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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-12-01

Nuestro amigo don Miguel Ruiz
Soler, presidente de la Association
de Tahoneros de Puerto Rico, a
quien aludimos en- nuestra informa-
ci6n del sabado sobre la supuesta
existencia del ''trust" del pan aqui,
nos hizo algunas manifestaciones So
bre el particular estableciendo sus
puntos de vista acerca de la materia,
a fin, segdn nos dijo, de que las CO.
sas queden en- su verdadero lugar.
Ell Sr. Ruiz Soler empez6 dicien-
donos que Sc hallaba ausente por la
isla, y a su regreso Sc habia ente-
rado de la mencionada information,
la quail deseaba aclarar en- ell SEN
lido de que aqui no existe ningdn
trust" del pan, y 81 una simple
union de todos los tahoneros de San
Juan, Rio Piedras, etc, los cuales,
con algunas excepciones, constitu-
yen hoy una sola eistidad que viehe'
funcionando desde hace alg1n ITEM
po, y gracias a la cual, agrega,, sc
pudo acabar con la ruinosa compe-
tencia que por espacio de dos amos
sostuHisron los duenos de tahonas y
en- cuyo grnovimiento perdieron mu-
cho dinero v considerables energias.
81 nosotros nos unimos en- la forma
antes mencionada, sigue el Sr. Ruiz
Soler, 10 hicimos despues de pasar
por la terrible experiencia de sufrir
grandes nerdidas, regalando, pre-
clos irrisorios, nuestro articulo; Y,
como no era possible que continuase
tai situaci6n, menos que quisiera-
mos arruinarnos, de ahi nuestra
union que hoy sc quiere hacer apa-
racer como I'm trust, pero que no
es asi, puesto que sabemos que el
''trust" es contrario a las leyes y
fosotros no varnos lamar un desa-
flo de tai indole a los estatutos de
nuestro pals.
La reciente alza en- ell precio del
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-12-01
INVESTIGATION FISCAL

La Investigation del siniestro, esta
cargo del actityo Fiscal Flores,
quien ha procedido a tomar decla-
raci6n a numerosas personas.
Aver por la manana, llamamos por
telefono al Fiscal Flores, para intc-
rrogarle sobre ell resultado de la in
vestigaci6n, y estas fueron sus ma
nifestaciones:
"Aun no he terminado la inveSti-
gacion, aun cuando va he tornado de-
claraci6n, a numerosas personas,
entire elias, al manager de la casa,
Sr. Barreras, quien en- ausencia del
Sr. Villamil, estaba al frente de la
mercantil.
"Hasta ahora, la investigation no
revela que haya culpabilidad por
parte de nadie, pero como quiera
que la investigation judicial aun no
ha terminado, yo no puedo tampoco
decirle, que ell incendio fue casual"
Hasta la fecha, no ha sido possible
determinar cual fue la causa de este
voraz incendio. a
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-12-01
En- Ia ana alta de Ia casa viva una faa Pano general A las d
de Ia nOCe fu6 SOfOCadO nCendO, ga Ia acVdad de las tres
brigadS de bOmberS con que uentd eSta Capital
I'll Jee de WmerGd @td Ead@ mOs en los ngG @a ene.
d bN de @ ST. Bre Las GtenS tabn aegwadS SOOO con
dos NmpS dSa edo Sba asegwa &OOOQla Investigation ea car
gO del fiscal Flores ha dO TmnadalO que dice dO mGne judicial

