davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-06-27

A mi espalda, por encima de una cade-
ma de montes violetas, el MoncayO er-
gufa su cabeza blanca en- la Ultima cla-
ridad del dfa. FL tambidn, el tambien
sabe de las gestas de la raza. Ell tam
tambien lanz0 su grito en- la hora So
leInne del eo.ahate. Los, llanos Sc ex-
tendfan serenos,. mSjestuoses, empena-
chados de orgu1lo. ;No ,dieron ellos
10 mejor de la raZa?... Hizo hon-
bres y castillos para la eternidad, -.
Las fornas de la tarde Sc borraban
con la extinction de la luz sobre los
montes los llanos. Ia ciguefa tor
naba de su cacerfa, en- yuelo rapido,
a. la torre de la iglesia. OtHs torres
Sc apagaban en- los hcrizontes. Por
lor caminos regresaban rebai1os de
oyejas blancas Y negras. Voees Y rui-
dos conmovfan el aire Gle la talSle mo-
ribunda. Surgi6 la cabalgata de nu-
gbes que anuncia la nOche. Sc encen-
dieron las primeras 5estrellas. Yo-
mi espfritu habfa encendido la ldmpa-
IA de les romances Y descendfa a las
-cavernas del pasado para embriasar-
Sc con les aromas de los bellos libros
antiques que nos hablan de cosas gram
des, s,-yo buseaba el camino mas lar
go para regresar a casa hilandO ell in
terninable hilo de mis- sue1os.
E. RiberG Cheurem0Et.
Aldeanueva de Ebro. (Rioja,)
~ q. LOS historiadores arabes, Sc
gdn Madrazo,, reclaman para clos In
gloria de haber derrotado la retaguar-
dia del ejercito de 5Carlomagno, en-
! Roncesvalles.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-06-27

cion al reves. Y van, Sobre todo,
nutrir la curiosidad, de America, dom
de los lectores espaiioles, pobres emf
grados que adoran a su perdida Pa
tria, solo reciben esaS noticiaS amar-
gantes y deprimentes, y donde ell pG..
blico criollo, leyendoa las tristes nueyas
de Espafia, tiene con placer o con dis
gusto que reconocer que Espafia, en-
efecto, no ACADIA de entrar en- ell ca
n1ino de la felicidad. Y mientras tan
to. las gentes de otros pueblos euro
peos que son nuestros rivales con-
tradictores en- America ,se frotan las
manos de gusto.
"A mf me ha sucedido Hegar Bue-
NOS Aires cuando una paz NAL asenta-
da y una economic maltrecha mante-
'nfan a Francia en- una situaci6n an
sgustiosa Y al misino tempo que en-
Italia, much0 antes de la reacci6n fa-
,cista, los comunistas extendfan el te-
rror por las regiones y llegaban a es-
ItabIecer el poder soyietico en- algunas
'cindades En- Espafia habfa tai vez
una crisis ministerial Y unos atenta-
dos sindicaIistas. Pues, pesar de In
Eenorme diferencia de las situaciones,
10 tlnico que resaltaba con- caracteres
tragicos era la desesperada vida espa-
fiola. Todos yenfan a decirme compa-
sivamente: .iPobre Espafia, digna de
mejor suerte. !"
X es que Ia noticiaN tiene I'm valor
de arte que aquf todavfa no Sc ha
querido comprender. Los pueblos in
teligentes, astutos, saben bien que hay
muchas maneras de referir los he
chos. Saben que la propaganda priva
EN- la vida moderna, y que hay que
Icuidar ante todo de que la opinion
de los dennis no calga como una SOM
bra sobre nuestro pals: Todas las
existencias de la Patria estan COM
|pfdmetidas en- este caso !; del arte que
pongamos EN- cultivar la opinion de-
penden, no solo nuestro orgullo, sino
'el valor de nucstras mercaderias, q
de ,nuestros libros, cl de nuestras
ideas. I'm pueblo indefepso, maltrata-
do, descuidado, Sc desvalorisa como
una cosa mostrenca que nadie estima,
y todo cuanto produce, 10 ideal como
10 material, Sc We obligad0 darlo a
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-06-27

