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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-05-21
Desde Bayamon

A las Siete y media de la tarde
del sabado II, en- ell barriO de
"Hato-Tejas'', los profesores que
dirigen las escuelas p1blicas en-
aquella jurisdiction celebraron
una velada lirica literaria, con ell
laudable fin de allegar recursos
para obtener una vitriola para la
escuela.
Ell salon estaba adornado con
palmas flores y banderas america
mas.
La concurrencia de padres fue
extraordinaria. Apenas cabiamos
en- ell extenso salon. Muchos per-
maneciamos fuera del edificio es-
collar, desde donde oimos las pro-
ducciones poeticas recitadas ha
bilmente por los alumnos y la pa
labra LENA de lumbre misteriosa
V sutil de nuestros conferencistas.
Por ell horizonte de la vida he
visto surcar los ojos azules, los ne
gros, los castanos y los verdes, y
los semblantes primaverales de
tantas mujeres seductoras que lie
nan ell alma de ensuenos y cruzan
las inmensasa llanuras del alma
de la noche, como rosas de fell
cidad.
Asf comtemple dulcemerte esta
In,
empezaba a brindarnOs su luz, pa
ra ser mas agradable y hermosa
la noche.
Todo estaba ALI, la socie ad ba-
yamonesa de ambos sexos, dando
perfiles de esplendorosa belleza.
La m1sica nos dele;to en- esta
noche de gratas emocio1es.
I Nieves Roman.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-05-21
CONTESTACION DEL HOMO
RABLE H. M. TOWNER A LA
LIGA FEMINISTA DE PONCE


PublicamOs a continuation la
carta original y traduccion exac-
ia recibida ell respuesta a un tele-
grama de despedida que dirigie-
IA "la liga feminista de Ponce"
los Sres. Congresistas que hace
unos dias visitaron:
Ora. i. Perez Marchand,
Presidenta de la Liga Fe-
minista de Ponce.
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Sonora: az
Su telegrama fue recibido EN-
el momento en que nos alejabamos
de su hermosa isla. Los miembros
de nuestra delegation eran casi
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Ell P. de la c. 167

nuestra, los tiempoS lozanoS Y ver-
des de los Milesio, los Chil0n, los
Socrates, los Ferecides Y demas
comedores de hierbas. Hoy la so
ciedad Y la lucha intensa del ST.
glo nos eXigen que cOmamos car
ne V huevos freScoS, leche pura,
pan blando, Y que en- vez del pafio
peculiar del maestro de la clasica
Grecia, usemos ell costOso y SOTO
cante trapo peculiar de las nuevas
coStumbres.
No son los maestros de Puerto
Rico sino Puerto Rico entero quien
Iespera ansiOso que Sc haga justi-
ella al magisteriO insular. La cues
ti0n Sc ha salidO de los lfmites de
las asociaciones de maestrOs pa
ia entrar de lleno dentro de los
limites de 10 nacional. ST los legis-
ladores son fieles representatives
del pueblo, eS ell momento oportu-
no de demostrarlo. Lo miSmO en-
Estados Unidos que Ell Puerto Ri
co, el pueblo fila SUI mirada escru-
tadora EN- los legislatures para
yer 81 todo ese patri6tismo de que
tanto sc habla no es sino pura Y
hueca palabrerla.
iOh, mi hermanO Ferecides !
Z Continuaremos muriendo como
t1, tirados la larga en- frio Y pol
voriento piso, de hospital mu-
griento y derruido?
Alfredo Silva.
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LA ECoNoMICA

Fonda Restaurant y casa dOrmitO-
rio Excelente servicio en- cOmida a
La carta.
FL. Restaurant mas popular en- San
Juan por sus serviciOs y cOndimenta-
ci6n en- la comida.
Telefono 11S. Restaurant Cristo 21
y dormitorio Crist0 IA. Propietario,
Advt. PATRICIo BLASCo.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-05-21

todos, sin6 todos, sufragistas. De-
be I'd. recordar que la enmienda
pas6 ell la Camara por mas de las
dos terceraspartes demayoriane-
cesaria y que solo dejo de pasar
Ell cl Senado por un voto. Yo con-
flo Ell que ha de pasar EN- la pro-
Xima session extraordinaria.
Personalmente, siempre heapo-
yado ell sufragio por igual Y lein-
cluyo una copia del discurso por
mi Ell la Camara a favor de esta
medida.
Con mis- mejores deseos para
I'd. y para la causa que I'd. re-
presenta,
Quedo muy Sinceramehte,
H. M. TOWNER"
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-05-21
AVISO

Por ell presente Sc hace saber
al p1blico en- general que Don
Julian Silva ha sido declarado in
capacitado para la administra-
cion de sus bienes por la corte
de Distrito de San Juan, en- ell
dia 10. de Mayo de 1919.
Advt.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-05-21
EN- VILLA RoBLEs".

