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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-06-12
AT THE UNIVERSITY

At 9 o'clock, yesterday morn
ing, graduation exercises began
at the assembly hall of the Uni
versity of.Porto Rico. The ce-
remonies were opened by the
University Music Band. Among
the prominent people at the plat
form were Commissioner of
Education, Mr.. Miller, and Spea-
ker Huyke, of the Chamber of
Delegates. Mr.. Huyke delivered
a brilliant speech of welcome to
the graduates, who afterward
received their diplomas from the
hands of Mr.. Miller, assisted by
Dean st. John. The act closed
sometime after II o'clock.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-06-12

(Santurce) Mrs. Pillar Sanchez
was struck by lightning and sus-
tanned burns in her left leg. She
was taken to the Municipal Hos
pital, and now is well.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-06-12
READ
"EL IMPARCIAL."

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natti, 2.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-06-12
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE UNITED STATES
1T FOR PORTO RICO.
Compaiiia Azucarera de La Ca
rOlina, Central PrOgresO.
NOTICE
to the bondholders of said
corporation.

to the bOndhOlderS OF said
corporation.
You are hereby notified that
on the 14th. day of June 1919,
at 10 o'clock A. M. at my office,
Third Floor National City Bank,
a meeting Of the bondhOlders of
said corporation viii take place,
with the purpose of ascertaining
who are the owners Of the bonds
of said corporation.
The appearance Of said meet
ing may also be complied with
by a sworn statement consisting
of:
/. Name of the holder.
2. Post Office address and
3. Serial number of bonds.
Rafael Martinez Alvarez,
Special Master.
Advt.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-06-12
YOU SHOULD NOT ONLY SEE IT
YOU SHOULD RIDE IN THE ESSEX

No sensational claims are made for
the Essex, except those that are made
by the thousand who have learned to
know it's quf|it;cs.
AS you view the various exhibits at
the automobile shows you will be re-
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-06-12
LATEST WORLD NEWS ;
E5 Ezzz -
The Shows Only New Car
TheEssex-IsNow Ready for Delivery

neESseX-IS NOW Neduy yIOTOeNV0Ty
Not Room for It and the Hudson the Main Floor of
Madison Square Garden, They Are Given the
Largest Space in the Building, in the Concert
Hall on the Second Floor
interesting exhibit at all of the automobile shows
this year is the only car-the ESSEX.
coming has been looked forward than year.
the first showing January 16
every ESSEX sales crowded by motorists who wanted
to the about which they had heard much.
Thousands have since ridden in it.
Note the prasng words they have for it. It combines the
wanted qualities of both the light weight cheap which ap
peals because its low and economy operation with
endurance performance elegance and easy riding qualities
the large costly It does this in way that other
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-06-12

'REIS UNDERWEAR"
At special price. See Coma
lez Padin Co. corner window
disply get your supplies nOwn.
Advt.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-06-12

1t is light in weight. 1t has al the
qualities that make the light cheap car
attractive. But it also has the easy
riding qualities, and the performance,
the long endurance and the refinement
of the large and costly cars.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-06-12

mInded OF The cars you
know intimately from
having seen them On the
streets. A few changes
in body designs, perhaps,
hut nothing of importan-
ce mechanically, has been
produced during the part
year.
The Essex, therefore, is
the distinctive car of the
year.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-06-12

tt has DOlse and VIII
retain it's rigidity thrOug-
hout long hard service.
These are things which
any observer will immedi-
ately notice. And that is
why instead of advertis-
ing the claims as is usual
ly done, we merely ask
you to come see and ride
in the Essex.
The sun., 1919-01-26
NAVAL PROGRAMME
GETS A NEW JOLT
Sharp DiUision in Committee
OUer Three Year Plan.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.--Sharp division
among members OF the House Naval
Committee over the wisdom of passing
on a second three year building pro-
gramme until after the Peace Confer
ence's decision on world disarmament
has led to the delay Of a week before at
tempting final action.
Meanwhile President Wilson may be
appealed TO by Administration leaders In
Congress 10 ask the Democratic MEM
bers to vote solidly for the programme
The leaders are understood to be consd-
ering sending a cablegram 10 the Presi-
dent but they decline to discuss their
plans.
Chairman Padgett desires a favorable
report. and while proponents OF the pro-
grainme say they are IN the majority,
they concede that such a report now
could be brought from the committee on
close vote and probably would be ac-
companied by one from the minority op-
posing IL. The meeting for final decision
OF tho committee has been set for next
Friday, and before then various attempts
are expected to be made to get a unity of
action.
The programme calls for sixteen capt.
tai ships, including six battle cruisers
The committee is said to have learned
that Nice-Admiral Sims and other naval
authorities are disagreed regarding this
type and tentatively at least It has been
decided not to specify construction OF the
battle cruisers regardless of the ultimate
fate OF the whole programme.
Rear Admiral Taylor, chief of the
naval construction bureau. has informed
the committee that all tho capital ships
provided by the first three year pro-
gramme cannot be completed In less than
i've years and that the first OF them
cannot be completed for eighteen months
The sun., 1919-01-26
TUG OWNERS STAND
AGAINST 5 HOURS
Demands Of Union Would
Mean Ruin, Railroad Man
TestificS.


