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Special Rule Invoked.

The appropriation committee amend
ment providing the general salary in
crease received immediate attention
following the } gisla tive appropriation
bill through pecia1 rule brought in
by Chairman Pou of the rules commit
tee. Chairman Sherley of the House
appropriation committee stated on the
floor, in answer to Representative Bor-
land of Missouri. that this rule had been
invoked because Mr.. Borland had no.
titled him that he would object to
unanimous consent.
AS Representative Borland served no.
tice that he intended to make an effort
to have his minimum eight-hour day
amendment Joined on to this omnibus
salary increase bill by making the in
creases available only fol government
employees in departemnts which main
tain minimum eight hour day. the
time for debate the committee
amendment and the Borland amend
ment was fixed by agreement before
the House closed last night
Each side of the House Is to be al
, lowed thirty minutes for general de-
bate on the salary increase amend
ment. The amendment will then be
read by sections. and at the end of
each section amendments may be Of
fered. Five minutes will be allowed
| to each side of the House for debate e
! on the amendment to each section.
When the entire bill has been read Rep
| rcsentative Borland is to be allowed to
! propose his eight-hour-day amend
| ment. Thirty minutes for debate will
be allowed to each side of the House
| 10 discuss the Borfand amendment. the
! leaders on each side having agreed that
| this time will be equally divided be-
! tween those in favor Of the Borland
| amendment and those opposed to it.
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clearly that cellars are the safest shell
ters. affording protection against
bombs, saerial torpedoes and inflamma-
BILE missiles. In some instances houses
have been almost demolished without
damage to the cellars. A special de-
partment has been organized by the
police to give any householder an
opinion as to the strength of his cellar.
Two policemen were killed and three
injured in the air raid. One of the
wounded policemen was awarded the
military medal >4''
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Official Statement.

The Official statement on the air raid
says:
The number Of victims Of last nights
bomba ardment is now known. In Paris
twenty were killed and fifty in
jured; in the suburbs. five were killed
and twenty-nine injured. Unfortu-
nately. to these must be added sixty
six others who were crushed to death
by crowd in a panic at the entrance
to the Metropolitan subway station,
last victims of German barbarism are
almost all women and children. One
hospital was damaged seriously by
bombs. which killed six and injured
seven.
The points where the bombs fell,
both in Paris and in the immedia te
neighborhood. were not very numer-
GUS, as a large number of enemy ma
the. artillery barrage. They dropped
projectiles on suburbs for a great dis
tance from Paris.
During the raid four German xv3-
arors were brought down within our
lines. Two fell in the region of Cha
teau Thierry, one near Meaux and the
other near scissors. Three of these
were of the Gotha type, while the
fourth was an ordinary two-seater.
stroyed by fire and the pilot and crew
burned to death Most of the other
crews were not injured
Dirigible Raids Naples.
NAPLES. Tuesday. March 12.-The
air raid made on Naples early on Mon
day was carried out by a dirigible bal
loon, which was flying at such an alti-
tude that it was impossible to aim
bombs at military objectives, but
dropped explosives at random over the
city. The dirigible remained only a
few minutes over Naples, and the vic
tins were all civilians. The material
damage was limited to private houses,
asylums and churches. Sixteen people
were killed and forty wounded
Among the places where bombs were
dropped were along the Via Roma and
Corso Vittorio Emanuele and at the
asylum of the Little Sisters Of the
Poor, where seven were killed and
fourteen injured.
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Americans Render Help.

The American Red Cross was again
prominent in rendering help tp the
Wounded. While the raid upon Paris
Vas in progress French machines exc
c,tted a counter air offensive upon the
enemy's airdromes from which the Ger
man raiders had started. More than
tho Gothas' landing fields, and the
nroba abilities seem to be that many Of
them made disastrous landings upon
their return.
A sergeant in the quartermaster's de-
nartment of the American Army, who
vas acting as a chauffeur for the de-
partment in Paris, was injured slightly
in last nights raid.
In certain hospital in the Paris dis
trict six persons were killed and seven
injured by bombs dropped by the Ger
man airmen.
Cellars Safest Shelters.
An official note issued tonight says
the two recent raids have shown
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Holland Has Until
Next Monday to Agree
to Allied Proposals

