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The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-11
The Turkish Unscttlemcnt

Much more far-reaching, perhaps
than decisions affecting the Adriatic
are the terms OF the Turkish settle
ment now engaging the attention of
the allies. Not having been at war
with Turkey our interest and the at
titude of the Government toward this
problem is relatively remote, vet
we cannot be entirely Indifferent to
what Is being done or fail to realize
the possible consequences of some of
the adjustments being proposed.
All that is dednitoly known about
the negotiations so far is that the
Turk is to stay in ConGtantinople and
that the Dardanelles are to be inter
.nationalizcd. This last condition il.
in strict accord with President Will
sons point Il and the best judgment
.of the students of the Turkish
problem. NGpoloon's dictum that
the Golden Horn carried with it
domination of Europe has been modi-
fed by the opening Of the Suez canal
and more recent developments, but
the importance of the Dardanelles
was emphasized during the war when
Russia was isolated from her allies
by the Turkish alliance with the
central powers.
The straits should be open to the
commerce of the world on equal
terms and no power should be per-
mitted 10 close the Black sea in case
of Brooklyn Eagle,
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-11
LOCAL ITEMS

5cS NdluWell du lH!S Weeh.-auN.
Sheriff Dishong was visitor to
Punta Gorda yesterday.
Music rolls-the very latest-for
player pianos-at Cochran's.-adv.
D. V. Worell, of Philadelphia, Pa.
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Joel
Bishop.
Save on your meats b. trading at
Caldwell's.-See our ad in this is-
sue,-ady.
Charles Johnson, of Jacksonvilie,
was visitor to Punta Gorda We'd
nesday
Gennott phonograDhs rocords-thc
kind without the scratch-at Coch-
ran 's.-adv.
S. p. Bruton and party Of friends,
from Fort Myers We're in the city
Tuesday.
Mrs Phillip Johnson, of Lee
Branch, was shopping in Punta Cor
da Monday.
Buy your coffee in the bean and
have Smith grind it while you wait.
adv.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Marlborough,
Of Pulaski, Tenn, larl Tuesday for
tnoir homo
D. O. Allen, of Punta Gorda, had
business in the city Wednesday,
DeSoto County News. 5th.
You can set the latest popular
music for your phOnoSrahps-in CeG-
nett rocorda-at Cocaran's.-adv.
Mrs. John Hagan, Of Charlotte
1IG~bor, passed through here Wed
ne8day, en- route to Wauchula.
Don't sacrifice your town or sub
urban property before writing to
Box 999, Punta Gorda.-Gdv. %tf,
Mr. and Mra. C,1t Ncwlin and
daughter, Laura, LETT Tuesday foc
their home in H@s5onyille, Ills.
Dame Rumor has it that one Of
Puata Gor|a's Iatrest and most low
able young ladies is SION to lie mar
rico.
Dan stannard arrived last night
from Nov York and is the guest at
the home of Mr. and Mis-. J. NJ.
M2yes.
FOR SALE-Seyon thousand gal
Ions finest pure Florida cane syrup,
in large or small quantities. A, J,
KINSEL & CO.--adv.10-tf.
One member of the Commercial
Clubs committee on parks 3ay2:
why not set out roses III TIE park
ways along our street3?"
Punta Gorda Post of the Ameri~
can Legion win have a ball in the
Hotel Punta Gorda tomorrow, the
general public being invited.
Have your coffee ground in our
new electric mill while you wait, get
ting the full strength and aroma. II.
w. Smith, grocer-baker.-adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Hale left this
morning for their home in Cleveland,
Ohio. They spent the winter here
guests Of the Travellers hotel.
Draxton Blourt, jr,, was a very
busy man Monday, when he set out
a arge number of a7Ocado trees on
bis fathers farm southeast of town.
Miss Edna Mcleod and Faustine
Shaver, who are welding the rod at
Punta Gorda, were in Arcadia for
the week-end.-DeSoto County News,
5th.
Save SC a pound on whole hams or
sliced bacon-the finest in the land
by taking advantage e Caldwoll'1
special prices for Saturday only
ady@
Hrs. J. A. Rlchei3on and son, Tom
Van, end daughter, Martha, who hoTc
been spending the winter hero, left
Wednesday for their home in NortA
Georgia.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Char. ".
Smith, of Camp Gordon Ga., Sat
urday, March sixth, a son. Mrs.
Smith is a daughter Of Dr.. and Mrs.
B. e. Blount
Ben Krause. proprietor of the
Krause Exposition Shows, one of the
largest carnival organizations Of the
country, was suddenly called to Gin
cinnati, Ohio, on important business
and left for that place Monday
FEEDS. FERTILIZERS AND
CRATES. l.. NJ. WHITTEN,
= 4 !,
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-11

