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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-05-05
CUARTILLAS FACILES
LAS TUENTA:S CL.ARAS

J
Dios perdone Dor tan inOcente, ha
tenido Ia fellz ocurrencia de propo-
rcr que, para ahorrar ~trab2Jos csta-
disticos al gobierno ' Il intenSa
labor recopiladcra de datos, toto hijo
De vecino debe llevar Z n inteE2rer!e
IN "estado econ6nico". de 81 Situa-
ci6n financiera, con relaci6n a los ar
bitrios municipales.
--Sehores S~enaGores: aGui 10 que
debe TODD ciudadano haccr. eS poner
-n el portillo de u casa, o coIgada
de una oreia 81 asi 10 demanda In pa
tria. una tarjetilla dicienio 10 cue de-
he pagan. y 10 que debe... For no
haberlo pagado todavia.
Ira de Dios, Este es horrible. Y
podra ser tcdo 10 altamente moral J
educativo que piense el Senator de
Wisconsin. pero es mas Modesto que
viaiar en- tercera.
Olga listed. do6a Remigia: :Qut
clase de lndlvlduOS son eSoS Q'S VI
ven en- el scgundO. izquierda?
Ali. cxcelentes. FL senor, que
es emDleado de Correos. me regala
anillos de puro. Y Ia sonora nunca
compra alfajores sin que me de uno
de ellos. No tiene, Ia pobrecita, mas
defccto cue ell ser tartamuda. pero
no Sc la conoce mas que hablando.
:Si?. Pues ellos comeran todoS
los alfajores que les pida el cuerpo,
nero nj el senior Ia pagado las me-
dias suelas de sus bayCs, nj Ia senc-
~ eSti al coH"icnte con las velaS,
en- e. estanquillo.
;Quicn es capaz dc coH1encr los
concentrates Que Sc Siguen? Made.
: por 10 tanto. Ia idea Je csc ben
ditto senador no puede ser mas PERU
diciaI para el que quiere tener una
'miaja" de reputation, era $ca entire
"a vecindad, ora entire les gendarmes.
'C""tPs'~ -.oa.,.. ~corr,-
que HeN" l." t"!
da de IN DIAL!
A"'oS' Se''''
mcntira que I'm hombre tan sc"cro
no Tste"' que mast" !e ""P"S"
muita n P0rtefo &c 1i".,'';I0 D'
ha0er "eS'oS'''i'''1 -" w nnu.;n;o
ma i1e,T -,
csc st'2H W. ,NI
ei chaieco: oe''
u"OS Pu-''
Ion aceltuna .
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-%l'0S !;
Nd H"e
nero que y" Tell" "e~''''',D
a'ehc'"" -
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80. nona i,1u.ros H.. maycr
pe'~ -, = Ch,n,ir ,n 81
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,o va ror,,a II DIV
5S;n - daI n5ioro sa,i6 oscaIaras
-. I;.;ondo oIa i'm on bus,a dc
nm, esccoeta. y 10 triste es que 70
me yeo ahora expuesto 4 Ia verCueE-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-05-05

Que 10 parta IN ravo'
Quo 10 mat" lIucrta,
-;E,ncitrrsnlo un lIstro
con dnn Luis Cabrera!
-;Sencres ccnscriptos.
No ha? |gista 81" pu"da.
Las p~alabras suben.
subcn las p~rote=tas.
e; IN #ran disloGIe
IL iragclia aQuelia.
I.lucve:' las patatas,
las limas, las p;eLras;
los representatives
arn1aN ana jucr%a;
4ritan los TenGarAes.
n cnnrann sueGa;
vuclaN alusiores
cue entranan ofersas;
V aquelio es un Ito
cuvas densas nieb.aS
clio SO, esC!arecen,
silo Sc dcspcjan
cen los fogonaZcs
de los "~treinta tre:nta'
.n;,boro la pofrin
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-05-05
TIROS AL BLBNCO
GRFSC.A.