The hearing of the demands OF the
marina workers in this mort nv the Ma
,,oro, vyor Iaho. poora 10 .s,,,r~ ,r,o
its maj stages AZ the ad)ournmeht OF
yesterdays session Il was announced
that the taking Of testimony by a Sec
ton OF the board would be completed
tomorrow morning and that counsel
would begin their argument before the
full board at . O'Clock in the afternoon.
Counsel for the private owners and the
Railroad Administration yesterday GEN.
tired their efforts on an attempt to prove
that an eight hour day for tug opera
tives would be a body blow to harbor
industry.
ut can't be done" testified Capt. r S,
Clark, tug master OF the New Haven,
which operates sixteen tugs. We could
not make any time with the floats. and
would be DELAYED with the freight. All
we could do would be to spend all the
time going around the harbor relieving
crews" Henry NJ Lee. speaking fo-
the owners OF the 594 tugs operating in
the harbor. agreed that an eight hour
day would be ruinous to many of the
owners.
A newspaper clipping quoting former
Director General McAdoo as saying that
there was a limit to which wages could
be raised. and that the limit had then
been about reached" was offered as an
The sun., 1919-01-26
TRADE GETS IA MORE SHIPS.
shipping Board Adds to Vessels
Taken From War Service.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Notice of the
release to commercial trade Of fourteen
steamers formerly in the war service
was given to-day by the Shipping
Boards division Of operations.
Four OF the vessels are Dutch. two are
Danish and three are former Japanese
vessels while tho remainder are Amer
lean.
The vessels with the commercial service
to which they were allocated follows:
Mineola, Quogue and Puget Sound.
American vessels Panama and Orkild,
Danish. and Randwijk and Larenberg,
Dutch. to South American trade: Kuwa,
American, to Central America Bali and
Thuban. Dutch. and Jeanette Skinner.
transatlantic, and the three former Jap
anese vessels Kunajiri. Rangoon and
Myogisan to carry navy coal to the Pa
cihc coast.
The Panama, $3.50 tons. is the largest
OF the fourteen.
Correcting a former ALLEGATION the d.
vision has ordered the steamer Belling-
ham. 7.462 tons, to load cotton at Savan-
nah for Liverpool,
The sun., 1919-01-26

whsther or not the Misses Croms,.r
were on board the, Lorraine when ,Sa
left Bordeaux on last Sunday, but , ~.
ply to message to the Paris o,f'rn =,
the line stated only that n full lie, y,
those who did sail on board the stsar.
ship was not available. Nor were IN.
French line officials able to learn ei,h..
whether the names OF the sisters an.
peared on the Espagne's list or on whs,
day within the next few DAYS the Ia.
payne will leave France for New York
Mr. Cromwell finds hope also In Ger.
tain discrepancies which are apparent ON
the surface of the original despatch tell.
ing OF his sisters death.
The despatch, as received on FRIDAY
stated that the Misses Cromwell M
drowned themselves by ieaping from ths
Lorraines rail while she lay in the GA.
rome River at or near Bordeaux. Sine.
the distance from Bordeaux to the Sea
10 conside rable Mr., Cromwell cannot un.
derstand why the despatch concerning
his sisters was not sent before the vss.
sci reached the open ocean or at least
within a short time after they wers
missed.
Apparently. since the vessel sailed
from Bordeaux last Sunday and the ia.
spatch concerning the Misses Cromwell
did not reach here until Friday II was
not sent out from the vessel until she
had been several days at sea, or long
after the supposed suicide of the two
young woman must have been known 10
those on board.
The Lorraine under ordinary condl.
tons should reach New York by next
Tuesday. She did not answer wireless,
message addressed to her from naval
stations yesterday.
Mr.. Cromwell also is disinclined to be.
lieve his sisters took their lives because
he can think of no motive for their doing
So He reiterated yesterday that they
had comfortable income OF their own
and had written him very recently to tho
effect that they were eager to see him
and their many friends again after their
years absence in Red Cross work
abroad.
The sun., 1919-01-26
NINE OPPOSE GRANT
TO MRS. ROOSEVELT
All Are Democrats and Seven
Are Texans.


