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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-03

home product, barley. rye, spelter, Indian
corn, and Heaven only knows what not.
Nevertheless, in both countries, by recently
renewed decree, it is forbidden to feed any
such "breadable" ingredients to cattle-ex-
cept Indian corn, which does not mix WELL
And when you move out of Belgium
Belgian customs inspector goes through the
train to make sure that nobody is carrying
a ham or a cheese or other food merchan-
disc out of the realm! Yet (suppose you get
it into France) the French lie waiting to
treat this desirable ham like an undesirable
alien, soak it with duties weigh it, measure
1t, and impound it till you make ''declara-
ton"
The High Costs of Passports.
Our own State Department gives no bet
ter example. For Belgian and all European
citizens entering the United States it has
raised the passport wise to $10-just for
rubber stamp and date! In self-respecting
retaliation Americans entering Belgium pay
125 francs wise, Belgian money, which is
1880 francs Paris money. Heaven only
knows how many 1873 francs the American
tourist Of next summer will be obliged to
pay for each frontier he crosses when other
Governments get their retaliation working
They are really not ready for us. My first
entire morning at Brussels was put in on
paying and waiting for the dimension
stamp of ESQ francs on each passport-this
in addition to the Belgian wise, which
paid in Paris. AS all kinds Of commercial
paper pays this stamp, painting throng of
would-be tourists crowded in narrow hall
way among all the office boys and girls of
Brussels, while the employee behind the
peekhole called out: mo. 21S75! OF the
stubs of day before yesterday" IT took ex-
actly two hours, plus two taxi fares and
there was just time before lunch to dash
across all Brussels to the French vise-to
quit the country (these others being to en-
teri. French wise to quit Belgium 81. e., to
reenter France) 10 francs, good for year"
and they are only getting started / say.
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rope Even France, Hardly Ready to Handle Tourist,

as they are receiving remittances to re-
fresh them?
New French hotels in the Dauphiny Alps
II confess they are charming, with their
own pastry cooks, who make hot rolls for
brealSfast) have 35 franc daily food rate
for all Corners and rooms up from (imagi
nary) 10 francs to so francs-call it 40 francs.
And as they are new and seeking a Glen
tele. L cannot imagine cities doing better
than this daily total of so to 70 francs at
the hotel. first class. / hear of nice small
hotels of the Riviera that have not in
creased their last springs rate of 80 francs
a day, room and board. But I would not
guarantee to find them at this hour.
Government Takes a Hand.
Indeed, the whole matter is considered so
weighty by the French Government
that the National Office of Tourisme has
just issued depending on the Ministry
of Public Works. a statement to news
paper correspondents. Already 1t has
visited and agreed with the proprietors of
1900 hotels in Paris and the provinces
(beaches, watering places, winter sports
stations. as well as towns) that card
catalogue will be kept up to date in three
of it's Paris centres, indicating exact and
detailed prices.
"By reason of the incertitude of price
currents the hotel proprietors engage them
selves only Dy PERIODS OF tnree months
Every three months they will revise their
prices, confirm them or modify them. ac-
cording to the exigencies of the food and
labor markets, and scrupulously notify the
French National Office of Tourisme
These card-catalogues may be consulted
(by mail-all letters of inquiry answered in
full detaiD at the Touring Club de France
65 Avenue de la Grande Armee, Paris, or at
the Chambre Rationale de rHotellerie Fran
caise, II rue de Surene, which Is also the
address of the National Office of Tourisme
I was talking to these people yesterday.
"There are hotels on these lists which
begin at rs francs a day for room and
board said the official. None Of them
has lower prices. Rates running up from
25 francs are more numerous. But all pros
pective tourists in France can make out the
list of regions they desire to visit, and can
learn by return of mail the names and de-
tailed prices. from the most moderate up, of
excellent hotels which we have ourselves
visited and passed on, in every case, which
prices are guaranteed for three months
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tory extending back over 300 years when it
is said to have been brought to England and
to have been in the possession of a convent
Of nuns during the reign of Mary, who mar
ried the Philip of the Armada. 1t is sup
posed to have been presented to that Queen
by her Spanish husband and given by her to
the convent.
The nuns who received the picture being
clustered order, naturally hid the portrait
from view, as they welcomed few visitors.
and these were of their religion. An abbess,
the legend runs. affecting to be shocked by
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-03
The Smallest of Screws

