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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-10-04
cRoNIcAs DE GAMBIA
Ell ARTE PIRoTECNICo

Una de las principales manlfeSta=io-
mes de la l.rica galaicoportug,,.5a
quizas la mas pura de todas, es Ia
p-rotecnia Hay dos grandes clsses de
pirotecnia: la diurna Y la noctGrna;
pero la diurna, sin perder poc CON-
pleto su hricmo, Sc confunde TN poCc
con la Epica, Ruido. Humo, Ulor a
aznfre. Las bombas Suben zumbando,
muy derecha5 y muy de prisa como
81 tuv1esen ALA arriba un asunto urgen-
tlsimo que despachar. y de pronto--
iplnl ipan !-estallan Y dan el asun-
to por conclude. Todo aquel estrepi-
to no ha servido mas que para asus-
tar a alguna pobre codorniz; pero ell
p1blico ha experimentado una emocion
de caracter belico, y la cofradia orga-
nizadora de la fiesta da por muy bien
empieado el dinero que lie costo la
polvora
! Y va que hemos dividido la pirotec-
mia en- diurna nocturna, subdivida-
mos, la nocturna en- grande y peque-
ma. Por pequena entenderemos,
los cohetes luminosos por grande la
de los barcos y los castillos de fuego
claro que en- pirotecnia no eHsten ar
qEitecturas feas, como 10 prueba ell
Palacio de Comunica aciones-esa monu-
mental imitacion en- piedra del cemen-
TO armado-que estaba hasta bonito,
con Illumination multicolor, el dia en-
/ que legaron Madrid los Reyes de
Italia; pero, a pesar de clio, yo con-
| fieso que la pirotecnia grande me re-
| srl1ta conlplicada y que prefiero La
pequena. Un cohete que sube que
Sc deshace en- luz es algo cuya belle
"a no podra superarse nunca. Sus es-
trellitas de mentira, fernando sobre
hacen palidecer a las estreIlas reales,
y aquello es como un firmamento al
alcance de la mano. La astronomia
pasa por una gran ciencia; pero, como
tai ciencia, al acercar ell cielo nos
otros, lie va quitando toda SUI poesia
La pirotecnia, en- cambio, es un gran
arte que, ST no nos aproxima verdade-
ramente al cielo, nos pone en- contacto
directo con la idea que nosotros tene-
mos de el
SKne 1sesazss Ess<2sz iPNsFEFxz-s'S
Ya 10 creo que es un gran arte la
pequefia pirotecnia! Sc habla de La
mdsica como de un aire esencialmente
espiritual, porque es Ell que utiliza
una materia menos concreta en- sus ma
nifestaciones; pero yo me atreveria a
afirmar que no eMste arte mas pro-
p6sito para refejar nuestros estados
de amino que ell arte pirotecnico. Ac-
81 Sc sirve para su expression de otro
que ell de los cohetes, va con
silbido bien sin el, La pirotecnia
horece en- todas las romerias, con gran
embeleso de los campesinos En-
beleso, por 10 demas, que no puede
ocasionar dailo alguno, 81 bien no falta
quien 10 condene por fulfil. 6F1ti1? !
iAcaso es menos fGtil embelesarse
oyendo discursos?
En- tltimo t6rmino, siempre sera |
forzoso reconocer que la pirotecnia,
aunque deslumbre, no engafia. Des-
Iumbra por deslumbrar, va que tai es
su objeto, no deslumbr9 para con-
seguir, pongamos por case, una re-
presentation politica.
Y, ademas, deslumbra con luz no
con lugareS comunes
Julio GAMBIA.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-10-04

