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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-11-08

conocian su familia, han transmitido
Ia noticia de tan terrible desgracia,
pues ell Unfortunate Sc encontraba So
10 en- la ciudad de New York y todos
sus parientes estan en- ell FerroI, de
donde el era tambien originario.
Ell sepelio del cadaver recbi6 cris-
tiana sepultura en- el cementerioC del
Calvario.
Termuy era adn joven, pues solo
contaba 80 amos de edad y soltero.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-11-08
Information del Negociado
del Trabajo

Tn recorrido por Ia i>,a -yi'-;tanG4
los sitios dandc trahala.i uiU::cre.'. "A
dcmostrado que I'M gran por cirnio dc
patronos que ocupa mujcrcs, especial
mente en- los dtsmiiLatlny est;in 10
lando inpugnemente il ley d,. saalrio
mfnimo'
11l Nageciado en- si.s ill:o>;, ig.l.ioncS :.
llega Ia dp"raci6n d, Ia VI TAI. Y
en Ia mayor is.rtc de las oaasi litts.
las mujeres trlhaiadoras Ia paodcn
substraerse en- cl iaterro@atorio a ilecir
Ia cantidad que g;,Gin dj;rarte q dfa
laEorable: mas para oi,tnI L . id IL
Ella les oGicialeS del Negac;adj tl.I TNa-
bajo, tratan de- tomailes una declara-
ci6n jurada, evaden sus manifestacio-
mes. con el pretaxto de que llegan tar
de Ia fabiica J que salem antcs de
hora.
In Ley No. 73, apro3ada por Ia Les
eiala.ura en- 1919. exi@e que ted0 pa
trono tenga un Aviso Giando las horas
de cntrada Y salida de las mEjeres, y
csc Aviso csprueba prima (Gcie de que
tales horas Sc trahajan EN- les estahlp-
cimientcs irdustriales.
FL legislator. previsor, estableci6 el
apartalo 8 de In scec6n ,, que deter
nina cue en- aqurllos sitios donde las
muieres trabaidn On horas alternadas,
deberd el ratrono fiiar un Aviso cSpc-
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-11-08

: cial. hacienda c0ns!ar el nombre de
| cada una de las mujercs ni1OS, V las
| horas que tr;lhaian en- cnda dia de Ia
| semana. Esta medE,a Sirye para que
los oiicialcs del Eegociado del Traba-
| jo, pnedan localizar las infracciones
Il Ia Ley del salalio mfnim0 = Ia
Ley reg,iIantlo cl trabaio de mhieres
v nifos y protegiGndolos contra ocupa-
clones religrosas. z
Este Negmiado ha hecho una con
sulta al Attorney General, sobre 81 es
Dasible Ilia Intervention judicial er
los cases de violaci6n al apart,i1lo 3
de la Sccci0n =, para tomar medidaS
terdentes Il evitar eSas violaciores.
que representa- una gran sulna dc per-
disla por los trabajadores. ~
La Iaz0n lie que las mujeres nocoo-
lserell con. el Negociadol al eumplimien-
te de una Ley q, las favorece directa-
mentc. en-, q. Ia mayor larte de los ST
li,,s, ctantlo una MINER declara la yer
FAD, es despedida del trabajo, y en- la
disyuntiva Ie ganar un salario inferior
nj que determine In ley y peruer su
trabajo. III mujcr Sc resuelye por 10
p.imero.
!. RcclamacioIlcs por Salaries:
II Negociado del Trabajo tiene que
! dcditar una gran rarte dc sus activi-
! dades q rcclamacioncs tie trabajado-
res. que despu6s de hacer un trahajo
Sus patronOs 0 los c0ntlatistaS Sc ME
slH Il paSarles sus salariOs.
Durante el mes de septiembre lilti-
mo, 60 preSentaron 81 lie estas rccla-
macioncs, u de las cuales So resolve
ron s9tiSfactoriamentc. cDbrando los
Gbrcros Sus salaries o parte de elloS
fracasaron Z sc ignoran sus resul-
! tad0S Y 4 quedan pendicnteS.
DGIantc el mes lie ortubrc las recla-
maciohes per este c0nccito assemble
ron a 5S de Las cualcs Sc arrcGla'rOn
| SatiSfactoriam2nte ~, fracasarOn >, V
: el rosto esthn pohdicntes dc respluci6n.
| La Legislature. en- su Ultima session,
, enmcnd0 la Ley para "Determinar el
procCdiEicnto on casoS de reclamacio-
nrs d. trabajadoreS agrfc0!as contra
Sus natranoS. Par Salari $. haciGn30-
la extensive Il tod0s les ofici1s. Y an
/ Ia actualidad les t:ahaiatores tioncn
el drlccho de comparecrr ante la Cor
10, donde el jllez o 81 secretario es'd
IN IL Gc; + de hacerle una demanda
In que dehc ser n0tificada al Coinisio.
made de Agricultural y Ttalljo, quic,l
per sf % pnr a!s;ilio dc s;lS suhaitcrn0s.
ru Do intrryenir on q mocpdilhiento
Estos casos cStdn scndo ran fire.
cl,,ntcs. que fOrman una gran partC
de- Ia labor del Negociado del Tiubait
constituyen un gasto considerable
] en- su rrasupucsto.
Hoy Salen hacia Ponce. los JeG )
d. TnsiS4t0rcs, SreS. Miguel Mascara
: y Luis +. MachiCota. Guiencs llcvan la
mission de reiisar cl trahalo de los
IlSHctorcs de aqucl is;rito Y nn 1.
I'M inGOrnc de In situaci6n Industrial
7 de Ia ciudad de Ponce
Tamhi6n sale mlr Vega Baja, a
repHescntar seis tiahajadorcs, en- de
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-11-08