habian invadido va casi toda la plan
ia baja.
En- la planta baja de esta casa,
tiene sus almacenes Y oficinas, la
acreditada firma de esta capital,
"Porto Rico Paper Supply Co.., Ia
cual, como va 10 indica su nombre,
Sc dedica a la venta de papel en-
nuestra isla.
En- la planta alta, viva una fami-
liza, e innecesario creemos decir, que
el panico mas grande Sc apodero de
ellos, al yer que la planta baja,
LENA de papel, materia tan infiama-
BILE, estaba invadida por arrollado-
ras llamas. Afortunadamente, ell in
cendio aun no Sc habfa trasmitido
la escalera, y por esa raz6n, casi
todo el ajuar, fue bajade, deposit
tado a alguna distancia del sinies-
tro.
En- toda la capital, especialmente
en- la calle de La Luna, reinaba un
panico indescriptible, tai era la mag
nitud del incendio, que amenazaba
extenderse a las casas contiguas.
Los bomberos de San Juan fueron
los primeros en- llegar, al toque de
alarma, POGO despues, llegaban las
brigadas de Puerta de TERRA San
turce. Los trabajos de salvamento
Y extinction empezaron inmediatamen-
te.
Durante tres largas horas, los bonn
beros, eficazmente auxiliados por la
policia, lucharon por sofocar el vo-
rag incendio, 10 que pudo conseguirse
finalmente, a las diez de la noche.
Cuando las llamas fueron domina-
das, Sc VIC que la parte interior de
la planta baja habia sido destruida
en- su totalidad, con las consiguien-
tes perdidas.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-12-01
Ell JEFE DE LA CASA NO ESTA
EN- PUERTO RICO

FL jefe de la porto Rico Supply
Paper CO., es cl distinguido caba-
Hero, y acreditado comerciante de
esta plaza, don Justo Villamil, quien
actualmente- Sc encucrtra en- los Es-y
tados Unidos, y a quien Sc ha noti-
ficado del siniestro. s,
Frente los negocios de la mer-
cantil incendiada, estaba el tenedor
de libros de la casa, quien actuaba
como manager, Sr. Barreras.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-12-01
HASTA Ell 81 DE
DICIEMBRE

Durara la venta especial que he
mos alberto en- nuestro departa-
nento economico LOS DIABLOS
DE LA PLAZA todo nuestro cal
zado es garantizado.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-12-01

respectivamente. Las existencias in
cendiadas pues, tenian por 10 menos
un valor de $4,000. Estas cantidades
numericas daran a nuestros lectores
una idea, de la importancia que re-
vistiera el incendio, va que estaban
en- peligro de ser totalmente destrui-
dos, una casa y existencias, con un
valor total, aproximadamente, de
$4,000.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-12-01

Desde hacia va varias semanas,
no teniamos que registrar en- nues-
tras columnas, incendio alguno que
revistiese importancia, y 81 conatos,
que solo conseguian alarmar al pu-
blico. No obstante, en- la noche del
sabado dltimo, Sc declare un voraz
incendio en- la calle de la Luna, de
esta capital, que sembr6 ell panico
entire los habitantes, dada la magni-
tud del voraz incendio.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-12-01
Fl LCdO. f. Rivera AImOd0yar,
alto empIeadO executive, reCha-
"a una de las tres enmiendaS
que eI sub-jefe del NegOCiadO
del TrabajO senaIa para Ia Ley
del Retro de empIeadOS
inSuIareS
Mienhas el Sr. Lebr6a haCe hinCapi6
en- Ia ''penSi6n" el Sr. Rivera AImO-
d5var haCe del "retirO' una tOne de
aCerO donde Sc enCasfIIa, como en- un
reduCtO inexpugnabIe

El Lcdo. F. Rivera Almod6var nos
did para publican Ell siguiente, intere-
santc articulo:
LEY DE RETRO DE LOS
EMPLEADoS
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-12-01
LOCAL

En- el centro comercial de la calle
Tetuan No. AZ, ocupado hasta mace
POGO por los sefores Portela v Rcir6.
Frente a Tetuan y al Recinto Sur. Elk
celente para negocio de provisiones
o de AUTOMOBILES. Sc 'arrienda toda la
planta baia. Ia mitad InformeS:
Telefono 1885 Rojo, Santurce Apar-
tado 944, san Juan. Advt.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-12-01
LA CASA Y LAS EXISTENCTAS
ESTABAN ASEGURADAS

