davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-06

Una faja de terreno de 80 pies de
ancho y otras tierras hasta completar
dlez y ocho cuerdas, situadas en- ell ba-
rr1o de la Playa de Humacao y adoui-
ndas por escritura p1blica No. 46 otor-
gada Ell Humacao ante ell Notario don
salvador Fulladosa con fecha 4 de mar
20 de 1910.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-06
EDIUO
.EN LA CORTE DE DISTRITO DE LOS
ESTADOS UNIDOS PARA Ell
DISTRITO DE PUERTO RICO.

The BERWIND WHITE COAL MI
MIG COMPANY,
Demandante,
v.
The BORINQUEN Sugar Company,
Demandada.
Equidad N1.....
AVISO DE VENTA JUDICIAL
PARA CUBRIR UN DEFICIT r
EN- PROCEDUMIENTOS so
BRE EJECUCION DE
HIPOTECA.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-06

II U ST C A, cstancia denominada
San Geronimo, sta en- ell barrio de
Rlo AbaJo, termino municipal de Hu-
macao, compuesta de ciento cuarenta v
cuatro cuerdas de terrcnos, con un DO
20 abrevadero, colindante por ell Norte
con terrenos de Escilda Sanchez. how
Antonio Roig, por ell Este con otros de
la Succession de Eduardo Noya y otros
de Mercedes Masferrer, antes, hoy L6-
PEE Hermanos, y Succession de Rodulfo
l.. Perez, tambien hoy Lopez HERNIA
nos; por ell Sur con otros de Ramon
Pou y por ell Oeste con Emilia Rios.
hoy Petronila del Carmen Rios, Y jose
ia Soler. En-. virtud de una segrega-
cion para Ell ferrocarril de Humacao q
al Playa y habiendo sido mensurada es-
ia fnca, su cabida qued6 reducida q
N!TNTO TREINTA Y NUEvE CUER.
The sun., 1915-05-25
The Pig Iron Poet.

To THE EprroR or THF SvS-Sir. Long
live the pig iron poet" George Keller
De Long II he has not produced wit
AZ efficient cause, he has at any rate
occasioned It's production. Would you
had specifically eSpatlated upon that
graphic Couplet so rich In imagery and
elevated dction:
We watched the minnowr dartine past
The tadpoles slowly padding past.
He must be tho re,ncarnation Of the
poetic spirit of the late Robert Louis
Stevenson. who can represent by the
white magic OF l'feless symbols the lIv-
Ing Image OF animated nature Let the
fast darting minnows pass, though tho
expression rings In the ear Ike an echo
from Homer Of old. hut who could weary
OF watching those pad Hing tadpolcs as
they drag the snallncss OF their slow
.ength along that shallow stream? We
are transported. and we fancy ourselves
beside the lazy Scheldt or wandering
lo." How true II is that poetic genius
knows no country: the smiling valleys
OF Italy. the picturesque dlkos and
bitches OF the watcry Netherlands, and
the prolific pig iron region OF poet
breeding Pennsylvania are alike liable
To break forth and overflow IN "thc
pathos Of song and other poems" En-
core 10 Mr., De Long and his grave nd
mirer, j. A. NJ
CHESTER. May -
The sun., 1915-05-25
"German Volunteers"

