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NEW YORK STATE BONDS.

Form, Rate and Maturity. Bid. Ask. About
Coupon ANS, jan, 1864. :. .109k 1l0h 4G2
Registered AVS, Jan, 1854. ..10Sh -. 80.
Coupon AVS, Sept. 1863. .109 ITO 40g
Registered AVS, Sept. 1855. 1854 -. 49,.
Coupon 4hs, March, 1866. .1O3 104k 4O5
Registered AIS, March, 1866. 102 10iA 405
Coupon AIS, Jan, 1865. .....103 =. 80.
Registered AIS, Jan 1865. 100 -. 49,.
Coupon AS, jan, 1865. .lO2 1924 4oS
Coupon AVS, jan, 1945.....101 1885, 4.0o
Coupon ~, 1851. 99M 4Ol
Coupon Is, 1960-62, Canal. =. 90 99% 4O1
Registered 4s, 1es0-s2, Canal 9sh 99E I.U
Coupon As, 1885, Highway SSH 99N 4.01
Regis. ts 1852, Highway ssK :. ....
Coupon A, jan, 1sl6........ 9s% =. ....
Registered "a, jan, 1946... eSh =. see.
Coupon Is, jan. 1942........ 9SX =. ...
Registered Is, Jan, 1s42.... 9sh =. 49,.
Soupou Ss, lsoo-os.s..........
Registered Ss, 1956-59........ e. e. ....
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DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST.
TO THE HOLDERS OF
PRIOR PREFERENCE STOCK OF
PERE MARQUETTE RAILWAY COMPANY

The Board OF Directors of Pere Mar
quette Railway Company. at regular
meeting of said Board held Oct. 1. 1919,
declared, subject to the approval Of the
Director General of Railroads, a quarterly
dividend OF t1.25 per share OK 20 upon
the Prior Preference stock OF said Com
pany. payable Nov. l, 1919. to stockholders
of record October 90. 1919, without the
closing of the transfer books
e. NJ. HEBERD. Secretary.
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Buenos Ayres Grain Market.
PRODUCE MARKET.

Prices shown in pesos and centavos per 100
kilos (220.5 pounds)
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MISCELLANEOUS.
TORONTO CLOsIN,
COBALT.


I9OIt IHt'' % o r VIC IIUWH' teI1 80
Dome Lake IS 10 Pore Imp. ~
Dome M....N.50 $50 Pore Tisdale ~ ~
Eldorado =. y 1hlPreston Z ID az
Gold Reef. Schumacher "a "a
Holllnger c. 70 6.s1a Pore N II 20 22
Inspiration. Ihomp Krist ~ 81
Keora ,..... Is 10 West Dome lOiL 1Iit
KIRKLAND LAKE.
Elliott -. % q Lake Shore. I.G 10
Kirkland L. IS 40 iTect Hughes 10 q
MISCELLANEOUS.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-12-17

CuanGo necesite libros IN espano!
dirijase a Ignacio Z. Lozano, lis \.
Santa Rosa. Ave. San Antonio, Tex
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Una Inca inter-urbana sera
construida de Houston
q San Antonio

Sc anuncia para el dia primero de
Febrero proximo, el comienzo de los
trabaios de construction de Ia Inca
ferrea interurbana entire esta ciudad
Y Houston, en- n extension de 80
millas comprendidas entire Houston y
Richmond que comprenden IA prime
ra unidad.
Ell Sr. Ed knnedy, Vice-presideC-
te de Ia Houston Richmond h. Wes-
tern Traction CO., Y de Ia Guadalupe
Water Company, de Houston, infor-
ma que eSaS companies estan ahora
ea magnitic1s condolences cconomcas
para emprerder los trabaio., habien-
dose adquirido va el complete dere-
cho de Via entire Houston Y esta ciu-
dad. incluyendo 60 millas va cons
truidas por otraS companies, y que
tanto en- Su opinion como ell Ia de
otros ingenieros Texas City debera
considerarse terminal de la Inca in
terurbana.
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?norme cantidad de Uinos
estd siendo exportada
para Mexico

