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The Washington times., 1919-12-16
SECRET SERVICE HUNTS COURT LEAK
MAJOR PULLMAN
ASKS RELIEF FOR
POuGFADILE
3 & 3

Major Raymond W. PuIinaA su-
perintenaept Of Police. ts1ay Daos an
appeal &c Washingtssians 70 sad In
the movement TO increase the fu1A
for widows and orphans Of tie mstrs-
politan police force 4Atee Pullman
declared that with the ticket ealss
for the beneAt ball and the sais Of
boxes the fund new amounts 70 mere
than $1,000. Including the centrteu-
tioas Of Sl.0oo each, givsa by the
Evening star. WasAingtou Pest AID
Warrington Times toward the Relief
Association Fund
The ma3er urged hts men. through
the police bullstin this noraiRa, to
continue selling tickets to the haIi
and expiain TO the people that u 10 .
necessAry and worthy oegAntsat3ca-
vfve President AaroAall Started
the ball reiling~ yssterday after learn
Tag Of the shooting Of Detective John
Armstrong BY sending . letter 10
Nra Thomas y. walsh. who u TO give
q ball at WardmAn Park Inn on De-
csmber - for the beaeft Of the fupd-
Many Of the businsO arms through-
oat the city who have not already
subscrtbsA Are expected to come to
the 'front.' within the osxt few AAya
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Fourteen
Christmas
Opportunities

Fourteen Big Christmas chances to
insure homes for sixty-one children
and seventeen adults for the new
year are offered by the Christmas
Opportunities presented by the As
ISOLATED Charities. The amount asked
for, ranging according to circum-
stances from 81 a week to &21. may
seem large. but the needs of each
family have been carefully worked
out in conference with the mother
end a family budget prepared shox-
ing expenses Of rent, food, clothing,
and ihcIdentals and income from earn
ings, gifts of church or relatives or
friends. The amount asked for repre-
sents in each instance the deficit be-
tween income and outgo as reckoned
on the above basis
The Associated Charities acknowI-
edges this morning 1913 to the credit
of the fourteen opportunities. No. Is
is the first one to be selected by q
contributor. Other lucky numbers
are /, 4, 5, and IA. One contributor.
who last year took over an entire
opportunity, repeats the gift this
year, but as last years Opportunity
is now self-support!ng, the money -
given to be distributed among the
fourteen, according to their respec-
tive needs
The popularity of the opportuni' -s
as a regular Christmas benevolencc
is indicated by a letter received from
New York from friends, who had
lived in Washington for some years.
Continued on Page s, Column "a
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MULCARE KILLING
LAID TO HOBO CODE
Police Believe Boy Bandit
Sought Victim Because He
Was Easy Mark"

why did nineteen-year-old John
McHenry kin and rob Wallace w.
Mulcare on Sunday night instead Of
someone else?
1t 10 An interesting question, and.
judging from its discussion in police
circles, McHenry did not walk into
the automobile accessories store Of
Mulcare. at 1922 Fourteenth street
northwest, by mere chance.
Police are of the opinion that the
killing was "cold-blooded." There is
q general belief that McHenry sought
out Mulcare among thousands of
others whom he might have robbed.
and more easily. perhaps, through
the tramp code"
Known AZ "EaSy Mark.
Detective Lieut.. Guy Burlingame
said last night: "If McHenry had ask.
ed Mulcare for money to buy food
with. or had asked him to buy the
gun, MuIcare would have helped him.
The man he killed was known as one
of the kindest-hearted men in Wash
ington. Every tramp in the city
knew him as an easy mark"
Not only Lieutenant Burlingame,
but many others expressed the same
opinion Of Mulcare this morning.
The police know that through a
highly organized system and secret
code the ways of one tramp are Know
to the other. II an easy mark" Is
found his generously quickly spreads
to other members OF the hobo" or
ganization.
1t is generally believed that such a
code led McHenry to Mulcare's store
At the Providence Hospital Detec-
tive James G. Armst rong's condition
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REDS ESTABLISH
RADICAL SCHOOLS
Government Assnts Find CHI
dres Taught Bolsheyixm ard
Soviet Theories

