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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-05-08
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81 BEL 4:.NONENTO
Por miedo a la conaagraci6n

amos de su vida, velan por la educaci6n
instruction &c que no son rauy cuida
dosos los padres; los que scguramente
tienen que emigrar para hallar mejor
campo retribuido para sus activ1dades.
La directiva de Ia Association de
EEaestros'', celosa por Ia mission que
acept6. ha dirigido al Hon. Gobernador
lie Puerto Rico una muy notable in
formation llena de argumentos irrefuta
bles de l6gics no comdn, para soi-
citar cue no sean rebajados los sueldos
del profesorado. Ese valioso dccumento
ha debido publicarse profusamente, pa
ra que sus razones fundamentales pene
tzasen en- todas las conciencias 8 infu-
manos la modification que Sc intenta y
SO combate. En- todos los hogares de-
biera leerse para que fuera debidanaen-
te conocida la odisea del maestro puer-
torriqueno v ell valor de la justicia que
Sc pide. FL maestro puertorriqueno es
acreedor toda la buena estimaci6n de
tus conciudadanos y en- modo e1guno de
be escatimarsele Y regatearsels 10 POGO
con que Sc retribuye su improba labor
y sus sacrifcios.
Los pobres guardias, centinelas avan
zados de las leyes, estan llenos de obli-
gaciones muy pesadas y penosas. De
dia de noche, a todas horas, son los
yigilantes garantizadores de la tranqui-
hdad de los ciudadanos; todos los ms
tantes tienen en- peligro inminente la
vida viven en- continue sobresalto por
las exigencias del vulgo y de las auto
rldades. FL sueldo que en- la actualidad
tienen no es suficiente para atender con
decencia sus gastos personalcs y mu-
cho menos a los de su familia. 81 no
sabe vivir con miserable frugalidad. Pa
ra esos seres sbnegados que adamas de
la amargura de sus deberes tieren que
scportar Ia maldad la plebe y la
indiferencia social, muy poca consider
laci6n. 6Por que, aun, Sc les Ia de re-
bajar la humiIdisima paga que Sc les
da? Nunca podra haber eticiencia poll,
ciaca 81 no SO recompensa decorcsamen
te a los que deben prestarla.
De seguir las cosas como van, sin
tomar las medidas drasticas aplicables
que pudieran llevarlas por otro camino
mas limpio, en- las ascuas pront0 apa-
receran llamas y habra que tocar a
semat6n para combatir ell fuego, Toda
via ell Gobierno tiene recursos que, apli
oados sabiamente. pueden evitar que Ia
lnateria combustible arda. Las B0M-
BAS de la Comisi6n Economics tienen
POGO alcance, pero en- las atlas csferas
oficiales as1 como en- otras instituciones,
Sc encuentran fnancieros habiies. IPor
que no convocar a los Legislatures para
que en- session extraorinaria busquen y
luedan buscar los indicados nledios7
iPor que no hacer diligencias urgentes
para evitar el desastre q. Sc avecina
q. .Pto. Rico pierda su progreso v con-
vertir en- Incorporation irresistible 10 q.
noy Sc sufre resignadamente con te-
rror?
Las ascuas va humean, su calor es
grande. lQue no Sc queme ell pa:s!
VIRGILIo.
Ell CAFE Sc sIGUE vENDIENDO
A JUN PRoMEDIo DE $4,000
La Camara de Comercio informa que
el cafe Sc sigue vendiendo en- la isla a
I'm promedio de veinte dolares, ell quin-
tai.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-09
Russia at Genoa.

G OONER or later the Russians at Genoa must
- lay their cards the table face up.
That time may when the allies make a
definite statement to how much money they
will loan the Bolshevist government for in
reconstruction work. The game now has reached
a stage, it seems, when of the players
have any aces concealed in their sleeves. 1t does
not seem probable that the Soviet delegates will
leave the conference and 3ooooo,ooo gold francs
behind them when they can obtain this by
any possible promises.
Russia needs money at any price. The legend
Of vast stores of gold looted from the treasury,
from the churches and from palaces when they
took control has long been discounted. The coun-
try cannot be taxed any longer because the people
have nothing with which to pay taxes.
Doubtless NJ. Tchitcherin and his colleagues
will raise some objections to the terms which
the allies make their latest offer. They have been
successful up to the present in their efforts to
better their position by gaining time They are
not liable to give up such hctics while there is
any prospect of getting better terms. But rather
than all that gold grasped from their hands
they will make almost any compromise.
Russia needs Europe more than Europe needs
Russia. She already has demonstrated to her own
satisfaction that it is impossible for any state
on the continent to live in complete isolation NJ
Tchtcherin is astute statesman. He has out
generated most of the others at Genoa. We have
little doubt but that he will recognize when the
patience of the rest of the world is utterly ex-
hausted and will come to terms.
If M. Tchitcherin upholds his record we
to believe that the Genoa confer
ence will be unable to survive the Russian obstacle
The Washington herald., 1922-05-09
Virginia Roads.