El pue bio de Puerto Rico pos"c 132,
395, ,082 cuerdas de terreno, de la9 clia
les tiene arrendadas 5,000 aprox;mad; =
mente, y cedidas para fines horest lies,
25. 600, quedando 400, 900 cuerdas d.
ponibles, que .es la intencion, tanto es
tas fincas como las que estan arrenda-
das, a nedida que vayan venciendose
los contratos, venderlas en- pequenas
parcelas en- la forma va descrita.
En- nUestro libro Eel Problema Obre
ro de Puerto Rico, atacamos los lati-
fundios ell absentismo, como males
que afectan de una manera directa ell
desenvolvimiento economico de Puerto
Rico. No somos sospechosos en- cuanto
nuestra actitud al estudiar estos pro-
blemas.
No cbstante este, no podemos caer
en- brazos de la inercia porque la iner
cia es II muerte De 2086, ,262 acres de
terreno que es el area de que esta CON-
puesta nuestra isla, 244, ,180 acres Sc
dedican la cana, qne es nUestro prin-
cipal producto, mientras que a paste
Sc dedican 1,065,564 acres, cuando solo
tenemoc 1914, ,075 cabezas de ganados de
las dist:ntas especies, y es suficiente
con scres cultivados de paste para
sostener una cabeza de ganado, 10 que
demuestra qre Ell terreno dedicado a
paste pudiera cultivarse en- un 50o5
de frutos memories, aumentando la pro-
duccion, hacienda la vida mas barata,
impidiendo que Sc importer articu
los qre podemos producer en- abundan-
cia para evitar de ese modo, la ausen- |
cia de nuestro dinero.
En- cuanto a la vivienda de los cam
peslnos, es seguro que todaS las caSas
en- todoe los distritos de Puerto Rico.
Sc comporen de dos habitaciones: sala
y comeicr; que las hijas mujeres duer
men EN- el aposento con ell matrimonio,
que los varones duermen en-
la sala, y este es un NAL que nosotros
en- la obligation de hacer TODD
cuanto este nlestro alcance por COM
batirlo.
ST e. senor Collado Martell supiera
10 barato que es para un campesino
hacer uea casa o aumentarle una habi-
tacion co daria perfecta cuenta de que
nuestrss predicas no son puramente
teoricas academicas, sino que rueden
llevarse perfectamente a la practical;
todo es question de educaci6n, este
esta dedicado en- estos
creemos que tendra ext
to. Ell Negociado del Trabajo.
Tenemos que revolucionar ell caracter
y la ed"cacion de nuestro campesino,
70 con t9orias en- la prensa, nj discursos
on las tribunas sino uegando hasta
ellos, subiendo las mayores alturas,
y ALI ensenandoles cuales son los me
jores metodos de vida y tratando de
de que ellos deben vivir
de acuerdo con la civilization ell pro
greso a que ha uesado nuestro pals
en- este momento
Cuando ell campesino tenga una vi
sion mas clara de la vida civilizada;
cuando Ell Sc de cuenta de que es ne
cesario que Sc independice por ell uni
co medic que puede hacerlo, que es por
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-10-04


Caypy: Barrio Guavate, ii
Caguas Barrio Beatriz, 15
Bavamon: Barrio Guaraguao
Arriba,
Vega Baja: Barrio Pugnado
Afuera 119
Utuado: Barrio Cagrana y Ganta
Rosa, S6
En- diferentes parties de la isla, IL
Ademas, estan deslindadas por los
agrimensores y punto de ser repar
tidas, 371 parcelas con 1855 cuerdas
que son las siguienteS:
San Lorenzo: Barrio Espino
Caguas: Barrio San Salvador
YahUcoa: Barrio Guayabota
Pat.llas: Barrio Real
GUayama: Baprio Carits.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
INSANE ELOPER
ISSUED BY MATE
Attorney John F. Kuehnl
to Appear for Wife in
Court Monday.
HAVE TEN CHILDREN