WARRINGTON, Jan. 25.--Wlth nine
Democrats, seven of them from Texas,
voting in opposition the House to-day
passed virtually without debate the bin
introduced by Representative Gallivan
tMass.) granting a pension Of 5000 a
year to Mrs. Edith C. Roosevelt widow
Of Theodore Roosevelt. The seven Demo-
Gratis who voted against the bill on roll
call demanded by Minority Leader Mann
were Representatives Black. Blanton,
buchanan. Connally. Garrett. Jones and
Slayden. all OF Texas: Doughton, North
Carolina. and Quin. Mississippi.
In reporting the measure unanimously
the Committee on Pensions adopted as
its report a letter to Chairman Key on
the subject from Secretary OF the In
terror Lane "as one of the most beauti-
full. fair and just tributes to the life and
character OF the late Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt which could be written"
WAsHINGroE. Jan. ga bill setting
aside October 81 as n national holiday
to be known as Roosevelt Day" was In
troduced to-day by Representative Bach
arach of New Jersey and referred to the
House judiciary Committee.
The sun., 1919-01-26
915,4SS DISCHARGED
FROM ARMY 50 FAR
American disqualification Fas-
ter Than British, Says March,
Defending Plan. q
CALLS FOR ENLISTMENTS
Reveals Pershing's Forces
Ranked Numerically Next to
the French, the Biggest.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25--Republican
to-day letter from Gen. March ex-
planning why the War Department
adopted the plan Of demobiizing by
disbanding units instead OF by dis
charging soldiers in accordance with
the need Of men in industries. The
Chief OF Staff said the latter plan had
been discarded as impracticable because
II would have involved the task OF ap-
praising the case Of each individual
soldier.
ION the other hand" ne said, dis
bandment OF the complete military units
could be and was Immediately begun.
In this way the military situation was
safeguarded and at the same time de-
mobilization was accelerated"
More DemobiliEed Than in britain.
Gen. March spoke OF discomfort in
England because the discharge OF men
had proceeded so much more cxpedi-
tiously here. He gave comparative de-
mobilization totals for the United States
and British armies. Up to January "a
the United states had actually dis
charged 1886 officers and s5s,117 men.
The British on January IL had dis
charged 1879 officers and Gil $50 men.
The total ordered for discharge in this
country now is 100000.
Gen. March said to-day that men dis
charged from the army would be per-
mitted to retain the divisional insignia
" "a IA N
The sun., 1919-01-26
AQUITANIA BRINGS 5000.
Liner Reaches Halifax with
Prominent Americans.

HALIFAX, Jan. 25.-The Cunard Line
steamship Aquitanla. with more than
5000 returned Canadian soldiers. locked
here to-day
Passengers on the Aquitania included
Capt. Bogert American naval represen-
tauve, with Vice-Adndral Browning of
the British navy, during the latter's In
srection OF German warships immedi-
ately after the signing OF the armistice.
and Sin George MacI.aren Brown. Euro
pean general manager of the Canadian
Pacific Railway,
Other Americans on board included
Lieut.. Col. Robert p. Perkins. head of
tho American Red Cross In italy. ac-
companied by a party OF officers and
nurses engaged in Red Cross work
there; Capt. Cameron Currie OF Detroit.
an overseas Red Cross worker since the
United States entered the war; Lieut. F.
w Hall OF New York. who was attached
to the Intelligence STAFF of the British
Admiralty, and Capt. w. A. Merritt. u.
s. N, who served in the Mediterranean
air forces. where he won distinction for
bombing enemy submarines
The sun., 1919-01-26