Dsscovery Of schools Of Boishsvisn
In the United etates. nodeled cioooiy
after those established ~ Lenine In
Russia, has been made by agents Of
the Department Of Justice, II va
learned today.
In these schools the principles el
Bolshevism and anarchy are taught
the children OF Russian and other i'm
migrants. priSes being awarded the
most pfoheient pupils. CIasses are
held. ~ q rule In some secret meet
ing hall or house, whore the young
idea 10 taught that all organised gov
ernment, wherever II exists, 10 tyras-
ny and oppression.
An active campaign against these
Institutions of learning" 10 being
conducted by Government agents..
Literature has been seised at the
meeting places instructinE their chill
dren that IL was their duty to grow
up enemies of all government
The teachings Of MichaiI Bakunin.
the most notorious of all the anar-
chista, creator of the soviet, are used
As text books in the domestic Bolshe-
vik schools Bakunin's doctrines ad-
vocate the overthrow by violence Of
all government on the ground that IL
IL opposed to human Justice, liberty
and morals" With regard to religion
the Bolshevik students are told:
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F|REMEN ASK new !.
BOOST IN SALARIES
Brief Regarding Pay Scales
and Entrance Standards
Filed Today.

Salaries exceeding those passed by
the House and those recommended by
the Senate District Committee were
asked Of the joint commission on re-
classification Of salaries this morning
by the District nre department.
The brief presented by the fire.
men today is one of the longest yet
received by the commission, and in
respect of the discussion of tentative
specifications is comprehensive. One
Of its chief points is the consideration
Of educational requirements for en-
trance into the fire department.
The specification of the commission
outlines that upon entrance into the
service In the future members of the
fire department should possess educa-
tional qualifications superior to those
heretofore required. The committee
representing the fremen, while agree
ing with the raising of entrance
standards expressed doubt as to
whether the higher requirements
would Re successful in actual prac-
tice.
The committee feels that only two
inducements that could possibly be
offered to obtain the type of men Ce-
sired would be, an entrance salary -
sufficient amount to be attractive and
q comparatively open field for ad-
vancement after appointment, limited
only by the progress of the individual
in FIRE fighting theory and practice"
The committee representing the fire.
men. wardens and fire prevention en-
gineers was comprised of George s.
Watson, as chairman: T. NJ. Robin
son, C. H. Gill, Edward O'Connor,
George Nussbaum, and M. U. Thayer.
The Washington times., 1919-12-16
$4,000 GIRLS run
AWAYFROM HOME
IN II MONTHS

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-Amazing
heures made public by the New
York Travellers Aid Society,
showing that approximately S.
200 girls ran away from home or
disappeared in the past eleven
months, Is to result in immediate
corrective action, 1t was an
nounced today. A meeting Of the
society will be held here tomor-
row to increase the force Of its
workers.
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MOTHERSAYS /.
K|DNAP|NGOF +.
SON WAS LIE
Mrs. Blake Tried to Hire Row.
boat lust Before Boys Dis
appearance at Seaside.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Dec. 1s.-
Mrs. Esther Blake, accused of sacri-
ficing her little dumb son. "Buddie, -
in an insane belief she could bring
back her husbands love, today ad-
mitted the boy was not kidnapped, as
she first declared, according to DR..
Louis Souder. county physician.
Souder said that Mrs. Blake admit
ted walking out on the municipal
pier at ventnor with the boy Friday
night and that she declared:
Il guess he must have fallen into
the water"
III In Hospital.
Mrs. Blake. who is charged with
'willful murder" of five-yea--old
James w. Blake, jr. has been IL, in
Atlantic City Hospital since Friday
night, when, she had asserted, two
negroes attacked her and "Buddie" on
a street in ventnor. choking acr into
unconsciousness and stealing the boy.
Three physicians are to attempt to
examine Mrs. Blake's mental condition
today. They are to report later to
Edmund c. Gaskill. prosecuting attor-
ney.
DR.. Souder. following another con-
versation with Mrs. Blake this after
noon. said she was suffering from
paranoia and had been subject to ats
of "delusional insanity" for en- years.
She is now thirty-seven. He said this
condition prevented her from putting
into words what was on her mind.
According to Souder. Mrs. Blake
started to repeat the kidnapping story
to him.
"I told her she knew that was not
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TAKE BELL-ANs BEFORE MEAIs and
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FIVE DIE WHEN MD.
SCHOONER CAPSIzES

BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. 18.--word
WAS received in this city this after
noon from Hoopersville, Hoopers
Island, on the eastern shore OF Mary
land, OF the capsizing and sinking Of
the schooner Catherine Shores, and
the drowning of five persons aboard
the vessel
Captain Nelson, master of the
schooner, and the cook were saved by
clinging to the masthead until A.
ststance arrived.
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WILL YOU
Be q Good FelIOU?
Churches and Sunday-schools Line
Up in Good Fellow Movement-Boy
Scouts to Cheer the City's Poor on
Christmas Day.

Churches, schools, Sunday school classes and Boy
Scout organizations today lining up Good Feows
to dispense Christmas joy but with of additional
needy families coming in rapidly the surplus Of Good Fell
lows has about disappeared and it becoming apparent
that unless there rush in the few remaining days many
families will be cherries at Christmas.
Scoutmaster, Troop Boy Scouts, of today's
Good Fellows He is going for four children
the northwest portion of the city.
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BANK TELLER
||DENT|F|ESVAN
| At WAN TRIAL
Attempted to Cash Forged
Check for S., 900, He
Says, on Stand
POINT FOR PROSECUTION
Chauffeur Teseifies He Took Ac.
cused clsjness and Brother
to Riggs National
POINT FOR PROSECUTION

Establishnlsnt Of the idettity ot
TsoAg Ing yam. brother d Zians
Sun wan. - the Chinese THO At
tempted to fave cashsd q ss.ooe
check bearing the forged SIGNATURE
lot pr. SThsodors T. Wong. head a
|ths Chinese Haucatioas MiseteA mads
Ethis mekaias hy H6kAet3 q Dent.
[paxt5x 1llas r. IL 3leh Neal
EBoGI 31 oenkF q 0fEE1t fnA
fcfssd n ths chaiA of evidence
asnia6t VIA, On tyial In The District
Supreme Court Tor tie, murder Of
Ben Sun wu. one Of the three mem-
bsrs OF the mission who were slain
on January -.
Driver Identifies Wa.
Mr.. Dent was called after Henry r.
HALEY. chauffeur Of the Terminal
Taxicab Company. who lives st To r
street southwest. haA testihed and
identined waa and Van - the two
Chinese he took In his automobile ON
the morning Of January 80. the day
after the triple killing. to the Riggs
Eank. Mr.. Dent admitted not having
seen Wan. but was sure Of hts tdenti-
hcation Of Van
Connecting Mr. Dents Identification
Of Van as attempting to pass the
forged check, and the testimony of
HALEY that he drove both Wan and
Van to the bank. the Government be-
lieves 1t has scored an important vic
tory in unraveling to the jury the
alleged incriminating evidence said to
be piled up against Wan.
HALEY admitted not having seen
Wan and Van since the day he took
them to the bank. but just As soon a.
he saw Wan and Van in court this
morning, he Identified them.
Drove n Bank.
'~van engaged me at the stand At
Union Station on the morning of Jan
uary 80" said Hally. HE asked that
drive him and the other Chinese
(wan) to Pennsylvania avenue and
Fifteenth street. I inquired IL they
wanted to go to the Washington
(Continued on Page 2, Column 81
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D. GAMBLERS
GAVE TIPS TO
|. WALL Street
Plans b Interfere WIm Pssoooo
Of Highest y. S. Trbuad
Frustrated
AMES CONDUCTS IuoUg3y
vea x Mystery SuKrsumds n
vsstisation BY DepaFtnsat
Of Justice.
AnES CONDUCTS mou,3y
By HARLKN + nw.

