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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04
HAYANAB BABEL
TO Be HUSTLED
Mayor DEGREES Medley of
Clashing Sounds
Must Quiet
BY ARTHUR POWELL
ASSOCIATED Press Correspondent

HAVANA, rug. 3.-F-Havana,
the city of never ending sounds, is
to become a city Of quiet. It's "
present voice, ma. up Of s outs Of
gamins. calls OF rewsboys, cries Of
fruit vendors. droning of bead ped
dlers. chant of lottery ticket sellers,
changing trolley car gongs and
honking automobile horns, must go
under the soft pedal.
Mayor Mariana Come mas thus
decrecd. The maddcning orchestra
ton of the city, he declares, dis
turbs nervous systems and short
ems lives. He realizes that the city
cannot be hushed overnight, but he
say it can be cone by degrees I'M
der DEGREES that will enforce fines
upon those who insist upon making
themselves heard above everyone
else.
The voice or Havana has been
as much a part Of the quaint. old
city as its Prado and the marble
benches that line 1t. The voice Is
one of Wagnerian volume with a
tone has cot gongs, bells and horns.
punctuated by the warning yells of
cabbies and accented h. loud speak
ers placed in the doorways Of stores
and theaters. The whole is themed
by the squeaking OF wagons and
the shrieking Of peddlers. whose
high pitched cries stand out over
the diapason Of the city's roar like
the soprano notes Of the Valky-
ries in Wagner's immortal work.
Chief contributors TO the Babel
are the ramshackle jitney busses,
konwn heer as ~gua-guas.' There
are big. comfortable BUSES too that
would do credit 10 any community,
but the fare on them Is 10 cents.
The jitneys still get the nickcls Of
the workingman and of those who
prefer to risk limbs and necks at
the price Of half fare. The down.
town streets are damned with qua
guas' and the atmosphere made
hideous with the squawking Of their
bulb horns. The drivers yell AT
pedestrians and at the drivers of
other buses as they race for stra-
tegic corners.
So If the mayors campaign for
set results in a reform of the
litney buses. forcing the drivers
TO use their horns less and what
driving skill they possess a bit more,
the public probably will back the
city executive to the limit.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04
WILHELM HAS
new MANAGER
Publicity Director Put In
Charge Of Financial
Affairs

DOORN, Holland, Aug. 3.-lP1-
Ex-Emperor william II once again
has changed managers: Baron VI
rich Won Sell, until now respon-
sible for all publicity emanating
from Doom Castle. has been put in
charge of the ex-kaiser's financial
affairs.
The appointment comes after a
series of disconcerting experiences
which the former emperor suffered.
His first general manager, Excel
lncy o Berg. who in 1917 and
1918 had been the chief Of his civil
cabinet. quit shortly after the final
settlement between state OF Prussia
and the former ruling house was
perfected and adopted.
One version is that the Hohen-
zollerns were dissatisfied that Won
Berg did not succeed in obtaining
even better terms than he secured
with unusual skill. Another YER
sion Is that he declined to invest
100000 marks each Of the 10000
600 cash paid out by the state of
Prussia. to the credit OF the
ex-kaiser's four step-children-the
children of Hermine.
Shortly before this conflict with
Won Berg, Adj. Gen. Hans o
Gontard. marshall to his majesty's
household. also had quit because OF
differences with Hermine.
"Kaiserin" Hermine then per-
suaded her imperial spouse 10 let
her assume the running OF the
Doom estate. AS her only two as
sistants. she chose a private secre-
tary and the custodian OF the crown
properties Herr Nitz.
Things seemed to run smoothly
until. quite recently. 1t was discov-
cred that Nitz had been victimized
by a swindler from Vienna. who
proposed to harness certain elemen-
tary forces OF the universe. Nitz
had given him about 100000 marks
for his fraudulent scheme.
The ex-kaiser put his foot down
on the mismanagement Of his af-
fairs. Nitz was dismissed. and
Hermine's sphere Of influence was
greatly reduced. For William III
decided to call in a man after his
own heart and having his full con-
fidence.
Baron Won Sell, the new manager.
Is As years old. He was formerly
an officer of the imperial guards.
His wife. nee Won Brauchitsch. is a
social leader at Potsdam. Won Sell
Is said to be an excellent business
man. also possessing winning social
graces.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04
Santa Rosa School
Faculty Completed
Especial to The Heraldl