Turs! Furs One of tho biggest
end best fur houses in the United
States will pay cash for your furs.
Sec me about it.-JAS. X. Nc
.CLELLAND, drawer B, Punta Gorda,
Fla. Aft.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-25
Rupture Kills
1000 Annually

Seven thousand persons each year are laid
INIy-the burial certificate being mErESd
Rupture" Why? Because the unfortunate
ones had neglected themselves or bEd been
merely taking care Of the siEB ts~sIBREl %
the HdliCtiob and pairing no Ette1tioB 20 the
~sUss. What are you doing Are you neg
lecunF yourself by wearing q truss. Appl-
ance. or whatever name you choose 70 call
it, At hest. the truss Is only a makeshift-
a false prop against q cOllEpsibg wsll-snd
cannot be expected 70 act as more than =
mere mechanical support Tie binding pres
sure retArds blood circulation. thus rUbtIEE
the weakened muscles Of that which they
need mOst-uOurlSbmCut.
But science has found a way. and evs-T
truss sufferer in the land is invited 20 make
FREE test night in the privacy OF their
own home. The PLAPAO method is unuu@s-
tionsbly the most scientific. logical and sur-
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The PLAPAO PAD when adherinE close Iv
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Soft as velvCt-e1sy 70 uPply-lneEDeBsvr
To be used whilst you work and whilst you
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Learn how 10 close the heruisl op~uinr a.
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Adv
The Washington herald., 1920-10-25
YOUTH, Is, SUSPECTED
OF KIDNAPPING HIS WIFE

Chicago, Oct. 24.-It begins to
look as if Virgil Regan. aged is,
has kidnapped" his own wife. Alice,
also Is years old. That is the the
ory of the girls mother, Mrs. Her
man Behman, who has called upon
the law to do its duty.
Two month ago Virgil and Alice
eloped to Crown Point. Ind. and
we're married. Mrs. Behman de-
manded that her daughter begin
annulment proceedings. The girl
resumed her occupation as a typist
in an insurance office, but a few
evenings ago she arrived home In
a disheveled and Mustered condition.
saying her husband had intercepted
her on the street and beaten and
pinched her.
Last night she started home as
usual from work. but that is the
last anyone has seen of her. About
the same hour Virgi's parents say
he hurriedly packed a suitcase and
slammed out OF the house.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-25
IN CABIN
MURDER CASE
Police Seek Woman Com
panion of Bank Runner
Slain in Woods.

Camden, y. J., Oct. 24.-A de-
serted cabin, one mile from where
the body of David S. Paul, Camden
bank runner, was found in a shall
low grave among the Jersey pines,
may form the connecting link in
the solution of the mystery. De-
tectives who visited the place re-
Ported today that they found OBJ
vious signs of recent occupancy and
evidences of a protracted orgy
about the cabin. Dark blotches on
he floor are believed to be blood
stains, and the police think it was
here that Paul met his death.
a psrtly-f1lled whisky bottle was
found on table in the shanty and
bits of a letter were on the floor.
Motorcar tracks around the place
are believed to have been made by
the car in which the messengers
body was carried away. Less than
a mile away is an occupied cabin
and the detectives learned that a
woman wearing green velvet
dress stopped there and bought a
half-dozeh eggs Friday morning,
the day before Paul's body was
found. This woman is being sought
by the police in the hope that she
may be able to throw some light on
the mystery.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-25
FRENCH UNEMPLOYED
NOW TOTAL 125,OOO

