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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-09-27

mdsica criola y Sc cant6 Ia letra de
una cancion popular en- la ~ne sale
relucir la figura simpatica oel Alca.de
PARA Capo y ell Ligao, hizo tuso de la
palabra el sefior Guerra para expresar
SUI confianza en- ell porvenir que le
aguarda a Ponce manifestando que es-
te era nuestro tnico puerto en- ell Carl
be por donde Sc exportaba el 40 por
ciento del cafe y un bueE por ciento de
nuestras frutas.
Ell puerto de Ponce es para una re
gi6n de 100000 habitantes sera Ell
eje de una nueva situacion economical.
La presidencia de Ia Camara solo Sc
ha hecho eco del c,amor de la comuni-
dad poncefia puesto que esta necesita-
ba esta gran obra para su desarrollo
maritime.
El distinguido caballero y prominen-
te hombre publico doctor Lopez Nussa
expres6 en- nombre del Club Rotario
del cual 6l es presidente, Ia satisfac-
cion que sentian los miembros de di-
cho Club en- ofrecerle Ell homemade al
Speaker Guerra Mondrag6n quien
habia puesto todos sus entusiasmos en-
la consecusi6n de Ell dragado para el
puerto de Ponce. Tambien ell doctor
Lopez Nussa declare que Sc lie debia
al Lcdo. Guerra, a su buena voluntad
y patriotismo 81 Ell hospital municipal
era una realidad.
A peticion del doctor Lopez Nussa
ell "Speaker" fue declarado miembro
honorario del 'tClub Rotario'' de Pom
ce. Ell sefior Guerra fu6 aceptado como
tai por todos los socios del 'sClub Ro-
tario''.
Ell senior Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso
dijo que en- justa reciprocidad el AL
calde deberfa declarar al sefior Guerra
Mondrag6n hijo adoptivo de la ciudad
ed Ponce. Ell Lcdo. PARA Cap6, quien
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-09-27
Ell DRAGADo DEL PUERTO HARA
DE PONCE UNA CIUDAD EN-
VIDIABLE

(De nuestro Redactor en- Ponce)
Ell domingo las once de la mahana
Sc reun;eron en- la Acadia de Ponce,
con Ell proposito de rendirle un home
maize de simpatia al ''speaker" Lcdo.
Miguel Guerra Mondrag6n, por sus ges-
tiones en- favor del dragado del puerto
de Ponce, los sefiores Guellermo VivaS
Valdivieso, Lecompte, Miguel Names
eau, doctor Osvaldo Goyco, Jose A. To-
rrea, Roberto, B. Noyes, Scott mana
ger de la "BuIl", Bias Civera, Luis
de JESUS, Guillermo Schuck, Oppen
heimer, Torres C6rdova Suarez, Lcdo.
Toro, Jose Pou Carreras, Eloy Renta
Torres, Felipe Maldonado, Doctor Lo-
pez Nussa, don Francisco PARA Cap6,
un Representante de Ell MUNDO y
otros caballeros cuyos nombres senti-
mos no recordar.
Debido la fuerte lluvia que cay6
desde Rio Piedras a Caguas Ell Lcdo.
Guerra Mondrag6n lego la Acadia
la una de ia tarde en- cuya hora el
senior Guerra Mondrag6n procedi6 hae
ger entraga al AIcalde senior PARA
Cap6 de la pluma con que ell goberna-
dor Mr.. Towner habia firmado la ley
del dragado del puerto de Ponce. Esta
pluma Sc la rega,a Mr.. Towner a la
Ciudad de Ponce.
Ell senior Parra Cap6 al recibir de
manos del speaker la pluma di6 las
gracias en- nombre de la comunidad pom
cefia. Don Miguel Guerra Mondrag6n
manifesto que ell Ayuntamieuto tenia
que irse preparando para presentar an
to ell Gobierno Federal datos precisos
y completes acerca de la obra del dra-
gado. Dijo tambi6n ell seior Guerra que
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-09-27
fOmanap Speaker Ldo Guerra ndrag6n en- Casa ACadad Ponce

