El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-29

and ordered the bill paid. On motion
of director Coles the bin for the
Adams haircut was approved and a
similar appropriation ordered for 1915.
"UnGuisbed Business"
Under the head of unfinished busi-
ness, the secretary REPORTED that the
only unfinished business before the
meeting was the Mexican revolution.
Mr. Fryer, impersonatiEg Mr. Krupp,
made an impassiOned appeal for this
10 be left as unfinished business. He
declared that lots of FL Paso merchants
wouldn't be able to pay for their new
est automobiles or their new homes
unless they continued their sales to the
NilliStas.
MI Duck. as consul MyIes" also
smoke against the final disposition Of
the unfinished business and said that,
when my country England was
through with the present war, she
would come over and hnSIh II.
Charlie Brann as "A Schwartz,
treasurer of the chamber Of commerce"
reported on the funds on hand. he
said there was something over mil
lion in the treasury. but added that il
was Mexican money. Mr.. Fryer was
asked to figure out how much this
represented in sold and, after deliber-
alton and much figuring reported that
sit means deficit of S1.9S."
Under the head of new business a
petition was read by the secretary,
preSuming to be from Max Weber, Ger
man consul i'm JuarcZ and pretending
to ask for the sympathies of the cham
Der of commerce for the German gov
eminent. This started q general dis
cussion in which Mr. Duck, as Mr..
NIyles, the British vice consul led in
protesting favorable action on the
resolution.
Fighters Paired.
When asked why he was not fight
ing with the Allies in the trenches,
no rnnliRl-
paired with Dutch Charlie He also
spoke i'm ia .-- a[ having an embargo
placed ON ltuu as wen as copper to
stop the Eaisors supply Of iron
what makes the iron crosse" he
asked the chairman.
Il don't know
Because the Kaiser gives it away"
he Tetorted.
Messrs Mix, Hines. Brann, Fryer,
Dick and Page also spoke for or
against the resolution.
C0gent "ReasCns.~
Mr. Mix as claiborne Adams said
the chamber of commerce should favor
the allies. we are for the British
bccause they speak our language ne
said, and we should be for the French
because they helped us once to lick
the English
Emmett Hines as a. P. Coles OPP
posed taking any action until it could
De GSCcrJdlOFU II IL WOulu cost Any
money. "Wc don't care anything
about allies-he called it aueys-any-
how; what we want is well lighted,
clean streets"
Mr. Brann as a. Schwartz, speaking
for Germany. told how he had come
to this country from Hungary.
You say YOU came hungry" Mr.
Hines, as a. 2. Coles. asked.
Yes, / came hungry, because there
was no apple pie over there he re-
torted
SOmcrfeId ms Emperor
At this point i'm the discussion AIR.
Ware called for Mr. Weber, who en-
tered in the person of Charles ROkahr,
to appear before the board and speak
for the resolution. Mr.. ROkahr de-
clared that if the resolution was not
passed. THE kaiser viii come over mere
and make Felix SOmerfeld emperor Of
Mexico and Sam Drebben crown
prince"
The meeting became uumanasoable
and chairman Ware was forced to blow
a riot call and detective Billy Smith
and policeman r. C. Armstrong rushed
i'm and arrested Rokahr and Duck and
the members marched out to the sing
ing of The Star Spangled Banner"
Mr. Harm in the lead waving big
American flag and the members wav-
ing small ones.
Presidents Summary.
A general summary of the work
done by the chamber of commerce was /
Continued on page cIeven.)