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: With
nothing hut the highest appre 'iation of
General Nelson A. Miles's ability as a
soldier and his uniform good taste In
the matter OF dress. | still cannot re-
frain from questioning his correctness
II he IL properly quoted In the press
despatch from Tacoma. where he is
credited with saying about the entry OF
Italy into the European war: Germany
has called for 100000 volunteers, who
viii more than offset ltaly's force"
How can Germany call for volunteers
when At all times every man capable of
bearing arms is a soldier From whore
then are General Mless 1000, 900 volun-
teers to come. from women and chill
dren? Granting. however, that 1000. 900
German volunteers are found and in
stantly placed in front OF the Italian
first line troops numbering 1900 and
the 100000 more that will have Joined
the cOlors within the next thirty days,
does General Miles expect his hitherto
unheard OF German volunteers to "off-
set" Italys 100000?
Making all due allowances for Cen
eral Mlles's very natural admiration for
volunteers II seems TO me that he could
hardly have rated them quite so highly
as this Tacoma despatch would indicate.
FRANK A. EoAN.
New YORK, May "a.
The sun., 1915-05-25
WOMAN'S INFLUENZA.
Il Ought to BE Rxcrted Quietly and
without Violence Of Method.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir:
Woman, lovely woman, might do VI whole
lot more for her cause than by making
u holy show" of herself as she has
been doing. II accounts be true OF her
Efforts TO get TO" the President OF the
United States at this time and on this
occasion.
There Ia one thing that meas cannot
do becomngly and woman cannot do at
all. with any hope o. graceful acquit-
lance. and that IL "roushhousing" for
what either conceives to be rights"
There Is TO breathing being that re-
we're more than | do woman | had
n mother that | placed above all else.
But woman 10 triumph must he a
woman. Woman's influence for better
ment OF her worldly condition must he
exerted differently though no less forci-
bly,. II must be such tide as moving
seems asleep" q tide that shows only In
the irresistible strength of its tapping
on the shore, not IN a noisy breaking
on a stern and rockhound coast"
Woman well knows her part, II she
chooses 10 play IL, In the subsection OF
that coarser mate OF hers.
JOHN WORTHY.
NRw YORK, May "a
The sun., 1915-05-25
THE FEAR OF DEATH.
Course In Bible Reading Urged
UpOn q Puzzled One.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: It
Ia incomprehensible to me 10 believe
that Puzzled OF Leavenworth, Kan,
who writes under the caption The Fear
~ Death" can have benefited by the
study. thought and prayer he claims for
twenty-five years
There are students who study and
other students who read books also
those who pray while their thoughts
(he says himself Thought" even
"prayer'D are woolgathering or wan
dering.
To my mind 1t is quite evident there
is reason for your correspondent being
puzzled" In that he does not really
think or pray as he should; rather Is
nppant and inattentive.
A business man called on me some six
months ago and stated he had recently
discovered that the Bible furnished
the best of counsel. in which astonishing
information ] concurred by adding that
The Book of Proverbs" contains the
best Of business maxims. so excellent
that | marked over 100 verses confirm
ing that study. understanding and wis
dom give knowledge"
Therefore, II Puzzled" Is at a loss
and wishes to learn what he should
know. let him begin with the Book OF
Proverbs and follow with the Gospels OF
the four Apostles. Matthew. Mark. Luke
and John HIRAM.
GLEN RipoE. N. J.. May -.
The sun., 1915-05-25
An Army Of Militia.

General O'RYAN's description Of the
work going on in the training Of the
citizen soldiery Of this State must
have produced no inconsiderable
amount Of establishment in many
minds. The casual spectator, who
sees the forces Of the National Guard
only on parade, Is naturally inclined
to regard them as the traditional ''tin
soldiers" Of twenty-five years ago.
The men who served in militia regi-
ments In those days would perhaps
be more astonished at the recent
progress in efficiency than the lay
man. for they would better under
stand its meaning.
General O'RYAS's opinion that the
thorough training OF the National
Guard throughout the country will
he the solution Of the army problem
may not he the final word on the
subject, but it is a view to he re-
ceived with respect. The country
has never inclined toward the sup
port of large regular army and
there are many cogent argu-
ments against one. On the other
hand the unframed volunteer is Just
what the German officers call all SOL
dcrs, namely, cannon food" He
goes out merely to be shot down.
That Is OF course assuming that
he reaches the place where shooting
is going on. But II he does not
know how to take care of himself In
the field he may never arrive at the
scene Of action. The burden OF war
falls most heavily on the infantry
man. and he has to make much of
his progress toward the lighting line
on foot. The care OF his feet ana
the care OF his stomach are two Of
his most essential duties: and the
unframed soldier usually proves to
be lamentably ignorant Of them
General O'RyAN's publication of the
fact that the State troops now have
their own camp cooks, instructed by
the men who instruct the cooks OF
the regulars Is gratifying. So, too, Is
IT good to know that artllerymen are
learning their duties ifcally
and that similar training is going
forward in ali branches Of the ser
vice. This work cannot he carried
too far, and there Is room for the
employment Of many varieties Of
skill
Men who can drive and care for
The sun., 1915-05-25
WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS.
Does Weakness Of Intellect or Perver-
sity Rule Some Of Them?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN---Sir: Is
II pure perversity or infrmity OF intel
lect that causes so many woman suffra-
gists TO retort to the physical force ar
gument with the childish absurdity that
II II were sound the electorate should
he composed exclusively of persons quail
fled for military service? In either
case II is not calculated to inspire en-
thusiasm in the cause of votes for
women
The argument. OF course. Ia that a
majority In which men were In con-
siderable minority would have no in
herent power to impose its will upon a
minority of which men constituted a
considerable majority; hence that the
votes OF women unbacked by a ma
jority Of men would carry no weight
and II would only be by eufferance that
the will of women as expressed at the
polls could become effective.
Tho contention may be dismissed as
academic or practically unimportant. but
theoretically Il Is obviously irrefutable.
What then II to be Inferred from the
fact that instead of treating II In this
way woman suffrage leaders. who pre-
suinably represent the highest intelli-
gence OF their party, persist In attack
ing It's validity by iterating and reiter-
ating such puerillties as those from
your correspondent Mabel Beecher
Brewster in THE SUN OF May 20;
A. for women not having the physic al
force to back up their ballots. II that
were requisite for voting most of our
professional men would be disfranchts d.
and all men over forty-five. being exempt
from military duty. should forfeit their
ballots.
As a mere matter OF fact. though II
has nothing TO do with the question.
no men are exempt from military SER
vice so long as there Is any possibility
OF their services being of any value to
their country. as tho lady might possi-
bly, perceive II she were In France at
the present moment. The question is {:
Are we TO infer from tho apparent In
ability OF the foremost exponents OF the
suffrage cause to grasp so simple n
proposition as tho physical superiority
u masculine minorities over feminine
majorities that tho chief objection TO
woman outrage Is not the physical but
the mental disparity existing between
the sexes7 for ono would prefer to
think not. but II would he a very obtuse
male intellect which could not see the
point in the physical force argument
after II had once been clearly ex-
planned TO him. and heaven knows Il has
been elucidated often enough to satisfy
anybody. q. n H.
BROOKLYN. May -.
The sun., 1915-05-25
WHAT ENGLAND DID FOR
Sank the George Griswold. Made
Amends and Was Forefven.