NCDtlldI lo lit TT diul
SANTA ROSA. Aug. 3.-The
school beard Of the Santa Rosa
school announces the following fac
ulty for the coming school term:
High school: j. p. Wagner, super
intendent and mathematics: r. B.
Richie. history and athletics: Ruth
Reed. science: Willie Belle Fling.
English-Spanish; Vashit Blume,
home economies.
Grade department: Mrs. Hensch-
On. Miss Nolan. Miss Foster. Mrs.
Rockford, Miss Ennis and Mrs.
Richie.
Each member OF the high school
graduate. and all grade teachers are
equivalent 10 normal graduates or
above. Much Improvement has been
made on the Santa Rosa school
building and grounds for the school
opening.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04

When he sang n number and
there was no applause Phil SILVER
ed and drawled drea1ily:
They told me this was a cold
place. / brought this mufflcr-out !
sec I needed a hot wc.er bag
The crowd laughed a little. After
his next number they laughed a
great deal-and. unsmilingly, Phil
Cook removed the muffler and laid
II on the floor beside his chair. He
gave them real American ongs in
the true American manner and they
fell for IL like a ton Of brooks" He
was a riot la London from that
time on. The English had melted
TO his broad G l and his boyish
humor.
An artist, Too
Yes. he Is married. And six feet
two inches tall and weighs l8j
pounds. and has the incest wavy
light-brown hair and blue eyes. and
the hair is Just beginning TO be be-
comingly streaked with gray. He Is
an artist. too. 7 raws divinely.
Sometimes your artists are peo-
pie whom 1t is just as well you can't
see. A compound lady playing JUL
ct. for instance. But -'hil Cook has
a personality that is lost before the
mike Television should hurry
along just III such cases as this.
We we're quite shocked TO see the
handsome. debonair MIR. Cook chew
ing gum in the studio. but one OF
the announcers assured us:
"Oh, that Is because he can't
smoke in the broadcasting station
Nearly all OF the men do 1t. II ism,
a habit"
That was a relief.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04
New Pastor Arrives
For Mercedes Church
Especial! TO The Herald)


MERCEDES, Aug. 3.-Rey. and
Mrs. James r.. McIntire arrived in
Mercedes this week where the Rev.
Mr.. McIntire will have charge Of
the First Christian church.
Rev. and Mrs. McIntire drove
here from Los Angeles, having lived
there for the past 10 years. Rev.
McIntire was pastor Of the Vermont
Square Christian church there for
IL years. Mrs. McIntire. before her
marriage. vas a missionary in Old
Mexico.
Rev. McIntire will preach his first
sermon in Mercedes i'm his church
Sunday morning and will have
charge Of the union services at the
Presbyterian church Sunday we
ming.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04
Poles And Germans
Wage Language War

DAEZIG. Aug. ST. When a
Pole and a GermaL in this free city
Of Danzig discuss a town in the
Polish corridor. which before the
war was German territory, a lin
guistic duel Is almost inevitable.
The following dialog, overheard by
an Associated Press correspondent,
Is typical.
Polish fare 10 German chauf-
feur: Are the roads good from
here to Krynia?'
German charffeur. pretending
not TO have understood: Where
did YOU say Oh want to go?'
Pole: "Gydnia.'
German: "Ah, ! see. Gdingen.
Yes. the roads &c quite good"
Pole: How are ~ hotels at
Gdynia?" with marked emphasis
on the Polish pronunciation.
German: "Gdingen with equal
ly marked German accent) has
one or two quite modern hotels"
And u happens a hundred times
a DAY.
There are nearly 300 provne gas
wells IN Kansas City's suburban
area.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04

other side a figure Of General Lee
looking north.
And 10 stress the idea Of abSo-
lutte unity between the two sections
Senator Overman's plan stipulates
that the figures Of the two famous
fighters be posed in attitudes and
facial expressions of peace and un-
the lands which they once wished
to conquer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04
Train Sched

MISSOURI PACIFIC LINES
No. 1910 Houston. San Antonio
$40 q. u.
No. 1910 Houston. TOO p. m.
No. 1910 Houston. San Antonio
300 2. m.
No. is-From Sc. Louis. San Antonio
Houston. 7:30 q. m
No. l3-From Houston. $40 a. m.
No. ii-From San Antonio and Hous.
ton. e:5S .. m
SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES
No. 3l0-From Houston. o Anto-
Mo. Sis Q. m.
No. SOTO Houston. San Antonio
NATIONAL LINES OF MEXICO
fNatamoros StationD
No. i37-To Monterrey. Mexico City
No l3i-Fron Mexico City. Monser-
RIO GRANDE RAILWAY -.
TO Point Isabel. ID o n.
From Point Isabel. q .. m
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04
BY ALMA SIOUX sCARBERRY