u
Dditor ana News Manasss u -
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(csDys4sAt 1as. ~ In<0nx3~uM xvus
SsrvseA)
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sss s>,a o~sfprnpes1r pg1e3slH IN
tDeEsxfun xrnlxAad - - down.
husff ~ - IhA6EuaAsones Nevs
WhseAsr Q crime has bssn sssnn1k
ted u . mastsT to b determined ~
the members q TIA Dakjsa's hiohsa
3udiciai tribunal - IL s1scu93vo
q The DspartDsat a JustieA
0a0Aasrs Uusoy.
whether nsn, two % Asa iawysrA
VINO are known BY The pspartmsst
81 Justies officials 70 have speculat
I'd In Wan street On what was eaaAS
"a 70 De o0V8oce iu10x88kS~U So8@sR
from the sacred precincts - the ooafs
are to be dtssarred or etAsrvtss oas-
a plineA, remains for 0svern@sat &C
tson, but whether offSeia1 acttea 10
taken, IL IL now csrtaia thst 'Sers-
thing" stock gamblers Of Washingtoc
are today auahing with fear At ehe
disclosures Of yesterday concsruiag
an attempt TO traffSe IN Wall street
with aiieged advance informatiea CO.
cerning the decision of the supreme
Court upholding the constatUtSsnality
Of the dry liquor Law.
The Department of Justice tnvests-
cation, which wAs conducted under
the supervision of Assistant Attorney
General c. b. Amea. At the instanc
Of chief Justice Edward d. white. 10
continuing, and an element Of mye
terry 10 being thrown about the offictas
conduct of the case
In OpeysStaa TWU YsasL
william J. Flynn. chief Of the W
vestigstion bureau OF the Department
of Justice, and his force Of Sserez
Service men have before them ths
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PRESIDENT FORBIDDEN
TO TAKE AUTO RIDE

President Wilson today insisted that
he be allowed to go motoring. but Or.
Grayson refused to allow him to do
so. The President spent nearly two
hours in. the White House grounds.
DR.. Grayson stated that the Presi-
dents Improvement has been "splen-
did," but that because of his weaken
ed condition he must be very careful
for some time.
The Washington times., 1919-12-16

One list bearing the names of
more than one hundred families was
received this morning. Every one
of the cases has been investigated
and the families need help. Mean
while children of the Fairgrounds
were combing the eity for names and
we're hoping that the Good Fellow
department would find . Good Hel-
The Washington times., 1919-12-16
ALEXANDER SWORN IN.

Joshua W. Alexander, former Con-
gressman from Missouri. was sworn
in a. Secretary of Commerce today
and officially took UP his new duties.
The Washington times., 1919-12-16
PREPARE 70 HUNT STILLS
Revenue Agents In Illinois
Given Intensive Course
OF Training.
LAST EFFORT TO KILL
PROHIBITION FAILS

The Hssse Assaexsensai Csa-
Dtttee. vst1ng ~ - 4 tabsed the
6alItvaa bW tst1ay fer - fepsal
81 waF-tluRe psDhgbstioa. 4N1s eAt-
,.1lDa 1ng the 11DA- Ill nGn11n - -.
Dea1 waf-tl0s HPshibte1s0.
Coannettee nen11eso Hgpos1ng
the repaal were JeAn w. Rafxey
81 nIlDsAu. WARD - New Ysrk, aal
Weight sf Wlseeastn.
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All Cases Investigated

