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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-07-04

The supreme court has decided
that a SIS license tax is all that is
necessary for fve-passenger au-
tomobile, regardless Of it's horse
power.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-07-04

Hillsborough county has given
2,700 men to the war in various
capacities and has bought $4,-
100000 Liberty Bonds.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-07-04

Sweet potatoes in Tampa re-
tail as high as seven cents
pound, which would make 1920 a
buShel.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-07-04

A Miami man was fined 500 or
twenty days for setting his bull
dog on cat and then assisting
the dog in whipping the cat.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-07-04

American sailors last year de-
posted nearly a million dollars in
the branch bank maintained at
the Brooklyn Navy Y. M. C. A.
building.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24
SHOT IN GROUND
QUE[LS NEAR riot
AFTER VICE RAID

Policemen who are members OF Ma
jor Pullman's "vice squad" know to-
day what a well-timed shot, fired into
the ground. will accomplish Yester-
day afternoon It quelled what prom
lsed to be a near-riot when the police
made a raid on q house at 800 B
street southwest
The trouble began when Policeman
Purcell. a member OF the "vice squad, -
led by Lieutenant Pierson. attempted
to arrest Minnie Henson, colored.
Moses Henson, her husband, objected
to the arrest. and in a few minutes
more than 100 persons had gathered
outside the house Many made threats
against the policemen.
Excited individuals rang up the po-
lice department, telling OF q riot IN
street southwest Inspector Grant
sent Headquarters Detectives Kelly
and Vermillon to the scene. It was
only when several Of the officers drew
their revolvers that those who offer
ed interference backed away. A shot
fired into the ground Quelled all ef-
forts at law rebellion.
Hensen and his wife were taken to
the Fourth precinct police station.
Hensen Is charged with assaulting a
policeman, and his wife IL detained on
a statutory charge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24
BAER SAYS DELAY
ON SEED BILL MAY
RESULT IN FAMINE

Delay by Congress in acting on the
Baer bill appropristing 100000 for
seed and calling for mobilization of
farm labor will cause serious results.
Representative Baer predicted today.
Declaring that the country already
is close to famine. he said that Con-
gress will miss the early spring
chance OF increasing production II It
does not hasten.
Baer plans to make a speech soon
to spur Congress to the need for the
measure.
Conservation is going on splendid
ly, but that ayails us nothing IL we
do not Increase production" Baer said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24
.CONFEREES AGREE
ON s1O,OO0FOR
START|NGFORUMS

conferees OF the House and Senate
on the urgent deficiency bill had little
difficulty agreeing to the amendments
to that bill put on In the Senate or In
reaching an understanding.
The Senate item of $4,000 for or.
ganizing community forums was
changed to $4,000. and agreed to. This
Is the project in which Miss Margaret
Wilson and other prominent women
and workers for social advancement
are interested.
The conferees agreed to the Senate
items OF $50, 900 for tenders for the
highway bridge, ST. 500 for paving on
Park road. $4,000 for a new elevator
at Emergency Hospital, and $50. 700
for water mains to new office build
ings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24

observers in estimating minute changes
In local conditions Of wind. visibility
and 80 forth.
1t used to be taken for granted.
before the present series OF great
campaigns. that many years were
necessary for the training OF . heavy
gunner. The technical schools at
which officers were trained stood the
highest among all the military
schools OF Europe. Tiny as the scale
now seems to us upon which the
old work was calculated. the condi-
ton of its heavy artillery was al
ways thought to be a peculiarly
heavy strain upon the finances OF q
nation and a good test Of its intel
lectual status.
To expand such an arm over and
over asain-ten, twenty, even fifty
fold-in q few months would four
years ago have been deemed an i'm
possibility. 1t IL very greatly to
the credit OF the British service that
this seeming miracle has been work
ed and that you may see today count
less heavy batteries between the Disc
and the North Sea. where every man
serving them, from the commanding
officer downward, has come from
civilian life and knew nothing OF
his present trade three years ago.
Now, the American service had be-
fore 1t an even harder task than did
the British, for its establishment OF
heavy artillery was much smaller
than was the British service before
the war. But the American army
was found to contain this exceptional
and extremely useful item OF q coastal
defense system. which had not only
trained many men in the uses and
problems of the largest pieces. but
had also centralized a considerable
portion of American military thought
along those lines. The readers of the
exceptionally valuable technical pub
locations such as the Journal OF United
States Artillery will bear me out
when I say that In proportion to the
size of the service no army has de-
voted so much thought to this par
ticular branch as has the United
States
1t has proved one OF the many cases
OF unexpected preparation in this war
that this branch of the army. created
for a totally different purpose. has
shown itself Of such exceptional value
in the present crisis.
Only the other day at Tahure the
silencing of the German heavy bat
teries was accomplished with a ra-
pidity and accuracy that astonIshed
the French. and the work was done
by men who had come directly to the
west front from the American coastal
defense units.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24