TIME smallest screws in the world-those
turned out in a watch factory-are
cut from steel wire by machine but
as the chips fall from the knife It looks as
IL the operator were simply cutting up the
wire to amuse himself. No screws can be
seen, ana vet a screw is made every third
operation.
The fourth jewel-wheel screw is next to
invisible. ard to the naked eye II resembles
dust. with a glass, however, II Is seen to be
a small screw, with EGO threads to an inch.
and with very fine glass the threads may
be seen clearly.
These tiny screws are four one-thousandths
of an inch in diameter and the heads are
double in size IT is estimated that an or
binary thimble would hold 100000 OF them.
About 1000 900 are made In a month, but no
attempt Is ever made to count them.
In determining the number 100 of them
are placed on a very delicate balance and
the number of the whole amount Is cal
culated from the weight of this All the
small parts of the watch are counted in this
way, probably so out of the 100
The screws then hardened and put in
frames about 100 to the frame. heads up.
This is done very rapidly, but entirely by the
sense of touch instead of by sight so that
a blind man could do it as well as the
owner of the sharpest eye. The heads are
then polished in an automatic machine,
10000 at a time.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-03

the gorgeous apparel of the pictured Queen,
had the canvas reprinted to represent her in
a nuns dress. This would add to the mys-
terry of the paintings origin.
The work of another hand has been re-
moved and the canvas restored, until the
figure now stands in the robes as originally
painted. revealing by the pigment as handled
in the fabric and by other signs, it is said,
the style Of Velasquez.
This is the second recently discovered
Velasquez in England. The other. still life.
was brought to this country by II. l.. Enrich,
who sailed from there on August o.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-03
Recent Art Find in Britain Velasquez

A VELASQUEZ canvas said by the con-
"A noisseurs to be an early work of the
great Spanish master, has been re-
Gently discovered in an attic in London
renovated and placed on exhibition in West
minister. 1T is a portrait of Isabella, first
wife of Philip ". Of Spain. A similar por-
trait hangs alongside Of the famous picture
of this monarch by velasquez in the Prado
Gallery, but the discovery is not replica.
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w THEN Vittorio Afraid, italian pilot
w instructor. appeared with other
officers before King Victor in
Rome last July to receive decorations for
commendable conduct in the war, he, like
the others, wore the decorations that already
had been given him. King Victor counted
Airaldfs-there were fourteen to count
and said:
What do you wish me TO give YOU. an
other star or new piece of ribbon?"
Said the young officer IF your Majesty
will give me leave to go to America to see
my mother I will choose that i'm preference
TO any decoration"
Where does your mother live?' inquired
the King
I'm California"
"A long way from Italy. a way that will
require time and money. but so be 1t. You
shall have furough of three months and
the n oney to pay all expenses"
Thus it happened that Vittorio Airaldi spent
few days in New York recently on his way
to the coast His visit does not promise all
happiness. for he has the sad duty to inform
his mother OF the death in the war of his
younger brother. intelligence that has been
kept from her so far because she is I'm deli
cate health.
MY little brother who had never been in
Italy and could not speak or understand a
word Of italian arrived at the age of 10
in the second year Of the war, and he wrote
10 ask my advice as TO what he should do
He wished TO fight for Italy wrote back
advising him to come TO Italy and / would
help him get into the service of my coun-
try. He came and in a campaign of 1917
he was killed
Like him, was born in California, but
] went back to italy and early became a sol
der. ] was fighting continuously for eight
years, the first four in the Lybian war and
81 last four in the world war"
Vittorio has been wounded several times.
has I'VE silver ribs and in one OF the last
cir encounters with an Austrian pilot q
bullet from the enemy destroyed his right
eye. Although he speaks English II is with
n pronounced Italian accent for he says
That despite his American birth and the
fact that he spoke English exclusively dur
irgg his boyhood long residence abroad sur
rounded by Italian officers and soldiers has
madn him forget that carly vocabulary.
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own State Department began the high prices.
Imagine family of poor emigrants, say
two parents, grandmother and seven chill
dren! 1t makes ten vises at $40 each, 500,
money of the free and the brave, and l. 440
francs of Europe--quite little fortune. But
when the Europeans all get into the retalia-
lion gait like Belgium. ina CINE an American
tourist family of mother, father and three
offspring. American passports for five at
$40 each, item $50. French vses on the
same (when France retaliates), say s125
francs each. item 625 francs.
BY this time our tourists are counting in
francs. To enter Belgium, count five vises,
625 francs, five dimension stamps" 1850
francs; to quit Belgium, say five Dutch
vises, 625 francs and five residence stamps,
say 1880 francs. To reenter France in order
to cross to Italy, five vises, good for a
year" at 10 francs, item so francs, and
Italian wise, to enter italy, say the same 625
francs for the five of you. And you've got
to get out of Italy and into Switzerland and
out of Switzerland back to port You can
count it up, add in lost mornings and wasted
taxi fares. For little European tour next
summer an American family of five may
easily be forced to waste in false expenses"
something like 5000 francs, present eX-
change, on the passport vise-stamps nui-
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Old Excuse Invalid Now.

