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MEMS SUITS TO GO HIGHER
Designers Say Labor Accounts For go
Per Cent of Cost.

New York, Jan. 12.-Further in
crease in the price Of mems clothing,
without much change in style, We're
predicted by delegates who attended
the tenth annual convention of the
International Association of Clothing
Designers here.
Labor contributes about 90 per cent
TO the cost of a sui, it was said.
While the supply Of woolen cloth was
said to be increasing, the designers
offered little hope that this would de-
crease the cost of clothes.
The designers were diSinclined to
believe reports from London that
purple, gold and bright colors would
be worn by men, and declared that
conservatism, both as to cut and fab
Eic would prevail.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-01-12
EXPLOSION WRECKS SHOP
Man Killed and Two Injured by Blast
in Scranton Subway,

Man Killed and Two Injured by Blast
in Scranton Subway.
Scranton, Pa, Jan. 12.-By the ex-
plosion of gas in the subway under
the blacksmith shop Of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad
company, one man was killed and two
seriously injured.
Frank Ktrwin, forty years old, suf-
fered Il broken neck when sent with
terrific force against the ceiling; Chris
tophor Rulher, aged twenty-eight
years, and Frank Phillips, thirty years
Old, were seriously burned. The latter
!wo are at the Moses Taylor Hospital.
Much damage was done to the sub
way. The explosion occurred at 1910
O'Clock. aud Ihc report was heard
throughout til" city. kirwin and the
other men were repairing break in
the gas main and the last bolt was
being tightened into place when there
came rush of gas, which was fgnited
by torch held by one of the work.
arg
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-01-12

Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. 12-An uniden-
tilted man was found dead and Mi
chael Simon and Charles Swank seri-
OuSly i'll from wood alcohol poisoning
i'll Il garage at Swissville. According
to the physician who was called, the
men bought quart of what they be-
lieved to be whisky from a negro in
Rankin and went to the garage to
drink it. Soon afterward they became
III.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-01-12
Poles Ccminu to America.

Washington, Jan. PA large emil
grafton movement from Poland to the
United States awaits adequate steam
ship facilities, a cablegram from War
saw to the department of commerce
said. About 10000 persons are now
awaiting transportation, it was said,
In addition, 10000 men from General
Haller's army who went from the
United States are to be repatriated,
it is reported
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-01-12
GUARDS FOIL LIQUOR THEFT
Rout Auto Load of Men Intent on
Raidinu Whisky Disti, cry.

Iititz, Pa, Jan. PA gun battle
in which watchmen placed in the John
Horting distiIlery and bonded ware
house were victorious, foiled another
attempt to remove whisky from the
building.
The watchmen were placed on duty
following the theft Of $4,000 worth Of
liquor Wednesday night.
According to the guards, an auto
mobile load of men aligh.ed on the
edge of a wheat field near the dis.il.
lery and were preparing to cross the
Iititz creek when they were challeng-
ed and fired upon. They escaped after
returning shots. Federal agents and
state police are on their trail.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-01-12
Must Label German "elft Parcels"

Ber Jan. l2.-The minister OF
faa uabIlShcl conditions govern
IL. !e ire" i'm ortation Of gift par
e. f.m ,he United States, They
], nvide thar the parcels must be di-
I.ctyd 20 Il specific address and plain
i marked gift parcels"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-01-12
What Yves Did.

Yves Whittle, a teamster down in
Lowell, Ark, was so patriotic during
the fall of 1918, before the Hun was
finally vanquished, that he put a
mortgage on his team and wagon FOR
$50 and bought War Savings Stamps
in his desire to do his duty by the
government. Some thought Wes was
doing more than his financial strength
warranted. But he just went down
into the woods, cut up fuel and sold
it and the mortgage was soon lifted.
Now Wes is buying more stamps, be-
cause he realizes their value and finds
he can save.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-01-12
Bio Army of Tax Takers.

Berlin, Jan. 12.-Mathias Erzberg-
er, the minister ef finance, has adver-
tised for 5000 additional rooms to ac-
commodate the staff which, he says.
will be required to administer new tax
measures soon to become effective.
Returning from a speaking tour in
South Germany, Erzberger announced
thai additional taxing measures would
be submitted to the assembly.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-01-12
ro Bush German PrisoSers Home.

Paris, Jan. 12.-Between 5000 and
1000 German prisoners will be repa-
triated daily, beginning Immediately
on thc arrival of railway cars from
Germany.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-01-12
" ANTk ED
STARTED FIRE WITH BONDS
Burlington Man Distracted Over Loss
of $500 in Securities.