Con ell testimonio de mi considera
cion mas distinguida, permitame sus-
crib.rme suyo afmo. S. S.,
(Fdo.) Miguel GUERRA.
Prisedtnte de la Camara.
Hon Francisco PARA Capo
Comisionado de servicio Publico,
Ponce, Puerto Rico.
San Juan, P. r.
de agosto de 1928.
Mi querido Sr. Presdente:-
Tengo Ell gusto de communicable que
con esta fecha he firmado ell proyecto
de ley autor;zando ell dragado del puer
TO de Ponce la construction de un ma
lecon en- ell mismo. Como quiera que
es usted Ell autor de ese proyecto y en-
vista, ademas, del marcado interes que
por su aprobaci6n usted ha evidenciado
en- las distintas conferencias que cele-
braramos a ese respecto, me complazco
en- enviarle ahora la pIuma con que
converti en- ley un proyecto que tanto
representa- para,el future de la hermosa
ciudad del Sur.
Con ell testimonio de mi consideration
mas distinguida, sirvase aceptar las fe-
hcitaciones de su cordial amigo y s. S.,
(Fdo.) H. M. ToWNER
Gobernador de p. r.
Hon. Miguel GUERRA MoNDRAGoN
Pres, Camara de Representatives.,
San Juan Puerto Rico.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-09-27

no t;ene facultad para clio manifesto
Que redactarfa una Resolution propo-
niendo al senior Guerra Mondrag6n hi
jo adoptivo de la ciudad de Ponce, pa
ra que lie impartiera su aprobaci6n la
Asamblea Municipal.
A las siete termino la fiesta en- la
que hubo de todo y a esa hora nos des-
pedimos del senior Romaguera, en- la
finca Pastillo.
ST hubieramos tratado diez minu-
tos mas hubi6ramos tenido que permane
Ger en- Pastillo toda la noche pues Ell
rio Canas habia crecido.
A las ocho de la noche en- 81 ''Casi-
no de Ponce" Sc continue ell homemade
Guerra.
Podemos asegurar que son pocas las
veces que Sc lie han tributado perso-
mas venidas de San Juan, homenajes
de la magnitud que ell ofrecido ell do
mingo al senar Guerra.
HE AQUI LAS CARTAS CRUZADAS
ENTIRE Ell sR. GUERRA, Ell GoBER
NADoR Y Ell LCDo. PARRA.
Sefior:-
Momentos despu6s de haber firmado
el proyecto de Ley sobre el dragado de
Ponce, ell Gobernador de Puerto Rico
me envi6 la carta que lie acompafi6 en-
su forma original junto con Ia puma
de orc con que firm6 tan espl6ndida
medida legislative.
Por cuenta propia mand6 gravar
La plaza de oro que aparece en- la GAIA.
No queriendo ser egoista va que esa
pluma no me pertenece en- realidad
mi sino al Municipio de Ponce, tengo
Ell gusto de enviarsela junto con la car
ia del Gobernador para que la conser.
ven ustedes debidamente como recuer-
do.
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la Acadia la Camara de Comercio
debian pensar va en- nombrar una Conf
SION de tres personals para que conjun-
tamente con La que nombre Ia Legisla-
tura vaya Washington expongan
sus ideas en- cuanto esta obra que
haria de Ponce una gran ciudad.
Ell senior Guerra al referirse al Niue
Te Municipal de San Juan dijo que es-
to en- 1920 produjo $71 900. Ell "sin-
king fund" fu6 creciendo tanto que en-
enero de 1928 Sc habfa redimido la pri-
mera serie de 100000 que vencia en-
/ de enero de 1887 sea IA amos an
tes de su vencimiento. Antes del dra-
gado San Juan era igual que Ponce,
Pantanos, Mangles etc.
En- Ia finca ''Pastillo'' cerca de los
manantiales del mismo nombre propie-
dad de don Jose Romaguera Sc llev6
a efecto un magnifico "Lunch" obse-
Quio del ttC1ub Rotario" en- honor del
Lcdo. Guerra Mondrag6n. Este banque-
te fue esp.endido pues la condimenta-
ci6n de los platos era de la mas exqui-
sta y en- todo tempo rein6 La mas fran
ca cordialidad entire amenos cuentos y
chistes de buen tono que decian los in
vitados Y ell propio senior Guerra Mon
dragon quien es un conocido humorista.
He aqui ell menu servido:
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-09-27
LUNCHEON
LUNCHEON
En- obsequio don Miguel Guerra
Mondragon.
MENU