To THE EprroR OF THE suN-sir: Mr.
Robert Flaherty asks with plaintive In
sistence:
Why does not some Newspaper show
from the historical record what England
did for US at the time OF the civil war?
No newspaper could afford the space
necessary for such record. but possibly
THE Sun will give space for at least one
illustrative instance. Owing to the block
ade of the Southern ports the cotton
mills OF Lancastershire were compelled
to close. and many English operatives
were starving. To relieve this distress
the ship George Griswoid was loaded
with provisions In the port OF New York, a
Gift to England's distressed working peo-
pie, and the cargo was safely landed at
Liverpool. On her return voyage the
George Griswold was stopped by a ship
flying the British flag. which had been
built by an English member of Parla-
ment, armed with British guns. equipped
with British munitions OF war, manned
by British seamen. and only the half
dozen or more OF officers owed allegiance
to the Confederate States. This British
vessel sent the George Griswold to the
bottom OF the sea, only displaying the
Confederate flag when the American
ship was at her mercy. This cruiser was
able to keep the sea by supplies obtained
at British ports. and from the day she
was launched to the day she was sunk
she never entered a Confederate port.
All this is OF record. and It Is also of
record that England confessed her fault
and made restitution. under the award
ofthe Geneva arbitration court. II IL also
on record that America forgave the Of
fence. but even that did not even obscure
the facts FREDERICK 8. DICKSON.
NEW YORK, May "a
The sun., 1915-05-25
TEN YEARS AT YALE"
The Authors Intentions and the De-
nials Of the University DOns.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sfr: In
THE SUN of May 20 n column or so was
devoted to a discussion of my book Ten
Years at Yale" published very recently
by the Shakespeare Press New York
city should like to say that any
one who has read the book will see for
himself that II meets, in advance. what
ever criticism may be directed against
It. Consequently II is only necessary
for me to quote from the final chapter:
There will. Of course. be a tendency
either to hush or to deny the reports made
In this book for fear they might injure
the university. The authors Intention,
however, Ia far from one Of injuring Yale.
by exposing conditions the book is doing
the university more sood than 1t would do
by covering them over with silence or nat
terry and allowing them to exist undetected.
Those who attempt to check reports are
only giving the public the idea that Yale
Is too weak and characteriess to listen
to her own faults. Yale has many super-
fcial frocks and frilis. but there 10 an iron
constitution beneath them and not q wax
body which melts under tho heat Of crfti-
c'sm.
might also quote from my play The
Ice Lens" a statement which THE SUN
reprinted two years ago: that attacks
on college morals are always denied by
university officials who are striving to
uphold. either falsely or ignorantly. the
moral standard OF their institution"
Falsely or ignorantly! Which? Let us
hope that university officials are not
liars but let us suggest that 1t behooves
them to investigate certain unknown
customs of both faculty and students OF
which they seem so unfortunately igno-
rant.
There was. perhaps. more wisdom in
The sun., 1915-05-25
AN INDIAN DEBTOR.
short Exposure OF the Virtues OF I'm.
prisonment for Debt.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Years
ago an Indian chief was In debt for
many buffalo skins. which ne had been
unable to pay for some reason.
He was condemned and put in jail
for debt and remained there long
time.
AT last tho Great White Chief OF the
fur company called to see him. The
Indian was gradually wasting away.
he noticed. hut he said:
We'll. Chief. why don't you pay the
buffalo skins? You must stay In jail
IL! you do"
Tho manager on going away again
asked the Indian: Are you going TO
pay those buffalo skins?"
The Indian looked up to the sky, then
straight into the eyes OF the manager,
and said:
White chief jail bad place to kill
buffalo. Chief, me can't see buffalo
here. Can't catch buffalo In jail"
The manager left. reported to his
company and the chief was released
In short time the Indian returned
with all the skins and paid up.
imprisonment for debt Is idlot,c and
criminal In itself QAiLAN.
BUFFALO, May "a
The sun., 1915-05-25
A SALUTE.
Praise for q Correspondent Who Con-
offered His Hyphen.

