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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-04-18
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
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Department of the Interior, u. S. Land
Office at Gainesville, Fla. April 10, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that c. Monroe
w. Hopper, of Ppnta. Gorda, Florida, vino
on February 2S 1914, made Homestead
Entry No. 012506, for SWA of Section Sc,
Township 40 s., Range IS E., Tallahassee
Meridian, has filed notice of intention to
make three-year proof. to establish claim
to the land above described, before Clerk
Circuit Court, at Arcadia, Fla. on the 3lst
day of May, 1918.
Claimant names as witnesses j. s.
Lanier, of Cleveland, Florida; NJ s. Rich,
of Cleveland. Florida; Steve Kirton, of
Bermont, Florida; F. NJ Cooper, of Pun
ia Gorda. Florida
l6-6t ROBT. w. DAVIS, Register
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BILL FOR DIVORCE

In Circuit Court 10th Judicial Circuit of
Florida, in and for DeSoto County. In
Chancery.
Irene 1 Banks VS.. James Banks. Bill
for Divorce.
To James Banks. defendant in the above
entitled cause
You are hereby Notified that bill of
complaint has been filed against you in
the office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court of DeSoto County, Florida. by the
Complainant in above cause. Therefore.
you are commanded to be and appear at
said office in Arcadia, Florida, on the 9Th
day of May, A. d. 1918, to answer said
bill, and upon failure so to do, decree
pro connfesso will be entered against you
and said cause proceed ex parte to final
decreee.
WITNESS my hand and Official Seal at
Arcadia, DeSoto County Florida, this,
April End, A. d. 1918.
A. L. DURANGO, Clerk.
(SeaD BY L. M. BENNETT, d. C. last
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Cleveland Items

Mr.. Madison Lanier and his son
Jesse, have gone east to engage in
government work.
Mr.. Luther Koon and Dell
Huckaby are getting ready for an
other trip to the woods.
Sheldon Fussle is working out
his grove. 1t looks very nice.
= Mr.. Bassett has sold his bay
shore property. The present own.
er will work out the grove and
otherwise improve the place
There are other fine water front
properties here that can be had
We are glad to see permanent and
good settlers come.
The Cleveland shipyard is get.
ting ready to haul in pleasure
boats and yachts for summer stor.
age, for which they are well e,
quipped.
Rev. A. X. Hall and wife of De-
troit, Mich, paid a farewell visit
at the Huckaby home before re-
turning to their home. This is
their second visit here this winter
at the lluckaby place, Col. Dell be-
ing an own cousin of Mrs, Hall
Inc Reverend Mr.. Hall is a well
educated and well informed minis
ter of the Episcopalian faith and
is a pleasant gentleman to talk to,
tar different from many of the
Sel1-appointed and unprepared
preachers that deal out Divine
Law, to the sinners of Cleveland.
IL Is sincerely hoped by their
friends that this elderly pair of
people may visit Cleveland and
Punta Gorda many more times in
the future.-JOE.
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anchovy, tarpon, bonefsh, hound
fish 1.-TWO varieties), skipjack, null
let, silver mullet, sardine, baracou-
da, Spanish mackerel, kingfish or
amberjack bonito, crevalle, sero,
yellow jack, running jack, por.
poise, pompano, permit, rock fish,
! grunt, lane snapper, crap snapper,
schoolmaster, yellow grunt, black
grunt, club, black margate fish,
Dream yellow tail, sailors choice,
pork fish, porgy 1.-TWO varieties)
grass fish, red fish, (called bass in
some | oc a lities sheepshead,
drum, white perch, .weak-fish
(trout), spot, whiting, CROKER,
shad (three varieties), angel fish
Several varieties) snooks, hogfsh,
pug, pattor-fsh, founder (two va
rieties), plaice, sole, turbot, leath-
erfsh, cowfsh, burfsh, porcupine
fish, leather jack, moonfsh, amber
jack, scud or the round robin,
bluefish, squirrel fish, scamp, gag,
black grouper, Jewish, red group
er, Nassau grouper, red hind, rock
hind, rabbit fish, swell fish, green
moray and several other varieties.
For salt water fishing the fol-
lowing fish and seasons for taking
them are popular: Tarpon, March
l to August |; Kingfsh, April to
November; mackerel, February to
December; trout, all the year;
weakfsh, all the year; reddish or
bass, the entire year; amberjacks,
lin the Gulf, April to November;
jacks, all the year; POM
pano, in the late spring and early
summer; cobia, most of the sum-
mer; robalo, the most of the year;
black sea bass or Jewish, all the
year; other popular salt water fish
are red snapper and shad. For
fresh water fishing those not wish
ing TO try their luck on tarpon,
shark or deep sea game, will find
plenty of sport. The following
fish are considered best for table
consumption or for market: cat
fish (hathead, yellow cat, channel
cat, and spefkled cat), trout or
lake bass, perch, pike, Dream,
suckers, cells and turtles.
The fame of Florida as a fishing
rendezvous attracts thousands of
the followers of Isaac Walton
from the North annually, and of
all the sports angling is the best
Fishing conditions are ideal here
and there, and sometimes continue
Throughout the year.-F. E. P. in
st. Cloud Tribune.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department OF the Interior, u. S. Land
Office at Gainesville, Fla, March 80, 1918
Notice is hereby given that Michael
Hoffman, of Punta Gorda, Florida who.
on January o. 1912, made Homestead En-
try No. O9903, for NEA of Section 80,
Township Al S. Range rs E., Tallahassee
Meridian, has filed notice of intention to
make Five-year proof to establish claim
to the land above described, before Clerk
Circuit Court, at Arcadia, Florida, on the
18th day of May, 1918.
Claimant names as witnesses John
Wendlocher, of Punta Gorda, Florida:
Agnes Herzke, of Punta Gorda, Florida;
Tony Rubin, of Punta Gorda, Florida;
f. NJ. Cooper, of Punta Gorda, Florida.
last ROBT. W. DAVIS, Register.
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TAX LIEN NOTICE

