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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-12
TRAsMTTIDOS POR LA COMPANIA
FRANCESA DE CABLES.
LOS FERRoCARRILEs EN- Ell ASIA
MGtuas concesiones entire Alemania
Francia.

Paris, 12.-La prensa anuncia QUE
ell acuerdo entire Francia y Alemani%
referente los ferrocarriles del Asia
Menor sar5 frmado dentro de POGO
Por los terminus del acuerdo, Francia
Sc compr-mete 4 ceder Alemania TO
dos slls intereses en- la construction del
ferrocarrii de Bagdad, reconociendo
tambi&n el derecho de Alemania CO.
nectar al Inca de Bagdad con la ial
Mar Negro Por su parte, Alemania
acuerda entregar a Francia ell derecho
de construir cualquier linea f6rrea en-
Siria.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-12
COLEGIO DE SAN TLDEFONao
PARA SEEORITAS
dirigido pol laa
HERMANAS De "A CARlDA0

En- este plantel Sc eursaI las asipna-
buras propias de la prinera enseilas.zs
Sc dan leceiones de lngles, Frances '
M1sica-CIASES DE AD0RNO: III.
bujo, pintura, taquigraffa. naquinilla Y
eonfecci6n de flores. DE La
BORES:- Costura, tapioeria. anep ie
5erdados en- oro. lito9rafia, sedas. ete..
etc.
Adf mas De las asignatnlxs mene,n-
adae. Sc instruye las alnmnas. con
gran esmero, en- el gobieTno interior de
ma casa V SO les 1a toda clase de
0hcios dom ksticos
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-12
LocaIidades
para los bales

Los palcos para los bales de masca.
ras que han de celebrarse en- ell Tea
tro Municipal en- las noches de los dias
19, 20 Y "a del corriente Febrero, esta-
ran a la venta en- ell Cafe Saxonia, San
Jose 1912, al precio de So por noche 6
ST por los tres bales.
Ell Comite ha acordado que ell 50fc
del producto liquido de la venta de di-
chos palcos, sea destinado a benefcio
del Asilo de Ancianos Desamparados de
Puerta de TERRA.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-12
NeAEX-
Ell REY JORGE EN-
Ell PARLAMENTO
Su pr6xima vista q Francia.

Londres, 12.-El rey Jorge V prcsi-
di6 aver la aperture de la cuarta s.
sion del parlamento ingl6s. Ell monar-
ca, en- su discurso, apoy6 la idea de
asegurar la integridad inglesa sobre
los mares como tambi6n ell Home Rule
para Irlanda. Al referirse su pr6xi
ma vista a Flhncia, el rey dijo qu,
era una oportunidad excelente para
demostrar una vez mas las buenas re
laciones existentes entire ambos paises
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-12

Vapor americana Philadelphia. Sa-
lio ell II del corriente de New Yorl;
Consignatarios, Villar y Co.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-12

Sc soLICITAN, Trabajos de Conta-
bilidad, Correspondence comerciai
privada, Taquigraffa, Contabilidad {
Informes anuales de Corporaciones
precios modicos.- Dirigirse s. c. r.,
Sol %, 8 al apartado 1127, Telefono 29J.
San Juan.
Horas disponibles: j 10 Doche.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-12

Vapor americana Grayson. Salio
ell Z del corriente de New York para
esta.
Consignatarios, Insular Line
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-12

SOuSlSudtdIlOS, 11Su1dE Lille.
Vapor americana Philadelphia Sa-
li6 ell IL del corriente de New YORK.
Consignatarios, Villar Co.
Vapor americana Caracas. Ell IA ac-
tual saldra para New York.
Consignatarios Villar Co.
Vapor espanol Montevideo. Del p
al % del corriente estara aqui proce-
dentc de Centre America para seguir
con destino a Espana.
Consignatarios, S. Ezquiaga
Vapor alemln Presidente. Ell "a &C
tual Sc aguarda procedente de Santo
Domingo
Consignatarios, Korber Co,
Vapor cubano Julia. Estara aqul
procedente de Habana escalas ell "A
del corriente.
Consignatarios, Villar CO.
Vapor americana Coamo Ell IA del
corriente saldra de New York para.
esta.
Congs., The N. Y P r. S. Co.
Vapor americana Carolyn. Saldr"
probablemente de New York, en- Fehre-
ro II del corriente.
Congs., A. H. Bull Steamship Co.
Vapor americana Ruth. Saldra dc
New York, ell "a del corriente.
Congs., A. H. Bull Steamship Co.
Vapor americana Borinquen Ell IA
del actual saldra de New York para
esta.
Consignatarios, Insular Line
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-12
CHoQUE ENTIRE
APARATos AEREos
Un muerto y dos heridos.

