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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-17

A report to the effect that an oil
gusher had been found some eight
miles from Apalachlcola by colonists
who were drilling for water, was pub
lished in the Times Union of Tuesday
but lacks the usual "Whoop- peel"
which generally accompanies so i'm
portant an announcement. There
may be oil near the old town, for it
has long been waiting on Providence
to send something along to wake it up.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-17

cause of his well-known interest in
trade relations with South America
and because of the high position he
occupies as the leader of rural credit
end other financial and economic leg
islation. He was the only member
of the Senate chosen on the commits
sion-an honor to him and to his
State which merits unusual promi-
uence
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-17
Equalization.

Professor Brander Matthews was
overheard once talking with Mr.. Car
negie.
Il notice, Mr.. Carnegie" he said,
shat you don't limp"
And why should II" asked the phi
lanthropist.
Well" slowly answered the profess
sor, maybe they pull them alter
nately."
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-17
Fletcher's Mission

Tampa Tribune: Senator Fletcher
has sailed from Newport News, ac-
companying Secretary of the Treas
ury McAdoo and a party of eminent
financierS and economists. en- route
to Buenos Ayres, to attend a meeting
of the International High Commis7
sion. The party is making the trip
on a warShin, but its mission is one
of neace. The purpose of the Inter-
national High Commission to investi-
gate trade conditions with a view 10
building up a greater commerce be.
tween the United States and the conn
tries of South America.
Senator Fletcher was one of the
first men selected for the United
States section of the commission, he
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-17

When Congressman Joe Sears
comes back from Washington he'll
have to square himself with a good
many people on account of his vote
in opposition to the Child Labor bill
With many that vote has "queered"
Mr.. Sears forever and a day.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-17

A good many Of our Florida boys
who are enrolled in the National
Guards are worried just now lest they
be called upon to invade Mexico.
They don't mind dying for their coun-
try, so much, but the idea of being
shot by 'greeser" is too many for
them.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-17
EDITORS FAVOR
RUSSELL'S CANDIDACY.
j. + + + + j. + !. + !. j. j. j. + j. +

Tampa ADMINISTRATION w. A.
Russell Of the Palatka News, is a can
didate for Representative. He has
had previous experience, having serv-
ed in the Legislatures of 1907 and
1918, and was chairman of the COM
mittee on State institutions at both
sessions. He is making his present
race on a platform of economy and
The Tribune predicts and hopes for
his election.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-17

ScEteF nan q 'SJ'
Charles lis contempt t0f
mentary government eyinced IN
strange forms. He seems TO ll
joyed his visits to the house u
and he once said that going tnH'
better than going to n play
"On one occasion" writes Nj
Roylance Kent in his Early D,
Of the Tories" Tin order to a'"Nl
ing with Il bill relieving fV"l
dissenters, sent up by inc wv
commons. he contrived tha' Il
be stolen from the table ID |"
On another he showed sucn III
agance of delight over a LIVE
which stretched from the thFVD'
end of the chamber that be ~'
it with his walking stick
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-17

Orlando Reporter-Star:-The Re.
porter-Star learns with much interest
that w. A. Russell, editor of the Pa
latka News, will be candidate for
the legislature. Having known the
party for some years, and during that
time having come to esteem him
highly and to place great value upon
his ability as public man and worth
as citizen, we know that the people
Of Putnam county will do we'll to hon
or Mr.. Russell again by sending him
TO the legislature, as they have done
twice before. We should like to have
the opportunity to work and vote for
Editor Russell. He thinks clearly, he
sneaks forcefully and he acts fear
leSsly. He is alternative to duty, con-
siderate of his fellow members rights
and feelings, and enjoys the conf
dence of the states leading men and
best people,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-17
Real Homo of the Rosen'a'

HedI Ffome OF ITIO =,
The home of the rosema! W
inally in the south Of EurUpS
especially Italy, where II "a
the height of six or eight lesI
being trained upward from ln' M
or embedding its roots in an y
It grows in three yarietlesT
yer and green. -
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-17
The Right Occup,tIo,

"nen men are rightly occupied thssr
amusement grows out of their vo,s
- the color petals out Of the fru,tn,,
flower -Rusl..n. iiuiuui
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-17

