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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-05
Havana Explains
Rise In Prices
OF Cuban Cigars
BY ARTHUR POWELL
Associated Press COrrespondeut)

ASSOCIATED Press COrrespondeutD
HAVANA Oct. 5.@(P-Consider-
able resentment has been evidenced
BY Cuban cigar makers over re-
ports circulated in the United States
that the famous Havana weed IS
ascending in price and declining IN
quality.
A survey Of several large cigar
factories here ard interviews with
owners indicate v~eracity IN the re-
port that prices are now higher. but
Havana cigars. notwithstanding re-
ports. are improved both IN size and
in the grade OF filler and wrapper
tobacco used.
Frequent statistical reports rela-
tive to twisted t~obacco"-or cigars
show that manufacturers have
doubled the price Of their product.
This is naturally taken as an indi-
cation OF duplication of prices on
the same commodity, but msnufac-
turers show that the old product Is
no longer exported and that in place
Of the former Havana cheap only
the more expensive shapes and sizes
are going abroad.
~ - HIANAtu Out NNNL aANlEH Ill
nearly all foreign markets are ap-
piled TO weight and the bett>r shape
OF Havana cigar takes a tariff Of 40
per cent of its original cost. whereas
in the cheaD sizes il is almost 100
per cent. Consequently the smoker
who Is accustomed to high priced
cigars continues to smoke the bet
ter Havanas and at an increased
price Of but one to two cents per
cigar.
On the other hand. the smoker
who used the cheaper grade Havana
witnesses a sudden rise and doubled
price; but. contrary TO his belief
that IL Is his old favorite Havana,
i Is az the better grade only. the
cheaper shapes not being used in
export trade.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-05
operate Singer
Relaxes In Revue

BERLIN, October 5.@Pl-Michael
Bohnen. baritone OF the Metropoli-
tan Opera of New York and the
State Opera Of Berlin, has become
q musical comedy star.
Night after night he imperson-
ates the role of Casanova in a must
cal revue. not only because he IS
paid well, but chiefly because he
finds the opera too stilted and rigid
to permit of unfolding his whole
ability as an actor.
"Afl of US. who are moving within
the rigid circle Of operate forms.
regulations, and traditions. find our
selves fettered in a n that we
must either 20 to PIECES slowly but
surely or else lose our individual
iry." he confided. That's why |
am now spending my time on a diff
ferent kind Of stage.
"In the musical revue. everybody
tries TO give something Of his W
personality, 10 widen the p~ossibili-
ties Of dramatic expression"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-05
King Of Gypsies
Protests Against
Being a Citizen
By GEORGE HALADJAN

tAt&DCldtcu IIteS correspondent
BUDAPEST. Oct. 5.-(P-King
/ Ratz Lace absolute monarch Of
Hugnarian Gypsie realm. informed
the Associated Press during a re-
cent audience, that he would vigor-
ously oppose the governments de-
cision 10 make citizens out OF his
$4,000 subjects without due notice.
King Ratz-Lace is the seth de-
scendant Of the first King Ratz who
reigned over the central European
Gypsies in the 9th century. His IA
Their was the late King Ratz-Pali
who lived 10 be more than 100 years
old and was a famous musician.
The Associated Press correspond
ent was received by the present
king at his villa near Budapest. The
ruler ~conyersed in fluent English
and expressed chargin owe the rev
law designed to assimilate the free
dom loving gypsies and deprive him
Of his throne.
al am the ruler Of $4,000 ryp-
sizes" he said. "and my subjects
have been required to transfer their
allegiance to the Hungarian state.
7 don't mind 50 long as the law
sures political freedom TO the mem
bers of my race.
"The trouble is that we are sup
posed 10 become regular law-abid-
10 citizens over night and adopt
new employment. This will be diff
f;cuIt for there is something IN
rvnsev temperament that rebels at
.e.tled and peaceful life. Our
$50 have led a free life for cen
ps.ies under the open skies. We live
:. our ancestors did q th0usandl
years ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-05
4 CHILD MUMMIEs

SOFIA. Bulgaria.-The mummified
bodies Of four children were found
IN heavy black boxes concealed in
the wall Of a house u~ntenanted for
so years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-05

extent from this section" Mr.. Nc
Carly said. "Much produce from the
Valley now is rolling into that coun-
try as a result
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-05

Just a year ago you opened your Harlingen
Store, your first business the Valley, butwith
the passing of the year we see you have grown
tremendously with stores in McAllen and San
Benito.
Your slogan Save a Nickel on a Quarter"
has become a watchword in many Valley
homes desiring the best Of meats, groceries and
fruits.
We are pleased to feel that you selected
Frigidaire for your refrigeration and realize
that in SO doing you wanted only the best meth
DDS for caring for your meats and vegetables.
Evening star., 1928-12-06
URGES
0BSTETR|CAL WARD
Need of Additional Equipment
Is Cited in Hospitals
Annual Report.

