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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-03-28
LOCAL ITEMS

There will be Easter services in
all the churches, Sunday.
County commissioners IN d
school board meet Monday.
Mr.. McMahill, the candy maker,
visited Arcadia, yesterday.
Mr.. Hanshaw and E. Keen WIS.,
tied Arcadia, yesterday.
DR.. j. G. Davis, the optometrist,
left Tuesday evening for Wauchu-
la.
Most of the help of Hotel Punta
Gorda left for the north Tuesday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman G. Hewitt
and their cousin, Russell Hewitt,
motored to Tampa and back Tues
day.
The jacaranda tree in the Nc
Adow front yard is now one huge
plume of purple splendor and is
attracting great and general adj
miration.
For Arsenate Lead Paste, Ara
senate Lead Powder, Arsenate
Zinc Powder and Bordeaux Mix
turo call Oh Cooper Hardware Co,
-8tf.-advt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Snider and their
little son, accompanied by Miss
Scarce, after enjoying sojourn
of three months here, left yester-
day morning for their home In
Shelbyville, KY.
The grand chapter of the Order
of the Eastern Star will meet in
Jacksonville on April 18th and
18th. The Punta Gorda chapter
will be represented by Mrs. Amy
Mcqueen, the worthy matron.
Large quantities of vegetables
are being shipped from here dali
ly. They are chiefly beans, pep
pers and cucumbers, all OF which
are said to be bringing good
prices. Small lots of cabbage and
eggplant are being shipped.
Some wretched prevarlcato1
managed, Monday night, to dis
seminate by wire and otherwise a
seemingly well authenticated re-
port that, in the fighting that day.
the British had captured the Ger.
man crown prince and 10000 OF
his men. This caused great re-
joicing in Punta Gorda and other
places in this region, but disgust
and disappointment followed on
Tuesday morning, when it became
known that there was no truth IN
the report. Any fellow sending
out such premature april fool
ought to be shot as prescribed by
DIR. Stone.
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DR.. Cline and two little sons
were here in the doctors auto
yesterday afternoon.
Another lot of those genial Win
ter visitors who have added vast
ly for four or five months past to
the life of local society as well as
to business interests, departed for
their homes this morning. A
mongst them were DR.. and Mrs. F.
c. Kenny and Mrs. Molly Rag
land, Louisville, KY, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Newbigging, Detroit,
Mich. They all said they had had
a delightful time here.
An audience of fair size enjoyed
a very interesting lecture that was
delivered in the Plaza Theatre last
Sunday night, by Prof. Nv. NJ. Her
see of New York. The lecture
was given under the auspices of
the International Bible Students
Association, and the subject was
"The Golden Age-When and
Where" 1t was very encourag-
ing to those who look forward to
the coming of an era in human
progress when wars shall cease
and happiness prevail throughout
the world.
All naturalists believe that the
owl is carnivorous creature, liv-
ing only on mice, moles and in
sects that prowl at night; but, last
week, the Cochran Drug Co. of
Punta Gorda came into possession
of a half-grown owl of the larger
species that eats turnip "greens !"
with avidity. This Cochran owl
is undoubtedly graminivorous as
we'll as carnivorous. Many people
have called and been interested in
seeing it eat "greens. None of
the species of owls should be kill
ed, for they do not eat chickens,
as has for years been imagined,
but they do lots of good by de-
stroying various creatures that
commit injurious depredations by
might.
The many friends of DR.. and
i Mrs. d. N. Mcqueen viii, be deep
ly grieved to learn that the
life of their bright and Iowa
BILE 5-year old son, Charles Holder
by, is despaired of. The parents,
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. II.
r. Dreggors, Mrs. j. N. Skies and
DR.. Cline, took the child up to Ar
cadia, last evening, to have him
operated on for appendicitis, but
the several doctors decided that
he could not survive an operation
and would live only some twelve
hours. Truly, it is a very sad
case, and everybody who knew
the dear little boy will feel person
al grief at his loss.
The store of A. j. Kinsel was
burglarized on the night of the
goth and about $500 in cash and
few articles of merchandise were
stolen. Most of the money was in
the iron safe, which was not lock-
ed by the combination, and there
were a few dollars in the cash
drawer, all of which was taken.
Neither the locks on the store
doors nor the fastenings of the
windows showed any signs of hav~
ing been tempered with. Sus-
picion attached to a former en-
ployee, young man of respecta-
BILE family, and he was arrested by
Sheriff Dishong Friday, and
placed in Jail in Arcadia. On his
person was found considerable
money, amongst it ten-dollar
gold certificate, which Kinsel j.
Identified as having been amongst
the bills in his safe. He and his
sister claimed that the money was
their own lawful property.
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Chas. Plummitt and Mr.. Hewitt,
after spending the winter here at
the Blazer cottage, left yesterday
for their homes. The former lives
at Amelia, Ohio; the latter, at
Kankakee, Ills.
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Take Herbine for indigestion 1t re-
lieves the pain in few minutes and
forces the fermented matter which causes
the misery into the bowels where 1t is ex-
PEELED. Price SOC. Sold by COCHRAN
DRUG co. (adv.)
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dI Inc FIdZa Ineatre friday
night. The regular serial will be
run and a screaming farce, "a
Bedroom Blunder," accompanies
it. Besides these features, Burton
Holiness beautiful Travelogues
will be run every Friday night for
some time.-advt.-1t.
Tomorrow will be good Friday
next Sunday will be Easter.
D, J. Hobbs attended to bust
ness in Tampa, Saturday.
Jno. R. Hurton and Col. Chad
man visited Arcadia, Friday.
E. A, White passed through here
yesterday morning on his way
from Fort Myers to Jacksonville.
Misses Blanche Glenn and Jose
phine Reid frightened Arcadia
with their presence, Saturday,
Mrs. Demere of Pineland, is
spending the week here with her
daughter, Mrs. Calvin Page.
Miss Julia Yates, an attractive
young lady from Sarasota, is en-
joying a fortnight's visit here as
the guest of Miss Josephine Reid.
Painting and decorating-inter-
ior and exterior work. / have had
years of experience and will give
you honest service at right prices.
j. Harvey Miller. (adv.l
Z. V. Camp, supervising engi-
neer of the construction of the
great bridge across the harbor
here, spent Friday and Saturday
here inspecting the work, which he
pronounced satisfactory.
Mrs. j. S. Jackson, jr., and her
daughter, Miss Corinne, enjoyed a
call last week from e. W. Wheel
err, loyal friend from their form
er home in Brunswick, Me. Mr..
Wheeler spent several days here as
a guest of Hotel Punta Gorda.
An old man named Thomas died
at the county farm Tuesday, and
was buried yesterday He left a
widow who is in a pitiable condi-
ton, being blind and as helpless as
a child and has no one to see after
her.
The dog tax is now due, and the
town marshal has been ordered to
kill every dog on which the tax is
not promptly paid. 1t is $3.50 a
year. If your dog is not worth
that much to you, sell him to some
Tampa sausage maker.
Moore Haven Times, Mch. o.
A party consisting of County COM
missioner w. M. Written, M wv.
Sturdy, j. II. Hancock and G M.
Carrier, of tPunta Porda, visited
Moore Haven this week, and they
were somewhat astonished at the
big growth at this end of the coun-
ty. Of the future course OF Com
missioner Written, The Times will
have more to say next week.
Fleming Rhode arrived here on
a short furlough, Friday night,
and, after mingling with his many
friends here till Tuesday, started
that day on his return to Camp
Wheeler, Macon, Ga. All of us
were glad to note that he was in
the best of health, and all lPunta
Gorda hopes that he will come out
of the world war without scratch
and with the glory that he de-
serves. !.
Lieut.. A. III. VanDorn of the a
Walton service, writes that, as
there is no suitable landing place
for airplanes at Punta Gorda, and
as he wishes Punta Gorda people
to see a fully equipped modern
he will bring down one
of his largest planes and land it in
the big meadow near the Cleve-
land depot at 9 o'clock, next Mon
day morning, when he will be
pleased to exhibit it to all our cit
liens. He will remain at Cleve-
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AND JESUS TOOK
IE VII IT
BY THE REV. CHARLES sTELzLE