Ocala Star:-Mr. VIM. A. Russell,
editor of the Palatka News, who has
served several terms in the Florida
house of representatives, will again
be candidate in the coming primary.
Mr.. Russell is a very intelligent and
independent man. 1t will pay the
people of Putnam county and the en-
tire state if he is elected.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-17

When you want to find a man who
is really neutral, look for candi-
date for office
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-17
*++*++++**++++%@
Daily Thouoht,

l1mes of general calamity and con.
iusloE have ever been productive of
the greatest rfnT r.f,n
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-17

Tampa Times: Hon. William A.
Russell, editor of the Palatka News
and two times legislative representa-
tive of Putnam county, wishes to 60
back to Tallahassee again. pastor
Bill" has a good record and gets our
vote Unanimous"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-17

< WHAT LEADING STATE
EDITORS ARE SAYING.
X X X X X X X Y X X X X X Y " Y
They Have it to Do

Ocala Star: 1t is the duty as well
as the right of Bryan, Trammell and
all other candidates to spend rea-
sonable amount of time presenting
their claims to the people. This is
one of the features of popular gov
eminent that cannot be safely abro-
gated.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-17
RESOURCES

RESOURCES
! oars on Real Estate ...,
Loans on Collateral security her
than Real Estate .........'....-.
All other Loans and Discounts.
Overdrafts ................,...
United states Bonds .......,..
state, County and Municipal
Bonds .... '''''' ............
Bonds of other Public Service Cor.
pOrations. .... ......,.....
Stocks Interpretations. .............
Banking House, Furniture and
| Fixtures ............,....
| Other Real Estate. w
Due from incorporated Banks ...
CHECKS and Exchanges for Clearly
Other Cash items ...................o
| revenue stamps .,.......... ......
Cash on Hand
1olu. ....,......-.... .......S lJOW
SliNer ..,................ g.. -,|Hb.A
Minor Coin Observation-Disclosures. 3S4l
currency OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l2,3I5.o 4
81
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in. ............... 4
Surplus Fund ........ ......
Undivided Profits, less Expenses
and Taxes Paid. ................
Individual Deposits subject 10
ShtCk ....- ....-..........- ......'.
Certified Checks ........... ..
Cashiers Checks outstandirE ....
Savings Deposits .................
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-17
Report of the Condition Of til
East Florida Savings 8 |
Company

PALATkA, FLORIDA
In the State of Florida, at the d
business March 7th, 1916.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
GERMAN CASUALTIES
Kaiser Reported to Have Lost 3135
III Men.

German casualties during July. ac.
eordlng to table compiled in Londor
from German casualty lists, totalel
l22,54O, bringing the grand tota
since the commencement of the wal
taken from the same source to 2 /.
1877. " -
Men killed or who died of wound,
during July numbered 21.196: those
who died Of sickness, 2.O62: MISSING
1884; severely wounded. 1887,
wounded, 1854; slightly wounded
50,157. AIM "
The wounded remaining with thei,
units are given as 9,614.
According to these lists. since tbe
commencement of the war the mor
Killed or who have died of thai,
wounds total 1886; died of sickness
4S,534; prisoners, 157.O75: missino.
1854; severely wounded, 25175.
wounded, 26S,O85; slightly wonndaJ
l,l52'l58; wounded remaining Will
their units, 147,742.
The figures given do not incIpd,
naval casualties or losses to tho coIo
NAL forces. wv 00'o'
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
His Good Offices Only Hope Of
Settlement
MEDIATION IS REJECTED
Threatened Strike Would Throw g.
100000 Men Out of Work and Para
lyze Commerce of Whole Nation.
Leaders Called to Washington.

A dispatch from New York says:
A general strike on virtually all
the railroads of the nation, paralyzing
commerce and throwing approx
mately 100000 men out of employ
ment, can be averted only through the
good offices of President Wilson, as
result of developments in the dis
pute over the mems demands for an
S-hour day and time and a half for
overtime. The controversy was laid
before the president at his invitation,
after the workers had fatty rejected
any form of arbitration. They re-
fused mediation.
The dispatch further says that
President Wilson has addressed a
letter to the brotherhoods and the
railroad managers, pointing out that
such a paralysis of business as would
follow general railroad strike would
be a catastrophe at any time, but
would be nothing short of disaster
under present conditions. On this
ground the president based his re-
quest for conference with represen-
tatives of both factions before a strike
order is issued by the leaders of the
men.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
100000 PRISONERS
More Men Captured Than in Any Rre'
viOus War.