Among the most pressing needs at
Treedmen's Hospital Is an obstetrical
ward, according to its annual report
submitted today to the Secretary Of the
Interior, under whom the institution,
maintained by the Government since
the Civil War, is directed.
With the present facilities this i'm
portant function Is greatly restricted,
the report states. Neither sufficient
space nor the necessary equipment ex-
lists to operate this department in keep
ing with the requirements Of the highest
grade and most advanced scientific
service. Last year 800 births occurred
In Freedmen's Hospital, suffcient
number to more than justify the ex-
pense Of an up-to-date maternity ward,
the report points out.
A total Of $4,000 cases Of all kinds
were treated during the year, about
1000 of which were patients at the
hospital.
The number of paying patients admit
ted to the hospital for the year, in
cluding births, amounted to zoos. or
one-fourth of the total admissions.
There were performed 1881 surgical
operations, the majority being Of a
major nature. There were 1884 revisits
to the several clinics in the dispensary
and 3,902 emergency cases received for
treatment
Equally as urgent as an obstetrtcal
ward Is supply of radium, the report
Evening star., 1928-12-06
TWO WILLS PROBATED.
Patrick Kirby Leaves Properties to
Relatives.

Patrick Kirby Leaves Properties to
Relatives.
Patrick Kirby, who died November
13. left bank deposits to his daughter,
Catherine OToole, and his daughter
in-law, Mrs. Michael P. Kirby. His
son, Michael P. Kirby, is given premises
TIT Seventh street northeast. and the
house at 1912 Sixth street southwest
goes to his daughter, Mary e. Wise, for
life, then to her daughter, Dorothy
Wise. Premises 1ll8 Sixth street
southwest are devised to grand
daughter, Catherine H. Wise, and
houses 1928 and 1875 Union street
southwest 90 to his grandson, Charles
p. wise. Mrs. Michael P. Kirby Is
named rs executrtx
BY the terms Of the will of Mrs.
Gertrude Z. Holmes, dated JunD 90,
1921, and offered for probate, her en-
tire estate is left to her mother, Ellen
Wall. Should the mother be dead, q
sister, Nellie Oke. IS to have one-fourth
of the estate absolutely and hold the
remainder In trust for Elinor, Elisa
beth and Nelson Holmes, children Of
the deceased. Mrs. Wall also is named
as executrix.
Evening star., 1928-12-06
EMPL0YE
DECLARED SUICIDE
Deputy Coroner Finds Joseph G..
Tippett, SO, Ended Life
With Revolver.

A certificate Of suicide yesterday was
issued by DR.. Joseph D. Rogers, deputy
coroner, in the death Tuesday of
Joseph 8. Tippett, 50, keeper Of the
p!gRery at st. Elizabeth's Hospital.
Tippett was found in his bungalow on
the hospital grounds yesterday after
noon with a bullet wound in his temple.
A .32-caliber revolver was lying nearby.
Emory Walker, 1929 N street, another
employe, made the discovery and noti-
fed hospital authorities.
Search of the bungalow revealed that
the dead man had $4,000 In cash Sc
ereted about the place. Physicians at
the hospital told DR.. Rogers that Tip
petit had been in Ill health for some
time and had recently injured his head
in fall.
Tippett had been employed as man
ager of the piggery since April, 1920,
and Is said by his employers to have
taken great pride In the result OF his
Evening star., 1928-12-06

ton on the experimental farm is to en-
hance the practical value of theoretical
instruction by experts in various phases
of farming. 1t is pointed out they will
have the facilities Of the farm for use
in demonstration activities. The camp
will be modelled somewhat after the as
sen1blv arrangements of several Of the
larger church denominations which have
established camps in Western North
Carolina.
Evening star., 1928-12-06

