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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-07-13
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con 2 O 3 gotas de "Gets-It." FL scguro,
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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-07-13
Puertas y Ventanas
Calidad = Precio - Servicio
RoLAN, TEJEDoR & DE HOsTOS
Boz 1856. Telefonos 395 y 200.

LA SUSPENSION DE Nc CLURE
NO ES "CAMOUFLAGE".
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-07-13
Function sin AnunciOs

Una vista a nuestra fabrica no lie
cuesta NADIA. Esta instalada con los
~adelantos mas modernOs. Yea nues-
ira existencia de driles de hilO. Mo-
jamos los driIes antes de fabricar.
Vendemos mas baratO que los demas.
Puede ordenar su traje a la MEDIA.
I'd. sera nuestrO cliente como otrOs
mucnOs.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

case to prevent an eviction IT amounted to
SS or $40. and paid it--not because Of any
benefit that would result to nc politically, but
because ii was darn pathetic case and it hit
me right III the hcartstrings.
'Hctt'ng men excused from jury duty is
another big, trouble 1t is especially hard if a
man represents Il district where thcrc are
mostly working people. II isn't th;t the
pcoplc want to avoid jury duty but They los
money by serving in most cases. If :. man i
gcttIng - Il day at his trade and gets s.;
day 40 Juror Inc looks at the bread and
butter side Of the proposition. and Nhcu he
gets 4 summons his first thought is: G src
my alderman aud find out if nc can't ,ct
mo Off. II It's case like that the alderman
naturally docs what he can. In good nanv
cases, too, whcrc there has bccn trouble with
u truant officer tho alderman i asked to in.
tcrycnc With the school authorities And when
ono OF tho boys in the family finishes school
tho first decision is: We'll, lets 90 and So"
the aIdernam and he'll be glad to hunt 10
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

amount happened to bc. They we're not salts
''cd with this assurance, but brought the case
INTO tlc courts. 1t dragged through tho courts
Two YEAR,, aud By The tmc it WAS scttIcd it
cost us 5000 apiece That's one Of tho thinss
That comes an aIdcrmans S way"
The heartfelt testimony of several aldermen
regarding personal expense which must como
out ct ones own pocket indicated that al least
onc-thrd OF the councilnan's salary must be
charged on as total loss before tho official is
s"orn in.
Just take q $ 900 bill out OF that SO 900
salary and csl it 4 dead bird =" said ono Of
Tho aldermen interviewed. "Tho only ALLOW
anco VIC get Is paper. We get tons Of paper
TO write on, if VIC want it, but not SO much e.
pcn-point to make Il scratch Yet my mail
IS pretty hcayyaIl growing out Of this Job.
mako ii point to answer every letter get,
but the city doesn't furnish postage allow
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

ance, and we don't get carfare But those
are small items, compared with the pull on US
in other ways.
"I get SO hate the sight Of tickets l never
realized until became an alderman how much
paper there is used up in ticket form. Printers
lust grind out tickets, it seems to me, when
they haven't anything else to do with their
prcsses---and the aldermen buy em all. We
buy tickets for fairs, dances, picncs and en-
tickets one year figured up just $400. That
was dead outlay, even if didn't take in one
Of the affairs But an alderman can't get very
FAR by buying tickets and staying away. He
gets the reputation Of being stand-offish, and
that's the quickest way of saying goodby
to City Hall job. He goes to chowder
party, and it's case of buy cigar and then
'have another He spends two or three times
as much as the ticket cost him----all in being
a good fellow. Then there are subscriptions
to flower funds when people have died. When
the flu was at it's worst it cost me 500
month for flower subscriptions in my district.
at is queer the personal cases that an
alderman will be asked to take up During all
this friction between landlord and tenant,
since tho high rent era bcgan the alderman
has had his share of the resulting trouble.
Before the new rent laws went into effect,
upon every day to save people from being
turned out Of house and home ! was actually
asked to pay The balance cf rent duo in ono
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29
Vot Felcer dnd Better, ut the Proposed S., 900
Salary, but at Least One to Euery Block Is the
Clty Hau Clodkr0om Verdict-Whul aldermen
no to Earn Pay as "Friends of the PeoDIe"
BY ARTHUR CHAPMAN
Illustration by Albert cvcrng
BY ARTHUR CHAPMAN
Illustration by Albert levcring