More than 100000 prisoners,
double the number of men engaged
in any previous war that the world
has known, are now confined in prison
camps of the belligerent nations, ac-
cording to DR.. John R. Mott, gen.
eral secretary of the international
committee of the Young Mems Chris
tan Association, who arrived in New
York on the Danish steamship Oscar
II. from Copenhagen. DR.. Mott has
visited the prison camps of nearly all
the countries at war since May.
DR.. Mott said that of the prisoners,
Germany has the greatest number,
approximately 1,750,00O. Russia, with
about 100000 comes next, then
Austria with 100000, followed in
order by France, Italy, Great Britain
and Turkey. Russia's prisoners, he
added, are rapidly increasing, more
than 100000 having been added to
the camps since the beginning of the
last Russian drive. In six weeks, Dr..
Mott added, 100000 passed through
Kiev.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
Successes In Northern France
and CaGcia
TEUTON ROUT ON STRIPA
French Break German Line on Front
of Nearly Four Miles-TeutOn Pris-
oners to Number of 1000 and 30
Machine Guns Captured.

French and Russian forces have
gained additional important successes
over the armies of the central powers
in northern France and Galicia, re-
spectively.
A sustained attack over a front OF
3% miles by the French against the
third German line north of the Somme
resulted in the capture of all the
trenches to a depth of from third
to two-thirds of a. mile. The line OF
the victorious French advance extends
from Hardecourt to the Somme river
at Buscourt.
The village of Maurepas, which has
been the center of much severe fight
ing during the last few weeks, was
partly occupied by the French in the
same assault. German prisoners to
the number of 1000 and 80 machine
guns were captured.
On the eastern front the AuStro-
Germans have been forced to give up
the entire Stripa line from Tarnopol
to Buczacz, which they had held since
last winter. The capture of the Strlpa
line by the Russians followed the TAX
ing of several towns in the region of
Tarnopol.
The Russian success comes closely
on their turning of the TANKS of the
Stripa positions in the north by the
capture of Brody and in the south by
the taking of Stanislau. The advance
of General Letchitzky continues south
of Stanislau, towards Halicz and Lem
berg. On the Austro-Italian front the
Duke of Aosta continues to advance
south of Gorilla in the direction of
Triest and his troops have occupied
Oppacchiazalla, six miles southwest
of Gorilla. The Austrians are put
ting up a strong defense against the
attempted Italian advance east of Co.
rizia.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
KAISER WOULD FIGHT
But Trenches No Place for "Divinely
Appointed" Rulers.

The Kaiser is quoted as saying that
nothing would please him better than
to take his place in the trenches with
the soldiers of Germany and pump a
few bullets at the enemy in defense
of the Fatherland, but that he is a
"divinely appointed" ruler and cam
not risk his royal person in that way.
1t may be. according to a current
writer, that kings are made of DIFF
ferent clay from ordinary mortals,
but it does seem hard to reconcile
some things, especially when the
Kaiser in one breath. as it were, prays
for the success of the German arms,
and in the next instant a she'll from
one of his mighty guns may demolish
a grand cathedral, as, for instance,
that of Rheims. in France, a sanity
edifice, hoary with age and famous
for its historical and religious asso-
Citations.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
Allies Still Press
German Legions
GIANT ZEPPELIN
Germany Building Airship of Stu
pendOus Proportions.