Letters were read by Mr.. Heney show
ing that the Armour, Morris and Swift
companies paid $1,000 jointly to the late
George l.. Mccarthy. general manager
of National Prortsioner, a trade maya
zine.
Otto Van schrenk, manager Of the
magazine, testified that the paper did
not receive subsidy from the packers
and that the director had no knowledge
Of the payments to Mccarthy.
Mr. Armour and Levy Mayer, his
counsel, consulted while Mr.. Heney read
letters from Mr.. Veeder to Mr. Meeker.
telling the percentages Of the 5000 each
packer should pay. These figures were
Swift 4 Co, 446s9 per cent. Armour &
Co., 36,5s2 per cent ; Morris & Co.
1879 per cent
Mr.. Aeney said Mccarthy had con-
suited the big five packers when he was
asked by Herbert Hoover to suggest sew
eral small packers for a food admins
tration committee.
Efforts to obtain Information about
Armour & Co.'S South American business
which was refused the Federal Trade
Commission, caused n tilt between Mr..
Heney and Mr.. Mayer
Mr.. Armour testified that earnings OF
the South American company in 1915
appeared in Armour & Co.'S American
report but were omitted In 1917 and
1918.
Mr., Armour's testimony showed that
the packers were not sending their South
American products to the United States.
He denied that this was to maintain high
prices in this country.
Excessive Profits Denied.
Mr.. Heney questioned the Food Ad-
ADMINISTRATION announcement that packers
were allowed only . per cent. profit. as
sorting that as this was permitted on
borrowed money as well as capital and
surplus. they could make at least 10 per
cent Mr.. Armour said it might have
been possible, but that no packer made
nearly as much as the Food Admlnistra-
ton permitted
Mr.. Armour denied any agreement
existed among the big packers to buy
only certain percentages OF hogs at va
rious markets. lie said Armour & Co,
and he thought the others. tried to main
tain the same relative position held when
the National Packing Company was dis
solved.
whats the difference between such a
tacit understanding and an actual agree
ment to control IL market" asked Mr.
Henoy.
wei, It's hardly tacit understand
ing. We simply try TO do our share"
Armour co. buy on "a ffty-fifty
basis with Swift & Co. at Fort Worth
and Denver, the witness said. because
OF the condition Of the industry there.
III Wilson & Co. or any other packer
bought In sumpetition with Armour and
Swift at Fort WORTH" asked Mr.. Heney,
wouldn't sou go into market where
he was strong as a retaliatory meas
ure?"
Yes, IL his activity continued for
any length OF time"
The Government should approve some
agency TO regulate the supply OF meat
that comes on the market each day ito
prevent glut," Mr., Armour said This
would replace the "Veeder pool" set up
by the packers for that purpose and dis
continued in 1902,
Mr. Heney asked II there was not an
Understanding now that none OF the
big i've should interfere with business of
the other four, as It was determined at
the time Of the Veeder pool"
That's true in part" said Mr.. Ar
ploT.
The sun., 1919-01-26
RH1NELANDER'S WILL FILED.
Soldier Slain In France Left His
Estate to Father,

The will Of T. J. Oakley Rhinslander
ID. who died December 10 Of wounds IN
France. was filed for probate yesterday.
The will was executed In March, rust
before Rhineiander. who was n private
in Company X Of the 10th Infantry
Told Seventh RegimenD, sailed for
France. The property is left 10 his
father, Philip Rhinelander Of ~ West
Forty-eighth street. The latter is ap-
pointed executor with an uncle, T. J,
oakley Rhinelander. The petition gives
the value OF the estate at more than
$1,000.
Private Rhinehander was wounded by
machine gun bullets during the advance
at Le Catelet. He made his way to
dressing station and while there sew.
eral shrapnel shells burst near by in.
flicting other and more serious wounds
on him He died later in the British
base hospital in Rouen. He was 20 years
old and a student at Harvard at thu
time of his enlistment.
The sun., 1919-01-26

twenty-one demands which Japan i'm
posed upon her in 1916. Both factions
In Climatic Canton Parliament as well
as the Pekin Government--are working
together to provide q united front at
Paris The Chinese are. skeptical OF
Japan's plans, but others here believe
the Toxic Government will rise to the
occasion and forego any selfish designs.
The sun., 1919-01-26
the army, saying that rehabilitation OF

