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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-02-27

sabios que por Was diversas - 80
fuerzan en- agrandar el horizonte de
sus contemporaries, por condueirles
a Ia noci6n de 10 sobrc natural. q las
preOcupaciones del mas ala. prestau.
por consiguicnte, un iHestimable ser
vicio su pals, arraReandole Il matcria
lismo, que eS una csPeeie De hemi-
plcgia. una paralisis de todo un lado
del individuo."
Claro csia que los argumentos "a.
ra probar la cxistcneia de Ia otra "
da no Sc fuudan en- FL espiritismo. Sus
doctrinas conticncR gravisimos errores
filos6fcos teol6gieos, que no - pue
den defender. 10 que dcdueimos -.
que en- medic de taHtas abcrraeiOnes.
cl hombrc busca un orden superior y
sobrcnatural, algo que lc hace admi.
tir nm ordcn distinto Y sobrc toio n
cxisteneia del alma. porquc no pucde
expliear los fcn6mcnos dc Ia vida con
las fuerzas fisico-quimieas.
jHay fraudcs en- eI espiritismo' No
afrmarcmos que todo sea fraude: pc-
ro muchisimos de los hcchos De one
nos hablan los cspiritistas han rcsul
tado falsos. Sin embargo. no pareec
que dc todos csos fcu6mcnos So pue
da deducir 10 mismo.
I'm los Annales des sciences psichi-
ques, cseribc ITogdSon: ''Casi 'odoS Jos
mediums PROFESSIONALS forman una han
da de trapaccros vulgarcs " IN Fuer
to Rico Sc ha dcmostrado asi murhas
ocasioncs) mas q mcnos ligados uuos
con otros. Asoeiadas aqui alla con
cstas bandaS. Sc cneucutrau otras per
sonas que han sido q guieren scr use
diums PROFESSIONALS v que son igHal
mentc muy POGO dignos dc eoniauza.
! Oigamos n otro espiritista. como ha
bla dc sus fraudes. Dice H. siguieutc
Huertas Lozano: "De las difercntcs
maneras que, scgdn Ia doetrina csri.
ritista, pueden comuniearse los espi-
ritus, es una, oeasionando en- II me
dunn un g6nero dc sineopc. durante
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-02-27

israelita y los tudescos lie han puesto
en- rid1culo.
I'm picapedrero con patente de escul-
tor, ell un arrebato de adulaci6n gro
tesca puso al profeta Daniel la cara
de Guillermo de Hohenzollern, con su
mirada retadora, SUI nariz provocative
Y aquellos enhieStos bigotes que han
venido tan a menos.
Asi como eel sue1o de la raz6n pro-
duce monstruos seg1n Goya, el NAL
gusto produce tambi6n obras macs
tras.
Al llegar a Metz las tropas liberia
doras, han querido contemplar la eff
gle del prOfeta berrendo en- Kaiser, Y
Sc 10 han encontrado con las manos
prendidas con un excelente par de es-
posas, y un cartelon al pecho que dice:
Sic transit gloria mundi.
Lo de las esposas no esta NAL; Pc
ro la inscription del cartel6n es de-
licada en- demasia. sQu6 gloria ha 81
do la de Guillermo de Hohenzollern?
La tenfa encargada, 10 mismo que ha-
bfa encargado va ell babil6nico festin
para celebrar su entrada triunfal en-
Paris; pero esa gloria de encargo,
aunque preparada con tan barbara de-
rroche de vidas Y caudales, Sc ha que
dado sin estrenar.
De modo que. no ha pasado 10 que no
ha existido. La verdadera gloria mundi
ma es la heredada por un poderoso, ma
cido casualmente en- un palacio real,
como podia haber nacido en- la tras-
tienda de una cacharreria, sino la que
Sc adquiere por ell propio esfuerzo en-
ell cultivo constante de algo honroso
y it'll al genero humane. Cierto que
tambi6n esta gloria pasa; mas siquie-
ra pasa honradamente, dejando una es-
tela de beneficios, y no un rastro de ini-
quidades y abominaeion.
Sin letreros de ninguna clase, por-
que todos huelgan ante ell estigma que
la realidad justiciera imprime en- esos
fgurones, debe continuar EN- la cate
dral de Metz, la efgie del profeta dis
frazado de emperador, del empera-
dor que ALI estd hacienda de profeta,
para dar que reir a los descendientes
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-02-27
Charlas Cientificas
LOS FENoMENos DEL. EsPlRITIsMo