johannesburg, Alemania, 12.-un
biplano un monoplano chocaron al
momento de volar al rededor del aero
lromo de esta ciudad, ocasionando Ia
muerte de un aviador y resultando he
ridos de gravedad dos aviadores mas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-12

de bandidos, responsables de la muer
te de las 40 personas en- Ell tunel Gel
Cumbe, han sido prendidos por las
fuerzas rebeldes seran enviados q
Juarez donde seran eJecutados.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-12

No hubo danos que lamentar.

New York, 12.-Sacudidas seismica'
40 sintieron ell martes como a la una
oedia de la tarde desde esta cludac
asia Montreal, pero sin ocasionar nun
~in dano.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-12

Vapor americana Caracas. Ell IA a
tual saldra para New York.
Consignatarios, Villar y Co.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-12
-S.ts%
MOVIMIENTO MARITIME

Entradas del exterior
Aver vapor Brazos, de New York.
De Ia costa
No hubo.
Despachos para el exterior
Ninguno.
Para Ia COSTA
No hubo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-12

~ IGmplasl0 HazOl-Ment0E
Aviar6 q I'd. muy pronto d. Lumbaeo.
Dolor de Espalda, Sciatica, Neuralgia
de otras muchos males dolorosos. Quitaa
el dolor hasta que 30 olvida. Rollos dc
una yarda $1.OO orc. Tamano chico ESQ.
orc. De venta en- todas las droguerias y
boticas. Davis 8 Lawrence Co., Nueva York.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-12

Vapor americana Brazos. Ell 18 ac-
tual saldra para New York.
Congs., The n Y. P. r. S. Co.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-12
MINIsTRO QUE DIMITE.
Derecho del rey a opinar.

Stockholmo, 12.-El ministro Staaf
ha dimitido consecuencia de diver
gencias de opiniones entire los mlnls
tros el rey, en- cuanto al derecho del
soberano de cxponer p1blicamente su
opinion. sobre cualqnuier question SIN
antes haber cosultaGo con los MINIS
tros. Esa misma question de derecho
fue presentada por Staaf despues del
discurso del rey, cuardo la demostra-
ci6n popular favor del aunento dc
armamento para defensas nacionales
-Nelsag
CASTILLO Y SU CADRILLA.
Prisipnc1os y condenad0s a muerte
Juarez, 12-Castillo y su cuadrill'
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-12-25
MAKING AN EVEN SKIRT HEM
Not Hard Thing to Do If Instructions
Given Here Are Carefully
Followed.

Here is helpful tip for girls who
do their own dressmaking. 1t is an
easy matter to turn up the hem of a
dress on ones self if the following
directions are followed:
Put on the skirt; rest one end of a
yardstick on the floor, and, holding 1t
straight up and down, mark where the
other end comes on the skirt with a
piece of chalk, going all around the
skirt in this way. This will make a
mark all around the hips one yard
from the floor.
Remove the skirt and, using the
yardstick as a measure, turn up the
skirt one yard from the mark. This
will be absolutely even. If you wish to
make the skirt shorter-say two or
four inches from the floor-turn 1t up
two or four inches less than yard
from the mark. This plan has proved
invaluable in actual experience.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-12-25
SENSIBLE HANDS AND FEET
Women Of Today Refuse to Cramp
Their Extremltles Into Coverings
That Are Too Small.

An old cartoon of the 80s shows us
a group of girls of the period with
wasp-like waists, huge bustles and
tiny French heels viewing the statue
of the Venus de Milo with horror and
disgust and commenting upon the
size of her waist and feet. In these
days there are plenty of women
young as we'll as middle-aged-wh
are as perfectly proportional as that
Venus herself or her great rival, the
Samothrace Of the glorious draperies.
Their hands and feet are larger than
those of the women Of yesterday, as
every bootmaker and glovemaker
knows, but the hands are far more
graceful, expressive, characteristic,
the feet much better shaped.
Moreover, no well-bred woman now
adays dreams of attempting to cram
her hands or feet into shoes or gloves
a size too small. 1t is mot DONE" that
is all. The modern woman refutes the
old French proverb which translated
means: ut is necessary to suffer in
order to be beautiful"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-12-25
FOR SEVERE WEATHER
cosSAcK COAT HAS CAUGHT
.. FANCY OF FASHION.
Has a Great Deal to Recommend IT,
Both for Beauty and Real Comfort
That II Affords the
Wearer.