BY ALMA SIOUX SCAkbEhkf
NEW YORK. Jug. 3.-Phil Cook
would have come in right smart
handy back in the good old days
when a leading man had 10 suffer
for his art through several acts, and
sing and dance in between acts
when he wasn't shifting scenery or
taking tickets and selling cracker
Jacks and red ] cnade.
For Phil is the most versatile
man on the cir" No relation 10 Joe
Cook. the one-man vaudeville
show" however.
He writes his own materi.l-also
many sketches-plays a ukelele.
sings, does black face. old man,
buck private, northern. eastern.
southern, or western dances. In
fact. he does about everything In
the line of entertainment. There are
several Broadway shows to his cred
II, every line of which were written
by him. He writes the music and
the words.
Phil halls from Coidwater. Mich.
He got his big start in London a
few years ago at the Coliseum. The
Coliseum has n reputation for be-
ing a cold. cold place where getting
a hand Is like pulling teeth. Phil
Cook was warned of Thu.
Won Heart Of London
And when you consider that all
he had to help d, n was a chair and
a ukelele-it doesn't sound very
encouraging. But the young Michi-
gan boy shrugged his shoulders, let
his sense Of hu' or save him from
cold feet, and the management was
amazed 10 see him walk on the
with a large WOODEN Scotch muffler
wound around his throat.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04
Vegetable Growers
/ Directors Elected
Special to The Herald)

MERCEDES. Aug. 3.-The follow
ing directors for the Rio Grande
Valley Vegetable Growers associa-
ton for the coming year were
elected at a meeting held here this
week. S. II. Collier. John Jones. G.
r. McCannon. w. y. Bradbury. F. o
Underhill, F. J. Fiker, Jr.. and G. A
Carlson.
Officers will be cleo ID in the
near future.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04

Ingenious Texans found an ef-
fective way 10 stop the menace of
cotton cushion scales. II imported
ladybird beetles. which ate the
scales and then exterminated them
solves
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04

To curtail its wild dog problem,
Australia has banned importation of
Alsatian dogs and aroused the ire OF
dog fanciers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04
POSTAL RATES

POSTAL RATES
The United States air mail postage
rate is S cents fer the first ounce and
10 cents for each additional ounce OF
fraction thereof. Letters mailed IN
the United States for the points In
Mexico take this rate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04

The Polish Telephone company
has borrowed 100000 crowns
from Swedish banks and will re-
pay IL by a lottery in 1887.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04
Air Mail Schedules

The schedule for the mail between
yarownsytile and Dallas Is announced
by the postoffice department as fol-
lows:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04

There are nearly 300 provne gas
wells in Kansas City's suburban
area.
The Washington times., 1929-08-22
SWING SQU.E|Ak,S'; !;
y 1f7 ar4 80 7tet SF< y
RAISE ROW
s "AE Amth -tt=
"HMA

Enjoying the cooling breezes Of
late evening, s. Merton Chipley, OF
the 800, block Massachusetts, Ave.
N. E., sat on the front porch OF his
home, swaying back and forth In the
porch swing. ,.., -.,,. -.~ -
His next door neighbor. William
Kennedy, thought there was too
much squeak In the swing, accord
ing to testimony in Police Court
yesterday. Kennedy was said to
haye advanced on his neighbor With
a plank in. his hand. demanding that
something be done about the squeak.
Merton Chipley and members Of
his family, Elsie. Juanita. and Ia
Rue; Appeared as witnesses, in court
against keRhedS who y an kldsrly
grap-haireid I niah. SKehneily was
charged with threats.
Judge Robert e. Matbfbgly dis
missed the charges The ieAsence- of
threats in a legal sense, the court
remarked, is that some one be in
fear of bodily harm. but in this
case it was testified that the neigh
bors Of the elderly man advanced
on him and completely surrounded
him when he appeared with the
plank, thus showing they were not
afraid of the threats.
The judge enjoined all the par
ties to the dispute to refrain from
argument in the future.
The Washington times., 1929-08-22
FIREMEN To ASK
MORE Time

a plea for traffic suspension of
four hours. instead Of the two tha::
has been granted. will probably be
made by the firemen in charge Of
the annual parade Labor Day, it
was learned today from Sergt. A. J..
Bargagni, who is chairman of the
parade committee Of the District
firemen.
From present indication. according
to the sergeant, the parade will last
for almost four hours due to the
number ,of requests for places that
has been made from more than a
dozen surrounding States.
More than so organ:za tions, in.
cluding IL bands and % drum corps
have signified their intentions of
participating in the parade. 1t is
expected that this number will be
greatly increased shortly.
Special trains will be run by the
railroads on Labor Day for the
crowds that !. are expected. Last
year more than 100000 persons
watched the firemen as they paraded
along Pennsylvania Avenue. 1t is,
thought. that. the crowd will DO
more than doubled this year.
The Washington times., 1929-08-22
Man Released on Bail
In Air Stock Fraud Case