Cocktail Rotario, Extremes e'half &
half, Pescado sMondragado'' Clasi-
co ''a la vara", Arroz con polio, En-
salada "Bill No. %, Postres y Cafe,
Aqua de Pastillo, y otras...
Despues de la comida en- la que hubo
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-03-09
MINE EXPLOSION
CLAIMS IL in WEST
VIRGINIA SHAFT

% EntOmbed Men Rescued; Bodies of
6 Others Recovered and Hope is
Abandoned for Five Others Re-
manning in Shaft.
Bluefelds, W. Va, March 6.-The
bodies of six miners had been recov-
cred Friday night from the mine of
the Arista, Mercer county, which
early Friday was shaken by a heavy
explosion. Hope for rescuing alive
five others miners of the 80 entomb-
ed by the blast was abandoned when
rescue workers said they were unable
to reach the section of the mine
where the men were at work when
the explosion occurred.
After-damp, which flooded the mine
following the explosion, probably
would prove fatal to the five still en-
tombed, mine officials said.
Seventy-fve men were at work in
the mine when its channels were
rocked by the blast, 1920 feet from
the main opening. However, many
of them were in other sections and
were not caught by the crumbling of
the walls. Of the SO entombed, 81,
only slightly injured, were rescued.
The force of the explosion tore
through to the surface, scattering
timbers and huge boulders for a dis
lance of several hundred feet. Ton
cues of flame shot through these OPP
enings.
An overcharge of dynamite used IN
blasting probably was the cause of
the disaster, w. A. Craven, superin-
tendent of the mine, said Friday
night.
Arista, the scene of the explosion
is a small mining town in Mercer
county. in the extreme southern. sec
ton of West Virginia, and is practic-
allv isolated by the surrounding
mountainous country. For hours af-
ter the explosion occurred it was i'm
possible to Communicate by telephone
from Arista with outside points.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-03-09

In the house, where the term is but
two years as against the senate's
six, the case is different. There the
partings are less seriously taken, for
after all, in two years the men who
60 out tomorrow may be back.
How Wives Take It.
There is another side to the fare
wells-the side of the wives and
families of those who are departing.
Some of them were packing today,
paying farewell calls, receiving fare
well calls. Others were just staying
on, preparing to remain in Washing
ton, with its social gayeties.
Few Of the wives, however, shed
any tears over their husbands defeat.
They cried a little when the returns
showed that Friend Husband had been
walloped by the voters, but most Of
them were secretly glad, for the wife
of a public man is widow good
part of the time.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-03-09

Heading those voluntarily retiring
is the veteran, "Uncle Joe" Cannon,
a member for as years. Another
who will pass off the stage here is
~Joe~ Fordney of Michigan, chair
man Of the house, way and means
committee, who has served II con-
tinuous terms. House Republican
Leader Mondell, having failed to win
election to the senate, retires after
13 conservatives terms.
Then there are those senate vet
Grams Culbertson, Texas; McCumber
North Dakota, who have served since
1899; Page, Vermont, who has been
here since 1908; John Sharpe Will
liams, Hitchcock, Townsend and POin-
dexter, who have served since 1911
and several others who are leaving
after one term. m m
House Loses VOlstead
The house also will lose its veteran
dry legislator, Representative Vol
stead, and Representative Campbell
Kansas, who worked up to the chair
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-03-09

