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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-31
Few Details Given

Few Details Given
Admiral Caperton's message gave
few details of the fighting. 1t showed.
however, that he had been warned of
the intention Of the Haitiens to at
tack the city and early in the evening
Captain E. L. Beach of the Washing
ton. commanding ashore, moved his
men out to the edge Of the city to meet
them. Leaving strong guards to main
tain order in town. The Haitien SOL
diers and civilians in the city were dis
armed yesterday to prevent sniping
from the houses.
The attack came at s o'clock last
night, the bluejackets' battalion bear
ing the brunt of the fighting. From the
brush beyond the last houses snipers
opened fire on them. The fire was re-
turned and the attackers driven off,
but not before Gompers and White
hurst had been killed.
Summary Of Report
The following summary Of Admiral
Caperton's terse report was given out
tonight at the naval department:
Admiral Caperton reports from
Port Au Prince that owing to a report
that the town would likely be attacked
during the night he made disposition
Of his forces for defense at that point.
Attack from south about P. NJ.
Shipping from brush in outskirts OF
town. Two killed in the seamen bat
talon, none wounded. Successfully re-
pulsed attack. Maintained quiet and
order in interior Of city throughout
night"
Asked Reinforeements
In his first message after his ar.
Continued on Page 12-CeI. ~
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For Reconciliation

1T is our firm determination to de-
vote every activity to a reconciliation
of the people nov engaged in this
fratricidal struggle. Today. on the said
Continued on Page 12-CoIumn y
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Importance of Move

ensen in getting across this railway
after having been virtually stopped
by the Russians counter attack, de-
MES at least one line of retreat to
the Russians who might still be be-
tween him and Warsaw, and also
places the Germans in a position to
move against the Bug river front
should this be decided upon.
Believe in Nicholas
British military critics, however, re-
fuse to believe that Grand Duke Mich
olaS, comma nder-i in chief of the Rus
sian forces, has not provided for all
contingencies or that he was not quite
sure Of the safety of his troops be-
fore indicating to the world that ne
had decided to take up a new line.
Indeed, the news contained In the
Berlin official statement that the Ger
southeast of Warsaw. between the Pill
lea river and Kozienice, leads the
military writer's to the belief that the
Russians already have fallen back in
this region and that perhaps even the
fortress of Ivangorod has been left to
it's fate.
German Plans
There is no news of the situation on
the Narew river. or of General Won
Buelow's wider out thanking movement
in Kovno province. However, the opin
ion is expressed here that as the Ger
man plans contemplate a series Of at
tacks rather than a simultaneous one,
it is likely that they are waiting for
Field Marshal Won Mackensen to
reach some previously arranged posi-
ton before they resume their attacks.
According to dispatches received
here the country around Warsaw
which the Russians are leaving to the
invaders. has been put to the torch.
while the city itself has been denuded
of everything that might be Of use to
the Germans if it falls into their
hands. 1t may even be some days be-
fore the Teutons occupy the Polish
capital, for the Russians are fighting
more than a rear guard action. In
fact they are still delivering very
heavy blows at their opponents and
are gaining some local successes, par
ticularly on the Narew and southeast
of Chelm, where they are opposing the
efforts of the Austrians to get across
the Bug river. However, military crit
les say that these local successes will
not affect the Russians plan Of falling
back to a shorter and stronger front.
AS soon as the present operations
against Russia are concluded whether
or not they succeed in destroying any
large part Of the Russian army, it is
expected that the Germans will turn
to the West, a movement which, how
ever, will take a couple of months at
least 1t will. therefore, be a race be-
tween the Teutonic forces and the
British as to which side shall take the
offensive in France. where the situa-
ton remains as it has been for weeks
past. except in Alsace, where the
French continue their attacks on the
positions protecting Muenster. There
has been sharp fighting here, the
French advance converging on Muen-
ster from the north and from Metzeral
to the southeast Of Muenster valley in
which the town stands on the open
road to Colmar.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-31
Two AMERICAN BlUEJACKETS LOSE LIVES BEATING OFF
ATTACK by HIATT len NATIVE FORCES UPON PORT AU PRINCE
400 men FROM CRUISER WASHINGTON SUCCESSFULLY
Defend CAPITAL AND ARE WAITING FOR RE|NFORCEMENTS