Eloping from the Northern Hospital
for the Insane, where he had been COM
mitted as a patient, abandoning his
wife and 10 children here in kenosha,
is considered sufficient grounds by
Nancy LaMantia for suing for dl-
vorce from her husband Nicola.
The action for the wife has been
started by Attorney John F. Kuehnl,
1t is scheduled for trial in the NUM-
cipal court on Monday.
According to the complaint drawn
up by Attorney Kuehnl, the couple
were married in Italy on August 10,
1898. After arriving in the "land OF
promise" things went smoothly fore
time. But in 1918 the husband start
ed reign of terror in his home which
continued through the two following
years. On June 18th, 1920, Nicoli
knocked his wife down, kicked her in
the ribs, and peppered her with vile
epithets.
Has Mate Committed.
The attack, according to the story
of the wife, was as a. bolt from
clear sky. There had been no prelude
or argument leading to the battle. 1t
was then that she considered that her
husband was becoming mentally I'M
balanced. The following month she
had him examined and shortly after
this, acting on the report of the physi-
clans, the court ordered him committed
to the insane asylum.
Eluding the care of the attendants,
he managed to elope from the institu-
ton on July goth, 1922, with a woman
inmate The Kenosha county authori-
ties were Immediately notified and be-
gan fruitless search for him.
The wife has home here which
was purchased on land contract for
Sc, 800. There is balance due on the
property for about $4,000, it is stated.
There are ten children in the fam
lily. They are: Ida, % years old;
Anna, 20; JENNIE, 10; Josephine, 10;
James, Id; Mike, IL; Marie, 10; Mamie
8; Joe, 6, and Nancy, age three years.
The children are all living with the
mother. She asks for their custody
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
Police Asked to
Find Missing Man
Martin Houtekamer, Gone from Home
Since May Is, Described as
Sober Hard Working Man.

Mystery surrounds the disappearance
of Martin Houtekamer, 1850 Ann
street, who has been missing from his
home since May Is at p. M, accord
ing to report made to the police by
relative.
When Houtekawer left home he told
the family that he was going down to
zee doctor, giving the name or a
local physician. The family thought
little of it, because Houtekamer had
complained of a pain in his head, but
when he did not return the doctor
was called and it was found that no
visit had been paid by the man.
Houtekamer worked at Arnesson's
foundry and was described as a hard
working man and not one who indulg-
ed in Intoxicating liquor. He was a
good provider. his relative said, and
seemed sincerely attached to his wife
and five children.
1t is thought possible that he left
on impulse for California, where he
has a son, as he had several times an
nounced his desire to go there, and at
the time he left home, took some
money with him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
Lost Heat Costs
Millions Annually

Chicago.-An annual fuel tax of S45,-
100000 for the United States lis APP
proximately the price paid by home
owners and tenants for building stand
ards of the United States, which are
extravagant of fuel" according to a
survey completed here by the Bureau
of Industrial Research, which extended
into all parts of the country and in
which a number of state universities
co-operated.
What it describes as "the wasteful
standard of construction" will be
maintained in buildings to be erected
this year, the survey says, and adds
that this will add "many more mill
lions to the fuel tax and be passed
on to tenants in requirements for ex-
cessive rents to cover the fuel waste"
'The fuel consumed in 100000
homes of northern states is fully 80
per cent and probably so per cent
more than would be necessary If stand
ards were maintained in materials, y
the survey reports. ''The heat which
pours upward through the roof of
buildings in Chicago, New York and
every other large city where artificial
meat Is ICqul1Gu uuIluS pdTL VI tHS
year, represents wasted expenditure
Of fully a billion dollars every four
years, for 60 per cent of the heat pro-
duced by burning expensive fuel under
present conditions escapes through the
roofs. The time honored fallacy that
air spaces between roof and upper
ceiling serve to stop heat losses is
discredited.
"Owners of buildings have not been
taught that heat is transmitted
through lumber, brick and stone just
as it is through glass, but leDs rapid
ly. Many homes in America have a
fuel cost equal in period of % years
to the first COST
The survey proposes that all build
ings, large and small, be given a fuel
cost rating for the benefit of purchas-
ers and to encourage more permanent
construction.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
Kenosha Community Chest
Assured Success as Re-
suit of Campaign.
KENOSHA CARES AGAIN
Response from Public Most
Liberal - Final Reports
Not Yet Available.