sos, Sc apresurara a armarse a su
yez.
Pues bien; el mundo esta lIeno de
Ipacionalismosl irritados,. exaltados, Y
esta es La hora que escoge Espana pa
gra mostrarse las gentes adornada con
la mas candorosa de las tibiezas ma
-cionalistas. Ell mundo vibra de ambi-
clones, de recelos, de ansias de domina-
.eion; las propagandas de los Estados.
lorganizadas sistematicamente, traba-
jan con una inteligencia un ardor
que admiran; y entretanto, Espafia,
como 81 NADIA estuviese ocurriendo en-
,el mundo, Sc abandona indefensa en-
medic de las furias universities.
Lo que hace Espafia con la adminis-
TRACTION de sus valores noticiosos, tanto
los atlversos como los aciagos, es al
go que asombra y entristece. Dejar.
que esos valores. noticiosos salgan al
mundo y sean explotados libremente
por quienquiera-y comoauiera, supone
una ignoraneia gruesa del tono de les
tiempos una objectionable frivoli-
dad. Hoy no Sc estila ESQ. Hoy no
Sc puede hacer ESQ. sMenos adn piie-
de permitirse esa libertad una naci6n
que tiene contrafdas obligaciones mos
Ealess tan serias como la de ganar ell
coraz6n ysla yoluntad de los numero-
SOS pueblos que hablan SUI mismo iIio-
ma. s,
Es ciertoa que. por desgracia5 los
espaholes de Ia hora
presente no SON 1nuy halagiiefos, y
las noticias adversasI
conunicables suelen ser en- mayor nj
Nero que las 6ptiinas. Pero las Co
sas no ocuFren en- otras parties mueho
mejor, y son raros los pueblos don'fs
no abnnden mas las noticias pesimis.
tas que las plausibles En- ninguna'
parte, sin embargo, Sc dan con tmto
candor como entire nosotr0s a Id avi-
dez del pdblico universal preferente-
mente las noticias pesimas.
este es 10 que ocurre aqui. Gra-
Gins 4 un sentido anticuado y bufdo
del periodisnno, Sc enticnte que al pd-
bIico hay que seryirle precisamente las
noticias amargantes y catastroiicas,
las que desconsuelan y alarman, las
que deprimen. Pero no habiendo adua
ms para las noticias, como las hay
.ei todas parties salen q recotrer 81
.anade !!! con &! mIs4Q senildQ Dc eslee-
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-06-27

Lopez, Cuevas Zequeira v Martinez
Davila. Luego Cuevas y Martinez
Nadal. "a. IS.
Alrededor del 119, Martinez Davila,
-en contra del pago de derechos 0
costas. Cuevas Zequeira que Ell "Bill''
tiene cosas buenas y otras que mo- 10
son tanto, pero que no es nalo; Igle-
sias recuerda el papel sellado de Es-
pafia v dice que es una. Ley de arbi-
trios para la Corte Suprema,-(para
ingreso en- el Tesoro, dice Hernandez
L6pez)--y dice que debe cobrarse al
que pierda. 5 minutes para redactar
la enmienda. -
Iglesias, Martinez Davila v BARGE
10 en- grupo. Hernandez Lopez, Ra-
mirez Miranda. SEnmienda del
azdcar?
Circula Ia noticia de que el nombra-
miento del Juez senior Diaz Cintr6n,
para Ponce, ha sido enyiadosal Senado.
I'm receso. Tous y Soto llega al
salon. Pasan los 5 minutes del rece-
so el Presidente no aparece v siguen
hasta mas de 20sy mas. ~
Camunas, Cintron, Lastra y Nom
taner, Cintr6n, Lastra, Montaner y
Canlun9s, Montaner, Camufas y Gin
tron Lastra. +
Los productores de azlcar estan
conferenciando con la representation
del Senado respecto del inpuesto al
az1car.
A las 6.15 en- session. AL entrar ell
Presidente lie dice al Senador socialis-
ia que hay que eliminar la ennaienda
respecto del azdcar Ell representante
socialista no dice NADIA.
Garc6 Ducos habla del 119 y hace
,presente que tiene algunas enmiendas
que hacer.
Ell Senador Benftez tiene preparada
una mocion nluy breve, ,oponiendose a
la contribution para el azucar sobre
Ia base de que no Sc le ha dado los
rnunicipios y que hay muchas -Centra-
les en- administration Judicial v otras
que no han tenido ganancias.
Sc bromea alrededor del 119 y Ell
vicepresidente Hernandez Lopez toma
con calor el Proyecto u hace para
fos sosteniendo EN- debate con Mar
tfraz nSvila-n,1o &c i,,efo IL A. Ia
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-06-27
MERCADO AZUCARERO
information suministrada pOr la Aso-
ciaci6n de ProductOres de Azlcar
de Puerto Rico.

