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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-03-25

de que ha de verse frustrada. liable
mos de realidades.
Resumamos en- unas palabras 10 que
nuestra Marina ha hecho desde el CO.
mlenzo de la guerra StSabe usted cuan
tos barcos de guerra alemanes quedan
en- la hora actual en- los mares del mum
do. Dos, a 10 sumo-cruceros de 5000
a 1000 toneladas-; ell karlsruhe" !,
Ell Dresden, mas dos paquebots ar
mados, ell Kronprinz- Wilhelm 81
Prinz- -Eitel-Friedrich' No sabemos
en- que riberas de la America del Sur
Sc ocultan cruceros auxihares, 81 SC
ocultan.
El comercio de los alemanes esta
arruinado. Aquellos de sus barcos que
no han caido en- nuestras manos estan
refugiados y desamados en- puerto. No
pueden salir. La marcha es libre.
Esta es la primera vez que trave de
SUI historic puede decir Inglaterra: La
mar es ibre. En- los tiempos en- que
combat1amos unos contra otros, jamas
una victoria importante nos ha dado
una seguridad comparable esta que
tanto nos beneficial.
Completando este cuadro podemos
anadir que, gracias a la mar libre, Asia,
casi toda entera, Sc ha alberto para no..
sotros y para nuestros aliados como una
inagotable fuente de abastecimiento.
lgual podemos decir de Australia.
de Africa, de las cuatro quintas parties
del mundo. En- cuanto America:
Suponiendo que en- la America del
Sur tengan los alemanes amistades V
parentesco, 5c6mo podran recibir en- 10
sucesivo los socorros que les enviaron
de toda esta costa? Queda, pues, los
Estados Unidos. Puede ser que la Opt
MON pdblica en- este pals haya vecila-
do en- sus simpat1as al principle de la
guerra. A La hora actual ha reacciona,
do. Nosotros sabremos tomar todas las
precauciones compatibles con los dere
chos de los beligerantes con ell respe-
to la neutralidad.
Hab1a olvidado Turqu1a y al Asia
menor. Nuestro adversario puede obte-
ner de elias algunos elementos para las
necesidades de provisiones de boca. pc
ro NADIA mas. Por este cuando yo oigo
hablar de las fatigas que los franceses
sufren, necesariamente me dan deseos
de contestar - Y los alemanes. no SUI
fren mas privaciones? jQuerrian los
franceses colocarse en- SUI lugar? No
me hago ilusiones.
Alemania continuara recibiendo Sc
cretamente una parte muy pequefia de
todo 10 que necesita urgentemente,
mlentras tanto que los franceses e in
gleses respiramos todo pulm6n, apo
yados en- ese mar que hemos hecho IL
bre, que nos mantiene libres Demostra-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-03-25
A ACCION De Los SUBMARINES
Il niRisdo de Marina de Inp|ateua estd
satistecho de Sus baIcos
Sus canones arruinan al comercio aleman

"Le Matin" publica las siguientes in
teresantes declaraciones, que q su re-
dactor, Mr.. Hugues LIE Roux ha hecho
ell ministro de Marina ingles":
Ella acci6n de una Marina es nece-
sariamente lenta'' La preston que ejer-
ce sobre ell adversario no Sc detiene.
Compar6mosla a las fuerzas de la Natu-
raleza, a la preston inexorable y CONT
nua del invierno y recordemos que ma
da hay que pueda hacerla resistencia.
Ell ministro, senalando en- un mapa Ia
parte de mar y de costa entire Dinamar-
ca Holanda, en- donde los alemanes
contintlan emboscados al abrigo de
Eylt, Eligoland y Emdren, dijo:
"He ah1 una plaza que la Naturale-
"a y la ciencia parecen haberse compla
cido en- fortifcar contra todos los alta
uues. En- ella, la inactividad y las en-
boscadas de los alemanes Sc apoyan en-
su propia situaci6n, con una potencia
neutral a la izquierda; porque para no.
sotros la neutralidad es inviolable.
Mientras los alemanes contin1en al
abrigo de sus defensas, tienen sobre no.
jotros faciles ventajas. He ahl, a sus
submarines, que act1an sin cesar. Pe'
70 5c6mo podremos lamar los nuestros
contra los suyos?
Los submarines no combaten entire ST.
Uno solo de los suyos que salga y en-
cuentre delante de 81 blanco contra q. IT,
rar-nuestros barcos-realiza mucha
mas labor que diez submarines ingleses
que vieran delante de ellos algun barco
aleman. Els facil perder-por causa de
I'm submarine 8 de una NINA eneml--
ga, que cuestan un punado de libras--
un acorazado que ha costado millones,
sin contar el ntlmero de vidas que Sc ex-
ponen. Es precise, pues, hacer las CO.
sas con prudencia, sobre todo cuando no
nos ocultamos en- los puertos, slno, al
contrario, nos exponemos navegando
por alta mar.
Hay que contar siempre con Ell miste-
rio del mar, por muy poderoso que sea
y por muy vigilante que Sc permanez-
ca siempre. Los alemanes saben mejor
que nadie que circumstances muy par
ticulares les han permitido venir a Ian
zar bombas contra nuestra costa FL.
Habfan elegido uno de los d1as del a1lo
en- que, en- estos parajes, La noche cs
mas larga. AL regreso Sc vieron sor-
prendidos por la aurora. ST la nlebla
no les hubiera protegido hubieran cal
do en- nuestras lfneas. Han comproha-
do la desventaja que supone para ellos
encontrarse con nosotros en- pleno dla.
Todo este tiene gran semejanza con la
amenaza de un desembarco de tropas,
hecho que EN- verdad quer1amos vcr CO.
mo sc realizaba Pero este es una es-
peranza que ofrece todos los caracteres
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-03-25
AVISO