In Justice Court 18th Justice District De-
Soto County, Florida.
The Town of Punta Gorda, municipal
corporation vs. w. B. Savage as admins
traitor and sole heir at law of the estate
of James Quinn, deceased Tax Lem.
To the defendant and all other persons
interested:
Take notice that a suit has been insti-
tuted against you to enforce a tax lien
against Lot 81 in Block 81, in the Town of
Punta Gorda for taxes due for the year
1916 and you are hereby required to APP
pear in said cause on the rule day in May,
1918, the same being the 9Th day of said
month. or Judgment will be given against
you by default and your property sold to
pay said taxes and all cost.
Given under my hand and seal at Punta
Gorda, Florida, on this 3rd day of April
1918. (SeaD S. F. ]. TRABUE, JUS
Asst tice of the Peace, 18th District.
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Register and Pay Poll Taxes

II there should remain any men
OF legal age and otherwise quail
ned to vote in the June primary.
VINO have not yet registered in
t their precincts, it is not yet too
late for them to get their names on
the register Although the books
nave been closed in each precinct
they arc still open at the county
seat, and Will remain open until
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EoR REPRESENTATIVE

/ hereby announce my candidacy for
the Office of Representative from DeSoto
County in the Legislature of Florida, sub
ject to the Democratic Primary to be
held June 4th, 1918.
earnestly solicit the vote and support
of every Elector and shall very highly ap-
preciate the support and assistance of
every person in DeSoto county in my be-
half-WILBUR w. WHITEHURST.
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reposed the husky fisherman a.
lone, over a sixteen mile course be-
fore it succumbed after it was har-
poOned twice and shot seven times.
The joy ride was thrilling and hair
raising and one would probably
not care to undergo such death
defying experience as this.
The Century dictionary gives
the following definition of the dew
il fish:
"Devil fish, or giant ray, MAN
ia birortris.) In zoology name
of various marine animals of large
size or uncanny appearance. In
the United States a name applied
chiefly to a gigantic cephaloteroid
ray, which has very widespread
ing sides or pectoral fins, long
cephalic fins turned forward and
inward, a terminal mouth, and
small teeth in the lower jaw only.
The width of this great batoid fish
sometimes exceeds twenty feet. 1t
progresses in the ocean by flap
ping its side or pectorals up and
down and is occasionally hunted
by sportsmen with harpoons. -
| Florida has the longest coast
! line of any state in the United
States, the length being 2,700
miles. The state is well per-
forated with nearly two thousand
miles of navigable rivers and in
Vulnerable streams. The waters
of Florida alone are said to con-
tain 657 varieties of fish of all
sizes and colors. About $50 va
rieties Of fish inhabit the North
American waters, 800 of which are
valuable for food, oil and other
purposes. More than one-half of
them (657) are located in Florida
waters, salt and fresh.
The boundaries of Florida are
penetrated by sounds, bays, la
goons, inlets and tidal runways.
In addition to salt waters, there
are numerous lakes of fresh water
well distributed throughout the
peninsula and Astounding in fish
therefore Florida is the best wa
tered state in the Union.
The fishing industry is impor-
tant and employs ten thousand
persons at many points, which con-
stitutes the homes of fisher folks.
The principal branches of the fish
ing industry for consumption or
for market, are: Red snapper,
sponge, grouper, mullet, pompano,
Spanish mackerel, oyster and tur-
tlc. Unfortunately no complete
list of fish inhabiting the waters Of
Florida has ever been made.
The partial list of specimens OBJ
served along the coast and south
of Florida is as follows: yellow
shark, cut shark, sharp nosed
shark, bonnet cub, hammerhcad,
stingray or stingarcc, whip ray,
saw fish, catfish (thrce varieties),
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FOR STATES ATTORNEY

