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Portable Roads Used.

Portable sections with steel rails and
ties already fitted are being used. Col.
George r. Goethals, son of the famous
general. made an inspection of the va
rious connecting links Monday and re-
ported that they were sufficiently
stable for operation.
The running of trains on these roads
will relieve the congestion on the
highways. as ammunition supplies for
the artillery, which now have to be
sent forward on trucks. can be trans
ported by rail.
Especial attention was paid by the
American expedition to the matter of
narrow-gauge railroads. Not only
raised for the purpose of laying and
operating such railroads, but an i'm
mense assembling plant was erected
in another part of France. Hundreds
of fiat cars were built, hauled on the
standard railroads and unloaded back
Of tho lines
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RED CROSS MOTOR CORPS AN AID
DURING INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC
Woman Members Devote Special Attention
to Girl War Workers Stricken With Ill
ness-Instance of Valued Service.

Der has given the use of her private
car unreservedly. And each member
drives her car. no matter what the
hour or weather.
The wsrk is in charge of Mrs. David
Fairchild daughter of Alexander
Graham Bell. who ranks as captain.
Her staff consists of the following:
First lieutenants, Mrs. Wolfe, Mrs.
c. b. Wheeler. Mrs. Maud Howell
Smith. Miss Florence Clarke and Mrs.
Francis Connolly; second lieutenants,
Mrs. Frances Mix and Miss katherine
Whitmarsh: quartermaster, Mrs.
Judah Sears; adjutant. Mrs. Hayes.
and recruiting officer. Mrs. Edgar
SisSon
At present the principal work of
the motor corps is among the war
workers stricken with influenza.
Thursday the corps took eighteen
cases to the hospitals in their ambu-
lanceS. Then, too, the corps takes the
home service workers of the Red
Cross on their missions among the
families of the soldiers and drives
conValeScent soldiers about for air
lngs and to amuSements. The corps
takes the woman workers to the cam
teens before daylight and brings
along the days provisions.
Ready for Emergency Calls.
30 lHSiSleHt mas the call OF duty pc
come of late that every night four or
more members sleep on cots in the
garage. ready for emergency calls.
The War and Navy Departments are
utilizing the services of the corps
constantly and it is at the beck and
call of any department in need of
help. 60.
There is still a great need of ad-
ditional members and cars All are
volunteers. Those desiring to Join
should call up Mrs. Sfsson, North
1922. The telephone number of the
garage. in case of need, is Franklin
1872.
The garage is open night and day.
and any one needing an ambulance
need not hesitate to phone
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o. S. AIRMEN LIKE CHOCOLATE
Take It to Nibble on in Flights in
Place of Tobacco.
dence of the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN FRANCE, September 15.-Ameri-
can aviators who use tobacco take
with them on flights cakes of choco-
late to nibble upon in the place of
smokes. A few prefer chewing gum.
but some form of sweets accompanies
nearly all Americans when starting
on a flight Of any duration.
William E. Brotherton of Guthrie,
Ill, an aviator who is credited with
at least one boche airman. said re-
Gently that in August during an en-
counter with several German fiiers
in the region of the Vesle he was
chewing chocolate as he fought
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Temporary Peace Deprecated.

Continuing. the resolution recites.
There can be no peace worthy of the
name unless it be permanent. Any
agreement between the warning ma
tions which would mean but a tem-
porary cessation of hostilitieS must
be deprecated.
Military despotism must be crush
ed and obliterated and the peoples
of the world have full assurance that
they are forever relieved of that I'M
holy ambition which brought on the
present war and which looked to uni
versal dominion throughout the world.
and propaganda which mean peace on
those announced by our President.
The blood shed for liberty and the
rights of humanity in this terrible
war must not be shed in vain.
To emphasize its position in this
! respect. Capt Cowles stated. the Su-
preme Council authorized Sovereign
Grand Commander George Fleming
Moore and its Secretary-general to
subscribe. to the extent of one hum
bred thouSa nd dollars. for bonds of
the fourth liberty loan, which were
procured the past week through the
American National Bank of this city.
This subscription, he added. is en-,
tirely independent of the subscript
lions of the various bodies in thirty
three states and territories owing al
legiance to the Supreme Council for
tho Southern Jurisdiction. These bod
les in Washington have already sub
Scribed nearly $4,000 to the several
bond issues and war savings stamps.
including the fourth liberty loan is
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Make Roads Out of Swamps.