La casa No. rs, es propiedad de
don Jose Maria Carrero, y esta ase-
gurada con Ochoa Hnos. por $4,000.
Las existencias, sumamente valio-
sas, estan aseguradas con la "Na-
tional CO.., por $4,000 y $4,000
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-12-01

80, dice an la pagina 468, tomo 18 de
Ia ENCYCLOPEDIA Espasa, la mejor y mas
recients publication europea en- su cla-
Sc"
Sc copia la biografia del senior Des-
champ.
(Contin1a en- la pag. 81
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-12-01

La Legislature de Puerto Rico, en-
su ses;5n extraordinaria de 1923, apro-
bo Ia Ley No. %, estableciendo Ell retro
de los funcionarios y enpleados del Go
bierno Insular. Esta ley, saba y justa,
viene j llenar un immense vacio en- Ia
legislation del pals. Els un gran incen-
two para los que consagramos los me-
jores dias de nuestra vida, al trabajo
monotone y rudo de las oficinas del
Gobiefno. De ahora en- adelante, nos
alentara en- puestra labor la justa re-
|ccmpensa' a que todos ser humane tiene
derecho por su persistencia en- el ira
bajo leal y honrado.
AL fondo de retro, solo contribuimos
los emplcados acogidos al Beneficio de
osta ley, desde enero 1, 1924, en- que
el Auditor de Puerto Rico procedio a
descontar Ell go del sueldo de cada en-
pleado !oeneficiado. La ley, sin embar-
&c, no comenzara a regir, en- 10 que a
retiros respecta, hasta julio l, 1925, dis
Continda en- la pag. 8.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-12-01
Habla ell Presidente de la "Asociaci6n
de Tahoneros de P. r. sobre la su-
puesta existencia del trust del pan
MEGA QUE tai COSA EXISTA, Y KPLCA LAS RA-
ZONES POR LaS CUALES HA SuBIDO De PRE0O
DICHO ARTICULO

La recene alza e precO del pGnsgue dciendo e Sr
Ruiz Soler medda que impOnia 81 Sc tiene en-
cuenta que la harna de trgO ha subido ash como tdmben
e saaro de los panoderos estaS rGzones-agregae
0za en- ell pan no es la obra cuprchOsa de nngdn trust
The Washington times., 1924-09-01
District People Might Be
!. Allowed to Vote if We
Ate Human Flesh
nv RTII PRICE.

The greatest and most entertaining Of all American editors
ARTHUR BRISBANE comments about the capture Of
Christian Filipino by Filipino Negritos In the Zabales noun.
tans his for several days ito make him tender and
then the feast which the Negtos made out Of him. instead Of
for him. The reports do not indicate whether the Christian
Filipino riCasseed broed turned into soup salad
Evidently the Negritos considered him. like we do an old
rooster too tough for eating until made tender through spe
cial processes.
We District people remember the generous atentiveness
given by various American administrations the Fpinos
the extension them of franchise privileges in matters
local overnment viii ruminate (msanng to mediate
muse chew the Cud and chew it agn) what may be
missing by refrainng from eating human beings dog meat
(ss do the Igorrotes Of the Philippines Islands,
As understand it, it perfectly permissible have
fried human steaks for breakfast and 60 to the polls in the
philippines voting like free should then going home
thinner and feast upon fat or lean dog meat the appees
Of voters prefer.
In this Federal District Of close 100000 people we are
Ccmpsed to get along Coffee cereals fruit for break
last stand at the newspaper bulletin boards watch what
er free Americans have been doing at the polls election
days and home to dinners Of singy and old carrots
Our American statesmen in Congress- the White House and
elsewhere have been engaged for years spreading
the far Fpncs the teachings Of liberty independence and
se government We have done 50 well that the Fipinos
demanding that the United States pull out from the
ISLANDS and give them complete management Of their own
Fairs from elecng Presidents congressman governors mayors
etc, down to the right to eat soup from the shin bones
IcBuch stray Christians may be caught mapping.
The sweet soude shown for the Fpinos IN preparing
them to vote in island elections withheld entirely from
half million intelligent alert patriotic and in this
great nations Capital City It is rendful Of the days
when churches spent many millions Of dollars in foreign mis-
onary and much to keen alive wonder
full teachings of Christ
Our statesmen nothing about doing Justice by the peo
pie Of the District Of Columbia but work themselves into
frvent fever for spreading the principles Of freedom among
remote peoples Probably ate portsrhouses from st.
Bernard Newfoundland pups there would be feeling
for 4sh that should have the privileges
accorded to other Americans
The Washington times., 1924-09-01
GARRETT P. SERVISS ON LURE
OF THE INVISIBLES