En- vista de que la Supreme Corte
de los Estados Unidos ha c%ontinuado
aroyando la ley de prohibition de
tempo de guerra. algunas destilerias
hacen gestiones para remitir sus pro-
duct0s almacenados, con destino a al
gunos puntos de Mexico, inmediatos
. Ia frontera Este fu6 manIfe5tado
por uno de los Oficiales AduanaleS de
San Antonio, quien tiene conocimien-
to de que n de las mas grandes des-
ti!erias de Louisville, KY, ha dado
va grandes pasos en- este sentido.
Por 10 que Sc We, dice el mencio-
nado Official, la idea en- este case, pa
rc:c ser no otra, que pasarlo de con.
trabando q los Estados Unidos en-
cuanto llegue a u puntos de desti-
no.
Saben los empieados aduanales de
este d;strito, que Ia destileria de
Louisville ha escrito a 10 diferentes
~poblaciones Situadas en- Ia Inca divi-
s0ria. pidiendo informes sobre las IA
cilidades que pudiera haber para colo
Car en- las poblaciones c~ercanas, en- el
iado opuesto, mil Glen barriles dc
whiSkey.
Grandes cantidades de licor han
estado siendo eXportadas ultimamen-
te con motive de que los permisos Sc
expediran hasta eI dia 10 del entran-
te Enero unicamente, V los oficiales
Federales tiencn la certeZa de que Ell
principal objeto es volverlo d pasar
al lado norte del Bravo.
Citando IN case concrete. continua
el Official en- question, puedo decir
que 40 cajaS de whiskey fueron pa
sadas a Mexico en- Ell Paso no hace
mucho, Y a los tres dias r%esultaron
% del mismo ~embarquc, va v~acias, en-
Ia misma eXportadora poblacion.
Hoy debc ~enviarse de San Antonio.
un informe dirigido al Department
10 del Tesoro. conteniendo el presu-
puesto de gaStos que originaria el au-
mento de fuerzas aduanaleS en- dos
de los districts de la Inca Divisoria,
dejando para dcspues 10 correspon-
dlente a los orros tres Districts que
forman Q! rcSto de la miSma. Estos
p~rcsupueStos comprenden IN cfecti-
70 b~astante poderoso. para evitar de
una Il absolute ell contrabando.
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Ell jefe de bomberos reco-
mienda cuidado con los
fuegos artificiales

e Sr. Goetz.. Jefe de los cuerpos
de Bomberos de IA ciudad, ha estado
hacienda todas las gesCiones poSibles
para evitar ell uso de fuegos artificial
les. 0 p6lyora de bengala en- los arbo-
les de Navidad, por considerable de
bastante peligro, tanto para los nj
nos. que re~gularmente son amantes
de estos juegos de luz, como para el
desarr0llo de incendioS.
De octu5re a Ia fecha, segun in
formation recabada por 81 Sr. Goetz,
Sc han registrado en- Texas IS muer-
tos ' rs heridos. como resultado de
incendios causados por falta de pre-
cauci6n.
Con referencia a los ultimos in
cenGios que han tenido lugar en- IA
ciudad, Ell m~encionado senior manifies-
"A que en- 81 mayoria son causados
por descuidoS con calentadoras de
aceite Y gasolina. eStimando que de
cada cinco casos. regzstrados, tres
:ienen pOr motive "a explosion de
.alentadoraS Y estufaS.
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Habrd Misa de Gallo IN
la Cathedral de Reims

PARIS, Diciembre 16.-Se ha
anunciado formalmente aqui, cue el
dia p Sc dira la primlera misa en- la
semi-destruida Y gloriosa Cathedral De
Reims. siendo Ia Misa de NavidaG o
de Gallo, que sera Ia primera que los
ha6itantes de esa region, Oiran m Ia
famosa igleSia. La cathedral ha sido
provista de IN techo provisional que
cubre POGO mas de Ia mitad del tent
pic ' Sc anUncia que los ~trabajos for
males de reconSVrucci6r sc empe-
zaran el dia primero del ano, desti-
nandose para allos 100000 frances.
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UNA BODEGA UTlLIZARA Ell
CORREO
=.


