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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-07
gar pr6ximo q formarse bajo los mas
risuenos auspicios.
Consejo Executive
SESSION DE AVER.

Ell Presidente senior Sanchez Morales
declara alberta la session las doSAde
la tarde
Pasa lista ell Secretario y responder
los senores consejeros Richardson, Pit
kin, Bonner, Larrinaga, Barbosa Ira
vieso.
Sc da lectura a varias comunicaciones
y peticiones, que pasan las respectivas
comisiones.
Ell proyecto de la Camara H. B. 81,
recibido en- la Secretarfa del Consejo,
pasa & la Comisi6n de 10 judicial.
Ell senior Larrinaga, secundado por el
doctor Barbosa, propuso y fu6 aprobado
que ell comite de hacienda informe la
R. C. de la G. nnmero 18, presentada en-
la session extraordinaria de la legislatu-
ra anterior
Y no habiendo mas asuntos pendien-
tes sc levanta la session hasta ell liines 4
as dos de la tarde.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-07
Corte Municipal

In la mafana del jueves Sc VIC en- la
Corte Municipal de esta ciudad. ell ca
50 del Pueblo de Puerto Rico. contra Ell
pollcia insular Maximiliano Olivier; nor
el oellto de acometimiento aggression
grave
La denuncia Sc fundaba. en- que el dfa
Il de Octubre del afio pasado el denun-
clado Olivier, de una manera Illegal
mahclosa habia agredido q Ia sonora
Hermlnia Daniel de Gimenez en- el in
terror de su propia casa con un rotten.
causandola varias heridas de las cuales
Tue curada en- la sala de socorros Sc
gun certlficaci6n facultativa.
Tambi6n Sc habfa presentado de-
nunclas Juradas por acometimiento
aggression graves contra Ell mismo pohcfa
OllVler, por las senora Basilia Daniel
vluda de Claudio y Juana Irizarri Da-
mel, que eran familas de Herminia Da-
MEL y que sc encontraban en- Ia casa
cuando sucedieron los hechos oue rela-
tamos
Como las denuncias iban diripidas
contra un funcionario eiecutivo del 90
blerno insular, ell juez Geigel hizo las
prlmeras investigaciones, tom6 declara-
clones Juradas los testigos remiti6
Ell caso al Attorney General, de acuer-
do con ell artfculo Il del C6digo Polfti-
co.
Los autos fueron devueltos a la Cor
te Municipal, despu6s de haber sido es-
tudlados en- ell Departamento de Justi-
ela, con la Erase "proc6dase q la celebra-
ci6n del juicio''.
En- su consecuencia, para ell iueves Sc
senal6 y Sc celebr6 la vista de la causa
Practicada la prueba de cargo consis-
tente en- la denuncia 5 testigos mas:
la de descargo, compuesta de 4 testi-
COS, la Corte Sc reserve su resoluci6n pa
ra la tarde de aver, y en- virtud de la
cual, Sc declara al policia insular Maxi
mllano Oliverie culpable de tres delitos
de acometimiento aggression con circuns-
tanclas agravantes y Sc lie impone la pc
ma de sesenta dfas de carcel cincuenta
dolares de multa Y las costas, en- cada
uno de los casos.
En- cuanto al policia insular Luis
Claudio Daniel por acometimiento
aggression simples y que tiene relaci6n con
los casos anteriores, fu6 declarado culpa-
bic y Sc le impusieron seis dfas de car
eel seis d6lares de multa las costas.
Ell defensor de los acusados senior Gae-
tan Barbosa, apel6 de la resoluci6n de
Ia Corte
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-07
- asHassS
EN- ! APOLO ! I

Las localidades para ell recital del vio-
hnista Gabriel del Orbe que Sc efectua.
ra manana en- ell teatro "Apolo'', Sc ex-
penderan en- la taquilla del mismo tea
tro
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-07
Conferencias en- la
Biblioteca InsuIar

la de mailana, domingo, a cargo del
DIR. don Francisco Ponte tratara sobre
psicologia experimental ciencia intere-
sante en- la cual es muy competente el
sefior Ponte
Empezara, como de costumbre. 4 las
tres de la tarde, la entrada sera libre
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-07
Total de Ingresos ..
FONDOS DE CAMINOS.