1t is rather remarkable when you
think of it that remote Russia has
had so much influence on the fashions
of the world. The Russian blouse and
dolman have so often been played upon
and made very popular that they have
come to be considered standards. Since
this very noticeable influence made it.
self felt in times of peace, it is no won
der, then, that in present troublous
times, with that great nation under
the limelight, it is felt increasingly,
as evidenced in the great, full-skirted
and Embroidered Cossack coats that
have recently made an appearance.
One such is depicted here, and very
modish it is, too, in tan, castor-colored
wooden velour, with collar, cuffs and
foot banding of otter fur.
In fact, it is double breasted, with a
straight line of closing from neck to
hem, buttoned as far as the hip with a
close line of rather large cloth-covered
buttons. A belt strap from under-arm
seam to under-arm seam buttons across
the back, holding in bit of fullness
at a slightly empire waist line.
Straight wide sleeves are set under
kimono shoulder extensions. The skirt
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-12-25

the channel so that Admiral Cervera's
feet would be bottled up. Hobson
went in all right and sank the Merri-
mac, but after he went in Samson and
all America we're in an agony of sus-
pense to know his fate and to know
If he had succeeded in choking the
channel.
Without telling anybody what his
purpose was Hudgins slipped over the
side of the Golden Rod into one of
the yachts motor boats He took with
him only one man, a sailor of the
Golden Rod, who had been in the
French navy. Hudgins muffied the ex-
haust of the motor boat and put out
all lights. Very carefully he made for
the Cuban coast four or FIVE miles
east of MORO castle. Then he ran
along the shore until he was direct
ly under the frowning heights of the
great fort. He knew that thousand
guards we're on duty in the Moro, and
his discovery would mean death, but
he carefully picked his way right into
the mouth of the bottle until he came
upon the Merrimac. 1t didn't take him
long to discover that Hobson had
failed. The Merrimac was sunk in
the channel, but not across the chan
mel. The Spanish feet was not bot
tied up. There was plenty Of clear
water in the channel to let Cerveras
battleships come out.
= Having learned all that he could,
Hudgins turned the motor boats bow
and proceeded straight out to sea. He
had gone perhaps a mile when he was
discovered, not only by the MORO,
but by the cruiser New York. The
searchlights of the Spaniards and the
searchlights of SIMPSONS flagship
were conferred on him. A small Amer
lean flag was at the taffrail of the mo-
tor boat Sampson said some harsh
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-12-25

things to Hudgins when the newspa-
per man went aboard the flagship and
reported to him. But this was not I'M
til after he had gone to Jamaica and
cabled his story to the Herald. One
of the things Sampson said was that
but for that American flag at the taft
rail the motor boat would have been
blown to atoms.
How He Got Hobson's Story.
Hudgins not only got that informa-
ton about the Merrimac, but also Hob
sons own story of the sinking of the
transport. This is how he got it:
When Cervera notified the American
authorities that he would release Hob
son, Hudgins got instructions from his
paper to offer a dollar word to Hob
son for his story, and to tell the lieu
tenant that offer went for 10000
words. Hudgins was sitting in the
office of Doctor LIE Gard of the medi-
cal division of the army at Siboney
when the doctor was called to the
military telephone that connected Shi-
honey with Skaters headquarters, 20
miles inland. Shafter informed the
doctor that Hobson would be released
at noon and would be led to the Amer
fcan line blindfolded. Shafter direct
ed the doctor to send courier with
an extra horse to conduct Hobson to
rangements to put him on the cruiser
New York.
Hudgins saw to it that the courier
who so conducted Hobson, was for the
time being a Herald correspondent.
This courier obtained the full story
of the sinking of the Merrimac at first
hand in-the leisurely ride to Siboney
and without Hobson having suspi-
cion that he was talking to a newspa-
per man.
Hudgins put in two hours pumping
the courier and then was on his way
to the beach, returning to the Golden
Rod, lantern in hand when he heard
some shouts. The shouts were from
members of Hobson's crew who had
been released at the same time as
Hobson, but had been compelled to
walk along the shore to Siboney Hud-
gins took them aboard the Golden
Rod, got their stories, got signed state
ments from them, and when they
didn't have anything more to tell put
them aboard the New York That
done, the Golden Rod scooted to ia
maica. But for Houlder Hudgins, the
story of Hobson would have been
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-12-25
Black FiIets Smart.