Germany Building Airship OF Stu
pendous Proportions.
The giant Zeppelin transcontlnentaI
air liners promised by Germany to
help her merchant submarines defeat
the purposes of the British blockade
is under construction near Lake Con-
stance. Official information was re-
ceived at Washington telling OF the
giant aircraft. :.
The great passenger-carrying bal
loon is hundreds of feet longer than
the largest of the war Zeppelins,
which have been used in the bonn
bardment of English and French coast
towns and the air raids on London
and Paris.
Inflated, the newest German prod
uct will be 7S7 feet in length, more
than one-seventh of mile. The giant
airship is designed to carry dead
weight of $4,000 pounds. This is the
equivalent of $50 persons of average
weight.
Work on the huge passenger and
baggage-carrying machine is being
pushed as rapidly as possible. How
ever, the information cabled contained
no accurate estimate of the probable
time of the completion of the Zeppelin
that is designed to break the British
Gordon about Germany and free Ger
man commerce.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
Wilson Moves To
Avert Rail Strike
STREAMS OF BOOZE
Crowds Watch Deputies at Girard
DESTROY Liquor.


One hundred and eight barrels of
bottled beer and forty-siX barrels OF
whisky, belonging to six Girard resi-
dents who recently left the state to
escape prosecution on charges of pro-
hibition violations. were destroyed at
Girard, Ala, by Sheriff Richard Lind
sey, of Russell county, and his depu-
ties. The beer bottles were smashed
against a warehouse wall and the
whisky was poured into cutters, rum
ming into the Chattahoochee river.
A great crowd incll ling thousands
of persons from Columbus, Ga, across
the river, watched the procedure,
some even taking hand in the de-
struction. A bystander set fire to a
quantity of whisky which trickled
down the -gutters of the street and the
fire department was called out when
it seemed for a time that the blue
flames would reach the warehouses in
which liquor had been stored. Other
wise there was no disorder.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
:4i I,S.,..n...., u dt>li.aii, NS.e
Elsageu Ill Aeo,ilis Va. .he DoAiei'
Ia ExploGeu-LUss $4,000.

When a boiler in the turpentlne
plant of the Turner Turpentlne Com
pany, at Pensacola, exploded, Thomas
P. Gravette was instantly killed and
Otto Reichman badly injured. The
explosed was heard for several mics
The damage is estimated at $4,000.
Gravette, foreman Of the plant, ana
Reichman. Waterman, both of whom
were slightly interested in the own
ership, were engaged in testing out
the boiler when it exploded. Gravette
was thrown against a brick wall and
rebounded into the boiler, where he
was scalded to death instantly. He
formerly lived in Tennessee and is
survived by wife.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
st. Lucie Pineapple Crop.

The total seasons pineapple ship
ment from St. Lucie county to date
has been approximately SIS carloads,
About 10 per cent of the seasons crop
is still in the fields. This production
will be between SO and IS per cent
of normal. Shipment is still being
made at the rate of from one to five
cars daily. The outlook for a good
crop is at present quite encouraging.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
BIG DAM BREAKS
Waters of Lake TOxaway Swept
Down Valley.

The Lake Toxaway dam in North
Carolina, weakened by the recent
floods, broke, sending a great wall of
water down the valley toward western
South Carolina. No lives thus far
have been reported lost, and warn
ings sent out from several cities are
believed to have enabled most persons
in the path of the flood to reach
safety.
The lake, an artificial body Of
water, was created in 1902 by eastern
capitalists. 1t covers $50 acres to
an average depth of thirty feet. The
dam, an eighth of a mile long and
fifty feet high, was completely de-
stroyed. The town of Lake Toxaway
suffered only minor damage, though
the lake was completely drained.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18

Officers casualty lists among Brit.
ish continue to show the sever:;tt- OF
the fighting on the western front
The losses for one week-July 16 tc
23-were 528 killed, 1,07O wounded
and POI missing, a total of 1,799. The
proportion of killed to wounded, one
to two, is rather higher than in the
preceding fortnight. Since the be.
ginning of the war the British army
has lost 1O,1O5 officers killed, p, 29C
wounded and 2,462 missing.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
$4,000 Votes Cast

Florida voters in the mt,
June J, 6 cast nearly 10000 mor uar y,
than the best estimators fore,, vO'
for the gubernatorial raco ~ ,Viecast
ing been s3,572 first choice n.n ma
according to the latest ficnrov ''l L,
is the record for the state 10
senatorial race S1,37G first III
votes were cast. The larcest vAo'
vote was $4,000. pie'l0l
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
EIGHT PRINCES SLAIN.
Shot and Shell Spared Not Royalty
of Germany.

