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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-11-14

Ha comparecido responder de una
aenuncia por falsa representation, Jo-
se Nontilla. Despu6s de oidas las prue-
bas de cargo Y descargo Ell juez Suau
eonden6 al acusado a cinco meses de
arrestO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-11-14

Ell Auditor Mr.. Ward llegara de los
Estados Unidos fines de Diciembre.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
HUGHES on TAFT.

Secretary Taft will probably have no more
cordial and handsome tribute paid to him dur
ing the campaign than that spoken by Governor
Hughes at the Republican Club. The Governor
is that type of man who in his mind and charac-
ter attracts the support OF independents as per-
haps other party man in public life to-day
does and he dwelt. as was quite natural. upon
those qualities in the Republican Presidential
candidate which are sure 10 appeal 10 ndepen-
dent yorers his admirable record in public ife
his unusual mental capacity. tact and skill in
handling difficult situations his administrative
ability-those characteristics. in short, which
make him by general consent the best equipped
man i'm the country to succeed TO the Presidency
Governor Hughes is one of those public men
who mean exactly what they say-his perfect
sincerity is one reason for his great hold upon
the people-and so his praise of Mr.. Taft is not
subject 10 discount. 1t is not the mere formal
euogy of a defeated aspirant who hastens TO
show the world that he cherishes no envy of
the victor. but the earnest testimony of q man
who holds lofty ideals of public life and public
service that the Republican party has nominated
candidate who fulfiIs his ideals. And there
are particular reasons why Mr.. Tafts nomina-
tion should satisfy the Governor and the type
of citizenship which he represents, for Mr. Taft
is less of politician and more of an ideast in
politics than any other man who in our time
has run for the Presidency.
Governor Hughes got through the trying sit
uation at Chicago with credit TO himself. A
number of politicians on the New York delega-
tion were bent on humiliatins him by causing
the withdrawal of his candidacy. Although he
is no politician. he Judged conditions rightly, and
his decision that the state would lose nothing
by continuing to support him was JUSTIFIED hy
the event No one got any discredit out of the
situation except handful of plotters whose
enmity to the Governor only strengthens him
with the people. He is the party's greatest asset
in the state and his continuance in public life
means much for the state. His denomination
will he as useful to the party as TO the state
and that is saying great deal.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
C4N LEFEES BE TMPROTEDo

Two floods are TO he expected in the Missis-
sippi Valley every year. One usually comes in
April and the other in June The former results
from high water in the Ohio and the latter
from n rise in the Missouri The second this
season created crisis which was unduy pro-
longed and which apparently characterized
by more than the average severity. At Kansas
CITY the trouble is over. Last week the worst
effects were felt in Missouri, where several
breaks occurred in the levees. One of these
openings caused the inundatiOn of thousands of
acres of land near ST Charles In ST. Louis the
water overtopped the embankment and filed
hundreds of cellars. In both localities life was
endangered and property damaged, if not de
stroyed.
70 check foods in the Ohio ii is nov believed
to be feasible 10 employ TO advantage reservoirs
at its head. No such system can he applied to
the Missouri owing to the difficulty of finding
suitable sites for storage purposes. Along the
Missouri and lower Mississippi the leyee is the
sole resource of the engineer. He aims to ac-
complsh two objects 10y building up the banks
of these streams. He seeks to shield the people
who live in the vicinity and to force the water
10 scour out an adequate channel for itself In
The main the wisdom Of the policy has been
amplv demonstrated, but perfect success has not
vet been attained. The occasional c:evasse in
dicates defective construction and tho submerg-
ence of levee shows that the work had not
been carried to proper level
50 much has been gained 10y guarding the sur
faces of Ierees from erosion in the last twelve
or fftnaa rears that little further Improvement
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
DOES BRYAN TALK TOO MUCHf