Vamos q dedicar esta "Charla' al
espiritismo, que en- esta isla tiene bas
tantcs proselitos, aunque la mayoria
carecen de base para emprender estu
dios superiores. La publication de va
rios libros sobre la materia nos ha
sugerido la idea de que ell Materials
/ mo la incredulidad en- la vida futura
tienen cada dia mas enemigOs. Dos
obras han llamado la atenci0n de los
materialistas y espiritistas recientemen-
te: una The New Revelation, por Ar
turo Doyle, y la otra The Reality Of
Psychic Phenomena, por w. J. Craw-
ford.
Ell primero ha estado estudiando los
/ fen6menos del espiritismo durante 80
ahos, v de medico materialista que
nunca Quiso Greer en- la eXistencia del
alma, nj en- la vida futura despues de
la muerte, Sc ha convertible Ell prOfun-
do y convencido creyente su modo.
Nadie Sc imagine que ha abrazado la
religion cat6ica; en- su libro, despues
de narrar sus experiencias, con me-
diums de diversas classes, llega n la
conclusion de la existencia de otra
vida. "Una nueva revelation, dice el,
/ tiene que venir la raza humana. To-
! espiritistas es como una comprobaci6n
|. de las enseiianzas de Jesucristo sus
discipul0s acerca de la vida futura. -
Ell autor del segundo libro, Mr.. Craw-
|. ford, ingeniero mecanico de la Univer.
sidad de Belfast, despu6s de haber
aplicado los fen6menOs que Observable
EN- las sesiones de los espiritistas los
mismos m6todos que 6l usaba en- su la
boratorio en- las manifestations com
probaci6n de las fuerzas de la natura.
|: leza, llega la conclusion de que hay
espiritus de seres humanos que viven
otra vida despues de la muerte.
Las reuniones tenian lugar en- I'm
salon alumbrado pOr una luz roja que
iluminaba bien, v ademas usaba el una
lampara electrical de bolsillo. En- to-
das las expcriencias Sc servia de una
familia de Belfast, cuya cooperation
era voluntaria pero ell principal me
dium era una joven de veinte amos
i Como hombre cientifco acostumbra
do al analisis de los fen6menos fist
COS, nunca quedaba satisfecho hasts
eerciOrarse de que no habia fraudes
de ninguna clase. Cuando veia levan
tarse una mesa, sin que nadie la to
case, el examinaba muy despacio s
habia alguna conexi6n entire ell me
dunn y la mesa, y no quedaba satisfe
cho hasta cerciorarse de que era i'm
possible semejante conexi0n. Una d.
las experiencias y, de las mas impor
/ tantes' era Ia siguicnte.tS Sentabase ell
una bascula el medium, anotaba 81
peso v las variaciones que este sufri;
segIn las Manifestations que Sc ofre
clan en- la session. Sicmprc que Sc lie
vantaba la mesa por, ST. misrla tam
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Tnforf ramos ~ pahlies qne iss assi-
eulas sebre suestioaes fsaiaisfss 4ue
,iruen ar.arrcienis ~ II. afUNDo son
= seud inima - EapAast ssn asGs.las
p - risHa IT, nuessr. au5xa II s~asr
MANUEL Teus Se's. % ~an Iusu.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-02-27

Tambien recibimos invitaci6n para
asistir una Jarana que Sc llevara a
efeeto ell dia cuatro de mario, en- la
casa No. 81 de la calle de la Cruz.
Firman esta invitaci6n conocidos
obreros de San Juan.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-02-27

Ell Club "Borinquen de Humacao,
requiere nuestra presencia para los
Festejos de Carnaval que celebrara
aquella sociedad empezando el pr6ximo
domingo desmarzo.
Agradecidos.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-02-27
INvITACIoNEs

La Association de Damas de Vega
Baja nos invita- para asistir a un ''Bai.
le de Papel' que tendra lugar en- los
salones del Teatro "Fenix'' de aque-
la poblaci6n, la noche del primero de
mario pr6ximo.
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compre e. MuNDo.
South Bend news-times., 1919-10-31
BRITISH SOLDIERS
FARMING LANDS
Army CultiVateS Many Acres
in France, Germany and
MeSapOtamia.