Paris. Oct. 24.-The French cabi-
net has just ended long session in
which it is understood from an Off
cial source that the gravest problem
discussed was that Of industrial un-
employment. II was learned yester-
day that France is commencing the
winter with 125,O00 persons without
work
A number of factories have closed
down altogether and many are on
part time, but SO far comparatively
few of the idle have recourse to the
municipal bureaus which have been
organized to give aid.
The prices of shoes and clothing
are still rising.
Copyright, 1920, by Public Ledger Co..
The Washington herald., 1920-10-25
BUREAU
STARTED HERE
District Merchants Combine
To Establish Local Clear
ing House.

Firmer credit for Washington
patrons of retail stores and closer
cooperation on credit matters be-
tween merchants and the public is
the aim of the Mercantile Credit AS
sociation. Inc, organized recently by
a number of local merchants, and
with a present membership of $50
The association will act as a
credit clearing house for all Wash
ington business houses which be-
come members" S. II. Takes, Sec
rotary of the association, said.
TIL Merchants and Manufacturers
Association is in favor of the new
organization.
The credit bureau of the Ner-
chants Association has been en-
larged by the credit organization.
Takes was the head of the mer-
chants bureau.
The bureau now adjoins the Offices
of the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association. but will move Novem-
Der to the Commerce and Savings
Building, 500 Seventh street north
west.
Mark Lansburgh, of Lansburgh
and Brother, is president of the asso-
citation; Leo Baum, of Goldenberg's
vice president; and Harry V. oster-
mayer, OF Woodward and Lothrop's,
treasurer.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-25
Firing of Cotton Gins Partly Cleared
No Smart Farmers Do 1t, Says Bank n

Dallas. Tex. Oct. st.-"NIght Rid
ers." with namIng torcaes. swoop-
Ing down, on cotton gins and to-
baCco barns have terrorized many
s.ciicns OF ;n- South There have
been some arrests. but the cot.oa
gins continue to go up in smoke.
The warnings have been written
on scraps of cardboard. with the
two right-hand corners SCARED and
a match stuck through a double
slit hole at the bottom. They have
been signed The Citizens Of Every,
where" The Black rs" and by the
Committee of 100" Some bore no
signatures.
Fires Below Normal.
And. while almost every night
brings new destruction. gin manu-
facturers and fire insurance men are
contending that the blazes are not
the work OF Might Riders" but
the natural run of blazes in in
hammable cotton gins. This be-
cause the number of fires in 1920
has been fewer than in correspond
ing months of 1919.
There is some feeling that the
''Rq-KluxKlan" outburst is the re-
suit of the high cost of having cot
ton ginned and not due TO the low
market price. The market price has
dropped, while ginning cost has
gone up until it is four times what
il was before the war.
f1These burnings are not the work
of the Intelligent farmer" says F.
F. Florence, vice president of the
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
OF Dallas.
Farmers Not to Blame.
1T would cut OF his chance to
make his cotton crop worth some
thing, il he applied the torch to
all the cotton gins.
ANY farmer knows there is no
fixed market value to cotton until
it has been through a gin. classi-
fed by an expert and put into bond
ed warehouses And he can borrow
no money on his crop until 1t has
been put into a warehouse.
The wise farmer gets his cotton
ginned. He can hold then, until
the market is better"
Night Rider" activities against
tobacco owners are on the increase.
As an indication of the growing
terror, forty tobacco barns have
been burned in Christian County,
Ky, alone.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-25
TIPLESS TRIAL
FAILSIN BERLIN
White Clad Fritzie Again
Will Accept Rewards
For Services.
Washington Hsrsld-Pubie Ledger Service,
Special Cable Dispatch.)