Burlington, n. J., Jan. 12.-That he
had found a fuel more costly than coal
was the discovery by Harry Wool
man, of East Burlington, after he had
built a fire in a stove at his home,
following his return from a business
trip in Philadelphia.
Shortly after the room became warm
Woolman missed $4500 in negotiable
bonds he had brought home. Search
failed to reveal them, and the distract
ed man thinks he accidentally laid
them with waste paper with which he
kindled the fire.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-01-12
WILDCAT FOLLOWS BOYS
Pursues Scared Youngsters Until Tney
Find Refuge in House.

Find Refuge IN House.
Lock Haven, Pa, Jan. l2-As Ger
aid Moore and Leonard Eek, each
about twelve years of age, of Lime
stone township, were coming down the
Millp0rt hill on their Way from school,
they heard Il peculiar noise in the
woods along the road, and upon inves-
tigatiOn were confronted by a wildcat,
which showed every evidence of being
ready to fight
The boys, thoroughly frightened,
made Il short pause and then started
on a run for a neighhOr's about an
eighth of a mile away, the wildcat
following them all he way AS the
boys reached the house in safety The
animal abandoned the chase and went
up nearby mountain.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-01-12

FOR SALE:- Large white irish
potatoes (eNtIa fine) $500 per bushel,
in or more hushel lots delivered.
Fine seconds $i.G0 per bushel, delivered
apply DR.. 7. ". SPRANKLIN, Lodge
cliffe Farm, Cambridge, Md Phone
l2S-M. S-tf.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-01-12
FOR SALE

FOR sALE:--Nine desirable dwell
ms properties prices from $500 to
$594O4 Terms TO suit purchaser.
Private funds in hand to loan
HENRY l.. JOHNSON
Attorney-At-Law
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ON THE ONE HAM

you may have your. house. burned
over your head, but on the other yoa
should have fire insAreHce policy
to entirely wipe out suea frightful
loss. Now an insurance policy only
calls for a premium of faw dollars
for every thousand vs. at IN
tervals of three or five ..S. Dis
pose of your anxiety about your rea
estate and do it now.
MATTHEW'S & co,
FIRE INSURANCE and REAL Es-
TATE AGENTS
Cambridge, Maryland.
PHONE:-Office 800. Home@4 DE
and 165
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04
BLIGHT LEFT BY HURRICANE
Somewhat Resembles That Caused by
Heavy Frost-Heavy Salt Spray
and Mist Blamed.

The kind of damage that a hurri
cane causes is pretty generally known
but. as contributor points out, one
phase Of II is overlooked In most de
scriptlons. For this no better name
can be given than hurricane blight.
In the great hurricane of September
1919, which came out of the lower Ba.
hamas and swept over Key West, the
area of hurricane blight, as observed
on the Florida east coast, reached
almost to Palm Beach. After the bur
ricane had passed, the coast looked as
if a great frost had fallen ON it. Near
the water front scarcely a leaf was
left on the trees, and for a distance
of 80 to 100 yards back from the wa
ter the grass lay withered and brown.
Flowers had shriveled and persisted,
and even the fronds of the huge coco
palms had blackened and curled at
the tips, and turned scar halfway to
the stems.
For three days and nights the wind
had driven the salt spray and mist
against the foliage and grass, and by
morning of the fourth day nothing
bright and green remained 1t fs this
salty spray and mist, driven with
singing force by the gale, that causes
hurricane blight.
Recovery Is even slower than re-
cOvery from frost stroke it is. full
month before the pail of hurricane
blight begins to disappear as the new
growth arrives.
Old residents of the lower glade
country, especially along the coast,
have an unfailing faith in sea grapes
as hurricane sign. A heavy yield
of this fruit, that grows wild along the
bower Florida coast, Is regarded by
them as sure forecast of big
blow" They declare that the sign.
has never failed; so when the
branches of the sea-grape tree hang
low with fruit the old inhabitants
know what to expect. In the fall Of
1919 there was an almost unprecedent-
ed crop Of sea grapes.
Hurricane blight does not affect the
sea-grape tree. The leaves weather
the gale and salt spray and emerge
from the ordeal almost as fresh and
green as ever. Only the fruit is
blown down.
The tree is generally crooked and
twisted, and unattractive in appear
ance. 1t grows along the beach, fire.
quently in the water, and it's fruit,
which Is like the common grape in
size, grows in clusters. When ripe,
it has pfnkfsh-purple hue.
Although little used at present, the
fruit is fairly palatable, and probably
in the near future it may be priced as
food, particularly in the form of jams,
jellies and preserves-Youth's Com
DaDiOn.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04

