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COLLEGE TEACHES | DUTY 10 MASSES § ; : s Mexican “Socialist” Univer- i sity’s Aims Described in Talk by Acting Dean. 1 —_— | By the Acrociated Prass, | MEZXICO CITY, August Z—lmulo‘ Gareia Tellez, acting dean of the “So- | cialist” University of Mexico, decllrrd‘ the object of the university is to turn out men who understand the needs M‘ the Mexican people and are properly | equipped to eliminate class, serve the' masses and promote cquitable govern- ' ment: in an address At the inaugural meeting of the university council. 1 Science, philosophy 2nd art sre of no practioal use to the present and future | generations in Mexico unless know edge of them is accompanied by an un- derstanding of the duty to the pr tariat and the necessity of contributing to the unison of the people and to their | representative government, Garcia Tel- Jez_said. The Univers'ty Council is composed of professors and students and was created by act of Pr ent Portes Gil | for the purpose of managing the uni- versity on a Socialist prineiple. It is vested with full powers for deciding all matters having to do with the manage- ment and to supplent government con- trol through the department of public instruction, the end of whch was brought about through a students strike which lasted seven weeks. President Portes Gill recentlv that if joint student- ment of the university failed he would “look among the working classes for the institution's future directors.” traced the history of the university e- | RUSSIA TRIES U. 3. RAILWAY METHODS 1American System Improves | Service as Soviet Replaces Archaic Customs. | By the Associated Press. i MOSCOW, August 3,—Russia is im- ipmvlnl her rail transport with what i she calls the American program. Mod- (ern rallroading methods common on every line in the United States are re- - placing the archaic customs by which trains were operated ‘over the wide- uge tracks .in Caarist times, ‘Trains now are moved across the vast | patcher system. Until & few years ago | station, could move on only when the | stationmaster “decided to let them pro- ceed. When the stationmaster had a whim or a vodka hangover, he took it out on the train. They had pride, the | stationmasters, and did not at all like | their authority over engines and cars | to be taken away with the hewfangled | system. The engineers and firemen also had | their pride wounded. In the old days | |8 locomotive was assigned to an engl | neer and no .one else could handle ft. | When an engineer finished his run. he put his locomotive in the roundhouse spaces of Russia and Siberia by the dis- | | freight trains, once they stopped at a | throitle of No. 4172 today may be in the cab of 1440 wmurmw,y % Thiere ~was - considerable sabotage when th's system was introduced. En- | gineers who looked upon certain motives as their exclusive domain took | pains to see before turning them .over | {to others that something would be wrong. Many breakdowns and several wrecks were the result. | | X | - The graft that existed before the war | also has been stamped out. In the old Gays to get a car loaded with freight and then “set” on a siding it was nec- | essary to grease the palms of several | employes, Others had to pald if the, car wasiever to be picked up. The So- | viet administration wived out the old system by making death the penalty. . —— { Absolute Divorce Asked. t Absolute divoree is asked in 8 suit filed | the District Sureme Court by Mary | | 1. Seibert, 1061 Jefferson street, against | | James L. Seibert. They were married | July 20, 1926, and have no children. | | The wife charges misconduct and names | | & co-respondent. She is represented by | | Attorneys Thomas E. Lodge and F. J. | Donahue, \ {in |1 News From E. R. Rochester’ Special Train Party. Los ngeles. Calif.. August 2. My riy” enjoyed wood. “where had luncheon:_the to ' Sant cean d “Venice. About. 