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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-04-24
OC A SION

Sc vende una bonita casa de ce-
nento, de s6lida construction y
nOderno estilo, situada en- las in
nediaciones del Parque Borin-
Iuen. Precio limitadlsimO.
1nformara Martin j. Travieso
San Francisco No. 49, (altos
de Schira.)
Jose Martinez Davila
Abogado- -Notario
Bufete, San Justo 9.
Telefono 518. San Juan. P r.
The Washington times., 1915-04-30
CLERKS WOULD AID
HUNCHBACK GEORGE
Hundreds Of War Department
Employees Grieved BY His
Expulsion From Building.

Friends Of George" the little colored
hunchback. who. with his bootblack
stand has been banshed by Col. w. W.
Harts. superintendent Of buildings and
grounds. from the basement corridor of
the War Department. are today en-
deavorin~ to establish him in another
building or find employment for him.
The news that George" would no
LONGER he permitted to earn his livel-
hood in the War Department was re-
ceived by hundreds OF employees there
this morning with deep regret.
George" was not only a familiar
figure to these Government clerks and
officials. but had become more Of a liv-
ing institution, in their eyes. than any
thing else.
To Draw Up Petition.
Therefore. II Is said a petition will he
drawn and. with many names appe nded,
be submitted to the Secretary Of War,
who. with the Secretary Of State and
the Secretary Of the Navy. form
supervisory board In charge OF the
mitted to return to his post.
George came to the War Department
one SUNNI. nearly thirteen years ago
Through the long hot days he stood
another. PLYING his trade on the side
walk and frequently was called inside
the buildr- to wait upon officials.
His unfalling smile and his never
absent courtesy Won him many friends
so that when wintry weather came some
OF the employees asked that George be
permitted to pursue his trade indoors
Accordingly the blind end OF a basement
corridor, which was never used. was
given to him.
Supported Self and Father.
There he remained day after day, sup
Porting himself and his aged father.
from the dimes and nickels which came
his way, until failing health forbade his
continuing the polishing of shoes. He
then set up a little chocolate stand,
from the proceeds Of which he hired
an assistant to do the boot-black work.
But few weeks ago Georges father
dled. he expenses of the old mans
FUNERAL took all of the mis-shapen son s
savings So he was working harder than
ever at his little basement stand In the
blind corridor end when he received the
ultimatum of Colonel Harts
And that is why the friends George
made during the long years he has been
in the War Department are trying either
to obtain permission for him to resume
his business, or find him a place some
where else.
The Washington times., 1915-04-30
ACCIDENT, ND, MAN TELLS
OF GOOD REMEDY
A. J. Alexander Says Treatment Did
More For Him Than
Amy Other.

A. j. Alexander, of Accident. Md. was
a victim of stomach disorders. He tried
many remedies and treatments without
satisfactory results.
At last he tried Mayr's Wonderful
Remedy. He was surprised and pleased.
He wrote:
i have taken your remedy with good
results. 1t has done more for me than
anything | have ever taken. 1t has done
what you claimed it would. / am advis-
ing all my friend sufferers to take It,,
feeling confident that 1t will be a great
blessing to them"
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy gives per-
manent results for stomach. liver, and
intestinal ailments. Eat as much and
whatever you like. No more distress
alter eating. pressure OF gas in the
stomach and around the heart. Get one
bottle of your druggist now and try il
on an absolute suaTantee-if not salts fac
tory money will be returned.-Advt
The Washington times., 1915-04-30
War RevipeS Debate
On Battles and Rain
Drought Here, Rains Abroad, Attributed to Expo
sions of Guns-Volcanic Effect Is Cited and
Officials Here Are Studying Theory.
BY JUDSON C. WELLIVER.