Kenosha's Community Chest will be
filled for the year 1924.
This was the announcement made
this morning by those who were IN
charge of the campaign carried on
several weeks ago to raise funds for
the continuance of the community
chest movement for another year. 1t
was stated that final report could
not be made at this time and because
of that figures were not now available,
but that if the present indications
continue, there is little doubt but that
the campaign will go over the top.
This conclusion was reached at meet
ing of the campaign managers held on
Thursday after they had gone over the
incompleted returns which have been
turned over to the Office of the Keno
sha Community Chest association.
Campaign Is Continuing.
Owing to the very large number of
places to be solicited and the large
number of people to be reached, it Will
still take considerable time to com
plete thorough solicitation, making
it impossible at this time to tell the
exact amount of money which has
been subscribed. With the amount
that has already been turned in
coupled with an estimate of the
amount which will be pledged during
the remainder of the canvas, the com
mittee in charge of the campaign feel
sure that the desired amount will be
raised and that Kenosha's charitable,
philanthropic and welfare organiza
lions will be cared for for another
year.
"The response that has been made
by the public in general has been very
liberal" declared R. S. Kingsley, chair
man of the campaign and publicity
committee this morning. at shows
that the slogan of the campaign
"Kenosha Does Care"-was very
appropriate one.
Factory Subscriptions Larger.
The returns from the factories of
Kenosha show even a larger percent
age of subscribers than a year ago,
taking into consideration the number
of men now employed at the plants.
The returns ~frem the business and
professional men show almost one
hundred per cent.
A thorough check up will be con-
tinued throughout the year. 1t is
hoped that persons who nave not been
solicited through oversight, will not
wait to be called upon but will send
their pledges direct to the Community
Chest association at it's offees in the
new Schwartz building at the corner
of Wisconsin and Main streets.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
Long Illness Is
Ended By Death
Andrew Meyers, Sick for Many Years,
Died Friday Morning at
Madison Hospital.

Andrew Meyers, aged AS years, fol
many years a resident of Kenosha, died
Friday morning at Madison at hos
pital after an illness Of several years
duration. He had been critically i'll
for several weeks and death was not
unexpected.
The deceased was born in Paris, Ke-
nosha county, December rs, 1875, the
son Of the late Mr.. and Mrs, F. G.
Meyers. He had lived his younger
life in Kenosha county and later lived
in Kenosha and was widely known in
this community. The remains will be
brought to Kenosha today and be tax
en- to the home of his sister, Mrs.
Joseph Thomas, $50 Milwaukee ave-
nue..
Surviving the deceased are two
brothers, Frank and Charles Meyers
of Oakland, Calf, and one sister, Mrs.
Joseph. Thomas, of Kenosha.
The funeral service will be held on
Monday morning at nine o'clock at the
st. George church with interment fol-
lowing in the family plot in the st.
George cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
GENOA CITY.

A special health meeting will be
held at the school house Monday eve
ming, May 10, at 1880 o'clock. A spe-
cial invitation is extended to young
mothers.
The U. s. T. U. will meet at the home
Of Mrs. Ed. Davis Thursday, May %, at
$3.50 o'clock. A good attendance is
desired.
Mrs. Albert Follett and baby spent
Tuesday at Richmond with Mrs. Ernest
Snyder.
Mrs. George Cone and children and
Mrs. Frank Peacock were Burlington
callers Monday.
r. C. Holmes and e. Z. Williams
transacted business at Powers Lake
Wednesday.
Miss Violet Spencer is visiting her
sister Mrs. Carlton Fayee and family
at Michigan City.
Mrs. Sarah Deigman visited rela-
tives at Lake Geneva last week.
Rev. and Mrs. Dren attended the
funeral of friend at Milton Monday.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Carey, Mrs. NJ. C. Malm-
gren and Mrs. C. W. Malmgren and
children were Burlington callers Tues
day afternoon.
Mrs. Shomshak and son of Minnea-
polls are visiting in the John Reynolds
home.
Miss Rose Funk of Kenosha is spend
ing the week at the w. H, Miller home
on Mount Prairie.
Word was received this week of the
sudden death Of Mrs. ]. A. Yost at her
home in Omaha. Mrs. Yost was well
known here several years ago as Kitty
Wing.
Paul Saurs of SHADES Corners was
q Genoa caller Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Gleason spent
Thursday in Chicago,
Mrs. George Barrows and Mrs, L.
P. Mcdonald entertained the Dorcas
society at the home of the former
Wednesday afternoon,
Mrs. Andrew Gleason visited rela-
tiyes at SHADES Corners Tuesday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
MINT MACHINE
WINS ITS CASE
Jury in Court Decides in
Favor of Automatic
Salesman.
PLENTY PEPPERMINT
Case Is GeniaIly Tried and
Comes to an Amicable
End Friday.