there not others Just as curious
as / ann"
Would that 1t were practicablel
The call for 1t is insistent enough,
and admirable enough, to deserve
a favorable answer. Already there
are a few observatories at which
some provision is made for meet.
ing the popular desire to see
little Of what the astronomers
behold with their telescopes. But
astronomers are busy with the
technical aspects OF their science,
while the telescope is an elite
instrument, which requires con.
siderable preliminary discipline on
the part of those for whom II
opens the door to its wonders.
Let me offer a compromise
idea. Instead Of putting large
telescope at the service Of the
unframed public in a few centers.
/ would have many Of. moderate
size, distributed as widely as pos.
sible-say as widely as school.
houses and churches; one in every
village. In some cases, perhaps,
the town fathers might be In
duced to buy a small telescope
and put UP q popular observatory,
for the common use Of those OF
their fellow citizens who hAh
heads for the stars.
The Washington times., 1924-09-01
Pity the Prince
You Need Not Envy Him.

The Prince Of Wales everlastngy watched stared at
followed by crowds, fawned upon fattered toaded to-
NEVER hearing the truth always surrounded always on
parade is young that you need NOT envy.
The load Of public duties and public attention tires him.
bores him to the last degree and wears him out
Those that know him intimately say Of him that he finds
life an absolute WEAKNESS We quote verbatim of his
Prince:
Sometimes think the Prince would really rather not 20
ing uniforms and costumes One day dressed up
ridiculous breeches cut off above the knees appear
sbo wn Scout lot Of Boy He like:
very youthful and he likes those that are young
Next he appears Druid, dressed in preposterous
prudica costume This ALSO he does to please the Welsh
He gets his title from Wales
hen he the Uniform Of high officer in the navy,
and again the uniform Of important army officer he
wears all sorts Of decorations which must make him feel
foolish He has enough Of humor to know that he
done nothing to earn them.
II know that he doesn't want to king would like to get
put OF it he could He has had enough nuisance bother
And people will let him alone that's the Of
You need envy this young man with all his uniforms
fancy clothing equerries ackeys fatery and fummery
He is not sufficiently caous to make good joke Of the
snobbisness avished upon him in this country that mus
make him laugh occasionally, however
he hasn the strength to make something REAL out Of the
JOB that fate has given to him. It would take powerful
man to do that.
Es gqss through Life DGTa being polite SAYING
expressed in monOsyable and they not really OPINIONS
only ordinations
From the American point Of the really pful thing is
the sckening snobbery Of millions Of Americans in their
hCkspittle attitude toward this young Prince
For Americans that kicked out one English King George
TO ovel their bellies before descendant Of ANOTHER
English King George is good deal Of joke democracy
Mothers that would be insulted If q married man paid
marked attention to their ed daughters throw those
daughters at the Princes head They know well the only
result that comes from such conduct that
There day before the French Revolution when thu
King purposey dropped his handkerchief and it con-
dered piece Of great good fortune for the before
whom it was dropped Her to pick it up. Then
FOR time long short she became the ruler Of the King
We have passed the handkerchief throwing" stage But
some Americans men, women young girls and mothers have
still good deal to learn about sefrespeCt The
that attends the arrival Of the British Prince proves it.
The Washington times., 1924-09-01