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NV INC 70 S'u.e your coresponueiN
Ai'reu NuIier' VINO SHOWS oy his leuef
iHt Sun tna' thoush OF German
oirth ne can sun De eood american
citizen ana asent'enlan, fis spiendio icy.
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The sun., 1915-05-25
In the Whitman Finance School.

Governor WHITMAN Is equally Sc
we're on GEORGE McANENY and MAR
TIN II. GLYNN In his defence Of the
state financing with which his name
Is associated. Mr.. McANENY Is a
fount Of "misinformation and sug-
gestion for Illegal budget making; (;
Mr.. GLYNN left the finances Of the
state exhausted through failure to
provide means for the payment OF
its obligations" and the departments
''hampered and embarrassed BY the
further failure to make proper pro-
vision for their maintenance and op
Grafton" But Mr.. WHITMAN IL not
less severe. although he is not 50 out
spoken, in his condemnation Of his
partisan associates In the legislature.
He asserts that:
Every appropriation placed upon the
books OF the State should be represented
by actual or assured resources to liqui-
date it,
He then sets forth statement In
which he says that the supply bills,
special bills. general appropriation
bill and sinking fund contributions
submitted to him by the Legislature
reached the total Of $65. 100. sos. .O4,
while the revenues provided to meet
these proposed great expenditures. as
summed up by the Comptroller, were
$63 100000. including $4,000 from
emergency excise tax" Of which the
Governor remarks that the 'antici-
pated resources . may not equal
the amount originally estimated"
Because Of the present legislature s
neglect to keep appropriations within
revenues, therefore. the Governors
vetoes. bringing down the appropria-
tions to $63.37O.9s2.8 .83. served only
TO bring the total to be expended
within the States income, and:
AT any rate. the provision for the
payment OF the obligations OF the State
as represented by the estimated rev.
enues from direct and indirect sources
[sicl do not assure q surplus at the end
Of the next fiscal year in excess OF $780,
ooo even though the Indirect and mis-
cellaneous resources tsicl equal the es-
timated amounts"
So Governor WHITMAN departs for
the Pacific coast having exposed the
ignorance or worse Of Mr.. McASENY,
Mr.. GLYSN and the Republican Leg
islature; and perhaps ne Is justified
in believing that none Of them can
successfully answer his assault. We
salute him with that peculiar and
enduring respect that Is due to any
authority who classifies a method Of
taxation as a source" and regards
a States resources" as the amount
Of money It collects.
The sun., 1915-05-25
How War Material Is Manufactured
In America,

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: The
newspapers seem 10 have swallowed
whole the yarn lately printed about
American firms supplying war goods not
Mp 20 sample. 1t is customary for the
various Governments concerned to have
Competent inspectors located nj the
works of those manufacturers with
whom the Governments have contracts.
these inspectors generally being ex-
perts In the particular line OF business
involved.
In the circumstances Il would appear
10 he difficult matter for a manufac-
turcr to nll contracts with inferior
goods. as It is the rule for such inspcc-
tors To examine the raw material, watch
the processes OF manufacture ana finally
70 approve the goods before they are
shipped.
DO American manufacturers helr su %
reputation for crooked dealing that
story of this kind IL promptly be-
Neved on such slim basis OF fact?
GRoroN, Conn. May "a Nutmeg.
The sun., 1915-05-25
NEW COURT HOUSE COST SET
McAneny Says That II WON'T Ne
More Than s2o,OOo, 900.