After months of delay and unsuccess
full negotiations with the Netherlands
the United States and Great Britain
have decided to take over for allied
use all Dutch ships in allied ports or
March IS. unless the Netherlands gov.
ernment accepts an agreement to tina,
purpose before that time.
This move will bring practically a
million tons of ships to the aid of the
allies at a time when they are sorely
needed.
The Netherlands minister. Augustus
Phillips. had an engagement with Pres
ident Wilson today. and it was expect
ed he would present from his \govern-
ment a final appeal that the action be
delayed. or at least modified
Not Expected to Recede.
There are no indications, however,
that the allied governments will re-
cede from their decision. In fact, a
final communication is understood to
have been presented already at The
Hague by the British and American
diplomatic representatives.
In addition to being recompensed for
the loss of any of the ships, the Dutch
are to receive liberal compensations in
EXPORT privileges of breadstuffs. which
they need badly.
German Pressure Expected.
German pressure is expected to deter
the Netherlands government from ac-
cepting the agreement the allies pro-
under International law is looked upon
as a logical solution and not entirely
an unfortunate one for Holland.
officials and diplomats here have no
fears that the taking over of the Dutch
ships will force Holland into the war,
as has been predicted in some quarters.
They are certain that Holland will con-
tinue her policy of neutrality.
The taking over of all the Dutch
fleets is the greatest move of its kind
since the beginning of the war.
Holland in State of Duress.
Holland obviously is in a state of
duress, terrorized by the German sub
marine menace. The necessity of feed
ing the neutral nations of the world.
officials hold. calls for the use of every
available ton of shipping.
The United States and Great Britain
go no further in the requisitioning
than Holland proposed to go until Ger
man threats prevented putting into
effect the voluntary agreement already
negotiated.
guarded in every way. with ample food
supplies. and the United States and
Great Britain undertake to facilitate
the continuance Of Dutch sailings to
their East Indian colonies and to pro-
vide bunkers for such ships, so that
Holland will be relieved from any ap-
prehension as to the future of her
colonies and their trade.
Oficials say the proposal to take
over Dutch ships involves nothing new
in international law, but is an exer-
else of recognized sovereign rights,
such as have been exercised by Ger
mahy herself
Voluntary Agreement.
The voluntary agreement negotiated
for Dutch shipping provided for the
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Voluntary Agreement.

The voluntary agreement negotiated
for Dutch shipping provided for the
to replace ships sailing from this side
with supplies, but Germany prevented
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Months Of Negotiations.

The negotiations with HOLLAND have
been in progress for many months ana
IL was expected an arrangement would
be reached last Christmas. The. Ger
mans, however, were continually bring
ing pressure to bear upon Holland, and
the delay in reaching an agreement oD-
Grated continuously to the advantage of
Germany and the disadvantage Of the
allies.
Realizing the difficult position of Hol-
land, the allies decided to force an i'm
mediate settlement. While Germany
has been obstructing the employment
of Dutch tonnage by the allies she has
been enjoying the use of Dutch barge
tonnage on the German canals to an
amount greater than the ocean-going
tonnage which the allies will obtain
under the new arrangement.
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A similar arrangement already made
in the case of Norway is working sat
isfactorily to the Norwegian owners
and shipping interests.
The allied decision finds legal basis
in the Lex Angaria. or the law covering
the forcib1e seizure of ship for public
use. under which belligerent nation
may use natural tonnage il adequate
compensation is paid. The Germans ex-
ercised this right on British vessels in
the France-Prussian war.
AS regards Dutch ships in other than
ports in Great Britain and the United
States, 1t is believed the arrangement
includes a number of such vessels in
far eastern ports.
A telegram from The Hague yester-
day stated that the Dutch foreign office
had learned that clearances had been
refused to several Dutch vessels at
Singapore. IL
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OF $3.50
INCREASE PLANNED
Representative Keating viii
Endeavor to Substitute for
Rate Urged Yesterday.
HAS SUPPORT OF LABOR