Los padres conscriptos'
andan a Ia arena
de manera ruda,
de feroZ manera;
pues, segun me Giccn,
no hay session dc 1quellas
en- que no rcsulten
81 fin de Ia fiesta
cuatro lastimaGcs
de nariz 0 picrnas,
cue i sus domicilios
Van en- parihuclas.
-Pido Ia palabrai,
grita una pantera
que apoya c! "peGido"
con un "treirta-treint2:
gritan los de adentro,
gritan los de afucra;
cinco diputados
4 reir Sc cntre%an,
y 81 q presidente,
cue IS persona seria,
al cue il ha pedjdo
IA ra!aLra niega,
camo IN homhrc Sc allan
cinco de Ia iZquierta',
~protestan CT core
diez DE Ia derecha",
cruicn los botones
dc las chaparreras.
Sc erizan los pelos
de veintc mcleraS,
NIL impretacioncs
el espacio llenan,
recio el presidente
IA camrana suena'
pero no es possible
Que Ia genie aqnella
ccnceda que chillem
..los de Ia devecha",
noroue los de enr2edio
no tienen paciencia.
nero IAN Ge acuerdo
con les dc Ia ;zquicrda'.
PaSan d:ez minutes
de terrible gresca
que n pueblo lc coln2an
tcda Ii p~ac;encia.
Senior PresidcNtei
por 10 que mas Quiera,
que sera su madre
O tai vJz 81 ahucl@;
por 10 que mas ode,
que scra su suegra
le pido que IN ratio
De voz NE ~conceda,
para dcsahogarmc
sin tinlon nj ricnda
..o.L,-
~. 7."
P"e ~ '
49,,
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-05-05

Pa>a : Ia "a. pIana Col. IA
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
Vermont National Directors
Elected Him Successor
to DIR. HOltOn
EDMUND r. PRATT
ELECTED DIRECTOR
A. A. Dunklee Made Vice President to
Succeed Judge Tyler = No Director
Yet Elected to Fill Vacancy Caused
by Death of Hermon E. Eddy.

Judge James NJ. Tyler, who was vice
president of the Vermont National
bank, was elected president at meet
ing of the directors yesterday to sue
eeed the late DR.. Henry d. Holton. A.
A. Dunklee of South Vernon was elect
ed vice president to succeed Judge Ty-
Ter. Edmund r. Pratt was elected a
director to succeed Dir. Holton. The
vacancy on the board of directors
caused by the death of Hermon Il.
Eddy was not filled. Resolutions were
adopted in memory Of DR.. Holton and
Mr.. Eddy.
Judge Tyler, the new president, has
been very active in the affairs of the
bank, and his election TO the presidency
is deserved honor. 1t comes to him
at the age of 50 years, crowning a
long life Of invaluable public useful
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
BRITISH PROTEST TO PERU.
Peruvian Corporation Backed in Dis
pute With Government.

LIMA, Peru, March 6. - The British
minister at Lima has presented to the
Peruvian government a note supporting
the claims of the Peruvian corporation
IN the dispute arising from the govern
mental decree prohibiting the exploita-
tion of guano by the company.
Enrique de la Riva-Aguero, the Peru
Wan minister of foreign affairs, reply
ing to the note of the British minister.
said that by the contract drawn up in
1890 between the Peruvian corporation
and the government the company aban-
doned its right to appeal for diplomatic
action and agreed to submit all ques-
tions to the law courts of Peru He also
pointed out that the contract estab-
lished the right of Peru to employ GU
ano for national agriculture.
The Peruvian corporation, a foreign
company with headquarters in London.
was formed in 1890 to take over the
then existing foreign debt of Peru. The
concession granted to the corporation
comprised about 2,750000 acres. From
1891 to 1914 the corporation exported
from the Peruvian deposits more than
million tons of guano.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
ARMY RECRUITING
STATION IN TOWN
Plans for Permanent Establishment Be-
gun by Sergt. Havens-Includes
East Side of State.

Sergeant II. a. Havens of the Albany
recruiting station is i'll Brattleboro for
the purpose of establishing a recruit
ing station, auxiliary to the Albany.
n. Y, station. As Vermont has been
added to the Albany district, it is the
intention to establish station at
Brattlcboro for the purpose of attend
ing to the territory north along the Con
necticut river, on the east side of the
watershed. Many reports have been re-
ceived from the postmasters in this dis
trict, and it will be more convenient to
handle this business from Brattleboro
than from Albany or Rutland
1t is presumed that the station will be
located in the new federal building. and
II is expected that it will be permanent
The army now offers many excellent OPP
portunities for those wishing to enter
the military career. Among them is the
unusual chance for learning a trade, vo-
cational schools having been established
wherein nearly all the trades are taught
by competent instructors.
Under the provisions of law, any sol
dier between the age of 81 and 30 who
has had one year S service can take an
examination for commissioned officer,
and if successful he is appointed a pro-
visional second lieutenant, and after
two years is again examined and if sue
cessful receives a permanent appoint
ment. The pay of a second lieutenant
is 81, ZOO year.
In addition to this, any civilian be-
tween the age of q and q can make
application for appointment to a com
missioned officer, this appointment to be
by examination.
1t is the wish of the war department
to secure many commissioned officers in
this manner, as the service is con
siderably short of the required quota.
Complete information in regard to this
examination may be had by making ap-
phcation to The Adiutant General of
the Army, Washington, d. C. Informa-
tion relative to enlistment in the army
may be had by addressing The Recruit
ing Officer, 467 Broadway, Albany, n
y, or the local postmaster, until the
station is fully established here, which
it is expected will be within a few days
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
TODAY'S WAR SUMMARY