This confirms the opinion of The Star
that the farmers net income dwindles
to a whisper.
Inc Key 70 this situation is in the
hands of the president and congress.
They profess great concern over it
but they offer the farmer nothing but
gold bricks. For that is what the
Lenroot and Capper credit bills are.
They would enable the farmers to get
deeper in debt, but would give him
no aid in getting out. e
The dirt farmers have been press
ing the Norris-Sinclair bill. It would
create farmers and consumers fin
ancing corporation to buy farm pro-
ducts and to sell them at home and
abroad, and extend credit to farmers
co-operatives. Officials of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers and
the Brotherhood of Firemen and En-
ginemen have appeared before the
house committee on agriculture to
assist the farmers in urging this bill
but it has no chance. The present
congress is more interested in ship
subsidies and the protection of pro-
fteers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-03-09
FINDINGS BY WIDE
AWAKE OBSERVERS

Here is the. way The Minnesota
Star sizes up the farmers plight:
"Final figures given out by the de
partment of agriculture put the gross
farm value of all crops and livestock
products in 1922 at S14,31O,OOO,OOO.
Of this, the crop production repre-
sents a value of S8,961, 100000, and
livestock production total of 3d.
349,OOO,0OO About half the crops
were fed to livestock, leaving some
thing like S1O,OOO,OOO,OOO as the
gross yearly return of some six and
a half million farmer families. This
would give the American farmer an
average gross return last year of
about $500. From this average
gross return should be deducted the
average expense of the American
farmer for seed, hired labor, upkeep
on machinery, interest on borrowed
money and other items.
"When all these expense items are
accounted for, the average farmers
net income dwindles to a whisper. AS
a matter of fact, there was an in
crease in mortgage Indebtedness and
an abandonment of farms for the
cities in 1922 that furnished CHASTITY
evidence that many farmers had tc
consume their capital and their farms
in order to live. This consumption
Of agricultural resources by the
farmers is bound to continue as Ions
as the farmer does not receive enough
from the sale Of farm products to at
ford him living. Unless some wa!
il found to compensate the farme
properly for his invaluable service
this tendency will ultimately ruin ag
riculture and pull down our whole IN
dustrial system"
Ms
Another item, not mentioned IN tn
quotation. is rent About 40 pc
cent Of the farmers Of America ar
renters. Approximately half OF tnel
GROSS income goes to the Landlords
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-03-09

manship Of the powerful rules COM
mittee. Scores of others will not be
in the new congress, among them
Alice Robertson, Oklahoma.
care you sorry to go?" was the
question put to men like Hitchcock
Pomerone,. John Sharpe Williams
who retired Observation-Disclosures,
Poindexter and New.
eyes and no." said Hitchcock. "Of
course, it is a wrench to give up the
life to which one has grown accus-
toned. But it is something to have
lived that life, and even when a man
is beginning to get old, there is
spice in variety"
Williams Not Sorry.
"Sorry?" said John Sharpe vii
liams. Not bit of it. Only sorry
I didn't do it before. Of course
there are friends will miss. but they
will be friends still" a
Not one Of these senators would
say word about expectations of re-
turning some time to the senate.
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was taken into custody.
Mr.. Sampson up until few days
ago was normal at all times, but it
is though that the struggle for exist
ence had been more than his mind
could stand
He was rather quiet man and a
hard worker, striving to provide for
his family which consisted Of wife
and six children, the youngest being
a babe of four months,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-03-09
LAME DUCKS
SAY GOOD BYE
TO WASHINGTON
BY LAWRENCE MARTIN

