davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-03-15
rose Mouont cole Englstad"-a big
snow one 1850 feet high.
Dons, SnIendid Wnrk.


The glacier was very much broken
in this comparatively narrow pass.
The mighty crevices seemed to stop
us from going further, but it was not
no serious as it appeared. Our dogs,
which up to this time had covered a
distance of about 700 kilometers, the
last days very hard work, ran this
day So kilometers, the ascent being
$500 feet, an almost incredible record.
1t took US only four days from the
Barrier to get up on the vast inland
plateau.
We camped that night at a height
of 10000 feet. Here we had to kill
thirty-four Of our brave companions
and keep eighteen-six for each of
our three sledges.
We stopped here four days on ac-
count of bad weather. Tired of this,
we set out on the 25th of November.
On the 26th, in a furious blizzard and
in aJdense now drift, absolutely moth
ing was to be seen, but we felt that,
contrary to expectations, we were go
ing fast down hill. The hypsometer
gave US that day a descent of 600 feet.
We continued our march the next
day in a gale, and a dense snowdrift
got our faces badly frozen. We could
see nothing. We reached that day sc
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Stones and Candles as Weights.

David W. Rodan. sealer of weights
and measures for Cape May county,
has been making some interesting dis
~coveries in his Investigations. One re-
taller of various wares was found u.s.
ing cobble stones and candles in the
place of the usual weights to deter
mine quantities. Candles were cut in
to halves, quarters and Fights, and the
stones and candles were carefully
graduated to take the place of the
usual weights and measures.
Rich Woman Steals Bread.
Mrs. Mamie Johnson, a wealthy wo-
man of this city, was arrested and
fined $25 for stealing bread and buns
from a grocery store conducted by
John Farley in a building she herself
owns. Farley has been missing bread
for several days and the store has
been watched by the police, with the
result that Mrs. Johnson was arrested.
The policeman who made the arrest
testified that the woman offered to
give him IS if he would release her,
and Mrs. Johnson paid her fine from
a large roll of bills which she had on
her person at the time of her arrest
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BY ROALD AMUNDSEN.
Copyright 1912, by The New York Times Co.
(Al Rights Reserved)

Copyright 1912, by The New York Times Co.
(An Rights Reserved)
Special Gable to The New York Times.
Hobart, Tasmania, March 8, 11.20
A. Mon the 10th of February, 1911,
we commenced to work our way to-
ward the south, from that day to the
18th of April establishing three de-
pots, which in all contained a GUAM
tity of provisions of about 5000 kilos.
One thousand six hundred kilos, in
Guiding LOO kilos of seal meat, were
cached in so degrees, 700 kilos in 81
degrees, and 800 kilos in 80 degrees
South Latitude.
AS no landmarks were to be seen,
these depots were marked with flags,
seven kilometers on each side in the
easterly and westerly directions.
The ground and the state of the
Barrier were of the best, and special
ly we'll adapted to driving with dogs.
On Feb. Is, we had thus travelled
about 100 kilometers. The weight of
the sledges vas 800 kilos, and the
number Of dogs was six for each
sledge. The surface of the Barrier
was smooth and fine with no sastrugi
(Snow burrows thrown up by the
wind.) The crevices were very local
and were found dangerous in only two
places. For the rest-long, smooth
undulations.
The weather was excellent-calm
or a light breeze. The lowest tenn
perature on these depot trips was min
us 45 Celsius or centigrade. (49 de-
grees below zero, F~ahrenheit.) On
the 4th of March, on our return from
the first trip beginning on the 18th of
February, we found out that the Fran
had already left US. With pride and
delight we heard that her smart cap
tain had succeeded in sailing her fur
thest south and there hosting the
colors of his country-a glorious mo-
ment for him and his comrades-the
furthest north and the furthest south
good old Fran! The highest south
latitude attained was rs degrees Al
minutes.
Winter on the Ice Barrier.
Before the arrival of Winter we had
5000 kilos of seal meat in the de-
pots, enough for ourselves and 40
dogs. Eight dog houses, a combina-
ton Of tents and snow huts. were
built.
Having cared for the dogs, the turn
came to use u solid little hut. 1t
was almost entirely covered with
snow by the middle of April. First we
had to get light and air. The Lux
lamp, which had a power of 200 stand
ard candles, gave US a brilliant light
and kept the temperature up to 20
degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahren-
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Conductor Too Swift.