The entire net cos, ~ the new co9r.
court house and lis site w'N prob.
he about $1,000. 600 and r,~'a.''y ..
more than 10000 0n0. ar-a-1''r .
acting Mayor McAreuy lio SAL
yesterday In reply to p".l '''p" ..
Senator william VI Eor.,'' '0t ''
cost would he ~ lcast S3g. .no"'"o
II think Mr.. Bennett arrived n' rs
figure" said Mr. McAuory. .Ny ~n''.
plying the building bond 'saU. '''e-.s'
for an indefinite number Of years 'g.
as critics OF the dual subway rys'e.
estimated a vast deficit hy uV''py'-
tho deficit OF the operation o' 'he Y-
completed system for luop wears 10
course interest on the hn.'s "s "-
hut the city is 10 ge' 'ha r~" " %
subway and of the court house"
Rulders estimated that 're hg''''
would cost sli.0uO u00 n A".H.'rr' 49,.
Lowclrs original plans were '."n"'
The plans were returned - " '"ve
with a stipulation that 'her ~.s, 20
reduced TO limit tho outlay 20 'i""'o-
600, THIS has been do~o ~ '-t"'
for more than chat amount v. se
passed. Mr.. McAnenv spI
Nobody knows how wg'n ~" ''v "a
get for tho unrequ'rcd par 90 "a -
which is 10 he sol NJ N''""'
thinks II viii bring 50 n.gHN '.r '.-
total NET cost OF 'he s''o w te rH.N
s., 600 900
The sun., 1915-05-25
THE BRYCE REPORT.
Five Reasons why II Has Been Cen
orally Accepted.

To THE EDITOR or THE suN-siY. Your
correspondent Mr.. Charles A Brodek
says he is simply trying TO discover
why the Englishmen's verdict referring
To the report OF the Bryce Commissio
on German conduct OF the warl that the
Germans were guilty was unanimously
accepted" I will simply tell him.
II was unanimously accepted by
reason Of
1. The high character and capacity Of
the commission.
9 The internal evidence in the report
OF Its fairness. everything learned in
possible extenuaion being mentioned.
3. The extensive opportunities open to
the commission. much OF the evidence
being in the form OF written diaries
found on Germans
4. The literature Of friehtfulness by
German writers. counselling and defend
ing exactly such methods in order to
terrorize and TO break down all opposi-
tion by any means
s. The ample evidence from Scar
borough. whtby. the. Lusitania and
otherwise that the Germans are capable
OF anything c. j. IvrMEY.
THE BRONX. May a.
The sun., 1915-05-25
THE STATES FORESTS.
Some Adequate Policy to Preserve
Them Must BE Devised.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sfr.
find that the Conservation Committee
of the Constitutional Convention IL likely
to favor "a proposal TO lumber ;he Adj
rondack forests, as there Is much talk
that way. This committee Will not listen
seriously 10 any opinion based upon SEN
timent.
endeavored to convince the members
that the condition of the Adirondack
forests to-day Is not materially improved
from that Of twenty years ago when
timber stealing and other abuses of the
forests led the people to rise UP and
enact prohibitory clause In the con-
stltutior. While there has been some
growth in the size of the trees standing
on State lands. thereby Increasing the
value OF these lands. and while the tim
Der estimator would see a very suostan-
tial profit In these lands to-day over
what the State paid for them. the fact IL
that fire and devastation by timber
thieves have been so extensive and disas-
trous that the increase IN the value OF
the timbered lands is not equal TO the
devastation by fire and the lumbermans =
axe covering the las, twenty years.
In other words. the State to-day has
less forest acres IN its forest preserve
than 1t had twenty years ago There
are only 10000 acres OF virgin timber
The Superintendent ot Forests estimates
that there are 1900. 600 acres of m.r-
chantable timber. This merchantable
timber Includes soft and hard wood. the
greater portion OF which would BE- called
detrimental ana held by the scientific
forester 70 he the kind OF timber to cut
II the scientific forester applies his craft
he Will fan into the hands OF the lumb T.
man. who has been cutting over his
fore ~ tracts al the rate of from 10000
20 100000 acres year and who now
oovets. with all the envy OF his trade
the timber now standing on the state
lands
The greater portion, amounting to
about - per cent of the timber which
turn over to the lumpermau. stands upon
tho ridges and submits Of the mountains
To remove this timber would mean
devastation To the SUBMITS ana !rTcpa-
rah.e damage TO the watershed The
soil on the uplandS is so thin that once
the wind gets At the thnnod out forests
the soil Is not heavy enough 10 support
the roots OF the remaining trees. and a
terribl. wind slash results
We must bring to bear upon this
committee all possible pressure to- bring
must b. prepared to present some policy
which shall be progressive in that il
shall strive for better care II the forests
We must remove the fire menace as well
AS the menace % the lumhcrmans axe
KENNETH w GOLDTHwAirE.
SARANAc LAKE. May %