New York, martes 26, 1900 M
lMercado fiojo Y de tono mas facil.
Los tenedores probablemente harlan
concesiones. ~G
New York, martes 26, 500 P. M
Sc han vendido 10000 sacos de Cuba
para embarque en- julio $51s ($7.28)
a Henderson Sugar Refining Compa-
ny. Especulado Sc ofrecen az1car de
Cuba a $5h ($7.2S). Mereado debil.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-06-27
EN- EL SENADO De PUERTO RICO
continuation de la pag. u.

continuation de la pag. d.,
de cinco millones de dollars en- pro-
yecto.s
\ A las, $40 nalletazo y estan casi
completos.
P. del S. mo. 80. Martinez Nadal
explica el Proyecto. Reforma en- las
disposiciones para :herencia de nietos
y demas descendientes legitimos los
nietos v demas descendientes natura-
les, etc.
s Martinez Daviia, tambien de acuer-
do aclarando mas ell Proyecto y el Sc
ilador Cuevas Zequeira que era un
tanto contrario variar la norma de
antique establecida en- ese respecto, y
da razones para mantener su opinion.
Con el veto en- contra del Senador Cue
vas Zequeira.
P. del S. No. 81. Correlativo al an
terror. Aprobado.
El Representante Sr. Arizona Siaca
conferencia con Ell Senador Sr. Ra-
mfrez. 51g4s 43s5
Martinez Davila, argumenta en- fa-
vor de uno de sus proyectos de Ley
para carreteras en- La region de, Qua
yana. Ell Municipio v el Riego con-
tribuyen con las dos terceras parties
del costo. Tdnel relacionado con la
carretera. Aprobado. A empalmar
Non la de San Lorenzo a Patillas. Au-
mento caudal de aguas.
Ell Senador Igiesias nos entrega la
siguiente copia diciendonos.
Aquf tienes la famosa enmienda
de IA "garata1 de las 8 de la madru-
gada.
"Azlcar: Sobre todo quintal de azti-
car que Sc produzca, fabrique, venda
consuma en- Puerto Rico, Sc paga-
ran los siguientes impuestos:
~ centavos por quintal, cuando el
precio de venta ensel mercado Nueya
York sea $500 . mas y no llegue a
$500.
"a centavos por quintal cuando di-
cho precio sea el de cinco ($5.00) o
mas v no llegue 4 $500.
g centavos por quintal, cuando di-
cho precio sea Ell de $500 so mas y no
llegue a $500.
e centavos por quintal, cuando di-
cho precio. sea el de $500 Q mas y no
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-06-27