AS soon as the offensive started
men began the work of building high
ways. which is a big problem on ac-
count of the miles of swamps and I'M
used roads separating the trenches.
AS soon as the infantry had passed.
Col. Reginald Foster, with New York
and Philadelphia pioneer regiment,
built two miles of road at Montfau-
con under constant shelling. Maj.
Dan NJ. Ellis of Johnson City, Tenn;
Mai. Mathew C. Addison of Brooklyn,
n. Y, and Maj. Claude NJ. Congdon, of
Kansas City, Mo-, alternated in di-
recting the working squads. Prog
ress was not halted day or night until
the work was completed.
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MORSE SHIPPING STOCKS
IN SENSATIONAL DROP
Numerous Heavy Holders Reported
Ruined by Collapse Abruptly
of Inflated Shares.
Cablegranr to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.

Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, october A.
Information received here from
Christiania shows that the biggest
slump in the history of Norwegian
shipping stock is proceeding and that
already numerous heavy holders of
such securities have been ruined. The
stock sold on the Christiania bourse
showed a drop in value of nearly
100. 100000 crowns {$250,000, O00).
There were also heavy losses on other
stocks. The bourse is very nervous
because of the fact that owing to the
many unearned fortunes made in
Norway by. owners of shipping stock
the stock of several concerns has been
inflated to an absurd degree.
1t is now expected that before long
the entente tonnage will be released
for competition, and this knowledge
is speedily restoring sane apprecia-
tons of value. Swedish. and Danish
shipping stocks are also sinking, but
less sensationally. Nevertheless, es-
pecially in Denmark, big losses are
being incurred by heavy holders.
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CHINESE RECOGNIZE CzECHs

The State Department was advised
yesterday that the Chinese government
had Joined with the United States and
the allies in the recognition Of the
Czecho- Slovak National Council as the
governing body of the Czecho- Slovak
uo.:o.~
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MILES Of RAILROADS
ABANDONED BY HUNS
Allies Have Big Task Connecting
Systems Across No Mans Land.
Use Portable Roads.
Cablegram to The Sunday Star and
Chicago DailyNews. Copyright. 1918.


Chicago DaIlyNews. Copyright. 1918.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY AT
THE FRONT, October 4.-The Ger
mans in their hurried retreat aban-
doned many miles of narrow gauge
railroads behind their lines connect
ing the supply bases with the origi-
nal trenches which they occupied for
four years Some of these lines even
extended into Luxembourg. The Ameri-
can engineering regiments have
been busy connecting these tracks,
after bridging former trenches and
swamps in no mans land with similar
lines behind the former French
trenches. ..
The German tracks were consider
ably torn up by the shells from our
barrage. These breaks have also been
repaired. Connecting the gaps be-
tween the French and German systems
is stupendous task on account of
the nature of the country, but the
work has progressed at the rate of
two miles day.
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Capt. Raymond. Aeronaut. Dies.

PARIS. October Capt. Raymond
commander of the famous Stork Esca-
drille. has died in hospital at Chalons-
Sur Marine of injuries received in an ac-
cidental fall. He had the reputation of
being one of the best group leaders on
the western front.
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JAMAICA C0NsERvEs FOOD.
to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Da1yNevxs. Copyright, 1918.

KINGSTON, Jamaica october A.
1t is the intention of the government
to appoint food controller. The gov
ernor will issue q proclamation
against the expectation of cloth. He
already has issued regulations against
the export Of locally grown products,
foodstuffs. poultry. birds. animals,
alive or dead, if suitable for food.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06