Ha adquirido tales preparedness la
a~fluencia de bultos, paquetes y CO.
respondencia postal, que el Sr. Ar
instead, Administrator de Correos de
San Antonio ha -determinadC hacer
uso de una bodega que Sc halla fren-
&c del propio edificio, por la Avenue
c.. V que ha sido recientemente rem
tada. Todos los bultos que lleguen, Sc
ran distributes en- este cuarto, ayu-
dando con este a disminuir Ia #cumu-
lacion, aunQue de n manera 10 muy
considerable. pucs 81 regularmente Sc
maneja de diario no menos de Glen
mil unidades. la llegada de Navidad
ha aumentado este numero en- mu-
choS miles.
Dos maquinas cue cancelan 900
cartas por minute cada una estan Ell
cOnstantc movimiento, Y aun asi hay
momentos en- que el trabajo Sc hace
con aglomeraci0n.
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PAGARA LAS
~REPARACIONES DE LOS
BUQUES De GUERRA
Manifesto, sin embargo, que
no podra hacerIo en- Il for
ma demandada en- eI
protocolo de primero
de Noviembre

PARIS, Diciembre l6.-La nota
aiemana Ell respuesta 4 las dos ulti
mas nctas de la entente relatives a
IA firma del p~rotocolo Y ~reparacio-
nes por el ~incidente de Scapa Flow.
fGe entreGada aver al Secrctario de
"a Co~nferencia de Paz. II. Paul Du-
tasta. ' es como sigue:
Eel gobicrno aleman desea disipar
81 error dc cue debido a la ausencia
momentanea de Delegates amcricanos
de las ComisioneS estipuladas ror Ell
tratado. Alemania reclama modifica-
clones Y disposiciones del tratado con-
cerniente a Ia cxtradici6n de perso-
acusadas de ser culpables de ac-
tos contrarios a las leycs militares.
o sobre Ia repatriation de los prisio-
neros.
"El gobierno aleman previamente
a Ia reception de Ia nota a!iada ha-
bia eXplicado va las razones por las
que apreci6 n~ecesario modificar las
condolences para Ia ejecucion de esss
clauSulas; pero ell gobierno aleman
jamas manifesto su asentimiento pa
ia que Sc pusiera en- vigor el trata-
do de paz condicionalmente a una
seduction previa de esa question.
"El Gobierno aleman sostiene Su
opinion de que ell mejor medic para
llegar Il una seduction sobrc el inciden-
tie de Scapa Flow. seria el de some
ter,el case ii arbitraje internacio-
nal de La Haya. Tai medida no Sc
ria Causa De retardo para cue sc pu-
sierra en- efscto el tratado. nj para la
firma del protocoio asi modificado.
"neseando. sin embargo. hacer TO-
do 10 mas que este de SUI partc para
ell prcnto ESTABLISHMENTS de Ia paz,
ell gobierno alemaa declara estar dis
puesto 4 pagan las Preparedness 9or
los danes causados q los gcbiernos a
liados Y aSociados por Ia destruction
de los b&rccs: pero el gcbierno ale
main no pusde efsctuar tales repara-
clones en- IL forma Y manera de-
dandadas Dor el prOtocolo &c fecha
primcro de noviem5re, porQue Ia eie-
cuciGn lie las demands formuladas
Ell csc protocolo comprometeria ire
parablenente Ia vida economical de
Alemania Y haria tambien imposi-
bic de eiecucion. las otras enormes
obligaciones que q tratado impone
2 .Alemania.
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BAUTIZO