THE Springfield Republican" which cherlshes
kindly feeling toward Mr.. Bryan. is moved by
his two recent outgvings upon The Republican
platform 10 judicous grief over what 1t regards
| his weakness for talking too much Inc
question arises whether Mr.. Bryan Is not too
frequent in such public appearances. His po-
stion rs leader of his party and its prospective
candidate calls for the maintenance OF dlgnl-
fed reticence and deberation OF utterance.
THE Republican notes that among sooer
minded persons Mr.. Bryan somehow fails to
inspire great confidence when mentioned In
relation to the Presidency" and it asks if the
explanation is not to be found in his extreme
loquacity."
The trouble with this suggestion Is that the
Democratic leader is inseparable from his To-
quacity. \ silent Bryan, even Bryan addicted
to tlignifieG reticence. would be an unthinkabe
paradox, something like sane Fourth. to be
precise 1t was not by accident that he owed
his first prominence to a tawdry metaphor 1t
was characteristic. What is his hold upon the
country to-day but words. words, words: He
dins the ears and attempts to stampede the
senses of the electorate. What has he done.
what is there In his character and his person
ality that men should turn to him as the nat
uraI leader of any cause?
Isn't his weakness not that he talks 100
much. but that he needs to talk so much In
order TO keep place in the public mind: 1t
was a weakness in him in the first instance not
that he made the "cross of gold speech though
that was bad enough. but that he had never
done anything TO cause him to he mentioned for
the Presidency until he made the 'cross of gold
speech and then nothing but that So now 1t
is a weakness not that he talks so mHch, but
that he has never done anything but talk, and
never been anything but stream of talk. No
solid substantial achievement speaks for him
with the commanding eloQuence Of such mute
witnesses to many public mems character and
personality and says, This is Bryan" If it did,
he could afford "a digniied reticence." No sane
and deep convictions associated with his name
speak for him and bid men rally to him. If
they did, he could afford to retire from the stage
and men would call him forth from his retire
ment 1t is the consciousness of this weakness
that keeps him talking. He has none of the
silent spOkesmen that other men have, so he
must never miss an occasion to remind the pub
lie Of himself. There is nothing real about him
but his talk He varies his convictions he
does his oratOrical tones. He creates the inn
preston that he adopts each because he
thinks there are votes in it, not because its truth
is worth fighting for. even if the world were
against him. Is his name identified with any
one great cause that every one turns to him
instnctively its Indispensable leader? How
can it be when he tests his issues a man
rings coins counter to if the precious
metal of popularity he in them: To counsel a
dgnified reticence is like advising him the
threshold of emergence from obscurity TO choke
back the tawdry metaphor with which ii all
began
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
About People and Social Incidents

Lieutenant Commander and Mrs. MART
registered at the Casino to-day ''0ol
Mr. and Mrs J. W. Forbes. OF New Yor<
guests of J. y. A. Griswod e us
Elisha Dyer went to New York to-da..
Mr.. and Mrs. LoriIlard Spencer bavs
from their New York visit 'uroed
Exhibits from the hothouses and zar4s-.
T. o. Richardson. Mrs Robert GoelAt ~ - s. aIs.
lam Astor. Mrs. IL D. Auchincloss and ME-. li-
Foster were the main prize winners in g. my
strawberry and rose show OF the Nsvr,o-. ", '-ns
cultural Society. which opened this aftsr,o.- u
During recent hard rainstorm the 1aur-
Lands End. the summer home Of Mr. s,d =.
r l.. Beekman, were considerably dsnazsa =,
estate Is being put into shape for the arr,y,, !,
Mr.. and Mrs. Beeckman about July 4
Mrs. Stewart Mckee. OF New York a-r.-.s -,
evening. to be the guest OF her son, H. I, NJ.
on the yacht Esperanto.
Mrs Theodore Havemeyer has returned @-,-
visit in New York
Mrs r. l. Gammel is the guest OF her a,,,us..-
Mrs. n. P. Cross.
The news Of the sudden death IN Paris - v-,,,
lam Il. Leeds. came severe shock m ~. -.
tagers Of the Newport summer colony. for +,...
were looking forward 70 Mr.. and Mrs rA.5,,,
arrival at Rough Point early next month. Tha g..
news of Mr.. Leeds's sudden death came In a c.n-.
from James De Wolf Cutting from Paris tsf,
morning.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
HARVARD LAW ASSOCIATION.
Chief Justice Fuller Reelected President at
Meeting Held in Boston.