LONDON, oct 21-The British
army was doing something other
than fighting the last year Of the
war. according 20 the army agricul-
tural committee report made public
today. Il cultivated 6.56s acres OF
land in the country occupied by the
home forces alone, and made "A
profit OF about $50 an acre.
In France thousands OF acres
were cultivated by the soldiers. and
vegetables worth no less than 81
500, 900 were produced
BY irrigation the army in Mesa -
potamia became self-suppOrting so
far as vegetables were concerned
and the grain crop was valued at
$4,000. 900.
The Saloniki army also was busy
cultivating the soil back Of its lines
and IN addition 10 harvesting crops
worth some $500. coo saved $4,000
tons OF ships which would otherwise
have been used to, carry suppli as to
that faroff front.
South Bend news-times., 1919-10-31
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=
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South Bend news-times., 1919-10-31

State OF Indiana, St Joseph County. So.
Notice IS hereby given that the Board
of Commissioners Of st. Joseph County,
Indiana. will on Monday. November. 10th.
1919. up 20 ten o'clock. h NJ. receive
separate sealed proposals for the con
structiOn Of a concrete bridge on Main
Street over the Bowman Greek In the
City OF South Bend, Indiana
The plans and specifications have been
adopted and approved by the Board OF
Commissioners Of st. Joseph County. and
have been deposited in the office OF the
County Auditor.
All bidders submitting bids must he
on forms furnished by the County Audi
tor. and bids not on these forms or
agreeing exactly Herewith viii not be
considered In the letting Of the contract.
All bidders must also file n bond in a
sum equal 10 the amount Of the bid with
surety 20 be approved by the Board OF
Commissioners. The Board Of Commits
siOners reserves the right to reject any
and all bids submitted.
Witness my hand and seal this 22nd
day Of October, 1919
ARTHUR +. WOLF
Auditor ST. Joseph County, Indiana.
Oct. "a 81
South Bend news-times., 1919-10-31
Stocks and Bonds

busiest sections Of Greater Berlin
We're clamoring for food. some Of
its officials and employees were car
rying ON a wholesale trafhcking in
faodstufs bought by the municipal
it's but diverted into other channels
hy the war profteers, according 10
tho story told i'm the town today
Among the items thus shipped 10
other places were hundreds OF car
loads Of rye -four. 100000 pounds
of dried fruits, fifty carloads Of
corumeal large quantities Of can
ned meats. and much other needed
food Even the wife OF an alder
man is charged with having had a
hand In the grating bee.
South Bend news-times., 1919-10-31
LEGAL NOTICES
PETITION TO jill REAL FsTATE.

TIL AlbN AO SILL ktAL ESTATE.
Martin Przbysz. Administrator Of Es-
tate ~ Magd0lena Celmer. Deceased. vs..
Frank Ceiuer Stella Urban. Joseph
Przybysz. John Przybysz. and KOsci-
uszko Building and Loan Association.
To the Circuit Court II st Joseph
County. State Of Indiana, september
Term 1919
To Stella Urban.
You are hereby notified that the above
named petitioner as Administrator Of the
estate aforesaid. has filed in the Circuit
Court Of St Joseph County. Indiana, a
petition making YOU defendants thereto.
and praying therein for an order and de
cree Of said Court authorizing the sale
Of a certain Real Estate belonging 20 the
estate ~ said decedent. and I'm said pc
utiOu described. 20 make assets for the
pay ment of the debts and liabilities Of
said estate. and has averred By affidavit
filed Herewith that yOu are not a resi-
dent Of the State Of Indiana, and that
said petition, so filed and pending. is
set for hearing in said Circuit Court at
the Court House I'm South Bend, Indiana,
on the judicial day Of the November
Term. 9l9. Of said Court. the same being
the twenty fifth day Of November. 1910.
Witness. the Clerk and Seal OF said
Court. this 23rd day OF October 1919.
WILBUR VI. WARNER. Clerk
BERNARD l. HOERSTNfAN. Dep. Clerk.
JONES and OBENCHAIN, Attorneys.
South Bend news-times., 1919-10-31

westerly from the Southeast corner of
Lot No 81 OF the first addition of Ma
yarre Place and thence at right angles
seventy (7Ol feet To the East line 81
Tecumseh Avenue. thence continuing at
right angles with Tecumseh Avenue one
hundred five (1OJl feet 70 the Northeast
corner Of the Lot; from the Northwest
corner measure along Tecumseh Avenue
thirty eight (3S) feet thence following
curve having n forty-ive (4Jl foot
radius NJ tangent 20 said curve on the
Easterly side passing through the North
east corner gives the South and East
boundaries Of said lot
Said sale will be made subject to the
approval Of said court, and on the follow
ing terms and conditions: At least one
South Bend news-times., 1919-10-31

