THE CUBA REVIEW 



13 



ALL AROUND CUBA 



NEW REGULATIONS FOR HAVANA 



Havana's City Council has decided that 

 the ancient game of dominoes, universally 

 played throughout Cuba, can only be in- 

 dulged in in Havana between four in the after- 

 noon and midnight, and then only in cafes 

 which had obtained a Ucense. 



All cafe owners permitting the game after 

 hours are to be held guilty of infraction of the 

 law. 



The sanitary commission has ordered the 

 use of hermetically sealed galvanized zinc 

 casts for the collection of garbage in Havana. 

 The garbage cans must also be tightly closed. 



DANGEROUS SOUTHWEST CURRENTS 



The publication of the foUomng caution 

 was recommended by the officer in charge of 

 the Branch U. S. Hydrographic Office, New 

 Orleans. La.: "'^Mariners are stronglj' warned 

 against the powerful current which spUts off 

 from the Gulf Stream below San Antonio, 

 Cuba, and rushes into the comparatively 

 shallow waters of Corrientes Bay at increased 

 speed, frequentl}' with a south wind, over 

 four knots an hour. Vessels should keep 

 well out into the middle of Yucatan Passage 

 and not attempt to save distance by short 

 cuts from the South Coast of the Isle of Pines. 

 A vessel caught in this current can easily be 

 thrown 40 miles out of its course in a night's 

 I'un. All along the south coast, from Cayo 

 Largo to Cape Corrientes, these fugitive cur- 

 rents set in strongly and are extremely dan- 

 gerous to navigation, especially in the season 

 of the autumnal storms." 



DANGER IN LOTTERY TICKETS 



It is said that there are many i)ersons in the 

 L'nited States who are sending money to Cuba 

 to buy lottery tickets. Every time that they 

 do so they lay themselves lia])le to arrest. 



It may ])e well to mention that Cuba has 

 an agreement with the United States to prose- 

 cute anyone who violates the laws of the 

 L^nited States in regard to the lotten.'. Any 

 one in Cuba who receives money from persons 

 in the L'nited States and buys tickets with it, 

 is guilty before the law and can be tried and 

 punished as in the States. 



A Michigan man was found guilty of this 

 offense and received a severe sentence of im- 

 prisonment from the United States courts. 



WINTER SPORTS FOR HAVANA 



Two hundred of the most prominent busi- 

 ness railroad and steamship men in Havana 

 recently organized the Cuban Commercial 

 Association for the express purpose of "boost- 

 ing" Havana as a winter resort l)y offering 



attractions superior to those to be found any- 

 where else. The newspaper article says a bill 

 is pending in the Cuban Congress for the ap- 

 propriation of $100,000 to be used as prizes 

 for international sports. Of that amount, 

 $25,000 is intended for prizes in an inter- 

 national automobile race from Havana to San 

 Cristobal, in which twenty of the world's 

 most famous drivers will participate. 



Among other events planned for the enter- 

 tainment of winter visitors are motor-boat 

 races, for which $2,500 in prizes will be hung 

 up; golf, an aviation meet, with a purse 

 amounting to $5,000, a $15,000 prize fight, 

 horse races, baseball games and the annual 

 Cuban carnival which will be made more elab- 

 orate than ever. 



CAPABLANCA HEARD FROM 



A cable despatch received from the Cuban 

 consul in Buenos Aires by the Cuban Secre- 

 tary of State, tells of the an-ival in that city of 

 Raoul Capablanca, the celebrated Cuban chess 

 player. Since the resignation of Capablanca 

 from his post as chancellor of the Cuban lega- 

 tion in St. Petersburgh or Petrogi'ad, and his 

 departure from that city, no authoritative 

 news has been received from him, and fears 

 were expressed among friends here as to his 

 safetv. 



STRIKE FOR GOOD ROADS 



The coach drivers, as well as those of other 

 vehicles in several towns of Santa Clara Pro- 

 vince, all went on strike recently because of the 

 bad condition of the roads, and threatened 

 to remain out until the Government fulfilled 

 its promises to make the necessarj' repairs. 



Their attitude, which had the support of the 

 pubhc, soon woke up the government officials 

 and instructions were given to immediately 

 begin work to place the roads in good con- 

 dition. 



MORE PLAGUE CASES 



Hardly had the notice gone out that the 

 bubonic plague had been extirpated in Cuba, 

 when the announcement was made late in 

 September that a death had occurred in San- 

 tiago from the disease. 



A second case has also been found at Caney, 

 same province. 



NO HAVANA INSPECTION 



Effective October 1, all out-going baggage 

 from Havana to Florida points will be in- 

 spected by the customs officials of the United 

 States at Key West, instead of Havana, as 

 has been the practice for several years. 