increasing the usefulness OF st. Eliza
beth's Hospital, more particularly by
enabling it to deal with patients who
are in the incipient stages Of mental
illness rather than for the most part,
as at present. only with those who are
so seriously i'll as to have attracted pub
lie attention or necessltated legal steps
for their protection or the protection of
the public" the report asserted.
Would Abolish Legal Hindrances.
THE hospital, it is believed, should
be freed as far as possible from those
legal impedimenta which interfere with
its functioning at its maximum degree
of utility, while at the same time re-
tanning all necessary legal safeguards
to protect the patient and insure public
confidence" 1t continued. Legislation
along the lines suggested, We believe,
would accomplish these results.
Turning to the question OF trial by
fury of the insane, the report said !:
Trial by jury or any procedure wnicn
imputes criminality to the patient tenos
to defeat the purpose Tor wnlcn tne
ence In a number Of Jurisdictions has
demonstrated that trial by jury Is gen.
erally unnecessary and inadviSable.
I'VE are advised that in England no
such person has been subjected to jury
trial for many years." the report pointed
out
Summing up this question, the report
asserted that "the intervention OF the
law should be as unobtrusive as pos
sible"
Advising the Secretary of the In
terror of the growth in the institutions
population, the report said: "The hos
pital continues to increase In pop
nlation. We have, approximately
415O patients who are receiving treat
ment. We are increasing at the rate
of more than 100 each year. It VIII De
necessary in the near future 10 agaIll
ask for additional buildings to prevent
overcrowding."
Evening star., 1928-12-06

endeavor to make the sty q model of
sanitation.
The dead man Is survived by brother
and sister, the former living in Holly
wood, Md, and the latter in Anacostia.
Both have been notified and announced
that they viii take the body to Leon
erdtown, Md, for burial.
Evening star., 1928-12-06
SERVES MANY ISLES.
Bishop Thorne Ministers to Vast
Diocese in Pacific.

PAPEETE, Tahiti (R.-Warships,
steamers, island scllooners and native
craft of all kinds from sampans to
dugout canoes are utilized as means Of
transportation by the Anglican Bishop
Of Polynesia in covering his diocese
in this part of Oceania.
Bishop Kemp Thorne is perhaps the
most popular of the Europeans that
come and 20 in these remote parts. His
personality draws to him men in every
rank Of life from the highest govern
ment official to the poorest beach comb
er and all regard him as wise couri-
selor and an abiding friend. Bishop
Thorne's diocese extends from Fiji on
the west to Tahiti in the east and as
far north as the Gilbert Islands.
Evening star., 1928-12-06
FARMERS TO BUILD
AN ASSEMBLY CAMP
North Carolina State Test Farm
to Have Accommodations
for 500.

ASHEvILLE. N. C. R.-A farmers
for 500 farmers and their wives, Is to be
constructed on the North Carolina State
test farm at Swannanoa in the western
part of the State.
Plans announced by John w. Good
man, agent Of the State agricultural
extension service for Western North
Carolina, call for completion of the
project within six months. There will
be q combined dining hall, kitchen and
assembly hall. Barracks, each accom-
modating SO persons. viii provide lodg-
ing for the farmers.
The assembly camp is to be used as
a gathering place for persons studying
short courses In agriculture. Its loca-
Evening star., 1928-12-06

ed, are r e c o M
m e n d a t / o n S
stressed in the an
nual report Of st.
Elizabeth'S HOS
pital, made public
today by the board
OF visitors, headed
by Rear Admiral
E. r. Stitt, chief of
the Nays Bureau
of Medicine and
Surgery, and presi-
dent of the board.
Opening the doors
of the hospital TO
voluntary patients
Is advocated.
"All of these
changes would go a
$1,000 AAVHrARl
Evening star., 1928-12-06

declares. The hospital Is entirely with
out radium, and has depended upon
the generosity of another hospital In
supplying some for urgent cases. II Is
O safe estimate, the report states, that
at least 800 treatments would be given
annually with beneficial results If the
hospital possessed this agent.
Evening star., 1928-12-06
Civil War Veterans
Reunion at Expense
Of u. S. Is Proposed

By the Associated Press.
A reuhion OF the survivors OF
the Union and Confederate
Armies In the Civil War ut the
expense Of the Federal Govern
ment In Washington in 1928 Is
proposed In q bill by Representa-
tive Howard, Democrat, Nebraska.
The bill carried no specific APP
preparation request
Evening star., 1928-12-06
FUND BILL OFFERED.
Asks $69O,o0O for Buildings at
Army Medical Center.

