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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-26
BRITISH PILE
UP PRISONERS
Since Aug. Fl They Have
Captured 10000 Ger
mans
NEW DIVISIONS
IDENTIFIED
Approximately Half a Mil
lion Of Foe Have Faced
the British

Paris, Aug. 26 (Havas) The num-
Der Of prisoners taken by the British
since Aug 81 has reached 10000, the
Petit Journal declares.
According to La Journal three new
German divisions have been identified
opposite the British. Since Aug. near
ly fifty German divisions have been in
the fighting against the British.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-26
CONFESSION OF PLUMBER.
Many Machines Moved from Belgium
Into Germany.

New York, Aug 26.-open confession
Of German plundering Belgium and of
plans TO continue it were made at a
meeting Of the German economic com
mission for Belgium held at Brussels
June 10, 1915. A German official report
Of this meeting has just now come into
possession of the Belgian government and
has been made public here by the British
wireless service.
Governor General Won Kissing stated
at the meeting that the shortage of raw
materials in Belgium was partly due to
the fact that they were carried away at
the beginning of the war. Thousands Of
machines, he said, have been transported
to Germany to make war munitions.
Won Kissing said that he had two aims,
the good of Belgium and the prevention
Of any revival Of Belgian industry which
could harm German industries. He ex-
planned his solicitude for the good Of
Belgium by adding that "a squeezed lem
non ooses its value and bad COW gives
no milk"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-26
LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
1t Must Be Founded on United States
Great Britai nand France.

London, Aug. 20 correspondence OF
The Associated Press. "The United
States, Great Britain and France will be
the foundation of any league Of nations
and they must accept this burden at
once declared Sir Francis Trippel to an
Associated Press correspondent. Sir
Francis recently issued an appeal for the
immediate formation in England of a
Council for the advocacy of a league of
nations"
"The first thing TO be done, is TO divest
the scheme Of illusions" he said. "A
league OF nations is not an absolute sub
stitute for war 1t is not an absolute
guarantee Of peace, II does not mean
for the present, total disarmament. 1t
cannot be forgive and forget panacea.
"a league of nations must have the
power to enforce its DEGREES. That is the
crux of the whole question. If it has
not, it will go the way of all the rest.
Its chief function will be to remove
the causes of war. Ii must make il easy
for nations to cooperate and hard to
stand alone. If nation knows that a
league has no power to enforce its de-
crees, it has seant respect or scruple
for it,
docs anyone in his senses believe that
such league is even remotely possible
with a dominant Germany She is the
pariah nation of an angered world. If the
fight ends in draw, she remains domi-
nant. If it ended tomorrow, she would
snap her fingers at the deals of the uni
verse. Germany, as she is, is menace
to the worlds peace,
mo propaganda is more important at
the present time than the propaganda of
the league of nations. And its existence
depends upon Germany's defeat at her
own particular game the game Of war.
"A council for the advocacy of league
of nations will be necessary in every
country as far as possible, If imperial
istic tendencies and dynastic desires for
conflict are to be checked. We can begin
at any rate with the United States,
France and Great Britain. These three
western democracies are bound to form
an influential portion of any league of
nations in the near future.
"A preliminary council for Great Brit
ain should be formed from public men Of
all opinions"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-26
STORMY DAYS AFTER WAR.
Were Predicted BY Sir Alfred Booth, an
Englishman.

Liverpool, Aug. 6-"Stormy days
after the war were predicted recently by
Sir Alfred Booth, presiding at the annual
meeting of the Cunard line. The prin-
cipal dangers he foresaw were:
, Difficulty of debating currency and
credit without destroying confidence.
: The tendency to maintain government
control which, he said, would produce
deadening effect on enterprise,
international attempt to divide up the
raw materials Of the world among com
peting industries, making politics, in
stead of price the determining factor of
distribution. "The international zeal.
ousies engendered by such system, .
said Sir Alfred, would be sufficient to
kill any league of nations where we
might to form"
Labor unrest due to false hopes of a
new heaven and new earth.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-26
Bolsheviki Were Forced to
Retreat After Heavy
Fighting
SAYS MOSCOW REPORT
VIA AMSTERDAM
Soviet Troops Forced to Re-
tire in Region of
Trostaka