/ hereby announce my candidacy for
the office of States Attorney for the
Tenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, subject
to the action of the Democratic Primary.
Your vote and support will be appre-
ciated-J. A. TIMBERLAkE, Arcadia,
Florida.
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION
335 OF THE GENERAL ORDINANCES
OF THE row NJ OF PUNTA GoRDA,
FLORIDA, RELATING TO AUTOMO-

335 OF THE GENERAL ORDINANCES
OF THE TOW NJ OF PUNTA GORDA,
FLORIDA, RELATING TO AUTOMO-
BILES AND VEHICLES.
Be it ordained by the Town Council of
the town of Punta Gorda, Florida in ses-
sion assembled.
Sec. /. That section 1886 of the general
ordinances of the town of Punta Gorda,
Florida be amended so as to read as fol-
lows:
All drivers, owners or operators of au-
tomobies and other vehicles are hereby
required in driving same to keep their
right when passing over the crossings at
all of the intersections of all avenues and
streets within the corporate limits of the
town of Punta Gorda, Florida, and all au-
tomobiles shall turn only on street inter-
sections. All automobiles or vehicles
when stopped shall be placed on the right
hand side of the street or avenue, and
shall not stop nearer than forty feet of
any street or avenue crossing, and no au-
tomobile shall be allowed to run over the
asphalt streets of said town on the rims
of their wheels without tires, and any
person violating any of the terms OF this
Ordinance shall upon conviction be fined
not exceeding $4,000 or by Imprisonment
not exceeding 60 days. or both fine and
Imprisonment at the discretion of Mayor.
Sec 2 All Ordinances and parts OF Or
dinances in conflict with this Ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Ordered and acted into Law by the
Council of the town of Punnta Gorda,
Florida on this the 18th day of March,
1918.
VIM. M. WRITTEN, Pres. of
town Council.
Attest: L. E. ROBINSON, City Clerk.
Approved on this the 18th day of March
1918.
(SeaD S. f. j. TRABUE, mayor OF
13-4t the town of Punta Gorda. Florida.
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CANDIDATES CARDS
EoR couNrY COMMISSIONER

Editor Herald You may announce that
I will be a candidate for reelection as
county commissioner at the coming pri-
mary election. Subject 10 the approval
of the voters in the Democratic primary.
VIM NJ. WRITTEN.
The sun., 1918-07-23

going to France with the metropolitan
division. 10
Just before Private Edward Martin Of
College Point, Queens. was drafted last
September he and Miss Anna Greier,
also of College Point. were married.
The bride was notified yesterday that
her husband had been reported missing
In action since June "a.
Private Carmelo Guittilla, who was
reported killed in action. also went
abroad with the metropolitan division.
He was 81. and lived with his mother
In Flushing. Queens. He went to France
with the 30Sth Infantry. 4
Private Joseph F. Foohey OF 70s
bloomfield street, Hoboken. died of
heart disease Just after arriving in
France. having enlisted a year ago in
the Regular Army.
Edward NJ. Petit, reported missing in
action. Is one OF the 321 men for whom
stars were placed in the community
service flag at Oyster Bay. to which a
gold star was attached last week when
announcement was made Of the death of
Lieut.. Quentin Roosevelt. He was
drafted in April. and went to France
with the men from Camp Upton. In his
last letter to his relatives he announced
he was In the best of health and about
to mako his folks proud of the name
Petit"
The sun., 1918-07-23
SAVES WIFE'S LIFE
BY HOLDING JUGULAR
Dr.. Warren Uses First Aid
After Automobile Wreck.
Special Despatch 70 TIE srN.