TT is thankless task, we presume, to write of
Virginia roads without offering constructive
suggestions.
Most of them have been bad since George
Washington's day. Some of them, unless some
thing unforeseen happens to speed up construction,
will be bad when Gabriel tunes his trumpet for his
farewell performance.
Many highways of the Old Dominion in the
immediate vicinity of Washington might claim the
unenviable distinction of being the worst in the
United States. Virginia counties, of course, are
under obligations to make life pleasant for Dis
trict motorists. If rocky, rut-illed cowpaths and
frequent toll gates please the natives District folks
can only growl as they pay for new brake bands
and repairs on broken axles.
The motoring season, delayed for some
time by unpleasant weather, is in full swing.
Virginia, with its picturesque armhouses, its fer
tile fields and its haze-hooded hills offers ideal
vacation ground with one exception. While its
roads in their present shape. Sunday aunt
through its villages produces agony rather than
pleasure.
Virgnians, of course, may be justified in their
reluctance to spend money thoroughfares for
the benefit of strangers. They may enjoy plotting
automobile through hub deep mud But they
seem sometimes to take malicious attitude-to
enjoy playing practical jokes on visitors. This we
cannot understand
Above Fairfax Courthouse, for instance there
is a splendid stretch of macadam road in the di-
rection OF Alde. On either end of it are sections
of dirt road bad as could be found in the United
States On the way to Warrenton occasional
stretches OF fine, hard road are sandwiched be-
tween muddy horseback trails.
One imagine the villager laughing as he
watches the city motorist speed along the macadam
"Just you wait, my fine fellow" he seems to
say Like the undertaken, we'll get you at the
finish"
The most heartlcss joke of all is when the
Nirginians charge a 5o-cent toll for riding over
some OF their worst roads while one can travel
miles on their good roads without paying cent.
We can do nothing to hasten their road con-
struction problem. But implore them not
to laugh at We patient and long suffering.
: So long residents of the District OF Co.
lumbia must take what our neghbors give
and be thankful for little things But it is
irritating to be snickercd at.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-09
The Street Car Token.
T, the Editor. The Washington Herald:

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
We are all more or less familiar
with the little metal Affairs sold to
passengers by the conductors on the
Washington and Baltimore street
cars and returned to the traction
companies through the conductors
who collect them as fares from
those riding on the cars. We know
they are about the size of dime.
having a capital letter in the center
which is made the more conspicuous
by the metal having perforations
made in 1t at various points about
the aforesaid letter. On the cars
these tokens" are carried in re-
ceptables attached to a belt and
worn about the waist of the con-
ductor, from which they are readily
extracted and sold to the passenge ers
upon entering the car. Each pas
senger drops his or her token into
the box in front of the conductor,
which is there for that purpose
When crowding takes place there is
frequently some confusion at this
point owing to the desire on the
part of passengers to secure seats
in the car: to the making of change
for the purchased tokens" to a
posscnscT, no" anu lHtH, oTOpplnS
a token and the effort to pick it up
from the car, and to not a few
other causes.
Frequently. have seen the
negroes in Washington, upon enter
ing the car. have their token in
their mouths; upon one occasion
saw a member of this race drop his
token from his mouth into the
token-box in front of the conductor,
and upon inquiring the latter In
formed me that he had had that
happen a number of times on his
car but there was no law to pre-
vent it" We know how these
tokens when purchased in the usual
small numbers-so many for so
much-circulate among the people,
being carried loose in pantaloons,
pockets, in little purses. and SO on.
We now come to the point which
l have in mind and which induced
me to write and submit this letter.
In medicine we have the term
fornite" fornite being anything
which is supposed to collect and
transmit from person to person con-
tagious effluvia. Now of all the
fornites that L have any knowledge
this metal car token heads the list.
Coins-that is. metal money-may
in very rare instances, transmit
contagious disease. and for reasons
easily appreciated. Upon the other
hand, however. this little metal af-
fair-this car token-had 1t been
manufactured for that very purpose.
a better model could hardly have
been designed. In the first place.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-09
Why NOt2
To the Editor. The Washington Herald:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Apropos of the street car prob
lem, may / offer a suggestion
Everyone knows that the number
of motor vehicles on the streets is
constantly increasing. Pedestrians
have to risk their lives every time
they to reach the car tracks to board
trolley. And Il gets worse every
day. 1t see. s to me It cannot be
long before some radical change in
public transportation will have to be
made.
Why not abandon the trolley sys-
tenn altogether and run motor buses
instead? They could run beside the
curb on each side OF the street, going
up On one side and down on the
other. Passengers could step into
them FROM the sidewalk in perfect
safety ando without delaying other
traffic, The middle of the street
could then be given over to motor
and other vehicles. The streets are
rapidly becoming impossible to pc
destrians. anyhow. and some drastic
changes will soon be imperative. An
elderly gentleman, recently, after
trying for a hal. hour to cross Scott
circle, was Obliged to take TAXI
to get to the other side.
A light iron bridge Of graceful de-
sign could be thrown across the
streets at Intervals. 1t need only
The Washington herald., 1922-05-09
Conditions in Ell Paso.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
i would be very much indebted to
you II you can ind room to insert
these few lines in that department
of your very interesting paper
which is opened to public letters.
l am a Washingtonian and have
just arrived here from Washington
City to assume the secretaryship OF
this chamber.
While on my way West, I stopped
of at Ell Paso. Texas, and visited
the quaint old Mexican City Of
Juarez, which Is just over the bor-
der. Among the places OF interest
which i visited was the jail, a small
dirty place, and was surprised TO
find five Americans. three of whom
appeared to be of good birth but In
a very unclean condition. / made
an inquiry OF the commandant. and
was told they were addicted to
drugs. One thing which made me
determined to try and help my fell
low citizens IL could was one
young 10y of 16, who begged me to
have him released.
The same afternoon / got in touch
with the Salvation Army author
tiles in Ell Paso and found them. as
ever. ready to help the unfortunate.
Mrs. Adjt. J. A. Warren told me
she had assisted, not only several
men within the last twelve months
but fully forty young girls. who
had come there. or been brought
there by others to secure morphine.
which can be bought at a veiv low
price just over the line. Many sad
stories were told to me, but she
said, I'VE are not able to do much
as we have neither the funds nor
the facilities"
The FL Paso corps of the Saliva
! tion Army has a maternity home
a home for disabled old men and
an officers quarters, but no hospital
Knowing by experience the work of
the Salvation Army. having been a
campaign organizer for them three
years. ] am able to state that any
funds given to the Salvation Army
are used for the purpose given.
The unfortunate men. women and
girls who find their way TO FL Paso
can be helped and broken of their
drug habit. but no one is better
equipped to assist them than the
officers of the salvation Army.
$. NJ. MCCARTNEY.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-09
Quotes King Solomon.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
1t would seem an easy transition
for Sir A. Conan Doyle. the adept
in unravel!nS dark. hidden and
mysterious murders and other viola :
uons Of the law to that of a
spiritualist. The difference, of
course is that in the former he
Is dealing with material things con-
corning the quick. whereas in the
latter he has to do with the deac
or their spirits. 1t is conceivable
his lectures on spiritualism with
his pictures of departed spirits will
have tendency to strengthen the
faith of those who, like him, be-
lieve in the occult, but will find
no converts among sincere Christ
ians or hard-headed and we'll
balanced men and women who must.
in Missouri fashion. BE shown" by
ocular demonstration. In short, is
it possible for one who believes in
tho Bible to believe in holding con-
verse with the dead?
A few quotations from Solomon
should dissipate any such theory:
The dead know not anything.
nav 'hNN any Hpit. Il re-
ward"
As tree falIeth SO il lieth."
Whatsoever thy hand fndeth to
de-. do 1t with all thy might: for
there Is no work. nor device. nor
knowledge. nor wisdom in the
grave whittier thou -uest"
1t is reasonable to suppose if il
were possible to communicate with
the dead it would long since have
been so thoroughly demonstrated as
to leave not the shadow OF a doubt
on the subject
When Ben Franklin was Minister
to France from this country the
French people were obsesscd with
the idea of spiritalism. so much so
that the King had a committee ap-
pointed of the most learned,
scientific, philosophic men to be
found to investigate it. Franklin
was one of the committee. They
met. we are told, calling those
mediums who were said to be able
to converse with departed spirits.
and had them go through with their
performances. They propounded
certain questions to them. many of
which they refused or were unable
to answer. After they completed
their investigation they pronounced
It unworthy of belief-in other
words a fake.
JUSTINIAN.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-09
Purity of Human Blood.