Military operations of Importance
are taking place in two sectors of
Franco Belgian front. The British have
extended their activities further south
in the Somme region and Berlin today
reports an attack north of Peronne.
This is declared to have failed.
North of Verdun severe engagements
are still in progress along the line near
the Caurieres wood, where inroads upon
the French positions were recently
made by the Germans. Paris reported
last night the recapture of some of the
advance positions. An effort was made
by the Crown Princes troops last
night to re-take these trenches, but
Paris today declares the attempt was
futile
On the Russian front in Galicia, Ber-
lin announced a repulse of a Russian
night attack near Brzezany and the
breakdown of an assault made by the
Russian contingents in the Kelemen
mountains near the northern end of
the Rumanian front.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
But Neutral Persons Aboard
Enemy Ships Must Take
Their Chances
AUSTRIA'S REPLY
TO AMERICAN NOTE
Says Neutral Subjects Have to Bear All
Losses They Suffer by Entering Terri
tory Where Warlike Operations Are
Taking Place.

LONDON, March 6. = The American
ambassador at Vienna has been handed
the reply of the Austrian government
to the American note inquiring as to the
position of the Austrian government i'm
regard to unrestricted submarine war
rare, according to a Vienna despatch to
Reuter- S by way of Amsterdam.
The reply declares that neutrals are
responsible for losses they suffer by en-
tering territory where warlike opera
tions arc taking place.
The memorandum, referring to its
note on the Ancona ease, SAYS that it
= strieely adheres to the assurances al
ready given.
1.-THE American note which was de-
spatched to Vienna on Feb. Is asked
specifically whether the Austrian assur-
ance given, following the sinking of the
Aneona and the Persia, had been nulli-
fled. The reply says THAT whatever
attitude the Washington cabinet NAV
take as to individual questions raised
here, the Austro Hungarian govern
ment is essentially in accord with the
American government in regard to the
protection of neutrals against endan-
gering their lives.
The memorandum then maintains that
neutral subjects have to bear them
selves all losses they suffer by entering
territory where warlike operations are
taking place,
After a lengthy discussion of the
British blockade, which it declares is
illegal, the memorandum continues:
The principle that neutrals should en-
JOY in war times the advantages of the
freedom of the seas refer only to neu-
tral vessels and not to neutral persons
aboard enemy vessels.
The reply further contends that bellig-
crents are entitled to decide for them
selves what measure should be taken
against an enemy in sea traffic and con-
cludes: In such eases neutrals have
no other legitimate interest and there
fore no other legal claim than that n
bclligerent inform them in time of a
prohibition directed to an enemy so
that they can avoid entrusting their
lives and their goods to enemy vessels. >
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
FIVE KILLED IN
WIDE TONG WAR
Chinese Gunmen Fight in San Francisco,
Oakland, Stockton, San Jose
and Seattle.

san FRANCISCO, March Give
Chinese were killed, two were fatally
injured, and three wounded in Tong
wars yesterday in San Francisco, Oak
land, Stockton and san Jose. Calf,
and Seattle, Wash.
Gunmen Of Hop Sing, Suey Sing and
30 Ong Sing Tongs arraycd against the
fighters of the Suey On, Sen Sucy Ting
and Bing Kong started street fight
here q few minutes before the hour set
for a peace conference. MAN. shots
were fred in the crooked streets of
Chinatown and two Of the fighters were
killed. One of the two wounded is cx-
pccted 70 die.
In Oakland one Chinese was killed.
The death toll in San Jose and Stock
ton was one each, with three wounded
ia the latter city, one probably fatal.
~.
No casualties occurred in Seattle
although nearly a dozen shots were cx
changed. Two men were arrested.
The wars, the police said, were con
ncctcd with trouble which had been
Stmmcring for months.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
TO PLOT
TO INVADE INDIA
Hirdoo Physician and German Doctor
Charged with Conspiring While in
United States.