Notice is hereby given that by virtue
Of an order OF the st. Joseph County
Circuit Court, the undersigned. guard
ian Of Audrea June Nye Minor, will, at
the offices Of Deahl and Deahl, suite
40 ! VI. s. Building. in the City Of
South BEND. Indiana. on Saturday the
eighth dav Of November. 1919, at the
hour Of nine o'clock A. VI. offer at pub
lie sale for not less than two -thirdG OF It's
appraised value, an undivided one half
OF certain real estate. belonging TO said
minor, described as follows tO-wit:
Lot No 334 in H'llcrest Addition 10
Navarro Place an addition 10 South Bend.
Indiana. being more particularly de-
scrlbed as follows:
Lot No 3a4 of the general addition Of
Navarro Place, namely the Northwest
corrBnr Of said Lot No. 334 is located by
measuring ninety-siX (9G) feet North
South Bend news-times., 1919-10-31

third Of the purchase money cash in hand
and the balance in two equal install
ments. payable respectively six and
twelve months from day Of sale. such
deferred payments TO be evidenced by
notes Of the purchaser bearing interest
at the rate Of seven (7 per cent per
annum, from their date, waiving relief
providing for attorneys fees, and secured
by mortgage on the real estate sold or
by good freehold surety. and subject 10
a first mortgage on said property in the
sum OF eighteen hundred fifty (1SJOl
Dollars. street assessments and taxes for
year 1919 payable In 1920.
Dated October 27th, 1919.
JOSEPHINE !. NYE, Guardian.
Oct. 2S-31- Nov.
South Bend news-times., 1919-10-31
ACCUSE HUN OFFICERS
OF FOOD TRAFFICKING

BERLIN, Oct 31.-While the
people OF Neukoe1in, one Of the,l
South Bend news-times., 1919-10-31
BUSINESS

Copyright, 1919. bv Newspaper Feature
Service, Incl
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-28
MURDERED WoMAN'S
KIN VIEW CLOSING
ACT or RETRIBUTIoN
Fathers 81 Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Are
Among Those who See snowdeR
Pay Life For Daughters Death

Both the father Of Mrs Lottie May
Brandon, who met her death At the
hands of John snowden, and the father
a the woman's husband saw the col
orad man executed this morning The
two men were the first to be allowed
b pass through the rows 81 cells and
select place from which they could
see the condemned man die.
They selected window just to the
left OF the scaffold whera hey could
watch every moye d. the preparations
Both men remained st the jail through
out the long night.
Neither made any comment on the
troduced to nearly dozen newspaper
trend Of events although they were In
reporters and correspondents They
we're talkatiye but avoided the sub
Iect og the aaurder and hanging.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-28
FASHE)NBBY Y DRESSED
WOMEN MORBID AS men
Stylishly Attired Ladies Ask Per.
mission TO See Colored Man
Executed This Morning
PERMISSION NOT GIVEN

The arrival of Two fash'nnably
gowned and handsome women, accom-
panied BY male escorts. at the doors
oF the county iail long before the flrsi
streaka Of dawn had appeared In the
sky and seeking admission 10 Wit
ness the execution os John Snowden
proved the only untowafd incident OF
the long night vigil Of the guards
We want 10 see the hanging spoke
one of the Young women The quar-
tai was told e.aphatic8lly that no w0-
men would BIZ permitted 10 see the
execution under any circumstances
They argued loud and long but finally
took their place esids q large auto
mol.If narKaG Just opposite the Jail
and hsre II remained until after
nov den hid lleen put 10 desth.
III II believed the women came from
l5al mora They were attirct IN
costly furs but despite their season
able dress were chilled through long
before the execution
So far as could be learned TIE wo
men end their escorts were tha onls
encs who applied FOR admission taat
did not carry permits signed ty tae
sherif
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-28
CONSUMERS COMPLAIN
or SHORT WEIGHTS BY
LOCAL FOOD DEALERS
inquiry Brings Statement From Deal.
ers That Scales Are Ae0rding 10
tseyernmens Regulations

During the past week complaint has
come To Mayor Strange of the short
weight and measure Is some of the
local merchants
Among the coInpiainanta Is a lady
who lives in the northeastern section
or the city. and who placed her cnrn-
plant Of shQrt weight on twO occas-
ions before The mayor asking that the
city take II up and that there e some
redress on one occasion she said In
the purchase Of an article OF food. In
d pound there were three ounces
short. and on another occasion Iii
three pounds there was q half pound
short weight She declared she had
the goods weighed on two or three
separate scales, and on all Of them the
weight was short.
The dealer who sold the goods
claimed, when inquiry was made, that
his scales were the proper ones iliat
this apparently does not satisfy the
consumer. who made the complaint To
Mayor Strange
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-28
NOW
HAVE FIRE APPARATUS