low to match every name they
brought in
In the lists arriving today at ooe
place there was q woman eirhty-
three years old, at another q woman
eighty, both in the greatest nesd.
There were several women hors
than seventy years old ap< alons
lconunusd 90 Page >. cSfkma -
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& = = L.
Legal efforts to make invalid
the Constit utioaal proAibition
amendment were started in the
Supreme Court today.
The retail liquor dealers Of
New Jersey. under the name Of
William Duehne, today asked
the court for permission to file
An original bill testing the valid
ity of the ratifeatioa of the
amendment. An injunction to
restrain State and Federal off.
GERS from enforcing the Volstead
law in New Jersey, after Con-
stitutional prohibition becomes
effective, was asked
CHICAGO, Dec. 1s.-Attorney
Levy Mayer, chief counsel for the
liquor interests of the Middle West
was today planning for the "real
fight against prohibition" following
the upholding Of the wartime pro-
hibition act by the United States
Supreme Court yesterday.
Mayer declared today that he had
not had sufficient time to study the
decision Of the Supreme Court and
therefore could not tell exactly alons
what lines he would attack the pro-
hibition law, but added; "the real
fight has not yet begun"
Fight Just Starting.
"The constitutionality of the eight
eenth amendment will be attacked IN
a few days. he said. THAT fieh;
will involve fundamental, controliins
and far-reaching questions that go &c
the very structure and formation OF
our Government
'In the meantime" Meyer said. "al
the people all the time must take the
decision OF the Supreme Court as the
last word on the Interpretation and
constitutionality OF our Government y
While Mayer and his legal aides arr
gathering their forces and prepar.
Ing for the real fight" Federal pro
hioftion and internal revenue officer,
are at work on their battle plaus
which they say will clap the lid dowr
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however, to many citizens, all
earthly things are unimportant.
ss0s time today they say the
world may end.
Gsnuemsn who would rather
sssS thsn know. point out that Q
LOT Of planets are lined up on one
80 q our great furnace, the sun.
10y say All those planets pull
ing With. the power of gravtta.ion
a15nst the sun IN one direction
WA c9~oe eeme cataclynn. st the
issse, gfeat sun spots. 0nch to be
lenroA - = -
The Washington times., 1919-12-16

TAKE BELL-ANs BEFORE MEAIs ana
sss how nne good digestion makes you ssAl
-Advt-
The Washington times., 1919-12-16
Today
Leave Thirst Behind.
We Elect an Autocrat.
he World May End
But Hold Your Real Estate.
b. ARTHUR BRISBANE
<csvyrsghG lsiaD

Around the neck Of the Statue
OF Liberty, and at the entrance of
the Golden Gate, there might be
put electric signs reading In let
tsfs Of gold, The glorious land Of
purs water."
Those that enter, hereafter,
may leave thirst behind. The Su-
prsms Court has decided that the
tsmporary prohibition is constitu-
eonal, and the country viii stay
dry until the middle of January,
when regular prohibition begins
uDdr q Constitutional Amend
nent
The Washington times., 1919-12-16

SS< No uuu ooOut e8 much rs IL
woah s6ect some express train
u yoo Pat half . dozen babies ali
toeetAer on one side of the aisle.
instead OF scattering them.
The sun is well able to carry its
utfae load through space, and il
Doesn't matter where the celestial
planetary children happen to To-
cate themselves In their spiral
spinnings.
More interesting to those that
voulo rather know than guess Is
the probable origin of all nonsense
about the planets, conjunctions,
astrology, fortune telling by stars,
etc.
One Of the earliest civilizations
took root In Egypt. where sure
crops, abundant food and good
ve.ther enabled men easily to own
slaves and have time to think.
Al the same time each year the
waters Of the Nile rose, and, carry
ing with them fertile soil, inun-
dated the Nile Valley. Pagan
priests measured the rise and told
In advance what the crop could be.
Draper writes: The Egyptians
observed that the rising of the
Nile coincided with the Heliacal
rising of Sirius, the dog star, and
hence they very plausibly referred
II to celestial agencies
They saw the beautiful star rise,
they noticed that the water rose at
the same time. They credited the
Do1-star with producing an effect
with which it had nothing what
ever to do. Gradually were built
up myths and superstitions about
all stars and planets. their con-
functions. risings and disappear
snces. Intelligent gentlemen knew
how to make all this profitable by
deceiving the ignorant
Those same Egyptians, inter-
ested in the rising of the Nile
more than in ANYTHING else and
watching for the Dox-star. obsery-
ed that the rise hapoened at inter-
walls OF about three hundred and
sixty days.
This" SAYS Draper, "was the
first determination of the length Of
the year"
The world will not end TODAY.
probably. We Lear once more
that superstitions earned in mans
mind for thousands of centuries
are more powerful than the thin
coating Of recently acquired scien-
tific knowledge.
However. men do not take the
Nend Of the world" as seriously as
they used to.
In the wear 1000. practically all
sf the so = called civilized world
was readv for the end. The most
enthusiastic sold their property, at
great sacrifice, that they might
hurriedlv do good deeds with the
proceeds, thus buying a seat in
the front row above. Thousands
dressed in white went up on hiIl-
tops ready to ascend.
They presently went down mill
again, and found the coId-blooded
"real-estaters" offering their l-,ads
and houses for sale or rent. The
world learns. II thinks the world
nav end, but holds on to its real
,stste.
The Washington times., 1919-12-16

