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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-08-08
N THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE,
STATE OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR
nESQrO COUNTY. In CHANCERY.

DESOTO I'm
Fannie Lowe as Executrix OF the Els
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. G. Newman, is unknown and
that the age Of the said defendant is UNI
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. G..
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 7th day
of October A. ID. 1918. else said bill wilp
be taken as confessed by said defendant.
| 1t is further ordered, adjLdged and de-
| creed that a copy Of this order be pub
| lished once week for eight consecutive
weeks in the PUNTA GORDA HERALD,
a newspaper of general circulation pub
lished in the county of DeSoto, State OF
| Florida.
Witness the Hon. A. L. Durrances
Clerk Of said court and seal of said
| court. as well as the Hon. John e. Ed
wards. Judge Of said court, this the gath
day Of July A. D. 1918.
| (SeaD n A. l.. DURANGO, Clerk.
| Leitner & Leitner. Solicitors for Com
| plainant.
State of Florida, County of DeSoto:
I, 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
| is a true and correct copy of the original
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 sold
Court this the oath day of July AID. 1918.
| (SeaD A L. DURANGO, Clerk.
31-toct7
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WARNING NOTICE-This is to notify
the public not to buy any cattle In the
following marks and brands: crop, unaef
slone in each ear and branded E S.
EVELYN COLCLASURE. 2b-ZS
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STATE PRESS COMMENT

Jasper News If Editor Jor-
dan cuts us off his exchange list,
we are going to move to Pmta
Gorda so we can get the Herald
fresh from the forms, before the
ink dries. The Herald is one Of
the ablest edited papers in the
state, and we enjoy it's visits.
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FARMERS--Send today for a free sam
nile conv of the Florida Farmer anG
StoclIman, published at Jacksonville. Tells
about livestock raising, dairying, poultry.
citrus fruit and trucking twice month
at soc per year, three years Sl'O0 Oniy
livestock and general farming paper I'D
the state. Write today.
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FOR SALE - Choice location on tho
new hard-surfaced county road in So
lana, facing go feet on Marian Avenue
and having a depth of COG feet-streets
on three Substantially. fenced, very
rich sol-fruit trees all OF best nursery
growth-velI built small dwelling. Moth
ing can excel the opportunity for re-
turns on vegetables, fruits and poultry.
Apply to DR.. BURLAND. Box 20, Punta
Gorda, Fla.
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Jasper News The Offices of
high and rural school inspectors
are political graft and should be
abolished. The legislature can
effect a saving of several thous-
and dollars annually by using the
pruning knife on' these useless
Jobs.
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FOR RENT

FOR QUICK BUYER--1 Maxwell tour
ing car new batteries; / piano as good
as new, horse, wagon and buggy, farm
Address Mrs. ID. &c. coll
CLASURE. Acliue, Fla, ztA
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CLASSIFIED

ezg Advertisements inserted under this
head for 8 cents per line each inseFtlolA'
six words counting a line.
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FOR SAI,E-Four-room house with four
large lots ready for cultivation, fenced,
with barn and outhouses, one block from
town limits; several bearing fruit trees;
only $4,000 cash, If sold at once-See
ADAM SILCOX, 2t1
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Baby chicks seven 10
parcels Post Live delivery guaranteed
Barred Rocks, X. 1. Reds and Buff Or
pingtons 1Sc each Onconar 17c, Leg
horns Ice, White Rocks 19c. Good stock
Order quick V. L. HAWKINS, Box 4si.
Eustis Fla. oS-St
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MISCELLANEOUS

HAIR DRESSER-Madame Pa u ne
Coleman, having returned to town, wan
do hair -dressing-make combinss mi"
switches, do scalp work ana beauty ee,r
ture P O. Box 50. SAtL
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Times-Union FLORIDA is being
called a Stacker for not producing
sugar, when it is a well known
fact that sugar can be produced in
great quantities in this state.
with the sugar output of the
country controlled by the big re-
fneries, capital has been chary in
this connection, but the govern
ment may step in and help in this
important enterprise in the near
future.
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Arcadia Enterprise I'VE have
been wrestling with this dadgum
"zone" business for the last week
and haven It words to express our
selves. 1t looks like every time a
congressman has a touch of sun
stroke or a senator begins to feel
senile debility and paresis coming
on, he begins to devise wise regu-
lations for the poor newspapers.
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LOST