The proposal made by Represents
tive Edward Keating of Colorado.
father of the salary increase meas
ure. that the increase should be
changed from $12O to $50 means ms
follows:
All those of the 5000 grade AID
under would receive n 30 per cent
Increase instead of the 10 per cent
increase they are now receiving,
which would make their salary plus
bonuS $3.50 instead Of $500 and $S2S
as at present.
In the grades between $500 and
5000 the percentage OF Increase
would be from 20 to 30. with the SAL
ary mt the 5000. $1.OSO instead of
$500 as at present. At the $1,000
would be Is ms against 5 at present.
bringing the total salary up to $1,3SO
instead of 1890 as at present.
At the $1,sOO grade the percentage
of increase would be 10 as against s
mt present. bringing the salary up
ent.
At the $1,000 grade, the percent-
age of increase would be Q. making
clear increase of $50. hGcause the
$2'o0O grade Is not fno'x der the
and 10 per cent hokixQAn increase.
SO. So that h" ,1 thu amt. s. ssnt would would
over the and 10 ID cent now In
operation Of Il TT Der cent over
the total salary hqpf being received.
If the $50 inet>3se In allowed. thes
salary increaseswil be $3.50 grade
to $500. from $50 to $z20, from 5000
to $3.50. frem $66o to $40. from $7cO
to $500. from $40 to $1,000, from
$500 to 81 1.OSO. from $1,000 to S1.1SO.
from 81 200 to II $50. from u 400 to
$3.50. from $1.6OO to S1.7SO, from
81 500 to 81 $50, from $1,000 to $3.50.
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ZEPPELIN, AGAIN
BOMBS ENGLAND
Five Killed, Nine Injured in At
tack Upon Town of
HartIepool.
FOES LOSSES IN PARIS RAID

By the Assoctated Press.
LONDON, March 14.-In last nights
air raid one airship crossed the coast
and dropped four bombs on Hartlepool,
Six dwelling houses were demolished
there and thirty were damaged. Five
persons were killed and nihe injured.
The following oficial statement was
issued:
"Only one airship crossed the coast
last night 1t dropped four bombs on
Hartlepool The raider. which was oper-
ating at a great altitude, remained over
land only a few minutes. and the re-
nainder of Is bombs appear to have fallen
into the sea.
six dwelling houses were demolished
and about thirty damaged. The latest
police reports state that the following
casualties occurred:
"Killed-one man. one woman. three
children; injured-three men, one woman.
FIVE children"
Second in Two Days.
Jast nights air raid was the second
made in two days over England by Zep-
pelins, which previously had not been
employed in these attacks for several
months In neither case, however. was
an attempt made to reach the London
district, where German dirigibles met
with disaster on previous expeditions.
In Tuesday nights raid Hull was
bombed. HartlepooI, attacked last night.
is a North sea port of some $1,000 in
habitants in northern England.l
German Losses in Paris Raid.
PARIS, Tuesday, March 12.-Four
German machines brought down and
ffteen trained aviators, mechanics and
pilots killed or made prisoner were the
German casualties in last nights air at
tack on Paris.
The raid was attempted on scale of
magnitude hitherto unapproached. nine
souadrons participating in the attack.
some of the machines followed the
rivers Disc and Ourcq. while others
came along the Creil-Paris and Sois-
sons-Paris railroads.
The percentage of the units that sue
ceeded in reaching Paris was small The
aerial defense has improved greatly
since the time of former raids. and
manv of the German machines were
forced back and obliged to drop their
cargoes of bombs in vacant fields in
the suburbs. .
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Freiburg Works Attacked.

On Wednesday afternoon British mir.
planes attacked munitions works and
barracks at Freiburg, Germany, accord
ing to an official statement on aerial
operations.
Nearly ten tons of bombs were DROP
ped" says the statement "AIl our ma
chimes reached their objective.
TN addition to the raid reported in
last nights statement, over three tons
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WEATHER.