By a decision Of the Court of Errors
and Appeals, damages awarded to JOS
eph Harris, a commuter, in the Morris
county Courts, against the Lackawan-
ma Railroad, are sustained and the
Court holds that the lending of the
Communication ticket by its owner to
another gives the railroad no ground
for retaining the ticket when it is
again presented by its owner. Harris
had permitted his ticket to be used by
another person, and when presented
again by Harris the conductor confs-
Gated it. The Court contends that the
retention by the conductor of the
ticket Harris had handed him to g
punched constituted a tresp9ss be-
cause Harris had handed it for no 9TH
er purpose; that constructively the
ticket was in the possession of Harris
when the conductor decided to retain
II
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HOW THE MESSAGE CAME.
Crossed the Pacific, Canada, the At
lantic, and Back to New York.


lantic, and Back to New York.
London, March Capt. Amundsen
wrote the long dispatch telling of his
trip aboard the Fran and handed ii
in at Hobart, whence it was trans.
mitted to Sydney by the Australian
State Telegraph Department. At sgd
ney it was put on the cable of the
Pacific Cable Board for transmission
over 1000 miles Of sea to Bamfield,
Van couver, where it was received in
recorder characters by the automatic
curb system, originally designed by
the late Lord Kelvin, and in which
the letters of the alphabet are taken
like Hertzian waves.
At Bamfield the message was trans
ferred into Morse code, and passed
through Canada over the line which
the Pacific Gable Board rents from the
Canadian Pacific Railway to Montreal,
a distance of 5000 miles. From Mon
treal message was transferred to
the Commercial Cable Company for
transmission to The London Chroni-
Gle, whence it was dispatched by
Western Union cable to The New
York Times.
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No Word From Scott.

Hobart, Tasmania, March Capt
ROAD Amundsen, the Norwegian ex-
plorer, denies having telegraphed any
thing regarding Capt. Robert Scott or
the British expedition.
Capt. Amundsen, up to the present,
is the only member of the antarctic
expedition who has landed from the
Fran. Nobody is allowed to go on
board the vessel under any pretext
whatever.
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AMENDS EDUCATION BILL.
Gives Power of Appointing County su-
p~erintendents tc Commissioner.

The House Committee on Education
got in another slap at the State Board
of Education when the bill increasing
the salaries of the county superintend-
ents Of schools from $4,000 to $4,000
was up, by amending it so that ap-
pointments are taken from the State
board and given to the State Commits
sioner of Education and making a
residence of three years in the county
a prime requisite for appointment.
The committee members said that
information had come to them that
despite the testimony of DR.. William
G. Schaufier, president of the board,
that he knew nothing about the bills
in the Legislature, the bills had been
so drawn by the Legislative Commit
tee of the State board that the friends
of such members could be shipped
from one county to another and thus
fasten on the schools the clutches of
the State board.
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KING SENDS CONGRATULATIONS
English Monarch Also Wires Norwe-
gian Ruler His Fluctuations.

Christiania, March 9.-When Capt.
ROAD Amundsen's brother, Leon, per-
sonally took the explorers telegram
announcing that he had attained the
South Pole to King Haakon, His Ma
iesty was attending the manouvres at
Sandwich.
81 thank you for the information.
The Queen and l beg to send you and
all on board the Fran our most cor
dial congratulations on the occasion
of your results, which are so satisfac-
tory to all of us. HAAKON."
This is all the correspondence that
has passed between King Haakon and
Capt. Amundsen.
King George of Great Britain and
King Frederick of Denmark have tele-
graphed their fluctuations to King
Haakon.
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Proprietors of the Goldberg depart
ment store were fined $500 by Justice
of the Peace Mar for offering for sale
and selling aigrettes in violation of
the law passed by the last Legislature.
The merchants pleaded nor volt and
paid the fine with the understanding
that they reserved the right to attack
the constitutionality of the law. The
aigrettes were seized in the store by
Game Warden Harry M. Loveless and
Assistant Attorny General Nelson B.
Gaskill prosecuted the case for the
State.
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FAMINE STOPPED sHAckLEToN.
Fifty Pounds More of Food Would
Have Carried Him to Pole.