Lo que producira ell $50 del 909o del
10 del lfquido de la valoraci6n de L.
propiedad
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-02-07
sECCIoN DE GAsTOs.

l. Sueldo del Alcalde (maximo seg1n
la Ley para un Municipio de So.
clase NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
2. Sueldo de un escribiente mecan0
grafo ..................
3. Sueldo de un ordenanza. ...
T. Para alquiler casa Acadia, mate
rial de ofcina, mobiliario, impresos
etc NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
COLUMB|ANA SWEPT BY WORST FIRE IN
 HISTORY 0F TOWN
Lilies and Johnson Block Consumed Tuesday, En- tailing $4O,OOO Damage.
 Labraries Burned

Columbiana, May 20.- Special )-Co- lumbiana has had the most fearful fire in her history. The Lilies & Johnston block. the handsomest block of Colum- biana, Is today in ashes and a gloom envelops. the little city as possibly never before. The block destroyed ad- joined the courthouse and the upper story was occupied by the Southern Bell Telephone company and the law offices of Brown & Leeper Col. John E. Miles and J. l., Peters The libraries of these lawyersl were destroyed. The books and equipments owned by Messrs. Brown & Leeper and J. L. Peters were among the most valuable in the state, the value of which Is placed at s1o- 900 and uninsured
 The stores in the burned block were occupied by the Judge Co, and H. Cor don & Co. The value of this loss will reach approximately $ls.o00. Gordon & Co carried full insurance. The Judge Co has insurance covering only % per cent of their loss.
 The fact that at midnight Tuesday while the flames ragged not even d breeze stirred was the sole reason that the entire town was not consumed by fire, The' total loss will reach $40, 00U with virtually no insurance excepting that which Gordon & Co. carried
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
CONFESSION MADE BY C|ROF|C| WILL
 NOT HELP BECKER
Justice Seabury Rules AL legged Admission Is Not Legal-CaSe to Be Com
 pleted This Week

New York. May 20--Charles Becker will not be benefited by the confession alleged to have been made by ."Dago Frank" Cirofic shortly before the gunman was executed at Sing Sing prison for the part he played in carrying out the plot. to murder Herman Rosenthal ''Dago Frank in the so-called confession, was quoted as saying he never had heard the name of Becker mentioned in connection with the conspiracy that resulted in the killing of the gambler. Justice Seabury refused to admir- testimony concerning the alleged confession into the i<cord at Becker's trial today.
 Justice Seabury said the alleged con fession had not been made in affidavit and sworn to and had not been made to anyone authorized to take a deposition from a dying man. He further declared he also was influenced in his decision by the fact that it was not permissible to admit testimony dealing with incidents that occurred long time after the com mission of a crime.
 Two more witnesses will testify for the defense They will have told their stories before the conclusion of the pro ceedings tomorrow. The case undoubtedly viii be completed before the end of the week. It has not been decided whether Becker would go on the stand after the last witness tomorrow. The former police lieutenant, himself, said he did not known whether he would take the stand and his attorneys refused to com init themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
HOUSE NOT L|hLlY ID ACT ON SUFFRAGE
 PROHIBITION Captain Hobson in Speech Announces He Will Not Urge Liquor Question
 at Present

Washington, May 20.-Prospects for either the nation wide prohibition or the woman suffrage proposed consti- tutional amendments faded further away today as the result of develop ments in the House. While presenting to the House two telegrams from re- ligious gatherings. praying for con sressional action on the prohibition resolution. Representative Hobson of Alabama, its sponsor announced that for the present he did not propose to press it.
 For the present." said MT. Hobson. ''and until it has been considered in the Senate. l shall not urge it. There are many members of the House, particu- larly from southern states. who are for prohibition but who have been fright ened by the section which bears on states rights. When that is straight ened out then l shall consider urg ing it
 Representative Mondell. author ot the suffrage ame endment resolution, said he purposed urging his measure and that he had hoped tie Alabama member would join with him with the prohibition proposition.
 Two delegates today vainly sought to have the House rules committee, ac- cord another suffrage hearing. One comprised Virginia suffragists and the other was a group of women, including wives Of some of the California rep resentatives in Congress who tried un- successfully yesterday to see Chairman Henry on the subject Mr. Henry told both of them that he could not call the committee together to consider the suf- frage question unless the democratic party caucus reconvened and instruct ed the committee to act
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
.HUERTA AGAIN SAYS
 HE WILL NOI RESIGN
Dictator Explodes Theory That His Elimination Is
 Entertained by Envoys