.Discusinx Presidential booms,
HI Gerard, formerly Ambassador
70 Germany, who himself Is not
0srsay boom proof. made this In
tseustinG statement:
II Is an important election, for
the intsllieent realize that our
essntfy now elects not merely q
Pruddsnt This country is going
to saect . man to act as autoerst
tee four years. We know, at least,
sAst TIE man elected can be an
sutocrat IL he choosss."
Ar. Gerard quoted The late Mr..
bs~srs. able lawyer. in prophecy
- 6bl1svs:
Before long the Executive and
u so0rts, taking advantage Of
pus6c csatempt for Legislative
ho&ss, win take away al power
nun thess bodies and share IL BE-
TWEEN them A little later the
kxeeutiye, getting the people to
- With him against the courts,
VIA take au power 10 himself.s
Interesting prophecy. All his
tory shows that with q man once
N haeA position. 1t depends upon
himssh what power he shall have
al usa.
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In Opeysft4a TWs YGagv

william ]. Flynn. chief Of the W
vestigation bureau of the Department
of Justice. and his force Of Sseres
Service men have before them the
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WEATHER:

Fair ssefgAt and Wed
nesdayt not Daeh change
In fenp~rsture- Lowest
tenperafuPe tontGh {
akSut - degrees. Ten-
perafvre st q n a- 10
degrees
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-02-04
IA AUTONOMIA
DE CATALINA
La ponenciG so5re la autonomfd.
Atribuciones de los poderes Gu-
ton6mico q central.

Madrid 6 de enero.-La conf
sion extraparlamentaria ha ulti-
mado los trabajOs de formation
de Mancomunidades para las re-
giones. LIE falta ahora resolver la
question de la autonom1a de los
Ayuntamientos.
Respecto de Catalu1a termin6
la comisi6n ell estudio de los esta-
tutos de aquella Mancomunidad.
Grease un cuerpo denominado Di-
putaci6n regional cuyos miembros
seran elegidos por los Ayunta-
mientos y por otras corporaciones.
Las funciones directoras las ejer-
cera ell Consejo de Catalufla, de
estructura semejante la que te-
nfan los Antiques "Conseillers."
Ell Poder Central nombrara un
delegadO para cada region autOn0-
mica con atribuciones para CORE
gir las eXtralimitaciones del poder
Director Presidente. Los demas
seran, la mayorfa elegidos por SUI
fragio universal, como tambien Ell
auton6mico.
Los tribunales Y las Cortes cs-
pafiolas conseryaran plena sobe-
ranfa sobre las extralimitaciones
del gobierno local.
Los Parlamentos de las regiones
resolyeran sobre comunicaciones,
benefcencia y obras p1blicas.
Acerca de La enseiianza, ell Estado
espaflol Sc reserva las facultades
que actualmente tiene.
Respecto del idioma Sc expresa
len Ell informe rendido por. la CO.
mission gran respeto para el cata-
Ian, sin menoscabar el castellano.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-02-04
CASA.DE MADEIRA

Sc Vende ana hermOsc ca
sd de nsddera, de may s6lida
construction, con jard5n, ga
rage q tesveno para hortali-
"a q vGcG de lecbe, sta en- la
carreterG de Hato Reg.
Para nsds informes, escrt-
base. a p. o. Boz 25, Hdto
Reg. ADvT.