LOST-Tuesday, 23rd inst, perhaps on
Marian ave-, small, black snap purse
containing $500 bill and a tooth on pivot:
Reward of s100 for its return to THE
HERALD office. aota
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Palm Beach Post The Pmta
Gorda Herald permanently in
ouircs why the army Of publicity
agents employed by the govern
ment can't boil down their matter
so that it can be used by newspa-
pers. That query will be echoed
in every newspaper office in the
land. Readers are in no humor
for dissertations. Thew prefer
ipcts with a punch tersely told,
Tho publicity agent who can
nut up his matter - brief and cas-
w assimilated form is a failure
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Largo Sentinel 1T has been
suggested down Miami way that,
as this is day of uniforms, such
Q program be inaugurated in all
schools, and that distinctive uni
forms be adopted both for boys
and girls to meet war conditions.
Ii would be economical and elimi-
nate classes so far as dress is con-
cc1ncd.l The boys in khaki and
the girls in uniforms of material
in the reach of all.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-14
ROBBERS KILL 7
BANK QFFICE ERS
and Get $4,000
Two HighWaymen Escape in
TaxiCabs After Daring
HoIdup in New York
at Busiest Hour.

New York, Dec. 13.-Two officers
of the East Brooklyn Savings bank
were killed late today by two dar-
ing highwaymen who escaped in a
taxicab with $4,000 after shooting
detective who tried to stop them
and holding a crowd at bay with
their revolvers.
The robbers chose the busiest
time of the day. Entering as if to
make deposit, one advanced to the
paying teller's window and thrust
revolver through the bars. while
his companion covered other per.
sons in the bank,
When Daniel c. Piel, teller, failed
to come across" as ordered, he
was shot through the heart. His
slayer then took his turn at cover
ing" the crowd, while his companion
ran to another window, forced a
clerk to retreat to the rear. of his
cage and then crawled through the
small opening.
From that cage he fastened to the
one where the murdered teller lay.
He thrust rolls of bills into linen
bag and when Henry w. Coons, as
sistant treasurer of the bank, ran
forward he, too. was shot. He died
later at hospital.
Then both robbers made a dash
for the street. Detective Albert
Doody, who tried to block their
path, received wound in the left
arm. Outside, the pair waved the
crowd back with their revolvers and
entered a taxicab.
Later the chauffeur, who said his
name was George w. Mccullough,
gave himself up to the police. He
claimed he was not implicated in
the robbery but that he had had a
pistol pressed to his head and had
been threatened with death if he
did not obey orders.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-14
j. S. Army READY
TO USE MUCH GAS
WHEN WAR ENDED
Gen. Sibert Says Americans
Were Prepared to Return
Ten Tons for Every
One from Enemy.

Washington, Dec. 13.-When hos
tilities ceased the American army
was being prepared and equipped to
hurl ten tons, of mustard gas into
the German forces for every ton
the Germans could deliver, Maj.
Gen. Willard L. Sibert, director of
the chemical warfare service, said
here tonight at a dinner given in his
honor. On the day that the armi-
stice was signed, he said, plans for
the manufacture of the standard
gases were in operation with a man
ufacturing capacity greater than that
of England and France combined.
This capacity would have been
treblcd in the case of certain gases
before the beginning of the new
year.
General Sibert revealed the fact
that his department has perfected a
new type of gas mask for the de-
fense of the American army which
was far superior in every respect to
any mask used by either the enemy
or the allied forces. He added that
100000 of these masks had been pro-
duced when the war ended.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-14
VOLUNTEERS THRIVE
ON FLU GERM DIET.