Mexico City. May o,-Provisional Presi- dent Huerta. in the course of an interview today. add:
 Tho Mexican peace delegates have no irstructons to ofIer my resignation at the. conference 1t NiaEara Falls"
 Inc President with energy. standing erect. emphasised his words with char acteristtc gesture
 Prior to this the acting minister of for eign affairs. Esteva Ruis. had declared that the Mexican representatives, had been given ample poWers'' by the 6ov- ernment to 4eal with evefytttnE that with tho ol1sct of oolvinr tls6 3nf1fTia-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

Peace conference formally opened. House not likely to act on suffrage. Steamer aground: tugs to rescue.
 Roosevelt plunges Into politics.
 Mellen continues story of New Haven. 2-county high school principals selected s-Sulphur Industry in Louisiana is mar
 vel. 4-Editorial comment 5-Marshall looks over Tutwiler.
 Motion hotel opens today.
 Negro purse Snatcher given life sen-
 tence.
 Civic chamber board meets 6-Society. 7-Sports. S--Big attendance at Rotary club din-
 ner. 10--Interest in Gadsden bond issue. guarding former minister  14-state committee has important work
 before 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
SENATE WILL HASTEN SPEECHES ON TOLLS Night Sessions May Be Held Next Week, Declares
 Kern

Washington, May 2o.--Failure of demo- cratic leaders in the Senate to get an agreement today to vote on the Panama tolls bill at the end of a week resulted in removed and more determined efforts to hasten delivery of schedhldd speeches, Next week probably will see res'slar night sessions. !.
 Democratic, Leader Kern today declared he saw no reasons why four or Ave speeches could not be delivered q day. and announced that beginning tomorrow he proposed to ask every day for unantmous consent for an agreement to vote, t-pxfee epeecfcs on the tolln queqtioft uSs5. mads today. All favo5s1 Sept1ls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
LEGISLATURE MAY COME TO
 RELIEF OF SPECIAL. COUNSEL
State Will Make No Effort Collect Feos Illegally Paid Spe cial Counsel Unless Legislature Relieves Them of La
 bility According to State Auditor

Montgomery. May a0.--fspecial)--No eff forts will be made by the state to collect fees paid Illegally to special counsel un- less the legislature relieves them of the liability according to state Auditor Brooks smith.
 The supreme court yesterday decided that the governor did not have the right to employ special counsel under certain section of the code. thereby declaring that sas .sss.9o had been paid to special attorneys without warrant of law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
HOLD ALLOWANCES T0RA|LWAYS|LLEGAL si5s~ 4 I: c. c. Announces Refusal to Rehear Industrial
 Railways Case

Washington. May 20.--Allowances aggre- seting millions of dollars heretofore made to iron and steel industrial railways by trunk dine railroads in the territory east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and, Potonac. finally have been ordered discontinued by the interstate commerce commission.
 The cOInmissipn today anfiounced It's refusal to reheaf the industrial railways case on the application of companies rep .reseHting Iron and steel corporations. Tho decision In the case that the allow ances were unlawful was reaffirined. Experts estimated that allowances paid to lthe United States Steel corporation slone aggreeatsd approximately Se.0OoOOQ . yehr <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
BANKERS DISCUSS
 RESERVE PROBLEM

Gulfport, Miss, May 2o.-Twenty bank CTS of Louisiana. Mississippi and Ala bama met here today to discuss problems of this regicn pertaining to organization of a regional reserve bank at Atlanta. The Mississippi bankers chose as director of class A, F. w. Foote of Hattiesburg
 The Louisiana s selected selected Dr. Paul H. Saunders as a class B director, The bankers from Alabama did not make a 1 inn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
First Session Devoted to IntrOductionS and Speeches of Welcome By A. B. c. MedidtOrS.
DELEGATES SPEND QUIET
 BUT BUSY DAY AT HOTEL
hrong Crowds Quarters During Entire Day. and Air of Excite ment prevades Canadian City-A. B. C. Envoys in Vel coming Speech Urge Cooperation of American
 Sentiment in Solving International Problem