Gmpers Whehurst Killed Bullets
But No Others Wounded in Thursday Nights Fighting
Maintained Throughout City FrdayRear Admiral Caperton
ed Connecticut and Transport
Will Garry Marines to Aid in Pac6caton of Republic Capeons
MESSAGE Brief
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ReinfOrcements

Reinforcements had been ordered to
Haiti before word of the fighting was
received. The battleship Connecticut
will sail from Philadelphia tomorrow
with regiment Of marines, numbering
500 men. The navy transport Hancock,
now being overhauled at Philadelphia,
also will go to Haiti. it is announced,
although it is not known what force
she will take south.
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Russians AND TEUT0NS IN
| STRATEGIC DUEL With THE
RUSSIAN ARMY THE PRIZE

Grand Duke Nicholas Accepts Advice of Councillors to Evacu
ate Poland Is Confronted with Grave Problem of Keep
ing His Armies ntac-Genera Won Mackensen Crosses the
IublnC helm Railway and Cuts off One Line of Retreat
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SHIPPERS OPENED FIRE FROM BRUSH
WITH BLUEJACKETS BEARING BRUNT

Request for Additional Regiment of Marines to
Be Granted from Philadelphia Today m Prob
ably Others to Be Sent on Transport Later
Disarmament Ordered After Conference Be-
tween u. S. Officers and Citizens Committee
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THE WEATHER
CLOUDY

| Weather forecast for New England
and eastern New York: Cloudy satur-
| day; Sunday probably fair.
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Prayer for
Peace Made
by the Pope

Rome N ewspaper Publishes
Letter Addressed to- Heads of
Belligerent Countries with
Plea for Arranging of "Aspi-
rations so All Should Be
COntented'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-31
No Forceful Measures

Armed intervention is not believed
to be contemplated in the Presidents
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-31
Aren't All Face
Powders The Same p

A woman dropped this remark il
our store last week. We prompt
Iy assured her that there was q
difference and that It was danger.
Gus to use anything that wasn't
clean and pure. There is no de-
partment Of the store in which we
take a greater pride than in our
show counter devoted to face pow.
ders and soaps.
We would be pleased to show you
some Of the distinctive advantages
of such powders as RAeCOCk'S
CORYLOPSiS.
The Lamar register., 1915-12-29
WARNS AGAINST HIGH HEELS
Authority Points Out Danger Of Fash.
ion Which Just Now Has Strong
Hold In Femininity.

An eminent authority Of the medical
profession has again urged upon his
brother physicians the importance OF
impressing upon tine public the need
OF properly caring for the feet. not
only so far as having shoes construct
ed correctly. but also in urging every
one to take a proper amount Of foot
gymnastics. High heels saws the
Journal of the American Medical As
ISOLATION in quoting Ritschl. are par
ucularly dangerous and lead to in
Vulnerable bodily ills"
The strength and well being Of the
entire body depend in a large meas
ure on the condition OF the feet. and
their development in children should
be watched with special care to avert
Injurious influences.
High heels, Doctor Ritschl declares.
affect injuriously not only the foot
itself. but throw the whole weight
bearing mechanism more or less out OF
gear. By extending a moderately high
heel backward many muscular trou-
bles are automatically cured"
The Lamar register., 1915-12-29

PA, what is a ZANZIBAR"
"A savage who eats human beings.
SON"
Would a cannibal eat mamma. il
he could?"
He might. son. but she would be
sure to disagree with him"
How Far Soldiers Can See.
Some interesting experiments have
been made in the German army with
the object Of discovering at what
distance the recognition of one soldier
by another is reliable. For soldiers
with good eyes it was found that
person seen once before could be rec
ognized at a distance of so feet, while
an acquaintance could be recognized
at a distance of 300 feet, and an in
innate friend or relative at a dis
lance Of 500 feet
The various parts OF mans body
The Lamar register., 1915-12-29

can be distinguished and any decided
movement can 30 detected by an ex-
pert rineman at a distance OF 300 feet.
At 1880 feet, man appears as a
spot on the landscape and cannot usu-
ally be seen II he keeps still or II his
dress does not contrast with the back
ground, Sailors, hunters and farmers
can usually see twice these distances,
probably on account Of their constant
training in making out the nature of
distant objects.
The Lamar register., 1915-12-29

The old man was certainly wild to-
day remarked the first Pirate as the
last captive plunged from the plank
What do you mean. wild?" inquired
the second.
Didn't he walk seven mem"
laughed the first onender.-Bunalo
Express.
The Lamar register., 1915-12-29
New Plants for America.