The latest edition of the Almanach
de Gotha records eight German
princes killed since the beginning Of
the war, namely, two princes of Sake
Meiningen, three of Lippe, one of
Hesse, one of Reuss, and one of Wal
deck. A prince of the ducal house of
Lichtenstein died at Warsaw from
wounds received at the front.
The Almanach notes the morga.
matte marriage of the Kaiser's fifth
son, Oscar, with Countess Bassowitz,
who was made Countess Roupine.
The Prince of WED does not figure
IN the section devoted to reigning
families. He is mentioned as "his
highness, Prince of Albania"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
Biscuits Will Come High.

Following the sensational govern
ment crop report, which indicates a
shortage of billion bushels in the
1916 grain crop, reports from various
sections indicated that the price of
bread is to be raised to the consumer.
The National Association of Master
Bakers, in convention at Salt Lake
City, sounded the keynote for 10-cent
bread.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
BETRAYED BY PIN
Found in Dead Woman's Hair, Sends
Negro to Gallows,

The death penalty was assessed by
jury in district court at Dallas, Tex,
against Houston Wagner, negro, self.
confessed murderer of Miss Zaola
Cramer, March 26, last.
The body of Miss Cramer, trainel |
nurse, was found on the campus of a
local school ground on the morning Of
March 26, last.
Wagner was traced through a cheap
scarf pin found in the dead woman =
hair. He was recently arrested in
Oklahoma and returned to Dallas,
Before the jury he admitted the
crime, saying robbery was the motive
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
Per Capita Savings.

Per capita savings in the banks Of
Jacksonville are 1926 for each man,
woman and child, according to figures
published in the current issue of the
Manufacturers Record, which carries
a comprehensive story on savings &C.
counts in Florida banks. For the
State the per capita is estimated at
$50, as the total savings deposit is
calculated at $30,O00,0O0.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
RUSSIAN SUCCESSES
Nothing Seems to Check Onward
March of Cars LegiOns.

A further series of surprising sue
cesses by the armies of Generals SAX
haroff and Letchitzky were announced
by the Russians. The most important
were the capture of the important
railway junction and town of Stanis-
lau, the definite occupation of Mon
asterizka and the seizure of important
positions on the Zlota Lipa line. Cou-
pied with these victories was the cap
ture of many thousands of prisoners,
especially on the right bank of the
Sereth, where the prisoners taken
number 5000.
The capture of Stanislau gives the
Russians another gateway through
which they can march toward Lem
berg.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
hungary Sees Early Peace

Inc general feeling in the capital
OF Hungary is that the war will NOT
last through the coming winter, Tho
correspondent of the International
News Service has talked with eminent
men about the various political ont
looks as well as with the man in tbo
be universal. 'piiiioh 10
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
100000 Reinforcements.

Field Marshal Won Hindenburg, who
is now directing Teutonic operations
over three-fourths of the east front,
has been promised 100000 reinforce.
ments within a month, says a dis
patch to The London Morning Post
from Berne. These are to come from
Turkey and the western theater of
war.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
UNEARTHS A FORTUNE
Farmers Plow Strikes Silver in Texas
Worth S2SO,O0O,

A farmer named Palmer, near Ma
coma, Tex, several days ago plowed
up silver bars on his farm variously
estimated worth 100000 to S2SO,O0O.
1t is believed the bars were left by
Spaniards in the sixteenth or seven
teenth century, when they retreated,
owing to activity of Indians.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18

Two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars will be subscribed by the
public to be used in bringing new
manufacturing enterprises to Tampa
it was decided by enthusiastic citizens
at mass meeting held in the City
Hall.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
A Thousand Refusals.

Katp-That Bragson girl claims to
have made a thousand refusals of mar
riage. Ethel-That's true. When Gus
asked her to be his wife she replied,
NO a thousand times no"-Boston
Transcript.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
100000 Russians in France

The seventh contingent of Russian
troops has been landed at Brest. 1t
is estimated that there are now
nearly 100000 Russian soldiers in
France. They have been landed at
intervals since April 1.