alderman Iii return. But it generally follows
than when wo find work I pr people The com
panies that give tho work will expect some
return from the city-~whlch they douI get,
OF course, unless they are entitled to it. Evcry
,urn-down in such cases means some influence
lost, SO tho aldcrman's S personal efforts in be
half Of his constituents aren't all clear gain
"'Then nobody seems 10 think that an alder
man ever takes Il vacation. The board closes
down officially for the summer, but if an alder
man lives in district as ] DO, where there
are beaches, you can imagine tho amount of
work bo has to do. There is no end to the
calls, personal and by telephone, about beach
concessions. Then if an alderman docs sneak
Off for week or Two and people como to his;
homo or call him up and find that no is not on
tho job llo gets roasted as an unfaithful pub
lie servant"
Aldermen arc still called upon In behalf OF
offenders who have como to grief With tho
police. In spite of tho growth Of professional
bonding companies and night courts, it is the
alderman who is looked to in many instances
10 bring about at least q temporary freedom.
I've been called up in The small hours Of
the morning many time with a request To
come down and get stranger out Of Jail,
said another alderman. maybe some Young
fellows have been attending a dance and have
had clash with tho police and have been
thrown in jail Their first thought seems TO be
the alderman and their next thought is the
telephone. If it happens the man ia trouble IS
known to be albright young fellow or if
he has good word spoken for him by some
friend of miac whom know to be reliable I'd
Just as 500 ~neak to the magistrate about
HIM. In such 'he magistrate sends out
and makes pcrs. |estigaton. IF he finds
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

job for Jimmy. I've started enough Office
boys on their careers to fame to make future
Who's Who.' OF course, it's fun doing nice
things for people, but, gosh. it does take time"
1t used to be that aldermen could perform
the marriage ceremony, and every day there
would be string of applicants at the City
Hall, willing to dispense with music by
Wagner or Mendelssohn, and ready to be mar
ried by the first alderman to report. But
those days have gone and SO have the mar
riagc fees which did something toward MAX
ink up for the expense created by the venders
Of tickets
What does the alderman fad so fascinating
in business that admittedly has so many
drawbacks? The question was delicately an
ticipated by one Of the aldermen in this wise:
'Its education in itself, this being an
alderman. I've learned more here than if
went TO college. I'm in the real estate bust
ness, and every time proposition comes up
in my district to put in sewer or straightcn
out curb line you bet I'm there looking
the ground over. L know every yard of
ground in my district. I see it all with
my eyes shut I've had real estate values
pounded into me and l know what Il piece of
property is worth soon as I put my lamps
on it. Also Ivc learned lot about law. Pm
no lawycr-never had an hours schooling in
law-but there's attorney who can get up
here on the floor and fool me very much Oh
legal questions. Those are things that make
the job worth while to me-
Nearly all the aldermen have lines of bust
ness of their own. Some of them are lawyers
and others arc real estate men. Some speak
with due attention pramn1ar'S GOnioaOt
rules, and others shun them deliberately.
perhaps, for effect. Some OF them never make
speeches and some practice oratory at every
opportunity All Of them admit that the busi
ness of being alderman cuts heavily into pri-
vatc affairs and that the financial burdens Of
the Office many and heavy.
No hint Of this burden Of personal toll gets
into the proceedings of the Board Of Alder
men, as printed by the city. In fact, those
proceedings are about dull and unimag
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

