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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-25
voCALES PROPIETAR1As:

senoras: Olivia Paoli Vda. de Bra
shi, Sra R. de Gaetan, Irene de
Thorden, Ana Lopez de Velez, Car
men Igaravidez, Srtas. Amalia Ad-
GUAR, Angela Hernandez, Luisa B.
Salgado, Sra. Francisco Calderin.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-25
PRESIDENTAS HONORARIAS:

Senoras: Ana Rogue de Duprey
Trina Padilla de SAM, Amina Tic de
Malaret.
Presidenta: Srta. Rosario BelIber
Vice-Pres. Sra. Maria Cadilla dc
Martinez, Ora. Marta Robert de Ro-
meu; Tesorera, Sra. Angela C. de
Miro; Sub-Tes. Sra. Maria Luisa de
Mesorana; Sec. de Actas, Srta. Ro-
sa Ma. Emanuelli; Sec. Correspon-
sal, Sra. Esperanza Gonzalo; Sec.
Auxiliar, Sra. Maria Luisa o. de
Torres.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-25
NUEVA DIRECTIVA DE LA LIGA
SOCIAL SUFRAGISTA DE
PUERTO RICO

Ell dia Is del mes actual tom6 po-
secion la nueva Directiva elegida en-
la Ultima Asamblea General, quedan-
do constitufda en- la forma siguiente:
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-25
INSTALLATION DE
UNA MANGUERA

En- provision de que pudicra ocu-
rrir un nuevo conficto, despues del
mediodia, y teniendo en- cucnta que
los estudiantes de la Universidad SC
en- una manifestation para celebrar
su triunfo, la policia Sc situo fren-
te al edifcio del Central High
SCHOOL, para evitar cualquier posi-
BILE encuentro entire los estudiantes
y sc dispuso la installation de una
potente manga de los bomberos pa
ra dispersar asi cualquier grupo
que pudiera formarse por aquellos
.lugares.
Los AUTOMOBILES y carros electri-
cos que venian para San Juan con
duciendo los estudiantes de la Uni
versidad venian escoltados por n1-
meros de la policfa en- trajes de cam
pana Y portando carabinas para
prevenirse contra cualquiera asalto.
Los profesores de la Escuela Supe
rior adoptaron tambien sus medi-
das Y cerraron las puertas del edifi-
clio para que los estudiantes no pu-
dieran salir a la carretera fueron
tambien cerrados completamente los
salones en- donde Sc dan clases de car
pinteria para que los alumnos no
pudieran armarse con instrumentos
peligrosos, como formones, cuchi-
Has otros.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-25
vOCALES SUPLENTES:

Sra. Escolastica Colon, Srtas. Te-
resa Amadeo, Conception Lopez Ra-
mos, Euladia Orduna, Catalina Ho-
mar.
La Sra. Ricardo Lopez de Ramos
y Srta. Beatriz Lassalle, despues de
dedicarles un voto de gracia como
un acto de justicia por los valiosos
trabaios que han realizado en- bene-
ficio de la Liga,. Sc les nombr6 ms
tructoras y oradoras,
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-25
En- LA MANANA DE AVER.

bir algunas pedradas de los estudian-
tes. Ante este hecho Ell policia agre-
dio uno de los estudiantes y fue en-
tonces cuando los estudiantes quisieron
matar al policia, quien tuvo que hacer
varios disparos al aire para intimidar-
los.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-25
UNA CoMIsIoN

DE ESI IS
A visitar nuestra Redaccion es-
tuvo en- la tarde de aver una Conf
sion de estudiantes y catedraticos
de la Universidad, quienes nos ma
nifestaron que todo cuanto Sc dijo
en- la prensa de aver, respecto al
origen del motfn, era enteramente
falso Y qua ellos no habian sido los
culpables del conficto, sino que ha-
bian sido los estudiantes de la Es-
cuela Superior, quienes los habian
agredido e insultado cuando ellos pa
saban por ALI frente celebrando su
victoria. Nos informaron que en- amos
anteriores cuando la Central High"
habia ganado en- los juegos atleticos,
los alumnos de esta escuela habian
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-25
LAS AUToRIDADEs EsCoLAREs