Berlin, Oct. 24.-Eighteen months
trial of the tipless .vstem in hotels
and restaurants here has convinced
walters, proprietors and the long
suffering public that tipping is in
eradicable.
Signs reading NO tips" are coming
down from restaurant walls. Dig
nified announcements that walters
receive fixed wages and therefore
request patrons to refrain from tip
ping are now disappearing. The
menus of the good old days, when
one could remember a waiter with
out conjunction have come again,
leaving as a souvenir an ostensibly
tipless era the extra 10 per cent in
tho price of a meal to cover service.
There may have been a week or
two when all tipping ceased. But
free spenders soon resumed adding
trifle for the waiter which few at
tendants were strongminded enough
to refuse. The general public was
ultimately forced to follow or be
classed as pikers by the scornful
waiter.
Both the landlords and the walters
are probably pleased. The brief ex-
pertinent has enabled proprietors to
boost the price OF food 10 per cent
and has given walters a rich double
harvest of salary and tips.
Only the ultimate consumer is
dazed.
Copyright, 1920, by Public Ledger CO..
The Washington herald., 1920-10-25
VICTORY SURE
DECLARES HAYS
Republican Chairman Gives
Closing Instructions to
State Chairmen.

New York, Oct 2L-"we move
into the closing days Of the cam
paign with an assurance of victory
as certain as the righteousness of
our cause"
In this way Will H. Hays final
instructions to all Republican State
chairmen begins.
The statement by Hays continues :
Our Campaign has been for the re-
vival Of loyalty and patriotism in
this country. 1t has had for a main
purpose the re-establishment of an
economical, efficient, constitutional
business administration Of the gov
ernment at Washington. We night
for America first. And this means
that while doing this we will as
certainly preserve our great place
in the world of today and tomorrow,
with the same unselfish conduct that
has made America the synonym for
justice and righteousness the world
over.
Il earnestly urge and I know that
the last days OF the campaign will
be kept on the same high plane. This
election far transcends any parti-
san affair. Please see that no Re
publican meeting is opened without
singing America" There will be a
new glory in the Stars and Stripes
on the morning of November T."
The Washington herald., 1920-10-25
Labor Clause a Bill of Rights
For Working Men Of
World, He Says.
DEFINES UNION STAND
A. F. of L. President Tells
Oklahoma Leader Demo
Gratis Promise Relief.

n Labor's reasons for supporting the
league Of nations were advanced in
a statement issued yesterday by
Samuel Gompers. president Of the
American Federation OF Labor. The
statement is in response to tele-
gram from William Micheals, car
penters' union. of Tulsa, Okla, ask
ing for a definition OF the position
taken by the - +. l.
Labor first of all is for the league,
Mr.. Gompers said, because Of the
labor section in the covenant which
the Federation president chose to
cal "Labor's Bill OF Rights"
labor holds" said Mr.. Gompers,
according to the Official pronounce
nents, that the league Of nations
means a reduction Of military and
naval strength and a consequent re-
duction Of effort and expenditure for
those things. II means a reduction
OF the manufacture Of munitions and
and IL means a great international
effort 20 forward those measures
that make for the Improvement Of
the standards and the health of the
people in all signatory nations"
With Russia Outside.
II is pointed out by President
Gompers that there are now forty
one nations that adhere to the
league Of nations, the only nations
OF any consequence Withholding s
their support being Russia, the
United States and Mexico. Mexico Mr..
Gompers added, has reversed the at
titude held by the CarranZa regime
and today expresses an ardent de-
sire for membership as soon as that
is possible.
The league Of nations has been
attacked from two directions" Mr..
Gompers said. 1T has been opposed
by the extreme reactionaries and by
the extreme radicals. Somewhere
there is sincerity and perhaps it is
at both extremes.
The league OF nations offers the
only hope Of the present for the
peaceful settlement of international
difficulties and il offers the best
hope for the expression and fulfill
nent OF liberal ideals throughout
the world.
Opposition But Natural
1T is but natural that reaction
should oppose the covenant. for the
covenant provides the best check on
reaction and the best avenue for the
expression OF the ideals that take
mankind forward and upward to
better things.
Extreme radicals oppose the COW
enant on the ground that the league
means stiffening everywhere
against change. That is a vicious
untruth. The league does provide the
best possible check against turbulent
and unhealthy upheayal OF destFuc-
tive character, but il facilitates and
encourages evolutionary develop
ment and progress.
r Every man, woman and child In
the world may with justice look to
the league Of nations as a great
agency OF liberation and progress,
the gateway to a better. higher and
more just civilization"
The Washington herald., 1920-10-25
DEVELOPMENTS OF THE DAY
IN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