PARA FL DR.. COLL Y TOSTE

! Ell senior Sandoval era un hombre
FARO e interesante. LIE conoci en- uno
de mis- freeuentes viajes la PENN
isula hace algunos amos. Indicaba fri
-sar EN- los sesenta amos por la aspe-
reza de su4 n1anos y 10 curtido de su
piel, revelaba estar hecho las rudas
.faenas del campo, no obstante su aei-
calado e inlpecable modo de vestir.
LIE acompanaba un jovencito, aun de
pantalon corto, de tez morena, her.
moso y rizado cabello y porte distin-
guido, quien aquel parecfa demos
trar elspufo afecto,y solicito cuidado
de PADRE. Muy pocas veces Sc vefa
al Sr. Sandoval en- ell hall y ESQ siem-
pre- adusto y reservado. Esa facil re-
lacion Y casi familiaridad que Sc esta3
iblezcen entire los que viajan juntos a
bordo, resultantes tai vez del peligro
.com1n, no ,existfan para el. Diriase
que una incurable dolencia lainaba su
,organismo o una gran desgracia, de
esas desgracias que agrian para STEM
pre- Ell caracter de un honlbre, habfa
:clavado su CARA en- 10 mas sensible
de su alma. Tai era su semblante.
Realmente, aquel hombre Sc me ha-
cia interesante v me interesaba y me
inquietaba un vivo deseo de conocer.
ell secreto de su vida. Inaccessible! al
trato, que el sienpre esquivaba, no
Megaba para mi la deseada oportuni-
dad de frnele alma adentro. Por fin
una noche de luna 10 tuve mano en-
la cubierta del buque ys'tras un ligero.
saludo y una exclamation ponderando
la belleza de Ia noche, logre entrar en-
conversation con nuestro honbre.
Mostrenne desde un principle cortes "
afectloso y al fin enpece a saber que.
aunque de padres espanoles, habfa ma
cido en- Puerto Rico y residido la ma
yor parte de su vita en- el barrio Ta-
mama de la jurisdiction de Arecibo.
De su amena conversation deduje
que era hombre 1efdo y nanejaba con
bastante propiedad el idioma. Muy
pocos dias despues de la gran desgra-
cia deeia me aleje de aquella co.
1narca y no he vuelto. No he querido
volver aquellos sitios. -Estas dlti-
mas palabras las pronunciaba con un5
profundo dejo de arnargura.
Comprendiendo entonces que llega-
ba para mi Ell supreme instante desea-
do, le interrogue 81 podrfa saberse
cual era la gran desgracia a que Sc
referfa. Vaya que ST hombre me
contesto- I'd. como todos en- aquell
pals Ia conocen, ;Quien ha olvidadc
en- Puerto Rico los sestragos del cicl6n
de San Ciriaco; sobre todo,a los de- la
noche aquelIa cuyo recuerdo. aun sc
ciernetsobre miSespiritu como una ho-
rrenda pesadilla? 's
mo quisiera-7le die obligarle
evoear v sin darme tempo a ter
minar, continue mo Sc inquiete I'D;
no deja de ser i'm desahogo para el
pecho esq de narrar las propias des-
gracias a quien sabe entenderlas.
-Pues bien, amigo mic, continu6
el senor Sandoval- como recordara
usted, el temporal fue de una inten-
sidad horrible. 70 viva con mi fa-
lmilia formada por mi esposa v mi
hiiosde dos amos. 4 Ii lnargen derecha.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-06-27
SUPERFICIES

que adolece ell teatro espailol contem-
poraneo.. Pero en- un artfculo de Pc
ri6dico solo pueden apuntarse las CO.
sas. Aprlntadas quedan. ...-.
ST anteanoche, Ell ell escenario del
"Olimpo'', seguido de "Cobardfas'' Sc
hubiera representado LA loca de la
casa, .el pdblico hubiese podido juz-
gar del gran espacio que separa, en- la
escala de loc yalores zool6gicos, un
aguila-don Benito Perez Gald6s- de
una tortuga. -sa
FigdriHO.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-06-27

AGeee, T1as 1Gnpe faderaIsske haacE
a eIo Una
snombred ehsm
Jane de ChcagCe Beaux
d CeC borgiu-
a Cmtod1 1rira eaudhnte
historic de New
CaryT
ecnoma domesic IA
e eCnehy hato suhora New York -
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
WHY
Shortening" IL Used When
Baking Delicacies

Micro-chemical analysis Of q sugar
cookie was made recently by wasn-
lngton Plat and r. s. Fleming Of
Syracuse. N. Y. before the American
Chemical society In an explanation Of
why shortening shortens. We read
In Science Services News Bulletin:
"While sugar cookies and other
baked products using fats and fixed
oils as shortening have been made In
kitchens since the memory Of man rum
meth not to the contrary, no ex-
PLANTATION has previously been put for
ward to account for their action or the
difference between the power of diff
felent fats. Describing this delicious
morsel. these chemists say: "A cookie
il seen to be essentially a mass of
gluten and starch, soaked In a concen-
trated sugar solution. Shortening IL
the only material in dough not soluble
In water or wetted by 1t. Shortening
brings about Its effects by extending
throughout the dough or cake In lay
ers which separate the particles from
one another and prevent the formation
Of continuous solid mass The fat
may be seen microscopically In the
dough or cake, extending In films
around the starch grains."-From the
Literary Digest.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
CATARRH

CatAssA = . Local disease greatly In
ansnced by Constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE con.
elste Of An Ointment which gives Quicf
Relief by local application. ana I.
through the Blood on tho Mucous Sur
f.eee and assists In Riding your system
ct CAtarrh.
Qeld 81 druegists for over 10 Years.
J. Cheney . Co., Toledo, o.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
How Pullman Care Ar. Named.