En- la noche del viernes ultimo tuvl-
mos ell gusto de pasar unas horas de ex-
pansi6n EN- 'Villa Robles". Siempre
igual. Ali no Sc conoce la tristeza.
Todo RE, todo juega, todo canta. Las
muy cultas simpaticas normalistas
que Sc hospedan en- la feliz mansion,
poseen ell secreto de la felicidad. Sa-
ben elias que la algeria es tan necesa-
ria a la vida como ell aqua y como el
SOL Atraen con sus delicias todo ell
mundo. Tan es asi que adewas de las
antiguas 'huespedes, senoritas Merca-
der, Reyes, Oliver, Faria, Smith, Re-
yes Alvarez, hoy tambien Sc cuentan
a las seforitas Angela Roig, Amalia
Vicario, Nereida Morales, Margarita
Vega, Pepe Beauchamp y la sefiorita
Rodriguez.
La noche hugo entire recitaciones,
juegos, chistes, mhsicas, entretenimien-
to, dulces refrescos. Todo fue grato,
ameno. variado, delicioso.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-05-21
HOTELES

PALACE En- el centrO cOmereial
AA~A A~A de San Juan, con vista
la bahia. Contiene 110 habitaciones
amplias, con cuartos de baio. "Roof
garden", sitio ideal para bales, ban
quotes, "soirees". Ell sitio de reunion
de la buena sociedad.
CARRIE R e f ado, comfortable,
- c6ntrico. Para familias
Y transeuntes. Toda clase de comodida-
des. Magnffco servicio, Precios razog
nables. Hay .ascensor. Telefono 4S4.
Altos del Pasaje Matienzo. Gale Sal
vador Brau No. "a.
CATALUNA' ..ns,,ao s.,saao sa1n,,a' en- lnsa+
clones amplias y frescas.-Comidas sa-
Comodidades para familias y tran
seuntes. Propietaria: Josefa g. de Pietri.
Tel. 140. P. o. Box $40. Tetu&n 1S.
TT0MAT Con comedor espe-
Az - cial para familias y
habitaciones en- primer piso. Emplcauos
educados para el servicio, y serene para
recibir los pasajeros nocturnos. Pro-
pietario con veinte afios en- el negoclo.
F. Rodriguez Brenes San Juan, p R.,
Box 967. Tel. 831. San Francisco SO.
RATE DEC Arecibo, Plaza Prln-
A1 AA~A~1 AANA~0 cipal. Hotel, Cafe,
Colmado y Restaurant. Ell Mejor de Are
cibo. Sitio para automobiles anexo al
Hotel PEDRO oRPI g. Co.
VICTORIA InstaladO en- .sleno
OA ~AAA centrico del comer-
clio. Habitaciones comodas y frescas,
servicio la orden. Al
Visitelo y quedara satisfecho.
Manati, P. r. Box 241. Tel. No. so.
'Antiguo Hotel Espina {,
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coNFERENc1A RURAL.

En- la pasada tarde del domingo, Sc
llev6 a efecto en- la escuela de la culta
Profesora, seforita Ana Maria Lopez,
una benefciosa conferencia escolar,
Ia cual asistieron los padres de los alum
ncs de esa escuela.
Tomaron parte en- ese acto los sefio-
res Miguel Angel Crespo, Bernardo Lo-
PEI 'Assur Bani Pal''; Y hubo, ade-
mas, mdsica, recitaciones y bales por
los alumnos de la sefiorita Lopez.
Tuvimos ell gusto de yer ALI, a las
buenas amiguitas Celia y Carmita Sill
va, que ayudaron con su presencia al
sostenimiento de la fiesta. Hubo refres-
cos, dulces, y mantecados.
La sefiorita Ana Maria Lopez, inte-
ligente profesora rural de este distri-
to, recibi6 mercedes placemes de los
padres de sus alumnos.
Conferencias de esa indole, debie-
ran celebrarse mas menudo por to-
dos los profesores rurales.
Assur BANI PAL.
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Para alivianar tu maquina de escri-
bir-Ojeda. q Avt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