~ NCE a week sixty-Hvc men meet in
an impscssiNcly furnshcd chamber in
~ the City Hall. Sometimes the men
sit about With their feet their
desks In peaceful and even somnolcnt att-
tud... At other times they crawl over those
s.rr. desks, With bclligcrcncy expressed in
every move
rb. individuals at the desks arc New York
City's aldermen, Nho ROW get $4,000 year,
,nd who, under a charter proposed by Comp
,ro,er Charles L. Craig, will have their pay
increased to 5000 year.
Tho aldermen admit that they do not make
sn impressive showing at their weekly meet
mrs. They say that all their hard, brain
Yacdng work is transacted in committee. They
aver that they may have worked days over
some matter which takes hut few minutes
cf the adernlanic tody's time when it comes
70 a final vote. TO be sure, the Board Of
Ultimate does tho heavy work when it comes
to figuring, but the aldermen have TO sp
prove or disapproye, or scale down, or dc
arc presented. and any councilman will tell
sou that whatever wage he gets Is fully
earned.
Que by oas the large powers have been
shorn from tho alderman--powcrs that were
reminiscent OF carly days in England. when
the councilman even dared to raise voice in
national affairs. Witness rarc pamphlet,
printed in 1869, entitled "1ho Fox Unkcnncled
tho Paymaster's Accounts Laid Open" IN
which an anonymous alderman asked awkward
questions Of Lord Holland, his majcsty's
auditor Of the cxchcquer, concerning the cx-
penditures for tho "lato war" for which the
treasurer had been allowed 100000, and
winch never had been reported upon One can
imagine a New York City alderman calling
upon the Treasurer of the United States for
az accounting of moneys allowed for war
or any other purpose.
Far from having national or international
viewpoint, the alderman OF to-day finds his
vision necessarily restricted to tho district
which ho may be representing. Ambition
snd makes no speeches national affairs. Hc
lives close to tho telephone and keeps con-
Stanty in touch with the home folks In fact,
lie has to. IF the telephone had been invented
In tho time OF Lord Hollands incunlbcncy in
financial affairs, no doubt he would not have
eeen bothered by critical pamphlets written by
aldermen. But how the telephone would have
bothered him! New York aldermen arc as &c
custoued to reaching for the telephone re
ceiyer and saying "Hello." as some men used
to ho IN reaching for a glass and saying
Here's how" IN fact, according to unanimous
aidermanic testimony, the telephone and the
personal visits from constituents combine in
taking up even more time than the committee
~ I'M
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

that the alderman has misrcprescnted things,
even if the alderman happens to have been
taken in,' you can Imagine where l stand.
That's why we 'front.' for people in court a
good deal less than is supposed. And it isn't
often that we go bail now. The bonding COM
panies have relieved the aldermen of all that.
"Gong on notes for some one is a game that
tho alderman is often asked to play and he
comes to grief at it with the regularity that
is customary in all such cases went on a
bond, with another man. in the case Of friend
who was appointed administrator of an estate.
The administrator died and was $500 short in
his accounts. The heirs came after us, AS
signers Of tho bond. We told them that VIC
would make it good no matter VIA. tho
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

htCctlISS. NulCu arc DlIlLcU HL so udrklv aB pro-
ductivo Of brain-fag.
With salaries raised to $1,000 year, what
would hc tho results IN the aldcrmanc assem-
bly,? Listen to the answer from veteran al
dcrman- man whose grip on his district is
not to be shaken for tho reason that he can
aud docs call most of his constituents BY their
first names.
They say tho aim in Increasing the salaries
OF aldermen is to get better men." observed
this oracle. "probably that means better bus-
ncss mon. Well, maybe they will. But they
viii get men who believe in Office boys, and
who keep Themselves fenced of from the pcU-
pic. That Will be a big mistake. The alder
man, as affairs stand, is tho government rep
rescutativc who stands closest TO tho people.
That is his value. The bigger tho salaries tho
further the aldermen arc going to be removed
from tho people. When the voters 'oso that
personal contact, then come suspicion or gov
crnmcnt and general distrust. There should
hc lower salaries and an alderman in every
block"
Conversations With various aldermen
brought in corroboratlyc testimony concerning
tho personal demands made upon tho average
councilman.
''I'll average fifteen telephone calls night,
al the way UP to 8 o'clock in tho morning.
said councilman from an outlying district.
lhcn thcrc'll be people calling at the house
at all hours Of tho day. My vfc has to
answer most Of those personal calls, because
I'm away q good deal, trying 70 attend to lny
own business affairs. ] set aside four hours
a day--from Z to 8 in the morning and from
e to i'll tho cNcnugto sec my constituents,
but they don't recognize any such thing RS
office ]lours. They just string along any time
they have the opportunity or it happens 70
suit their fancy.
''1n good many the callers will be
women who arc seeking Jobs for their hus-
bands. Women going after the family
Jobs now more than ever before. A woman
VII tell mc that hcr husband has been out Of
work a long time and doesn't seem to have
Mad any luck finding something to do, so she
has become disgustcd and has put OH her hat
and determined to sec what she could find.
Her first thought was the alderman from their
district. SO she calls me, and do what
to find job for the man of the house.
"&indiDg Jobs takes lots Of time. ! have to
visit supcrlntcndcnts call them up at
various industrial plants. There is always
more or less of kicll-back also, for there is
this peculiar thing to be considered: When
YOU turn up a joo for somebody, the corpora
ton or firm that gives the person the work
seems to think that q great big favor has
been done the alderman. Perhaps it has in
way, for the alderman has made friend
but it isn't any such favor would cntitlc
the corporation to ask a dozen favors Of the
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

