Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1926, Page 14

rag° MEXCO ORATOR Lo o e ] DISPUTE HALTS WAR INTENT ONVICTORY s || VETERANS PARLEY Antonio Vargas, Editor, Here; i International Session Stops to Aid International Ora- | 1‘ ; T | | Temporarily to Restore Har- _ . torical Contest. g mony Among French. By the Associated Press. GENEVA. October 2.—So violent was the dissention among various French associations represented at to- day’s session of the International As- soclation of War Wounded and Ex- Service Men, that the conference had to be suspended temporarily to per- mit the French delegates to patch up their Internal differences. The controversy was based on what the new organization should bear to !the Inter-Allled Veterans' Association (F. 1. D. A. C) attitude.” The new association, which includes Germans, has been lgoked upon as somewhat of a rival to the Inter-Allled Veterans' Antonio Vargas, director of the| Mexican Contest, is in Washington to make preliminary ar rangements on behalf of the Mexican champion, Jose MunozCota, in nection with the International Ora- torical Contest, to be held in the | Washington Auditorium October 15. | “Cota will have a good chance to | win the international championship,” | declared Mr. Vargas, who was pres- ent when the other national cha plons participated in a mecting week in the Mexican capital has a spirited spee liberator Bolivar, and delivers it & very dr: ind thrilling w “His tech 3 that of the Oratorical on i ANTONIO VARGAS, from | Director of Mexican Oratordcal Con- but | test, who is Lere for international even be- | competition. While in onal final yus groups, | showing as extemporaneous sccretary of | “prepared” speakers. In many of the schools the pupils nominated, selected and invited the jes in | judges. In other instances the Judges were selected by the school authorities. In the interscholastic competitions the selection of judges | was made by El Universal, with the in [ co-operation of the school author- fore E: Mexico ( ists before President Calles and education, Dr. J. M. Pu being among those who he The American and English c Mexico also showed them special at tention Mex| contest and n Governors Aid. “The parti enthusiz was ities - 893 PERMITS ISSUED. S ’ Value of New Construction in Sep- tember Is $4,750,210. 1its for the construction of 893 s, with a total estimated value 210, were issued during Sep- ccording to the monthly re- John W, Oehmann, building inspector. submitted vesterday to En- r Commissioner J. Franklin Bell. were brick dwellings, 13.900; 3 stone dwellings, E concrete dwell- valued at $126,000, and 12 apart- lued at $1,257,000. ful cont ing expe Mexico 1o co-oper: fonso Pruneda, rector of tk University, and of Dr. Prig ( was of great benefit to the project “Our plan of operation was similar to that of the National Oratorical Con- test in the United States. cen regions. tembe All | ports ¢ enthus out of a expected We divided ) | | Wants Marriage Annulled. Suit for annulment of marriage was led ve day by Mrs. Frances J. inst Jay Howard, who lisappeared. according to the wife, August % last. Fraud is alleged. 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LONDON, October 2.—Stentor, the famous herald of the ancient Greeks, renowned for his loud voice, would surely have hung his head for shame had he visited the little village of Pewsey, Wiltshire, the other day, for 24 of the loudest “loud speakers” in Britain were arrayed against one an- controlled, or glorified trolley car con ductors and bandsmen. Some carried more gold lace than an admiral in full uniform. One or two there were in “mufti,” or with merely a peaked cap to denote their calling. Sad to relate, it was from these one or two soberly-clad competitors that the eventual winner came—Ernest Austin of Highworth, Wiltshire, who was there so much noise in Wiltshire as the competitors exchanged greet- ings and tried a few practice shouts against each other. All having al- Jowed to test their vocal cords, the criers formed up and marched to a combined carillon on their bells, to the arena, a great field, in which the judges’ tent was placed 200 yards from the platform. The judges could not see the criers and judged merely on purity and loudness of tone. The ‘“test piece” was a bright little composition proclaiming the virtues of Pewsey, and ran as follows: “Oyez, Oyez, Oyez. Found at Pew- sey district carnival the biggest and L D. A. C. In an endeavor to secure co-operation by the two organizations in order to further the ideals common to them. The conference resolution opposing war at its se: Thursday. later acclaimed the en of Germany Into the League of Na tions and adopted a resolution in favor of disarmament. It was decided to hold an interna- tional peace day annually as a pro- test against the spirit of war, and to demand the right of war-crippled sol- dlers to be heard at the Assembly of the League of Natlons. The best catch ig 16 vears by Ca- nadian sealers is attributed to the co- operation of airmen, who from their machines indicated where the aniwals | congregated in the largest numbe: 1l other seeing who could shout the loudes Pev on large-s ey is so small it only appears ale maps. but it certainly was the noisiest place in all Britain when the human “loud ° speakers” started “lLroadeasting” for the town crier’s championship of England and Wales, with a sflver challenge cup and a goodly handful of golden sov ereigns. As the “big noise” the town criers were immense, but they also provided an impressive spectacle, for most of the towns that boast a crier provide him with a handsome_uniform, a bell |and wand of office. 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