Philadelphia and other stations Furtber
experiments were conducted at lahora+orv
near bladensburg, which he calls Mount
Hooper, in honor of Commander Hoonor of
the navy, who rendered excellent service
M adapting the invention to the needs of
the Navy Department.
when Mr.. Rogers first stated that mes
sages could be received and sent from suh.
marines when submerged it was unani
mously declared to be impossible, and off,
Gals of the Bureau of Standards were not
alone in this belief, as no less a personape
IMAM Marconi declared at a banquet given
IN his honor in Washington that when wire
less was used on submarines it was neces-
sary Tor the submarine to come to the tor
IN order to catch the ether waves.
10 demonstrate more clearly the under
ground system and to show how it could
be used in trench warfare, Mr.. Rogers
constructed an underground station, wholly
enclosed beneath the surface of the earth
there being no visual existence of it out
side. This place in Prince Georges County
was visited by some very noted men, in
Guiding DR.. Abraham, the head Of the
French Scientific Commission.
ObSeSSiOn
The writer asked Mr.. Rogers just how
he came to form the idea of the under
ground and subsea radio. He explained
that from his very first study of the
method of transmitting radio signals bv
means of an elevated antenna the question
constantly presented itself to his mind: IF
nifty units Of power are passed into the
aerial, then what becomes of the equal
amount of energy which passes into the
ground' He became so obsessed with this
conundrum that he finally asked several
prominent radio savants this question
What do you suppose the answer was? 1T
IS dssipated in the form of heat in the
ground they answered. But still Mr..
Rogers thought they were wrong, and now
he has proved it. Another early idea
of his in the theoretical aspect of radio
communication was as follows, and very
loglcal 1t was, too, as you will agree:
lie held that if the outer crust of the earth
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Reward

"His patience, bravery and cool-headed-
ness were rewarded At last the air was
compressed enough to equal the force of
the water and the hatch moved easily.
after helping him thus far, physics de-
cided to see him through. The compressed
air in the submarine repealed the water
which was trying hard to pour in and drown
him. The air shot upward with great force,
taking the sailor along with it to the sur
face of the water and leaving him there
breathless.
"After he had rghted himself and shaken
the water from his eyes he looked about
and saw, little distance away, a friendly
destroyer, which soon picked him up.
"Such an experience must surely force on
any man a great respect for school, teach
ers-and Fate"
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These great engines were
packed transversely in the hold"

A MONG those present when the
IA victory roll is called must
L "a surely be American locomo-
tives. They were ferried over
IN large and increasing numbers and put
to work, proving quite at home and high
~ proficient on foreign soil.
But it was no light task to get these
steel monsters across. For instance,
think what expert packing was required!
Think how the cargo showers had to
scheme and plan. A writer in "The Ma
tional Marine" gives us an idea of the
delicacy of the process:
1.-THE stowage of cargo is a science the
mastery of which requires close study and
long experience. 1t is a matter of grave
responsibility to the men who have it in
charge, for if it is not properly carried
out not only the cargo, but the ship itself
IS in danger. Therefore, when certain
steamship, just before the signing of the
armlstice, carried fifty railway locomotives
and fifty tenders in her hold the importance
of the occasion was fully realized bv men
IN shipping circles.
These great engines were packed trans
versely in the hold in one row at inter
walls of about four feet They were securely
braced by heavy timbers and the inter
vening spaces were filled with thousands
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
Submerged!