There Is legend which 1t is hard to
down that Pullman cars are named by
q member Of the Pullman family for
IS apiece. This may have been the
case In the early days but not In our
time. The Pullman company has Just
made public some Of the details Of
their system In the Pullman Bulletin.
Sequence 10 the system. One name
suggests another. Thus: Ruth and
Naomi, Venus and Adonis, Dewey and
Manila. The first picked was Biblical.
Next came someone with classical
thought. Helen and Paris. Also Tro-
Jan, Ilion, Achilles. Hector. Ajax, Mes
tor. Ulysses and Penelope. Then
comes selections from Dickens char
acters; Kipling and his works; Walter
SCOTS characters; Indian names; Ire
land and its counties; King Arthur and
the Round Table knighta To excite
the palates Of those who regret the
passage Of the Eighteenth amendment
there are the cars Bourbon, Ryegats.
Gordon. Manhattan, Noselle, Burgun-
dy, Tokay. Yvette, Cohasset. Scotland
and Bacchante. Hope IL seen In the
Wetmore, but there II also Aqua and
Temperance-Scienti American.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
TAKE GOOD CARE OF HANDS
Why Card sharps Take Infinite Pains
to Keep Their Fingers Soft
and Sensitive.

When a passenger uses In his cabin
q kettle with funnel on the spout
know that he Ii either an invalid or
a card sharper. Invalids use this ap-
paratus for their chests and sharpers
treat their finger tips thus.
There has just died a card player
Of international reputation. The last
time / saw him-that was just before
the transatlantic lines refused, SO to
speak, to serve hlm-he was sitting
before a fire at a big London hotel.
On the fire was q kettle with a steam
ing funnel and he was applying pum-
Ice stone to the tips OF his fingers.
He had the most delicate fingers In
the world. His gloves, which he al
ways wore when he was not playing
cards, were specially made for him
and lined with the softsst down. The
pumice stone removed supsrfuous skin
from his finger tips. It was said that
his fingers were 30 sensitive that he
could distinguish by feeling the under
side Of q card as he held It face down
wards whether 1t was q court card, an
ace. or an ordinary card.-A Ships
Purser, In the Continental Edition Of
the London Mall.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
MURDERED, BODY
THROWN IN WELL

Thomas Gilroy, a miner employed
at intervals in this district for al
most twenty years, was murdered in
White River Valley about ten days
ago and his body thrown in a we'll.
Saturday, September 1, his bloody
coat was found in an old tent by
Ollie Turner, and Tuesday the body
was found. Across a little canyon
from the tent, $50 yards away, is
the well, it being used at times by
various stockmen for watering their
herds. Mr.. Turner had gone there
to see about rigging up the pump
for early use. First visiting the tent
and finding the coat, his curiosity
was aroused by the blood upoon it,
following which he saw some blood
spots on the ground in the tent.
Later he observed a larger blood
clot on the ground near the well.
Tuesday his brother, William Tur-
ner brought the coat to town, deliv-
ering it to Shehiff Nicholson. Mean
while Attorney C.. E. Handwright,
while driving in from that direc-
ton on the Midland trail, overlook
a young man giving his name as
Jack Williams, and gave him a ride
into town. This information being
conveyed to the sheriff, Mr.. Hand
wright and Deputies Morris and
William Fuller went out to the
place to investigate.
The well was descended and the
body found on the surface of the
water. In the fall one arm had
caught over timber at the surface
Of the water and otherwise the
body was submerged.
1t was not removed at the time
that phase of the affair not having
been prepared for. The next day
Mr.. Nicholson returned there ac-
companied by Coroner Dan C. Nc
Donald and Earl Marriott of the
Wilson-Bates undertaking establish
ment.
When the body was hoisted from
the well it proved that the throat
had been cut, almost severing the
head. On one side of the neck was
couple of stabs separate from the
main cash. On the other was the cut
that caused death, being long and
deep.
Brought to town the body was
viewed by jury empaneled by the
coroner, but a verdict was withheld
waiting the securing of further evil
dence.-White Pine News.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
Why Demand for Copper !. Glow.