Hawaii, now a civilized and pleas.
ant colony of the United States.
The debt of gratitude England
owes to Captain Cook Is bound.
less. He gave the British Empire
Australia and New Zealand and
the islands Of the South Pacific
a princely gift from plain
sailor. His reward was trifling,
and after his untimely death his
widow received a small pension.
Captain James Cook was the
son of a village laborer in Cleve.
land, Yorkshire, England, where
he was born in 1928. When he
was twelve years Of age he was
apprenticed to a haberdasher. and
failing here was put to work for
a firm of ship owners at Whitby,
which gave him his first taste for
the sea. After years as q com.
mon sailor in this service he rose
to be mate Of a vessel and then
Joined the royal navy, where his
rise was rapid, considering that
he was not q gentleman in the
English sense.
Even the aristocratic officers Of
the navy could not but admit the
extraordinary seamanship Of Cook
and at the end Of four years he
was given command OF a small
boat, though still a warrant Of
The Washington times., 1924-09-01

A LADY in Pennsylvania, 1.-The
n busy mother Of five little
ones, but never too busy to
stop and admire and study ma
lures many wonders" writes
that she has become very much
interested in the heavens since
learning that the stars have
names and histories.
All by herself she found Venus
and Mars, and was as pleased
as a baby with new rattle. MY
children, now at a tender ages
she continues, 'can say: That
is Arcturus and this is Vega
And yet I did not know this until
now! Why 10 it not taught IN
the schools2
II would give quite a few years
of my life to have a peep at
Saturn and the invisibles; and
this longing has given birth to
the idea of how nice 1t would be
II. one could 60 to a nearby city
and for a. reasonable sum OF
money satisfy the longing to see
the planets and stars through
telescopes, The money would
go for the furtherance of science.
Would this be practicable; for are
The Washington times., 1924-09-01
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
BY DR.. FRANK CRANE.
Pounds, ShiLLi1gs ana Pence
RKR. HARRY GORDON SELFRIDGE


NE HARRY GORDON sHIFRIDaE stated 4 the
V Decimal Metric Conference Association at London
the other day, that he still stumped sometimes
in dealing with pounds shilling and pence he declared
that the Government ought to have introduced decimal
currency into the country at the close Of the
Things slowly in Great Britain, where the influence
of Conservatism probably stronger than anywhere else IN
Christendom In time the metric system will be adopted
and the cumbersome pounds, shings and pence well
the system Of weights and will be done away
with.
No one in his right mind declare logically that there
anything to be said favor Of the present way counting
money or registering measures They difficult hard to
learn and not easy to practice.
Bookkeeping under such systems, must be matter OF
extreme difficulty.
But far that is concerned, the world still clngs
to its old calendar which is awkward and irregular, and
refuses to adopt year Of thirteen months some similar
system by which day Of the week would fall upon
the day of the month every year and do away with
the calendar
Having adopted irrational method it is difficult
change it. It hard to change the Chinese and Japanese
languages and induce them to adopt alphabet method
tt is difficult to adopt any reform spelling and to bring
the written word more in conformity with its sounds
So is difficult change the habits of nation IN re-
gard to its currency, it's weights and measures
Only France has succeeded in applying the decimal system
rigidly everywhere The United States has far only
succeeded in its currency.
Great Britain ags behind she takes pride IN her slow
ness and unwilngneSs to change anything.
Only time and the demonstrated advantages Of the decimal
system will the present of computation
Mcclure Newspaper syndicata)'
The Washington times., 1924-09-01