Boston, Dec. l3.- Experiments
undertaken by the Navy department
at the navy public health service
hospital on Gallup island to ascer-
tain the cause and spread OF inhu-
enza have had merely negative re-
suits, according to a report given
out today. One hundred volunteers.
who have been placed under OBJ
servation for several weeks, have
had influenza germs placed in their
nostrils and throats and have eaten
them with their food and some have
been inoculated with serums. but
no cases of the disease have devel-
oped thus far.
Increased appetite and more Wig
orous health have been thee only
noticeable results of the experiment.
according to the physicians. The
tests will be continued.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-14
Here's the Love-Letter
Dorothy Really Wrote
In the Story, ''Who Stacks My Cards."

MY DEAR Brave Fighter: Allow me to express
lVI myself 'thusly," because feel tonight that
ASA you fighting for, and against, very many
things. For your country, your ideals, principles
love, honor and success against the enemy tempta-
tion selishness, hate and unfarness.
That's the way feel about you; that's the pic
ture recollection turns to my memory's wall
Loneliness, believe, prompted your letter to me,
and because marriage should be sacred in the sight of
God shall not send you an answer which would
with your sense of honor, be binding. Right now we
are moulding character, and by the time you return
we shall have changed-for the better, hope
Life, fear, has little laughter in it way out
there, but remember, always that it is the sinking
heart that's sad Smile and listen to the rumbling of
days Therein lies happiness. Remember, DEAR
what wise old Omar said? "The thoughtful soul to
solitude retires' So perhaps your soul shall find its
greatest purpose while you lonely between acts
over there.
About being true to you-let me answer in the
big sense: Before can be true to anyone else we
must be true to ourselves. That is the law of Cod
or evolution, progress whatever you choose to
call it. Right now am struggling to be true to Dor
othy. If fail you shall not want her; If win WELL
then you gain that which alone is worth having One
of our philosopher poets has written that:
1--WE sit at the loom and weave and spin;
Thread upon thread is in
To the warp of our lives and they twne and twine,
f- Till the fabric is finished, and, fine,
We must don the garment cave and
The kind OF cloth we have woven there.
We are both weaving rapidly Let us hope that
enough of these threads of life and experience are
woven in by the time you return that we may decide
whether the fabrics are coarse or fine, worthy.
With all the admiration in the world for the man
who occupies the throne in my castle of hope l am,
fondly, DOROTHY.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-14
Executives Last Night Aboard
Ship Made Memorable
by Demonstration of
@, BIuejaCkets.
BY Associated Press.

On Board the U. S. S. George
Washington, Dec. l3.-Presiden
Wilson's last night aboard the ship
that bore him to France to attend
the peace conference at Versailles,
was memorable. 1t was marked by
demonstration on the part of the
personnel of the ship which greatly
touched him.
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson
had attended moving picture show
aboard the George Washington and
when the show had ended and they
we're ready to depart great chorus
of bluejackets, unannounced, enter
ed the salon and sang two verses of
GO Be With You Till We Meet
Again"
After the singing the president ex-
pressed his appreciation of the sig
nihcance of the words of the old
hymn, especially as coming from
men of all walks of life, many of
them former prosperous business
men, who had sacrificed their inter
ests in serving their country i'll
time of need.
All Sing "Auld Lang Syne."
At the conclusion of the singing
the orchestra burst forth with the
famous "Auld Lang Syne," and the
voices of the whole of the ships
company were raised to the tune
which must have been heard on the
decks of the torpedo boat destroyer
convoy quarter of mile off. The
president bowed his acknowledge
ments to the sailors, but he left the
salon without delivering an address
President Wilson seemingly has
thoroughly enjoyed the voyage.
Nothing has pleased him more than
the moving picture taken of him
with the assembled crew on the for
ward deck, in which the president
shook hands with everyone, from>t the
grimy fire room gang men to the
men of the upper decks. He has
spent the evenings at the bluejacket
amateur shows and posed generous
ly for hundreds of snap shot pic
lures by officers and men. He has
read the ships daily paper without
fail and generally has attended the
lightly moving picture shows,
President Wilson has expressed
much enjoyment at the singing of
the sailors quartet. At target prac-
tice and in signalling maneuvers he
always has been one of the most in
terested of the spectators.
Carry Little Baggage.
President Wilson and Mrs. Will
son actually have less baggage on
board the George Washington than
some of the minor attaches of the
peace party.
The degree to be conferred on
President Wilson by the University
of Paris will. it is said, be the first
honorary degree to be given by this
seat of learning. Likewise, the de-
gree to be given the president by the
University of Rome will be unique
in the annals of that university, so
far as a foreigner is concerned.
When the George Washington
reaches France, the vessel will re-
turn at once to New York with
wounded men and others of the
American forces, both officers and
privates, reaching her destination in
time for Christmas.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-14
FRENCH ACCLAIM W|LS0|
BICHYDROPLANEPLUNCES
OUT OF MIST INTO HOUSE
Two Men Crushed to Death on Willoughby Club Build
ing Near Norfolk, Va; Pilot Loses Direc-
ton in Dense Fog Over Sea-

