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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13
Washington
Letter
EXPATRIATE EDITOR FRIENDLY
TO YANhS
By CHARLES T.. STEWART

DIV 0ffANLEO II. OLE .Nht
WASHINGTON, Now l3.-Any-
thing that Editor Ralph ID. Blume-
field Of the London Daily Express
may say, as the spokesman of all
that is backward in English poll
ties, can safely be accepted as au-
thoritative.
The British lion is hardly as
English as Editor Blumenfeld
The house Of lords is hardly as
conservative.
This il queer for two reasons:
4. Mr.. Blumcnfeld was born, and
grew up, in Wisconsin.
?. His parents originally came to
America from Germany because Of
his fathers views, which were too
revolutionary to be healthy in the
fatherland about the 1910 period.
Editor Blumenfeld is not in exile
from political necessity, like his
sire. The son exiled himself VOL
unfairly. Indeed, he can be called
an enthusiastic expatriate, without
exaggerating.
Ralph was a grown-up American
newspaper man when he first arriv-
cd in London.
In the English atmosphere an oc-
casional American does become more
English than the English. but Ralph
turned out 70 re an extreme speci-
men even Of this type. OF course,
he long z assumed English citi-
zenship.
And what n Tory.
Even ultra-conservative Britons
regard the policies of the Express,
which Mr.. Blumenfeld edits. and
owns in partnership with Lord Beav~
erbrook. as about on n par with
Lord North's. who lost the American
colonies.
To CONVEX the merest inklinr ~
that newspapers ideas t. an audi
cnce in this country would be i'm
possible.
We think We have some pretty
dyed-in-the-wool conservatives here
in the U. S. a.. too. Why. Pish.
pish and tush. tushi The most re-
dictionary one Of our lot would be
voted a red radical in any competi.
ton with Ralph d. ~Blumenfeld. rs
he voices his opinions through the
columns OF the London Daily Ex-
press.
The funny nart Of IL II that Edi-
Tor Blumefeld il acting as leader ard
instructor-in-chief Of the british
journalistic Mission which has
been touring the United States late
lv under the auspices or the Carne-
nc Endowment for international
Peace.
His ~ fellow missionaries. them
selves. chose him for the task-and
rot unnst"-slly-as the only one of
their number who had been here
haforc. and presumably could ex-
plsi1 things to them.
Well. 50 he can in his wav.
Still. il wsald be Interesting q
NOV the sort ~ mental picture of
america those Enrlishmen will take
home with them. after seeing TX
through Ralph r.. Blumcfeld's spec
tacles.
Ralph j. not. 10 he sure. unfriend-
ly 10 the United States.
In prevail times. at his editorial
desk in London. he WIS sorry for
Americans. ard often did his best TO
r7ske them soc what was the matter
with them. but he never was hostile.
Those were the days when Amer
lea owed money 4 England. and
Britons-including adopted ones
could afford 10 patronizc us.
Since ten we have had the bad
taste to change the financial chlica-
tion around. the other way. and this
nav have made some difference in
Editor B~lumenfeld's estimate OF Us.
However. even vet, in his tony.
English fashion. the probabilities
RE he rather likes us.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13
Timely Views
AMERICA REGARDED RESPONSIBLE FOR
GERMANY'S DEFEAT
By COUNT FELIX Won LUCKNER

Former Commander German Raider "Sea Eagle
Felix Won Luckner, born in Germany, ran off to
sea at the age Of 10 after firing Of school in which
he was not interested. He Travelled to Australia
as cabin boy on a Russian craft where he found
employment in the kitchen of a hotel before work
ing his way TO America. He was in the United
States a short while before returning to Germany
in 1900 to enlist in his country's navy. He was
made a lieutenant in 1905. During the World war
he commanded the s~eeadler. Disgusting Il a. a
Norwegian ship. and sank - merchant vessels in
the Atlantic and Pacific during two months. He
boastcd that he never killed a man, though he took
many prisoners, and obtained fame as the "Sea
Devil" Count Won Luckner has been leeturing in
the United States during the past year,.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13