To the Editor The Washington Herald:
One more to finish the series"
am very sorry Mrs. w. d. W.
found offense in my letter. I sim
ply felt that she got her moneys
worth in getting cow-pox and
ment he- on that last letter. which
I consider a masterpiece. II is
really remarkable. ] could not do
as we'll myself, and / have written
for twenty years or more. The
Inherited" immunity that her sons
have acquired-so her doctor says
from the smallpox she had when
two years old. is the best kind they
could get IL Is interesting how an
immunity can be passed along in
this way when il won't protect in
the individual, Medical men can
understand this process all right
for they are broad but il
is one Of the many problems in
medical science" which my poor
brain has never been able 20 mas
ter. SO much for her interesting
letter.
appreciate DR.. Sherman's letter.
No nobler set of men ever lived
than those many doctors in Europe
and America who have given time.
money and medical prestige" in
exposing the vaccine horror. and
who have warned their medical
brethren against it. Such men will
not ignore the evidence of their
own senses and continue 10 pollute
the blood Of the race.
II inoculations were stopped to-
day. il would take at least four
generations to fairly purify the
blood. then posterity would reap
she blessing Of Soundness in the
human body. With our modern
sanitation Scourges would no more
dcvastate the race. provided hy-
Sienic living habits were cultivated
The inoculations. which mean blood
contaminations, are deEeneratirg
the civilized races Of the world. and
will continue to do so until stopped.
1t is idioCy to imagine that all
these scores Of Vaccines and serums
will ever save the race from dis
ease. 1t all means diseasc-Eraftiu=
and disease-Culture. Humanity Will
continue to perish from the scourCeS
until uncontaminated blood is de-
.manded. what would human blood
be like today with five vacCincs and
ten serums in it? H RONNETI.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-09

"
r. w a great national university for graduate
students.
No other city in the world offers the same
broad opportunities for research work. We have
the Library of Congress-thc finest in existence
No existing university hope to duplicate
such a collection. We have all the laboratories of
government departments engaged constantly OIL
revolutionary experiments in many fields OF science
We have cultural Notwithstanding
found nowhere else in the world. Famous men
walk our streets unnotced-so familiar have they
become They talk with the ordinary citizen, the
shoe salesman the boy behind the drug store
bar. The dullest cannot escape some of the cul-
ture such associations bring.
We have at hand the whole mass of govern
mcnt statistics nearly every subject under the
sun. What inviting field for the graduate worker
in economies sociology political science. We
have, moreover, hundreds of men and women toll
ing Tor ideals for cleaner and prosperous
world. The inspiration radiated from such people
IS felt throughout the District.
All Washington lacks in university equipment
is buildings and faculty. There is no reason to
suppose that these will not be supplied sooner or
later. When that time we will have an in
elusive American university which will rival in
world renown such institution as the Sorbonne
in Paris.
None of our present graduate schools located
far from the country's center Of culture can hope
to become supreme. 1t has sometimes been said
that there only two such institutions worthy of
the name in the country-Clark and Johns Hop
kins Both have done remarkable work But
their stand for little in the mind of the ay
erage American. They sectional still and prom
ise to remain so.
In his proposal for national university in
Washington. DIR. Samuel c. Capen, director of the
American Council OF Education, has offered con-
structive idea for the Capital itself and for Amer-
can learning. DR.. Cspen, himself brilliant scholar
and former university teacher is perhaps the most
capable man in America to lay the groundwork of
the structure he has visioned for the National Capi
tai He is the present representative of one OF the
great university families of America whose men
have made their lives felt in the advance of thought
on this side OF the Atlantic
= We hope this gentleman and scholar gives
much more time and attention the project which
he mentioned at the Cosmos Club the other day.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-09