Rain and warmer tonight; tomorrow.
colder and probably fair.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending 2 pm. today: Highest. 56. at
pm. yesterday: lowest, AZ. at am.
today.
Full report on page IA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-14

The committee report was for a nat
increase of $3.50. Representative Keat-
ing. with the support of labor leaders
in the House. will endeavor to have
the $3.50 rate substituted, as he feels
that the House generally Is disposed to
grant higher percentage.
While the percentage of increase un-
der the $3.50 fiat rate runs from s to 25
per cent. it is being called to the atten-
tion of the House that this would in
clude the present 5 and 10 per cent tn
creases, so that the additional increase
would run only from 1 to Is per cent
AS the cost of living has increased tre-
mendously during the last year since
the 5 and 10 per cent increase was al
lowed, and as the committee has be-
fore it food statistics showing that the
price of food has increased from 40 to
so per cent in the last year. friends of
the clerks in the House are hopeful
that they will be able to get an increase
beyond the S120 fiat rate.
Consideration of the omnibus salary
increase measure in the House was de-
layed today when the legislative com
mittee in charge Of the appropriation
bill gave way to consideration of the
railroad conference report.
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An official note issued tonight says
the two recent raids have shown
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Proposal to increase from $120 to $3.50
the fiat salary increase recommended by
the appropriations committee of the
House to all civilian employees of the
federal and District governments, a pro-
vided in the committee aseadment in
troduced in the House yesterday, is to be
made late this afternoon by Representa-
tive Edward Keating of Colorado, father
of the salary increase measure.
The appropriations committee has
had before it during the hearings and
committee discussions on the proposed
salary increase measure three scales
of fat increase. One was for $120. or
$40 a month; the second for $144, or
$12 q month, and the third for $3.50. or
SIS month.
Statistics showing the percentage of
increase given in each grade Of service
under these three fat increases and as
compared with the 5 and 10 per cent
increases, which automatically stop
July 1, were before the committee and
discussed at length
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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-09-12

Herald subscribers whose SUBJ
scriptions have expired are again
reminded that, unless they pay up
in a few days, we will have to O.
hey the orders of the War Indus
tries Board and drop their names
from our list. We should greatly
regret to lose even one subscriber,
and we hope that every one will
pay up Immediately.
Notices were mailed last Thurs
day to all who are in arrears, but
up to this date only few have
responded. If those who have not
responded really wish to continue
getting the paper, they should let
us know at once.
Any subscriber can tell when
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his subscription expires.
Please renew your subscriptions
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Election of Senior Officers.

Tuesday afternoon the presi.
dent of the senior class called a
meeting in room four, for the pur.
pose of electing officers for the fol
lowing term. They were as fol
lows:
Anna Mae Skies, president
Bertha Hagan, vice-president
Nina Mae Stephens, secretary ;
Elizabeth Coram, treasurer.
The president then took the
chair and appointed the following
to serve on the news committee /:
Audrey Sands, chairman; Mary
Hagan, Florrie Provau.
A report was then given by the
treasurer and the minutes were
read by the. secretary, after which
she was asked to order sample
rings and pins for the inspection
of the class. After which. the class
adjourned to meet the 10th of Oct.
NINA NAE STEPHENS. Sec.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-09-12
An Enjoyable Affair

Last Saturday evening at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hancock
a farewell party was given in hon.
or of Misses May and Eva Cole
At nine o'clock a boat ride was
greatly enjoyed by all.
After returning to Mrs. Han
cocks home from the boat ride,
games were played, patriotic
songs were sung and "last but not
least" delicious refreshments of
ice cream and cake were served.
All who were present agreed
that they had enjoyed a most de-
lightful evening.
Those present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Hancock, Mrs. Davis, Misses
Esther Oswald, Frances Wing,
May and Eva Cole, Mamie Burn
ham, Irene Gatewood, Lucy Mer-
ril Ingram, Betty and Lura Rawls,
F1orrie Provau, Edith Herndon
and Audrey Sands.
There were fifteen boys from
the camps, but the writer failed
to remember all of their Names
A GUEST.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-09-12