Amsterdam, Aug. %. Czecho- Slovak
and anti -bolshevik forces have reoccupied
the town of Kazan, on the river Volga,
says a Moscow dispatch to the Weser
Zeitung of Bremen. The bolsheyiki were
forced to retreat after heavy fighting.
A Moscow telegram giving statement
issued on Aug. p says that tffe soviet
troops had been forced to retire in the
region of Trostjaka in the direction of
Kadilsk, in the Pyshung district tsouth
of Archangel) but had successes in the
Kazan district. The bolsheviki now hold
positions some distance from Kazan.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-26
Hopeless Case,

Smith, hear Green was sent to
the lunatic asylum last week. Is it
true?
Jones--Yes! poor fellow; he's ast
crazy as a bedbug. Had mania for,
exchanging umbrellas every chance hei
got.
Smith-Pshaw Almost any man
will do that II he has half a chance.
Jones-Yes, but poor Green always
left a better one than he took.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-26
AIR MAIL SERVICE OLD.
Has Been Operating Between Paris and
London Year and Half.


Paris, Aug. 26. Cables from America
describing the institution Of an aerial
mail service between New York, Phil
adelphia and Washington have led to
the revelation that regular service has
been in force between Paris and London
for a year and half. This service has
been conducted by the military author
tiles and has been used only for official
messages and documents.
Captain Pierron, French army avia-
tor, was the sole pilot until few days
ago when he met with fatal accident in
making landing. He had made over a
hundred trips between the two capitals,
each voyage taking about three hours, at
an average rate Of rs miles an hour. The
distance covered between Paris and Lon
don was about 230 miles, the distance be-
tween New York and Washington.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-26

two very bad at
tacks of inflamma-
ton. My doctor
said he could do
nothing more for
me and ! W o III d
have to go to the
hospital for an
opera att on, but
Lydia Z. Pink
h a ms Vegetable
Compound and
Sanative w a sh
have entirely cured
me of my troubles
and ] am now in
good health. ] am
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-26
A Deal in Kisses,

"That little brother of yours is a case.
He told me just now that he should ex-
pect quarter if | kissed you"
Mercy! You didn't give him anything,
did your"
81 gave him dollar in advance. -
Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-26
SUGAR-SAvING SWEETS.
Stuffed Fruits and Popcorn.

~ . AAAeo "AAN " $500
Stuff dates, figs and raisins with
nuts, candied fruits, or soft sugar
less candies. These may be cut in
small sections and dipped in choco-
late. Make,popcorn balls and pea
nut brittle with corn syrups. Pop
corn may also be used to form
considerable portion of fondant,
fudge, molasses taffy and other
candies made from corn syrup, ma
pie sugar, molasses or honey.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-26
BY AMERICAN BISHOP
Ordination Service Was Conducted on
English Soil.

London, Aug, 80 For the first time in
the history Of England, an American
bishop has conducted an ordination serv
ice on the soil Of the British Isles. 1t
was strictly wartime ceremony, being
the installation Of Warren dudley, an
American, as a minister of the Methodist
Episcopal church The service took place
at the headquarters of the American
Y. M. c, A. in London, in the presence of
number of notable ministers of various
denominations, both English and Amer
lean.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-26
Training Kitchen for War Workers.