Just behind the left ear. showed where
It had left his head.
The course of the bullet was direct
ly through his head. and that the brain
was not torn to pieces seems miracu-
He was removed to . hospital.
where the physicians decided that
there was not a chance for life.
Nevertheless, in the hopes OF some
miracle, operations were resorted to.
Twice Renner's skull was trephtned,
to remove bits OF bone or blood clots
which were pressing on the brain.
Has Three Decorations.
After one year in the hospital. Ser
geant Renner walked out q free man
He is no longer At for service, how
ever, and suffers the Inconvenience of
being able to sleep but four hours
night
He wears three decorations One
is the ribbon and star awarded to
the wounded French soldier. The
other is the Croix de Guerre-the war
cross, while the third IL the most
highly priced award of the French
soldier-in fact. the highest the
French soldier can obtRin-the Me-
daille 8Iilitaire. He was also cited In
official dispatches for his bravery In
the action at Berry au Bac. in which
he received the remarkable wound.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24

duct a passage OF the men through q
channel which is narrow when COM
pared with either the volume of sup
ply at the entrance or with the de-
mand at the exit. 1t Is like supplying
water from a large cistern to three
inch tap, while between the cistern
and the tap there is squeeze" OF
only an inch in diameter. 1t Is the
problem OF the hour glass.
The cistern Is the immense re-
serve supply of man power already
in existence and in training on your
side OF the Atlantic. The tap Is the
raflhead at the front and the demand
for men in the front-hne trenches.
The squeeze" through which the ma
terial has to pass Is represented by
the special training centers all over
France. But there Is this vital diff
ference between the mechanical eX-
ample l have given and the living
reality-that lis, in the mechanical
case-the delivery Of water, for In
stance-you are rigtdly bound by
your material. Such and such dia-
meter of pipe will not take more than
such and such a volume OF water.
But IN a human case-the case of
the American army and Its training
ceaters-you have the highly elastic
factors OF intelligence, energy ana
will power. In other words, the pas
sage through which all the human
material for the American front has
to go between the point of original
supply and the point OF delivery can
be enlarged almost indefinitely. The
perfection OF the organization in
teaching as well as in learning, the
good will applied to both. the driving
power and intelligence of the teacher
and the taught in accelerating. the
process of learning-all these human
factors correspond to an enlargement
of the narrow passage through which
delivery has to be forced.
Quick Expansion
Coed AuEury for Future.
As yet the strain on this gate
through which the supply must pass
has hardly come into play, because
the finished product has been deliv-
cred SO far upon only a small scale.
the heavy work of the last few
months has been the supply of raw
material, so to speak. from the main
source across the Atlantic, the organi-
ization OF the special training camps
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24
NOTED FRENCH ACE
WILL FLY TODAY
TO PHILADELPHIA