on the buildings may be started at the
earliest possible moment.
While the rated capacity of the
Fort Myers pulp mill is to be twenty
five tons a day, mill of that rated
capacity usually has an actual pulp
output of around forty tons daily.
Such mill would probably employ
Iabout 100 persons, and would handle
at least 100 tons of sawgrass every
twenty-four hours. This would
afford a reTnunerative market avail
able the year around, for Lee county
product that now is wholly wasted
and untitled, and would result in
the conversion of this now wasted
material into a product the market
value Of which is steadily increasing
Mr. Leach stated that it is not the
present purpose of his corporation to
establish finishing mill for making
the sawgrasS pulp into finished news
print and other grades of papsr. but
that such a mill is to be established
in Florida within the next few years.
For the present, however, the finished
paper is to be made at a mill in the
North, the pulp being shipped at
LeeSburg, Fort Myers and Moore ia
vent
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04
RAPIDLY CUTTING DEATH RATE
With the Spread Of knowledge, Many
Diseases Are Practically 6eeom-
ing Negligible Quantity.

Conducted by the Health Guide United
States Public Health Service, Washing
ton d. G.
There are few diseases Of which
we have learned, not only the cause
but also the ways and means by which
the disease germs are conveyed from
one person to another or through the
medium Of insects to humans. Where
these conditions have been preventable,
and such action has been taken as was
necessary To prevent them, the afore-
said diseases have become negligible
quantity.
The discovery of vaccine as q pre-
ventiYe of smallpox, and the intelligent
application of this knowledge. has
robbed that disease of its terrors.
The knowledge that certain
species Of mosquito, the stagumyia. is
to blame for the transmission of yellow
fever, and the practical application of
this knowledge. has. for the most part,
stamped out this disease.
The campaign against tuberculosis,
which has been more or less rigidly
carried out, has gently reduced the
mortality from this disease. The con-
troll of our water supplies by filtration
and chlOrinatiOn, and of our milk sup
plies by rigid regulations requiring
clean milk, and the making of that
milk bacteriologically clean by pas
teurization, has reduced our typhoid
fO n minimum
Diphtheria antitoxin, when admin
istered early has deprived that dis
ease of its dread, and it is especially
important to administer antitOxin
early.
Education of the mothers in the
care and feeding Of their babies. and
the control of our milk supply, have
wonderfully reduced the infant NOR
tally; and, in fact, the education Of
the public as regards the haunts and
habits of disease-producing germs and
the ways and means by which they
are transmitted from one person to an
other, have resulted in greatly reduc-
ing our death rate from scarlet fever;
typhoid fever and diphtheria.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04
Mo Liqht in Darkness.

The census taller runs up against
many amusing experiences. Chief
among these are the explanations
some people offer for the various an
swers they make to questions put to
them.
One of the census workers in Kan
sas City asked woman whether she
could read. She answered rather hest
tetingly, that she could not, and then
FASTENED to explain:
II never went to school but one day,
and that was in the evening, and we
hadn't no light and the teacher didn't
come. "-Harper's Magazine.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04
Nucar E-rom Timber.

! Speaking OF the suggestion Of saw
frst sugar, a Ceyion planter says:
while cannot yauch for the SWeeten-
tag properties Of timber in general,
auow there are trees which yield SUI
f,ar. We might have been sending you
considerable quantities from Ceylon
had an experiment made then been
slvre efficiently carried OUT. Palmyra
trees which yield a suSary syrup, were
s~anped, and modern machinery in
Sllled TO refine ne juice, but fer some
,paSon the native workers could not
D. prevailed on to carry the stuff down
from the forest to tie works. There
Is still a future fer palmyra sugar,
when the ill-luck is lived down.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04
Good Enounh for a Girl.

A father and mother, says British
weekly, had broaght their month-old
twins to an East London church to be
christened. All went well until the
rector asked, And what is this child's
name?"
The father drew himself up and
replied, "Haig Pershing Foch Marine
Mons Lloyd George Clemenceau Jones'"
The rector gasped. Then, taking
deep breath. he turned to the mother.
who was holding the other child. "And
the name of this?" he asked.
The meek little woman smoothed
her dress and whispered, Maud"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04
VAST COLONIAL EMPIRE GONE
Germany Has Lost Possession OF a
| Million and a Quarter Square
Miles of Land.