Boston June 23-The annual meeting Of the Har
ward Law Association was held late to-day in the
Federal Building. The following officers
elected: President. Melville W. Fuller. '55. Chief
Justice OF the United States Supreme Court ire
elected; vice presidents Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes. 65. and Charles J. Bonaparte. District Of
Columbia; Justice Francis C. Lowell, 20. Massa-
chusetts: Addiston Brown '55. New York: Richard
Olney. IS. Massachusetts: Henry B. Brown 80.
District of Columbia; William T. Spear. So Ohio:
Everett p. Wheeler. 50, New York; Simeon z.
Baldwin. SO. Connecticut: Judge George Gray. SO.
Delaware; Robert T. Lincoln, 65, Illinois; J. q.
Gray. '65 New York: J. W. Hammond. '66. >Massa-
chusetts; David T. Watson. 66. Pennsylvania John
S Duncan, 81, Indiana: Governor Augustus z.
Wilson. 20, Kentucky; Augustus G.. Fox. IL New
York; Joel Kline, 20. Mississippi: Joseph d.
Warner. "a. California; William Keener. II. New
York; Francis ]. Swayze. 81. New Jersey; Shini-
chiro Kurino. 81. Japan; Edward Kemp. SIS. Arz-
ona and Z. T. Sanford 49, Tennessee: secretary.
Robert G.. Dodge, 80. Boston. and treasurer Ed
mund X. Arnold, 9S, Boston.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
SIR JAMES E. ERSKINE TALKS.
Says in San Francisco That Greater Battle
ships Are Coming-Next War on the Pacific.

San Francisco June 2s.-Sr James Elphinstone
FJrskIne senior of the six adnrals OF the britlsr.
fleet arrived here yesterday on his way around
the world accompanied by his wife and family In
an interview he is quoted expressing the oPin-
ion that the Pacific will be the scene of the next
great ocean warfare. though he would not say
between what powers. He also expressed the con-
victon that still greater battleshps than have yet
been planned would be laid down I'm future naval
programmes-that the vessels of the Dreadnought
type had not yet reached their fullest develop
ment The tendency, he said was TO put as many
guns as could be single base.
The admiral. who is making two years tour.
came here by way of the Strait of Magellan. After
a stay Of few days he will proceed to the Orient
by way of British Columbia Being sixty-nine years
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
IN THE BERKsHIREs.
rRv Telezranr n III. -rr.t,,--a