war in Europe might have something to
do with Europe's floods or our drougnts.
"All nonsense he insists. "A battle
high enoug hinto the air to produce the
effects that volcanoes do. Moreover, |
have carefully gathered the statistics
regarding weather following battles,
end find no justification whatever Tor
the assumption that they have ever had
the least effect. Similarly, actual study
of weather on July 3. 4, and has
proved that the explosives burned on
July have no effect whatever on the
weather Of that day or the day follow
ing. -,
The explosion of small force like
those of a. battle do not send any mat
ter beyond the cloud line. where 1t can
b. suspended; consequently any par
ticles thus projected into tho air soon
become coated with moisture weighted
down. and the first rain washes them
all out of the air."
TIE explanation by DR.. Humphries
didn't entirely satisfy one advocate of
the rain-making theory. He said:
Weights Them Down.
If the particles of matter sent into
the lower air by battle are all within
the moisture zone of the air. and " they
attract moisture to themselves, which
weights them down until they fall-why
Isn't that precisely a confirmation Of
the theory that battles may cause RAIN
Nobody claims a battle Is a volcanic ex-
plosion. or produces the same effects.
But DR.. Humphries himself suggests
very clearly Just now a battle. by filling
the air over wide region with very
small particles. might gather UP a great
deal of moisture in the air Of that re-
gion. which would be precipitated just
as he suggests. And IL moisture were
thus drawn to the region Of the explo-
sions, Is It not possible that other re-
gions, farther away, might suffer be-
cause of the loss Of the moisture to
which they were entitled?"
Anyhow. there was q whole library
full Of scientific material written m half
the atmospheric effects Of the unprece-
dented battles In the present war are
going 10 be. little later, tho subject
of vast range of investigation. and
probably some acute controversy.
The Washington times., 1915-04-30

Pelee did not hurl a great mass of
matter into the upper air; 1t exploded
torrent of matter squarely at a city,
which it destroyed; the two others
hurled their matter into the air, as did
krakatoa, and the subsequent atmos-
phcric effects were similar to those on
other occasions. though not 80 eXten-
sive. because the explosions were not so
powerful. II may be observed that
krakatoas ,Nplosion was actually
heard as far as 300 miles away; the
report was heard throughout about one
twelfth of the earth's surface"
Dr. Humphrtes positively refuses to
give quarter to the folks who think the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-23
BURIED ALIVE IN CELLAR
AS He bees FOR MERCY
Widow Of Luigi aiatr"ni Tells of His
Murder In May. tDIi. by
SUn-in-I.aw.
KEPT SILENT THROUGH EEA,,
Man. Now In .!nil for Stnbbing
ARRAY, ConfcS>cs: 10 Police ard
Points Out Snut Where Crime
Occurred.

BATAVIA. y. v. November 22.--l.uigi
OF his home. near Corfu. in May. 1914
his body being tramplcd into Il newly
made grave while lie begged for mercy .
according Ia II story told by his widow
to District Attorney Coon here to-day
This afternoon Antonio BOLIVIA. the
alleged murderer, pointed out the sDo;
where the crime occurred. and a body,
was found. which Mrs. Matruni identi-
fled as that OF her husband. Roliva has
confessed. the district attorney said
BOLIVIA. who is Mrs. Mutroni's son-in-
law. IL serving Il SiH-monihs' term in
the Monroe County pCnttutiary for Il
StabbinC nf:ray Mrs. MHtroni came
here from Syracuse TO tell the story OF
the murder. which She declared had
been witnessed by her and her young
son. Charles. Her Ions silence. sho
said. was due 10 fear OF BOLIVIA. who
had threatened a similar fate for her
aad her son. When She learned he
was in prison she felt safe to tell.
Mrs. Matroui said that her husband
was follcd by Il allow from "A pickax
handle welded hy BOLIVIA. lie was
knocked unconscious. but revived be-
fore tho grave had been dug in the
cellar. He pleaded With BOLIVIA fo~ his
life just before h was thrown into The
pit and trtmplcd Under the ground.
she declared
After hearing the wuman's sto,N.
District Attorney Coon and Sheriff
Edgcrton took i;oliva TO the farm
where the MatroniS formerly lived
BOLIVIA ut first denied knowledge OF
the murder, but later. District Attorney
Coon said. he confessed and told tho
men where to dig They found the
body under nine feet of earth the
house having been torn down and the
cellar filled in after til" Matronis moved
away.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-23
COLONEL AGAIN APPEARS
AS ADVISER OF MElLEN
Counscled Purchase OF Boston ana
Maino Railroad by New
Haven I'm 1907.
RESERVATION rs ATTACHED
franiilin Il. Lane, Chairman Of I. e.
G., Agreed With Rond's President
That Chance of Line Falling Into
Alien Hands Was Dangerous.