Niagara Falls Ont, May 2O.-Stimulus given today to hhe report that by elimination General Huera would make it possible for the mediation conference here bring peace Mexico It announced dispatch received from Mexico City by the Press that den had authorized his representatives present his resgna on if such step became adjustment of the trouble with the United States Later however stated that there of transmission that General Huera had said that his delegates have instructions to offer his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
w. c. WALTERS IS
 PLACED IN PRISON

New Orleans. May 20.-W. C. Walters sentenced yesterday at Opelousas to life Imprisonment for the Kidnapping of Rob ert Dunbar. 5-year-old boy. today was brought here and placed fin the parish prison, pending disposition of iis appeal to the supreme court of the state. Sheriff Swords, who brought Walters iiere, said that he did so as a precaution as there was some feeling against the aged man at Opelousas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21

The decision of the court was in the case of the state against Daniel ". Troy. who as special counsel In the collection of penalties from foreign corporations which had not complied with the states laws had collected something like Szo,ooo '. IL fig Renerally believed that the legisla- ture when 1t meets either in special or res ular session will amend the law so as to relieve the various special counsel who have received fees under the section tn question. should the legislature not re lieve them of tho liability suits will to brought for the recovery of the mousy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
!ALA LABAMIANS URGE HARDING
 AS RESERVE BOARD HEAD
and Banhead Call On Wilson In Reference to Mat ter--Believed Harding Will Be Given Long Term, While Governorship Will Be Given Elsewhere
Dy c. '. sTDwA1T

one of the long terms. The members of the reserve board win be appointed for two. four. six. eight and 10 years each. It is the purpose of the President. 1t is said. to appoint one of the short term members as the governor. which will per- init change in that official at the ex- piration of his term. It is a greater com pliment to Mr. Harding to draw the long teriu.
 Mr. and Mrs Underwood left for Hot Gpr1nga. Va. ti,is afternoon. They will bo Gons about 70 enye
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
ROOSEVELT BEGINS PLAN PROGRESSIVE
 CAMPAIGN 0F 1914
Ex-President Expected to Make Most ArduOus Fight of His Career-May
 Tour the U S.

Oyster Bay. N Y, May a0.-On the first day after his return from south America, Theodore Roosevelt got back into touch with the political situation, and tonight plans were well under way for the pro gressive campaign of 1914. Colonel Roose- conference with George W. Perkins. chair- man of the executive commmittee of the progressive national committee. MT. Per kins has been at work since the 1912 cam paien organizing the new party through out the country, and his mission to Oyster Bay was to acouaint the former President with present day conditions in the polit- ical field.
 Colonel Roosevelt would not discuss his long talk with MT. Perkins. He said he was not talking politics.
 Clifford Pinchot, progressive candidate for United States senator from Penpsyl- vaaia, also eonferred With Colonel Roose- Welt tie reached Sagamofe Hiii late to- day and spent the night there. To Make Arduous Fight Colonel Roosevelt's acticities today re- moved all doubts whether he would take an active part in this years campaign. Il is known that he expects to make one of the most ardious fights of hls career. No definite plans have been formed. but it is probable that in September he will make trip across the continent, speaking in most of the states
 On May 30 Colonel Roosevelt will sail for Spain. for the wedding of his son, Kermit. In the intervening period he will attempt to start into motion the machinery for the campaign On his return about July he will begin the campaign proper.
 Two settlement workers from New York visited Colonel Roosevelt today They were Miss Frances Keller and Miss Lillian Wald, the former head of the progressive service bureau of the national committee Dr. Alexander Lambert of New York, an old friend of the, colonel. took dinner with him tonight. One day of the quietude and bracng air of Sagamore Hill wrought a great change in Colonel Roosevelt man ner and appearance. Tonight he was full of vgor and walked with a full. free swing.
 To Go to New York Tomorrow morning Colonel Roosevelt will go to New York The real important thing he has to do. he expalined, Is to get new clothes for his sons wedding. | During the rest of the day he will visit 1 his publishers. go to a museum. spend
 a few hours at his editorial office and meet a number of New York state lead | CTS of his party.
 1 The colonel expects to do all this be. fore I o'clock, for he must be back in Oyster Bay by 5:3o for the most mpor- tant event in the recent history of this village. His old neighbors here are to welcome him back home. The school chil- dret, $50 of them. and the village band will furnish the music. There will be a
 speech of welcome and the colonel prob ably will respond with a short. address
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
NAB PROHIBITION
 VIOLATORS IN SELMA