Norfolk Va, Dec. 1.-two enlisted instantly killed and
two injured today when large hydopane crashed
Woughby club Woughby Spit about II miles from the city
The dead Radio Expert Thomas Vincent JONES' u N and
Machnst's Mate Llewelyn w. Alexander
Ensign Robert Pmedo who plotting the machine escaped with
fractured leg Ensign David Thomas sustained slight
back Quamaster W. " Avery wireless unnured
The hydroplane equipped with powerful The
chine with five aboard left Baltimore this morning the
Hampton Roads naval base and return At the head the bay the pilot
lost his the dense overangn
forced to land in order obtain his location The machine
cessfuly dropped the the Of the accident few
minutes later the flight resumed with the head pointed sowa
Emerging from bank machine first club
building The machine crumped the wreckge the roof
Jones and Alexander caught under the and crushed death
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-14
NAVAL PAGEANT
TO MARK RETURN
OF U. S. FLEET
Secretary Daniels Will Re.
view American Armada
in New York Harbor
About Dec. %.

Washington, Dec. 13.-Return to
home waters of the first ships of the
American armada sent to Europe to
combat German sea power will be
marked by great naval pageant in
New York harbor about December
%. Secretary Daniels announced
today that he will go to New York
on the Mayfower to review the
feet which will be led by Admiral
Mayo, commander in chief of the
Atlantic fleet, on his flagship, the
Pennsylvania, which accompanied
President Wilson to Europe. The
homecoming fleet will be nine
dreadnaughts, 20 destroyers and
more than 40 converted yachts,
mine planters, submarines and other
craft. The destroyer force, part of
which already is on the way to
New York, includes many of the
vessels first sent to the war zone
and some of them carry on their
tunnels the stars awarded for de-
struction of German submarines.
Owing to the character of some
of the craft ordered home, no de-
finite date can be set for their ar
rival and it is possible that some
of the smaller ships will not get back
in time for the review, which will
give the people of the country an
opportunity to see the fighting
ships that helped materially to de-
feat the German menace. Efforts
will be made. however, to bring as
many as possible of the returning
vessels into port together
Instructions to Admiral MAYO
called for the return of all naval
craft that can be spared. Some por-
tons of the American forces, how
ever, must remain on the other side
temporarily to complete the work OF
carrying out naval conditions of the
armistice.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-14
WAR HINT
GIVEN HUN
AGENTS IN
July, 1914
Propagandists Reached This
Country in August, One
of Them Told Officer
of U. S. Army.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Dec. 13.-Operations
of the German propaganda system
in the United States through which
valuable information for transmits
sion to Berlin was gathered at the
same time that German doctrines
were spread over the country were
laid bare today by Capt. G. B. Les
ter of the army intelligence service
in testimony before the senate COM
mittee, investigating beer and Ger
man propaganda.
Most Of the evidence related to
activity of Teutonic agents before
he United States entered the war.
Sent to All Parts of World.
Captain Lester declared that an
unnamed informant, now interned,
told him that the Berlin government
on July 10, 1914, nearly a month
before the war started, called into
conference about l3l trained and
educated German propagandists,
and sent them to all parts of the
world with instructions to prepare
for the world war which they were
told was about to be precipitated.
Thirty-one of these landed in the
United States in August two coming
on the same steamer as DR.. Helm
rich F. Albert, paymaster of the
propaganda forces, two weeks
after hostilities started and became
the nucleus for an organization of
between 100000 and 100000 volun-
teers, mainly German-Americans.
who gathered information of all
kinds and reported it to German
consuls and agents in hundreds of
communities.
Hale Publicity Chief.
William Bayard Hale, a writer
for the Hearst newspapers and
formerly confidential representa-
tive of President Wilson in Mexico,
eventually became head of the pub
licity branch of the organization
thus built up, Captain Lester said,
but the army intelligence service has
no evidence that Hale did work for
the German government after the
United States entered the war.
The officer also testified that
newspapers and writers were infu-
enced to promote German propa-
ganda. Film plays were produced
promoting distrust of Japan and
Mexico, a Washington newspaper
man was hired to report govern
mont secrets to the German head
Continued on Page Two, Column Three,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-14
POINTS OF
PEACE TO
BE TOPICS
OF PARLEY
Conferences Will Center on
League of Nations, Free
dom of Seas and
Indemnity.