times its actual circumference.
His discoveries and observations
on New Zealand and Australia
then known az New Holland,
were responsible for the English
securing these vast islands from
the weak grasp of the Dutch.
Among the many islands he
discovered in the Pacific were
the Hawaiian group, which he
named the Sandwich Islands, aft
er the Earl of Sandwich. then
head Of the ad9 nralty. It was
during his third and last voyage,
on which he intended to discover
a northeast passage around Alas
kasto the Atlantic, that Cook
met his death.
He revisited Hawaii after be.
ing turned back by the ice in
Behring strait. Natives stole a
boat from it's moorings alongside
the ship Discovery. Cook went
ashore in person to recover Il.
The natives had considered him
a god, but as he accidentally fell
and hurt himself they decided he
must be mortal. AS he was about
to enter his boat they fell upon.
him and speared him to death.
His shipmates avenged him, but
the great explorer hadssailed his
last voyage. He died In 1873.
The Washington times., 1924-09-01

T HIS winter and every winter
several great steamers will
sail from America laden
with happy tourists bound around
the world. The steamers are 700
feet long or more, contain half
dozen PASSENGER decks requiring
the use of elevators, and are to
all intents and purposes great
floating hotels.
What a far cry 1t is from the
%. OOO.ton liner to the little ship
in which Captain Cook put a cir
die round the earth. At various
places the big ships touch the
tourists will hear of Captain Cook
how he discovered this certain
country, how he charted this
ocean, how he explored this isl.
and and how he was finally muir.
dered by a horde Of savages in
The Washington times., 1924-09-01
FAMOUS FACTS OF HISTORY
Hov Captain Cook DISCOVERED the SandUich
TsLnnda.
By FRANK STUYVESANT.

ficer. His ability at astronomy
and mathematics astonished the
naval men. He was given COM
mission as a lieutenant in the
navy and sent as commander Of
a vessel with soma scientists to
observe a solar eclipse only Wis
ible in the South seas. So strong
were the scientists recommended
lions Of the astronomer sailor that
the admiralty sent him on a voy.
age of discovery In 1872, by
means Of which England hoped to
locate a great Antartic continent.
The great voyage Of Captain
Cook lasted three years. He
sailed some 10000 miles, circum-
navigating the earth and explor.
ing its surface so thoroughly, par.
ticularly the Southern hemi-
sphere, that he covered three
The Washington times., 1924-09-01

wanting to marry you Marriage isn't the point Character
is What did you try find out about that mans char
acterG How many times did you touch on anything but
cheap fratous chatterH And you did speak deep
~ how frankly did you ask him about hmselff You
needn't answer, know.
Why should you expect government to protect
your heart Constance, if you won't bother to protect it
yoursef2 Why give less thought to investment of your
affections than you would to the purchase of $S6
silk sepnf If the really likes you and respects himself
wc any p bas the r 10 ss az
man. Ask him if he's married Ask him where he lives and
who's in his family. Ask it with smile and friendly
banter but ask it, nevertheless and make him see that YOU
desire serious answer If he's Regular Guy he'll expect
to ask those questons he doesn't volunteer the in
formation begin with And he II respect you the more for
asking them If he isn't Regular Guy he'll probably get
make sneerng But if he isn't Reg lar
Guy, you should worry if he's sore!
syndic Inc)
The Washington times., 1924-09-01
1ccpyFisht. 1884 81 star company.,

compel all unmarried girls to use their brains.
Unless the unmarried girl uses her brain
she's going to get the mean end Of the deal,
whether her Lothario wears nose ring or not.
Would you buy pair of silk socks without
running your hand through them to test their
textureG Of course you wouldn't. Would
you get henna tint put on your hair without
asking lotta questions and making sure that
henna tints were good investment Not on
your life. Yet you'll lavish your deepest
thoughts and emotions on a man without
bothering to find out single vital fact about
him. It isn't question Of finding out
whether he is in aposition to marry your or not
Many man might be desirable as a friend
whom you wouldn't care to marry. Many
man might wish YOU for a friend without