Black filet veilings are perhaps the
foremost of the many types now in
favor. Plain black filets are strong
feature Black filets, with huge vel
vet squares arranged in border design
or else sparsely scattered over the
mesh, are smart.
Hexagon and hairline novelties oc-
cupy a good position. There is a
slightly increased demand for tete de
negre brown, taupe and myrtle novel
ties New sand colored veilings are
shown for wear with sand colored
hats. White veilings are in moderate
demand for use with smart white hats.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-12-25

days, if not weeks, in getting to the
world. Sampson never forgave him.
Interested In commissary.
While in Cuba, Hudgins as news.
paper man was good deal interest
ed in the embalmed beef scandal. In
cidentally, he brought out and mailed
a copy of Roosevelt's round robin
complaining of unfit food. Hudgins
had always been interested in COM
missary matters. He came by that
naturally. His grandfather was the
secret commissary agent of the Confed-
crate government Hudgins made
study of the commissary of the United
States army in the Spanish-American
war and attracted a great deal of at
tention by his writings on the sub
ject. In 1900 he went on the New
York Herald as a regular reporter.
There had been a great deal of dissat-
isfaction and criticism over the al
legged abuses at Ellis island in the
feeding of the immigrants. Ellis is
land is the landing place for all the
immigrants who enter America
through the gate of New York. Be-
cause of Hudgins general knowledge
of commissary matters and his repu-
tation as an investigator the Herald
assigned him to look into some Of
these matters. The abuses, were real.
They had developed through years of
carelessness.
Hudgins knew that if he could have
his way he could straighten things out
on Ellis island in very short order.
He would like to do it for the good
of the public. Thinking this way, an
idea suddenly came to him of how
he could combine good to the immi-
grant and business for Hudgins. He
determined to bid for the contract
for feeding the immigrants. He had
very little money, but small matter
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-12-25
Under the Frownlns Heights of the Great Fort

/ like money never need embarrass a
resolute man.
There was another man up at the
Herald who had little money. This
was Charles j. Dumas. They formed
the firm of Hudgins & Dumas. Their
combined capital was insignificant.
Their combined energy was large.
They had good regulations, and had
the confidence of good people and the
confidence of themselves. One of
their good friends was Theodore
Roosevelt. They put in bid for the
restaurant concession at the immi-
grant station.
Obtains Ellis Island Contract.
Their bid was not the lowest, but
on the recommendation of Edward
Van Ingen, counsel to Commissioner
of immigration William Williams, the
contract was awarded to them. The
first day they went to work at Ellis
island they fed 5000 persons, or rath-
err they served 5000 meals. They were
mighty good newspaper men, but they
proved to be better restaurant men.
They held the contract three years.
In 1905 they bid for the Panama COM
missary contract. By this time they
had taken rank among the greatest
commissary men in America. Their
bid was the lowest. Their reputation
was so high that millions of dollars
were pledged to their faithful per-
Torrance of the contract. This Pan
ANA contract was the biggest of the
kind in the history of the world. At
the time Hudgins & Dumas figured on
it they estimated that it meant $780,
100000, and on the basis of their bid
they would have a profit of from sew
en- to ten million dollars.
They didn't get the contract. 1t
was awarded to Markell of Omaha.
The action in giving the contract to
Markell led to vigorous protest and
then to an investigation conducted by
Senator Tillman. AS a result of this
investigation the award to Markell
was Cancelled and the government de-
cided to take the commissary matter
into its own hands.
In 1905 the Ellis islam contract
went to a rival bidder, and for several
years Hudgins confined his operations
largely to Nevada, conducting the
commissary departments of some of
the largest mining concerns of that
state of precious metals. Four years
ago he got tho Ellis island concession
again.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-12-25
BETTER ROADS AND SCHOOLS
Farmers Beginning to See That Edu-
cation Furnished In one-Room
Building Is Not Adequate.