TALLER ELECTRIco. Ell mas acre.
ditado de Puerto Rico es. hoy el de
Andreu, Aguilar &; Co., ~Paseo Princesa,
San JUAN P. R., donde lie hacen a I'd.
instalaciones electricas Ell carros de
cualquier tipo. Advt.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-11-08
UN ESPANOL ARROLLADO POR
-UN CANNON
Antonio Termy contaba 80 afOs de
cdad representaba EN- New York
a la lirma Garcia SixtO &
COmpania.

Ell pasado viernes las Z y media
de- la noche, en- la ciudad de New
York; Antonio Termuy, Sc dirigia
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-11-08

Conisionado del Interior.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-21

the test. We not only had to fight
the enemy, but we had to protect our
selves against the weaknesses in our
own members. Fortunately, that dross
was not of sufficient quantity to i'm
pair our unity and reduce our strength
but ten years more of unrestricted
immigration and one shudders to
think how woefully our nationalism
may have been weakened. Let US
think more of the quality of our citi-
zenship, than of the amount of pro-
ducts we can turn out of our mills
and factories. Is there a shortage of
labor? That is not national hard
ship. Far better is it than unemploy-
ment-far better than lowering of our
human standards. America Is melt
ing-pot, but be sure that there is cast
into that pot orly the materials that
add strength to the metal of our citi-
zenship. Any other course is unfair
to our posterity
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-21
REDEEMINC OUR PLEDGES

1t is an i'll labor shortage that blows
nobody good. The disabled veterans
are not downcast over the situation.
anyhow. AS the result of a confer
ence between Director Hines of the
Veterans Bureau and leaders of in
dustry there is prospect of employ
ment for the partially disabled vete-
rams who have received training for
work along certain lines with which
their disabilities are not in conflict.
We owe these veterans every possible
sort of care and attention their indi
vidual cases demand and deserve, but
most of all we owe to them the oppor-
tunity to become independent and to
earn their own livelihood. Perhaps it
is found in the case of many of these
young men that the chief obstacle to
their recovery OF improvement is their
own dependency. What many of
them need more than anyth'ng else is
the transformation of their long hope
and their tedious waiting into actual
Jobs suited to their capacities. If the
leaders of industry, those who employ
thousands, will take an active and
sincere interest in this question, there
is no doubt that every veter, / who can
perform any service whatever can be
placed on an earning basis. There
are plenty of jobs. The main thing
is to bring the job and the jobless
into contact. In time of peace none
performs greater public service than
he who brings back hope, cheer and
independence to those who have been
injured on the field of battle, or who
through the adversitie, of army ex-
perience have sacrificed some of their
former health and physical or mental
vigor. Too many of us have forgotten
our war pledges and our good inten-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-21
NEW STATUTES ARE IN ORDER