NEW YORK. November 22-Thco-
dorc Roosevelt as President q! the
United states again appeared as Sd-
wiser of Charles =. Mellcn. OF tho New
liavcn affairs, in testimony introduced
to-day 1T the tria! Of the eleven former
directors of The New Haven Railroad
under the Sherman antitrust law.
Nellcu represented the former lrcsi =
dent rs having In 1907 advised the
purchase by the New Haven of the
Boston and Maine Railroad. with the
reservation. however. that ii you In
wrong YOU needn't come back to me
Tho advice was given after Mci.en
had adj an interview. 1T Roosrv.lt's
SUGGESTION. with Franklin Is. Lam
chairman of the Interstate Commercc
Commission. and explained to him that
there was danger of the Boston and
Maine failing into the hands Of alien
hands" ii the New Haven did not take
1t. by The aliens" the witness said,
hr mean; the Canadian Pacific or the
Grand Trunk Railroads Of Canada. lie
declared that Chairman Lane agreed
with him that such an cventuality was
dangerous from a military point of
view.
Tho question was brought out after
l.. l.. Bats attorney for the govern
lncnt had read into the record an cx-
/" the interview between Mellcn and
II. NJ. Whitney. OF Boston.
Il have always thought il possible
that the Little Father AT Washington
might want to get his finger In the
pic" wrote whitney. in reference TO
the Boston and I<ninc deal.
I'm which case, IL it should happen
before the public had become recon-
ci!ed t" the change. it might result
In infinite harm TO all your interests
The Washington situation" Mcllcn
wrote in reply. II have. | think. COM
plctcly cared for. One never knows
for certain about those matters. hut
the ground has been carefully
rlouEhed. and every chance of trouble
considered and, / think, eliminated"
The government to-day went fur
thcr into the history OF the New
iiavcn's troubles in getting permanent
control OF the BOSTON and Maine. which
eliminated in 100? in the passage by
the massachusetts Legislature OF a
law enabling the New Haven legally
to control the 10000 shares OF Boston
ana Maine stock il had acquired
The government met a setback when
the court ruled that no evidence as
u possible corruption Of the T.cgis-
lature was admissible. Judge Hunt
held that no such means were alleged
in the indictment as having been used
by the New tlavcn 10 gain its alleged
iaonopoly of New F.nEiands trnnspor-
tation traffic
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-23
TO DEVELOP FOREIGN
TRADE OF UNITED STATES
Formation at S5O,0OU,OOu ton,unp>.
hacked b! Leading FinnncierS.
soon tD lie Announced