Ienox, Mass. June 23-Nottces have been ,--,.s
calling for the annual meetings 81 the Lenox r1nb
Mahkeenac Boat Club and the Lenox Golf Cryh
on July 4 The annual club luncheon will be served
at the Ienox Club. following the elections
meeting has been called for Friday svsni,z
to accept the resignation Of the Rev. Dr. r. d
MaIlary as treasurer Of the Lenox Library.
Malcolm d. Sloane, who has been at Elm, Cor-,
for some time. went 10 New York today
s. P Shotter is entertaining A B. Carmjchasf q.
Savannah. at Shadow Brook
Mrs. Henry Winthrop Gray gave small sinn,,
entertainment at the Willows tonight.
Mrs. Edward R. Wharton was hostess az dir
ner entertainment at The Mount tonight
Mr.. ]. w. Wellington. Miss Wellington NJ. r
Day and Miss Buckingham. OF New York b.v.
arrived at Heaton Hall.
Mrs. Elisha 2. Whitehead and Miss whf-stsss
at their country place. The Gables in pits,
field
Mrs Richard Watson Glider. with tba ,ri,,..
Francesca and Rosan1und Glider. has r.,,-~.s
70 Four Brook Farm. in Tyringham from Har
ward. where George Glider was a member ~ ~,
graduating class
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Moorehaa4 bavs o-.,.s
Crossways. their villa in stockbridge
Mrs Charles R Shepard and Miss Yvonns 60
ard. who have been the guests Of Mrs r-rs+.-t,
Schenck, have returned 70 town
Mrs. Alexander Sedgwick. who was a. hs- 80.
tage in Stockbridge, has been called 10 Nsv vor,
by the illness OF Mr. Sedgwick who tlndarvs,, =.
operation in the Presbyterian Hospital YESTERDAY
Mrs Richard @ Greeneaf has arrived ar V-i,4-
Side for the season
Mr. and Mrs. George F. Perkins arrived vsx,.--
day AT their villa in Lee
John w Foster. Of Washington rss arrived ..
the Maplewood Inn, Pittsfeld He win ,a4-.s,
the Wednesday Morning Club tomorrow
Mrs. NJ Dwight Collier and HIr and Vr-s rts
Foster gave dinner entertainments tonight
Mr. and Mrs Roland D Allen NJ Ma, VT.
Mr. and Mrs Henry Graves. ir, and Har-y cr.-,.
of Hudson; Mr.. and Mrs Jobn
Hunt New York. and Mr.. and Mrs " Bransrd.
New York. at the Hotel ASpinwau
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOPFTCN Jacob Sleeper Secretary or me
American Legation in Venezuela. left .aracas
where there il now no American dlpiohla't w
resentative: the failure IF the nited Sta'eS 10
ot-a;r, satisfaction from President CaS,ro on
various claims is the cause OF THIS action =
Hundreds Of persons were killed or wounded IN
n hattle in Teheran. the troops OF the Shah
s,oniba-ifne and storming the buildings "f sor
uan7ent after the legislators had refused 10
surrender certain members -- Inc l1oh
John Hubert Ward and Miss Jean REID We're
rna-ried "a the Chapel Royal dt 81 James
Palace: the KING and Queen and members "t the
ro1'al family were present -= Japan mas
Withdrawn opposition to construction Of the
f5sin- -Aiin-Tun and Fakofnen railway ana prom
tses aid China in the development OF Man.
churia
DoMEsTrC-The President and his family
will 60 10 New London. Conn on the MaFfoWef
for the Harvard Yale boat race. returning 10
Oyster Bay Friday: Secretary Iaft ana
General Wright viii be the PRESIDENTS sueSes
on Saturday. - Representatives James -
Sherman the Republican nominee for VICE
President who taken 10 a hospital III CleNe-
land suffering with gall stones. was reported as
holding his own. and IL was not expected that
en operation would he necessary. - III was
reported in Washington that Senator toraRer
would work actively for the success of the Re
publican ticket in Ohio. - The Minister 10
this country from Panama II. Arrange. issued
statement denying report that ne haq beei re
called - The new scout cruiser Salem made
a new speed record for vessels OF her class OIL
Rockland Me, when she made a run over
measured mile course at the rate OF 26SS9
enjoning the New York New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad Company from holding any stock
in various trolley companies named in the IN
formation recently fled by Attorney General
Malone was handed down by Judge Rugg in the
Massachusetts Supreme Court. -= The Louis
lana Senate. by vote Of q 10 19, passed the
Locke anti-racing bill. and its signing by the
Governor is said to be assured: the bill, which
prohibits all forms of race gambling. is expected
20 kill the sport in the state. = Chief Justice
Fuller was reelected president Of the Harvard
Law Association at the annual meeting held at
Boston =- w. ]. BRYAN. in an editorial sum-
mary at Lincoln. further analyzed the Republi-
can platform.
CITY.-Stocks dull and irregular. -=
Secretary Taft saw Yale beat Harvard in a
baseball game at New Haven. -= Tammany
Hall II learned. will try to swing the entire
New York delegation for Governor Johnson.
- Three men were suffOcated in the hold OF
a steamer which had just been raised in Hell
Gate. == There was strong demand for
Governor Hughes 10 accept a denomination.
- Ex-Alderman Clifford admitted that he
had been bribed at the beginning OF the trial
Of eX-Aldernan Peters for perjury. - Sena-
tor kean said that New Jersey could be counted
Taft state. -- Three men killed
in an explosion of locomotive at Stelton. y. J.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Fair. The temperature yesterday: Highest SO
degrees; lowest, -.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
The TRIAL OF IscHAIKovsKN.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is announced that Nicholas IsCla.N l-N,-
sky is to be tried by court martial for hlsn =
SON A trial bv court martial for civilians =
favorite resort Of the Russian government IT - -
where il is feared that a jury would NOT IN, ,s,
These abonnable courts" as Professor PAU -,
yukoff calls them. have condemned 70 des'ii -,
the last few years hundreds of ci'lidnS ,,f
whom no serious offence was proved A"e I,..,-
referred 10 this sunpn1ary method Il slaush'e. -
'Stolypin's necktie" Stolypin being s'rons "a
cate Of the system. The sending OF ths -s.rs
honored Tschaikovsky TO a court martiAi ,4.,,s
clearly that there has not been enough -,,sr
found against him 10 convict him oefofe -7,srt
jury. It is a direct anront to the MANY = ,,,I Of
Americans who have petitioned for L@l, ,-rIT
,,,s go ALICE, STONE BLACKWELL-
Dorchester Mass. June IS. 19'S-
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
RETREATS