FL dia u del prcsente mes. fue
levada a la Pila Bautismal de la Igle-
STA de Nuestra Sonora del Rcfuglo,
de Eagle Pass, Texas. Ia nina Maria
Elisa de Jesus Careaga. que naclo
en- la misma ciudad el dia 81 dc Oc-
tubre del mismo ano, siendc sus pa
dres el senior Francisco Careaga y la
sonora Elisa Castano de Careaga.
Fueron padrinos de Ia nueva criStia-
Ma Ell senior l.. Alberto Guajardo y Ia
sonora Maria Mcdowell O. Cuajardo,
Y Padrino de Oleos el I:ev. Padre
Francisco Bugnara.
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PUSSY Foot" en- Inglaterra
(Viene de la Cd. pag.l

predicar una doctrina que lastIme g!
sentimiento britanico de Ia llbertad
individual V Sc preguntan, con razoM'
81 los americanos sufririan cue un tur
co viniera a los Estados Unidos a pom
dcrar las ventajas de Ii ~poligamla.
HAY aur algunos ~peri6dicos muy Sc
rios. como la Saturday Review, de
LondreS. que llegan hasta cXpresar Ell
tenor de que Ia propaganda prohlbl-
cionista tenga por resultado enfrlar
la amistad anglo-americana y crear
en- I~nglaterra una corriente de simpa-
tia cue Sc dirija h&cia los boches.
Acaso clio sea il demasiado lejos; sin
embargo. cada Il cS INT de su casa,
Y los ingleses tienen el derecho de re-
solver ell problema del alcoholismo
como les parezca. es decir, de buscar
una seduction que rcspetc cl principle
dc la libertad individual al que son
tan sinceramente fieles.
No sabemos 81 el gobierno central
dc Ia Prohibition posca algun Pussy
foot capaz de hablar frances; pero 10
que 81 podemos decir es que Ia pode-
rosa iiga americana hara bien en- no
enviar ningun ~delegado a Francia. En-
este momento estan caros los huevos,
Y no sc les deja podrir en- el hermoso
pals del Burdeos. del Borgona V de
Ia Cchampana. pero 81 Pussyfoot aso-
ma ell 81 la nariz que tanto lie gusta
meter en- las asuntos a%jenos, Sc con-
vencera bien pronto de que las MANIA
mas cocidaS sc dan gratis.
F. C.
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SANTORAL

Microbes i. de Diciembre.-San-
.os Lazayo Obispo. ' Franco dc Sena.
Confesor.
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CROCKETT AUTO LIVERY.

Teleforos: Crockett 996. 997,
999 V 1920.
Ell UNICO SITIO MEXICANO DE
AUTOMOBILES EN- LA CIUDAD.
Carros a prop6sito Y a precios ra-
zonables. especiales para Bautizos,
Matrimonios y Funerales. Wales cor
tos so cts. Hora $500. Prec:os es-
peciales para fuera dc Ia ciudad.
Seryicio rapido dia Y aoche.
Leon 4. MARTINEZ. Gerente.
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ESTADO DEL TEMPO

T. calor. que desde el lunes en- IL
manana empezo d hacer mas agrada-
bic Ia temperature ha continuado
aumentando. esperandose que aumen-
te 81 dia de hoy con algo de nublado,
Y un descenso mipimo de 30 a 81.
FL dia de aver registro un minimo
de IL a las 700 a. H., Y Un maxine
de SO a las 500 p. H.,
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Como no usar Mata-Zizote, u..a
uedicina para todoS los eEfermos de
Ia piel, pues cura en- ) dias o dc 10
~contrario Sc devueive su importe?
Cuesta 25c., porte pagado. BOIL
CA DE LA CANPANA, EsQ2!la de
las Gales Santa Rosa Y Baena Wis
IA. San Antonio. Texas. tAdv.l
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DEFUNCIONES

Teodoro Munoz, de : anos.
Leonardo Borrego. 80 amos.
Juana Oviedo, % amos.
Elvira Jordan. As amos.
Varonica G. de Olivares, 81 amos
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terurbana.
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REGISTRO CIVIL
MATRIMONIOS

Guadalupe Miranda Y Rafsela Ger
vantes.
O Joe Stefanski Y Enriqueta Lugo.
Carlos Ledesma y Cristina Lewens-
Salvador Palacios Y Emilia Teran.
Evening star., 1919-03-16
Medical Ignorance.

