteriology, one of the
foundation stones of public health.
Their mere presence does not |
necessarily produce disease Recall
ing the parable Of the sower, some
bacteria fall by the wayside, some
fall upon stony places, and some
fall in good ground and bring
forth the fruit of suffering, per-
haps of death, A normal, tenn
perate life, free alike from the
gluttony of idleness or overwork,
the sound mind in the sound body,
a cheerful, normal environment,
these form the stony places in
which bacteria take no root. The
1epraved appetites of mind and
body, the dark and sordid atmos-
phere Of penury, the nerve rack
ing and strength undermining
trades, these prepare the good
ground.
The great weapon against bac-
teria is cleanliness. The mastery
over premature death lies to
great measure in our own hands.
Clean persons, clean cities, clean
and clean lives are the
of public health. The u
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-10-21
ITALY FORMALLY
DECLARES WAR
ON BULGARIA
Serbians and Bulgarians Struggle
For Possession of Railroad
ADVANCE OF TEUToN ARMY
Fifteen Miles South of Belgrade
French Troops have Occupi-
ed Strumitza-English Com
mander Recalled.

London, England-Italy has de.
clared war against Bulgaria, but
the question whether she will send
troops to join the British AMI
French forces III Serbia remains
as obscure as the results of the
fighting raging on the Serbian
eastern frontier. The Aastro-
German armies which occupied
Belgrade appear to have advanc-
ed more than fifteen miles south of
the city, but the outcome of the
fighting between Bulgarians and
Serbians along the important Sal
oniki-Nish railway cannot be sum-
med up so easily.
AT two points, the northern
most of which is Vranya, the Bull
garians assert they have reached
this railroad, while to the south
the Serbians are reported to have
driven back the invaders.
Both Athens and Paris main
tain that French troops have oc-
cupied Strumitza in southwestern
Bulgaria, but there are available
no official reports relating to the
struggle in this quarter and none
is expected until the fighting
reaches, a more conclusive stage.
Removal of Gen. Sir Ian Hamil-
ton from command of the Darda-
nelles force was received in Eng
land with mixed feelings, coming
on the heels of rumors of a posi-
BILE withdrawal from the Gallipoli
peninsula. In the best informed
circles, however, the appointment
as commander-in-chief of Maj
Gen. Sir Charles Munro is inter-
preted as an indication that the
campaign will be prosecuted with
renewed energy, as the country
has great confidence in the new
leaders, ability.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-10-21

Judging by the news reports, it
is much easier for the Mexican
raiders to cross the Rio Grande
from Mexico to Texas than from
Texas to Mexico.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-10-21

The Punta Gorda Herald in
forms the Times Union, which
seems to have fallen into error on
the subject, that Major S. A. JON
as, of Aberdeen, Miss, recently de-
ceased, was the author of the cele-
brated poem, "Lines on a Confed-
crate Bill. " The Telegram re-
Gently made the same statement,
in commenting on the death of
Major Jonas, with whom the writ
er of these lines had a pleasant
personal acquaintance. We un-
derstand that some other man is
claiming the authorship of this
classic of the great war, but there
is no basis for his claim, Major
Jonas wrote that poem as certain
ly as Edgar Allan Poe wrote "The
Raven. Lakeland Telegram.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-09
ARMY OF KIDS In
EASTER EGG HUNT
Fifteen Hundred Boys and Girls
Hunt "Ma" kOpper's
Presents in Park.