Peppermint was in the air and pep
permint was passed around in justice
court Friday afternoon before Judge
Slater, as the prosecution went on in
the case of the state against Nick
Stsvrakas, charged with having set up
= his 7 lace gambling device.
l-tsO' :. Celvin Stewart told the
jury t. he had defended almost
eyeryJ.ii.s in his time from dog to a
herd o. elephants, but that it was the
first time he had come down into court
in defense of an inanimate machine.
Ralph Northam, owner Of the ma
chine in question. and representing
the o. D. Jennings company, manu-
facturer of the device as well as of
the peppefmints it contained, demon
strated the machine, and very soon
every one in the court room was eat
ing peppermints. The case had many
amusing aspects.
Was 1t Gambling Device?
The machine was one in which a
nirkle. is deposited, lever pulled and
a nickels worth of mint received by
the purchaser. On the affair are the
words ''automatic salesman" Attorney
sisted that the machine was simply a
quicker way of serving the public,
that it served like the government slot
machine that turns out stamps, only
he said in the case of the latter you
only get four cents worth of stamps
for a nickel,
But here was the rub: the purchaser
got nickel roll Of mint for his
money, but sometimes more. He could
tell by the indicator before he played,
whether or not he would get more. If
the little window in the machine said
o, he knew he would get nothing,
but if it read two, he would get two
n ore minis or ten cents in trade at
t.,e place in cigars or candy or what
he chose. This Stewart pointed out,
was merely modern advertising and
modern salemanship only encompass
ed in an inanimate thing instead of iE
a man behind a counter.
Buffaloed the Prosecutor.
District Attorney Morris Barnett,
while he privately admitted that he
could not make up his own mind as to
where the line was drawn, read in
prosecution of the case an opinion
from the. attorney general OF the
state, finding similar machine a
gambling device, inasmuch as the GUS
toner was taking chance.
"The machine offers an inducement
to the person to throw his nickels in,
by offering chance as to what he
may get" said Mr.. Barnett. "our laws
with relation to gambling are for the
purpose of protecting the weaker
adult mind, the child's mind, and to
save a nickel instead of squandering
it. We cannot question these laws, but
must accept them as our guidance in
this court room"
Mr.. Stewart wanted to know what
the Opinion of the attorney general
was worth anyway.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
Matt Johnson, Waukegan,
Tries Suicide on Farm
North of KenOsha.
HAD BEEN DRINKING
Man Had Raised a Furore at
Farmhouse After which He
Turns Gun on Himself.