Never again will the Street Cleaning De-
partment have the excuse which has served
for so many years-ever since Col. Warnings
day. in fact-that 1t is dependent on outside
facilities in a crisis.
1--WE were driven to begging for motor
trucks from private owners at the critical
times and we were often turned down when
the need was great. / could not find it in my
heart to blame these owners for lack of
public spirit. Why should they take their
motor trucks off job they had entered upon
in order to oblge the city? Even when we
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-03
Counting the Flying Francs.

1t is astonishing how promptly you get to
counting in France. On entering France
you multiply your dollar by fourteen and
feel a glow of new riches, which lasts a
week. For a week it seems trifling to pay
$50 francs for a nice restaurant lunch for
two Why it's only $10 And the prices
in the shops, they're three, to four times
what they were before the war; but reduce
them to dollars and they're so reasonable!
Yes, yes, l know; but you have jolly wei,
got to begin counting in francs, because it
is in francs that you are paying out-and
see those francs fly, see the paper money
futterl Americans have made so much
money!" said the hotel clerk of the Astoria
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and stable. Everything, in short, is being
done to motorize the department as quickly
possible and to that end in order that
there may be delay when the moment
comes for the department to do battle with
the snow, sufficiently instructed school Of
motor drivers will be on hand This school
of truck driving is already open and we are
getting our force of laborers ready.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-03
Visit to Mother Is
Better Than Medal

w THEN Vittorio Airaldi, italian pilot
w instructor. appeared with other
officers before King Victor in
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-03
Prices in Brussels.

At Brussels. desiring to be near friend
Melot of the Foreign Office, in the Upper
Town. we took top floor rooms OF the
astoria, advertised as the newest and most
siegant, as 1t is. Indeed, half the rooms are
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-03-02
MEXICO WILL ASSIST
u. S. In ABOLISHING
LIQUOR SMUGGLING

To cooperate with the American
customs officials. inspectors working
out of the Matamoros customs house
have been instructed I'd confiscate all
liquors and arrest all carriers they
find attempting to cross ii into the
United States A notice To this ef-
feet has been received by the customs
house in Brownsville and at the Mex
lean consulate in Brownsville.
In the Matamoros customs district.
between the mouth Of the river and
Rio Bravo, there are fifty mounted
inspectors on duty. and these have
been instructed 70 keep a vigilant
lookout With this number Of men
on duty on the Mexican side, and
with the American inspectors always
on the lookout for illegal importers,
the way Of the liquor smugglers
promises to be very hard. The order
to the Mexican officials is already in
effect.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-03-02
SHIPPERS TO ACT
ON FREIGHT RATES
Meeting Called by Mayor to
Endorse Action of Ell Paso
Chamber of Commerce