NEW YORK, March 6.-Dr. C. Hama
dar Chakiaberty, a Hindoo physician, and
DIR. Ernest Sckunner, described as Ger
man, We're arrested today on charges of
conspiring to set up military expedi-
tion against a foreign country on friend
ly relations with the United States.
The police say the men confessed that
they had plotted, under direction of
Wolfe Won Igel, to invade India by way
of China. Won Igel, indicted for alleged
completely in a plot to destroy the We'll
land canal, is with Count Won Bernstorff, ;,
former German ambassador to the Unit
ed States, who is approaching Copen-
hagen on the steamship Frederick VIII.
From Won Igel, according to the police,
DR.. Chakiaberty and Sckunner, who have
been under suspicion for some time, re-
ceived 100000 and the Hindoo, posing as
a Partisan merchant, obtained passport
which enabled him to get to Berlin
In this connection an additional charge
of fraudulently obtaining a passport has
been made against the physician. Dr.
Chaklaberty, according to the alleged
confession, revealed his plans of an inva-
sion of India to detail officials in Berlin
and returned to New York. The men
were arrested in house in West l2Oth
street. According to the police, Chakia-
berty and Sckunner employed as their
agent an influential Chinaman whom
they sent to his native country to inter
est his government in plan to ship arms
and ammunition from the United States
to China, where, with the Chinese gov
.ernment's permission, they would be
stored until the time set for the inva-
sion
The police say the two men declared
they had heard nothing from their Chi.
nese representative and did not know
what success he had. In the house where
the men were found Sckunner was en-
deavoring according to the police, to
compound preparation to be used ito
disguise contraband of war" The char
acter of this preparation he refused to
disclose. Ten thousand small aluminium
boxes were seized, together with what
appeared to be official papers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
HELPS SAVE FOUR
LIVES AND VANISHES
Unknown Man Braved Asphyxiation to
Rescue Workmen from Gas Filled
Tunnel Shaft

NEW YORK, March 6. = A man of
whose identity the police have not the
slightest knowledge braved asphxiation
yesterday to aid in the rescue of four
workmen in the gas-filled shaft of the
new Jerome avenue subway extension
at 10th street. the Bronx. He was the
one first to give warning of the work
ers peril and was first to venture into
the cut. When Policeman Halligan of
the Alexander avenue station, after
throwing away his heavy coat and night
stick, felt his way along ledge through
the darkness and suffocating fumes, he
met the volunteer hero staggering out
and dragging with him one of the work
men who had been overcome.
The man himself was weak from the
effects of the gas and probably would
have collapsed with his burden had not
Halligan come to his rescue. Halligan
in turn was overcome and the three
were assisted to safety by another par
ty of rescuers. The man on reviving
disappeared even before the police were
able to get his name.
a gasoline pump used to clear the ex-
cavation of water generated the fumes
which narrowly missed causing from
four to six fatalities. Instructions had
been given that no one was to stay
about the pump after it had been start
ed, but it is supposed the order had
been disregarded.
Ac n milo +ba Uoa1 do1 uap doac 10.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
ARREST REVEALS
HUGE BOMB PLOT
Explosives CT a New and Powerful
Type Found in German Chemists
Room in Hoboken.

HOBOkEN, y. j., March 6.-With
the arrest here yesterday of Fritz
kolb, a German, the authorities cx-
pressed the belief that they had frus-
trated a well developed plot to aid Ger
many by blowing up munition plants
in this country engaged in turning out
contracts for the entente allies. The
police said they found in Kolb s room
two bombs which, according to rumors
that had reached them, were TO be
sent to President Wilson.
After a preliminary investigation
they announced themselves as con
vinced that the plans of the alleged
plotters had to do entirely with de
stroying war supplies and that no at
tack on the President 5 life was con
templated. The police also said they
had acquired information which might
help them in solving the Black Tom,
y. j., explosion and the destruction Of
the kingsland, y. j., plant of the Can
adian Car and Foundry company, in
which large munition supplies for the
entente allies were blown Up.
Four other men were questioned by
the authorities last night. Chief of
Police Hayes Of this city, said they
were friends of kolb, but that he was
convinced they knew nothing of the al
legged plots
I'VE are following leads which may
result in additional arrests at any
time, declared Chief Hayes "We
are cooperating with the New York
police and the neutrality squad of the
collector Of the port Of New York. All
Of us have been working on this for
several weeks.
Kolb was found in a small hotel OPP
postc the piers of the Hamburg Amer
lean line. His room. il was asserted,
bore the appearance of having been
used as a laboratory Besides the two
bombs, the police said they found some
tubing resembling that used in ships,
part of il brass and part of it steel.
The bombs were made of this material.
There also were a flask of black pow
der, two lead cans, three bottles con
tanning gasoline, benzine and alcohol,
tools. miscellaneous materials, trinitro-
toluol and black disc powder. Experts
from the New York detective bureau
said the disc powder was new to them,
but they believed il was similar to
some used in Germany.
The bombs, the experts declared, al
so were a new type and apparently
Of great power. They were about seven
inches long. an inch and half in di-
ametcr and filed with an explosive
which was taken out by the police TO
be analyzed before they would express
an opinion as to its nature. About
the steel body of the bombs was wound
thin copper tubing, perforated at in.
tcrvals. The fuses were contained in
this tubc, the evident purpose being t.
protect them, the convolutions being
designed to permit considerable
length of fuse being used so that time
would he given for any one planting
tho bombs to reach a safe distance be
fore they exploded.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06