The bureau OF plant industry re-
ports that its agricultural explorer.
r. n. Meyer. who already had many
remarkable finds" to his credit, has
recently sent in an unusually interest
ing collection Of new fruits from the
Tibetan border of China These in
olude the Tangutian almond the Pc
tann peach, and a notable series OF
wild forms of the ordinary cultivated
peach Mr.. Meyers latest expedition
succeeded in reaching Ian howfu
when further progress was prevented
by the desertion of the interpreter
Recent collections have largely aug.
meuted the agricultural departments
stock of iuiubes and persimmous from
western China
What's in a Name7
The action Of the Russian govern
ment i'm changing the name of the
capital from st. Petersburg to Petro-
grad, and that of the municipal coun-
ell Of Paris, after the heroic defense
Of Liege in honoring the Belgians by
converting Rue de Berlin into Rue de
Liege. bring to mind similar incidents
during the FTanco-Prussian war of
1870.
After the collapse of the empire of
Napoleon III at Sedan and the forma-
ton OF the French republic, the ma
tonal assembly, on whom the whole
safety Of the country depended. spent
much of its although the Ger
mans were laundering down on the
devoted city-in changing the names
OF things-streets, buildings. depart.
ments, and what not-from ROYAL
and Imperial to National" Finally.
by solemn decree of the assembly the
name of the royal Bengal tiger in the
Paris ZOO was actually changed to the
national Bengal tiger" and the custo-
dams Of the animal were charged to
see that the signs above the caves
were changed in accordance with the
decree.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07

Shipments of Interest

Once again there has been a
spasm of mwanted weather that
wet down some of the fields much
more than was at all welcome. In
several cases pumps were used
with good effect, notably on the
Chadwick place where the egg
plants and peppers, which were in
such desirable shape were kept
going and at this writing seem in
fair condition to bring results.
Some bean fields suffered as in
some instances the blooms were
blown and washed off rather free
ly.
Nevertheless shipments have
continued and it is a surprise as
well as source of congratulation
that the truckers are getting a
way the amount of stuff they are
at this time.
In three days nearly one hun
dred hampers of beans left Punta
Gorda station besides other vege-
cables.
McQuaig and Hardin shipped 5
crates of peas to New York.
From the Kuykendahl place a
bout ten hampers of beans have al
ready been shipped and picking
was going ON Monday again with
fair prospects.
B. Il. Perkins shipped four ham,
pers of beans to Chicago on the
second. Shaw shipped two of
beans to Chicago. Koon and Go.
got off ten hampers of beans to
New Yark. j. M. Caldwell sent
ten hampers of beans to Chicago.
7. Strong shipped one crate of to-
matoes and one of peppers to
Chicago. d. Hill shipped seven
crates of peppers.
Three crates of tomatoes were
sent to Savannash by j. Caldwell.
E. Smith had eight crates of pep
pers for New York. r. Wind
ham shipped twelve hampers of
beans and two of peppers.
]. j. Patrick shipped nine of
beans, three of peppers, one of
eggplant and one of squash on one
day of last week and was picking
beans out ON the Mizell place last
with other vegetables to
follow.
Wax beans were being picked |
on the Cooper farm on Monday.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07
Tomatoes to the Front