The German knows how to throw in
surprises for the night-flying enemy.
Bright moonlight is the night f1iers
best friend unless this be his Lewis
gun. Bright moonlight makes the
earth readab BILE as a page, but if the
fliers waited for the moon they never
could win the war. They must read
the lights or. lacking these. must
steer their course by conspicuous
earth features that they know to be
reliable.
There is a deal of strange lore in. the
heads of flying men. Meteorological
reports of wind speeds and directions
are a plai in story to them and their
watches and maps help them not to
underfiy or overly their detectives. If
the sky is clear and ground mists blot
their landmarks from view, they can
steer a safe course by the stars.
Bombs Excite Frankfort
Every day of the desperate fighting
in the way of an airpIanes power to
withstand. punishment. Wings are
holed until they resemble sleeves.
struts are splintered. wires are sew
cred and nacelles are badly pierced.
yet the pilot flies the machine to the
home airdrome and lands it safely for
repairs.
All Is close nllnS, MOST
gunnerS holding their fire until they
are less than 100 yards from their
enemy. and the bulk of the fighting is
done at from forty to fifty yards.
British gunnery in the air excels that
of the Germans by careful computa-
ton at least three to one.
A neutral who has just returned
from Germany says the central part of
the main railroad station in Frank
fort-on- the-Main was so badly dam
aged by British bombs during the re-
cent air raids that trains are no longer
able to enter, being operated from
! provisional, hastily constructed, wood
en- arrival and departure platforms
at some distance from the station.
This witness says the popula ton of
Frankfort is in an extraordinary
state of nervous excitement. At the
least unusual noise the inhabitants
retire to the cellars and do not dare
| to sleep in their apartments.
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The doctor found girl war worker
suffering from Spanish influenza.
She was living in rooming house,
three flights up-homeless. as war
workers are in this city. He phoned
to the garage of the American Red
Cross Motor Corps and in few
minutes an ambulance. driven by a
woman, drove to the door. The driver,
in Red Cross uniform. assembled the
stairs with the woman stretcher
bearer. and. after the patient had been
placed on the stretcher. an attempt
was made to carry her down.
The twisting, winding stairway pre-
vented this, and SO the driver took
the sufferer upon her back, carried
her downstairs and into the am
bulance. 1t was in the days work.
and the volunteers who man the
motor corps of the local Red
Cross often have done that days
organized the corps in April. 1911.
There are many things the men,
bers of the corps do. in strong con-
trast to their lives prior to the war
Most of them are of independent
have given their time and
Last winter they began the days
work before 5 in the morning and
often were not done until midnight
During the deep snow. they were
fenced at times to take off their
sweaters and wind them around the
rear wheels of the machines, as the
tire chain failed to grip the frozen
surface. But it was that self-same
days work they are. doing now.
Corps Numbers As Workers.
The motor corps has some forty-five
members and has it's garage at 16tn
and NJ streets There are six am
balances and a runabout ready flor
instant use In addition, each mem
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Investigations show that woman oper-
stives on drill presses and milling ma
chimes are from % to 80 per cent faster
in their work than man operatiYes:
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Night Flying Marvellous.

Nothing could well be more marvellous
than the feaIs of observation achieved
by the night airmen. The daylight f1ier
has many landmarks, but in the best of
circumstances much skill is required to
make sure of these landmarks. AS for
the night f1ier, he has precious few
landmarks he can depend on recogniz-
ing in conditions of average visibility.
He must read the lights and the lights
are numerous and confusing. They vary.
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FREEMASONRY FOR
ALAST|NG.PEACE
Pledged to Stand by Prin-
cipIes Laid Down by Presi-
dent Wilson.

What is believed to be the first
official & announcement of the position
of Freemasonry in connection win
the terms laid down by President Will
son for worldwide peace was made
yesterday at the House of the Temple
of the Ancient and Accepted ScottishI
Rite by Secretary General John HI
Cowles of the Supreme Council for the
Southern Jurisdiction of the United
States.
'At the special session of the SUI
preme Council for the thirty-third
and last degree of the Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite for the South
ern Jurisdiction. in St. Louis. Mo,
last week. Capt. Cowles states. 1.-The
Supreme Council pledged itself 'un-
reservedly to the principles announced
by the President of the United States.
as the only basis upon which our
country will consent to the restora-
ton of peace'"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-08-01
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

The Board OF County C0mmissioners e
DeSoto county, Florida, will receive al
their office in Arcadia. UP to 2 o clock. D.
M, Tuesday, Aug. 9th, 1918, sealed pro-
posals to furnish and deliver from three
thousand to five thousand cubic yards OF
clay mari or shell for hard-surfaeing Dr.
vision No 4, Punta Gorda Special Road
and Bridge District, according to speciA-
cations on file with the Clerk of said
Board. A sample Of the material pro-
posed to be furnished and a certified
check for fifty $4,000 dollars will be re-
nuired to accompany each bid The right
is reserved to reject any or all bids
A. L. DURRANCE, Clerk,
29-3t.
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SHERIFF. SALE NOTICE