Shackleton's expedition, made in
1908 and 1909, reached a latitude of
SO degrees % minutes, the record up
to Amundsen. They were stopped
then not by ice but by lack of food.
Fifty pounds more would have carried
them to the pole. They got down to
a ration of 16 ounces a day, but if
was too little to keep the heat going
in their bodies. When they turned
around they were on a plateau.
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PONY CAUSED FAILURE.
Intended for Food, 1t Fell In an Ice
CreVasse,

The failure of Sir Ernest Shackle-
ton to reach the South Pole in Janu-
airy, 1909, is attributed solely to the
act thai one of his Manchurian pom
les stumbled and plunged down an ice
c~revasse. The meat of that pony
would have been sufficient to keep
Shackleton's party alive had he CON
on to his goal, ninety-seven
miles away; but without it he was SO
short of food he had to turn back.
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AT POLE DEC. IA, 3 P. NON A
VAST PLATEAU A HUT WAS
BUILT AND THE NORWEGIAN
FLAG UNFURLED FOR THREE
DAYS-EXPEDITION PLANNED
WITH SCIENTIFIC EXACTNESS
WAS CARRIED OUT WITH MILL
TARY PRECISION.
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Death and illness Hamper Church.

The little Chambers Street NJ. f
Church pledged $65 for Conference,
which meets in Asbury Park. To raise
the money a church entertainment
was arranged, but death and illness
have made such inroads on the plans
that the affair has been called off. In
the past As hours George Scott and
Caroline Leaver have died, and Sam
uel Hughes is seriously sick, and all
were on the program. A collection
was made through the city to help the
church out.
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Church and Saloon at War.

There is a lively battle in prospect
between the church and saloon ele-
ments here. The Interchurch Fedora
ton had a license code drafted by
Peter Backes, who drew the Bishops
law, and this code was submitted to
the City Commission. Saloon men in
tend to fight the new excise ordinance.
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+. FRIDAY. MARCH Is. 1912.

On Jan. 1e the JapGness expedition
arrived at the Bay of Whales and
landed on the Barrier neal our Winter
quarters. We left the Bay of Whales
on Jan. 80. 1t was a long voyage.
with contrary winds. All are well.
ROALD AMUNDSEN.
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TO GO NORTH POLE, TOO.
That Is Said to be the Ambition OF
Can't. Amundsen.

London, March 9.-According to G..
A. Bang, a personal friend of Capt.
Amundsen and the manager of the
Hermann publishing house, the Nor
wegian explorer will not be satisfied
until he has reached the north pole as
well as the south.
Mr.. Bang says that in order to get
funds for his antarctic expedition Cap
tain Amundsen mortgaged everything
he possessed, and that his father and
hansen, the explorer, also helped.
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AMUNDsEN A BACHELOR.
Victorious Explorer Went to Sea at
the Age of Nineteen.

tHc age OF Nineteen.
Amundsen was born in Sarpsburg,
Norway, on July 16, 1872. His father
was Jens Amundsen, a skipper; his
mothers maiden name was Sahlquist.
His parents destined him for the medi-
cal profession, but after studying
medicine for n year at the age of
10 he went to sea, cruising for several
years as a whaler and sealer on Nor
wegian vessels. He is a tall, spare
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II R NOVA.
scott's Vessel an Old Dundee WhaIer
Remodelled.