After staging reign of terror for
more than half hour at the Hill home
on the Sheridan road, eight miles
south of Kenosha, during which time
he brandished a revolver and threat
ened the lives Of several others, Matt
johnson, aged forty, a Waukegan man,
turned the gun on himself Thursday
evening and twice shot himself in the
head in an effort to commit suicide.
Naithre bullet ended his life; he was
hurried to the Victory hospital IN
Waukegan where ne was still alive at
a late hour this afternoon but where
little hopes are held out for his
recovery.
Johnson is known to have been under
the influence of liquor and it is be-
lieved that he became temporarily
deranged resulting in the attempts to
end his own life.
Had Walked Into Home.
Johnson is workman in a Wauke-
gan factory and in this way became
acquainted with Mr.. Hill, whose initials
could not be learned, but who lives in
a house on the west side of the Sheri-
dan road just beyond the limits of
Zion. Thursday evening Johnson in
company with another Waukegan man,
whose name could not be known,
drove into the Hill yard in his Ford
touring car.
Walking into the Hill home without
knocking, Johnson began clustering
around talking in a most threatening
way The Hill family was at supper.
Mrs. Hill, realizing that the man
had been drinking, ordered him out of
the house. He left but in the yard
he drew gun and began brandishing
It. 1t was stated by Hill that he
threatened to kill members Of the Hill
family and that for this reason, he
shielding his wife, drew her into the
house.
Shot Twice to End Life.
Hardly had they reached the house
when he turned the revolver on him
self, shooting himself in the head.
The bullet grazed his skull. Johnson
fell over, injured but not seriously.
A few moments later he drew the gun
again and sent another bullet into his
brain, this one going through his
brain. He had one artificial eye, the
second bullet crashing through the
socket of this.
The Zion police were summoned and
the dying man was rushed to the Vic
terry hospital in WaukeganA In his
pocket was found a bottle of liq0or.
1t was submitted by his friend that
Johnson Mad been drinking earlier in
the evening.
Hill is at a loss to explain why
Johnson came to his home, He stated
that Johnson, while he was an ac-
quaintance of his, was not a close
friend. He had been at the Hill home
week ago, but there had been no
quarrel or trouble at that time.
Officials of Lake county are making
an Investigation of the shooting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
TIDE BLAMED FOR BOOZE.

San Pedro, Cal.-The term ''mean"
high tide, over which there are pc
riodic wrangles in the courts, has
been given a novel and literal inter
probation in police court here.
Thomas Mitchell, 7o-year-old ships
carpenter, who lives in boathouse
along the Wilmington water front,
told the magistrate that booze bottles
bobbing up in quantity in the vicinity
of his marine abode had been washed
there by the "meanest" high tide he
ever heard of in all his nautical ex-
perience.
The retort of members of the harbor
dry squad who made the arrest was
that if reasonable excuse could be
advanced for the congregation of the
floating bottles, the case might be
dropped.
1t was not.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
MACHINES CRASH
MAN Is CUT UP
Robert Russo Removed to
Hospital With Face Cut
by Flying Glass.
COPS RUSH TO SCENE

Robert Russo, 81 years old, of 100
Wisconsin street, was taken to the
Kenosha hospital suffering from Sc
we're decorations about the face, short
ly after p. m. yesterday he was
cut by flying glass from windshield,
shattered, when the car in which he
was riding collided with the machine
of H. L. Bullamore at the intersection
of Park and West street.
The car in which Russo was riding
was recently purchased by John Al
banito, boarder at the same address.
Atlantic, fgreen" driver, had not
familiarized himself with the rules of
the road, and according to the police,
attempted to beat the Bullamore ma
chine to the intersection.
William Bullamore was at the wheel
at the time. When he saw the other
machine attempt to make the cross
ing, he slammed on the brakes, but
was unable to stop before crashing
into the rear end of the other car
Neither he, nor his father, who was
riding with him, were injured.
Rushed to Hospital.
Seeing that the other machine was
out of commission, Russo was taken
into the Bullamore car and rushed to
the Kenosha hospital where ne was
tieated by DR.. George A. Pugh. His
injuries, it is said, are not serious, al
though he will carry scar for life.
The Bullamore car was travelling
west on Park street, while the machine
driven by Atlantic was going south on
West street. Emil Meissner, secretary
of police, stated that skid marks show
that the Bullamore machine was AL
most across the intersection before the
other car attempted to dart in front.
A feature of the accident was the
rapidity with which the police an
swered the call. Witnesses state that
less than two minutes elapsed between
the crash and the arrival of the Of
fcers.