The departments demonstration and
training Kitchen in Washington conduct
ed by the boys and girls section Of the
Office Of extension work north and west,
Is center of important training and
demonstration activities. During the
last year 70 state, assistant state, coun-
ty, and local leaders of boys and girls
club work have been given special train
ing in this kitchen on methods of con
Quoting war saving demonstrations in
canning, drying and bread making, and
II is also the center of the instruction in
other activities of the boys and girls
clubs, such as garment making, poultry,
corn and potato demonstrations. The
record of the years work just completed
shows that 4S6 complete demonstrations
were given and q regular training con
ferences with leaders were held. The
leaders carry this instruction to the
thousands of junior Americans enlisted
in this branch Of extension work,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-26
An embargo on shipments Of corn fror

An embargo on shipments of corn from
Massachusetts, to Vermont has been an
nounced by the Vermont commissioner
of agriculture because of the discovery
in some sections of Massachusetts Of
an insect known as the European corn
borer. The quarantine, which becomes
effective on Aug 20, applies to stalks
and ears Of the corn plant, green or
dried, but not to the ordinary CONNER
cal dry shelled corn used for feeding
purposes, or to any corngrown in other
states and passing through Massachu-
setts.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-26

WUUuUIHe d., DIVVhIJHj ~ =
Operations upon women In our hos
pitfalls are constantly on the increase,
but before submitting to an operation
for ailments peculiar to their sex every
woman owes it to herself to give that
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham' s Vegetable Compound, a trial.
If complications exist write Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
advice.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-26
DOCTOR COULD
NOT help her
But Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound Saved
Her from a Serious
Operation.

Brooklyn, N. Y.--"I suffered some
thing dreadful from displacement and
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-26

willing you should use my
testimonial and hope to benefit
other suffering women by 80
doing. Mrs. T. PLATT, 8
- CO pronIyI.y,o NJ "
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09
The Prince of Hypocrites

For many years, the emperor of
Germany has posed as the fore
most peace advocate of the world.
On the contrary, he is the prince
of all the damnable -hypocrites
who have cursed the world since
its creation.
Because
If he were sincere in his pro-
testations, he would at once abdi-
cate his throne and his power,
turn out all his war lords and
proclaim to the world that, being
held by all civilization as respon-
sible for the hell now existing in
Europe, he was more of a philan-
thropist than chief agent of the
devil and, by Indicating, he would
prove to the whole world that he
is honest and sincere in all the
claims that, in the many years
past, he has made for himself as
being the prince of peace. Were
he, under the present fearful con-
ditions, to do this, he would estab-
lish himself in history as the most
magnanimous, as the greatest
man in history, and the world
would ring with his praises for
all time to come. But, will he?
Of course, no! His ambition
to rule the world and, that too.
with a rod of iron, dwarfs all Of
his nobler instincts and impells
him to plunge the world into the
greatest catastrophe and unspeak-
able horror that ever afflicted hui
mainly.
In view of this, the very first
condition of peace to be demand
ed by the allies should be the COM
plete elimination Of the House of
Hohenzollern from the affairs Of
the world.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09
Good Policy for Florida

Florida has not been asked to
keep quiet and, even though the
railroad authorities do not en-
courage passenger traffic, the
state should continue to tell all
who wish to hear that there is a
welcome for those who desire to
change their headquarters, or
even get away from a severe win
ter, in. the Land of Flowers. If
the question be asked, "How tell
them? ?" the answer is, Through
the newspapers. The newspa-
per is an accredited messenger. It
cannot afford to tell anything but
the truth and, if tempted to exag-
gerate, or deviate from the
straight path, it's usefulness is
soon gone. The newspaper is the
only messenger, besides the per-
sonal letter, which can enter the
business mans private office and
talk to him confdentially. The
newspapers, and particularly
Florida s newspapers, must take
up the whole plan of advertising
the state this season, and tell the
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

of this town would make it the
most prosperous village of its size
in all Florida. Within five miles
of the town, we have lands capa-
BILE of producing annually 100000
crates of vegetables, and we have
less than fifty truckers. Further,
Plant City gets over a hundred
thousand dollars a year for straw
berries alone and, if you win
merely stroll across the railroad
on the paved highway south of
town and talk with II. M. Driver
and Charley Windham, who are
strawberry experts, they will
convince you that, in the produc-
ton of premium strawberries,
Punta Gorda lands can beat any
thing between here and Passama-
quoddy Bay.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09
Keep Him in the Treasury