The largest gathering of small boys
and girls ever to assemble in the Court
House yard was present Sunda yafter-
noon to help find the Easter eggs and
rabbits that had been hidden over the
yard by "Ma" Hopper and her family
of boys.
More than fourteen hundred chill
dren were present and inspected every
nook and Granny around the historic
old building. All of the young men
who belong to MA" kopper's family
were there to take part in the fes-
tivities.
MA" Hopper did not expect half as
many as were present. There were no
invitations issued and had it not been
for The Tribune the little boys and
girls would have never known the
Easter plans of hospitable ma" Kop-
per.
The hour was set for 2 o'clock as
announced in The Tribune. The small
boys and girls began to assemble long
before the appointed hour. Some were
accompanied by their parents and
some came alone. Ma" Hopper was
there to greet them. Her boys" I'M
der her supervision, had placed the
eggs under clusters of grass, behind
bushes and in crevices about the big
structure.
When she gave the boys and girls
permission to begin their hunt, they
marched forth with the rush of SOL
diers to battle. The rirls were salts
fled to pause Ehcm they found a
bright-coored egg, but the boys would
she'll and con-UrGe them rs they scour-
cd The lawn for acre.
While the search continued, other
children came from all sections of the
city. The army of little folk soon
found the 1900 eggs and the many
score OF baskets, and the most Gisap-
pointed woman in town was Ma
Hopper when she discovered that she
did not have eggs enough to go
around.
She dispatched Frank Kimmel in
one direction and joe Mum Jr. in an
other in search of more colored eggs,
but their efforts were for naught.
When they were unable to buy eggs.
they attempted to purchase large
quantities of candy, but failed.
Those who helped INA" Hopper hide
the eggs were: NJ. A. Dempsey, Joe
Mum Jr., Frank Kimmel, Louis Hopp
and Charles Hit.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-09
THE MASTER KEY
By John Fleming Wilson

paths. and it was on one of these that
a painting native found her.
"Achmetr' she whispered when he
raised his eontorted face to hers.
In few words he told her what had
happened. She said CURLY. IL know
that. Where is he?''
Sir Donald's former servant looked
Mt her and remembered the strange
hess of things done by white women.
He led the way back toward the hut.
muttering now and again Of the ter
rible things he had seen.
And while Ruth was thus defying all
precedent and going to the aid of the
man she loved Wilkerson had found
himself again hemmed in, cut off in
the darkness from escape to the city.
Though he and Dorr had driven the
hillmen away from the hut and quench-
ed their eagerness of assault, they still
lowered in the little gullies, and on ev,
cry hand the fugitive found himself
confronted by a heard but unseen en-
envy
He stole back to the hut and peered
in. John was still bound in the chair.
and brakes body lay huddIed on the
floor.
He made his preparations quickly,
piling some dried grass and fine rub
Dish against one corner of the hut.
When the pile was once aIIght he
dumped some powder on it and ran
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-09

swiftly away, hiding few hundred
yards back.
The hut took fire slowly, but the
glare accomplished his purpose. 1t
slowly drew the watchers toward it.
Satisfied that no one would be spy
ing on him now, but that all would
have eyes only for the fire, he set
forth quickly, careless of the fact that
John Dorr must be burning alive
In the darkness he passed Achmet
and Ruth.
The blaze had almost entirely en-
veloped the hut when Ruth finally
staggered in and with a sob of Joy
cut Johns bonds and half dragged him
through the swirling smoke into the
open.
When she had done this she prompt
IL tainted
The Smoldering emberS were send
ing up blue spirals of smoke into the
morning sky when Consul Reynolds
and Sir Donald spurred their wearied
horses up to where John and Achmet
sQuatted with Ruth between them,
still but dimly conscious.
Dorr- briefly explained his expert
ences and related how Ruth had sud
denly appeared. just as he had given
up hope.
Sir Donald, kneeling by Ruth's side.
merely patted her hand.
The next morning Mrs. Reynolds laid
down the law in set terms to the party
assembled around the breakfast table.
You must get this young lady back
to America" she said. papers or no
papersD'
John and Sir Donald nodded without
glancing at each other.
Thus it was that a couple of days
later old Tom Kane at the Master
Key" mine received a cablegram read
ing:
Wilherson DarneIl aboard steamship Pa
cific; Frisco, seth. with papers. We fol-
low next steamer. DORR-
Thus it was that the struggle be-
tween Wilkerson and John Dorr was
again transformed to the valley in
which lay the Master Key" mine.
Wilkerson and Jean Darnell. with
the precious papers in their possession,
slipped away hurriedly. taking the first
steamer that sailed.
He had told her about brakes death.
though unable to say how It had hap
pened. Privately he had no regrets.
The young man had served his pur-
pose. and it was by no means doubtful
that Mrs. Darnell would have seen to
it that he had his reward. for she
liked him rs much as it was in her
nature to care for any man. he thought
He was an awfuliy good sort" she
said TO Wilkersou one night as they
leaned oyer the rail and WATCHED tn