Scott had a ship which many ex-
plorers regard as one of the Jest in
existence for polar exploration work.
The Terra Nova was an old Dundee
whaler, remodelled and alter ed to suit
all the needs Of the journey. Scott
had with him a scientific staff which,
in England, is considered the largest
and most capable ever enlisted in
such a venture.
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Veteran Carrier Accused.

After a service of more than %
years Letter Carrier William P. Chat
tin has been arrested on a charge of
stealing a letter and held in $1,000 bail
by Commissioner Cranmer for the
Federal Grand Jury. The letter car
rier, who is 81 years old, had finished
his days work and was leaving the
post Office, when he was intercepted
by the inspectors and taken before
the Commissioner. Chattin explained
that a decoy letter had been inadyert-
antly placed in his pocket and that he
had no intention to steal the letter.
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Finds Game Weathered Well.

Game Worden Avis of Woodbury.,
has found very few cases where a bird
or animal has been frozen. On the
other hand, he sees many rabbits and
quail.
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THE CREW THAT o
Nineteen Picked Men of Norwegian
Navy on the Fran

Navy on the Fran
The party with Amundsen consists
OF nineteen men, many of them mem
bers of the Norwegian Navy. The
vice-commander is Theodore Nilsen,
while Khristian Presterud, also of
the Norwegian Navy, is first mate.
Chief Engineer Oscar Eliassen, Capt.
Frederick Helmar Johansen, naviga-
tor, and b. Birkeland, meteorologist,
are among he principal officers of the
crew.
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View Amundsen,s Old shIp,

San Francisco, March 9.-The sloop
Gjon, in which Capt. Amundsen navi-
gated the Northwest Passage, was an
object of unusual interest here. The
little ship is at Golden Gate Park.
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Move for Better Train Service.

Mayor Stone has inaugurated a
movement for better train service
from Swedesboro, which will affect
other points as well. 1t will soon be
time to put on the spring and summer
schedule on the w. J.. & S. r. R., and
the Mayor is in consultation with lead
inc residents of nearby towns to ar
range a public meeting, at which rep
resentatives will be named to visit the
railroad officials and present the
needs. The railroad officials have been
willing to give plenty Of trains and
other freight ABILITIES.
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FIRST ANTARCTIC TRIP.
Famous Capt. Cook Crossed the Cir.
eIe IN 1879

Gle in 1878.
The first Antarctic expedition on re-
cord is that Of Capt. James Cook of
the British Navy, who was commits
stoned by the British Admiralty in 1878
to command two vessels, the Resolu-
ton and Adventure, and examine into
the existence of a great southern con-
tinent. Sailing from New Zealand,
Capt. Cook was the first to cross the
Antarctic circle on January II,
1773.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-08-17
Champagne Is pa6O| CodOT0Iu
VI |

En- uno de los mas importantes hote-
les de Madrid, celebrabase una comida
Entire los comensales habia diputados
senadores, Gel entonces Ministries de Ha-
cienda senior Navarro Reverter) conner
ciantes, fabricantes, etc. Al ir descor-
char ell Champagne, uno de los comensa-
les Sc lie ocurri0 pedir la hsta de vinos
y despues de pasar la vista por ella.
mando Il decir al due1o del Hotel que
vinlera. Presentado este, lie dijo: HON.
bre no tlene uSted aqui en- lista ell cham
pagne espanol " Codorniu"? y dicho Sr.
por toda respuesta, dibuj6 una sonrisa
especie de conmiseraci6n Y dijo: V. dis
pense. pero en- IN Hotel de primera como
este solo pueden fgurar en- las listas Vi
nos de primera; sinceramente el q. listed
acaba de nombrar no 10 es
-Nluy conocedor de vinos debe ser us
ted, cnando pronuncia tan resueltamen-
te la respuesta
Senior tengo motivos para clio; ha-
ce mas de 30 amos que estoy en ell ne
gocio de hoteles durante los que he pro
bado muchos vinos.
No 10 dudo; pero como 70 opino dis
tinto que usted, quisiera que listed me
Sacara de mi error probandome que us
ted es I'm verdadero conocedor de Vi
nos; al efecto, propongo que mandemos
comprar una botella de "Codorniu' y
usted ponga dos botellas de dos marcas
francesas las que usted quiera Sc pro
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-08-17
ULTIMA HORA