Sc alquila un buen local para tienda.
Sitio estrategico para negocio
Casa 248. Carretera Santurce
Informes, P Bolivar. (Telefono 23O).
Santurce
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-03-25
OLGA! OLGA!

lnteresa comprar artfculos buenos
baratos?
LIE agrada emplear su dinero con
provecho?
Sc siente .contento cuando compra
bien y bueno?
Sabe en- que casa Sc consigue todo es-
to, sin molestias?
Conoce usted ell establecimiento Que
ofrece estas ventajas?
Visite usted una casa cuyo nombre
es Ell de una Rep1blica de la America
Latina.
San Francisco 80, San Juan P. R.
1915.
Advt.
Gran Calerla Fotografca
STOP 3
Puerta de TERRA, Pto, Rico
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-05
SET AHEAD TWO WEEKS.

According 20 the supreme court rul-
ing on the mandamus involving the
city elections in Rock Island and No
line. the dates pertaining 70 the ap-
preaching municipal election are set
ahead two weeks. This applies 10 the
time % filing the petitions. the pri-
mary and the general election The
latter instead Of being held April s.
the time OF the month that g. Gus
tomary. vii be two weeks later. or
April %.
The chief significance I'm the effect
OF the ruling Is found IN the fact that
Il iuvalidates all petitions az present
on dle in the city clerks Office. in
volving two for mayor and Il for com
missiOners. These petitions in other
words are without effect and those IN
whose interest they were filed must
get entirely new ones. Those whose
petitions are still in circulation are
not effected.
The general outcome OF the ruling
viii be TO give the people more time
10 consider whom they want for
mayor and for commissioners. but
there Is no reason why the people
should not get busy making up their
minds right away.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-05
PLAYING NO FAvoRITEs.

The Argus f. playing no favorites In
the pending preliminaries TO the
municipal campaign. Many OF the can
didates have sent extended writeups
TO this newspaper with the expectation
that they would be printed. and in most
cases The Argus would have been
very glad 20 have said something com
piimentsry about not only those re-
ferred 20 but also regarding others
who are aspirants for nomination.
The Argus. however. Is pursuing a
policy OF absolute fairness TO all. II
g. picking no candidates and g. not
being consulted in their selection. At
this stage Il does not propose TO BE-
connected In any way with any man
or any set OF men whose political in
terests are being furthered-
Among those who are now in the
field are warm friends % The
Argus. men for whom this newspaper
has the highest regard and whom II
would be glad TO see connected with the
municipal government However. II
g. not. as stated. disposed TO become
connected with the political fortunes
Of any individual or any coterie-at
least tai after the primaries there
fore o. not INDUCING in the gratititous
distribution OF bouquets.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-05
ROCK ISLAND THIRD IN DECREASE
IN FIRE LOSS IN 1914 FROM 1913

marshal which VIII go
interesting information can be gathered as
s406464
marshas office dur
increased
the fire loss in the
satisfied said Fire Marshal Bennett that the insurance
will
shall much disappointed If
considerably
OF
doubtful all the
a
1913 1919 in cities Illinois population OF 5000
more
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-05
TenniePs Mustache.