its diverse and reverse surfaces are
rough, thus giving A better chance
for the products OF disease and dis
eased discharges, as for instance in
the case of the various venereal dis
eases. to find a lodgment. More ef-
fective still, in such matter. are the
various perforations TO be found as
cut-outs about the central capital
letter CIV in Washington and U in
Ealtimore). In these recesses dis.
eased germs may find lodgment
most readily and in one way or an
other be passed from person to per-
son. placing them in great danger
OF Infection, and that with a num-
Der of the most dangerous maladies
known to man.
For one. l am for abolishing this
so-called token" and substituting
for IT some other means for the
public to pay fares as they enter
the street cars of our cites.
r. w. SHCFELDT, NJ d.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-09

run May 1. and his last one Of the season septem-
ber 20.
OLD CATALOGUES.
Please inform me through the "ouery" column
of your paper If it is lawful to sell old catslogues
J. r.
Old catalogues may be sold as junk paper.
ST. LAWRENCE WATERWAY.
Will you please tell what States would be
benefited by the St Lawrence waterway and how
portant things about the St Lawrence waterday.
Z. H. e.
Laene. to rSe%ateT soh sSi s..ood
Building, Duluth. MINI.
rHANksGIvING DAY.
To the Friend Of the People:
Is Thanksgiving Day Determined by the last
the third Monday in November. or Is It set by
the Presidents proclamation! has ne TIVE authPr-
ity to set the holiday? j. H. n
custom requires him 10 name the last Thursday
in November. The Presidents proclamation legal
and the territories Elsewhere IL Is a recon-
mendaton follow ed by proclamations issued by the
governors or Is legahzed by State law
PECAN TREE.
To the Friend Of the People:
To what tree famIy does the pecan tree belong?
The pecan tree belongs to the North American
hickory family
LIGHTEsT METAL.
To Friend Of the People:
What is the nghtest metal known
Magnesium. which is only two-thirds
heavy aluminium
SATURDAY. JANUARY Is. 1905.
Friend Of the People:
Please tell me the day of January IS. 1905.
J. L.
January cs 1905. Saturday.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-09

utI osDlHd, now
also in the United States. has ex-
pressed his confidence that the in
coming government will reain DIR.
Herrera in his new post.
This is DR.. Herrera's first diplo-
matte appointment in the United
States. He has served his country
as minister to Argentina and Chile,
however. He is young as diplo>
mats go, being only Al years old.
At 90 he was minister of foreign
relations in Colombia. He was one
of the leaders in his country who
favored the collection of the $685.
OO0. 900 indemnity from the United
States on account of the Panama
Canal claims.
He is a graduate OF the Univer-
sity of Bogota and the University
of Brussels. having studied di-
plomacy at the latter institution.
He is married and has two chill
dren.
He is also an editor Of note, hav-
ing been the first Colombian editor
to introduce the linotype machine
in his plant
The Washington herald., 1922-05-09
CORN coBs SOURCE
OF ORGANIC ACIDS

The humble corn cob is coming
into its own. Every ton of the
100000 tons Of this product
burned or discarded IN this coun-
try every year 10 capable Of yield
ing over 400 pounds OF acetic and
$40 pounds OF Tactic acid IL the
yield on a commercial scale should
prove equal to laboratory results,
according to the wisconsin AgrI-
cultural Experiment Station.
The acids are easily obtained by
fermenting a syrup made from corn
cobs hydrolyzed with dIiut. sui
phuric acid. which yields 30 TO 90
per cent Sylose. a kind Of sugar
This sugar solution fs fermented
by the proper bacteria and the re-
sulting acetic and Tactic acid in al
most equal quantities accounts for
SIS TO 80 per cent Of the xylose.
These acids are particularly use
full in the tanning OF hides and the
manufacture OF acetone and other
chemicals. The commercial devel.
opment of this industry will inS
volve numerous chemical and
technical problems. but the pos
sibility Of producing chemicals in
this way was proved when over
100000 pounds Of acetone was
obtained by a ferment process dur
ing the war for use in making
explosives.