Having their request % the city for
ei the West Annapolis Fire conpan.
sent delegation over on "Wednesday "
night TO take the apparatus 70 IT'S nea
quarters IN thst thrifty progressive
saburb
A acommittee of tweaty ty-esglf men
headed BY Foreman Jones of the West
Annapolis fire company. can lver for
.tae piece Of IRE apparatus ami pulled
Il back to the viliage, q distance Of
over a mile
The apparatus consists Of the old
hook and ladder used By the city vol
inter firemen. before the new ana
b ore inoaern hook and ladder wagon
Nas purchased for the local fIre d.
artyneuf
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-28
SNOWDEN Goes TO DEATH
WITH A SONG On HIS LIPS.
Convicted MURDERER or LoTrIE May BRANDON
ExpIhTEs CRIME ON GALLoWs SHORTLY
AFTER SUNRISE THIS MORNING

his legs together and the moose and
shroud were slipped over his head and
neck No sooner had tke shrond Gov
cred his features titan the signal was
dashed To sEer.H Iooerh II. BELLS and
he pulled the lever releaaing the trap.
Said RAady Te Die
snowden declared he was unasraid
TO die when he parted with the sherif
and expressed the wish that he might
meet him irS heaven. Asked IL lae had
anything To aRy t3 newspaper report
IRA and correspondents early this
morning be said he had given a state
ment to Georgia Bosten, one Of his
staunch friends. 70 be given out after
his death He declined 10 speak with
the newspaper men
Georgia Bosten said later that she
had prepared the statement for Snow
den and that he l1ad signed IL Il DIFF
fers In but few respects from state
nlent issued some time ago By the
condemned man In that u was an emf
phatic proteatation ol innocence oi
the crime for which he was hanged
Expected 10 BE III Heasen
gnowden'a last night did moi differ
la any way fFoJu any other OF his life
since lie had been incarcerated ne
received d farewell visit from his sis
Ter ii the afternoon and they said
their goodhges without apparent
smotien. Later to Sheriff Beliis.
snowden said, Tomorrow afternoon
at this time XII be sitting in heaven.
He ale hearty supper and his band
ST singers together With Rev Holt re 81
mained with him until nearly 10
o'clock. Within twenty minutes after
they had departed. Edward n. Hugg
the death watch. reported that Snow
den was sleeping soundly and did not
awake until about o'clock when he
lighted q cighret and returned 70 his
cot. Tlae cold stump of the e.garet |
was still III his lips when he Was
awaIxoasA slpRsly hafoFe 10 e'oloak " 4
the retaFn pf the singers and his
spiritual adviser
Sang And Prayed TO Last
Their early morning songs noafed
through the crowded corridors OF the
jail and the stcntorlan voice of snow
den could be easily distinguished. The
praying and singing continued unin-
tarrnpted until the sheriff entered the
death cell to say that his time on earth /
had come.
There waa no hitch and no outbreak
OF any kind,
Probably tn all the history Uf Alary-
land n6 such elaborate arrangements /
have ever been formulated o'guaFan-
tee the keeping OF order for such an |
affalr. The city was practically indor
martial Law from , o'clock IL the
evening ON and will continue TO be
CONTINUED on Page Three.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-28
NO LACK OF MONEY
FOR SNoWDEN BURIAL

III letter To the Evening Capital
il Adams, undertaken who has
taken charge OF the body OF John
sn0wden. explain that there has
never been any lack OF funds with
which to provide the usual burial for
snowdcn The explanation II given
that this money has been ready nil the
time but that Il was deciIed to With
bold II until h was learned whether
or not Snowden world confess to the
crime ne was convicted Of The re-
port OF lack nf funds rs published
II the Capital Tuesday VAS received
from an authentic source. sherin Bel
rs himself stating that he had MT
been advised at that time that the
necessary funds would be Forthcoming
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-28
MACHINE GUN COMPANY
GUARD IN CHARGE OF
MILLIONAIRE OFFICER
Baltimore Company, Which Established
SEMI Martial Law, Commanded
By Lieut.. Robt. Garrett

First Lieutenant Robert Garrett.
who arrived here yesterday In COM
mand Of the machine gun company
from Baltimore and who played an
important part in the preparations to
maintain order Is a millionaire
One would not guess 70 see the first
lieutenant in action that he could write
his check for 4 sum IN seven figures.
Garrett does not shirk anything Ee-
cause Of his wealth and was glad to
respond when called upon to masn-
tain order here.
From the time the company arrived
until after the execution this morning
he remained up and atout all night,
iourneying from post 10 post at vari-
ous intervals to see how things were
going with his men