Thrilling are the stories of thous.
ands of soldiers celebrating the COM
munion service-and then going out
10 battle.
These men have caught the sacrifi-
cial spirit of Jesus. For it was from
the first communion service ever held
that Jesus went forth to lay down
his life for Others.
The comfort given to members OF
the church in the communion service
is distinctly worth while. For ages
it's simple message. But many strong,
virile persons refrain from attending
this service in the average church
because they do not respond to the
sentimental aspect which has so
largely dominated it.
Has not the church missed out by
failing to give this service the strong
masculine character which it deserves
particularly for the men and women
of the heroic type of mind-thOse who
are leaving the church to spend their
fine energy in social tasks which de-
mand a zeal and devotion paralleled
only in the great crusades OF the past?
Recall the spirit of the Lords Sup.
per- as Jesus originated it. 1t was
the Outgrowth of the Feast of the
Passover This feast was the great
est of all ceremonies to the Jews. And
here is the story Of its origin:
FOu rhundred years had the Israel
ties been held captive in Egypt. But
now they were ready to depart, to
conquer the promised land Blood
had been sprinkled on the side posts
and the door. lintels of their homes
They were girded for a long journey
and they went out, 'breastforward'
to win this battle for God and for "all
nations to whom these crusaders
weer to become a blessing, according
to the promise given to Abraham, Is.
aac and Jacob.
And now turn to that upper ROOM
in which Jesus and his disciples
were gathered to celebrate this his.
toric event. But another and even
important event was about to be con-
summated.
Jesus was to sacrifice His life. His
disciples were to inaugurate the great
est crusade in the history OF the
world. ...-
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MARCH TO VICTORY