Lieut. Georges F1achaire, the IA
nous Ace" and his little spad flying
machine will be seen here for the last
time today, on the polo grounds in
Potomac Park, at $3.50 o'clock. To-
days flying exhibition promises to be
the most thrilling yet. The young
French lace" will leave shortly after
ward for Philadelphia by air, and
then for MineoIa.
Lieutenant Flachairss exhibition
VIII include all the stunts that can
be made by a flyer, looping, tail spin,
wing over wing. and the side slide
II was just such a side slide as the
young lieutenant will make this after
noon that brought down his first Ger,
man plane without either gas or bull
lets. He frightened the German, Rho,
seeing his maneuvering and not
knowing that his machine gun was
stopped, lost his head and fell.
Lieutenant Flachaire has been fly
ing for moro than two years on the
Western front. and has been a flyer
for the last three years.
He has brought down seven Ger
man planes and took an active part
in the battle OF Verdun. the Somme,
and the Champagne. He has been
awarded the Legion of Honor, the
Military Medal, the War Cross, with
six citations. and has received the
British Military Medal for having sue
cored a British plane attacked by
ten Germans.
He accomplished the trip from
Mineola- where he has been for the
past three months. in little less than
three hours. but was obliged to land
at Philadelphia and at Camp Meade
to get gasolene. the machine not be-
ing made for long flights.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24
PLNVING
HOPES ON WORK
OF ARTILLERY

fired from miles behind the lines must
be able to destroy the FIRST line Of the
German trenches without dropping
shells into their own trenches. fifty
yards away from this target.
ARTILLERY Won for
Germans In the East.
The success of the central empires
in the east was mainly due to their
overwhelming superiority over the
Russians In heavy artillery and mu-
nitionment, the power Of the western
nations. which were caught ill-pre-
pared by the war to organize their
resistance. lay in their ability to
make or procure a vast number of
new heavy pieces and munitions for
them. Today their supply of guns
and howitzers may not equal the en-
emy's, considering his captures in
Russia and after the battle Of Capo-
retto. but their power OF munition-
ment II still superior and probably
will become increasingly superior.
The crux OF the whole matter lies
In the training Of the gun crews.
do not know by what multiple the
French had to increase their estab-
lishment Of heavy artiIlery-that Is,
the numbers OF their trained gunners-
but i believe I am right In saying
that in the case OF Great Britain the
multiple WAS something. like ninety in
the first two, years for every artillery
man who was under arms on the day
that war started.
It IL q commonplace that Of all the
arms used In this war the heavy ar
tillery In the most difficult to create.
It IL. 30 to speak. a learned, arm
Its effect depends upon exact and elab-
crate mathematical calculation, Il Is
complicated by q great variety Of types
of guns and shells. and in the case
of howitzers, by variety in the size
and power Of the charges. Its use
In modern war depends upon the exact
coordination Of vast numbers Of fac
tors-accurate observation from the air,
extreme accuracy OF the delivery Of
the shell once the target has been
found. the secure defence Of the OBJ
server In the air. accuracy in map max
Ing. great skill In distinguishing the
true emplacement Of the enemy guns
from the dummies which he has con-
suucted as camouhage, q keen judg-
ment In differentiating between the va
rious values Of the various targets, the
organization OF supply. the provision Of
mobility for heavy pieces and for their |
rapidly for empiacement. and all the
rest On top OF that you have the |
indednable personal quality which
ranges from the smartness of the gun |
team to the talent Of the officers and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24

US0A ~rsturn Shis week from Wis
ikinG the American troops in France
beth at their training camps and In
their front line trenches, number
Of points Of interest regarding them
Eugrsst themselves to me. although
any description Of individual units
% Of the special points where they
are In training or in action IL. Of
601rSa, forbidden
I think that the most important of
these points Is the relation that exists
between the special training that the
American troops are receiving in
France, and the rate OF supply that
they can furnish of men available for
the front, either to make good casual
ties or to extend the line which they
are already holding.
All through. this war the chief ousi-
ness of the publicists has been TO pre-
ssnt military problems as they de-
Eolop In such a way as to prevent
false judgments on them by the peo-
ole at home; and the chief danger in
forming q correct opinion in connec-
ZION with the enormous new factor in
American intervention IS the natural
lmpGtienee Of the public both here and
in America TO see the results Of this
Intervention on the battlefield.
1 have already pointed out in q past
article the essential difficulty of es-
tRbliShing communications from the
bSse ports for the new armies and
the vast volume OF new work which
has had to be done on French soil
by the American forces before this
krOat increase in numbers could be
made available at the front. But
there is another factor of great and
vital Importance which your public
opinion at home may be IN danger of
forgetting-that IL the special train
ing to make troops effective which Is
required on this side OF the water
over and above the training they have
Already received IN their camps at
home.
Pacing New Conditions
With View Weapons.
Trench warfare IN the last three
Sears has been fought under such to-
tally new conditions, with such new
weapons and upon such a scale of
mutionment-beyon all previous
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24