40 members of ‘my “party ook airplane “rides this afternoon. We are Al well, and the } weather ' has _been We are leaving tonight for Santa a bara. After this tour T will have a_16-day trip n v Colorado fine. AMUSEMENTS. F STREET and 14¢h vy HEAR The Screen’s Most Alluring Beauty in Her Most Fascinating Role - ROSC ER. Jr. Miljon Gladys Brockwell Society Debutante—Idol of the Rich Sacrificed All for the Love of One M: A Rousing, Rollicking, Rhythmic Revue With Ali The Stars, The Tunes and The Pep of 2 Broadway “The Master Mind of Mirth CHICK KENNEDY KATHRY CLIFTON & DeREX ! Clowning Jesters of Song and Dance WILLIAM LACEY =5 TOOTS NOVELLO -3 16—FONEITES—16 And The Merry Madcaps of Melody Pope Pius XI sets the final seal on the Italo-Vatican con which made him and his predecessors voluntary prison 7 from its founding in 1553 through the __ centuries when it served as a class in- stitution. inaccessible to the poorer people, and finally to the present, laud- ing the new form of management as one of the great steps in Mexico's rev- olutionary movement. SUSPENDED SENTENCE GIVEN GIRL PRISONER Mizs Ruth Anderson Collapses When in Police Court. Arraigned When arraigned before Judge Robert F. Mattingly in Police Court yesterday morning on charges of false pretenses. involving some purchases she is said to have made at a department store. Miss Ruth Anderson burst into tears and re- fused to be comforted when a matron pleaded with her not to create a “scene.” Although she esceped a fine or jail term and wes onlv placed on probation, with a six-month sentence suspended. Miss Anderson fainted on leaving the courtroom. Mrs. Cecilia A. Clark of the Woman's Burean told the judge that the girl pave her name as Betty L. Yost and purchased. on credit, a dress, hosiers, gloves, shoes and a string of beads, valued at $10.90. | CHURCH AND BUILDER ARE SUED FOR $75, Mrs. Lucy Brunshwig Action by and Husband Result of Accident | to Former at 16th and Kennedy. Suits totaling $75,000 damages have been filed in_the District Supreme Court by Mrs. Lucy Brunshwig and her | hushand. Julius Brunshwig. 3711 North- ampton street, against James L. Parsons, contractor: Casey _Engineering Co.. | builder, and the Sixth Presbyterian Church, owner of a building for & church st Sixteenth and Kennedy streets. | Mrs, Brunshwig says she was injured hy falling over A pipe projecting from the building operation March 22, and places her damages at $50.000. The husband asks an additional $25.000 for the loss of the services of the wife and the éxpense incident to her illness. At- forneys Meredith M. Daubin and August . Moran appear for the plaintiffs. WILBUH WILL INSPECT PROPOSED POWER SITE v the Associated Press | Secretary Wilbur said vesterday that the Federal Power Commission had de- cided to inspect Cnimberland Falls, Ky., before final decision on applications by the Insull interests for permits to erect power plants at the falls. | The Interior Department head and Secretaries Good and Hyde compose fhe power commission. Wilbur said the visit to the falls probably would be made in | September. as previous engagements | would prevent. an earlier inspection. | Granting of a permit for the establish- ment of an electric plant at Cumber- | land Falls has been protested by civic | groups in Kentucky and elsewhere on | the grounds that the site’s scenic beauty would he jmpaired. : Where to Mo The Tarry Tavern Twe Miles From M On the Richmond to Wa Famous for its Fried Chicke: Waffle Dinners Blue Ridge Country Funtly Park ‘merly U ity Inn EJ‘S! Mily . PETER PANINN | 38 mi. Road to Peter Pan Inn open to sitomoblles reaardless of detour siEm at Henderson Obloken __ wee-aut Unnebeons. e SEVEN GABLES PATUXENT BEACH HOTEL alitornia. Md, (St, Mary's Ce.) 'o:low Route § rough Waldorf and Yeonardtown to Gri 75¢c to $1.50 | The Gassman Diming Room- Park Entranee PEN MAR, PA. onds, beautiful mountain scenery jeions meal awaits you. Rooms. A. A. Haines, Mgr. Berkeley Castle In the Picturesque Foothills of the Catering for Private Parties . Ameriean Plam Day, $2.75, $3. Week, $17.50, $22.50; Month. 870, $80. TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. Me!ropolitan—"The Hottentot,” with Edward Everett Horton, at 10:45 am.. GRABLE H. MITCHELL w'Ns c- M- T. c- HONO :"r;;!fl, 2:15, 4:05, 5:35, 7:45 and 9:35 5 X r Central High Band Captain Is Lewis Stone, at 11:40 am, 2:10, 4:50, _ 7:25 and 9:55 p.m. Presented With Watch Fox—"Hard-Boiled Rose." with Myrna z . 