Division of practically all the cop
per Of the world for war uses four
years ago resulted In the use Of sub
stitutes In the place Of copper for
many purposes, and the Copper and
Ri Research association IL now
n.Aing a strenuous effort to restore
the use Of copper, whore It has been
displaced by iron and steel, according
to a story In the Annalist Of New
York. which gives many instances Of
the substitutions for copper that have
occurred. This situation, together
with the fact that enormous stocks Of
copper were in sight at the end Of the
war. explains why the copper indus
try has made such slow recovery. even
four years after the war ended.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
why Writing Was Blurred.

As In many large Offices. there II in
Blank 4 Co.'s establishment a man
told Off to attend to the telephone
He writes ON a slate any messages
that arrive for absent members Of the
firm.
One OF the partners was puzzled by
an inscription on the slate, and. call
ing the attendant, he said:
"Smifkins, what on earth is thisf
can't read a word Of 1t. What ID the
good of scribblIng stun on the slate II
people can't read ltw
swell. SIR" said Smifkins. apollo
getically, "the wire was 20 indistinct."
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
MINING REMAINS ACTIVE
REPORTS JOHN MILLER

Il am giving all my time to min
ing and have interested New York
capital in the original Lucky Boy
and adjoining property and have
started work on a fiotation mill
which will cost between $780, 900 and
$8O,OOO," says John Miller of Haw-
thorne, in the Tonopah Bonanza.
Mr.. Miller says that mining condi-
tions in Mineral county are looking
up and he predicts great develop
ments there within the next year.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
BITS
IN SMALL CHUNKS.

The largest alligator in captivity
is thought to be several hundred
years old. 1t weighs 1,400 pounds
and is thirteen and a half feet in
length. The age is determined by
the width of the nose between the
eye teeth. After the reptile is ten
feet long, the nose widens one-quar-
ter of an inch for each fifty years
the alligator lives. The average
adult weighing about 1000 pounds
will yield approximately one and
one-half gallons of alligator oil and
valuable hide, which, when tanned,
weighs from thirty-fve to forty
pounds.
A prominent Paris daily paper,
deploring the corruption of mascu-
line styles and behavior by Ameri-
cans in Paris, says that although
Britishers in Paris "remain gentle
men, with waistcoats and yellow
kids, many Frenchmen follow the
lead of Americans who have left
their vests in New York, their gloves
in Washington, and arrive with max
ed hands and floating cravats."
Motor cars belonging to the King
Of England have no number plate.
When His Majesty is on a ceremon-
ial tour throughout his domain his
car is distinguished by the royal
standard badge which is fixed in
front. This badge is superseded by
a small blue light on the canopy
above the chauffeur's head at night
To keep the Central American
Republics-Costa Rica, Guatemala,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, San
Sa'vadore-members Of the League
Of Nations, reduced annual dues
will be allowed them. Not one of
these nations has paid its annual
dues to the League since becoming
member. They claim their assess
ments are too high.
Prince Obolensky, a former mil
lionaire cousin of the assassinated
Gear of Russia, is commissioner of
agriculture for all Russia and is
successfully spreading the gospel of
work in an effort to reconstruct the
country. Farmers will carry on ne
gotiations with the government on
a basis Of wheat instead of a gold
basis. The commissioner believes
that the coming wheat crop will
provide at least $50, 100000 rubles'
worth Of wheat, and although Ger
many has tried to purchase the en-
ire output, Moscow officials say
they will hold out for higher bids
from France and other nations.
The Roosevelt Newsboys' Associa-
lion of Boston has started a move
ment to have every newsboy in the
country contribute one cent to col
lection of pennies to be melted
down and made into a miniature re-
production Of Laddie Boy, former
President Harding's famous dog.
The statuette is to be presented to
Mrs. Harding.
Chicago is only twenty-eight per
cent American" in the stictest
sense of the word. The statistics
collected by the Chicago association
Of commerce show that seventy-two
per cent Of the population, or ,947,-
376 persons, are of foreign birth or
parentage. The federal census
classes persons born in this country
as Americans, but the association of
commerce made a finer distinction.
Less than twenty-five per cent of
the white population of Chicago are
Americans" as classed by the asso-
citation of commerce.
An acre burial plot near Lancas-
ter, Ohio, was bequeaathed by Nath-
ANAL Wilson 100 years ago to Presi-
dent Andrew Jackson as a burial
place and to his successors in the