Germany must pay many penalties
for the war she ruthlessly started 9th
er than indemnity, disarmament, trade
restriction, and loss of good will. One
of her chief, but aforementioned
losses is that of her colonial empire,
which has disappeared from the face
Of the earth. The National Geographic
society summarizes Germanys colo
uiai loss as follows:
In 1914 Germany possessed colo
NAL empire of a million and quarter
square miles in area. 1t represented
approximately four times the area OF
the German empire and before the
war its exports amounted to about
one hundred millions oe francs, or
twenty millions NJ doila"S. There
were German Southwest Africa. 1900
square miles in extent, with LOO
miles of railroads, with it's copper and
diamond mines is metals, which we're
worth, commercially, thiTty-seVan mil
lions of marks (nearly S9GGOG0O) in
1911; German East Africa, twice as
big as the German empire, having EGO
miles of railroads, with its harbors.
where nine hundred and thirty three
merchant ships touched in 1911; Ger
man New Guinea, as large as two
thirds Of Prussia. With its rich depo-
Sits u gold and coal. it's maritime
commence Of 3i0.G00 tens; the samoan
5ia1G@, one single port Of whic... Ap:a.
was s9sited BY one hundred and ten
tea1ncr: IN year; TsinG-TNo. which
In 1911 Lad exported 22.590 coo marks
(nearly SSM0010) worth of merchan-
iise, whose maritime interest was rep
resented by eve hundred and ninety
steamers, wh:.| carried a Cliiliop tons
IF freight. All that fell away; all that
IS actually in tn Sands Of the allies.
The conquest of his colonial en-
pire was difficult, +. was flashed
only in 1910.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04
a Br1ya Man

Brown is n brave man, and when
enc night he heard a noise downstairs
he promptly arose, took a poker, and
proceeded to investigate the cause.
On reaching the hail the light of
tie candle he carried revealed
burglar in the act of leaving the
bouse.
"Hi % cried Brown. "Come backw
Tie burglar turned and gnzed in
syGEi%e ut Brown.
'}jHafs the matter?"H he inquired.
'I1"re I forgotten anything? All, of
iymsr Tie silver candlcsticll you are
carrying. ThHm!; yGu 50 much"
Ten, before the astonished Brown
C,u.# reaiize what had happened, the
buIEinr seized the candIasticls and
saniSheG into the night.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04

| William Pickins, colored preach
er mikes the following criticism of
t e Few discovery of sex relation"
said t. have been made by a New Jer-
sey preacher.
Says this critic:
"A New Jersey preacher says that
dancing is of the devil, and to
j"prcve" it, he make The very simple
proposition that if men aid women
were required to dance separately,
men only with mel, and wcmeE only
w:,h women, there would be less dan
cling and less interest in it. have Of
tc wondered 1t lie mental ability
CT raa&.y preachers, but this white
mar of New Jersey beats the whnio
bunch, with the possible exception
of Billy Sunday, wfo, l thiEk, made
this same remarkable discovery some
time ago.
Now, dancing may be of The devil,
for all we care in this discussion
but what we are dealing with here is
the absolutely irrelevant proposition
by which this preacher seeks to prove
it. Is everything of the devil in
which men and women show more in
terest in the opposite sex than in their
own sex? If that be so, then what is
there in this world that is not of the
devil? The home, of which We
beast and on which we base our
whole structure of society, is most
assuredly of the devil, by that rule.
Let me apply this rule and make
n few more discoveries for this
preacher of the gospel. There would
be less interest in church socials,-
! if men and women held them sepdr-
gregation there would be fewer men
and fewer women, and fewer young
people than is probably the case now,
If he held separate services for
men and women. He says there
Iwould be less dancing, if men and
IseX. Under similar requirements,
perhaps there would be a smaller
Sunday school attendance, and there
would certainly be fewer homes, and
practically no weddings. Weddings
then, are of the devil,-for unless
there was a woman in it, you could
never get a man in it.
And you might go right OF
through the list, for this preacher
has touched the mightiest motive
power of human society. There woulC
literally be fewer and less of every
!. thing; fewer perties; fewer parks
, and certainly fewer strolls in parks
. fewer church picnics and practically
no church weddings; fewer preachers
fewer sermons, and much fewel
pews.
The first man Adam, anG the frs
woman Eve, discovered all this Ions
before New Jersey was settled as 9
Cn'nrv - 0C111 Dl1ra~
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04
A Way Out.