Mr. BRYAN is greatly exercised about what
be calls the retreats" of the Republican plat
form. He says that the Republican National
Convention took "A back track the issues Of
publicity for campaign contributions and the
popular election of Senators. He cites the votes
IN the convention by which the resolutions of
fered 10y Representative Cooper of Wisconsin,
were rejected. But this action WAS not in
itself proof that the Republican party has no
symIlathy with the ideas expressed in those
resolutions Il is extremely difficult 10 amend
a platform reported by practically unanimous
vote from committee on resolutions. Occa-
sionally committees work has been dsap-
proved by the delegates. as happened in the
Democratic National Convention e 1892. in
which strong free trade plank drawn Icy
Colonel NatterSOn substituted for the
equivocal declaration preferred 10y Mr.. Cleve-
lands managers. But when minority report
II presented 10y a single member Of the reSolu-
tions committee national convention is natu-
raly not disposed 10 take IL very seriously.
II does not follow from the defeat Of the
publicity and Senatorial election amendments
that those projects anita gOniZed b- the Re
publican party The House Of Representa-
tiyes PASSED a few days before il adjourned,
a publicity bill and passed il in the teeth of
strenuous Democratic opposition. This measure
would also have passed the Senate had il not
been for the openly declared intention OF lle
Democratic minority flibuster against it.
Both President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft
are on record as heartily fayorng law COM
pellinC public accounting for campaign sub
scriItions and a Republican Congress will un-
doubtedly put "A publicity Law on the statute
books as soon as Democratic opposition TO such
q proceeding can be overcome
Party lines have not been strictly drawn on
the issue Of choosing Senators 10y popular vote.
The House of Representatives has several times
passed a bill providing for an amendment 10
the Constitution changing the method OF elect
ing Senators The Senate has rejected this
measure but never 10y a division on party
lines Moreover. any state can secure popular
pietiio II il wants to Oregon. Republican
commonwealth. has gone furthest in This re
specf having put in force what is virtually
popular election system In many other states
the Legislature now simply ratfes an election
for Senator made in party primary. No
constitutional amendment * needed 10 enforce
the newer method. The voters 0f any state
have ample power name Senators directly
# they care to. Failure 10 recommend
change already in great part accomplished has
therefore little more significance than failure
10 provide technically. for the popular election
OF President and Vice President.
SO Dlucn for the Republican retreats" But
are there 20 he 30 retreats" al Denver: i
rhe Democratic National Contention 10 .can-
uounoe its demand for the immediate unlimited
free coinage OF silver At the ratio Of is to / !:
= IL 10 proclaim its belief in federal ownership
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
EXTENSION OF SCHOOL GARDENS
Plot Near Van Cortlandt Park Offered far
the Purpose.