Tan pronto como Sc origin6 el con-
fiicto, las autoridades escolares Sc per-
sonaron en- el sitio del suceso y trata-
ron de convencer los estudiantes de
que SO les haria justicia de que no
tenian necesidad de apelar a esos re-
cursos tan radicales.
Sc nos informa que ell Principal Au-
das, ell Inspector Mcclure, Ell Dean st.
John Y ell Dean Osuna, asi como ell Sc
nor Vizcarrondo Sc trasladaron al 81
ito de los sucesos para procurar por
todos los medios lograr normalizar la
situaci6n.
Ell Coronel Lewis, acudi6 tambien al
lugar de los acontecimientos y Ell Jefe
Caban con un gran ntimero de refuer-
zos Sc traslado desde esta capital has
ia santurce para ayudar a conjurar
Ia situacion.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-25
vARIos ARRESTOS Y ARMAS
OCUPADAS

La poicia hizo varios arrestos en-
tire los estudiantes de uno y otro ban
do ocupo una pistola en- poder de
uno de de los estudiantes de Rio Pie
dras.
Tn joven estudiante de la Escuela
Superior llamado Jose Cerval result6
herido en- la cabeza y tuvo que ser re-
cluido en- ell Porto Rico Sanatorium.
El polcia Felix Cuebas fue curado
de fuertes contusiones y heridas en- la
cara y en- el cuerpo.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-25
Ell TRAFIco INTERRUEIPIDo

Durante el tempo de la lucha Sc hi
20 necesario suspender ell trafico de ve-
hiculos Ell toda aquella parte de la ca
rretera, pues Sc corria ell riesgo de que
los AUTOMOBILES y guaguas pudieran ser
destruidas por las piedras que Sc lam
zaban incesantemente.
Algunos transeuntes, ajenos compile
tamente a la controversial estudiantil
incorrecta, resultaron heridos y contu-
sos.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-17
A COOPERATING SHERIFF

Almost the first official act of Sheriff Leon Schwartz, newly appointed to that office in Mobile county, was to take part in a conference with state and federal enforcement officers with a view to close cooperation between the three forces in the apprehension of violators. There is no doubt that the generally pre- vailing present method of independent and almost antagonistic operations of local, state and federal enforcement units have resulted not only in much duplica- tion of effort and expense, but also in the actual defeat of the purpose for which all three departments are publicly maintained. Sheriff Schwarz's attitude is characteristic. Cooperative effort has always been his policy in proceeding to carry out whatever civic responsibilities and community duties have been placed upon him by the various organizations of which he has long been an active mem- Der. The people of this state will take great interest in watching the applica- ton of these obviously practical methods to his new and trying situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-17
A TRANSPORTATION ORPHAN

The statement of representatives of the southeastern railroads at a recent hearing before an Interstate Commerce Commissioner was to the effect that pro- posed rate schedules would increase rates in the Birmingham district. To be sure, the railroad contention was based on the general proposition that the roads would lose business if the proposed schedule were adopted. This contention is one on which the layman is not competent to form an opinion, because he does not have the facts in his possession. But the situation emphasizes the fact that this southeastern territory is transportation orphan as far as representation on the federal commission is concerned.
 It appears that, if the far northwest can have three commissioners on the fed eral board, the southeastern territory is entitled to one commissioner. Yet it has none This section requires the sympathetic study of commissioner in some degree aligned with it's welfare. Theoretically, the Interstate Commerce Commission should be so faithful to the public welfare that every section, whether it had special representation or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-17
NO ECONOMY IN THIS

