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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-05-21
eoBrERNo DE PUERTO RICO
DEPARTAMENTo DEL INTERIOR
NEGoCIADo DE oBRAs PUBLIcAs
San Juan, P. R., abril 10, 1928.

San Juan, P. R., abril 10, 1928.
Proposiciones en- pliegos cerrados pa
IA la adjudication en- pubhca subasta
de las obras de construction de G750
metros lineales de carretera, en- La ca
rretera No. %, Secci6n Comerio-Cidca
Trozo Cidra-Vega Redonda, cuyo presu-
puesto aprobado asciende a sesenta y
ocho mil cuatrocientos setenta y nueve
d6lares ounce centavos (S68, ,479.15),
Sc admitiIan en- esta oficina hasta a?s
? P. M. del dia 21 de mayo de 1928,
en- que Sc abriran pdblicamente.
Todos los datos necesarIOs SO AaA.4..
en- esta oficina donde Sc encuentran de
E.anifesto los documentos que han dc
regir en- ell contrato, y podran reeoger
les licitadores, los pianos y modelos de
rroposiciones que han de presentarss,
mediante un dep6sito de diez d6larH3
(S10) en- metalico en- cheque certifi-
cado que seran reembolsados al ser de-
vueltos dicho Gocumentos en- Ell pla.o
de veinte (2o) dias despues de efec-
trada la subasta.
Sc llama especialmente la atencian
&c los licitadores hacia ell hecho de cue
sera rechazada toda proposition cuyos
precios unitarios no hayan sido eccri-
tos en- letras ntmeros.
No Sc remitiran pianos correspon-
diertes este contrato despu6s del 1ia
If de mayo, 1928.
La administration Sc reserva Ell de-
recho de rechazar scualquiera todas
las proposiciones adjadicar ell con.
trato bajo otras consideraciones que
las del precio solamente.
F. H. ROGERS,
Comisionado INFERNO. Adv.
Evening star., 1923-02-04
The Thieves Grow Bolder.

Nightly the bandits make their raids
on the small stores Of the city, taking
a few score Of dollars from each. es-
Gaping in stolen cars. They travel in
squads and organize their operations
with shrewdness. Just before closing
is the hour usually chosen for their
work, when the cash Is being counted
and there are few customers. Enter
ing quietly, SO as to attract little at
tention, they work swiftly. They divide
their tasks. One holds up the persons
in charge with gun while another, or
perhaps two, loot the cash drawers or
the safe and man outside keeps the
The whole operation is usually COM
pleted in less than five minutes. From
the street nothing appears Of char.
acter to arouse the interest Of passers.
The quickly working thieves may be
customers or persons employed in the
store.
So frequently and successfully have
these hold-ups been undertaken in
Washington lately that the small mer-
chants of the city are in state Of
terror. There is no telling where the
next blow will fall. Friday night one Of
the looted storekeepers pulled gun
when the thieves left and fired at them
as they fed in their machine, causing
them to abandon 1t and scatter. 1t is
to be expected that sooner or later
some Of the bandits will be caught or
killed. Some storekeeper will be en-
countered who will not Immediately
yield to the persuasion OF q pointed
pistol and will resist. perhaps wound
ing one or more Of the robbers. II the
operations continue it is probable that
some innocent person will be slain.
Last night a man in the street was
wounded by a shot fired by one Of the
fleeing robbers.
Meanwhile the pistol stocks are
available for the bandits, who can arm
themselves in a few minutes without
the least trouble. What with the easily
obtained gun and the stolen motor car
the way Of the highwayman is made
smooth. Close the gun stocks to the
thieves and crooks and keep parked
motors securely under lock and key
and this trade will dwindle.
Evening star., 1923-02-04

tors, tinkers, craftsmen of all trades.
With q keen knowledge Of human ma
ture they have, insinuated themselves
into the confidence OF dealers and
agents and middlemen, locating the
sources of supply and the lines OF
trafic. In some cases they have gone
right into the ranks Of the vendors
handling the "stuff" itself.
Some day perhaps Izzy Einstein and
J. L. Asher will write their memoirs.
Such books will make most interesting
reading. At present they are modest
men, keeping their true personalities
dark and their mouths strictly closed.
Nobody ever interviews Einstein in
New York, and Asher keeps his own
counsel. Both Of these men fight shy
of the camera. The mystery Of their
features is their chief stock in trade.
They are as reluctant to face an open
lens as a man who has been arrested
for the first time and breads pub
ncity.
Such exploits as those Of Asher and
Einstein are calculated to slow up the
bootlegging business considerably. No
honest-to-goodness rum runner feels
safe. He cannot be sure at any time
that the man he is dealing with, or
the man who iss apparently asleep
across the street, or the man who is
helping him. is not one Of these agents
Of the law more or less disguised and
very much on the job.
Evening star., 1923-02-04
No Public School Drug Addicts.