Courage is q matter OF the blood.
Without good red blood man has a
weak heart and poor nerves.
In the spring is the best time to
take stock Of ope's condition. II the
blood is thin add watery, face pale or
pimply, generally weak. tired and
listless, one should take spring tonic.
One that will do the spring house
cleaning, an old-fashioned herbal rem
edy that was used by everybody nearly
SO years ago is still safe and sane
because it contains no alcohol or mar
cotic. 1t is made up of Blood root,
Golden Seal root, Oregon Grape root,
Queens root, Stone root, Black Cherry
bark = extracted with glycerine and
made into liquid or tablets. This
blood tonic was first put out BY DR..
Pierce in ready-to-use form and since
then has been sold by r2iIlion bottles
as DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry. II druggists do not keep this in tab
let form, send 90 cents for vial to Dr..
Pierce's, 1nvalids' Hotel, Buffalo, n. Y.
Kidney disease carries away large
percentage of our people. What is to
be done? The answer is a"-<. Eat less
meat, eat coarse, plain = with plenty
OF vegetables, drink pieusy of water
between meals, and take an uric acid
solvent after meals for a while, suc!, as
Anuric double strength) Z, obtainable at
almost any drug store. 1t was first
discovered by DR.. Pierce. Most every
one troubled with uric acid finds that
Anuric dissolves the uric acid as hot
uater does Snpar Won oao Obtain
q trial package by sending ten cents
to Doctor Pierces Invalids' Hotel e
Surgical Institute III Buffalo, y. Y,
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BY HARRY 6. HUNT.
Special Staff Oispatch,

Washington, D.. C., May THE al
lies do not desire entrance of Holland
into the war. even on their own side
They would much prefer she remain
neutral.
Hollands entrance would add new
difficulties, virtually offsetting the
benefits of her participation.
This is the view Of a high military
official in Washington, a former mem,
Der of the general staff acknowledged
one of the most astute of American:
strategists.
Hollands participation in the war
on the side of Germany would be OF
immense help to the central powers
just now this official declares. "The
chief advantage would be in man
power gained. Holland would bring to
Germany, Immediately available, be
tween 100000 and 100000 trained sol
diers. These troops would be avail
able without any problems of trans
portation. They are already on the
continent, within quick reach of the
fighting zone,
This man-pOwer, however, would
be of much less help to the allies.
TO begin with. Dutch troops would
have Dutch territory to defend. Few
if any of them could be expected to
join with allied forces in France. If
such could be spared, they would
have to be transported by water to
England and then to France. or past
the submarine infested coast If Bel'
GUM, where Germany's U.5Cat bases
are, to France.
There would, in fact, however, be
little. expectation of participation by
Dutch troops in fighting on the west
ern front.
Instead to prevent sacrifice Of Hol-
land to Germany, as Roumania was
sacrificed when Russia collapsed, the
allies would have to throw consid-
cradle forces into Holland.
can entirely new and aggressive ma
val policy, which England has not
been ready to assume, would have to
be adopted. If such a naval policy
was adopted and the Dutch coast kept
free from destroyer and submarine
raids, the result would be helpful to
the allies, as it would effectually cu,
the German naval forces operating
from Belgium off from their home
fleet
Germany probably would rather
] ave Holland join the allies than re-
main neutral, for then she might
seize by force, unless the allies were
able to lend quick help, what she hes
itates now to take.
'One big factor that has prevented
Holland from yielding to German pres
sure and joining the war on her side.
is the colonies. Hollands big source OF
wealth lies in Java, Sumatra, Dutch
New Guinea and other possessions.
Loss of these would be an immense
blow. Virtual certainty Of their loss
was all that prevented Holland from
joining Germany at the time we seiz-
ed the Dutch merchant fleet.
Holland realizes that her old pro-
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Men ard Women Are Responding to the Appeal Give Them
selves for Heroic Service