A ESQ de las dos de la tarde de hoy
Sc tiro por la muralla del antigua Plan
ton de las palmas una vieja america
ma, de sesenta y pico de amos. que Sc
apellida Mrs Moore Es Suegra de uno
de los ofciales americanos del Regi-
miento de Puerto Rico.
Uno de nuestros reporters Sc aperso-
no en- la casa de la preSunta suicida
llamo, Y un americana y su esposa. pre-
Suminos, sc presentaron EN- la puerta
ensen3ndonos una alhomada ensangren-
tada LIE pedimos informeS acerca de 10
que origin6 ell preslnto SGcidio dc la
anciana Moore la americana al ente-
rarse de que era para pubicarlos Ell la
prensa, cerr6 la puerta despidiendonos
violentamentc.
La anciana Moore fue llevada en- la
Ambulancia Municipal al Cuarto Gle So
corros. pero no Sc dejo curar all en-
tonces Sc la llevo al Hospital NiIitar
donde Sc lie practice la primera cura-
zion, trasladandola luego sa domici-
Ito de la calle de Tetuan En- el Hospi-
tai dicen que la anciana tiene sus ia
cultades mentaleS perturbadas
10 cierto es que tiene tantas vidas
como dice que tiene ell cato, porque ESQ
de tirarse por una muralla de mas de
veinte metros de alto, caer encima de
unas piedras y no morir, producirse so
10 una herida en- ell craneo y otra on IN
costado es tener suerte snerte de
americana.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-08-17

baran; yo pago deSde luego, dichas bo-
tellas; aqui estamos de sebremesa varios
amigos y nos ocuparemos de este como
p0driamOS hacerlO de otra coSa.
En- este trajeron las botellas de cham
pagne, dos de marcas afamadas francesas
y una de "Codorniu Sc cogieron tres
copas de cristal rosado fin de que apa-
recieran de iguai color y con un testigo
de parte de los comensales otro de par
te del dueno del Hotel, fueron desta-
parse Las botellaS a otro salon, volvien-
do las mismas persOnas con las tres cOpas
llena. una yez en- la mesa, las prob0 tres
veces cada copa el dueno del Hotel con
ma seguridad de 81 mismo. diio: Este
es Cliquot que es ell mejor de los que
hay aqui; este es Moet, y este es 90 Co
dorniu." Vueltas las copas al reeves, Sc
miro ell distintivo puesto en la parte ba
ia del pie de las mismas y comprobado
result6 que el que dicho senior califc0 de
Cliquot y mejor que los demaS era pre-
cisamente ell marca "CodOrniu En-
la confusion que le produjo ell NAL 6xito
de 81 prueba quiso volver a probar ell
Codorniu Y una vez hecho reconocio
que era un buen Champagne Y desde
aque dia fgura el Champagne Espanol
"Codorniu' en- las listas del Hotel Pa
ris, que fue donde ocurri6 10 que he
mos relatado, EN- el ano 1897
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-08-17

Secretaria de
Puerto Rico

Sc ha archivado un certificado de elec-
ci6n de la .Junta Directiva de la Lo-
gia Porvenir de Puerto Rico n1mero
302 . domicilada en- Mayaguez Com
ponen dicha Junta los Sres. siguientes
Jose Maria Binet Presidente, Rafael
Climent y Jose Robledo Garcia Vice
Presidentes, Alfonso Gonzalez. Tesore-
70, Alfonso Torres, Seeretario, Abd6n
Torres, -Secretario y diez vocales.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-08-17
Ell titus en- Penuelas