Pcrhaps the most interesting tests of all
are those which were made on submerged
submarines in salt water. The aerial in
this case was of heavily insulated stranded
cable, stretched from stem to stern as Fig
"A illustrates. The two acrials were
brought down through the coming tower
and joined to the receiving apparatus
second form of aerial is illustrated at Fig
4-B, where the insulated aerial wires are
placed in iron pipes within the submarine
Here are the results of some of these tests.
which do not include the transmitting tests
to the submarine, from a ground antenna on
shore. When submerged 8 feet the German
station at Nauen was picked up BY the
submarine while lying off the American
coast! Submarines have, in other official
tests, picked up distant stations when SUBJ
merged q feet on wave length of 1900
metres or greater lengths
conc of the naval officers who has had
much to do with the testing of the Rogers
system stated that experience had demon
stratcd that in fresh water the submerged
antenna may be placed at any depth. Salt
water acts differently, but the aerial may be
submerged any desired depth for wave
lengths above 10000 metres.
ne same oIHcer, VINO has made q close
study of all American and European work
in radio, explained how the best work ever
done in radio was accomplished at the Great
Lakes Naval Station, on the shore Of Lake
Michigan. Figure gives the general ar
rangement of this station. The test station
was on the beach and acted as a remote
control station for the standard station at
A. The shortest distance between re-
ceiving and control station in the naval
radio service heretofore has been So miles.
Here a distance of 800 feet only separates
the elevated aerial of the main station from
the submerged Rogers antenna terminating
at the test station B. Said he, Now let
the inventors of Estate and interference"
preventers trot out their little pets and
show what they can do! Here's what this
station actually did on schedule service:
With 48 amperes, at 1000 metres wave
length, being radiated in the elevated main
antenna the beach station, only 600 feet
away was picking up Nauen on 1900
metres and New Orleans on 5000 metres
without any interference or static, all on
the Rogers subaqueous aerials. These were
rubber covered cables spreading in different
directions, any one Of which could be used,
and lying so feet deep in the water at
their outer extremetes'"
Edtorially, "The Electrical Expert
menter" says:
ain the meanwhile, all of our pet theories
on wireless are thrown in sad chaos. For
we do not know as yet how the Rogers
system works. We can now expect war
to the knife between our wave propagation
theorists and the new school of ground
impulse savants. Mr.. Rogers himself takes
the vcw--and he is seconded by Tesla
that the transoceanic messages which he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
arrangements of the Rogers SYSTEM including the
submarine underwater
From The Erp

VINO makes you feel at home at once; an
,.'arisoie attribute Of all of the truly great
ar rogers was one of the first inventors Of
vac printing telegraph and his full-sized
"'eHing models saw actual commercial SER
y, nee on circuit between Baltimore and
~ Washington, also in New York, back in 1880
'Aese were seen by the writer and are
'onoeriul pieces of mechanism
lac Rogers laboratory, which comprises
'sserai large rooms, is lined on all sides
WIN glass cabinets containing electrical
.rpaiaths which he has invented from time
s"he through his studious career novel
~"u original high frequency generator was
~A''her Of the devices that greatly inter
ss'sG the writer. 1t employed ii Jet Of water
saah'ed by large capacity, the stream Of
oeing connected TO a high potential
.s1'ce Of direct current. HIGH frequency
s..s OF any range up to the limit of
-4'o'ii'y, or about 10000 cycles per second,
'a Dc readily obtained with this appa-
The writer merely cites these facts
ssoztantiate the standing Of SIR. Rogers
s"s scientific field. Hundreds Of other
~ 'sai inventions have been made by
''''oest genius Of the quiet little Mary
So "wn Of HyattAville, and the principal
s'@haing fact Of all Of his work IL that
"a - -" snow you working model Of each
y.. ."sss inventions, unlike many other in
sss whose ideas exist only on paper.
So "hicn often fab down miserably when
s y built and tested.
ISL, 'nis connection 1t ~ Interesting to
a.ss ~ tor moment that not one OF The
ses,.' .a,s'eSs static and interference pre-
sx,s.. proposed TO the government radio
e ~ curing the war proved practicable
f. s. - Asst Mr. Rogers used the earth alone
sx.v so'os messages 10 amateurs stationed
bar;sx using an udion bulb, he then
, " WIRE from his laboratory and heard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

is q conductor and the surrounding atmos-
pheric envelope is an insulator, then how
infinitely better must the former be for
the transmission Of any form of electric
current.
"To Mr.. Rogers's mind it was more rea-
sonable to suppose that the energy liberated
at the base Of aerial propagated
through the earth as we'll as through the
ether above, and that an elevated aerial at
a great distance, would be actuated by them
as effectually as if the waves reached the
same point through the ether above; when
the waves through the earth reached the
base of the aerial the potential Of the plate
would be raised and lowered and the aerial
would accordingly be energized. Thus was
his basic and original idea conceived and
settled upon.
"Mr. Rogcrs's first trial with the under
ground wireless to nearby radio amateurs
began about seven years ago, but his theory
Of the reason why it must work was formu-
lated over ten years ago. Further, he con-
jcctured that much less power would be
required to propagate wave or current
through the carth's conducting crust, which,
for one thing, has smaller gcometrical di-
mansions, than to propagate it through the
insulating atmospheric envelope alone (See
Fig. ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