NEW HAVEN, July 22.-Dr, George
William Warren OF III East Sixty-sec-
ond street, Manhattan. held his wife's
jugular vein to-day to prevent death
from hemorrhage until she could be
Brought from the scene OF an automo-
bile accident to Milford Centre. The
GOODNESS OF her surgeon husband saved
her life.
Or. Warren is one of the we'll known
, surgeons of New York city. He was on
his way through the Milford bridgeport
Turnpike to New York this afternoon in
touring car with Mrs. Warren and
his niece. Miss Georgia Reed. OF Bos-
ton. The doctor swung his car sharply
10 avoid striking n man who had jumped
from n wagon ahead, and the big ma
chine struck huge boulder and caromed
off to a telegraph pole. Miss Reed was
tossed from the rear seat and badly
bruised.
Mrs. Warren was thrown through the
glass windshield. At the same time
the steering wheel broke In her hus-
bands hands. DR.. Warren extrlcated
his wife from the Jagged glass and
| found that an opening three inches long
had been made across her jugular vein.
With the aid OF passing motorist the
| doctor brought his wife to Milford Cen
| tre holding one end or the vein all
the way TO prevent a fatal hemorrhage.
At Milford Centre DIR. Putney and
Mrs Fdereick w. Lyon. a trained nurse.
aided DIR. Warren. and after an hour
! Mrs Warren was able to be taken to
; the Bridgeport hospital. Or, Charles
F.. Meinhardt. II surgeon OF note In New
| York. WAS called by telegraph 10 at
/ tend Mrs. Warren. He arrived to-
| night.
The sun., 1918-07-23
MUNITION STRIKE IN
BRITAIN AVERTED
Notices to Quit Withdrawn
Pending National Conference.
Special Gable Despdfoh TO The sur.
raavxfsbt Iore. all xsoAss e<s<r,<d

Copyright. 1918; oil rights reserved.
LONDON, July 22.--The threatened
strike OF part OF the munltlon workers
In Coventry, Manchester. Birmingham
and other provincial centres has been
| averted for the present and undoubtedly
will be settled in a few'days.
Notices to quit work have been with
held pending a national conference OF
the Joint engineering and allied trades
, The strike, which was to have been
called this evening, was due to labor
unrest combined with Ill advised notices
issued by certain munition manufactur.
ing concerns which indicated they were
prohibited from employing skilled men
under the defence OF the realm act.
The notices gave an entirely wrong
impression of the Labor Ministrys or
der. which was issued with the idea OF
transferring some skilled men to shops
where they were imperatively needed
The notice gave the impression that only
unskilled men could be employed in the
future.
A great deal OF friction might have
been avoided had the Ministry issued
! clearer instructions or issued the notices
through trade societies of employers and
workmen.
This error. combined with The fact
that many of, the munition workers dis
trust the Labor Ministry, fearing an at.
tempt on the part OF the Government to
| institute CONSUMPTION. gave rise to a
situation which was Strengthened out
only after a week Of effort on the par,
of trade union officials. employers so.
cieties and Government agents.
Winston Churchill and the trade
union officials are now comforting with a
| -
Mr.. Churchill announced that wages
would be unaltered under the Govern
ment scheme of distributing labor to
meet urgent necessities.
The sun., 1918-07-23
Killed in Action.

Another OF the metropolitan troopslisted
as killed In action was Private Edward A.
Henson OF 22s Fifty-third street. Brook
lyn, but his relatives have moved from
there and their present address Is not
known. Henson was drafted and went
TO Camp Upton eleven months ago Be-
fore being drafted he was employed rs a
machinist by the l.. w. Bliss Company
In Brooklyn.
Private Isaac Thomas OF Company C.
S51st Infantry (negro). who was re-
ported drowned. lived at 367 West Forty
fifth street. and leaves q widow and. child
seven months old. No details Of the
drowning were contained in the War
Departments message except that II
was accidental.
private David Rekh. ~. of 71s Fifth
street. reported missing in action since
June "a, also was member of the met
ropolitan division from Camp Upton. He
was drafted In February. and was en-
ployed In the Brooklyn navy yard.
Both his parents were born In Austria.
Mrs. Emily Keiser was 80 Ill yester-
day at her home. ll41 Intervale avenue.
The Bronx, that she could not be told
the contents Of a message from the
War Department which announced that
her son, Private William II. Keiser. had
been reported missing In action. Private
Keiser was "a years old. He was q
baker and was drafted In September.
The sun., 1918-07-23
FLIER BOMBS MUNITION TRAIN.
Allied Avintors Carry out Raids
on Many Railway Centres.

IoNpoN. July 22--The avl"t'"n nm
nouncement tonight by the British Air
Ministry says
July 81 the very strong west wind
and low clouds almost entirely pre-
vented flying except on small part
Of the front. The machines In this
sector dropped bombs on various tar
gets. including railway stations. where
n direct hit was obtained on an am
munition train.
In combats five hostile machines
were brought down. Four of our ma
chimes are missing
After dark the sky cleared and tho
wind dropped considerably. enabling
our night bombing machines to carry
out raids on the greater part OF tho
front Thirteen tons OF bombs were
dropped on the railways Mt Secl!n.
Menin lille and Cambria. ono ma
chine has not returned.
The sun., 1918-07-23
BRITISH FOOD HEAD QUITS.
Lord Lee Unable to Agree with
Views of Government.