The later portraits of Sir John Ten
MEL. the famous cartoonist of London
Punch, show him wearing a full beard
and mustache. but his most familiar
appearance was with a mustache only,
long and curly specimen, worthy of
one OF Ouida's guardsmen. The story
or how he came to grow it is interest
ing.
After the Crimean war the return of
the soldiers with full boards started a
fashion against which three Punch art
lists protested One day, being out on
horseback together. they solemnly halt
ed at crossroads and swore on their
upiiftsd hunting crops never to wear
hair on lip or chin. Tenniei was one
OF the party. Leech another and r. T.
Pritchett the third.
Leech alone remained true to the
VOW. Pritchett went to Skye. and on
his return with a mustache called on
Tenniel- He thrust his head in AT the
cartoonist's door and dumbiy waited.
You scoundreli" was Tenniel's excla-
nation. Then i. too, must!" And he
did
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-05

hammation or pus. then very serious
results ensue and life is endangered.
Operation is the only safe treatment
for mastoiditis.
NJ. w writes: How sooa is scarlet
fever communicable? And how soon
does il become safe for the patient
to mingie with other people?
Reply.
scarlet fever is communicable from
the moment OF first exposure. The
present belief is that it becomes safe
% remove quarantine only when all
nasal or throat discharge has ceased.
and all ear discharges or other dis
charging complications are healed.
As rule six weeks is the period OF
ISOLATION.
Mr.. c. V. \. writes Is it advisable
to have children's temporary teeth
treated by the dentist if they decay
Reply.
BY all means have the chiIdren's
teeth properly treated. One little
cavity in a child's mouth may be the
port of entry for tuberculosis. Ana
the first cavity encourages further de
cay, Just as a rotten apple in bar
rel is apt to spoil others II the pri-
mary teeth are kept sound the perma-
nent teeth will come in even and
give little trouble in after life.
Richard NJ. Dudley asks: Is there
any special precaution we can take TO
escape typhoid fever? Our water sup
ply is under suspicion and our city has
a high typhoid rate always.
Reply.
FIRST, you can boil all your drinking
water. Second, you can fight flies all
the year round. And finally, IL you
wish to make it certain, you may be
vaccinated against typhoid by your
family doctor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-05

who are without food Americans
have always put a deal Of sentiment
into their dollars And Europe ought
20 aekn~esedge this Or. asks the
Cedar Rapids Republican Is Europe
going TO despise those who are al
ways and everywhere ready 10 relieve
those in distress. whether for fam
tines IN Russia OF earthquakes In
Italy,
We are not as nercenary as We are
painted. and ~ our government has
talked in terms OF cotton and wheat
and copper more than in terms OF nu-
mainly, 1T - because Ne cannot in
terfers with even the sufferflgs they
are INJECTING upon each other. the
only things We can do IS 20 see that
our commerce is not crippled with
the rest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-05
THE SHOE ON THE OTHER
FOOT.

Two years ago the democratic party
had q plurality Of votes in the Illinois
legislature. With this mere plurality
the party was charged with the duty
OF organizing the lower house and IL
was charged with 'inefiiciency'
when II held up legislation for several
weeks by a deadlock. Let ii be remem-
bered that at this time the democrats
did not havs a clear majority OF all the
votes. The most bitter critics OF the
party were the republicans who used
the session as an argument for a re
turn TO republican rule.
In the present legislature the re
publican p1rty has a majority OF all
votes. L could. by .tsels. organize the
house without any combination or any
assistance from any other persons or
parties.
What is the RESULT
Through their own petty quarreis
and factional fights they have held up
the business of the state and have
positively refused TO get down to bus
mess.
What have the republicans to say
now OF republican efficiency"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-05
The Daily Story
The Hand of Colby M. Quad.