lngt0n recently the printers were carelesa
enough to get some violent language into 1.-The
Congressional Record just 'as writ by y
Congressman who didn't believe the thrce-em
dash had any descriptive qualities. Nothing
Of the sort ever happens with the printed pro-
ceedings Of the New Y ork Board of Aldermen
A more chastely written and grammaticallv
perfect publication does not come from any
press. No would ever suspect that soma
of the contributors say 'seen'' and "done''
for "saw'' and "did." The writing is clean
cut and TO the point. When occasion demands
it is spirited without being famboyant-as in
the case when the keys of the city are offered
TO some distinguished visitor. But the alder
men don't do the fine writing. Most of them
chee-fully admit that if it became noised
about that they dealt in Glossy written Ian
guagc it would hurt their standing with the
plain people in their districts. Having repu-
tation for oratory does not hurt, but being
known writer is dangerous.
Consequently, for the most part the pro-
ceedings amble along about as they used to.
For instance, in 1920, we find petition from
Sophia Usher "to erect a building for che
purpose Of vending soda water on the lot of
ground belonging to the corporation on
Broadway between the Bridewell and the
Parks''-a bit Of legislation that gave the
Committee on Park Lands and Places some
thing to worry about Then, l., the 1920 pro
ceedings. there numerous petitions cor
cerning the putting Of wells and pumps in
downtown streets that have long bee,
strangers to such means Of getting refresh
ment; complaints about the scarty clothing o.,
bathcr at the stairs on Market Field Stree;
and the Courtland Street slip; the remission
of fines for selling liquor without license:
the putting in Of sidewalk flags without delay
and the extension of the Catherine Slip ferry
lease ''provided petitioner shall place on his
fcrry another good and sufficient Horse Boat
to be propelled by at least eight horscs'
All these things were referred to committee
then. now. Behind the skeletonizcd re-
ports one can only guess at the personal calls
on the old-time aldermen-as one can ONLY
guess at them to-day. Probably there was
talk then. now, about getting better men
for the places, through better salaries. And,
no doubt, the disturbing question rosc as It
has risen to-day: Can the people afford to
put It barrier Of gold between themselves and
their closest representatives?
The answer would seem TO be "No" with als
It's variants Better the slogan OF the alder
man who has been quoted: "I.owcr salarjea
and an alderman IN every block!"
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

NCE a week sixty-nvc men meet in
an impscssi> >cly furnished chamber in
tue City Hall. Sometimes the men
Evening star., 1922-01-23
warns LANDLORDS
Who 0VERcHARGE
Senator King Intimates Ball
Law Extension Lies
With Them.

Warning to landlords in the District
who charge what he termed exorbi-
tant rents was sounded in the Senate
this afternoon by Senator King OF
Utah. Senator King told the Senate
that a great number of complaints
had come to him of the rent charges
in this city. Many senators are op-
posed to the Ball rent law, he said.
because we have some doubts as to
its constitutionality." and added, III
the landlords of the District persist in
the extortionate prices there Will
grow up in the District an irresisti-
BILE sentiment in favor of the passage
of a resolution extending the present
law"
The district attorney, he said. has
had these matters called to his, atten-
ton, and Senator King expressed the
hope that the investigation which he
expects to institute into the building
situst tion here may tend to cure what
he terms the existing evils. He read
several Of the letters and said that
him to complain Of certain conditions
prevailing in the city which tended to
point to combinations of circum-
stances which resulted in keeping up
the prices Of building here, among
them the high cost of financing build
ing projects and fake sales Of real
estate.
Points to Fake Sales.
One Of the letters read to the Sen
ate by Senator King suggests that q
very fruitful field of investigation for
the district attorney in his proposed
prob lis in al, a. min: Oh e
instead Of bona fde sales, whereby
CONTINUED on Page S. Column -
Evening star., 1922-01-23
Today's News In Brief

President Harding given big ovation
at opening Of agricultural confer
ence. Pare 1
Full text of Presidents address at
agricultural conference. Pago 1
Grand jury begins probe into Charles
w. Morse case. Page /
London press amazed by irish agree.
mene between Craig and Collins.
Page 2
Congress leaders to speed up legisla.
tion in hope fof adjourning by
June I. Page 3
Maryland legislature to meet tonight
in first session following recess.
Premier Poincare revives diplomacy
Of the old style In notes to Great
Britain. Page .
Chicago man. out Of work. admits kill
ing wife and child. Page II
Steel industry asks I. c. c. to abolish
advance Of freight rates ordered In
1920. Page 13
Railroad Labor Board allows spill.
], tricks and overtime Rfter
Evening star., 1922-01-23
HEARTY BID T0U. s.
IN LONDON SPEECH
British Opinion Indicates
America Would Be 'Life
of the Genoa Party"
BY N. O. MESSENGER.