LONDON, July 22.-Lord Lee OF Fare
ham has resigned his post as Director
General of Food Production. AS he Is in
disagreement with the policy OF the Min
istry of Agriculture. He says he is not
sufficiently convinced of the defeat OF
the submarine peril or the security Of
food supplies for the next few years,
whether the war continues or not, to
enable him to acquiesce in the sudden
and unexpected reversal of the Govern
ments policy for 1919. recently approved
by the Cabinet.
The reversal to which Lord Lee refers
Ia the abandonment OF the ploughing
programme to insure future grain pro-
duction and the reduction of the powers
exercised by the agricultural committees
for the enforcement of good husbandry.
Lord Lee. formerly Sir Arthur Lee. was
elevated to the peerage a few weeks
ago.
The sun., 1918-07-23
The Nations Honor Roll

wAsHINdToS, July 22.-This casualty
list was issued to-day:
KILLED IN ACTION.
Lieutenant.
HosKINs. l., c.. Las Vegas. N. NJ.
Privates.
KoHLMEIER. c.. Linn. Kan.
MAC1EJEwSKI. j.. Berlin. wis.
PERRY. C. D, Dublin, Ca.
sTEyEs. T., Raquette lake, n. Y.
SULLIVAN, r. j.. 80 East s7th st.. New
vERDoUKXs. q. j.. Greece.
DIED FROM WOUNDS.
Corpornls.
BERGMAN, J. j., Bancroft, Ia
LAuGHLIN. II. r.. YsmA,l. Ore
ALBERTs. @. S., AIS Ridscwood ave-.
BEcKERLE, l.. f.. St. Louis.
BLoTTo. D. Philadelphia.
DoERJNG, II. F.. sheboygan. wis.
H HhigEdEkp' j. e. r Bristol: r; "
RCGG. j.. casseiton, y. d.
ssPARks r D. G inlet: Ky.
NiLHOTTO, T., East Rutherford, n. J.
DIED OF DISEASE.
Corporal.
HUTCHINSON. NJ. NJ, Bartlesviiie. Okla.
Privates.
FooHEY. ). F.. ios 'i tenth &c. g.. Hoboles.
McCUE. j., Columbus, Q.
ODELI. X. Buena Visit, Ark.
REX. A: s., Philadelphia. Pa.
SCHWARTZ 1NE D.. "a East 10th st.. New
DIED FROM ACCIDENT AND OTHER
CAUSES.
Priyates.
MENTE, p. G., Heidelberg, Pa
The sun., 1918-07-23
AIRCRAFT PROBERS
GET NEW EVIDENCE
Gregory and Hughes Return to
Washington After
Graft Probe.
Special Despdfch 10 TIE SuS.

WARRINGTON. July 22.-Attorney-
General Gregory, Charles f. Hughes
and the aircraft investigators who are
on the trail of criminal acts or mall
version Of funds in the American air.
craft programme returned to-day &c
Washington after several weeks at the
Wright-Dayton plant in Detroit and
Chicago. where feld investigations
were held.
Tho investigators would make nc
statement. They will be in Washing
ton for n week or more and then &c
TO the Curtiss plant at Buffalo and &c
several other Eastern cities to con-
tinue Investigations not only in the fac
tories but of the raw material The inves-
tigation may run for several months
A number OF witnesses are to be called
to Washington when the feld work is
completed.
The sun., 1918-07-23
BRAZILIAN ORE IN BIG GUNS.
ZfrcOnium Alloy In Weapons Used
to Bombard Paris.
gosr;oI D,snotcb N TIM c,x
Special Despdtch TO The SUI.

PANS, July pa special radiogram
from Rome says that the Tribune pub
fishes a highly interesting bit Of in
formation from Brazil concerning the
steel used by the Germans in making
the long range guns used in Smelling
Paris.
The steel, which Is alleged with z,r-
conium. Is said to be the hardest and
possesses the greatest yesisting power
OF any metal in existence. Chromium
ore was discovered In the State of Sac
Paulo. Brazil. shortly before the war.
Germany bought large quantities of this
unusual metal twice and began using It
for making steel. which was found to
give the gun tubes tremendous resist
ance and render them capable OF with
standing the effects OF the most formi-
dable explosions