troops by the existence OF the great
American costal defense system
and Its specially trained body OF men
The great arm Of modern siege war
fare as It has developed on the trench
lines during the last three years Is
the heavy artillery. An accuracy
hitherto unneeded and volume Of
FIRE never dreamed OF before this war
have been developed and acquired
In barrages the gunners are fire.
auently required to lay their shells
on a trajectory passing within q foot
OF the heads OF the men who are ad-
vancing to the attack. while guns
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24
Training Sar Seasoned Frenchmen by Aptitude in War Game
.E4EA IVY GERMAN BATTERIES
.SLLENCED BY u. s. GUNNERS
WITH BRIEF EXPERIENCE

hmowledEs-Gnd with such new tao.
the training OF troops the finishing
touches. can be given only by men
who have gone through the expert
ence of actual lighting themselves
and only in places that are within
touch of the work along the front
New methods and new weapons are.
in fact developed SO rapidly that the
instructors in the last stages must be
very fresh from the trenches and
must keep continually in touch with
them day by day.
The consequence of these condi-
lions is that. there Is a hating stage.
as it were. between the supply of
men reaching Europe Though they
have already been thoroughly train
ed in the United States)y and their
delivery al the front lines, fully pre-
pared for present trench warfare; and
this necessary hating stage IL an
element Of delay which public opinion
in America as well as> here must
reckon with and accept
In the old days an army trained
upon its own known and familiar
grounds could be transported over
seas and be ready for action the mo-
ment the men had been restored from
the fatigue OF their voyage The
present campaign in the west, how
ever. absolutely demands the new in
termediate stage OF which / have
spoken, and everywhere in France
you may see the Americans hard at
work to pass themselves through
that stage.
show Great Aptitude
For Newest Warfare,
One may add that the rapidity with
which this training is going forward
with the American troops Is very re-
markable. even allowing for the fact
that three full years of experience
have perfected the instructors in the
work they have to. do, and It is an
admirable proof Of the aptitude for
the new warfare of the American
troops which have been supplied to
those instructors.
The problem IL not the simple one
OF supplying q certain output of
troops at the front from a certain
reserve Of material overseas. 1t is
a problem involving between the
source OF supply and the finished pro-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24

in France. and, still more, the organi-
cation of the communications. But
from now onward the feeding of the
front with the rapidly expanding body
OF trained soldiers will soon show ex-
actly land those who can today guess
the best have the strongest reasons
for not telling) when the maximum of
the curve Of production will have been
reached-that is, when the proportion
of the front to be supplied with men
will have put on the schools through
which the supply has to come the
heaviest possible strain that they will
bear.
But It can safely be stated now
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24

that the rate at which the organiza-
ton and expansion OF these schools
is proceeding is a good augury for
the future.
1 found in connection with this
problem during my visit to France a
very interesting point which. no
doubt, most Americans are familiar.
but which is new to Jus In Europe. in
spite of the careful study of the
American army which has naturally
been made by observers here in the
last months.
That is the peculiar aid given TO
this task OF training the American
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24
EACH SCIENTIST SOLDIER
GIVEN MRS. EDDY'S BOOK

The Christian Science Church pro-
vides each OF its military members
with a vest-pocket edition of Science
and Health. Further, each man so
desiring Is sent the Christian Science
Monitor, the daily newspaper of the
Science Church. In each cantonment
in the. country there is a camp worker
under direction OF the various Science
camp welfare committees. It IS the
duty of-this worker to see that the
needs OF Science boys are met and
to give needed advice.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24
AMERICAN TARS FALL
HARD FOR IRISH COLLEENS