I Curtailment of immigration has
put a crimp in the lower East Side
realty mart. Cherry Hill, Montgom-
cry street. Monroe. and the rest Of
the Ghetto which once was the first
haven of the newly-arrived imm.-
grants. has sunk into sorry days.
Landlords used to pack EN- four
and five in one room. And they
would charge uptown prices. As
long as the "greenies" couldn't speak
the new mother tongue, they hung
by, glad to be congregsted with
others who spoke the language Of
their nativity.
By the time they became Ameri-
canized and moved to The Bronx,
or upper Fifth avenue, a new batch
Of foreigners arrived, and business
doomed. With the supply cut off
by drastic quota regulations, land
lords are thinking of going into the
business OF printing ITO Let" signs.
But the far-sighted zee n new era
coming. The movement which be-
gan at Sutton place. three miles
north on the East Side, may spra,d
down downward. And in time there
may be fashionable modern apart
ments where now the shabbiest
tenements stand decrepit.
Outside a hospital west OF Broad
way. an impending father kept pac-
ing TO and fro, awaiting some word
from his wife. about to become a
mother.
After what seemed hours. a nurse
rushed out and congratulated him.
ITS a fine bouncing GIRL" she
said.
Thank God for that" replied the
man. hopping his brow.
But ] thought you wanted n boy"
MAYBE ! did" was the ~rctort.
"but not any more. want no child
ot mine % 70 through what I've
just been"
Women desiring to see exclusive
shops should walk along Fifty-sev-
enth street, near Fifth avenue. /
don't know why I've written this, for
I probably shall receive letters ask
ing for the prices Of this and that
which | dare not give. | DO not
buy on Filty-seventh street. 1 peer
into the windows,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13
The Grab Bag

On this day. in 1927. Leon Trotsky
and Zinovieff were expelled from
the communist party in Russia.
Today's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are in
ventiye and full Of play. They have
fine mental ability.
a Daily Thought
"The whirling of time brings in
his ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-13
Friday. Thirteenth!
So Look Out
! Friday Lie Thirteenth !!

Dig the rabbit Of the moth balls. Pull the left
off old dobbn and keep fingers crossed that
is if this day of days for the supersos causes you any
mental perturbation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-13

We suggest a lot of don'ts so
that you might pass the day with
out getting few legs broken or
being mauled by ten-ton truck
or any other slight mishap that
might be your lot for disregard
ing this day of illomen.
Walk around a ladder. Don't
toss the family mirror at your
husband, 1t might break and bring
seven years bad luck.
Put the black cat in the cellar
and lock the door Don't le. 4
crOss-eyed man focus both eyes on
you at once.
In driving out for the 4ir this
evening give street cars the right
OF way. Don't try to push five
ton truck off the road
Don't look in loaded gum with
your finger on the trigger. Keen
away from A mules hind legs. II
the ice man is in a bad huror
don't charge him with giving light
weight.
Last but not least don't tell your
wife the biscuits are so per cent
concrete.
II you follow the above faith.
fully you will probably escape mis-.
fortune. with the exception Of a
few minor mishaps, and survive
until the next time Friday fails
on the thirteenth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-13
Mrs. Wilson Greene
Answers S18.137 Suit

Mrs. Katie Wilson. Greene, who
was recently sued for $1S.137.S5 for
alleged breach of contract to stage
productions Of the Universal Artists.
Incorporated. of New York, with
Feodor C'haliapin, in the. opera
Barber OF Seville" in Raleigh. y.
G.. and Norfolk, and Richmond.
Va, in the fall of 1926, answered
the plaintiffs suit today.
Through Attorney Edwin l..
Wilson, Mrs. Wilson Greene says
that she could find no adequate
place in which to stage the operas
in Raleigh and Norfolk. In Rich
mond. she says the opera was
staged. but, the receipts only
amounted to $S.37450 and she gave
20 per cent Of that to the plaintiff
She denies that they suffered any
damage because OF her failure 10
stage the performances in the other
places.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-13
THUNDERSTORM
PROMISED

Clouds and thunderstorms. with
temporary relief from the intense
heat wave, We're forecast today
by the Weather Bureau.
The general shifting OF winds to
the west and northwest is far from
comforting to those who have
sweltered most of the time during
the past ten days. West winds
mean more sizzling heat, accord
ing to Weather Bureau experts. as
they bring the torrid air from
over the Southwest and Midwest
plains TO the Atlantic Seaboard.
Cooling breezes come into town
on a north wind and often on an
east wind at this time of year.
The official forecast today was:
CLOUDS and thunderstorms .onight
and probably Saturday morning;
not much change in temperature;
general winds shifting to west
and northwest.
Yesterdays highest temperature
AT the Weather Bureau was 80
and the lowest 6S.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-13
Silver, Cup Offered
In Model Boat Races