All | have 10 tell you in connection
/ with the accident that brought me to
this hospital is this: My parents were
drowned before | was a year old, and
after being passed from one person TO
another | was at last sent to pau
pers' home At the age of 10 | rem
away from the institution. hoping to
better my condition, but instead of that
| fell into the hands OF this and that
farmer. and in every instance ! was
overworked and ground down. The
name generally given me was Pau
per" and ! was clothed in the cheap
est and poorest garments and fed with
the dogs. If 1 bore it patiently was
an object for further abuse; il l re-
beiled 1 was kicked out to find another
place
I used to wonder and speculate as
to why | was treated in this manner
why there was never kind word for
me, why men, women and children
desired TO humiliate me and add to my
burdens. | wasn't uniformed, and
wasn't sulky or impudent. Had any
human being interested himself in me
I should have come up to give the
world an honest fight in an honest
way. I was I6 years old as near as |
can make it when l was last kicked
out. I had worked for that farmer
year, and he had clothed me like a
scarecrow and fed me like dog. Sim
ply because l broke the handle of
hoe by accident 1 was beaten until
fell unconscious. In the small hours
of the night, groaning at every step,
but fearful of my life, 1 took to the
highway, and a carter gave me a lift
which carried me many miles before
light I was determined TO try the
city this time. My rags, my ignorance
and my general appearance had al
ways frightened me away from the
towns and kept me among the agricul-
turists. had scarcely descended from
the cart when l encountered an old
man, who looked me over and then
accosted me. He seemed to have a
kind face, and he spoke pleasantly,
and il was soon agreed that l should
90 with him.
As / was a pauper and a runaway,
too. I could expect no more than
clothes and board in exchange for my |
services. The man was named Sabin. |
He kept a secondhand furniture shop, /
and as he was all alone in the world /
he lived in a miserable way in a room 4
over the shop. In a day or two he got /
me to sign a paper binding myself to !
him until of age, and the ink was
hardly dry on the TX" mark before I |
found a change in him. He was by
nature cruel, stingy and selfish. He
worked me without stint, and during
The two years / was with him I was
always hungry and tired.
One night when | had been with
Mr.. Sabin about two years and just
after he had beaten me for some trihe
md laughed over his work a strange
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-05

thought came to me. For the first
| time in my life a feeling of revenge
crept into my heart, and IL made me
shake and tremble. had stood in
suits and abuses beyond number and
never thirsted for PREPARATION. In
quarter of an hour there was more
change IN me than the last 10 years
had wrought. ! called up all my
wrongs. My heart filled with bitter
ness against the whole world / want.
ed TO strike men dead for what they
had made me suffer The old man
found change i'm me the next morn
ing. | had spent the whole night think
ing. and when he called me his dog
and threw me a morsel of food / stood
up and cursed him. When he laid his
hands on me | threw him TO the floor.
He was dumfounded, but he shut his
teeth together and looked at me with
half shut eyes and said that he would
have nv life. We were both sulen
and silent that day, but j reasoned it
out that his plan was TO come down
stairs that night as ] slept and bind
me fast and then torture me to his
hearts content Yes. ! reasoned 1t out
that this would be his way, and while
| was wondering how | could bame
him, Satan came to my aid.
Go and kill mimi" whispered the
tempter. go and kill him and take
all his money and flee far away. He
deserves killing for the way he has
treated you, and all the money you can
find should be yours by right"
The more / thought it over the less
murder and robbery seemed a crime.
and by and by 1 had neither fear nor
pity in my heart. At midnight, with
an iron bar in my hand. I crept up
stairs and softly pushed the old mans
door open. He had just got out Of bed
He had a candle in one hand and a
rope in the other, and there was a dew
iIish smile on his face as he thought
how he would trap and get revenge
on me. My face must have told him
that | was there to do murder, for his
jaw dropped, and l saw terror in his
eyes. / had raised the bar and was
about to spring forward. neither of us
having uttered a word. when there
was a crashing and spIintering. and
a great heap of junk which was stored
in the room above him came down.
1t was morning before any one found
US. He was dead-broken, battered.
bruised and crushed out of all sem
I was little better on.
No man suspected that I was there TO
do murder. They called it an accident
though | tell you it was the hand OF
God. God took the old mans life %
prevent me from becoming a murder
PIT, but at the same time dealt out my
Just punishment Had I dyed my hand
N blood there would have been no
heaven for me Tomorrow when they
pear my corpse out of this maybe the
angels viii have pleaded my cause and
secured forgiveness for me
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-05
THE CELLO.


Among my friends l count cello,
A dear old plantive. soulful fellow,
Who bends his neck close to my ear,
And whispers secrets sweet and clear
In measures soft and mellow.
And when l at the fall of night
His sweet companiOnship invite,
He snuggles closely by my knee,
And puIrs and sings in sympathy
He reads my thoughts Alright.
For should 1 dream of love. his deep
Toned. throbbing strings the gamut
sweep
OF old, sweet mem'ries fond and true,
Of bowers rare and skies of blue
That Loves dear secrets keep.
And If, perchance, a martial rage
Has seized me. that I may assuage
Only as he with vibrant strings
In march and triumph booms and sings
Until l turn the page.
Should I on Sorrows ocean drift,
First slowly. faster, then so swift,
He gathers up the moods l feel,
And winds them back on iife's vast
reel.
With all the tansles rift.
Bennett ChaPple.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-05
out Of Fathers Footsteps.