Preparations to carry on fight for
the unification of freight rates III
Southwest Texas will be discussed at
a shippers meeting To re held this
afternoon at the Board Of City Devel-
opment- The meeting was called by
Mayor A. B. Cole upon receipt of a
letter from the I'll raso Chamber of
Commerce urging that All sections of
the southwest. many Of them now
bearing the burden Of tariff discrimi-
nations, unite IN an appeal TO the in
torstate commerce commission that
the tariffs be unified and the differ
entails removed.
The letter asks that information bc
furnished the ri Paso Chamber ni
Commerce a. to the present popula-
tion Of the section and the popu.atIor
n 1910. Ii also asks for all compare
i've data obtainable showing the in
crease in freight shipments during the
past several years in order TO prove
that there is no longer a justification
for differential discrimination
The meeting this afternoon is for
the purpose OF endorsing the action
Of the 1T Paso Chamber of Commerce
and compiling this and any other in.
formation that may be of value il
carrying on the fight
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-03-02
CLOSE BIG LAND DEAL
AT HARLINCEN;; WILL
CUT UP LARGE TRACT

HARLINGEN, Texas. March "A
major real estate transaction was
closed in Harlingen last week when
g. r. Perry sold w. l.. Beckham Sr.
and w. l.. Beckham Jr. of Greenville,
Texas, a tract Of 5000 acres known
as the Browne tract, lying northeast
Of Harlingen. B. r. Clark Of Hariin-
gen, residing on the Wilson tract. pur-
chased 1900 acres, Il part Of the same
block OF land.
The Beckhams are in the hotel busi-
ness in Greenville and Abilene. The
are men of wealth and possess a spir-
it Of foresight and progressiveness, as
illustrated by their recent purchase
Such holding Of this rich land well
handled Is sure to net the owners a
handsome income in very few years.
Mr.. Beckham Sr. returned to
Greenville last Monday, while his son
remained in Harlingen TO have their
holdings surveyed and cut in smaller
tracts.
Mr.. Clark's purchase of 1900 acres
j. Of particular interest, since he is a
live local man. Mr.. Clark resides on
the Wilson tract and is strong advo-
cate Of every move that makes for
community development.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-03-02
CREACER WILL TOUR
.STATEWITH HARDING;
GOES TO FORT WORTH

I. =. Creagcr left Monday after
noon for Fort Worth. where he viii
Join Senator Warren q. Harding Of
Ohio, republican candidate for presi-
dent. Senator Harding Will open HE
Texas campaign nj Fort Worth Wed
nesday night. going from there u
Dallas. Houston and San Antonio.
Mr.. Crcagcr will accompany Senator
Harding in his Texas trip as repre-
sentative Of the state organization.
and viii introduce him 10 the audi
cnccs ~ the various cities visited.
Senator Harding i the first re-
publican presidential candidate to
visit Texas, and his visit III this time
is to assist in strengthening the Tex
a. branch OF the party which. be-
cause of So-called splits in the demo
crate ranks, expect to poll The
largest vote in the history OF the
state
i. r. Scoby Of San Antonio win
be member Of the party.
Mrs Harding j. making the trip
with the senator
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-03-02
HARDWARE CONCERN
CHANGES OWNERSHIP
c. Cloettta and Z. Cavazos to
Take Charge of Business
After March Is

Conrado Cloetta and Ezequil Ca
vazos have purchasedthe Brownsville
Hardware store from Mrs. G.. III.
More, according to an announcement
made today by Mr.. Clcetta, who will
he manager Of the establishment. Mr.
Cloetta stated that the business
would he conducted under the same
name and at the same quarters it
now occupies. on the first floor Of
the Travellers hotel building. The
new management will take over the
business Oh March II.
Mr.. Cloetta has been in the hard
ware business i'll Brownsville for
more than twenty-five years. Until
its absorption by the W. H. Putegnat
company Mr.. Cloetta managed the
City Hardware company, and since
the consolidation has been ident fict
with the Putegnat company. The nc..
firm will incorporate for $4,000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-03-02
MILWAUKEE MAYOR WILL
HAVE A LIBERTY PARADE

NEW YORK, Mar. Mayor Dan
iel W. Hoan Of Milwaukee Saturday
replied 10 the request Of the National
Security League for his cooperation
IN the nationwide celebration Of
May ! rs American Day." as op-
posed TO radical demonstrations an
nually held Oh May Day" BY de-
claring he will very proudly head
the parade Of our local workers 10
demand a restoration of our Ameri-
can rights and liberties.
The purpose Of our celebration
may differ slightly from yours. M
wrote Mayor Hoan. II am much in
sympathy with the local workers in
their attempt to organize real
American demonstration for May
day. when am told they viii de-
mand restoration Of American
rights and liberties.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-03-02
RED CROSS MOVIE TO
COME TO DREAMLAND