Sooner or later we shall be driven
to the Capitalization of schools in
some form, not necessarily to the
township school; but we are all be-
ginning to see that the education fur
nished in the one-room school with
ten or twelve pupils on an average, is
not what the farmer needs, and costs
more than 1t is worth. Therefore, we
take it that we shall be driven to some
kind of consolidation. When farmers
get around to the point of figuring
what their schools actually cost them
per pupil per day, and realize the in
adequacy of this kind of training to
fit their children for farm life, they
will remedy 1t by punching the schools
together.
Before this can be done effectively
there must be good roads, roads over
which the children can be carried
comfortably to a large school where
they will have the training that fits
them for life, and in the larger schools
a training that will take the place Of
that of the town school, at vastly less
expense and less danger to the health
and morals Of the pupil. To do this
We must have good roads, and good
dirt roads at that; for nine-tenths Of
the roads that lead to the schoolhouse
and to the country church must be dirt
roads.
There are places in some of the
eastern states where the children go
to school in automobiles. There are
others where they go on roller skates,
as, for example, where cement roads
have been established. AS we have
often pointed out, it is possible to have
a dirt road good throughout most of
the year, simply through the use of
the road drag after the road has been
graded and drained and supplied with
culverts and bridges.
There is, therefore, very close con-
nection between the road drag and
education. No law, however, can COM
pei the farmer to use the road drag
wisely. They must come to it of their
own accord. They must get to point
where it will be a disgrace to any
farmer not to drag his road after ev-
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-12-25

The leaves are also veined with the
silk. Flowers are edged and sometimes
intersected in much the same way
with silk. The wool embroidery con-
sequently takes on new life and
beauty foreign to the old wool work
of our grandmothers. This work of
wool and silk can be done on any
materials but those of cotton and
linen, unless, of course, the linen or
cotton materials be very dark. Silk
materials and wool fabrics are excel
lent for the purpose. Velvet, while
sometimes used, is really too heavy
for the purpose and is not a good con-
trast for the lusterless wool Table
runners and cushions are effective
When done in wool embroidery, as are
also portieres, provided the portieres
are lined to conceal the back of the
embroidery.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-12-25
METHOD OF DRAGGING ROADS
Only a Small Amount of Earth Is
Moved, Just Enough to Fill the
Ruts and Depresslons.

l dragging roads only small
amount Of earth is moved, just enough
to fill the ruts and depressions with a
thin layer of plastic clay or earth
which packs very hard so that the next
rain instead of finding ruts, depres-
sions, and clods in which to collect
runs off, leaving the surface but little
affected.
The drag should be light and should
be drawn over the road at an angle of
about forty-five degrees. The driver
should ride on the drag and should
not drive faster than a walk. One
round trip, each trip straddling a
wheel track, is usually sufficient to fill
the ruts and smooth the surface
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-12-25
Skirts Are Short.

Skirts seem to grow shorter and
shorter Many of the new trotter
frocks on the avenue these days reveal
the buttoned boots above the ankle;
and dancing skirts are even shorter.
The buttoned street boot for fall has a
light welted sole and a curved heel,
but this heel is broad enough at the
base for comfortable walking. Dane
ing boots are exceedingly dainty, with
thin, turned soles and high curved
heels. Both street and dancing boots
show the top of contracting material
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-12-25
Social Advancement.

Good roads always contribute to the
social advancement of the community.
While the towns and cities are greatly
benefited by good highways leading
from the country to the towns and
cities, rural people are the greater
beneficiaries, because farmers not only
advance on account of the saving in
marketing their products, but they
improve their social, educational and
religious standing, because of good
roads Really there is no argument for
poor roads, nor against building and
maintaining good roads.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-12-25
Convenience for the Muff.

Sew inside your muff a small bone
ring about three-fourths of an inch in
diameter, such as are used for fancy
work, attached to short piece of rib
bon. A handkerchief may be drawn
through this ring. Gloves may be but
toned into it, and it will securely hold
ones veil or even small parcel.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-12-25
Odd Combinations.

Green golfne, chiffon and monkey
fur are combined in this way: There
is a foundation skirt of soft green silk
goline. There is long, gathered
tunic of green chiffon that leaves ex-
posed about fifteen inches of the
foundation skirt. The tunic is edged
with fringe of monkey fur. The long
chiffon sleeves are edged with monkey
and the bodice is composed of golfine
and chiffon.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-12-25
Jet on All Fabrics.

Jet cloths are very much in vogue ;
they are employed for tunics often,
and jet glitters on lace and on thin
fabrics set frequently on the side open.
ing of bodices gathered into the shout.
der pieces and then reappearing on
the tunic.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-12-25
Square Train

The square train is shown on some
of the new importations. 1t is espe-
cially good when it is used on a frock
with square-cut neck, back and front,
just as the long, pointed train was
good with a frock in which the "
shaped neck was used.