That false theories of economy ln the government service are endangering the public health is the statement of Surgeon General Hugh S.. Cummings. Dr. Cum mings presents some significant data in support of his statement. He says that the average term of life, which now stands at fifty-six, was forty-one in 1870, twenty-five in 1900, and from seventeen to twenty years prior to 1700. While public appropriations have been steadily increased of late years, it is evident that any let-up now would be a direct blow at health progress.
 "There is," says the surgeon-general, "an almost universal tendency towards a diminution on the part of the govern ment agencies, national. state and local, due to the necessity of economy in of- ficial business'' It should be borne in mind that there is no economy in neg lecting the public health. It is the most important thing to all the people-im- portant not only for the public happiness and contentment, but from an economi . standpoint. One epidemic of typhoid fever, which is an easily preventable malady, means a very heavy financial drain on any community. It is we'll known that malaria can readily be pre- vented in nearly any community at small cost. Yet a siege of malaria is one of the most serious industrial handicaps which any community can encounter.
 In every center of population the more generous and more wisely administered the health fund, the greater the protec- ton, as a rule There is no economy in a penurfous policy with reference to this community benefit. That govern ment agencies designed to check cpl denies and control disease, as we'll as local health units established for the public protection, are suffering for lack ,f financial support is indicated. The sooner the American people demand ade- quate health appropriation the better for them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-17
THE PENITENTIARY sHAKE-UP

If it is fair to depict justice as blind, perhaps it would not be out of place to show her also as crippled. The recent shake-up in the administration of the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, which is still in progress, is the leisurely outcome of wrong conditions which were first brought under suspicion more than year ego. Of course, under Daugherty, no cleanup was to be expected, but MT. Stone has been head of the department of justice for some months, and this sltu- ation is just now coming to head. Jus tice does not halt with the courts, but must also extend into the conduct of the penitentiaries. Therefore, the processes of finding out the facts at the federal penitentiary are extremely important.
 Whether the charges of smuggling dope to prisoners, connivance at escapes and other improper goings-on are true or not, they are of weight and nature demand ing prompt inquiry. The resignations that have already taken place indicate that something was very wrong. It is a public duty not only to find out what the wrong conditions are, but also to right them and to put the institution under unimpeachable superintendence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-17
THE HORIZON IS BRIGHT

While there has been slight reduction in the industrial advance, this IS at tributed to seasonal influences. There IS nearly always a considerable let-down just before Christmas. This year there has been a much smaller curtailment of industrial operations throughout the country than is customary, and there IS every reason to look for a revival early in the year. All the indications-de- mands for products, especially structural materials; advances in prices, and gen. eral conditions-point to such a revival.
 So far as concerns the local situation, it could hardly be better. Prices of near ly all the materials manufactured in this district show a rising market. There IS a greater demand for building materials than there has been for long time. h. creased activity in the iron and steel ln- dustries is reported and the demand for products made in this district is con- stantly growing. Every industrial leader in the district looks for improvement in nearly every part of the country, and preparations are under way to take care of the additional business.
 Significant in this connection is the expansion noted in manufacturing gen. orally. In many sections orders are so rapidly multiplying that there is reason to believe that there will soon be capac- ity production, or in some instances more than seventy per cent. over year ago.
 With continued activity in the building industry of this district, and with every indication of growth in values, despite the opening of many subdivisions, the industrial expansion is expected to hit lively pace early in the year. Employ ment conditions are especially favorable, and profit-taking on realty property con tinues comparatively large. Certainly no confirmed pessimist can see anything on the business horizon to justify aught but , encouragement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-17
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THE government of Canada will under take to make a new and exhaustive
 study of the great Doukhobor colonles in the western provinces. The OoukhoDors, peasant sect from southern Russia, emigrated len masse" to the dominion in 1S9S. HI so far they have resisted all attempts at ma tionalization. Under a provision of the Ca nadian law they are exempt from military service and they have also consistently re- fused to have schools opened on their sections of homesteads Until recently they were gov erned by one Peter Verigin, who has been called "the door of heaven" by his followers. Verigin, though himself familiar with the English language, objected to the teaching of that language to his followers. He embodied the spirit of exclusion and seclusion. The younger elements often threatened rebellion against his theocratic form of administration. And now that Verigin is dead, the Canadian government apparently thinks the time ripe to make an attempt to merge the DOukhobors with the rest of the population. An order in council passed recently states that it prob ably is in the best interest of the country to cancel the privilege of military exemption. Certain elements among the Doukhobors, how ever, have served notice on the authorities that they will not obey the mandates ot ''man-made" government, but will only obey the dictates of the 'men of God" who stand at the head of the colonies. Knowing the Doukhobors to be past masters at passive resistance, it becomes quite clear that Canada has delicate problem of 'self-determination' to solve in the Doukhobor question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-17
POSTAL PAY RAISE LIKELY