NEW YORK. November 2e.-The
formation o! IL S5o.00o.0 900 company.
backed by leading nnancicrs of the
country TO develop the foreign trade of
inc United States will he announced soon
by The National CITY Bank. il was an
houhcad to-day. Frank A. Wander
Up. president OF the bank, who Is cred.
l'cd with organizing the company. is
SAID TO have associated with him &C
probabic assistants, Charles A. stone
OIL stone N Webster. Boston: 81. WIZ
Iil' nicSIurnt OF the Chase National
i'a"k: OTTO H. Kuhn. Of Kuhn. Loeb G.
CO. an! Willard II. Strait. until lately
associated with J. T. Morgan C Co. Tb.
report said that other PRINCIPALS in
rinned james J. Hin. James Stilmnn
): !. Morgan, GcurE, T. Baker. Percy
y. Rockefeller, cyrus H. MeCorn,icl,
ana j. ogden Armour
ia connection with the plan snid IN
"' 'he most ambitious attcmpt ever
''""c 10 Put tho United States ;,,uonu
me rhhkinE nations in the world corn
'ncr't ana finance, il was stated th,t
az STOCK. except that reserved for sub
Sc'lpNoh by stockholders OF the hank
,,"H "eeh paced privately SO that there
WI pc no public offerings. The
nt'I"h"S recently established nv thn
National City Bank in south Ancrin.,
an" the sixteen foreign branches NJ
the International Banking cornor,,,io,
hroh;tbl" control OF which was re-
1 Gently obtained by the National civ
h"hh' are expected to play an i'm,
portani part in the plan. Other
branches viii he opened abroad nrc 80
the first i'll Russia
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-23
ELEVEN CONsP|RATORs
PAY THE DEATH PENALTY
Mehbers Of Society Which Had for
Its Object Dismembermcnt
OF Turkey.
UNDENIABLE PROOFS is FOUND
Men Ptanned TO Assnssinate High Of
hcials AMI Other Prominent People
and TO Create Independent Arabian
State Under British ProtectOrute.

WASIilNGTON, November 22-Exe-
cution at Beirut of eleven members of
an egyptian secret society. which. it
is claimed. had for it's object the dis
menDcrment of Turkey and the crca-
ton of an independent Arabian state
under the protcctoratc of Great Britain
was announced here to-day by the
Turkish embassy. The members of the
to aSsa ssinate high officials and many
other prominent people.
The announcement says:
The Ottoman government. having
been informed of the existence in
Egypt. with branches in Syria and
lrak. of Il secret society whose aim is
the crcnt'"" OF an independent Arabian
state under Great Britain protection,
ordered that thorough inquiry be
made. The purpose OF this was TO dis
cover who We're the promoters OF this
society. the object of which, under the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of Turkey. notwith-
standing the strong ties which bind
all Arabs to the mother country.
The inquiry, conducted with the ut
most care and earnest desire Of finding
out the truth. brought out the most UNI
dcniable proof Of the existence of this
society. The aim OF the conspiracy
was TO create disturbances in the cOun
try by committing criminal acts, such
as the assassination of high digni-
stS N'ii t~'ciN iuh'p'' va
prominent people, and thus attain it's
unlawful ehds.
'"rhc uncarthing OF important docu-
mentS having been the means of dis
covering the promoters of the con-
sptracy, several arrests took place and
tho matter was brought before the
court martial In Beirut. The case was
tried with all due precaution. The
culpability OF the accused has been
established. some of the traitors, most
of them by default. were sentenced To
death in virtue Of Article "a Of the
ottoman criminal code.
out of thirteen "uiprits sentenced,
and who were actually arrested. eleven
were executed In Beirut and t"" were
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-23

encountering the bittorcst opposition
OF the entire Serbian campaign. and
every battle becomes 4 hand to- han
conflict. The Seebians apparently are
planning a mai stand on the Kosovo
plain.
Tho AustrlaMs and Germans estimate
tho Serbian army How numbers hc-
tween 10000 and lj0.Oop. but that II
is diminishing by 5000 men daily.
The Bulgarian war n'inistry pub
fishes the names OF twelve bulgarian
officers now serving with the Russian
arm. who arc branded as dcscrtcrS
The list includes General Rn,ko pim-
tricn. former ambassador to Russia /;
Major General Sratow. taptam !.uEkn
MOOT and First Lieutenant Torkof vino
challenged Pierre Lott III. French
author. to u duel after the Balkan War
because of Lotis criticism of the Eui-
garian army.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-23
METHODIST BODIES MERGE
Forward Work OF Churches In 81. Louis
VIII he Conducted AS Though
by Ono OrcnniZnffon