8t 12 m, 2:45, 4:45, 8:10 and at Fort Eustis. R d J it he Time, the Place and the " with Grant Withers, at 10:50 2:40, 2:30, 4:20, 6:10, 8 and 9:50 Grable H. Mitchell, 18 years old, 908 oo Rittenhouse street. student leader and ppm" captain of the winning Central High = ot : s Semool Band in cadet corps competi- | Columbia—“Dangerous Curves.” with ton ot B s | Clara Bow, at 11:15 am., 1:20, 3:25, wrist watch at Fort Eu Va., for | 5:30. 7:40 and 9:45 p.m. showing the greatest improvement dur- | Ambassador — “From ing the last week of training of any | lime not given. first year C. M. T. C. student. - pivolii="His TAl0ky DAY Young Mitchell is the son of Mr. and | g:15, 8:05 and 9:55 p.m. Mis. Chatles - L. Milchell. He " was| ol o oo D™ oo 6 graduated from Cenual High School ) Al "‘ ”‘“ ) continuous frexm this year and expects to enter Lehigh MARIG s University, at Bethlchem, Pa,, in the . F: Headquarters,” " at 2, 4:10, Despite the havoc caused by (he tornado last year nearly as many auto- mobiles are being sold in Porto Rico this year as last. on the wrist watch is “C. . Best Basic, Officers 320th award over 10 as the first vear training at Fort Eustis are . The watch was offered by the 320th Infantry. Army Reserve. “io the first year C. M. T. C. student who dur- ing the last week of camp showed the greatest military progress. The presen- tation was made at the parade yes day afternoon. 320th Infantry, in command of Lieut. Col. William H. England, is a Washington unit of the 80th Division. COST OF LIVING GROWS | ONLY FRACTION IN 1929 Engraved in ockroaches Easily killed by using Stearns’ Electric Paste Also kills waterbugs, rats and mice. Sold everywhere, 35¢ and $1.50. Meney Back If It Fails Figures Show Increase Is But One- Tenth of 1 Per Cent Over Last Year. By the Associated Press. The cost of living has increased only one-tenth of 1 per cent in the last year, | as reflected in figures compiled by the | Bureau of Labor Statistics, which show | that the average in June was 70.2 per cent higher than it was in 1913, While practical stability is shown for the year from June, 1928, to June, 1929, as & whole, figures for the second half disclose a decrease of six-tenths of 1 per cent. In 26 of 32 cities living costs de- creased an average of less than 1 per zent. from December, 1928, to June, 1929 while for the year ending on the latter date living costs increased to about the same extent in 21 of the same 32 cities. The average decreased 21. per cent from Jun, 1920, to June, 1929. | There’s a to Hoover Approves Delegates. President Hoover has approved ap- pointment of Dr. Raye R. Platt of the American Geographical Society of New York and Prof. J. Fred Rippy of Duke University. North Carolina, as Ameri- can delegates to the first general as- sembly of the Pan-American Institute | of Geography and History, to be held | September 16, at Mexico City. Thos. E. Jarrell, Pres. Nearly one-fifth of ‘the imports into | Italy last' year were from the United States. | tor and Dine || THE Kelvi Is So HILL TOP HOUSE Among the Mountains Harpers Ferry, W. Va. 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Dean Garcia TelleZ pong around St. Peter's Square in a brilliant and gorgeous procession as 300,000 persons shout their welcome. i —Wide World Photo. |FIRE DAMAGES AWNINGS AT APARTMENT HOUSE !Blaze Believed to Have Been| Caused by Cigarette Sweeps Over Eight Stories. Avnings on all eight floors on the rear side of the Lindbergh Apartments, at 200 Massachusetts avenue, were set +blaze about 10 o'clock yesterday morn- ing and brisk work was required to subdue the flames and prevent their spreading to adjoining bullcings. Fire- man, who had the blaze under control a few minutes after their arrival. said a carelesslv tossed cigarette probabiy had ited the awnings. OME HERE for your Blank Book needs E. Morrison Paper Co.! 3 1009 Pa. Ave. Tolmanized COLLARS & SHIRTS Wilt Slowly The Tolman Laundry Metropolitan 0071 | ZETIETLRTLTERCTACEVCNNS KEEP KOOL Y.W.C.A. Pool, 17th & K Sts. Daily Dips 7:00-9:00 A.M.; 11:30-1:30 P.M. 2 3:30- 8:00-9:30 P.M. 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