Speaking of conferences, Premier
Lloyd Georges speech in London last
Saturday is interpreted in conference
circles in Washington as being a very
hearty bid for the participation of the
United States in the Genoa confer
ence. His and the expressions of other
European statesmen would seem to
indicate that Uncle Sam is expected
to be "the life of the party" in case
he elects to hang his tall felt hat on
the hail rack at the Genoa meeting. 1t
may be a sad affair without him.
The British premier gave his cordial
Endorsement of the Harding idea" of
conferences among nations-where
the nations gather around the council
board and talk things over, face to
face. Mr.. Lloyd George much prefers
this method to the old diplomacy. al
though it is noted that announcement
has been made that France and Eng
land will negotiate the Franco Brit
ish pact by the old plan.
You cannot argue with Dispatch
you cannot reason with a diplomatic
message, Inc pTcIuicT AS quoted -aS
saying, I'VE must come face to face.
I have profound faith in the ultimate
reason Of man" Asserting that .'men
who hate conferences are men who
dislike realities" he went on to say
Of the Genoa conferences: "It will be
the greatest international conference
ever held. All the nations of earth
have been invited. because we want
to end wars and rumors Of wars"
"Like Wings Of an Angel.
He said that as the Washington
conference is establishing peace in one
part of the globe he looks to the
Genoa conference to establish it in
another. and said, ''They will be like
two wings Of an angel lowering over
the world"
It is admitted in conference circles
that the administration finds itself in
an interesting position in regard to
the Genoa invitation, entirely war
Continued on Page q Column Al
Evening star., 1922-01-23
All Unmarried Women,
l6 to 80, in Bulgaria,
Compelled to York
BY CONSTANTINE
STEPHANOVE.


By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1922.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, January 2s.
-Bulgarin is making unique
history these days. The gov
ernment Is calling upon all un-
married women between the
ages of sixteen and thirty to do
compulsory service. Hitherto
II has called only ON the young
men. The girls are recruited
for four months and the service
of each is to be performed Ms
near her home ms possible. They
are working In hospitals. libra
RES. churches, schools and other
public Institutions. The wcrk
lasts until evening. No girl is
exempt, though MOhammedans
are permitted to do their share
OF labor mt home.
No medical certificates are re.
quired but every recruit wish.
ing to be excused In required to
MI out a blank stating the
cause Of her inability to carry
out her service obligation. 1t
ix estimated that the state In
the coming year will utilize the
work Of more than 100000 girls.
Evening star., 1922-01-23
Fiue OctaUes In Range
OF Serbian Who Sings
Contra F and High 4
BY A. II. DECKER.


BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1922.
VIENNA. Austria, January 81.
The Austrian Association for
Experimental PhOnetics believes
that q marvel has been discOv-
cred I'm the person Of Michael
GeOrGevic Prita, n Serbian,
whose voice commands FIVE oc-
taves. Prof. Leopold Rethi of
the Univerxity Of vienna, a
noted larry who exam-
ined Pritn. says the Serbian
singer hits contra r with forty.
two vibrations. changing with
out break and with full tone
through the baritone and tenor
zones and then. after a slight
transition. registers to soprano
like n fnlsettO. striking high A
with 1,740 vibrations per xecOnd.
beating the famous Patti, who
stopped mt G..
Prfta IL planning to bring his
hiSheet and lowest + 10 the
United States.
Evening star., 1922-01-23
DEATH CLAIMS CARDINAL.
Almaraz y Santos succumbs at
n Madrid, Spain.

MADRID. january yi2s.-Cardinal Al.
maraz y Santdss seventy-four. Arch
bishop Of Toledo. died hal9 last night.
In 1885 he became secretary to the
Archbishop Of Madrid and was made
Archbishop of Seville onsAprI1 is. 1907.
He Was created cardinal on November.
Z. ~. " sts
Evening star., 1922-01-23
DISTRICT DAY SET ASIDE.
Bill Gets Right Of
Way in House.

District day was again set aside in
the House today.
Chairman Focht of the House
District committee announced that
he would yield on account Of the5km-
portance Of the appropriation bilf for
Independent establishments which
hangs over as unfinished business
from last week.