WV pV HS InOuEh
ny Ono Orennizntfon.
ST LOUIS. November 22.-The St
Louis Ministerial Associations of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and OF tho
Methodist Episcopal Church. South
merged here to-day and hcnccforth the
forward work OF the two churches In
st. Louis will he conducted as though
by one organization. Sixty congrega-
ions were represented.
Rev. James w. Leo. presiding elder
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. said IL was hoped that the ST.
LOUIS merger would prcsagc similar
combinations in other division border
cities.
n plan for the merger OF the two
great branches of Mcthodlsm will come
nerore the Methodist Episcopal General
next May. Definite action
looking towards "a union throughout
INC world then Is expected.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-23
CAPITAL TUNNELS GUARDED
""m"rn "i Threats to blow In Lines
'"hncrtinS Union station with
Yards In south Washington.
ecial to The Times Dispatch

Especial TO The Times dispatch.
WASHINGTON. November 2o-Tuu.
NsiS connecting the Union station with
'hr railroad Yards in south Wosnn,,,
20" an" passing close by the United
Ni''c' capitol, arc hcing pa,rollc1 10.
night b% policemen employed II, IN,
Washington Terminal Company as
r"s"it al rumors that threats had hrou
made TO blow them up.
~ NJ h"ppcl superintendent of tho
'''''''"' company, said that in view
- ruInors affecting the safety Of ,L.
"T1"tc over the Delaware River nt
trenton, \. j. hc had deemed !, an.
N'f'hI" TO take oXtra prccau,ious ,o
nave the suhtcrran"au passoyc ,ho,,
'he Union station guarded lIo do
nc" p'h' any threatening letters i,o,;
oech received by the COMPANY.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-23
APPOINTMENTS ny CHIEF
WITH MAYORS tppIOy<

CA tho roll call. Couucilmcn iIadduu
ana fatc!inc voted against the Fuller
amendment. ana the other six Council
members In Attendance. for 1t Cpon
The motion o: Alderman Adams. later
III INC evening. the committee amend
oG the section relating 10 ,hc Fire
department. to provide that ,iremcn
ana subordinate officers OF thu. depart-
mont shall nc appointed Icy ,n. Chief
OF inc rave Department. VIA the ap-
prevail Of the Mayor. The section MS
drawn lief, all appointments exclusive
~ TO the Mayor
Councilman Pollock renewed again
his efforts to convert the committee
20 his view that the charter reforms
approved At cariier meetings o; tho
committee We're approved only teutn-
tINcl! ana with the uud.rstandin.
mat the COMMITTEES could at any time
Withdraw or amend IT. apDruvai %,
any reform, hy n majority vote pur-
suiht ms contention. he held that The
city Attorneys Draft uo% before the
committees :ts- -eturc II ON a.; merits
10 he approved, .rticcted or amended,
as the committee saw tit 10 do.
Chairman Jones held Geciacdl\.
dtnering view. The committee. hc in
sisted, has definitely committed itself
10 certain reforms. Chief among
these. FOR example, are the reform =
abolishing the Police. Fire and Health
Boards ana placing the control Of
THESE three departments I'm the hands
Of the Mayor
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-23
AROUSES IRE OF WOMEN
Congressman Nrrkrr Center OF Ipr0ar
After Accusing SunraEists OF
Selling Their Votes.

81. LOUIS. November oo.--.Congrcss-
man Jacob Il. Mcck"r. OF st. Louis. ad-
dressing suffrage meeting here to-
DAY create" an uproar when he said
lhai IN Denver. 80 he had been told.
women sold their votes for $50 each
ana that the votes Of society women
there could h" bought with theater
tickets.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-23
Hints at Plot to Destroy
War Munition Plants

UAL1IMORE. ND. November 80.
otto Buclow. or tnErr. suspected
hcserter from the converted German
cruiser Prinx I;itrI ErIcdricb, now
informed nt Norfolk. declared that
tn si> month"; time there will not
br war imunition plant in operation
In the United states" according to
city Detective Robert Porter. who
took tho man "a Norfolk last Eridn!
night.
Huclow was arrested here last
Tuesday.
According 10 Porter. I,ucluw
seemed to kno" tho i"rntion of all
tho munitiOn plauts i'm tho country.
lie told the officer that he had been
arrested Just ono day too soon"
and that he '.knrw ~ whole lot. hut
would die before telling it,"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-23
GERMAN DREtnNUI.HT
REPORTED LOST ~ BALTIC