It begins to look as if the postal em- ployes will be granted their pay increase by the present congress. The senate passed the original measure at the last session by a vote of 73 to 3. President Coolidge vetoed it two days before the end of the session, too late for congress to act. The president, however, gave .ome sound reasons for his veto, which congress would do we'll to take into con- sideration.
 Senator Edge has made it known that the measure will not be allowed to die. Two means of granting the increase are open to the senate. One is to pass the reflected measure over the presidents veto, and it is indicated that sufficient strength can be mustered for this pur- pose. The alternative is to revamp the measure in accordance with the presl- dents suggestions. The second course would not only make for more harmony between congress and the executive, but it would also be more businessllke.
 MT. Coolidge, while previously opposed to the proposed increase, yet made the very practical suggestion that it should also carry definite provision for the rev enue. It is thought that the suggestion will be carried out and the measure agaln subjected to the presidents approval. It is intimated thta he will sign it if proper ly drawn with view to providing rev enue. If he should veto it, there would then be enough time to consider repass- ing it over his veto. The congress should not, however, too hastily approve postal rate increases that place the burden too heavily upon any one or two classes. That would hardly be just.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-17
Brief Nature Studies
By J. OTIS SWIFT

A LONG stone walls and snake fences in "A the country stand out the scrawlins A arms of poison ivy, Rhus toxicodendron sometimes called poison oak, covered now with pale grayish-white berries that the winter birds will eat later, digesting the outer GOV ering and scattering the seeds along more fences to lie in wait for ignorant humans.
 Very beautiful is this wicked deceiver when in autumn she paints her three leaves i'll glorious scarlet in imitation of the lovely five-leaved Virginia creeper. And there is q picturesque beauty about the poison ivy's bare vines, covered with beautiful berries their delicate outer covering peeling off to reveal the white bone-like shell beneath. But this is no reason why she hould be encouraged
 The amount of suffering caused every year by this horror of the brier patches warrants her destruction. Open plots filled with the plant should be ploughed thoroughly after as many vines as possible have been uprooted This should be repeated every two years. IL can be done best in August or early winter when the sap has ceased to flow. August is a good time because the roots have less re cuperative power then.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-17

carry out the provisions of the act under which it operates.
 The industrial, shipping, producing and consuming centers of the United States are beginning to realize anew their mu- tuality of concern in this great question of transportation. They realize that the public has subsidized railroads to the pub lie injury, insofar as the railroads have repaid that subsidy by policies obstruc- tive of the development of waterways and highways. Highways the people are building. Waterways they are beginning insistently to demand. There can be no eventual denial of this demand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-17
sOUTH'S GROWING THRIFT

One of the greatest sources of en- couragement in the industrial and finan- cial stuatipn of the South is the rapid development of the thrift habit during the last twelve years. The New England states have long had reputation for thrift, as indicated, among other ways, by their habit of putting part of their earnings in savings banks. Those states started the habit many years ago, and have kept it up ever since. It has been humorously said that, if two Connecticut boys were imprisoned, they would make five dollars apiece swapping coats. That burlesques the thrift instinct of the peo- pie of New England. In the South, on the other hand, for various reasons, the savings habit was formerly not well de- veloped.
 The per capita savings of the New England states were in 1912 very much larger than in the South, according to the savings bank division of the American Bankers Association. The analysis, which covers the period from 1912 to 1924, shows that the Southern states were late in developing the savings inn pulse. Yet in the most recent years the Southern group made by far the greatest relative advance. This is encouraging evidence that as the South becomes more prosperous it also becomes more careful of it's money.
 In 1912 the New England states re- ported per capita savings of $245. To- day the amount is $443, or an increase of sos per cent. The Southern states reported per capita savings in 1912 of SIS, and of $52 for the current year, or an increase of 1888 per cent. Thus the South, after it did start, has very greatly increased it's rate of savings over New England. The nearest approach to the record of the Southern states during the twelve-year period is found in the Pacific group of states with an increase of 1876 per cent. It is altogether likely that thrift is a product of opportunity almost as much as of habit.
 As result of this habit of saving has arisen also the habit of investing, and particularly investing in the securities based on Southern industrial develop ment. Much less of the South's earnings is now going away to enrich other re- gions, while the people of other parts of the country are awakening to the value of Southern; investments and the con stantly increasing opportunities in the South. That has exercised a notably helpful influence. There is nothing like a peoples strong confidence in their own for expansion and progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-17
|1EA2ONL$ | 9NWc,. OYER X'JEE-,RE