LONDON, March 24-Jackies from
the American fotillas stationed OF
the Irish coast have been wooinE the
Irish maids and during the last month
marriages have averaged about one
q day.
One romance eliminated when q
sailor named GroI married Nora, sec
ond daughter of Lady Carroll, whose
late husband was q prominent citizen
of Queenstown.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24
BULLET PLOWS
THROUGH HEAD;
SOLDIER LIVES

One Of the most remarkable tales
of the present war IS that told to The
Times today by Sergt. Rene Renner. OF
the French army, who is now in wash
ington with the French high commits
sion.
Sergeant Renner had a bullet pass
directly through his head, but by
some freak OF chance, no vital center
was struck by the missile. and, al
though his life was despaired of. after
one year in the hospital he was
brought back to normal health.
The sergeant Is still a young man,
but old in the experience of warfare.
He was in the war since the beginning
even when there were no trenches.
1t was thus. in the first few months
of the war, that he received his first
wound.
Gets Bayonet Wound.
At Dtnant. in the Mouse district,
Belgium. he and his comrades were
opposing the German advance. In
bayonet charge. he suffered a broken
leg, which incapacitated him for sew
eral months. He returned to action
as soon as possible. however. and in
the action at Berry au BAG, in the
Aisne district OF France, he deceived
the wound that put him near death.
II was during q terrific lombard
ment. A company OF French troops
had been ordered to hold a certain
section OF trench. and they obeyed
orders. although the German shells
cut great holes in their sector. It was
one OF the most sanEuinary conflicta
OF the war. and Sergeant Renner's
command - fourteen men stayed
through It until a great German shell,
exploding IN their midst, buried them
all alive.
Bullet Through Head.
Sergeant Renner, with q few others,
was dug out of the earth. He was
seen to be alive, although the hole
above the right eye showed where q
bullet had entered, and another hole
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24
Baby Falls a Stories,
Drops In Perambdator,
BOunces, Has Fine Time

NEW YORK, March 24.-wn-
liam Wicker, two months old. was
well and happy today despite q
fall from q fourth story window.
He landed in a baby buggy and
was not bruised
The infants grandmother, who
also fell out OF the window, was
badly injured.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24
PROMINENT MASON KILLED.

LANCASTER, Pa. March 24.-Al-
bert Hartman, prominent in Masonic
circles. was killed today when his su-
tomobile crashed into a bridEehead.
A loose steering gear caused the acct
dent
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24
TO NURSE WAR CLERKS.

Army nurses. wearing the uniform
or the army nurse corps. will care
for alling civilian employees of tho
war Department It has been an
nounced.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24

Gnde's Flowers For Easter.
Place orders early for Guides fresh cut
flowers and blooming plants. 1914 F.
-Advt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24

In straw and
.loth. IN solid
and combination
olors. these hats
are big values
for SEC.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-24

White Isle un-
ierwear for men.
Il Is worth con-
Iiderably more.
Nj sizes 30 to 20.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-02-21

Buy War Savings Stamps.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-02-21
-II ret Answer this purpose.

will net answer this purpose
-Four big logging companies operat-
ing OF southern Puget Sound and as
far north on the peninsula as Jefferson
county are reported to have voted to
adopt an eignt-hour day in their camps
in defiance OF the lumber4en's zsso-
citation agreement TO resist the demand
to a finish The insurgent companies
are the Simpson Logging corporation,
operating various branches; Bordeaux
Logging company. Cushman Logging
company and the Mud Bay Logging
company. 1t also is reported that Alex
Poison. heading the Poison logging in
terests on Grays HarbOr. is willing to
Join in the break for eight hours. This
action is reported to have been precip-
itated when the Iumbermel's associa-
ton In Seattle voted to continue the
ten-hour schedule. 4 bitter fight ap-
pareutIy is IN prospect. as the lumber