ness, especially during the period from
1887 to 1908, in which he rendered dis
tinguished service as a member of the
supreme court of Vermont
He is a native of Wilmington, and
after being admitted to the bar in 1860
practlced law with Gen. Stephen F.
Flagg in Wilmington and Hon. Charles
x. Field in Brattleboro. He served in
the legislature of 1S63-64 and the spe.
cial session of 1865, and was a member
of the United States congress from the
Second Vermont district in the 10th
and 47th sessions
Mr.. Pratt, the new director, is son of
the late ID. Stuart Pratt of Brattleboro
and formerly was a member of the cloth
ing firm of Pratt, Wright & Co., which
was located where the Woolworth store
now is. For q number of years he lived
in Paris, Mrs. Pratt, who was Harriet
Brasor of Brattleboro, pursuing musical
studies abroad, and for several years he
has had large business interests in Chi
cago and New York. He came here from
New York last fall to build handsome
residence on Orchard street, where he
and Mrs. Pratt live.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
TOOK OIL OF U. 8. SHIP.
U-Boat Captain Then Ordered $1,000.
900 Cargo Dumped.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, March g.
In addition to demanding four barrels
OF cylinder oil the German submarine
commander who fired on the American
steamer Westwego, off Fastnet on jan
uary 81, ordered the Westwego's s cap
tain to dump his entire 100000 oil
cargo overheard or take the conse-
quences, according to the story told
here today by Capt. Mccoy.
The captain said that after securing
the cylinder oil and delivering the ul-
timatum, the submarine commander re
turned to his vessel, submerged and
was not seen again. Meantime the
Westwego had proceeded. Capt. Nc
Coy confirmed the previous story that
the submarine, the U-45, fred five
shots at the Westwego before boarding
her. None Of them hit.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
BRITISH TROOPS AT
SALONIkI TO STAY
Chancellor of Exchecquer Denies Rumor
That Soldiers Are to Leave
Balkans.

LONDON, March 6. Col. Winston
Spencer Churchill brought up the Salon
Xxi expedition and the general situation
in the Balkans with regard to Greece in
the house of commons Yesterday by saw
ing that from the moment Bulgaria en-
tered the war and Germany obtained
through route To Constantinoplc il ought
to have been obvious that the size of the
armies needed at Salonki to achieve de
cisive results exceeded the carrying pow
er at the disposal of Great Britain
Replying to Col. Churchill and other
critics of the Saloniki expedition. includ-
ing John Dillon, who asserted that Ru-
mania had been forced into the war bv
England against her will and against the
advice Of Gen. Sarrail, the French com
mander. and Russian generals. Andrew
Bonar Law, chancellor of the eXchequer.
intimated that the government had no
intention OF withdrawing the troops
from Saloniki. He said that England
could not act. independently and had to
consult her allies. If the expedition were
withdrawn Greece would be open and the
whole Balkan peninsula would be in the
hands of the entente's enemies.
With regard to the demands for a Sc.
cret session of parliament to discuss the
matter Bonar Law declared the govern
ment could not frankly discuss the cxpe-
dition even in secret session. The
allies now had a common policy, the
main object Of which was to insure that
| if their enemies advanced against them
the entente powers should not run the
risk they ran a few months ago Of being
attacked from behind. No threats, he
asserted, were used to induce Rumania
TO enter the war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06

bank September 16, 1915. He at
once took an active interest in its busi
mess. He enjoyed the position, the
work it imposed upon him, and his as
sociation with the directors and officers
of the bank; and in return, they en-
joyed his genial presence, and appreciat-
ed his devotion to his duties, his abili-
ty and integrity.
Looking beyond the bank S great
loss, we realize that our town has lost
one of its most influential, and in every
sense, best citizens; that the state has
.lost loyal son, lawyer whose ability
was everywhere recognized, one to whom
the people had already begun to look to
occupy important public positions.
Let this tribute to Mr.. Eddy be
placed upon the records of this bank,
and copy sent to his afflicted family
with the profound sympathy of every
director.