On Board the U. S, S. George
Washington, Dec. l3.-(By Wireless
to Associated Press.)-It is said
the presidents conferences with en-
tente statemen during the next few
days undoubtedly will center or
questions surrounding the proposed
league of nations and the definition
of freedom of the seas and posi-
bly, also on the question of indem-
nifty.
On the question of the league ol
nations there will be discussion. il
is said, whether the league shall be
provided for in the treaties OF
peace or later.
1t is known to be President Will
sons position that the peace treaty
should embody agreements to create
league of nations.
1t is also known to be his con-
viction that there is strong necessity
for establishing, upon a very clear
definition, freedom of the seas.
Point Two Explained.
The much discussed point 2, in
President Wilson's IA essential
points of peace on which Great Brit
ain has reserved decision, is said to
be not intended to specify unqualifi-
ed, freedom of the seas outside ter
ritorial waters but only to stipulate
that no single nation shall restrict
freedom and that when freedom is
restricted it shalt be only concrete
power forcing international cove
nants.
!, 1t is expected that the president
will approach what may be differ
ences in opinion rather than of prif-
ciple and that he will rely upon
open-minded conferences and pro-
cesses which will not involve un-
necessary aitagonism.
1t is said to be his attitute that
neither the United States nor the
other governments should assume
the role of master, and that he be-
lieves he is supported by public
opinion generally as to the agree
ment to be sought for between peo-
pies, rather than governments, as
essentials to peoples war.
The reduction of ornaments pro-
posed in President Wilson's ID
points specifies reductions not be-
low domestic safety, and statesmen
seem to be agreed that no reduc-
ton of domestic ornaments without
international safety is expected.
Regarding Indemnity.
The attitude of President Wilson
with regard to indemnity is gen
orally believed to be that the neces-
sity for the payment of great sum
will be justified only if based on
most careful and judicial considera-
ton.
The president is said to agree
fully with the entente premiers as
to the great wrongs of military
power, but to feel most strongly that
the ways of righting them must be
consistent with the objects of the
war.
1t is asserted that he thinks the
right procedure would be, first, a
careful determination of just claims
and demands for reparation for dam
age and then the determination of
the method of payment and the pos
sibility of obtaining payment.
The decisions reported to have
been reached on these vital sub
jects by the entente are believed on
board the George Washington to be
tentative.
In determining the question of
freedom of the seas it is thought
that radical revision of maritime
practices probably will arise.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-14
Des Moines Street Car
Company May Go into
Hands Of a Receiver

Des Moines, Ia, Dec. 13.-(Spe-
cial Telegram).-What appears to be
a move for a receivership by the
Des Moines city railway company
was made late today when the street
car company filed a confession of
judgment in district court involving
about $4,000, which the company
owes for construction work to the
North American Railway Construc-
ton company. Confession authoriz-
es the clerk of the, court to enter a
judgment for the amount Of the bill
against the company. An attempt
tt collect the judgment probably
would precipitate bankruptcy pro-
ceedings.-