DR. SIMON FLEXNER of the Rock
efellcr Institute. who has Just re-
ceived one of the French govern
ments highest decorations. told II
story at a New York dinner
THE medical ignorance of some peo-
pie is staggering" he said. Il know
an N-say specialist who got lpter
from a *,iddle western farmer the
other day. The farmer wrote:
"Dear sir: I have had nail in
my thorax for seventeen years.
aul too busy to come to New York
but want you to come down here to
Paris Corners with your rays, as my
case viii be worth your while. IT
YOU do not find time TO come send Il
dozen rays boxed, by express. with
instruction card. and l will try to
work same myself
'The X-ray specialist wrote back to
the farmer Of Paris Corners:
Dear friend: I regret to say that
business engagements prevent trip
TO Paris Corners, and | am unfortu-
nately out of rays just now. &c YOU
cannot come to New York. send me
your thorax by parcel post. and We
will see what can be done
Evening star., 1919-03-16

making OF mattresses. This saved
the life of the mattress industry for
the time being. The mattress MAX
ers had been hard at work trying
to find a Substitute for the mdis-
pensable leather tufts" when the
boot factory waste was suddenly
found not only available for them
but suitable to their needs. Leather
washers were found to he easily
made from the sole trimmings. and
here, too, another industry whose
life had been threatened by the war
was revived AZ for the scraps from
both uppers and scles which We're
found too small for further use, these
were ground up for fertilizer. II use
for which leather possesses high
qualities.
Thus the waste from the boot fac
tories, which Was formerly thrown
Evening star., 1919-03-16

to which plain trimmings have gone,
but IA process has been discovered for
recovering the patent gloss in the
form OF curriers' powder" when
this has been taken on, The leather is
left free to be devoted to the usual
uses to which waste trimmings are
devoted. The fine dust known as
curriers' powder" was for long
time thought to be Il waste product.
hut lately II has been discovered that
certain industry which J cannot
name now. but which has nothing to
do with the manufacture of boots, has
found 1t valuable and 1t is fairly cer-
tain that big demand will spring
up for it,
SO thoroughly have leathers been
utilized that use has been found
even for old and Worn-out boots.
which formerly were declared to have
no Use Whatsoever. Now however
Evening star., 1919-03-16
Maj. Dinkum.
4 DMIRAL MAYO told at dinner n
story about slang

A DMIRAl. MAYO told at dinner a
story about slang.
"It is all very well to decry slang"
he began, but l know case where a
know ledge Of it would have saved "a
mans life.
THE man was German spy. pis-
euised as q major OF the Australian
forces, he penetrated the Australian
lines. His English was perfect, but not
so his Australian slang. Australian
slang. by the way. is the weirdest iii
the world. Fair dinkum' in that lingo
means n real Australian
"Well. the German spy fraternizei
with the Australian officers ard all
seemed TO be going we'll. when blond
young giant gave him a searching look
and said:
"Say. look here. are YOU fair
dinkum?
"'rhe German spy nodded ana smiled
Yes. he said, 4 am Mai Fair
pinkum.'
Then he was taken out and shot"
Evening star., 1919-03-16