Humanity Appeal" one-reeI
feature picture, sent out Nv the
American Red Cross. viii be shown
at the DWamland theatre "Wednesday
night. The film IL being brought to
Brownsville hy the Rio Graudc chap
ter, which has been placed on cir
cult for the display Of educational
films BY the national chapter
The film will arrive in Brownsville
at noon "Wednesday. and will bc
shown AT the Dreamland theatre rs
Ia part Of the regular program.
Through an arrangement with The
theatre arrangements. these educa-
tional films viii be shown from time
to time without cost 10 the chaper.
the reels being included IN the regu-
lar performances
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-03-02
WILL START PENALTY
SUITS AGAINST OIL
AND GAS COMPANIES

AUSTIN. Texas, March 2-It il
becoming apparent, according TO a
statement issued by the Texas rail
road commission, that despite its ef-
forts 20 avoid il the commission will
be driven 10 the necessity of directing
penalty suits in few cases 10 secure
observance Of its oil and gas conser-
walton regulations. The statement
continues:
AS the offenders are in most cases
joint stock associations or common
law trusts. we feel we would be lack
ing in candor if we did not warn trus-
tees and stockholders In such con
Germs of their individual and personal
liability for the failure OF such con
Germs to obey the law. Whatever
opinion may be held as TO the power
of a group Of individuals to agree
among themselves to limit their lia-
bility on contracts without statutory
authority, there is not the slightest
doubt that they cannot contract them
selves out of liability to the state for
penalties due for infract0ns of the
law.
When the railroad commission di-
reefs that penalty suits be brought
against Joint stock associations for
ignoring the conscrva IN statute ID
will be compelled to make the indi-
viduals composing the company. and
not the company defendants, because
the company has no corporate exist
ence.
The conservation statute author
ICES the recovery Of penalties up to
$4,000 for each infraction of the law.
and each day may be made a separate
offense."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-03-02
TICKET SALES
FOR BIG LEAGUE
GAMES START
First Game of Series Will Be
Played in Brownsville Sat-
urday and Sunday

Ticket sales campaigns We're
launched for the inter Cardinal and
the Cardinal-Athletic series To be
played in Brownsville. The cam
raign has been placed in the hands
of S. II. Bell. Jr.. who is going to
give the pasteboards personally
conducted into every pocket in the
city. The first game, between the
Blues and Grays Of the Cardinals will
be played at the ball park Saturday
and Sunday afternoon.
The crowd OF spectators at both
morning and afternoon practice to-
day was much larger than on the
first afternoon, and this is a favor
able indication Of large crowds at
the game. The Baseball Association
is anxious to make the attendance
large, both for the financial gain
and as a token of interest on the
part Of the people.
That Manager Branch Hickey IL
pleased at the opening If the train
ing season y stating il mildly "Ihi,
is wonderful training weather, won
derful." he said at the Fort Brown
training field this morning This af-
ternoon the team is, for the first
time, using the park built for tins
purpose at the old ThTty-sXth in
fantry camp ground.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-03-02
THOMASONCIV
PRINCIPLES ON
WHICH HE RUNS
Candidate for Governor at
Gainesville Favors Suffrage
Answers Bailey
By The Associated Press)

GAINESVILLE, Texas, March g.
Robert 4. Thomason Of FL Paso in an
address here this afternoon enunci-
ated the principles on which he is
seeking election as governor of Texas
He'declared in favor Of prohibition
women suffrage endorsed the national
administration and replied in par to
the recent address Of Jos. -. Bailey
More business and less politics
will be the Thomson campaign slo-
gan. He wants economy in govern
ment. lower taxes, better, schools, a
square deaI both to labor and capital,
good roads and aid TO needy soldiers
Of the world war.
ThomaSon expressed regret over
Bailey's attack on the democratic
party saying "lf there be those either
IN or uot Of the party who seek to
destroy il, then | accept the gage OF
battle"