A miniature sterling silver cup
has been offered by Leslie Busch
sen of Mrs. Bonnie Busch. pres
fdent OF thu National League Of
american Pen Women, az first prize
Tor the model beat races to be s1eld
tomorrow, from II noon to O'Clock,
IN the Wardman Park pool.
Busch recently won in the model
boat regatta at the Lincoln
Memorial. All boys are invited to
enter their models, whether electric,
wfndup or sail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-13
Girl Sues Traction
Line for Hurt by Bus

Carrie Thomas, a minor living In
the 100 block of Twentieth ST. n.
W.. has filed suit for $25 900 dam
ages for alleged personal injuries
against the Capital Traction Com.
pany. in Circuit Court.
The plaintiff complains that she
was struck by a bus of the traction
company at the corner OF Seven
feenth and NJ Streets Northwest on
February 3, last.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-13

Tired of living under the burdens
Of loneliness and infirmities, Perry
Ellis, so. 4 roorner at a house in
the 100 block OF X ST., N. w,
ended his life early today.
The aged man 10 years past the
Biblical span Of. three score and 10,
had seen his friends and ac-
quaintances long since pass on and
felt that the remainder OF hig life
was not worth living, according to
those who investigated his death.
Found By Another Roonier
He was found shortly after $50
a. m. by another roomer. who had
detected the odor OF gas. Ellis in
hailed the fumes from tube lead
ing to his mouth. The body was
found lii a bathroom.
Efforts OF the fire department
rescue squad and physician from
Casualty Hospital to revive him
were in vain II was learned that
Ellis had recently suffered from
heart trouble and a very little Of
the deadly fumes would have suf-
feed to bring the death he sought.
VIII Is Found
On the table in his room. his will
was found. leaving his savings
and effects to two sisters. both of
whom live In washington. Miss
Kate Ellis living In the Highside
Apartments. was notified first and
accompanied bv the other sister.
Mrs. Harriet Davis, came to the
rooning house to take charge Of the
body.
Lost Eyesight
Ellis lost his eyesight six years
ago, according 10 his sister. lie
was one of five sons who fought
with the Union Army during the
Civil War. After the war he went
West. He is native Of New
York State
When his eyesight failed him a
half dozen years ago, he returned to
Washington and entered the United
States Soldiers Home.
He, has a brothet in Ogden, Utah
The funeral will be held Monday
afternoon in Speare's undertaking
parlor, Interment will be in Ar
ington.
Bungalows and row houses--tletached
Or Semi-detached--the kind Of home
you've been looking for caB be quickly
located thFnngh tOday's Times and Herald
alnaaff1ed eUllVtamn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-13
RE We RSAL
Of ACTION
MAY Be
MADE

The second day of operation
Of Washington new jitney
service provided by Diamond
taxicabs, found an increasing
number of the public riding TO
work for 10 cents and the
Public Utilities Commission
enmeshed in legal technicalitles
that may mean reversal of its
course of conduct agreed on
yesterday.
When the commission concluded
an executive session yesterday it
had agreed to serve written notice
on each individual cab driver that
he was violating the rules of the
public utilities act and that he must
show cause why he had inaugurated
common carrier service without
permission of the commission.
Hart Takes Over Case
Overnight the best legal minds
Of the District government reached
other decisions, and 1t was indicated
that another. course of action will
have TO be resorted to by the com.
mission IL il expects to prevent the
operation of taxicabs between and
3 o'clock in the morning at 10 cents
per passenger.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Ringgold Hart, who today assumed
charge Of the legal end as Corpora.
ton Counsel w. w. Bride made
ready to go on his vacation, was
closeted today with Chairman John
w. Childress. OF the commission for
two hours.
Mr.. Hart announced that he
planned To- make an exhaustive
study Of the whole situation before
another course OF action is agreed
Oh.
No Legal Steps Taken
Up to the present time. corpor-
alton Counsel Bride. Assistant Cor
poration Counsel f. H. Stephens.
Peoples, Counsel Ralph b. FIe-
harty and the big corporation law
gers representing the bus company
and the two street railway com
paries have been muIling over the
law in the case. but no legal steps
of any kind Eaye been taken TO
stop the cut Tate, cab service.
The seven clerk detectives from
the Utilities Commission who yes.
terday rode the jitneys and made
formal reports TO the commission.
made no reports today
Counsel for the transit companies
announced they were watching
and waiting for Developments"
The Diamond Cab drivers oper.
sting the cheap service reported
most OF their passengers today
were repeaters from Yesterday,
One estimate Of passengers ear
ried was 6S2 -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-13