LONDON. November Ca Daily Mail
dispnt Itch from Rotterdam says:
One Of Germauy'S newest Dread
noughts struck a niue Friday IN tn"
Baltic Sea and went 10 the bottom. All
tho members of tho crew were
saved except thirty.thrce, who were
drowned
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-23
OFFENSIVE INITIATED
At THE DtNDh NELI.I;S

ROTTERDAM. November - Cvia
l.ondon).-Thc Cologne Gazette re-
ports that 4 great offensive movement
has been initiated At the Dardanellcs
10y the allies.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-23

pardoned by tho Sultan on account or
their age.
the government already has pub
ifhed IN Syria Il pat OF the compro-
missing documents In IT'S possession.
ana IL intends shortly to publish. in
their entirety, their Photographic re-
production of the whole discovered cor
rcsDUndcncc."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-23
MAY GET INDORSI;MEST
Oh" ACT ny MEDICAL. MEN

1t is quite possible he will get the
Endorsement OF his act by the medical
men, in spite Of the iury'S verdict that
eNonCratcd him, hut declared him
wrong in his diagnosis that the Kol-
lingcr baby would have been u mental
defective. Many OF the local physi-
clans have congratulated him. and have
promised TO stand 10y him in the StruE
gle for the indorScm""t OF the City's
scientific men. Or. Haisclden has sub
united an article on the case to the
American journal of Medicine, the
leading publication OF it's kind. and the
Invitation to write would not have
been extended to him If the magazine
authorities were not in accord with
the physician.
But John Dill Robertson, and tho men
who think with the City Health Com
mission. never will allow the indorsc-
mcnt Of n board" to determine the life
ana death sentence foH defective
child, ard will never FULLY recommend
nr. !iaiscldcn's action.
The battle for Il board to pass life
OF death sentence, aS suggested by Cor
oncr !ioftmnm viii he IL trcmc ndous is
sue.
nv. Haiselden announced to-day that
lac Will have drafted as soon as possible
"a law requiring that all cpleptics and
insane i'm the State institutions being
maintained al public expense be stcril-
iZ"d The provisional clause will be
IF the patient has been afflicted for
two years IN the state care"
one year Of culling OF the weeds
of humanity would mean so much to
tn" race that the difference could not
be believed said Dr. II.iseldcn.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-23
MAY CHARGE HA|SELDEN
WITH FAULTY DIAGNOSIS
State Attorneys Office Considering
Further Action in Celebrated
Baby Bollinger Case.
WILL MAKE DECISION TODAY
Forwarding by Coroner OF Verdict OF
Famous Jury of Scientific Lights
to Body of Medical Men Prccipt-
tates Arrangements for Fray.

Especial to The Times hi Dispatch.
CHICAGO. November a2.--ludictmcnt
OF Or. Harry J. IIaiscldcu Tor faulty
diagnosis iii the ease OF Baby Bollinscr
probably will TIC asked! by ~" State
Attorneys Office. Assistant State At
torney Michael +. sullivan tonight adj
mittcd that he has been considering
Such action. and that the decision OF
the oflicc viii he made tomorrow.
That and the forecast Of II big battle
over the BolliuEcr case in tho next
meeting Of the Chicago Medical Society
were the Developments to-day in an
event that stirred the world.
we ar" considering bringing
charges against DIR. HaiSel1on for
criminal carelessncss. said Attorney
sullivan.
The Forwarding by Coroner Peter
Hoffman of the verdict OF the famous
jury OF scientific lights TO the local
body OF medical men prccipitutcu the
arrangements for tn. fray.
ihr. Harry J. iIaiselden. now famous
phys cian, is prepared for it,