Selma May 2o-tspecial.) )-chief of Po-. lice Walters with a squad of officers made wholesale arrest of prohibition violators today and between 40 and 50 whites and negroes were arrested. The arrests were made in all parts of the city and several hundreds of bottles Of whisky, beer and gin were confiscated by the officers during the different raids.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
STEAMER AGROUND;
 TUGS GO TO RELIEF
All Passengers Taken From Off the Atlantis Which Aground One Hundred Miles North of Tampico is ReporLVes-
 sel is Reported Pounding to Pieces

Galveston, Tex. May eo.--The Norwe- gian steamship Atlantis, which left Gal weston May F for Tampco with ss pas sengers, is aground iso miles north of Tampieo and tugs have been ordered to her rescue. All the passengers have been taken off hy the tnsfse,l states bs.tleshir eonneeticut' according to Information re- ceived here
 No details of any accident to the At
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21

lantis were given but wireless messa ges for tugs were urgent and said that the steamer was pounding to pieces. The Con necticut received the "S. 0. S.e from the Atlantis at Tampico. Wireless mes sages brought the news here tonight It is supposed from the speed of the boat that the Atlantis went aerouna Tuesday night and the battleship reached her to- night
 Two powerful wreclxing tugs were or dered to her from Mobile tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
PLAN ID WITHDRAW PART OF FLEETFROM
 THE MEXICAN COAST
General Slackening of Ten sion in Situation Is Felt. Silliman and Parks
 Cases Unchanged

Washington. May 20.-The general slackening of tension in the Mexican situation resulted today in the con- sideration at the navy department of plans to withdraw part of the fleet on the east coast of Mexico Acting Secretary Roosevelt said he hoped within a week to have four battle ships. five destroyers and a tender on the way north.
 Another important development of the day was a conference called by Secretary Bryan with British Ambas- sador Spring Rice and Minister Van Rappard of the Netherlands. to con fields. Protests, 1t was reported, had been received from oil operators that federal officials had negotiated trans fers of the American leases to Brit
 ish and Dutch oil men. Similar pro-
 tests that Dutch and British holders
 might suffer since the constitutional
 ist assumed control followed An un- derstanding was reached that trans
 fers made during the siege of Tam
 pico would not be recognized Secretary Bryan said the state de- partment had no advices of any eff fort to collect contributions from for eigners in Tampico
 The state department, still without result. continued it's efforts to obtain information as to the fate of Consul John R. Silliman at Saltillo. Seeking Information We are now seeking information as to Silliman from sources other than through Mexico City, said Secretary Bryan
 No further official information was forthcoming in the case of Private Samuel Parks. The state department Is still without reply to the note in which Nit demanded Information abou, Parks and characterized his reported execution as "a hostile and unfriendly act"
 The war department. however, re- lceived copy of an affidavit made by A. w. Bland. in which he repeated a story told him by an alleged eye- witness of Parks death. The affi- davit sets forth that Parks was shot to death by firing squad on order | of Mexican commander. Bland said the name of the eyewitness must moi be revealed. because he would be
 Killed If 1t were known he had given
 the information.
 Assurances that the family of T. J Smith at Tonola, Mex, is safe under
 the protection of British and Brazilian diplomatic officers and that every ef-
 fort ts being made to obtain the re.
 lease from imprisonment; of Smith
 himself were received by Secretar,
 Bryan from the Brazilian minister IT
 Mexico City The dispatch stated tha1
 II was not known that any member
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21

washington. May (special Senator 'Bankhead and Representative Underwood fsiled on President wilson today and talked VI. P. c. Harding as governor of khs reserve board. The President did
 hot indicate whom he would appoint. but
 ppoke of Mr. Harding in the hishest terms.
 It is said in adminfttration circles that
 hs Prssadsnt VII not k66&int 1fr. Hard-|
 ing epvefpen zes ths r>ason m h
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