photographs plates complied COM
pletely with the requirements. There
are, of course. thousands upon thou
sands of amateur and professional
photographers scattered throughout
the British Isles, each of whom had a
more or less large supply of used
negatives. These were asked to hand
over all the negatives they could
spare to the government. Half mil
lion goggles We're wanted weekly In
the manufacture of gas masks and as
two quarter-plate negatives We're nsC-
essary TO AXE IA single google, you
will see that 100000 quarter plate
negatives We're needed every seven
days to keep up with the British
army's demand for gas masks.
At the receiving factories the films
We're stripped off the negatives and
dissolved in a chemical bath. by which
the nitrate of silver content of the
film was recovered and turned into
profit. The glass disks for goggles
were then cut and all the trimmings
were carefully preserved. and. under
the name of glass cullet' We're turn
ed over to manufacturers to be re-
made and turned into ink bottles, salt
shakers. scent bottles and other aiti-
cles, as Well as to become bases for
other negatives Plates which. wnen
sorted out. were found to be III excess
of the official thickness OF pne-six-
teenth of an inch We're stripped of the
film and sold to private dealers for
passe partout Photographic mounts.
for picture framing and for those
Evening star., 1919-03-16
A Cause Of Divorce.

uCQuAEBiING aud fghtine-that's
- another frequent cause OF di-
vorce." said Judge Hilary NJ Hawke
OF Denver in an address on the di-
vorco evil.
divorce case:
Let me see-arent you that hero
who married Red Cross nurse in IL
front line trench during German
mustard gas bombardmentr
Yes, your honor. I'm the man III.
applicant answered.
1T must have heen ,Ncitinl.
wasn't it,? said !.
well. your honor said tie mar.
II seemed so then---it Nuuldn't now"
Evening star., 1919-03-16

away. has saved the mattress and
leather washer trades from disaster
during the war and 1t will continue
to be used in both these trades. just
now efforts are under way to as
sure the organized collection, Of this
waste. Three boot factories alone
are now yielding a ton of trimmings
"a week.
In the manufacture of civilian
footwear still further use is found
for waste trimmings. The cloth
trimmings find ready market at
the paper mills. The cork sole cut
tings which consist of cork with
cotton and wool attached are sorted,
the cotton going to the paper mills.
the wool to the shoddy mills and the
cork to the linoleum factories.
Finally there are the floor sweepings
from the boot factories. These con-
sist of leather. cloth and other mate
ria!s, and formerly it has been the
practice to hand them over at once to
the city authorities to be burned i'm
the garbage incinerator Experts.
however. have found that this waste
is worth $40 ton for fertilizer, and
in view Of the fact that 1000 tons of
these sweepingS are recoverable from
the leather factories alone it viii be
seen that a wealth of $4,000 has
been found.
Patent leather has also been found
to possess a high waste value. Trim
mings from patent feathers have not
been found suitable for the factories
Evening star., 1919-03-16

other purposes for which the high
quality of their glass fitted them
Another problem of conserving
waste arose at munitions factories in
connection with women's gloves.
These were "A sort of gauntlet made
from very strong cloth especially for
woman munition workers. OF course
they quickly became saturated With
grease and metal grit in the opera.
ton of tools, In one munitions fac.
tory the proprietor found himself
confronted with ll2 pounds of these
soiled gloves every week. These had
to be cleaned, process which cost
almost as much as the glove was
worth. II was highly desirable to find
"A cheap aud easy way of making them
at TO wear again.
Today the problem has been solved
The gloves are not only made thor
oughiy clean and At to wear, but the
Evening star., 1919-03-16

grease with which they are sodden is
recovered and may be used either as
cutting oil" for the machines or. aft
er refining, AS fuel oilsfor Diesel en-
gineS.
X X
But to go back to the boot trim
mings which mentioned before:
The extraction Of the grease was
only one part Of the program "t
economy. Two large boo+~factories in
Northampton collected their trim
innings carefully and sorted them
Large fragments of leather trimmed
off in the making of uppers We're set
aside for resale to bootmakers to
be used In the repairing of civilian
boots, while the larger pieces of sole
leather We're found adaptable to the
process known as packing dur
ing resoling operations. BY the time
these two sorts of trimmings had been
taken out. only shreds and small
scraps We're left. 1t was these which
were used for the recovery of the sup
posedly valuable grease. process
which left them clean and soft.
The fragments from the uppers were
again gone ever and the pieces
picked out which We're found TO be
suitable for devotion to an Industry
which had suffered much from the
war This was the manufacture of
the small leather disks used in the