Reports have recently circulated to
the effect that there is q wide preva.
lence Of the drug habit among the
school pupils Of this city. Fantastic
tales have been told of the existence
Of a heavy traffic in habit-forming
drugs among the boys and girls, es-
pecially those Of high school age. At.
tention was directed to this matter by
the head Of the narcotics division Of
the internal revenue bureau. and sew
eral Investigators were detailed to con-
duct an inquiry. They have now re-
ported that after a conference with
the school officials and diligent re-
search they have been unable to find
any substantiation Of these reports.
They were, in fact, unable to discover
any evidence Of the prevalence of the
drug habit among the school pupils.
While there was no reason to be-
lieve the alarming tale. it is a relief
there is no ground for the charge that
the school children Of this city are
drug addicts in any degree. 1t is pos.
sible that very few Of these children
have experimental in this manner.
But even Of this there is no sign that
the investigators have been able to dis
cover. They report that in all the
schools the physical condition of the
children is closely observed, that in
the high schools matrons are keen in
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the physical instructors observe the
boys. And these guardians Of the well
fare Of the children report no signs of
any prevalence of this evil.
1t is most unfortunate that such a
report should ever have been circulat-
ed. Parents have been alarmed, and
the attention Of the children them
selves has been directed to the matter.
Now the slander has been refuted and
the schools have been cleared Of any
possibility of stain in this regard.
The dope" habit is one OF the most
terrible Of misfortunes. 1t is hard to
| break. 1t demoralizes the victim, lead.
| ing to all sorts Of delinquencies. Many
lives are utterly wrecked by it. many
| homes broken up. untold suffering
| caused. Against 1t mighty forces are
arrayed, fighting hard for the pres.
ervation of the people Of this country.
The wicked traffic is being checked
whenever possible. Arrests are being
made constantly and both addicts and
venders are being sent to prison, the
former to be treated as patients and
helped to regain their health and
strength of will. the latter to be pun.
ished as they deserve.
Washington suffers, like other cities
from this vile business Of selling drugs.
The activities of the agents Of the
government who are in pursuit of the
venders continue without Tagging and
are yielding excellent results.
Evening star., 1923-02-04

GUS as the diseases to which it renders
the pulmonary system susceptible.
Thus it would seem tina: influenza In
itself is a prelude rather than q climax.
During the epidemic OF 1918-l9 pneu.
monia was the direct cause 6f most
Of the deaths. Physicians found it ex.
tremely difficult to make exact defini.
tions. There are certain symptoms
that baffied them. These were doubt
less incident to the preparatory stage
Of the Inflammation. 1t would now
appear that the whole process Of in
fection was a single sequence Of the
disease progression. -.
The prevalent influenza is of a mild
type. 1t has been called a secondary
outbreak. 1t is possible by prompt at
tention and careful treatment to check
the development of the disease in the
individual case and to prevent the
spread of the ailment through COM
munication.
Evening star., 1923-02-04
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