1t is now estimated that barring
some extraordinary circumstances
there will be close to 400 acres OF
tomatoes planted in and around
Punta Gorda most of which will
be shipped from this point.
Some estimates place it a little
beyond that figure and just now
there seems to be a good chance it
will run over 400 rather than un-
der that figure. A week of settled
fine weather might boost it over
easily.
Several good sized paintings are
hanging fire Among some of the
settled acreages are these:
j. l.. Morgan 27 acres out on
the road running from the hard
road to the new steel bridge at
Pineapple river.
The Kuykendall place may have
twenty acres in if all goes well.
There will be about five acres at
the Koon and Co. farm.
Dan Smith will have two, Bar
ley has planted five acres, Bridge
has seven in preparation next to
it.
The Cameron place expects two
or three. j. Ii. Miller has three
acres all up and, well located.
Edmundson is putting out three
acres. Wilhelm two and Wind
ham expects couple put in.
Another planting of twenty-five
acres in one clearing is under adj
visement near by along this same
road.
There will be much over $50
between the Koon and Co. farm
and the town.
Much of this it is quite sure
now will have to be set out from
seed beds but it is believed with
all the moisture in the soil that
the results will be as good as in
other years when seed was plant
ed in the furrow.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07
GoRDA FLORIDA THURSDAY 7
ROAD MONEYS
Funds of the Punta Gorda Special
District

Secretary A. B. Tucker of the
Board of Bond Trustees of the
Punta Gorda Special Road and
Bridge District furnishes the fol-
lowing brief information relative
to the funds of the district as
shown in report made to the coun-
ty commissioners at their meet
ing this month:
Bonds sold to date 113.
Received to date $59,076.74.
Expenditures on work $2,242.-
60.
These items are of special inter-
est and show that the moneys are
gradually being gotten in hand for
the carrying out of the project
Actual construction work will be
started in due time. While the
matter is apparently moving
slowly, it is doubtless better so,
lest "haste make waste. " With
competent men on the board of
county commissioners and compe-
tent men for bond trustees, as we
have, the matter Will be handled
in the most advisable way, and we
will eventually have a fine sys-
tenn of public highways.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07
Various Grass Experiments

To realize how great a change
has come over methods around
Punta Gorda it is only necessary
to listen to the frequent announce
ment of intentions to plant vari-
Gus forage grasses and grains.
Some of the new varieties which
ordinarily would be planted for
rainy season growth are being
tried out in little patches from
now on and the interest in some
one or more of the new species is
almost universal with our farmers.
The continued rainfall has pro-
duced soil conditions so much a
kin to those of some rainy seasons
that it is believed some of the new
grains and grasses can be made to
start now and probably make. In
that case wherever tests are en-
couraging growers will be able to
decide with better Judgment on
what to plant later and be more
sure of getting desired results.
Mrs. Stella Gould received from
one of her seed exchanges a pack
age of sudan grass seed from Tex
as and this is being distributed a
mong quite number Of people
for trial.
AT Floridonia DIR Hedrick is ex-
perimenting with a number of
forage grasses and among them
the results with Federita seem to
mark it as likely to be of great
value in this section especially on
dry sandy soil.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07
Just a Line

q. A. Skipper, Cashier of the
Zolfo State Bank, when in town
this week said that the truck situ-
alton here was surprising in the
face Of weather conditions and
that after what he had seen in
other localities he would take
truck chances quicker here than
any place of which he now knew.
The old peach tree in Don AL
len s yard, close to the Travellers
Hotel, which always bears some
extra large fruit for this section
has been blooming for over two
weeks.
One family served fourteen
kinds Of vegetables during the five
days recent visit of relatives, all
grown in the home garden. Twelve
sorts were served at one dinner
at a local hotel one day recently
according to a guest.
j. l.. Morgan has about three
acres of fine looking cucumbers
just now.
Fine eggplant and sweet pota-
toes have come to town this week
from A. Dewey's Petrucio farm.
Sheridan is making good ship
ments from his tomato field.
Returns seem rather slow in
coming in. Among figures heard of
are $2.40 for beans by j. Powell.
Driver netted $21.S0 for twelve
hampers of beans. These both
are holiday figures which are nev-
er quite as good as just before
Christmas or after New Years.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07
USE A HOME PRODUCT
To Sweeten Your Lands and to
Build Roads