NEW YORK, Aug. % U.N.SJ.-
Arthur H. Montgomery, charged
with using mails to defraud in
sale OF Airvia Transportation Com,
pany stock, today was free in
100000 bail while Gerald Tiffany,
his alleged associate in the affairs
OF Hadley and Company, No.
Broadway, refused to leave the
Federal detention house in $50. 900
bail. He feared extradition to
Georgia where another charge faces
him.
The two were seized in the
bucketslop war under way here.
Montgomery. arrested on a similar
charge several years ago, jumped
$4,000 bail. When captured later
he was sentenced to a five-year
Atlanta term. which he served.
The Washington times., 1929-08-22
0WTH OF CRIMINAL POPULATE ALARMS PRISON OFFICIALS
ROGERS SEEKS
!. RACERS At
.REDBANK

sCommodore W. As Rogers,
Of the Chesapeake and. P0sI
t6mac Power Boat, Association,
chairman of the arrangements
committee for. the Presidents
Cup Regatta, to be held here
September 13- and IA, and Il.
Gordon Leech, secretary, of
the association, will leave
Washington tomorrow to pro-
mote interest in the regatta
among the power boat en-
thusiasts who will gather at
Red Bank, N. j. for the run.
ming Of the Gold Cup Race.
Only. boats'o Of the Gold Cup class.
are eligible totsrun In the race for
the President's,C Cup race, the event
around which the Presidents Cap
regatta iScbullt; 1t was pointed out
today. Rogers and Leech are confk
dent that they can obtain additional
entries for this race ut the running
of the Gold Cup event at Red Bank.
Interest Others
Rogers and Ieech will not confine
their efforts at the New Jersey
races to seeking additional entries
for the Presidents Cup race. They
expect. 1t was announced, to interest
enthusiasts of other classes of boats
in the Presidents Cup regatta while
at Red Bank.
Some OF the premier runabout
racers and outboard motorists of the
country will compete at Red Bank.
and it Is the expectation Of the
Chesapeake and Potomac Power Boat
Association that Rogers and Lec!1
will be able to. obtain promises from
most Of these to attend the local
water sports meet.
On the eve of his departure Secre-
tary Leech announced that Dick
HarfSe.' OF Galesville, Nd, has en-.
tered his Shark In the outboard
races for, the Presidents Cup re.
Ratta. The Shark, according to
Leech, is a unique type of SbOat.
Built. entirely OF mahogany. 1t has
seaplane pontoohs on either side.
designed to give it greater lift AMI
AitNI CnSSe tlS SpGSO.% 2 I1ATI4S was 0lS"
appointed in the recent Miles River
regatta, where he sought to test out
the speed of his craft, when the
magnetic went dead before, the start
of the race. This defect has since
been repaired, however. and he is
now making tests on the West
River preparatory to running In ths
local regatta.
The advantages to the community
of the holding of the Presidents
Cup race In Washington. will be out.
lined from Station WRC tonight by
Sidney r. Taliaferro. acting presi-
dent of the board of District. Com.
missioners. He will speak at $50.
The drive for funds to defray the
expenses Of the regatta is being
handicapped because OF the absence
from Washington of many persons
who. might be expected to contribute,
Luther Linkins. of the Board of
Trade, stated yesterday
The Washington times., 1929-08-22
British Communists
Burn in Effigy
; N. c. Judge

LONDON, Aug. % 1.N.s9.-.
About 1000 communists held a
mass meeting in the shadow OF
the Tower of London today and
burned in effigy. Judge BarnhiIi,
who presided at the. hearing OF
cotton mill strikers at Gastonia,
North Carolina.
The Communists adopted reso-
luton protesting against the arr
rest of Gastonia trade unionists
on a faxed murder charge"
The prisoners were accused of
killing the chief of police in
strike troubles at Gastonia.
The mass meeting here was
held under the auspices OF the
International Glass War Prisoners
Aid organization, so
The Washington times., 1929-08-22
Deaf Baseball Players,
To Meet at Beach Picnic