the comedian. and in such characters
as SQueers in 'Nickleby' he had no
equal. Mrs. Knight. after Mrs. Mos
sop, was the piquant OF chamber
maids. Thin, pert and sparkling, her
bright style was that of Agnes Rob
cfcault. Peter Richings was also in
the company. Mr.. Thomas Ward.
very gentlemanly and generous Eng
lishman. was stage manager. but as
parts, Farmer Ashland in Speed the
Plow' and Newman Noggs in Mich
olas Nickleby.' AS the latter his per-
formance was as perfect as Owens
Unit or Jefferson's rip
Charles Burke. Our Charlie as he
was lovingly styled here. appeared
while Burton was manager and
brought out Putnam which made
great hit with Charlie as the Yankee
militia captain of the Squash Neck
Blues Toward the close Of the
same season Burton brought out
Beauty and the Beast and while he
was on the stage as the Beast, about
8 o'clock. during the performance, the
theater took fire and in an hour was
The first National was one of the
finest theaters in the country. We
have had nothing of it's comforts or
it's elegant appointments since, and
only occasionally a stock company
that will compare with the first. In
those days the theatrical armament
was illuminated by Edwin Forrest, in
his prime, when he could indeed
make Rome howl Burton, after
ward so stout. was then too thin to
play Aminidab Sneak, but in the Mum
my. Paul Pry and John Jones-John
Jones of the war office-he was IRE
sistible. Joe Cowell was Crack and
Eberle as one OF the two Dromos will
be remembered with gusto.
y X X \
Shortly after the first destruction OF
the National by fire Burke began his
successful career in the little Adelphia
Theater. now Young's Coach Shop. Oh
Pennsylvania avenue near ~ street, in
the company of Browne & Nichols, and
as Nose. in the Glance at New York
with Fanny La Roche as Lize, he made
a great hit At that time he originated
the present Rip Van Wrinkle of Jeffer-
son, who truly asserted of Burke that
he had the finest genius for comedy OF
that day. Burke and Joe Jefferson were
half brothers. both being scions of the
famous Jefferson stock of actors.
Burke-he has been dead some years
had more originality than Jefferson, but
not the cultivated powers of his half
brother, who yet holds the stage as
perhaps the finest performer in his line
now living"
Evening star., 1923-02-04
1928 Business.

Sentiment seems to be unanimous
that 1928 will be a better business year
than 1922. The large commercial
agencies and those services" which
make trade, business and speculation
forecasts all find that the tide of bust.
ness is running strong and is rising.
Commodity prices in most lines are
going up. The boom in building is
making increasing demands on con-
struction materials and labor. Rail
roads are heavy buyers Of materials
from locomotives, cars and rails to Of
fee supplies. January bank clearings
were greater than in December and
exceeded the peak Of 1922. The Euro
pean situation is cloud on American
prosperity. but all the oracles and
augurs predict that 1928 will be a
great year for business.
Evening star., 1923-02-04
Two Sleuths.

Washington has just had a vista
ton from a wizard Of the prohibition
detective force, with the result Of a
roundup Of liquor sellers that for q
few hours choked the police stations
and gave the professional bondsmen
a. rich harvest OF commissions. This
special investigator has established q
reputation in the dry force which
rivals that Of the celebrated Izzy Elm.
stein Of New York. whose achieve
rnents have won the admiration Of
even his bitter enemies, the liquor ped
dlers. These men work somewhat
along the lines Of the story.book de.
tectives, with disguises and assumed
characters. They are protean artists,
ashmen today, coal beavers tomorrow,
meter inspectors, collectors, society
lounSers, business men, tramps, jani-
Evening star., 1923-02-04
Influenza Isolated.

DR.. Simon Flexner Of the Rockefel-
Ter Institute Of Medical Research an.
nounces that two of the members of
the staff of that institution have final
ly succeeded in isolating the germ Of
influenza. This germ, which has been
given the name Of bacterium pneu-
mosintees, is 50 small that it can pass
through the pores of an earthenware
filter, and must be magnified 1000
times in order to be seen distinctly
under the microscope. 1t would seem
to be the most minute of all the dis
ease principles from which man suf-
fers, so far as now known. Its malev-
olent function is to injure the lung
tissue in such a way as to deprive it
of the power which it ordinarily pos
sesses for resisting the attacks of the
common bacteria Of the nose and
throat. In other words, when the bac-
terium pneumosintees lodges in the
lungs it lowers their resistant quality
and renders them a fertile soil" for
the multiplication Of the germs of
bronchitis and pneumonia.
Discovery Of this germ, it Is expect
ed. will probably lead to the develop
ment OF a method Of checking its &C.
tivity. This has been the process in all
bacterial research. 1t is necessary to
know what to fight in order to fight it.
That the disease known as influenza
has been due to a specific organism
has been accepted from the first. But
it, like some other maleyolent ele-
ments, has resisted detection until
now. 1t would seem from DR.. Flex-
ner's statement that the influenza
specifically is not in itself SO danger
Evening star., 1923-02-04
Stamps.