Bungalows and row houses--tIetached
or Semi-detached-the kind Of a home
located through tOday's Times and Herald
classified columns.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-13
Coal Dealers to Hold
Picnic at Bay Ridge

The second annual picnic of mem
bers OF the coal division OF the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers AssOcia-
ton will be held at Bay Ridge, Md,
next Wednesday
Yards and offices OF members
will he closed during the day.
Swimming. fishing. boating and
other sports are listed on the pro.
gram. The trip will be made by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-13
"A Novel Of.
College
Life

Linda WaIdrOn goes to Mar
bury University from her home
IN RedhiII, Mo-, under mysterious
circumstances She Is mistaken
for Lucy WhitlOck, daughter Of
Simon WhitIOcIS, q millionaire.
both ~ 4 sorority which wanted
her and BY Thomas Vaughan,
youth whom she met on the way
20 school.
DuIcy Ellis, her neighbor in
the boarding house. finds MIR.
WhifIoclx's picture among Linda,s
belongings. Dulcy is very much
in lows, with Doyle HOslKins, cap
tain Of the football team. and
native OF RedhiII, whom Linda
has rejected.
Vaughan Introduces Linda 20
Professor Prime, considered on the
campus rs eccentric. Later she
becomes acquainted with Leonard
Van Horne. pedantic and con-
ceited youth and goes with him
10 d dance, where Dulcy becomes
very drunk and has to be car
ried home.
DuIcy invites her to dinner At
the AipIla D house and she Is
escorted into dinner by Doyle.
After dinner Dudley discovers
DOYLE trying 10 kiss Linda. DuIcY
"a furious and Linda leaves with
Doyle.
DOYLE tries ID take advantage
ar the situation, but Linda
escapes from his ear and begins
TO walk home. She meets Prof.
Prince who takes her TO his h0tae,
on his bicycle. On the way they
knock down Mrs. Ella Steuer,
dean 0f women.
DR.. Prince laughed. mot
at all. 1t looks old and
withered as all skulls do,
when stripped Of their flesh
covering. But it is the skull
Of d young child, son of one
Of the Pharaohs of Egypt.
/ have the rest of him mum
mified, in the next room. 1t
seems the process didn t take
well on the head.
lie patted the grim object
lovingly. live learned =
lot from this little crown
prince, " he said softly.
Linda turned her eyes to-
ward the bookshelves for re-
assurance. They glowed red
and green and blue in their
leather bindings. under the
lamps rays.
There were chairs, with
books strewn around them
on the floor, as If some ON
nivorons reader had dragged
down three times as many
volumes as he could hope to
read, and left them thought
lessly i moment later
The desk was Uttered with
papers and huge, dusty books
and ledgers. The table near
the door held more papers,
library shears and a string
Of ivory beads and cup full
Of green jade beetles.
BY the window, Dhan Go
Continued on Fiction Page.l
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-13
CONCERT AT CENTER

A concert by the Community Civic
Band at the Armstrong Center to-
morrow night will be one of the
features OF the training course in
recreation under the direction of
the Playground and Recreation As
ISOLATION of America. with the CO.
opera ton OF the Community Center
OF the District Of
Columbia public schools.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-13
BURGLARY
SUSPECT
FREED

Sidney Lewis Jones, 27-year-
old fruit inspector, who was
picked up yesterday by police
Of the Third precinct and held
for investigation" in connec-'
ton with the recent footing of
18 apartments in the North
west section, went to day to
Major Edwin B. Hesse, super
intendcnt of police, and de-
manded that the finger-print
records taken of him yesterday
be destroyed.
Jones was held incommunicado at
the Third precinct until 10 o'clock
last night. He was released at that
time when the police became salts
fled they had made a mistake in
the arrest.
Clears Self To Police
He was questioned by Precinct
Detectives Rupert McNeill and John
l.. Billman when he entered a car
which, the officers said, answered
the description or the one used Dy
the Jimmy thief. He was taken to
the precinct, held for investigation
and fingerprinted.
Jones was able to satisfy the POI
lice that he was not in any way
involved in the thefts He has been
working for a fruit distributing
concern for about four wears and
is on a two.week vacation.
Jones lived in an apartment in
the 1900 block OF Seventeenth ST.,
n. W. 1t was in front of the
building that he was arrested.
Another Innocent
Another innocent man was
picked up by the police in their
frantic effort to corral the Jimmy
thief" A jewelry salesman, whose
last name is Berman. was chased
several blocks by the colored jan.
itor Of an apartment building near
Seventeenth and h Streets, North
west. The salesman was ques-
toned by patrolman and freed
when he proved his identity and
occupation.
Police have nothing definite to
work on in their quest for the
crook who robbed seven apartments
Monday and repeated" Wednesday
by breaking into nine more. More
than $4,000 in jewelry was OBJ
tanned in the robberies. police said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-13
Another Innocent
CONCERT HOUR CHANGED