And Jesus took the CUP Gao
great painter has pictured Him stand
ing and raising it aloft with strong
lines in His face. And Jesus took the
cup, and gave it to His disciples ant
said: This is my blood-drink We al
Of it--thiS do in rem embrance of Nc
For as oft as We drink this cup We
shall proclaim my death-do it till
come again. But when | come, it viii
be in my pOWer-to Sc up My Kino
DOM"
May not this impressive ceremony
have been a reminder of the ,"sacra
mentum'-the Roman soldiers oath
of fealty?
1t was some days before the dis
ciples fully grasped what Jesus
meant. 1t required the actual crucifix
ion and the resurrection to give them
the vision of world to be re'leemec
through the gospel entrusted to them
The sacrifice of Jesus and the Cos
pei which he proclaimed included {,
distinst message no student Of early
church history can doubt.
Very shortly these disciples were ar
rested and charged with preaching (.
gospel that was turning the world UP.
side down"
Growing out of the commission OF
Jesus to His disciples and particular;
from His sacrificial death, colnmemor-
ated in the sacrament Of the Lords
Supper, there has since come an ap'
peal to men and women to give them'
selves to heroic service. And they are
responding to this appeal.
Men and women are waiting for
leadership which calls for sacrifice,
demanding of them that they suffer
and sweat-perhaps even unit a GetI
semane experience. This does not re-
fer simply to those who may 60 TO
Emission fields"-the church is crowd
ed with those who are ready to do
heroic things in their daily lives, right
here at home. Where are the leaders
who will rally them in this common
task?
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS is BIZ,
ENOUGH TO MEET EVERY NEED
OF THE HUMAN RACE. IT'S ALL
A QUESTION AS-TO WHETHER WI
ARE BIG ENOUGH TO APPLY 1T.
This war will give the church its
greatest chance. Will it make good?
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$50 fuldress uniforms, that he was
twice king, twice grand duke, IS
times a duke, twice a prince, nine
time count, besides cling bishop?
Did you know why he slaps his
right thigh all the time? OF course
you didn't Few people outside of tho
imperial circle knew them. They are
secrets as carefully guarded as has
been the proof that Germany planned
and started the war. rs%
All these things and many more in
the private life of the Jakal of Eu.
rope, who has plunged the whole world
into war and sorrow, are shown in
THE Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin"
at the Bismarck theatre tonight. TO
miss it is to miss the most illuminat-
ing expose of this enemy of mankind.
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Pro-German Press Worse in
Holland Than in America
BY MILTON BRONNER.
Special Staff DISPATCH.

Washington, y. c., May If ltti'
Holland preserves her neutrality i
will be in spite of German spies, wnt
simply crowd every Dutch city, an(
| in spite of highly organized pro-Ger
man press.
| What the German machine did an;
tried to do in America is as nothing
to what is being done in the Dutch
kingdom.
Fear of the fate of Belgium has
been dangled before Dutch eyes. De
pendence of Holland upon German,
coal has been emphasized And late
ly Americas seizure of Dutch ships
has been harped OH.
Among Dutch newspapers there has
been evidenced a feeling that it will
)e impossible for Holland to keep out
Of war in the long run The only moot
questions were how long neutrality
would be preserved and on what side
Holland would come in.
In the main, the liberal press has
demanded a firmer and prouder att.
tude. while the conservative papers
insisted that neutrality be preserved
at all costs, and also carried propa-
ganda against the allies.
These papers tend to adopt the Ger
man formula, "the war of England
and America against Europe"
The Telegraf. friendly 10 the allies.
in an issue printed before we seized
Dutch ships and when it looked as ii
all disputed matters had been settled
spoke of the friendly feeling Of 10
Dutch towards America and the ell
telte, to which the News Van Den
Dag at once replied that thte editor
must lack all shame to write thus
He added bitterly:
For the present no grain is en-
pecteI here from America except for
the Belgian Relief commission. And
our hungry workers viii have to I'M
load it,
Ilandelsblad, in it's Berlin cores
nondence. carried a significant inter
view with Baron Won Dem Busch.
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WORKERS READY
TO FIGHT FOR
THEIR RIGHTS
Declare Suspension of Parlia.
mert Demonstration of
Pure Absolutism
CONCESSIONS AND THREAT