Mistakes and corrections in stamps
are grist to the mill Of the collector,
and the number Of stamps requiring
correction that governments have is
sued is quite surprising. Generally
the imperfect or uncorrected stamp
becomes rare and valuable. The
latest reported incident Of this nature
is that Of Ireland's green two-penny
postage stamp. which was brought out
in December. The body Of that stamp
is a map Of the green island. but 1t is
said not to show any boundary be-
tween Ulster and the rest Of the is.
land and thus not to define the Irish
Free State. 1t is reported that the
postal authorities Of the Irish Free
State withdrew the stamp and resort
ed to the use of the English two.
penny stamp surcharged, or over
printed, with the words Saorstat
Eireann, or the Gaelic for Irish Free
State. Philatelists are already reach
ing out for the old stamps.
Evening star., 1923-02-04

posals before this volunteer hacker.
only to find that he had just died.
They met his two sons in Chicago and
the elder, after prefacing hts re-1
marks by saying he realized 1t vast
very inconsiderate," as far as theyI
were concerned. for his father to dieI
before he could carry out his agree-l
ment, which he was sure had beeni
made in good faith and which would
have been lived up to IL the old gem
tleman had lived, said he himself pre-
ferred to spend the million in Paris)
rather than in the Big Horn basin.
(which he did" Representative Mon
dell said. and he comments philo-
sophically, sit is very fortunate that
we didn't undertake our pet project
with that million, because the United
States government'has since put more
than Ave millions into 1.-THE Sho-
shone project-and has only two
thirds completed the work. IT was
the younger son who called on Mon
dell last week.
Evening star., 1923-02-04

Mondell that he had put by quite
little money and that he had for
some time been thinking that he'd
like to do something for his fellow
man by backing just such an enter
prise, making 1t possible for poor
people to establish comfortable homes
in such a new country. He said that
il MondelI's expedition turned out all
right he could be depended upon to
finance the reclamation project to the
extent of about a million dollars.
Now Mondell admits quite honestly
that he was a sort of rule of thumb"
engineer, with practical experience
but not having had the opportunity
for scientific study. He took with
him a sure-enough young engineer,
a graduate of Annapolis, who was
then engineer of the Omaha water
works, and who is now Senator
elect r. b. Howell. from the state
of Nebraska. They made their To-
cations and surveys and drew plans.
and came back to lay several pro-
Evening star., 1923-02-04

the New National Theater," on E
street be-
National Theater Is tween 18th
Burned Third Time. streets was
totally destroyed by fire. and the I'M
perial Hotel adjoining was damaged
The fire was discovered about 10:45
o'clock and spread so rapidly through
out the building that there was no
chance to save anything but the
wardrobe of the Oates Opera Com
pany, then playing there. A general
alarm was sounded. but all that the
fire department could do was to con-
fne the flames to the theater build
ing and to save the adjoining struc-
lures The hotel. however. was
drenched. This was the third fire in
fire occurred on March 5. 1s46. the
night after the Inauguration Of Presi-
dent Polk. A performance OF Beauty
and the Beast" was then in progress,
but no one was injured: The CO.
median, Charles Burke. then in the
zenith of his fame. was the Beast
Of the play, and he made his escape
In the costume of the part, "in which
he was soon afterward seen on top
Of a hotel at the corner of Z and 18th
streets, WneTo Ildu IOCIId,
water on the shingles to keep them
from catching fire." The theater was
afterward rebuilt for the advent of
Jenny Lind and was burned on the
afternoon of February 6, 1857.
X u X
In The Star of the next day, Janu-
ary 20, 1873, was printed the following
editorial Of "Reminiscences Theatrical"
apropos of the fire. which is OF inter-
est now, in view of the recent recon-
struction of the theater:
"The burning of the National Thea
ter yesterday for the third time calls
up among all old theatergoers many
"reminiscences of that classic Thes-
plan ground. The first managers of
the National Theater of this city, were
Messrs. haywood, Craft and Row
botham, and their opening night was
a great success, Mr.. haywood per-
forming the part Of Sir Pertinax
MacSycophant in The Man Of the
World as IL has never been here
since. The company may be judged
by the merit of it's members. Many
OF us recollect Cline, with his Roman
nose and stylish mode of gentle
comedy. Rodgers did the heavy busi-
ness, and most yillainous looking
villain he was. His wife, also in the
same company, was one of the best
tragic actresses of the time. star or
otherwise. Lame little Dwight was
Evening star., 1923-02-04

After spending long periods Of time
in the arctic regions, DIR. Cook gets
arrested in Texas for violating the
Volstead act. All parts of the globe
appear to be equally cheerless for this
remarkable figure in public attention.
Evening star., 1923-02-04
NEW YORK, February 3. 1923.