In the County Court, in and for DeSoto
County, Florida.
Hirsch & Spitz Manufacturing Com
pany, corporation, VS.. H. c. Goldstein.
Under and by virtue of an execution
issued out Of and under the seal Of the
said court. have levied upon the follow
ing described personal property, now To-
Gated in the City Of Punta Gorda, DeSoto
county, Florida. to-wit:
281 chairs, electric wall fans, l table,
2 music stands, / Hobart M. Cable piano,
/ power picture machine.
All located in the Star Theatre in
Goldstein's Moving Picture House In
Punta Gorda, DeSoto county, Florida.
And shall offer the same for sale at
public cutlery to the highest and best bid
der therefor for cash in front of the said
building in the said city of Punta Gorda,
Florida. on Monday the 9Th day of Aug
ust A. d. 1918. between the legal hours
of sale on said day. Said property being
levied upon as the property of II. c.
Goldstein.
j. L. .DISHONG. Sheriff DeSoto
county, Florida.
Leitner & Leitner, Attys. for Plaintiff.
26taug5
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TAX LIEN FORECLOSURE

In Justice Court 7tI Justice DlslrlCt
DeSoto County. Florida
Town of Punta Gorda. a munieipal
corporation, VS.. Noble Haslum.
Enforcement OF tax lien
TO the Defendent and all other persons
Interested
Take notice that a suit has been insti-
tuted against you to enforce tax lien
against let's, |, and 3 in Block CT in the
Town Of Punta Gorda, FLA, for taxes
due for the Year 1916, and you are re-
nuired to appear in said cause on or be-
fore the Rule day in August. 1918, or
judgment will be given against you and
your property sold to pay said taxes and
all costs.
Given under my hand and seal on this
the 9th day of May, 1918.
(SeaD S. II. j. TRABUE, Justica
27-5t of Peace.
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NOTICE

The undersigned owners Of large tracts
of land in DeSoto County hereby serve
notice on all persons now using their I'M
fenced lands for pasturaGe purposes, that
they should make arrangements to pro-
vide other pastures or ranges for their
stock on or before September LIST, 1918
After said date the undersigned own
ers, their assigns or licensees may at any
time fence and utilize their lands. neces-
stating immediate removal of live stock
now grazing thereon without further
notice:
Burroughs Land Company, CONSOLIDATE
ed Land Company. T. G. Day, Geo. b.
Dutton. w. J. Eddy. Empire Land Com
pany Howard Cole & Company, Indiana
Fla. Orchards Co., G. II. Tuesburg, B. s.
Yost. 26-e o.w. -onn
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE
STATE OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR
nEcnnn HnIIMrM La clAh EpM

TN NiNSOil SSSHt VT
TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE
STATE OF FLORIDA, m AND FOR
DESoTo COUNTY. IN CHANCERY.
Fannie Lowe as Executrix of the Es-
tate of E. A. Lowe. Deceased, complain
ant. VS. John w. Newman, W. c. New
man ct al, defendants.
| Bill to Foreclose Mortgage
| 1t appearing from the affidavit made
and filed herein by w. e. Leitner of
counsel for the complainant herein, that
| the place of residence of the defendant
! to-wit: w. c. Newman, is unknown and
| that the age of the said defendant is un-
known, and that there is no person with
in the State of Florida the service of a
subpoena upon whom would bind the said
defendant;
1t is therefore ordered, adjudged and
decreed that the said defendant, w. c.
Newman, be and he is hereby required
to appear to the Bill of Complaint filed
herein at the office of the Clerk of the
above court, in the court house in the
City of Arcadia, on or before the 9TH day
Of October. A. d. 1918. else said bill will
be taken as confessed by said defendant
1t is further ordered, adjudged and de
creed that copy of this order be pub
lished once week for eight consecutive
weeks in the PUNTA GORDA HERALD
newspaper of general circulation pub
l1shed in the county of DeSoto, State Of
Florida.
Witness the Hon. A. L. Durrance.
Clerk of said court and seal of said
court, as well as the Hon. John e. Ed
wards. Judge of said court, this, the oath
day of July A. d. 1918
(SeaD A. l.. DJRRA nee, Clerk.
Leitner & Leitner, Solicitors for Com
plainant.
State of Florida, County of DeSoto:
/, A. l.. Durrance, Clerk of the Circuit
Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit OF
the State of Florida. in and for DeSoto
County, do hereby certify that the above
order of publication made in the above
styled cause on the oath day of July A. d.
1918.
Witness my hand and seal of our said
Court this the oath day of July AID. 1918
(SeaD A. l.. DURANGO, Clerk.
31-toct7
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TAX LIEN FORECLOSURE