Rerne, Switzerland, May Labor
and socialist organizations in Aus.
ira threaten to revolt against the
governments action in suspending
parliament. Swiss newspapers print
telegram to Vienna to the effect
that a committee from the Socia list
party and a committee from the Ger.
man Socialist deputy club have de.
cided to issue manifesto to the
working class in regard to the gov.
eminent action in which the follow
ing declarations will be made:
''If absolutism is reesta blished our
of regard form pan-Germanisnl,
which is prolonging the war, the
working classes will be forced to
fight for their rights"
CONCESSIONS ANb THREATS
London. Eng. May 7.-rne latest
developments in the Austrian situa-
tiCn apparently can be summarized as
conversions to the Germans and
threats to the southern Slavs," say.
a dispatch from the Hague to the
Daily Mail t&
cat least continues the cores
pOndent, that is how the CzechS and
the southern Slavs regard the dccisio:.
of Premier Won Seydler to introduce
for Bohemia alone the Encouragement
of the provisional administration,
which was promised nearly a year
ago for Austria.
"The Austrian-Germans are press
ing for number of administrative
changes which would give them influ-
ence over the machinery Of the gov
eminent greatly in excess of their
numerical proportions"
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FEW KNOW THIS ABOUT
1.-THE KAISER, THE BEAST
OF BERLIN" At BISMARCK

Did you know that the kaiser had a
poisonfilled abscess in his ear. and
that if it burst he would tie a raving
manaic?
Did you know that the kaiser's lef;
arm is six inches shorter than his
right, and that the hand Is puny as a
cEild's? And did you know how he
carrie dit in order to disguise the de.
formity?
Did you know that the kaiser has g,
mania for adnliring beautiful hands.
which greatly embarasses the ladies
of his court. That he wears many
bracelets and feminine rings, copie,:
fro mthose he admires That he has
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undersecretary for foreign affairs, il
which he says Germans think Hol
and's neutrality has very strong pro-
ally coloring. He comments that Hol
land looks to Germany for coal and
that Americas seizure of Dutch ships
is an injury to Germany. Then he says
slyly:
America appears, however, so fal
as she pays any attention to the vital
interests of Holland, to build on Ger,
many's not allowing the related race
to starwe and freeze. Therein certain
ly lies correct estimation Of Ger
man thought, although Germany is
continually slandered by those same
enemies. 70 her regret Germany is
not always able during this fight for
her existence to show this benevolent
attitude. when her own interests are
in urgent opposition"
News Van Den Dag points out
that in certain contingencies Germany
will demand passage of the river
Sheldt for her submarines.
Vaderland had been in low water fl
nancially. Suddenly a Dutch fnan-
cier of German ancestry took place in
it. 1t has been bitterly against the al
lies ever since. Recently, in an arti-
Gle on America in the war, it said
England had been constantly forced
to yield to us. Then it exclaimed
savagely:
''r'ancy the Duke of Wellington call
ing on the help Of j. P. Morgan's oank
against the boches of Blucher!"
1t held that diplomats were paving
the way for united, all powerful Amer
lea to crush bankrupt Europe. The
catchword democracy" only conceal
ed Cur ambition to coQuer the world
market, and the only remedy was ~
Germanic alliance for the protection
OF Europe.
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lands could be built in 10 days to car
ry German army into Holland.
Holland is thus between two fires
If she joins Germans she loses her
colonies and her prospects for future
trade and prosperity. If she joins
the allies she is in danger of suffer
ing the fate Of Belgium, of being over
run and devastated.
The odds are slightly in favor Of
Hollands remaining neutral despite
all pressure brought to force her into
the fight
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JOHN BULL GOT
. UNDER HUN HIDE
AT ZEEBRUGGE
German Newspapers Admit Sue
cess of ''Fantastically Au-
daciOus Stroke"

London, May THAT the recent
British attack on the German subnar
inc base at Zeebrugge was successful
is admitted by the Frankfurter lei.
tung in commenting upon the assault
The newspaper urges that the German
navy take measures to deal with an
antagonist of remarkable boldness.
ut would be foolish to deny" it
says, that the British fleet scored a
great success thru Enthusiastically au.
dacious stroke in penetrating into
one Of the most important strong
holds over which the German flag
floats" |...