Editor Herald The necesS; ty
of applying ground limestone to
sour soils or acid soils, to swc9ten
them, is urgently recommended by
our experiment station experts.
Practical cultivators, in this
vicinity, are beginning to use lar
ge quantities of this material and
| find its use very beneficial.
Much of our mari will answer
the same purpose.
| hove demonstrated this fact
by actual experiment. / have al
so had samples of the white mari
found on SW cor. Sec. 3-4-23 anal
yzed and find it to contain go per
cent carbonate of lime. This is
the element that sweetens soils.
The mari also contained alumina,
which benefits sandy soils.
The percentage of lime in this
mari is fully equal to that in av-
erage limestone.
Most of our marls are coarser in
texture than the finely ground
limestone. This fact has been urg-
ed in favor of the latter as its ac-
ton is probably more prompt on
account of its fneness of texture,
but government experiments go to
show that contrary to the above
line OF argument, the coarser
ground rock is more lasting in its
effects on the soil, and it's use more
economical, than the finer ground
material.
There are hundreds of tons of
this (92 per cent lime carbonate)
mari which if screened, that pass
ing through IA mesh screen
would be equal to the ground
limestone for use on land and the
screenings would make a road
material of the very best quality.
Why not use this home product
for road making and soil improve
ment, thus reducing freight charg-
es?-W. NJ. WRITTEN.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07
Noted Visitor

DR.. Chas.U. Clark, assistant pro-
fessor of Latin in Yale University,
was in Punta Gorda and the sur
rounding country for few days
recently collecting material for a
series Of lectures on tropical por-
tlons of the United States.
This is the. first time DR.. Clark
has been in the South and it is
pleasant to note that he is very
much pleased with all that he has
seen so far.
A collection of lantern slides
with which to illustrate his lee
lures will add much to the at
tractiveness of these lectures by
this celebrated gentleman.
DR.. Clark is also president of
the Massawippi summer school.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07
Here's One Which Beats That

1t is odd how many persons
there are who think they know
how to run newspapers. There
are hundreds of men in every city
who insist on debating to or advis-
ing a newspaper what to print and
what not to print, and it is
amazing the requests that come to
every newspaper. This paper
was even asked not to print any
information regarding the tragedy
here last Tuesday night. AS
though story like that could be
suppressed and kept from the out
side world.-St. Petersburg Inde-
pendent.
We have one that even beats
that. Away back yonder in
1876 when the whole nation was
shocked by the dreadful news one
day that General Custer had been
killed and the seventh cavalry
almost annihilated by the Sioux in
the battle of Little Big Horn, a
lawyer rushed into the office of
daily paper in Texas, wild with
anxiety, and said to the writer of
these line, who was editing that
Texas paper: "For God s sake
don t print word in your paper
this afternoon about that battle.
My son is Lieutenant in that
regiment and | fear he has been
killed. My wife reads your pa
per every afternoon she hasn It
heard of the battle; we are keep
ing it from her, and if she reads
about it in the paper it will almost
kill her. Keep the news out for
a few days anyway until we can
get some definite information a.
bout our boy"
Now what do you know about
that? The lawyer was informed
that the paper would be eternally
disgraced if it kept out the big
geSt piece OF news IN all the world
on that day just to spare the feel
ings of his wife for few hours,
without in the least affecting the
fact of the life or death of her
son; but he couldn' t see the point
and left the office in a kicking
state of mind because his treason
able request" had been turned
down. Fortunately the ieuten-
ant had not been killed and
lived to earn distinction in
the army through many years of
service. The moral to this true
story is obvious and illustrates
the difficulties newspaper men
have frequently to encounter in
dealing with the selfishneSs of
men.-Lakeland Telegram.
Tomorrow is the anniversary of
L II n
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07
Good Pineapple Movement

Quite a lively time happened in
the pineapple line last week and
Wachob sent off twenty-five crat-
es of fine fruit, the largest ship
ment being to Pennsylvania mark
cts.
Hall shipped four crates, Turn
er shipped 7, Shaw shipped one,
Perkins twenty-five, Byrd one and
Brown five.
One of the features of these sal
es was the number of Florida
towns that were to taste the fine
Punta Gorda fruit.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07
Think This Over

When newspaper gives you a
lot OF free advertising in order to
boom some concert or entertain
ment in which you are interested,
keep track of the lines that are
printed week by week and multi
ply that number by the regular
advertising rates Of the paper.
Compare the results with the actu-
al money value of any favor that
you get from any other business
concern. Then take into consid-
Grafton the fact that advertising
and circulation are the only two
things that a newspaper has to
sell. Now, in these days of high
er prices, how much do you think
it ought to give away?