IN Justice Court 18th Justice District
DeSoto County, Florida.
Town of Punta Gorda, q municipal
)oralion VS.. John Com oily.
Tax Lien.
interested.
Take notice that a suit has been insti-
tuted against you to enforce a tax lien
against lot (2) in Block 81 In the town Of
Puhta Gorda, Fla, for taxes due for the
year 1916 and you are requested to ap-
pear in said cause on or before the Rule
day in August, 1918 same being the 9Th
day of said month or judgment win be
given against you and your property sold
to pay said taxes and all costs.
Given under my hand and seal on this
the 9th day of May, 1918.
fSeaD s. f. J. TRABUE, Justice
27-5t of Peace.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

In the County Judges Court In ana Ior
DeSoto County, Florida, Sitting aS-
court of probate: ~
Downing: j. Henry Johnson, Administ5a-
tor. ,s.,.
Notice is hereby given that on the I6th
day of Sept. 1918, the undersigned ad-
ministrator of the estate of w. +. DOWN
inc deceased. will present to the above
court. my final reports and account to-
gether with vouchers as such admins
traitor and will at said time ASK Sald,
court to approve and confirm said hnah
report and issue to me letters OF mat als-
charge in said estate. 100
Dated this 2Sth day Of March, 1913.
L. oct ]. HENRY JOHNSON, Admin >
istrator.
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July 9-1S Alliance on hand $1O97 so
Cemetery Fund:
Balance from last report 51.00
July 9-18 or. II. G. Vogler
lot No. 11S, Indian
Springs Gem. 1000
July 9-1S Balance on hand 61.00
Amount of uncollected taxes
for year 1913 S 500. Sc
Amount of uncolected taxes
for year 1914 1852. 80
for year 1915 1923. 10
Amount of uncollected taxes
for year 1916 874.10
Total $3959.16
Total amount paid to Treas
urer July 8, 1918 $1873.06
Yours truly,
L. E. ROBINSON, Clerek & Col
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FOR SALE

FOR. SAI,E-Fou~-r room house with four
large lots ready for cultivation. fenced.
with barn and~outhouses, one block fEeSn
town limits; several bearing fruit trees
only S400. 90 cash, If sold at once:-Se%
ADAM SILICON, zI-
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How.s YOUR LrvRR2

PUNkS LIVER PILLS do contain calomel, which Is
the only real Liver Cleanser but not the sickenins
gripping calomel you've dreaded all your lfel; tits
80 scientifically combined with other cleansing
drugs that IL will not scken, grippe interfere with
your work. Known and endorsed by thousands.
Csc Ar DRUG AND GENERAL STORES.
L.ade by the makers Of PIank's Chill Tonic
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MISCELLANEOUS

FARMERS--Send today for free sasso
Stockman. published at Jacksonville. Tens
about livestock raising, dairying, poulpy,
citrus fruit and trucking twice q montI4
at soc per year, three years $l.0O OHyE
livestock and general farming paper "S
the state. Write today
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WEDDING INVITATIONS-lf you are
going 10 get married, let us talk win ypn
about the invitations or announcements
will compare fayorably with the most ex-
pensive engraved ones and they win NOS
cost near SO much--THE HERALD
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WARNING NOTICE-Ths is to notify
the public not to buy any cattle Ia the
following marks and brands: crop; anuer
sIona in each ear and branded E. S.
EVELYN COLCLASURE. za-1N
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Outstanding warrants on Gen. Fund. 81.
Street Fund:
Balance from last report 5 1882
July 9-1S or. by 3 mills
taxes July and June 173.4o
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LOST

I,OST-Tuesday 29rd inst, perhaps on
Marian ave. small, black snap purse
containing $500 bill and tooth on p mxgLs
Reward of LOO for its return to TILE
HERALD office. UN
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FOR SALE Choice location on en~
new surfaced county road in So
lana, facing 26O feet on Marian Avenue
and having a depth Of 606 feet-,streets
on three sides-spendidly fenced. very
srovrh-veli built small dwelling. Moth
Ing can excel the opportunity for re
turns on vegetables, fruits and po9Nry-
Apply to DR.. BURLAND, Box rs, fants'
Gorda, Fla.
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