NEW YORK, February 3. 1923.
Commenting on the audiences that
have listened to his recent lectures in
New York and other cities, Emile
Coue remarked that large proper
ton Of his auditors were women. This
is true OF all the many lectures that
are given each week in New York,
and a London lecturer who was here
recently made some caustic comments
about it.
I'm New York" he said, land for
that matter in the rest of the United
States, the men are so busy trying to
make money that they give little
thought to culture. 1t Is the women
who attend the lectures and improve
their minds and add to their informa-
ton, As a result of this not only are
American women rapidly becoming
more cultured than the men. but In
the United States culture is becoming
efreminized. A lecturer addressing an
audience of women naturally adapts
his remarks to them, and many lee
lures are toned down to suit the fem
inins mind, which, not to speak dis-
para gingiy, differs from the masculine
mind in many particulars:
whether or not this criticism Is Just,
T am reminded that in recent speech
to college presidents at Baltimore, DIT
Samuel B. Mccormick or the Cniver.
sity Of Pittsburgh complained tnat
America is rapidly becoming Iem-
~ England, in a recently published
book, had this to say about New YORK
"In New York he allows himself to
be reduced to state or nonaase os
the selfishness Of a petty tyrant-his
wife. His nose is kept constantly on
the prindstone and have heard MN
alluded to as the purse, He apparent
|ly counts for nothing In the mouse,
and is not expected to appear when
his wife is entertaining, unless the
entertainment happens to be dln-
Waybe It Is true, but I suspect the
real reason she found no new fork
husbands at teas was that tney thair Weir
men enough to say. NO, wneh their
tyrants proposed their going.
At a Washington Square Tea.
It seemed hard to believe that the
,;ttle gray gentleman talking in a
disnihed yet forceful way in most
cultured tones was Francis Wilson,
the comedian, at whose antics we
had laughed so often on the ola
Casino stage. His subject was the
commercialization of the theater and
the necessity OF public support OF
;; such a commendable undertaking as
IN. Equity Theater. which is run by
actors themselves.
1T you go to France" said Mr..
wilson. "you see French plays. In
England you see English plays. Here
in America. you see French plays.
English plavs, German plays, seldom
an American play. We are striving
to develop the American play"
Francis Wilson is one OF the few
actors who have saved their money.
Since his retirement he has lived
Evening star., 1923-02-04

The fact that France and Germany
are sister republics amid the, mon
archical traditions of Europe means
nothing in the present crisis.
Evening star., 1923-02-04

Many American inventions have
been left largely to the management
Of European governments. America
invented the submarine; also the
league Of nations.
Evening star., 1923-02-04

Clemenceau has been called 1.-The
Tiger" but France insists that Poin-
care shall assume the role OF a roar
ing lion. If the pun were permissible
even in paragraphs we might have
made bold to say. "the Ruhring lion"
Evening star., 1923-02-04

In his retirement Wilhelm Hohen-
zollern has neglected to demonstrate
the talents as painter, poet, musician
and publicist that were 80 confidently
announced when he was emperor.
Evening star., 1923-02-04

Provisions that the late Lord North
cliffe's publications must continue un-
der British control may or may not be
cheering to the up.todate subscribers.
Evening star., 1923-02-04

Lady bootleggers are said to exist;
the equality Of the sexes being asser.
tive in the underworld as well as in
the realms Of lofty ideaiism.
Evening star., 1923-02-04

1t is quite possible that there will
be moments when Trotsky wishes he
were back in the Bronx.
Evening star., 1923-02-04

A mistake made by the ku klux
Klan appears to be a failure to copy
right itself and preclude base imita-
tions
Evening star., 1923-02-04
PrOper DiSdain.

II would not wed a man for gold,'
Said Geraldine Won Slicker;
"For wealth is now obtained. I'm told,
BY running bootleg licker."