Washington-Farewells to the po-
litical life of Washington are now be-
ing said by a group Of the outstand-
ing men in congressional life during
the last decade.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-03-09
@lToR BURTON K. WHEELER OF
'D MONTANA GIVES SOME STRAIGHT DOPE

tie Flint mill The Cornell mill has
paid more than 300 per cent. The
TEXTILE workers III these mills asked
for more money because living was
going up, and the manufacturers re-
piled that the industry would not per-
nit an increase in wages, and rather
than grant it the mills would be clos
ed down 9 20 - iiAga
Farmers Must Have Markets.
The recent political rebuke admin
istered to the republican party by the
election of men who openly declared
that they stood for the interests of
the masses as against special prfVi-
lege seems to be the only thing that
could stir our rulers into action. A
financial agreement with England was
one Of the results. But Germany is
bankrupt, France is crazed through
fear of bankruptcy. England is soiv-
ent only on paper and has hundreds
of thousands of unemployed. There
is no employment because there are
no markets, and there are no mar
kets because there is no credit. The
surplus Of the American farmer re-
quires foreign markets, without which
we have. reaction at home This also
applies to our surplus in all other
lines. Prosperous Germany mas been
| paralyzed by the invasion Of the Ruhr,
ana her economic dissolution will be
added to chat of England and Aus
tria. Turkey has refuse t. be plum
de1ed and Russia has refused TO be
crushed. International capitalism is
dsintegrating through dishonesty
and oppression. Mr.. Harding and his
advisors have carefully beld alool
from European reconstruction. Am
erica as a nation is called the 5hylocl
of the world.
How DislOyalists are Made.
when executive lawmakers anC
courts fail to observe the Colder
, Rule, when the square deal is a joke
wien ship subsidies and Esch-crm
Minis laws would make a millionair
! out of one man, While hundre'
thousand more secured a mere sub
sistence by hard toll and piled-ul
+ burdens, when a supine governmen
i. puts the stamp of legaism on sue
! acts as those recently committed b,
: Attorney General Daugherty an
! William J. Burns, how can we eXpec
to have loyal and contented citizens
Soap boxers, anarchists and commu
nists were never heard of under fai
treatment. They are the products 0
the miscarriage of justice in on
courts. Moderation and honesty
all things is our salvation. Let tn
rich be compelled to observe the la'
as well as the poor, in taxation as i
other things When the workers &c
, better wages and the manufacture
and the merchant a small but SUI
! profit, and life is considered MOI
sacred than property, then will I'll
! people be loyal to the government
: and barrels Of propaganda cann'
make an anarchist out of a sing
good Americn citizen.
/ "I hope to prove worthy Of Il
/ trust imposed in me by the voters
~ Montana"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-03-09

Roger Babson, Wall Streets official
wizard of statistics, says in a recent
bulletin: "The war taught the en-
ploying class the secret and power Of
widespread propaganda. Imperial
Europe had been aware of this power.
It was new to the United States. Now
when we have anything to sell the
American people, we know how to
sell it. We have learned. We have
the schools. We have the pulpit. The
employing class owns the spress
There is practically no important
newspaper in the United States but
is theirs"
Jolly Old Roger! He could have
made himself still better understood
if he had said: eNow, when we want
to sell out the American people, we
know how to sell them" That would
have hit the nail on the head.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-03-09
FIAXVILLE MAN
GOES INSANE

A very sad case occurred a few days
ago when Sam Sampson, a farmer
residing 16 miles south Oh FlaXVlile'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-03-09

What do you think of this for de-
spotism? A court sustains the sent
enees of thirteen persons in Cincin-
natl, charged with obstructing the
draft act. Nearly four and a half
years after the armtistice! They may
take an appeal to the supreme court.
Otherwise they viii have to go to
jail.
And this happens in the month in
which the birthday of Abraham Lin
coin is celebrated! In the very midst
of the Civil War, Lincoln released
men who had resisted the draft by
force and violence.
These Cincinnati persons are not
charged with forcible resistance-and
the war is long since over. Compare
existing despots with the tolerance Of
Honest Abe.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-03-09