the army, saying that rehabilitation OF
oversea forces was being retarded to an
extent by the fact that there are prac-
tically no troops to replace then He
said there are many men at every camp
who would enlist In the Regular Army
IL II were not for the fact that all
definite period enlistments were sus-
pended by the act OF May IS, 1918.
Praises Systems working.
Commenting on the American demob-
lllzation figures, the Generals letter
said:
''Such results would have been simply
impossible had 1t been attempted to
discharge Immediately every soldier who
made application on individual grounds.
There are hundreds Of thousands OF men
now returned to their families, home
communities and employment who
might not have been released for months
II the War Department had attempted
to inaugurate a scheme Of demobiliza-
ton based largely upon individual re-
quests for individual discharge.
Tho absorption of these men Into the
general life OF the country-their re-
turn to productive employment-has as
sisted in the permanent rehabilitation of
industrial life and has expedited the re-
turn of the country to It's normal peace
time condition"
While he conceded there might be n
few minor cases Of injustice done in the
rehabilitation, Gen. March declared the
best interests OF the country had been
rafeguarded and equal treatment to the
individuals of the army secured. At an
ether point he wrote:
"The military situation and the act
ual mechanism of rehabilitation neces-
state the retention in the service for
the present OF a considerable number of
men trained or fitted to do the work re
quired. For them the emergency Is no.
ended, although the stimulation and ex
citement of actual warfare is over"
Our Army Second Biggest.
On the day that the armlstice was
signed the American Army on the west
ern front was second in strength only
to that Of France itself. Figures made
public to-day by Gen. March showed that
on November IL the United States was
represented on the western front by
1,950,100 men. France, on November /,
the last date for which official figures
were available. had 2,559,000.
The British and the Portuguese at
tached to the British Army totalled
1,7lS,O0o. while the Belgian and Italian
forces on the western front aggregated
about 100000.
These totals are all based upon what
is termed the ration strength" This
includes every soldier who has to be fed.
both combatants and the necessary med
ical and supply organizations.
Gen. March announced that punish
ments of war time severity for military
offenders in the United STATES have been
stopped by the War Department. From
now on military offenses at home will
-N.l.~ 4
issued by the President before the war,
which set out the maximum sentences
which would be approved for military
offenses in time OF peace.
The new order does not apply to troor9
in France, Siberia or Italy, and does not
mean Communication Of sentences already
imposed at home.
The sun., 1919-01-26

Matters have become somewhat COM
plicated for the japanese by the differ
ences which have arisen between the
French and Italians over the Adriatc
situation which makes It impossible for
Japan TO support both these Powers, and
necessitates a decision against one Of
them. but in other matters the Japanese
are apparently seeking TO support French
and Italian aims In return for support
from them on Japanese projects.
China's fight for her own interests
must admittedly be made primarily
through the American delegation, for the
Chinese delegation of two does not form
part Of the ''big five" shaping the initial
programme of the conference
The Chinese feel that the development
OF a peace programme on President Will
sons principles necessarily means China's
liberation from many OF the handica ps
she Is now undergoing. including the
The sun., 1919-01-26
'JAPAN'S POLICY ON
CHINA Is PUZZLING
Toxic Suspected of Seeking to
Seem Generous While Civ
ing Up Empty Shell.
MAY NOT PROVE SELFISH
NippOns Align at Paris With
France and Italy Against
Britain and America.
Special Despdtch to THE Sun.

WARRINGTON, Jan. 25.-Indications re-
ceived here regarding the attitude which
Japan will assume toward the develop
ment Of domestic ideals as a foundation
for future peace are causing some con-
Germ despite the external aspects OF the
Japanese programme. There Is every
readiness to give Japan the benefit of
the doubt. but reports relative to Japa-
nese plans with respect to Kiao-chau
are not encouraging.
1t appears that the japanese delegates
In Paris have been instructed to make II
clear to the Powers that Klao-chau is
to be returned to China upon Japan
acquiring from Germany the right Of
free disposal" But coupled with this
act of generosity are conditions which
IL fulfilled virtually would amount to
handing back to China IAN empty shell"
with the contents OF value disposed Of
adroitly.
Japan Ia understood to desire that
Tsingtau be selected as the so-called
Japanese settlement to be retained under
the treaty of 1915 with China and to
desire also control of the Tsinan-K iao-
chau railway and the German mining
rights in the province of Shantung. The
return OF Kiao-chau under these condi-
tons admittedly would be something in
the nature OF an international farce, al
though on paper the action OF the Japa-
nese would have all the appearances OF
an act of real magnanimity,