President Patterson of the Public
Service Commission expresses the en-
phatic opinion that the legislature
should enact such laws as would give
the commission the measure of con-
troll over utilities as is intended
by the present statutes. If that can
be accomplished by all means is it in
order. The present situation involv-
ing the commission in long litigation
in its efforts to administer its duties
in accordance with the general welfare
is intolerable. The trouble springs
directly from that lamentable clause
in the law which allowed only the
utility to protest valuation and made
valuation once established perma-
nent. The court holds that such a
valuation is contract and inviolate.
If the valuation represents basis for
a rate overcharge, it is inherently I'M
just, and if there is legislative remedy,
it should be found.
The present situation, no matter
how legal it may be, in reality inter
feres with the duties of the commits
sion and with its efforts to discover
and fix rates that will be fair to the
people while at the same time granting
a reasonable return on the utility in
vestment. There is no desire to pun
ish the utilities. They are recognized
as a desirable and indispensable me-
dunn of public service. Their profit
able operation is essential to their
continuance. On the other hand, there
is depending upon the commission the
responsibility of seeing to it that the
utility does not rest its rates on a
basis of overcharge, because of a val
uation too high or improperly arrived
at. 1t is in discharge of this respon-
sibility that the commission was halted
by the restraining order. If the legis-
lature is able to devise statutes where
by the public advantage may not be
halted by technical considerations
which may be protective of private
interests at the expense of the peo-
pie, then such statutes are in order.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-21
THE SEAPORT'S SERVICE

The seaport at Mobile is steadily
and continuously developing service
for Alabama. In one way and another
1t is adding to the opportunities of
Alabama farm and factory economi-
cally to ship their products to other
peoples and to establish permanent
trade routes that will extend the states
business and widen the area of its
marketing territory. The Aluminium
steamship line has installed regular
expectation of Alabama coal to the
Wndward Islands, Guadalupe. Mar
Unique, La Guerra, Port au Prince and
the rest of that group. None of these
IS large consumer of coal, but in
the aggregate they will take many
thousands of tons a year
The business is feasible. practical
and economically handled through the
federal coal terminals at Mobile. in
which the Alabama coal carried down
the Warrior river is stored pending
shlpside requirements. This means
that coal is always available at Mo-
bile either for bunkerage or export.
and that ships may load promptly
whenever coal is needed. The cargoes
for the Windward Islands will include
1000 tons at time and the sailings
are every two weeks. The same ships
that carry coal will carry other mer-
chandise, thus stabilizing the coal
movement. The coal terminal is also
terminal for incoming products, such
as Brazilian ores for the Tennessee
company, and permits storage of i'm
mense quantities pending more leis-
ureiy movement up river. Incoming
ships may unload promptly and go on
their way. The coal movement to the
Wndward Islands is just one of the
new outlets for Alabama products
that are continuously developing at
the Port of Mobile. Development of
these trade opportunities in the pres
ent state of export facilities is indica-
ton of the unlimited expansion of
Alabama's export trade when state
aid shall have become operative.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-21
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS
MEN


1t is a theory held by several
noted literary critics that the ex-
traordinary tragic note that
marks all the writings of Maxim
Gorky. great Russian novelist and
playwright, and author of THE
Lower Depths" was occasioned
by impressions made upon his
mind by his mother at the time
of his fathers death. 1t is true
of course, that the majority of
Russian literature is tragic and
it is unusually so. When he was
only little boy his father died,
and his mothers grief was so ter
rifle that it made a lasting i'm
preston on his youthful mind,
coloring life for him ever after.
The mother of Gorky was a
most interesting character In
book about his childhood he de-
scribed her as a stern woman of
few words. Between them ran a
deep, although unspoken, affec-
ton. She was rather inarticu-
late woman, even when it came
to the expression of her maternal
love 1t was hard. almost impos-
sible, for her to be tender. She
spoke to him gruffly when she
spoke at all, which was infre-
quently. And altogether she was
a woman who did not have a hap
pv temperament. All of this nat
uraily affected his childish mind
and Influenced his writing of later
years.
Physically. she was a tower of
strength. Her son says she was
strongly built, like horse, with
a body of almost savage strength
and terribly strong arms"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-21
SELECT THE MATERIALS