Statistics compiled at the Univer-
sity of Illinois demonstrate that chill
dren are not prone TO take up the occu-
pations of their fathers. Not one
preachers offspring elects to study
theology: not one physicians son to
become a doctor. Saloon keepers
boys choose literature. the arts and
sciences; the scions of business men
show no interest in the study of COM
merciaI law or of applied economics.
There is one exception. FOrty-siX per
cent of the children of farmers go in
for scientific agriculture. - Detroit
News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-05
Brady.M.D
Stuffing and SnuffIing.

Anyone who has ever had an acute
attack Of the great indoor plague, cor
va or common cold" knows that an
active cathartic is great medicine to
clear the head.
a dose OF salts. next to an adequate
supply of moving. cold, night air in
tine shape of a draft blowing steadily
over the bed. IS among the most essen
tial remedies for acute coryza. II
works by depicting the portal blood
vessels and emptying the liver. Anu
since these veins directly communi-
cate with the veins of the stomach,
esophagus. throat and nose. II follows
that engagement or congestion of
The nasal lining is relieved by the &C
ton OF the salts.
Now II II helps an acute congestion
OF the nasal lining to take a saline
laxative. it also helps a chronic con-
gestion or Inflammation. or catarrh.
And if depicting the engagement of
the liver is good for catarrh, prevent
ing the engagement or congestion
of the liver should be even better for
the chronic nasal catarrh.
To prevent congestion OF the liver
you must reduce the amount of pro
tein food you are consuming. cut
down on meat particularly. but on
other hearty foods as well. The full
blooded individual with chronic ma
sal trouble can do nothing better for
his "catarrh" than to adopt the fruit
breakfast plan with a more or less
rigid vegetarianism for his other
meals.
II goes without saying that alcohol
In any form must be interdicted be
fore a chronic catarrhal trouble in the
head can be possibly cured Likewise
tobacco. These narcotics are contrib
uting causes OF chronic Inflammation
OF the mucosa. and permanent relief
cannot be obtained while their use is
continued.
Over-eating is very obviously one of
the chief predisposing factors of
chronic "catarrh" OF the head. STUFF !
ing and snuffling are simply cause |
and effect.
Questions and Answers.
A II. 3. writes: What is a good 1
ithia water for rheumatism? Is llthia /
advisable for all forms of rheuma- I
ISM
Reply.
Lithia has no particular influence on
Joint disease. Water drinking may
10 much good.
p. G. writes: Please explain what
is. and what are the dan
gers involved IN an attack.
Reply
Bony air-spaces in the temporal
zone behind the ear canal communi-
ate with the middle ear"-the ear
inside the drum Inflammation OF the
middle cara MISUNDERSTANDING
xtends into these bony airspaces. II
his is mastoiditis. The danger is IN
olvement OF the brain. from which
he mastoid bony sir-spaces are sep :
rated by a paper-thin wall of bone.
I this wall become eaten away by in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-05

n must be confessed Il Is unfo-.
tunsxo that the only words we have
spoken officially In the war have been
words TO extend our commerce-ve
have talked about bales of cotton.
bushels OF wheat and rolls % copper.
rather than about human rights and
human surerfnS-l This Is What EsI-
rope IL now beginning 10 complain Of.
They see In US the spirit OF the dollars
and the cents and nothing more.
But even the dollars and cents OF
America contain a great deal OF sen
tinerf when they are sent over In the
form OF Christmas presents for the
fasheriess children. whether OF Ger
many or France or Belgium. AID
when they par for Red Cross opera
tons and for supplies to feed those
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-05
PRINTING THE TRUTH PLAIN

That was a 42-centimeter gun Sec.
Rotary OF Commerce Redheld brought
20 bear upon opponents OF the admin
istration shipping bill the other day.
and II riddiei the enemy.
Secretary Redheld showed up the
shipping trust. which is the chief op-
ponent OF a government-owned mer-
chant marine. as n vioIator OF written
contracts and a stranger OF American
commercial opportunity. a business
brigRnd. IN fact. who makes the rob
Der OF the middle ages look like a
public benefactor."
He showed how they had ignored
written contracts. raised shipping
rates from 500 to 400 per cent, and in
many cases refused 20 carry goods at
all He declared that shipping COM
panies today are doing things that
would put any railroad man IN jail"
II was n terrific indictment but a
deserved one. The private interests
which are seeking 20 kill the effort OF
the administration TO free business
from the blight OF their high-handed
writhed and squirmed I'M
der the fusiIlade OF facts. but they
have not controverted one of them.