The Monday concerts Of the
United states Marine Band at the
Marine Barracks have been changed
from 4:30 to S:i5 p. m.. il was All
nounced today.
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ENGINEER ON BRIGHTER
 PASSES AWAY AT SEA

SAN FRANCISCO, March 22. (P)- R. L. Hoag, of Hoquiam, Wash, second assistant engineer of the freight steamer at Cross Keys, died while the boat was enroute to San Francisco from the Orient
 It was reported to the authorities upon the arrival of the craft. Death was said to have been from natural causes. Burial at sea was made February 26th.
 Hoag was we'll known in Pacific Coast Shipping circules.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-22
NEW REVELATIONS LOOMING IN O|L
 INVESTIGATION
SECRET INQUIRY BEGUN BY THE UB-cOMMlTTEE IN CLOSING
 HOURS OF HEARING

CHICAGO, Mar. 22 (P)-New and startling revelations in the Senate oil committee investigation is pro- missed if an exceedingly elusive story of bonds destined for Washington, D. C., but which turned up at Washing ton, Illinois by mistake, is borne out by the secret inquiry begun by the subcommittee in the closing hours of Saturdays hearings. Despite the story of the mysterious wanderings of the equally mysterious bonds and closed session of the Committee in which tip" was considered, there was skepticism among the Senators as to whether the story would be borne out. Government Secret Service agents have been looking into the matter and special agents have been sent to Washington and Illinois to find out if there is truth in the story. Senator Nye, behind closed doors, questioned witnesses. Later the Senator called for man named siddons, said to be newspaper worker, who was sup posed to be in possession of facts in the case. Siddons did not apparently care to testify as he did not appear Senator Nye refused to make public any of the names or go into the mat. ter which, he said, might result in his own downfall if there was no sound basis for the report
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-22
BRITISH CHAMP WINS

NEW YORK, March P. (P-De- spite short knock-down in the third round from a wild left hook to the chin, Phil Scott, British champion, de- cisively whipped Pierre Charles, Bel gian holder in the 10 round match at St. Nicholas arena, Scott scaled POI, Charles 211.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-22

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that special term of tn District Court for the Territory of Alaska; Third Divi- sion, will convene at Seward, Alaska in the Federal building on Monday, April 1e, 1928 at 10 o'clock a. m. and continue as long as public business requires.
 w. N. cuDDY
 Clerk of District Court
 Dated March IS, 1928.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-22

lt always pays to resoIe a pair Of shoes at least once. Mems soIes S2.oo heel .75 Ladies soIes $1.25 to $2.o0 heel 50 to .65 cents.
 SEWARD LEATHER WORKS
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LECAL. NOTICE

NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL ELECTION
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on Tuesday April 3, 1928 the annual election of the City Officers and mem- bers of the School Board for the City of Seward, Alaska, will be held. The polls for said election will be situated in the City Hall of said city.-The polls will be open from o'clock a. m. on the morning of Tuesday April 3, 1928 until o'clock p. m. on the even- ing of said day.
 Qualification of voters:
 Every person 21 years of age who is a citizen of the United States and who has resided in the Territory of Alaska continuously for one year next pre- ceeding the election and within the limits of the City of Seward for six months prece eding the election shall be qualified to vote. All voters are re- i quired to register.
 The following officers are to be elected at the annual election Tuesday April 3, 1928. | Mayor, three members of the Com mon Council, one member of the School Board.
 Dated at Seward, Alaska, this third day of March, 1928.
 J. P. HANNON,
 Municipal Clerk of the City of Sew 1 ard, Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-22
ACTRESS DIES

NEW YORK, March F. (P-Nora Bayes, musical comedy actress, died in a Brooklyn hospital following an abdomenal operation last week. She was a stage star for more than 20 years.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-22
SCRAP BOOK EXERPs

(Ry Babe" Hayes, CordoYa)
 M. Wright, San Antonio, Tex.,-"We love Alaska and her people and were never treated better anywhere"
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-22

Cleanliness and the best of meats our motto. Frye-Bruhn.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-22

Al meat and nothing else in the Frye Bruhn Meat Market.