In contrast to the demand in GER
tain quarters for letting down of the
;lpiniaration bars so that foreign la
1bR may come in, are the frequent
hid continued protests against boil
shevistlc influences operating in this
Z country. Many of those who call for
I liberalizing our immigration laws are
good and patriotic citizens, but they
evidently fail to perceive the evil
Z consequences of the legitimate pur-
: pose they have in mind Whence
came these radicals and bolshevists
who threaten our cherished institu-
+. tons? Certainly they are not native
to our soil. They did not menace our
government in former years. 1t was
only when our bars were down and the
yindistinguishable hordes of monde
: scripts were pouring in upon US that
~ we began to hear these sinister NUT
terings. Surely the preservation of
our democracy, of our laws and of our
government is of more moment than
any profit of the hour that may be
made out of an expanded production.
p We are today building the citizen
ship of tomorrow. We should be more
careful of the elements that enter into
that product than we are of the ele-
sments that enter into our choicest
steel. An alloy of the wrong kind or
IAN impurity may destroy the worth
..Sof the finished metal. 1t applies just
! as truly and far more significantly to
citizenship than t does to a metal.
For the metal may be resmelted, or
thrown away and replaced, but citi-
zenship endures, and is good or bad
for centuries in accordance with the
quality of our constituents.
. During the war there came to the
surface much humanity that was
worthless and that could not endure
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-21
POOR BOYS WHO
BECAME FAMOUS
By FREDERICK HoUK LAW
John Wallace Crawford

W men You do a GOOD deed YOU
never know how far its effect
viii reach. The one you help may
seem Insignificant. but may grow
into a person of consequence like
the poor old people in the chill
drens stories. VIII used to change
INTO wonder working fairies. A.
nurse in a Philadelphia hospital
Wlshed very much to help one of
the wounded soldiers who had
come under her care. a boy about
sixteen, John Crawford, a humor-
Gus. brighteyed Irish boy. I'd
like to learn how to read and
write" he said. Me father an
mither were so busy stayin' alive
to teach me-" SO the nurse taught
the boy, who answered her with
many joke. and by the time he
was able to leave the hospital he
had begun the journey to a place
III literature. That wounded
Irish boy, born in Ireland ION the
auld sod" ignorant and untaught
grew into John Wallace Crawford
the "Poet-Scout." man whose
fame is like that of Buffalo Bill
in one respect, and like that of
Robert Burns. or Robert Serviss
in another-for he was a fighter
of Indians and poet of the hum
BILE life that he saw around him.
Although lack" Crawford was
only boy in the time of the civil
war, he could not stay home when
there was fighting to be done He
,,a1 70
ana enlisted, against the Will of
his father actually running away
from home TO get into the fight .
When he had regained strengtb
after severe wound he went ant
again. like good Irisbnan
looking for another fight" A.
that time the miners and cou,
boys We're coming into conflict
WIN the Indians, and men OF dar-
ms were needed to act as sco,,,s
III campaigns in the wilds of the
west Jack Crawford became =.
typical scout. picturesque in an
pearance, with beautiful flowing
mar ana handsome face. and full
70 ti'e prim Of courage. But now
ne knew how to read and write
ms celtic spirit saw the poetry
IN the rough life about him and
ne wrote songs and stories of the
west and slowly built UP fame.
men there came lull in the In
dian wars he tried his hand at
ranch life, and in mining. rough
ing IT IN the crudest sections of
the west. Later still. he was,
among the adventures who went
over the White Pass and down the
yukon into the Klondike seeking
gold,
Captain Jack Crawford" saw
to it that his poems were n,ih-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-21

their husbands. The dream tens
you not to look too lightly upon
recent occurrence which con-
cerned the man who means most
in your life. Unless YOU take the
bull by the horns and. iyamediate-
ly after having had this dream
proceed to stop whatever li,tle
annoyance has been caused Won,
by the man in question. Won will
find that the bond between van
two will begin to stretch in some
manner. that it will ultimately he
come very difficult for Won tn
bring him as near as he was he.
fore. Let us take the example of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-21
ONE TRICK A DAY
The Multiplying Marb,.