President Samuel Gompers, OF the American Federation Of
Labor in reply from Oklahoma for his
bos attitude the league of nations said
contains labor bill Of rights which support
organized labor
Will H. Hays, Republican national chairman in final nstruc
tons to State chamcn throughout the country said move
into the closing days Of the with
as certain as the righteousness OF cause"
Gov. Cox conferred with Chairman other party
leaders New York. before starting for Washington speech
making trip West Virginia He scored the Saturday Evening
Post for which he said leveed showed
betrayal in the eleventh hour
The Washington herald., 1920-10-25
Montgomery County.
(sp.ei.l to n. w..Asas.o. H.r.ls.

NopscA 70 Ihs WA&htngton Hsrai6.)
Rockville, Nd, Oct 24.-when An
ME Warren. young colored wom-
an Of Martinsburg. accidentally
drove an automobile she was op-
Grating into another car on the
Rockville pike. she piled UP all
kinds of trouble for herself Dep
uty Automobile Commissioner C. W.
Smith saw the collision and filed
seven charges against her. She was
found guilty in all seven cases and
was fined $3.50. The charges
against the woman were reckless
driving; no operators card; no title
to car; not stopping after collision
no license; no registration card; and
dead tags.
Buy Flour Mills.
The big -four mill at Dcrwood
this county, operated for the past
several years by John L. Welsh
and Walter w. Mobley. has been
bought by Frank Ward and Porter
Ward, brothers, OF this county.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-25
COX REPLY TO ROOT
WINS CALIFORNIA FOE

San Francisco, Oct. 4-Chester II.
Rowen, former Republican State
chairman for California and a mem
Der OF the Hughes campaign COM
mittee four years ago, today con
hrmed rumors that he was leaning
toward Gov. Cox in the present
campaign.
In view OF the frankness and
courage with which Cox has demol-
ished Elihu Roots attempt TO place
him in an impossible position. with
regard TO the league Of nations. I
cannot do otherwise than indorse
his candidacy" Rowel teleEraDhed
Senator Pittman. Western campaign
manager for Cox.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-25
CUMBERLAND TO SEE
TORCHLIGHT PARADE

Cumberland, Nd, Oct. -. - The
Republicans contemplate reviving
the old torchIight features of cam
paigns by holding such a process
sion next Friday night when United
States Senator William E. Borah,
Of Idaho. is announced to speak at
the Maryland Theater under the
auspices of the Harding Coolidge
WeIleI-Zihlman Club.
The Republicans have arranged
a meeting 10 be held in the Opera
House at Westernport next Wed
nesday and a rally for colored vot-
ers in the City Hall auditorium
next Friday, when James Cobb, COL
ored. who was Assistant Attorney
General under Roosevelt, is an
nounced to deliver an address
The Washington herald., 1920-10-25

INLIQUOR RAID
Brooklyn Dry Agents Gel
$4,000 Worth of
Grain Alcohol.