Commenting upon The Herald s
suggestion that Hon. John G. Lun-
ing, prestnt state treasurer, would
make an ideal governor, the Tai
lahassee Record says:
"All that Mr.. Jordan says of
Mr.. Luning is true. Had Bro.
Jordan attended the Press Asso-
citation meeting he would have
found out, among other things, as
an old newspaper man, that Mr..
Luning is one of the most popular
men in the state. Mr.. Luning, as
state treasurer, is a member Of
every board at the capitol except
the pardon board. He is level
headed, never gets excited, and
his business Judgment is always
clear. For that reason he is just
the man to continue holding the
place he now occupies. We be-
lieve he can render the people of
the state more real genuine ser
vice as state treasurer than as
governor, and for that reason this
paper, as well as some others
that we know of, will oppose any
change. When you've got real
good man, keep him where he be-
longs"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09
No Food Waste at Arcadia

Occasionally some Florid d
newspaper breaks forth in right.
eous indignation about the ere.
ported" waste of food going on at
Arcadia's two aviation camps.
The first noise was probably
made by the striking carpenters,
some of whom claimed to have
quit their jobs on account of the
poor fare at the camps.
Other "reports" were probably
founded upon the fact that sever
al truck loads Of garbage are
hauled away from the camps dali
ly. This garbage consists princi-
pally of scraps from the kitchen
and the mess halls where hun
dreds of men dine. In the aggre-
gate it makes a fine lot of hog
feed, for which purpose it is be-
ing used. When an ordinary
family has enough table waste to
feed pig or few chickens it can
easily be understood how this gar
bage can, accumulate where a
thousand men, who will not stand
for meal of scraps and rehashed
stuff, are fed.
But perhaps the climax of this
sort of complaint has been reach
ed when a negro employee at the
camp quit his job and returned to
his home at Ocala and was given
lengthy interview in the manner
in which he exposed this great
waste of the nation s food supply.
Whatdyeknow about that?
Perhaps this smell treachery
bunch would like to see the bows
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

story of Florida's attractions and
opportunities clearly and inter-
estingly. The year will show
something in results, and it is pos
sible that, when the totals are dis
cussed in the spring of 1919, it
may be found that plain black ink
on white paper has been as effect
i've as tht most highly colored
maps and pictures on tinted book
paper have proved in seasons
past.-Times- Union.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

1t is reported that the Florida
Livestock Association will raise
$4,000 reward for the first five
convictions of men guilty of cut
ting fences in DeSoto county. The
State Bankers Association at its
late meeting appropriated $3.50
towards the reward.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

Up to the middle of last week,
Wauchula truckers had shipped
148,348 crates of vegetables, for
which the net returns were $780,
Punta Gorda people
should study these figures and un-
derstand that AN addition of
$300,000.00 to the circulating cash
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

Ocala Banner:-Seven thous-
and cigarmakerS are on a strike in
Tampa. If they are able to go
out on a strike, it seems to us they
ought to be able to go out on the
farms or march away to the front.
1t is no time to strike, even for
those engaged in manufacturing
articles of luxury pure and sim
Dle
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

Gov. Cats has appointed Col.
W. f, Stovall, editor Of the Tam
pa Tribune, as a delegate from
Florida to the Win the War and
Permanent Peace convention to be
held in Philadelphia, May 1918.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09
--W.S.S.

1t is stated that, in some regions
of the country, they are re-organ-
ling the KuKlux Klan to deal
with German spies. Having been
a member of the Knights of the
White Camelia, which was part
of the KuKlux Khan, we cannot
understand how its methods could
be successfully applied to the Ger
man evil. The old-fashioned
Western Vigilantes would appear
to be more suitable to the situa-
ton. The KuKlux thraShed of
Tenders, but never killed any one
Hess it was absolutely mavoida-
bic. if ST. Tr'"rg'rrs,
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

who are fighting our battles
forced to get diving-belt and go
down swill barrel for their
breakfast. For our part we want
them to have the very best of
wholesome rations, and plenty of
it, and We don't want to see one
class of them fed on the best while
it is fresh and another class eat
the scraps.-Arcadia Enterprise,
May Ord.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09
-------W.S.S.'