Here is one of the most remark
able illusions of touch that proves
that, were 1t not for our ewes
our hands would not be half as
useful as they are: Take a mar
pie and place it on smooth sur
race. The top of a table will do
very well. Ask someone to cross
ms first and second fingers and
place. them on the marble so that
noth finger-tips touch 1t. Then
rave the person move theNmarb!e
with a slight rolling motion, keep
ing the fingertips on 1t and at
the same time closing his eyes.
without fail your victim will i'm
aslne that he has two marbles
under his fingers. What happens
Is that the nerves of the two
crossed fingers become so combin-
cd that each has the sensation of
touching marble.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-21
CONCENTRATING ON SUGAR

After two months of investigation
by federal agents the department of
justice now sues for injunctions
against further increases in the price
of sugar. If the present prices are
unjust, however, merely to forbid
them to go higher will not cure exist
ing overcharges. 1t is said that crimi-
nal prosecutions will follow the civil
suits If they are unsuccessful. 1t is
all very we'll to punish these men,
and it ought to be done if they are
criminally violating the law That is
a minor consideration, nevertheless,
the principal issue being the price of
sugar. Something more is needed
than mere injunction or punishment
There must be some way of controll-
ing the opportunity to impose bur-
densome prices, without warning or
evident reason, upon vital necessities.
Merely to detect transgressions is fail
ure to remove the danger of their re-
currence. Furthermore, if the gov
eminent is to take this attitude to-
wards sugar, why should it not take
also the same attitude and the same
measures with respect to other very
evident overcharges on commodities?
In other words, we need a definite
policy in regard to all these matters,
not that government may interfere
in business, but that the public may
ba
privileges.
1t is interesting to note that the
department of justice accepts at face
value the report of the tariff COM
mission that the duty is in no way re-
sponsible for the increase in price.
lnasmuch as the tariff commission
was expected to make that discovery,
the opinion need not be taken too
seriously. Everybody knows that if
there is higher duty on sugar the
American people are going to pay
that duty over the grocer's counter.
They are going to pay more than that,
for they are paying for the manipula-
lions of those who seek to make I'M
earned profits out of sugar, under
cover of the tariff as a pretext, al
though much is said about an ex-
pected shortage in the Cuban crop.
Even so, there is no reason why a
coming and anticipated shortage
should warrant an unjust profit on
sugar already in hand and plentiful.
The tariff commission is very care
full to say in it's report that removal
OF the sugar duty would imperil the
beet sugar industry in this country.
If that were so, why is it that beet
sugar production steadily increased in
this country under the low Underwood
tariff? 1t has had no opportunity to
demonstrate any reaction to the pres
ent much higher tariff, SO that the
fears of the tariff commission are
only fears, doubtless influenced by
political and partisan bias.
The department of commerce. more
over, reiterates that there will be no
shortage in sugar. If that is accented.
then there remain only two possible
reasons for the present advance: The
protection of the tariff, or the manip-
ulation of the supply. The depart
ment of justice appears to be work
ing on the theory of manipulation. 1t
is hoped that the department is on the
right track, or if not, that further
research will discover the right track.
Perhaps the department needs the
services of economists more than it
does sleuths and courts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-21
RI S. MUNGER

tn of Robert S. Munger
Z sA-a loses a familiar figure
Ter best citizens. If all
l.-. is showed such a broad
N7d sposition as Mr.. Munger,
f- preventable ills, troubles
Hlt 1srs of this world would be
l4ra "a. 18th. He possessed a Wis
ID am ealth of idealism that he
# les ready to translate into
s9re pCa al channel whether for
e7ureh, e. alton, civic betterment or
human - are. He was a wealthy
man, but came by his very wealth
IN such manner as to contribute the
utmost of benefit to the South, and
especially to those engaged in the
production and preparation of the
South's greatest raw material-cotton.
His wealth, once acquired, was but
the medium through which he sought
to advance the cause of humanity in
whatever way was opened to him.
Many charities will miss his unfailing
support; many institutions of human
advancement win feel his loss; every
broad and wholesome program for the
public benefit will be the poorer for
his passing. His life is an example
worthy of emulation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-21
SMILES
Getting Desperate

(Pittsburg Chronicle Tele graph)
George Biddle. the Philadelphia
painter of Honolulu bellies, said in
New York the other day:
II know Philadelphia who
was recently rejected by a pretty
girl The poor chap took his re-
lection SO hard that the girl got
nervous.
i hope she said, I do hope
Mr. Sinnick son. that you are not
going to do anything rash.
Rash p he howled Rash?
Know, proud girl, that six weeks
from tonight ! shall be ensconced
in my palm shaded villa in the
South Sea Islands, the husband of
nineteen dusky brides.