New York. Oct 24-More thar
barrels Of grain alco-
hoI said to be worth 10000. and rep
resenting the largest single seizure
OF liquor in Brooklyn since the pro-
hibition laws went into effect. were
taken in a raid on the garage OF an
undertaking establishment in Will
iamsburg late Saturday.
Enforcement Agents Haynes. Gala
brese ard Collins, working on a tip
watched the undertaker's shop Of
Peter curcurullo, 81. Of Is Russell
street, at 27-29 Havemeyer street
all yesterday afternoon. They had
no search warrant, but Haynes. in
charge Of the squad. was finally re-
warded whcE a door was left open
and he NEot a chance to enter the
garage. He walked in and saw
twenty-three barrels and nine i've
gallon drums Of the alcohol on the
fioor. In the place also, were .
black hcarse, another car used for
funeral purposes. and the prOprie tor
and two chauffeurs. Curcurullo was
occupied in the pleasing business OF
siphoning alcohol from one Of the
barrels into tin cans.
Who owns this stuf?" HayneS
asked
Who are you?' CUrcurullo want
ed to know.
Haynes told him. Well, YOU can
take me If you want tc.' yu-curullo
then said. But these boys had
nothing TO do with It, and you bet
ter leave my stun until ! TAX with
my lawyeF
Haynes. however, called Collins
and Calabrese 10 his aid and decided
to take him, the boys" and the
stuff"
The Washington herald., 1920-10-25
DEAD STOREKEEPER
MURDERED, Is BELIEF

Wheeling, W Va, Oct. 24-The
authorities believe they have a
murder mystery in the case Of Ber-
nard F. Grandstaff, a railroad store
Keeper who was found dead in his
Office at the Baker street tunnel Of
the Baltimore and Ohio. He had
Eoen shot through the body, and no
revolver was found. II was first
thought he might have been the
victim Of a stray bullet, but the
police dismiss this theory because
of the position in which the body
was found and the height Of the
window.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-25
PASTOR PICKS NUDE
STATUE FOR CHURCH

New York, Oct. 24.-No one can
fairly start off with the statement
that the Rev. William Norman
Guthrie, recor of st. Mark's-In-the-
Bouerte. is going to set his congre-
cation by the ears on Sunday when
ne unveils statue of a nude woman
in the churchyard.
The congregation is composed
largely OF artists and little things
like that would not worry them
Little Lady of the Dew" as the
statue. which comes from the hand
of Solon Borglum, brother of Gut
zon, is known, is part of DR.. Guth-
rie's comprehensive plan for beau
tifying St Marks and it's sur
roundings.
Here is what DR.. Guthrie had to
say about the nude statue:
The Washington herald., 1920-10-25
LOTS OF CARS
IN CUMBERLAND
Long Strings of "Empties'
Pass on All Roads Dur
ing Week.

Cumberland Nd, Oct. 24-The
empty car supply to mines along
the EIkins division, Western Mary
land Railway, showed an improve
ment and the allotment. on the
Cumberland division, Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. maintained its
standard during the week. The
Western Maryland Railway aver
aged so per cent and the Baltimore
and Ohio 80 per cent it was de-
Clared by company car distributors.
The Western Maryland Railway
has been making an exceptionally
heavy movement over the division
for several weeks. the daily dis
patch spproNimating $500 loads and
empties going east and west. The
Baltimore and Ohio has been aver
aging a movement OF 5000 cars, in
each direction, a day. il was said.
Shipment Of grain from the West
is especially heavy.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-25
Palmer Promises to Aid
New York Housing Probe

Attorney General Palmer has
written to Samuel Untermyer.
counsel for the joint legislative
committee, on housing in New York,
promising all possible aid by the
Department of Justice to the COM
mittee. The United States district
attorney at New York, he states,
has been directed to provide Mr..
untermyer with any information in
his possession.
The Attorney General points to
suits against dealers in cement and
hardwood as indicating what is
being done to alleviate the housing
situation.