Some of the East Coast newspa-
pers are making the mistake of
saying good things about Ion Far
ris, who is running for some office
over there. In the legislature, he
proved himself an enemy to the
newspapers. He is a fine, genial
fellow, but, down with him!
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

Oldsmar, the new, progressive
town in Pinellas county, believes
in advertising, and as a result is
growing by leaps and bounds.
Nothing pays as well as judicious,
truthful advertising.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

Key West goes dry by order of
the government and no alcoholic
liquors can be sold or even given
away in the Island City without
provoking the wrath of Uncle
Sam.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

We are going to vote for Crom-
well Gibbons for state attorney
general, and we don't care who
knows it. But he deserves high
err office.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09
MSS

1t took the Northern hotel keep
ers in Florida a long time to learn
that corn bread is the best bread
to serve with fish, but they learn
ed it.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

Ocala Star "A public speaker
needn't feel so much fiattered if
his audience cheers very often.
Sometimes they would rather hear
themselves cheer than hear him
talk.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

If George Goolsby and Wilbur
,Whitehurst should have their
way, the mother of DeSoto county
would not know her child when
they shall have finished. Shame
upon these boys.-Arcadia News.
Well, then, according to your
logic, a fellow must not put on
long trousers or grow whiskers
for fear his mother may not
recognize him.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

Ocala pays six cents per kilo-
wat for electricity. That's cheaper
than whiskey, and perhaps ex-
plains the fact that Ocala "went
dry long ago.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09
STATE PRESS COMMENT

Ocala Star IF everybody was
as courteous and appreciative as
Brother Jordan, how pleasant life
would be!
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09
Pay your poll tax right now, If
YOU wish to vote next month.

Unless you pay your poll tax by
Saturday night of this week, you
will not be permitted to vote in
next months primary.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

Ocala Star The Germans may
bomb a whole lot Of American
churches without killing many A
merican men.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

In view of the fact that Arcadia
has voted over $300,000.00 to
build brick roads to the aviation
camps, we do not hesitate to say
that the threat to remove the
camps because of bad roads, is
outrageous. We will observe,
however, that Arcadia is paying
dearly for her whistle" Thank
God! Punta Gorda is too poor to
do anything except buy war saw
ing stamps and small liberty
bonds and "chip in" an OCCASION
al dollar for the Red Cross.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

Mrs. Potter Palmer, noted Chi
cago society woman and owner of
a splendid estate in southern Man
aztec county, died of pneumonia,
Sunday night, at her home near
Sarasota. She was great friend
Of Florida, one Of the states fore
most developers. and her death is
universally deplored. But why
should she have died of pneumo-
mia? Something wrong.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

Tampa Tribune Editor Jor-
dan would make the editorial
pages Of the New York World
bristle and scintillate. Yet he is
in love with Punta Gorda. What
can be done about it?
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

Lakeland Telegram There s
a fish on exhibition in Tampa that
weighs 10000 pounds, they say.
Awe III bet anything it the very
identical one that got away from
us one time, and (which we have
tried to tell unbelieving friends
about ever since.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09


nd
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

In Ordering change of address, please
give old as well as new address. Sub
scribers failing to get any issue of the
paper that may get lost in mails will
be supplied with extra copy on request
for same
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

Pa m Beach Post Editor
Jones of Arcadia, who was run
ming for the legislature in his
county, has withdrawn in the in
terest of harmony. If George
Goolsby would do the same thing,
maybe they would have peace in
DeSoto.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-09

continued should notify the office II.
writing on date of expiration, other
wise it will be continued at the regular
rate of subscription until notice to stop
is received,