New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
400 Businessmen
Act as StevedOres
In Havana Strike
Members of Chamber of
CS:=nmcrcc and Rotary
Club Don Overalls and
Clear Piers of Freight

Special Correspondence
HAVANA, Jan. 24.--New Workers ar
rlvlng In Havana this week we're at
tracted byan unusual spectacle. Along
the harbor docks they witnessed 400
business men Of the Cuban capital,
clad in overalls or KHAKI trousers,
playing the part OF stevedores and
clearing the wharfs of accumulated
stocks Of perishablc products. En-
ssperated by the two weeks harbor
tie-up, tho Havana Chamber of Com
mcrce and Rotary Club combined to
settle this problem in more forceful
manner than by conferences. Led by
Or. Aizugaray, president of the Russians,
manned drays and automobile trucks
and removed 10000 pieces of freight
the first day. 1t is said that this sur
passes days handling for seasoned
stevedores. The result has been to re-
lievc Havana from possible famine.
A majority of members attended the
weekly meeting of the Rotary Club
Thursday attircd in their working
cothesy AS the city is rallyine to the
merchants support. 1t was decided to
continue this method until the. striking
dockmen resumed work.
John Haney, who. until prohibition
days arrived managed a cafe at
Ninety-second Street and Broadway,
New York, soon will open a saloon on
the Prado, Havana's fashionable boule-
ward
Louis Z. Stoddard, son of Z. G. Stod-
dard and his wife are at the Seviia.
Mr. Stoddard was a member of the
last American polo team that COM
peted for the international trophy in
England. His sister, Mrs. Frank But
tcrworth, is with them.
The Roosevelt memorial campaign in
Cuba Will be launched early in Febru-
AIRY. The Cuban Congress has appro-
priated $4,000 and like sum Will be
raised by subscription This amount
will be given to the New York COM
mttec, which will purchase Colonel
Roosevelt's birthplace. The Havana
Rotary Club has designated February
as date to canvass for subscrip-
tlons.
Nlr. and Mrs Malcolm E. Grey and
Miss Melba Grey. OF Rochester, are Wis
ting friends in Havana.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Major and
daughter. Miss Ivey Major, of New
iorkare in Havana. Mr.. Major is in
terested in several Cuban engineering
enterprises.
Rear Admiral Victor Blue, U. S. N,
retired. has returned to Key West after
being guest of friends in Havana.
A performance OF La Boheme" was
given recently at the National Theater
in honor of Commander Jolivet of the
French cruiser Jeanne d Arc.
Mrs. Charles NJ. Echevarria has ar
rived from Short Hills, N. j., to join
her husband. Her two sons accom-
panied her.
Earle Nelson, civil engineer, and
Mrs. Virginia Nelson, of New York, are
sojourning in Havanan before continu-
ing to Trinidad.
Morle. Van W. Loomis, Mr.. and Mrs
Sidney Aronstein, Commander N. r.
Mclean, L. S. ~: George bererdt, DR..
and Mrs. +. l.. Cousins, Lorenzo NJ. Gil
lot, Hugh Corby OK, Mr.. and Mrs. B.
Bennand, Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Owens,
Rene La Montague, OF New York, and
W. c. Douglass, OF Pittsburgh. AT the
Lafayette are Captain r. f. Powers, of
Brooklyn; w Forbes Morgan Luis r.
Miss Marjorie Rounthwaite, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. f. Craig, Edwin Phillips, and
\. A. FTshel, of New York; Miss Kath-
een Donnelly and her mother, of East
Orange, and f. Otis, of Rye. n. Y
Late registrations at the Telegrapho
include X. P. Galvan, R. H. Gregory, P.
Harold Banks, Albert Refkin, Mr.. and
Mrs. o. c. Schneider, of New York;
Charles Turville. OF Boston: R. B. Null
len, of Baltimore. and H. II. Bacon, Of
Savannah.
American arrivals at the Sevilla are
f. NJ. Stefano, Mrs. B. Clapp, L. L.
Winkel imam, Leo J. Bondy, MIR. and Mrs.
A. A. Osgood, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Z. Stod-
dard, Mrs. Rainey, Mrs. +. S. Butter
worth. and NJ. FRANKIE, of New York;
Charles B. Hubncr, of Philadelphia;
Mr.. and Mrs. ". A. Ingraham, of Bris-
tol. Conn. and Mr.. and Mrs. G. W
Beckers, Miss Elsa Beckers and Kurt A.
Beckers, OF Bolton, NY.