El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-20

with Golfers. Hare was a hit He
was the WEIGH rarebit Of the feed and
there would have been an aching void
If the little Englishman had not been
present. or had been present and had
not made a Jimmy Haresque speech
Speaks in Spanish.
Senior Gonzalo G. Rivero, represent
ing a syndicate of Mexican, French and
Italian newspapers and illustrated
magazines. responded to a toast Senior
Rivero is the Alfred Henry Lewis Of the
continent, Of an ancient Spanish FAMILY
and one of the big newspaper men OF
Europe. He recently obtained a sensa-
tional interview with king Alfonso OF
Spain and has a wide reputation as
writer and thinker He delivered
short address in Spanish, thanking the
chamber of commerce for the comph-
ment which had been paid him and told
a story apropos OF his coming TO
Juarez TO cover the war.
MaIvez Wins Applause.
Senior NJ. Malvez, of Ell Pals, Mexico
City, responded for his country and was
cheered repeatedly for his liberal and
progressive sentiments.
A Little Talk by Sommerfeld.
Felix Sommerfeld, Madero's Man Fri
day, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tues
dav Wednesday and Thursday, spoke
for Sommerfeld, the Maderos, the
kaiser ct al Sommerfeld made a good
talk and ended with a serious touch
in Latin
Norman Walker read several reams
from a roll of manuscript as big as an
elephants ankle or q war correspond
ent's expense account. He was assisted
by a baseball mask, a hook and Tim
Turner, Turner being on the business
end Of the hook. which ended Walkers
stunt.
Favors Distributed
Favors were distributed to the visit
ors. Lewis drew a builfight banderilla,
which he promised to- stick into the
chamber OF commerce at the first OPP
portunity: Earl Harding was given a
rattle because OF his infantile appear
ance In the region Of the north pole;
w. a. Willis, of the New York Herald,
was given q trumpet to blow, but de-
clined it until he could cable James
Gordon Bennett for permission.
Alex Sommerfeld was given a drum,
% caliber, with which to obey alder
man Walter 2 Clayton's Injunction to
beat it, G. A Martin, Of The Herald.
was given a pair of scissors because his
old ones had been worn out clipping
out war stuff to wire to other papers,
so the card read; L. C. Speers, of the
New York Times, was given phony
watch; Thomas Steep, Of the Associated
Press. drew a horn; David Lawrence
drew the same; Gerald Brandon was
given the key to the city-jail; @. C.
Core. of the Omaha Bee, drew a spider
for his bee; Jimmy Hare got a popgun
to defend himself in time of action at
the front; Tim Turner, of The Herald,
drew a turner (for kitchen use only;
Dave McChesney, of the Times, got a
horn TO keep himself awake on the
graveyard shift; Norman Walker also
got a horn, something to blow himself
with, and Charles A. Brann, Of The
Herald, was given, a copy Of Brann's
Iconoclast
At the conclusion Of tiae presentation
of the favors to the newspaper men, 7.
NJ Wingo, as a Carnegie committee OF
one, made the presentation speech in
awarding medals Of bravery (leatherl
to mayor c. E. Kelly for leading the
war correspondents to jail and to
Norman Walker for leading the federal
army into Juarez.
One of the specially invited guests
was Maj. Eduardo Hay, chief of staff
to Madero. who recently escaped from
the prison hospital at Chihuahua and
arrived in FL Paso Thursday night. Mai
Hay was the center OF interest at the
dinner. He wore dark glasses to pro-
tect his eyes. which a shrapnel ball
had injured.