An odd baseball game between a
team Of deaf married men and
women and another team Of deaf
single men and women. will. be
feature Of the annual outing of
Washington Division No. 46. Ma
tional Fraternal Society of the Deaf,
on Saturday at Chesapeake Beach.
1t has not been announced how the
umpire will make himself understood
regarding the balls and strikes.
The outing committee is composed
of Greed C.. Quinley. chairman; An
drew Parker and John Miller. -,
The Washington times., 1929-08-22
zoo LION RIPS
ANNOEER
Photo by International

4 lion at the Zoo yesterday
clawed a man who failed to heed
the signs. Don't feed or annoy the
animals"
The visitor. believed to be $. r.
Davis. of Lynchburg, Va, climbed
over the guard rails. placed six feet
from the cages. witnesses said, and
attempted to pet huge lion. one
Of pair presented the Zoo by
President Coolidge in 1927.
Startled and resenting the intru.
sion, the lion whipped out with a
forepaw and the claws ripped the
mans right forearm from near the
elbow to the thumb. Before the
visitor could get away, the other
paw whipped through the air and
caught and tore the mans trousers.
Leaves In Car
Bleeding profusely, the visitor
fled to an automobile parked nearby,
which bore Virginia tags. Sergt.
A. j. Kramer. of the Zoo police,
who rushed to the scene when
notified by Mortified witnesses, at.
tempted to question the man who
refused to answer all questions.
Another person in the car, how
ever, told Sergeant Kramers the
mans name was s. T. Davis aud
that he came. from Lynchburg. TIE
policeman advised Davis to go to
a hospital and have the wounds
dressed, but received no reply.
No Zoo officials or police wit
messed the affair and their reports
are made up from statements made
by visitors. A charge of disorderly
conduct, because he had enjoyed
the animals, could have been placed
against the wounded man. G. D.
Lowe. official at the Park. said.
Came from Africa
President and Mrs. Coolidge pre-
sented the lions. one Of which was
involved In yesterdays affair, to
the Zoo on April Z, 1927, when they
were received at the White House
as gifts from the people of
johannesburg. South Africa.
The Washington times., 1929-08-22
Panarna's Finger-print
Order Anglers Aliens

CRIsToBAL, Pam, Aug. % u.N.
s,I-The recent order Of DR.. Adriano
Robles, secretary Of government and
justice of the Republic Of Panama,
that all foreign residents OF the re.
public must register to be photo.
graphed and fingerprinted has re-
suited in many letters from members
OF the diplomatic corps to their home
offices.
Foreign residents and diplomats
here. after having given the order
careful thought, have failed to note
any benefit to be derived except, pos
sibly' a. new source of revenue for
Panama who will collect, it is said,
IS from each foreigner registered
and tmugged" under. the new law.
Panama, IL If estimated, will get a
Esvenus Of approximately s1s5-O0A
The Washington times., 1929-08-22
Filling Station Fight
Continues in Arlington

LYON VILLAGE. Va. Aug. %
Determined to fight the granting of
the permit by the Arlington county
zoning commission to Mrs, Marie
Clark Bell for the establishment of
a gasoline filling station on the
Lee Highway opposite the intersec-
ton OF Virginia and Rucker Ave.
nues, there will be a special meeting
of the Lyon Village Citizens Asso-
citation tonight in the offices Of
Lyon and Fitch at s. o'clock. All
citizens, interssted to see. the. section
maintained as a residential section,
as planned, are urged to attend the
meeting and file their protest.
A.. petition has = been, circulated
throughout the village ande win be
preseRted to- the zoning commission
at its meeting tomorrow. night.
when a hearing on, the granting OF
the permitpwiIl be held,
The Washington times., 1929-08-22
CHINA'S P[A|NT 7
FILED HERE
BY international News Service

BY international News Service
The Chinese government today
had on record with all the sigma.
tories to the Kellogg anti.war pact
her formal case against Soviet
Russia over the Chinese Eastern
Railway. in the form Of identic
notes.
The note to the United States
was handed to Secretary, Of state
Stimson by Chinese Minister G! C.
WI. It was long recital of the
wrongs China alleges she has suf.
fered from the Russians In propa-
ganda and wholesale assassination
plots, 1t repeated charges that
have been previously published
from China and threw no new
light on the situation.
While deeply resentful in tone
the note said China would at any
time within the limits of possibility
discuss and settle with the Soviet
government the disputes induced
by a misrepresentation of the facts
on the part Of the Soviet govern
ment."