Why Chickens Don't Cross tho Road.
 Chickens, according to poultrymen who have been conducting a series of experiments, do not cross the street as much as they ustd to. Fewer chickens were guilty of jaywalking last year, poultry experts say, than at any time in chicken history.
 This practically kills the belief that they have no brains.
 A good police department stands back of every bottle it sells.
 The experiments revealed that some breeds were more alive to traffic dangers than others. The ambition of the experimenters is to pro- duce breed that will cross a street only on signal.
 Amos Q. Pipp, the famous traveller and lecturer, declares these experiments old stuff. Il went all throug't that business years ago, he insists. T had chicken farm on a state road and just had to teach those hens sense. Ultimately I educated em to a point where I'd have a hired man with white gloves sit on the opposite side of the road and them hens would only cross when he wig-wagged 'em that it was all right"
 "I had Plymouth Rock that named after traffic. Well, sir, when Mary was a little chick I put her in the biggest garage in town and raised her there. It was a garage where a lot of taxi drivers kept their cabs and by the time Mary was six months old she could dodge anything! I've known her to lay an egg with three or four cars movin' all around her and then roll it under moving sight seeing bus to a place of safety without losing a feather
 '"Then I moved Mary out of the garage and gave her about month of road work near q fire house. She got so she'd hide behind tree every time the fire chief dashed out at 50 miles an hour on his way to lunch.
 "To put the final touches on her educa- tion I took her to a district where the licensing commissioners give women operators their driving tests This was an awful strain on Mary but she escaped without being run down.
 "Wel, that hen got so she'd never cross a street without first looking both ways. She was very careful turnings corners, too, and if there was a traffic policeman there she'd always wait for his signal.
 Ultimately bootleggers truck got her. Mary was trying to drag a White Leghorn from danger when the car hit and killed her.
 This proved that it is possible for chicken to meet death at the hands of hard' boiled egg"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-17
WHEN POLICIES CONFLICT

Although the Mississippi Warrior barge service is admittedly a government ex- pertinent in waterway development upon the outcome of which further inland waterway development will depend, there is such an insistent call for similar waterway development from all over the country that it is doubtful whether, in the face of public opinion, the govern ment can refuse further waterway oper- ation Therefore, it is no longer un- certain whether the present barge lines shall be successful-they must be made successful. It has been officially set forth by General Ashburn, director of the waterways, by Secretary Weeks and by others that there are certain specific factors that at present obstruct the prof itable operation of the barges. These factors are easily measured, fully under stood, and, what is of great significance, removable.
 It is a singular fact that the success of the waterways, which is being fostered by the government in one direction, is being delayed and defeated by govern ment failure in another direction. Thus the government policy appears to be suf- fe1fng from an internal warfare that must be corrected and adjusted or the public administration convicted of an absurdity. This warfare is between the federal commission in charge of railroads on the one hand and the waterways ad- ministration on the other. Subtly and in an imperceptible manner the Inter- state Commerce Commission has in some cases apparently come to regard itself as the protector of the railroads, rather than defender of the public interest and an arbiter between the railroads and the shipping public, This is unfortunate and demands the attention of congress or of the president, lest an arm of the govern ment nullify the task committed to an other arm of the government; lest the Interstate Commerce Commission make it impossible for the waterways division to