Premier Clemenceau gave the red
ribbon of the Legion of Honor to an
old acquaintance of his who had done
important work for France in the
war. The recipient of the decoration
was delighted and at the same time
embarrassed because the large beard,
which he had worn for years, hid
the honor badge from view.
"Oh that's easily remedled," Glenn
enceau said to him when told of the
dilemma: Just cut a window about
shoulder high in your whiskers and
the ribbon will show through 1t
nicely"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04
TO ESTABLISH PULP MILLS
Moore Haven and Fort Myers hoca.
tons Selected.

The Grass Fiber Pulp and Paper
Corporation will establish two pulp
mills for the manufacture of papeI
pulp in South Florida-one at Moore
Haven, in DeSoto county, and the
other at Fort Myers, Lee county, ac-
cordlng to an announcement in the
Fort Myers Press of a few days ago.
Says the Press.
Location in Fort Myers of a pulp
mill, for manufacturing paper pulp
from sawgrass is an assured fact.
This city has been definitely chos-
en- as the site for the plant, which,
when in operation, will be by far the
biggest year-round industry in Lee
county, and one that will give Fort
Myers more favorable publicity than
any manufacturing plant ever seri-
ously considered for this section.
Gilbert d. Leach, of Leesburg, one
of the men in control of the sawgrass
pulp process, after thorough investi-
cation of the advantages offered by
this city for establishment of a pulp
mill has definitely decided to locate
the mill here.
Three pulp mills are to be built in
Florida. One, the original mill, is
nearing completion at Leesburg, and
Press that it will be turning out pulp
by the early part of December
Another plant is to be located at
Moore Haven where the corporation
has obtained control of about 10000
acres OF undraiHed and undrainable
marshIaud.
The third of the big plants is to
be located in Fort Myers, Mr.. Leach
finding that sawgrasS in ample guam
titles is readily available for the
steady operation of mill of the ca
pacity of twenty-five tons of pulp
daily. The additional factors of wa
ter and rail transportation decided
the question of location.
In company with w. Stanley Han
son and others, Mr.. Leach made a
survey Of Lee county.
finding plenty of sawgrass up and
duwn the CaloOGahatcheC
Mr.. Leach went to, LeesbuTg today. |
He is to return to- Fort Myers next |
Wednesday, when at meeting of the |
board of governors of the Fort Myers
Board of Trade, his proposition is to
be presented in concrete form. The /
board of governors is to hay the mat |
ter before the Board Of Trade at the !
to be held next Thursday
night.
1t is understood that Mr.. Leach ,
does not require, or even suggest, that /
local capitalists invest to any large
extent in the local plant, but that !
all that is required is g ,
Site This, it is expected. will be |
provided without delay, so that work
Commercial Club meets Friday !
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04
Dental Misfortune.

No one would susnect the Princeton
Telegraph Of boosting Grand river as
q fishing resort yet this request Is
printed in the current issue. anyone
who is fortunate enough to catch fish
in the Grand river is requested to look
carefully and see If the catch is wear
Ing a new set Of false teeth. If found,
please return to a resident of Mercer
who had the misfortune 70 lose his
newest set Of teeth while wading in
the riycr."-Kansas City Times.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04
Worth SEEING.

Ralph. age three, and David age
five. were favorites in the neighbOr-
hood. David had been especially pop
ular, but had gone away for year.
end in his absence Ralph had received
oil the attention. This caused some
jealousy between the two, and they
argued a great deal about which one
had seen or done the most wonderful
things. One morning David was tell
Ing of the lions, bears and other wild
animals he had seen, when Ralph in
corrupted: yes, but I saw blind
tiger"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04
A Round Trip.

Recently. says the Forecast, Aunt
Mary Wells, who is one of the few
"befo' -de-wah" negroes who are left
in a little Kentucky town, was dis
cussing the merry go-rOund with her
employer.
"Nawsuh, Mr.. Malcolm" she said.
"nawsuh, l don ride on none o dem
things. Why, Mr.. Malcolm, Use seen
some o desc hyah fool niggers git on
that thing and ride as much as dol
lars worth and git off at de very
same place dey gifts on at; and I seq
to 'em, Now yo' spent yo' money,
child, whar yO' been|"