Expenditure Of $890,000 for building
operations at the Army Medical Center.
Walter Reed Hospital, would be author
lied by a bill offered In the Senate
yesterday afternoon by Senator Reed,
Republican. Of Pennsylvania. It was
referred to the military affairs COM
mittee.
OF the total authorization, $S40, 900
would be for completion of the Army
Medical School and $4,000 for a
power plant at the institution.
Evening star., 1928-12-06
CHANGES URGED
IN SANITY TESTS
Methods for improving USE
fulneSS of ST. EIiZabeth'S
Are Cited in Review.

Simplifcation of present methods. the
resort to a public hearing and jury
only In cases where it is demanded, but
making it mandatory when SO demand
Evening star., 1928-12-06

The dean of centenarians, 154-year-
cid FARO Agha Of Turkey, is to learn
his A B C'S. 49,.
Smyrna times., 1928-06-13
NEW SCHOOL HEAD AT DOVER
Prof. Virgil B. Wiley Said to be Slat-
ed to Superintend Dover Schools

Prof. Virgil B. Wiley Said to be Slat-
ed to Superintend Dover Schools
Prof Vigil B. Wiley has been Sc
lected, it is reported at Dover, as the
new Superintendent of the Dover
Special School District Formal an
nouncement of his selection is expect
ed ut an early date. When seen this
week both the members Of the local
board Of education and Prof. Wiley
were non-committal on the subject but
on the streets the matter is being Civ
en- a general discussion. Prof. Wiley
is a comparatively young man who is
rising rapidly in school work AT
present he is principal of the schools
at FELTON, and prior to that time ne
was teaching in Lord Baltimore High
School in Sussex county. A native OF
Bridgeville, Prof. Wiley received his
early education at the Bridgeville
High School and the Northeast High
School in Washington, D. c. He later
entered George Washington Univers-
ity and fro mthere went to Columbia
University. He will receive the de-
Smyrna times., 1928-06-13

recently, Warden E. ]. Leach present
ed plans for the new building. The
New Castle County Levy Court has
agreed to appropriate $4,000 for the
project. The proposed building will
house from so to go women. At pres
ent, the female inmates are quartered
in one portion of the workhouse build
ing, and for long time the conditions
under which they were quartered have
been recognized as unsatisfactory.
Warden Leach and representatives of
the Pauly Jail Building Company of
St. Paul, have been consulting and
working out plans for the new build
ing. The Pauly Company was the
builder of the present workhouse. The
new women's prison will face the
Greenbank road to the east Of the
workhouse.
Smyrna times., 1928-06-13
CONTRACT 81
-

CONTRACT 81
Lewes Bridge
Reconstruction of Bascule Span
Erection of Temporary Span.
450 Gu. Yds. Dry Excavation
400 Gu. Yds Wet Excavation
$50 Gu. Yds. Class A Concrete
$4,000 Lbs Reinforcement
5000 Lbs. Structural Steel
80 Lin. Ft. Is" Corrugated Metal Pipe
80 Lin. Ft. IS" R. c. Pipe
M. Ft. B. NJ. Fender Timber Creosoted
400 Lin. Ft. Fender Timber Piling Creosoted
2,100 Lin. Fl. Foundation Piling
CONTRACT 100
Timber Bridge, Ocean View
SO Gu. Yds. Excavation
35,sS2 Lbs. Structural Steel
$40 Lin Ft. Timber Piling
$40 Sq. Fl. Steel Traffic Plates
II M. Ft. B. M. Creosoted Timber Cleft in
place.
CONTRACT 11O
Milford Cross Roads Thompson Station
81 Miles
$500 Gu. Yds. Excavation
5000 Gu. Yds. Borrow
$50 Tons Broken Stone Base Course
1900 Gu. Yds. Cement Concrete Pavement
so Gu. Yds. Class A Concrete
5000 Lbs. Reinforcement
22O Lin. Ft. IS" Corrugated Metal Pipe
so Lin. Fl. 15'' r. c. Pipe
SO Lin. Fl. 24'' R. c. Pipe
80 Lin Fl S6'' R. c. Pipe
100 Lin. Fl. Reaid Pipe. Is and under in
diam
1000 Lin. Fl A. Pipe Underdrain
500 Lin. Fl. Woven Wire Guard Rail
1900 Lin. Fl. Wood Shoulder Curb
Performance of contract shall commence
within ten (10) days after execution of the
contract and be completed specified.
Monthly payments will be made for 30 per
cent of the construction completed each month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon forms
provided by the Department.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a
surety bond. certified check. or money to the
amount of at least ten (1O) per centum OF
the total amount of the proposal.
The envelope containing the proposal must
be marked Proposal for the Construction Of
State Highway Contract No.-........"
The Contract will be awarded or rejected
within twenty (20) days from the date Of
opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any or all
bids.
Complete sets of plans and specifications may
be obtained upon receipt of two dollars (S2.O0)
for each contract. which amount will not be
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Dover. Delaware
Smyrna times., 1928-06-13