strength of the body material must equal
the force Of the water without, or the water
would crush the body in. Just so the COM
bined force OF the air in the submarine
and the steel of the hatch equalled the force
of the water pressing down on it. If he
could make the force of the air in the boat
equal to the pressure of the water on the
beat then the hatch would be relieved of the
strain of holding off the water and would
be easily lifted
"How could he increase the force of the
air? Then he thought Of Boyle's law, which
he had been forced to memorize on that
long ago schoolday-the volume Of q gas
varies inversely with its pressure. If he
decreased the volume Of the gas in the
submarine he might increase the pressure
enough to make it equal that of the water.
This done the hatch would be in equilibrium
and consequently easily moved.
His next problem was how to decrease
the volume of the air. There was only one
way to do this-by letting the water IN.
If he did that he would be taking a last
desperate chance, for he did not know how
much COMPRISING the air needed before it
would exert force equal TO that of the
water outside If this failed him. he would
drown without doubt
"He decided to take the chance. So,
cropping in the dark, he opened the bilge
valve and let the water in. AS it crept up
about his waist he philosophically decided
that he would much rather drown than suffo-
cate anyway. But when it reached his waist
he grew somewhat nervous and thought he'd
better try the hatch.
"He pushed against it, and it opened
slightly; but it slammed shut again, crush
ing his fingers, for the pressure of the air
was not yet great enough to resist the
water without the aid Of the hatch.
Nursing his injured fingers he waited
stocially until the water in the engine room
reached the hatch coaming. Then, with just
his head above water, his eardrums strained
from the compressed air, he made final
attempt to raise the unwilling hatch.
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The fact that this cargo was delivered in
perfect condition speaks we'll for those who
had it's stowage in hand
1T can be seen that there is much diff
terence between transportation by rail and
transportation by boat. In the former the
danger from the shifting of cargo is negli-
gibe, while in the latter this is a problem
which in combination with hundred others
must be constantly kept in mind"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

Of bales of hay. which was part of the
consignment Of supplies to the army abroad
When the locomotives were swung aboard
the ship by a giant crane they were fully
equipped except for the placing of the
smokestacks. The boilers were filled with
water and the tenders with coal, SO that
practically all that was necessary when
they were landed was to light the fires
and get up steam before going to work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

"A number of other radical ideas were
entertained for several years by Mr.. Rogers,
and in the course Of time he has found that
his ideas we're correct-~it worked IL
worked! And now the radio experts far and
wide are holding post-mortem inquest on
their theories and how it all happened"
The writer takes up first test which
Mr.. Rogers and naval officer conducted
in his presence. We read:
"The apparatus used In these tests in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

vited to the peru
sal of an account
of a brand new
theory of James
Harris Rogers's,
set down by w.
Winfield Secor, of
the Institute Of
Radio Engineers.
The writer de-
clares:
"The greatest in
vention in the field
of wireless teleg-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

H%HE story of a restless English
schoolboy "who listened YEARLY
A as his teacher talked Boyle's Law
and Archimedes's Principle" and
later thanked his lucky stars is told in
the March number of Popular Science
Monthly" by Joseph Brinker.
what was Boyle or the laws that gases
and liquids under pressure obey to him?
"The tims came, ten years later, when
they meant life or death to him. 1t hap
pened during the war, when he was one
Of the crew of a British submarine.
"His boat was lyinFidly on the surface
of the water All the officers and crew
except himself were enjoying a holiday
ashore. he went below to work in the
engine room and left the coming tower
hatch open Then something happened
the young man never knew just what-and
the boat lurched down by the bow.
and rushed forward to close it, But the
water was already pouring in with such
force that he was unable to accomplish
his purpose He returned aft to the engine
room and locked himself in by means of
a watertight door which separated the boat
into two compartments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
Darkness

HE was safe temporarily, but the other
half of the boat was filling with water and
the submarine was sinking lower and lower
"The engine room was in complete dark
ness, due to the short-circuiting of the
electric system. Everything he touched
shocked him.
"The salt water on the storage batteries
generated suffocating chlorine gas. He
rushed blindly at the engine room hatch
and tried to force it open. But his strength
was no match for the pressure of the water
outside; and, even if he had been able to
open it, he would have been no better
off, for the water would have rushed in and
drowned him before he could possibly get
out
"Realizing that his last chance was gone
he grew quite calm and as is the custom
of dying folk, reviewed the things he had
done and those he ought not to have done
while here earth.
Gas he came to THAT day in school when
he unwilingly learned of pressure he
stopped. Water, gas, pressure-what about
them?
Just So
"Then he remembered that, in the case
Of a body submerged in water the com
bined force of the gas within and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

system at Belmar state that not a single
word of communication was lost during the
reception of thousands of important official
messages from Europe. The station at
Tuckerton, N. j., has also been equipped
with the Rogers underground aerial system
and all of the larger stations of the Allied
powers in Europe have been copied success
fully through the twenty-four hours at this
nnint also