Formal request TO organize the school garden,
as part or rhe public school system was made vss
terday afternoon 10 the COMMITTEES on elementary
SCHOOLS by the School Garden Association which
was organized recently. The COMMITTEES as whos
thought favorably of the project and will give an
other hearing on the suggestion at its next meet
ing School gardens are now being run By Public
Schools Al and Is
The association said in its communication 70 the
School Board that large plot Of ground near Van
Cortlandt Park has been offered tentatively 70 the
association II was suggested that few gardens
De started at first. and that these 5s placed
throughout the summer under the supervision OF
a regular teacher. who should receive bonus in
the way of salary for attending 20 the gardens
after school hours and throughout the summer
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
HEAVY DRAIN ON CHARITY RESOURCES

To the Editor Of The Tribune s,,ndi-
s,r 1ha Association for Improving the I'm,
,io, of tb, Poor has refrained from staruls -.
public by dramatic stories 81 the eNis''hs ard
as publicity So often aggravates the tsyer
con,pIicates the work OF relief we ar. a. bsar-
sadly in need OF money. The SSsoci8''oa ,.nty
ing heavy burden. the care OF "e''is L.,,rs az
thousand adults and children -1.ot FOR its
,s ssSp peI,ef % work but IL no favorable cnan5 +,
IN the situation takes place the dram - grest
resources this summer will he four unss ~ tho
as that 81 last year. only the neeess'' 1,rrs or
case compel the present appeal t'' q 9
small will be gratefully acknowIeds
,1tr,,rr treasurer. No 100 East sd suse su'..1.nt.
"in'"'"' FULTON CUTTING. Rrs'ia'"''
New York June 3. 1905
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24

in strength seems to be needed Possibly, now
ever the desrability Of carrying the banks higher
has not been fully appreciated. In no respect
is the proverba variability of the weather more
manifest than in the inequalities of precipifa-
tion. Indeed, no two periods of twelve consecu-
tive months are alike Only by taking into con-
sideration the worst deluge on record-an event
of a lifetime perhaps-can the maximum danger
of the future be correctly estimated History Is
bound tc repeat itself sooner or later. In the
long precautions based on :his principle
may insure the largest economy.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
THE CANADIAN ENTENTE C0RDIALE.
Ambassador Bryce Says Almighty Destined
Friendship Between States and Colony.

Duluth, MINI, June 23.-Ambassador Bryce OF
Great Britain. in a speech at the Commercial CI-1
dinner in his honor here last night, said in part
Canada and the United states are destnee, i,s, =.
theN Almighty to be friends. You have many $3.50
in the United States from Canada and in Cana1s
have many from the United states. II : So, ~
privilege to try to prevent any niSundeFS ,s
or friction between Canada and the United stare
No British ambassador could have more LgS{} Lg5nS{},rr
and confidence than / in thar great ana pIinlaS .S
man. President Roosevelt, who is honoreG an snG
esteemed in Great Britain as he IS hohoIeu ~
esteemed here. -o-s
During the last few months four treaties a. "a
been signed that destined 70 oVeTCvIITI TI-ifsi
cuties that may hereafter arise between ne CHc -
States and Canada. These are proofs OF sS Ie ~
dial relations that exist between these couH'-6~
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
SOCIETY GETS FOUR ROYAL PORTRAITS.

Portraits of Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany. King
Edward Of England. Victor Emmanuel III OF ItaIy
and F'rederik VIII of Denmark have been sent 10
the headquarters of the American Seamen's Friend
Society this city. TO decorate the new ss2S ODO
institute which the society Is completing at
West and Jane streets Each of the rulers has per-
sonaly inscribed and forwarded picture through
diplomatic channels in recognition of the services
which this organization has performed for Brit
ish Danish and italian seannen In the last
eighty years