grees necessary for him to accept the
Dover position, during the coming ses-
sion of the summer school at Colum-
bia University. Prof. Wiley is well
liked in FELTON, as was also the case
at Lord Baltimore. He has pleas
ing personality and is different type
of man than has been at the head of
the Dover schools for a number of
wears.
Smyrna times., 1928-06-13
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger PENN
suIa Towns and Communities

Miss Ethel Adams Carroll, former
teached in Dover public schools, was
married to Paul w. Short, of Dover,
by Rev. z. R. Clough, pastor of the
Pilgrim Holiness Church, Dover.
Smyrna times., 1928-06-13
SEPARATE PRISON FOR WOMEN
New Building at Workhouse to be
Built at Cost of $4,000

After years Of effort and work, the
long-needed separate prison building
for women at the New Castle County
Workhouse may be erected soon. At
a special meeting of the trustees held
Smyrna times., 1928-06-13


Miss Mary Louise Mayer of Dover,
is leaving home early in July on the
S. S. Dochambeau for Europe, she
having entered the College Foreign
Study Group for years work in
France, which also affords some travel
tours in other countries. She return
ing to the University of Delaware,
where she is now a student, for her
Senior year and graduation. The For
eign Study year in France includes
full Kalendar year, from July to July,
divided intwo periods, the preliminary
three months being of intensive
French language drill at Nancy. The
regular French academic session of
eight months following at the Univer-
sity Of Paris and the Ecole Libre des
Sciences Politiques. The students live
in French families, where only the
French language is spoken. A re-
quirement for entering the College
Foreign Study Group is two years Of
college French, based upon two years
of French in Preparatory schol with a
large outside reading in French Liter
ature and history. Miss Mayer has
more than met this or other require
ments and likewise carries with her
the required recommendations individ-
ually attested by the Faculty or Dean,
Of her standing as a candidate Of
strong character and pleasing person
ality. Miss Mayors many friends are
sharing in her happiness that so great
an opportunity for wider culture and
education has come to her in her col
lege days and every god wish and in
terest from them is following her to
| Europe
Smyrna times., 1928-06-13
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by the
State Highway Department at its Office,
Dover, Delaware, until 2.30 o'clock D. M,
June 10, 1928, and at that place and time
publicly opened for contracts involving the
approximately quantities:
Smyrna times., 1928-06-13

Madeline, daughter of Uriah Swain,
and Martin, son of Thomas Givens, of
Georgetown, have received from Sus-
sex Post, American Legion, prizes of
$3.50 in gold for the highest average
in United States history. Both are in
the eighth grade in the public schools.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-02-24
ORDER TO EXAMINE FINAL AC.
COUNT.

State of Minnesota, County of St.
Louis, IS.
IN PROBATE COURT
In the Matter of the Estate of
Oscar Larson, Decedent.
The Petition Of Charles E. Adams
as representative of the above nam
ed decedent, together with his final
account of the administration of
said estate, having been duly filed
in this Court, representing, among
other things, that he has fully adj
ministered said estate, and praying
that said final account of said adj
ministration be examined, adjusted
and allowed by the Court, and that
the Court make and enter its final
decree of distribution of the residue
of the estate of said decedent to
persons entitled thereto, and for the
discharge of the said representative
ard the surities on his bond.
It is Ordered, That said petition be
heard, and said final account ex
amined, adjusted, and if correct, al
lowed by the Court, at the Probate
Court Rooms in the Court House,
in the City of Duluth in said County,
on Monday, the 5tn day Of March,
1928, at ten o'clock A. M, and all
persons interested in said hearing
and in sal matter are hereby cited
and required at said time and place
to show cause, if any there be, why
said petition should not be granted.
Ordered Further, That tlis Order
be served by publication in The Ely
Miner according to law.
Dated at Duluth, Minnesota, Feb
ruary 3rd, 1928.
By the Court,
Attest: S. w. GILPIN,
Sheldon Watts, Judge of
CT rk of Probate. Probate.
Seal of the Probate Court, st.
Louis County, Minnesota. 2-10 2-24.