La epidemia de fiebre tifoidea en- Pc
nuelas ha ocasionado iltimamente las ST.
guientes defunciones:
Agosto 6, Luis Garcia Ramos.
Agosto IA Carmen Maria Rodriguez
Y Gelpi, Profesora graduada de ingles.
Agosto IA, Andres Alvarado y Maldo-
nado, professor Graduado de ingles.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-08-17
Ell BANQUE7E DE ANOCHE
En- la quinta del Sr. Giorgetti

aplaudido. FL eSplendido anftri6n de-
signo como director de 'brindis al gran
triguno Diaz Navarro Y este exquisite
orador 'hizo gala de su ingenio de su
spirit. al ir designando sucesivamen-
te las personals que habian de hacer
usO de la palabra
Ell Honorable GobelnadOr Carrell don
Carlos Maria Soler. el eminente Juez Sc
nor C0rdova Davila. Perez Losada. el
doctor Font Y GUillot, el doctor Cayetano
Coll V Cuchi el eminente abcgado anne
rcano Mr.. Frank H. Dexter. el Hon.
presidente del Executive. don Luis San
chez Morales. nuestro diStinguido com
panero en- la prensa don Vicente Bal
baS Y cerro los brindis con un discur-
so magiStral. ell eminente oradOr seiior
Dlaz Navarro, en- que hizo un habiIisi-
mo resumen de las principales ideas Y
conceptoS emltidos por los oradores. to-
dos muy elocuentes Y aplaudidos
FL Gobernador Carrell, reiriendose a
la crisis de la Salud pnblica, tuvo en- su
brindiS fraSes de sincere afecto para
el pueblo puertorriqueno Y sucesivos elo-
gios para la prenSa que ha estado a la al
tura de las circunstancias
FL discurso del Gobernador produio
impression excelente
FL Juez C6rdova Davila. que es uno de
los mas altos prestigioS de la magistra-
tura del pals. habl6 en- nombre de la
justicia Y tuvo frases de gran inspiration
Y elevadiSimos conceptos que el selecto
auditorio premi0 con ruidosoS aplausos.
FL licenciado Dexter hizo I'm discurso
magnifco IIabl6 Ell ingles, con elo-
cuencia concisa y energica, con una JUS
ticiera orientaci6n del prdblema puer-
torriQuen0. con el noble afecto de quien
ha fundado aqui su hogar y aqul tie
ne suS hijos Y sus afectos mas mobiles.
Di6 la mas alta nota politica de la
noche, Y fue una nota simpatica Dir la
elocuente voz del notabilisimo jurisc0n-
sulto americana, proclamando los de
rechos de Puerto Rico, afirmand0 ante
las mas atlas autoridades de la Isla ALI
cOngregadaS, que va es la hora de que eS-
t. pueblo que tiene virtudes tan atlas,
cultura tan brillante estoicismO tan
grande como ell que ha demostrado Y
sigue demostrando Ell las circunstan-
cias presentes, yea logradas sus aspira-
clones de un goberno libre ,democratic0
y digno de Puerto Rico Y de America
FL licencado Coll y Cuchi puso ell en-
canto de su paabra castiza y elocuen-
te al servicio de una fidelisima traduc-
ci6n del hernoso discurso de Mr. Dexter
Don Carlos Maria Soler, que eS uno de
los hombres mas cultos de Puerto Rico
una de las personalidades mas insig-
nes de nuestro mundo financiero y po-
lltlcO, hlz0 TN d1ScurSO de tOnOS Optl-
mistas respecto la situaci6n econ6mi-
ca pidi6 adhiriendose 10 manifesto
do por ell senior Giorgetti que Sc aumente
aqui el numerario circulante; el que aho-
ra tenemos 30 basta para ell volumen que
tienen los negocios EN- Puerto Rico.
FL senior Sanchez Morales, explic6 ga
lIardamente, cual ha sido la vida pro
gresiva del comercio a traves de las
edades preteritas hasta llegar al fore
cimientos de nuestros dias, y puso Gle re-
lieve los altos servicios que presta a
Ilos pueblos modernos, cuya Importance
sc mide por ell comercio que tienen.