route, she stopped over on school
business at Kissimmee, where she
viii be joined today by her sister,
Miss May Cole, who will also
teach in the Cocoa high school,
and the two will go on together to
that place.
DR.. Geo. s. Stone, local repre-
sentative of the American Fish
Products Cor, has started a force
of knitters to work making big
nets with big meshes to catch big
fish, which will be converted into
edible products and fertilizers.
Their skins will be made into
leather. The work of knitting is
being done in a store room of the
Newman and Sandlin block.
Mrs. w. S. Jennings, state
chairman of the Woman's War
Work Council, has appointed Mrs.
A. p. Jordan of Punta Gorda,
chairman for DeSoto county. AS
Mrs. Jordan is purchasing agent
for the local Red Cross chapter,
secretary of the Civic Association
and a member of several other or
CARNATIONS as well as of the
church, she is having her hands
full.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. .Rountree
and children returned, Tuesday
night, from three-week s vaca-
ton which they spent in visiting
some of the large cities, particu-
larly Baltimore, Washington, Nor
folk, New Orleans and Montgom-
cry. They found travelling rather
disagreeable because of the
crowded condition of the cars, es-
Ipecially the street cars.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ell. j. Mulholland
are on their way home from Ev-
inston, Chicago and other places
in Illinois, where they spent the
summer very pleasantly amongst
relatives and old friends. A note
from Mr.. Mulholland written on
the 3rd, says they will be. home in
a week or ten days; they may,
therefore, be here before this is
read. He expresses his sympathy
for we scribe in the troubles
brought upon him by war condi-
tons and says: You are a brave,
good man to continue sending out
The Herald under such strain. /
wish you abundant success.
Such kind expressions greatly
cheer us and give us courage to
persist in work. But, we are new
er going to do it again that is, go
into the newspaper business, not
as long as fish bite in Charlotte
Harbor.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-09-12
LOCAL ITEMS

A. E. Hills enjoyed fishing ex-
cursion to Marco, last week.
666cures malarial fever.-27.
The temperature here this week
is delightfully."- autumnal.
666 cures bilious fever.-N.
Capt. w. D. Collier, noted pion-
Ger of Marco, was here on bust
ness, Tuesday.
Truckers are busy planting fall
and winter crops A large acre
age will be planted in peppers.
Mrs. NJ. A. Hanson went to
South Boca Grande, Tuesday
morning, to visit relatives there
and at Boca Grande until Sunday.
Mrs. Sophia Jermain and her
daughter, Mrs. Julian W. Jordan,
came in from Tampa on the noon
train yesterday and are domiciled
in the latter's residence in Solana.
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Marshall Hobson

Married, at Sis p. m. Monday,
9th inst, in the rectory of the E.
piscopal church in Arcadia, Alton
Smith Marshall of Tampa, and
Miss Virginia Page Hobson of
Punta Gorda, Rev. F. A, Shore,
rector of the church, officiating.
The bride, accompanied by Mrs.
G. Il. Fries, went to Arcadia on the
afternoon train, Monday. There
she was met by the groom, who
came over from Tampa in his car,
and on his arrival the ceremony
was performed. The same even
ing, the couple came here in the
groom s car and, that night, the
latter, leaving his bride here, went
on the train to Fort Myers. Re-
turning here yesterday, he spent
the night and today will take his
bride to Tampa, where they will
make their home.
Mr.. Marshall is a popular bust
ness man of Tampa, enjoys the re-
spect and confidence Of all who
know him and is in very prosper
GUS circumstances. His numerous
friends congratulate him on hav-
ing secured life partner who will
brighten all his years.
His bride is one of the most pop
ular and attractive young ladies
of 'Punta Gorda. She has the light,
elastic step and graceful move
ment of the gazelle, about which
poets write so much. In addition
to this, she has very sweet dis
position and all the domestic ac-
complishments so necessary to
a happy home. She was
reared in this locality; and the
many people who have known and
loved her since childhood, as well
as those who later became ac-
quainted with her and attached
to her, will join The Herald in
sincerely wishing for her long
life of uninterrupted happiness.
For number of years past, she
has been making her home here
with her sister, Mrs. E. A. White,
manager of the Western Union
Telegraph Office. AS is well
known, she is a daughter of j. C.
of Cleveland. She comes
Of good old Virginia stock.