Another item, not mentioned in the
onotation. is rent. About 40 per
cent Of the farmers of America are
renters. Approximately half OF Vnelf
cross income goes to the landlords.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-16

tention on that lonely body of water.
Parties unknown however, were re-
sponsible for the actual discovery, for
q charge of dynamite set off while
divers We're searching, presumably
with intent to drive the bodies deeper
into the mud, brought them to the
surface, where they were found in
the morning.
Then came the open hearing, which
shocked the country at the outset
when pathologists testified that the
two victims had been killed only
after fiendish tortures by a strange
torture machine the nature Of which
has never been learned.
Before death, these physicians had
declared, Richards had been mutilated.
After the father of Daniel had
identified the body of his son, and
others had identified that of Richards,
the State painstakingly set about to
build up a case against the Khan.
1t definitely established the fact .of
IL years reign of terror in the parish;
il brought out testimony pointing to
Q, rtain klansmen as members Of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-16
''Use Balmwort," Say Pittsburg Folks
Says Kidney and Bladder
Trouble Reduced Her
to a Mere Shadow

Dear Sirs: I had suffered for four
years with kidney and bladder dis
orders in the worst form. For four
wears I had suffered everything but
death. and I lost weight from 1870
pounds to III pounds and was so
weak that I could not walk. ] picked
I'D your little book, read about your
Balmwort Tablets. procured them
of the druggist and when had taken
half of the box l was able to again
do nv own work. / had gotten so bad
that l was passing blood and black
clots, but thanks to your wonderful
medicine BalmwOrt, l am almost a
we'll woman now. I can and do
recommend it to all who are suffering
from kidney and bladder troubles
like mine.
Thanking you again. 1 remain,
Yours truly,
MRS. ANNA DANTE,
Rear 9S Lackey av., Woods Run,
y. s. Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-16
Louisiana Officials Consider
Filing AffdavitS Against
Alleged TerrOriStS,
GRAND Jury FAILS TO ACT
Report Declares Evidence in
BaStrOp Case insufficient
to IndiCt,
Py United Press

Bv United Press
BASTROP. La, March 16.-Bills OF
information against persons charged
with completely in the reign Of terror
here were considered by State officials
today following failure of a grand
iury to return indictments for the muir
der OF Watt Daniel and Thomas Rich
ards and other outlawry.
The grand jury, in a report handed
to Judge Fred Odom last night, de
clared it had investigated the muir
ders and other crimes by hooded mObs
and failed to find grounds for true
bills.
Attorney General Coco and his aides
had predicted that fifty or more IN
dictments would be returned.
The open hearings developed cir
cumstantiaI evidence against 3, num-
Der of persons in the band which kid
naped Daniel and Richards last
August: witnesses also testified to
foggings, intimidatiOns and deporta-
lions by the terrorists.
Governor Made Appeal
The terror campaign IN MOrehouse
parish first attracted attention when
Governor John NJ. Parker appealed TO
President Harding for Federal inter
vention. Department Of Justice
agents and State officials gathered evil
dence against the hooded mobs. and
the open hearings We're ordered to
prepare the evidence.
''As to the depIorable crime of
Aug. q. 1922. when five men were
kidnapped on the highway of More
house parish" the jury report said
we have carefully considered all the
evidence brought before us as TO the
activities Of masked and hooded men
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-16

and Gertrude Keller; Miss Willoughby. Evelyn
Thompson; Miss Henrietta. Annabelle Fields;
Brown, Adrian Pierce: Trent Spicer. Earl
Beyers; Ensign Blades. Chester Lafferty; Ar
thur, Manuel Levy: William, Howard Said
well girls and boys at the ball Charlotte
Reissner Eloise Owings. Josephine Kennedy,
Suzanne Kolhoff Kennard Davies and Nor
man Baxter.
Richard Freeze is business manager